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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Acting Rockland County District Attorney Kevin Gilleece on Tuesday announced that Alias Stone aka “Billy Pugh” (DOB 07/01/64) of 140 Old Orangeburg Road, Orangeburg, New York has been convicted by a jury of one count of manslaughter in the first degree, a class B felony, in connection with the death of a fellow patient at […]
Woodbury, NY – On February 10, 2019 at approximately 2:59 a.m., State Police responded to the Woodbury exit on I-87 for a report of a patron who had insufficient funds to pay the Thruway toll. Police say the driver, Alicia E. Snyder, 52, of Sloatsburgh, NY, was found to be intoxicated. She was transported to SP […]