The murder/suicide of a married couple in Wesley Hills has sent authorities and their friends and neighbors for a loop. John and Irene Lord showed no outside evidence of impending violence, Ramapo PD told the community. Rather, the childless married couple in their 60s appeared to be active and happy. Detective Lt. Mark Emma told […]
PRESS RELEASE GARNER Arts Center will honor the career of esteemed comic book writer/editor Denny O’Neil, a Rockland County resident, on March 5, 2016. The event, sponsored by DC Entertainment, is timed with the release of the new “Batman v. Super-man: Dawn of Justice” film (March 25, 2016) and is a part of GARNER’s 2015-2016 […]
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 […]