Stony Point Crime Report – March 4, 2019

Stony Point Crime Report – March 4, 2019

Arrest reports from Stony Point Police Dept.  MARCH 2, 2019: Arrest: Female; Prentice, Kristen; Age 35, of West Main Street, Stony Point, NY Charges: Criminal Mischief On March 2, 2019 at approximately 11 a.m., while on routine patrol, an officer was stopped by a passing motorist who saw a female knocking out the windows of […]

Judge Boots Airmont Mayor and Two Trustees Off Upcoming Village Election Ballot

Judge Boots Airmont Mayor and Two Trustees  Off Upcoming Village Election Ballot

By Joel Grossbarth A State Supreme Court Judge has removed incumbent Mayor Phillip Gigante from the upcoming village election ballot and effectively ended his tenure as Mayor of Airmont. Judge Sherri Eisenpress granted a petition filed by political newcomer Nathan Bubel which claimed Gigante’s designating petitions were replete with irregularities and violations of New York […]

MTA: No West-of-Hudson Fare Increase

MTA: No West-of-Hudson Fare Increase

PRESS RELEASE  Wednesday the MTA Board voted to waive fare increases for Metro-North’s West of Hudson rail riders, based on the ongoing poor level and quality of service that NJ TRANSIT has been providing to commuters on the Pascack Valley and Main/Bergen (Port Jervis) lines.   “I am pleased that the MTA Board has acknowledged the plight […]

Airmont Challenger Files Lawsuit to Kick Mayor Off Ballot

Airmont Challenger Files Lawsuit to Kick Mayor Off Ballot

By: Joel Grossbarth A lawsuit has been filed in Rockland County Supreme Court by one of the challengers seeking to unseat the Airmont Village Mayor and two current trustees. Nathan Bubel, a candidate for mayor of Airmont in next month’s elections claims that current Mayor Phil Gigante and Trustees Paul Marchesani and Anthony Valvo’s designating […]

CARLUCCI’S COLUMN: PROTECTING OUR ENVIRONMENT

CARLUCCI’S COLUMN: PROTECTING OUR ENVIRONMENT

BY SENATOR DAVID CARLUCCI Our environment must be protected for future generations, and currently our federal government is rolling back policies that protect us against climate change and global warming. First, the President pulled the U.S. out of the 2015 Paris agreement on climate change mitigation. Further, cuts are being made left and right to funding for the Environmental Protection […]

ARRAIGNMENT AT 10 P.M. – Unthinkable act claims life of mother of five outside Garnerville 7-11

ARRAIGNMENT AT 10 P.M. – Unthinkable act claims life of mother of five outside Garnerville 7-11

A mother of five was killed when a man plowed his car into her family outside the 7-11 on Central Highway in Garnerville. The perpetrator’s name is reported by WABC News to be Jason Mendez, a 35-year-old Washingtonville, NY resident with roots in Rockland County and Texas. Seven others were injured and hospitalized, including a […]