Reuters Entergy Corp said on Wednesday it found elevated levels of tritium, a weak radioactive isotope of hydrogen, in groundwater samples at the Indian Point nuclear power plant in New York state. The company said the tritium has not migrated off site and poses “no threat to public health or safety.” The company first announced […]
PRESS RELEASE Rockland County Executive Ed Day and Commissioner of Health Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert on Friday confirmed Rockland’s first case of Zika virus in a local woman. The patient recently traveled to a South American country where Zika virus transmission has been documented. “Zika virus symptoms may include low-grade fever, rash, joint pain, or conjunctivitis,” […]
BY CAROL MCILMURRAY Less than two weeks after the Rockland County Times reported a four month absence of a police chief in Ramapo, Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence and the town board promoted department captains to chief and chief of staff ranks. Brad Weidel, a 36-year police vet, was named police chief and Thomas Cokeley, 40-year police officer, was […]
PRESS RELEASE FROM SVPD Spring Valley PD received a report of a person stabbed at 109 Lake Street in the village on Wednesday afternoon. The report was received at approximately 2:45 p.m. Patrols and detectives responded to the location and found a victim with multiple stab wounds to her body. The victim was a 15-year-old […]
Sheriff refuses to explain why he considers case criminal instead of administrative BY DYLAN SKRILOFF Ed Day was kind to Sheriff Louis Falco when asked about the criminal case Falco has brought against the president of the Rockland Corrections Officers Union, John Cocuzza, for allegedly improper log book practices. “It’s a stretch,” County Executive Day […]
Jessica Carey, 19, of Yonkers, NY was arrested on drunk driving charges 4:22 a.m., Friday morning, January 29 in Rockland County. A Sheriff Patrol officer observed the subject operating a motor vehicle on Rt. 59 in a reckless manner. Subject was found to be intoxicated and arrested, the officer said. She was processed at Sheriff […]