BY CAROL MCILMURRAY NYACK- Fighting broke out around Nyack Plaza leading to at least one stabbing, multiple shots fired into the sky and three arrests following the Village of Nyack-sponsored fireworks show Tuesday night, July 4. According to police and eyewitness accounts a group of mostly young people on the Artopee Way side of the Plaza community […]
First pool (group) of mosquitoes to test positive this season for West Nile Virus in Rockland County NEW CITY, NY – –Â Rockland County Executive Ed Day and County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert today announced that the first pool, or group, of mosquitoes to test positive this year in Rockland County for West Nile […]
A Spring Valley man faces two felony and seven misdemeanor counts for striking a 38-year-old mother and her three children on the shoulder of Rt. 59 in Monsey yesterday. The mother and her daughters, ages nine and 13, as well as her 3-month-old son in a stroller were struck by a 1999 Toyota around 2:47 p.m. Monday, June 26, […]
Approximately 8:30 am Thursday, June 22, 2017, the Stony Point Police assisted the Hudson Valley Humane Society in enforcing a search warrant at a private house at 13 Chestnut St, Stony Point, NY. After receiving several complaints of abuse, neglect or otherwise unsanitary conditions for dogs at the location, the HVHS Law Enforcement Division obtained […]
Former Rockland County Corrections Officer Frank Olivier has been found not guilty of felony forgery in a case brought against him by his former employer, the Rockland Sheriff’s Dept. Olivier’s lawyer Michael Sussman claims Supreme Court Judge Helen Blackwood and another judge involved in the case expressed skepticism throughout the case. “[The] judges seemed surprised […]
To the Editor, Although there are measures being taken to reduce smoking throughout New York State, the harmful effects of tobacco use are still threatening to the youth of our community. Many areas and counties have taken restrictions on outdoor smoking, prohibiting the use of tobacco products being sold without proper licensing, and initiating laws […]