Businessman, philanthropist, volunteer firefighter, supporter of the arts BY BILL DEMAREST CONGERS – Niles M. Davies Jr., owner of Davies Farm who was known for his lifetime of hard work as a farmer, as a community volunteer, philanthropist and supporter of the arts, died Tuesday at home on his family’s farm in Congers. Mr. Davies […]
Michael Coyle, the out-of-control drunk driver who severely injured Alysoun Sherwood, daughter of former Stony Point supervisor and state Supreme Court justice William Sherwood, last February, was sentenced this week to 3 1/3 to 10 years in prison for causing the devastating accident. He pled guilty to aggravated vehicular assault in the first degree, to […]
Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino says he will announce his decision on whether to run for NY governor tomorrow, Wednesday, March 5 at 11 a.m. via web video. Stay tuned. UPDATE: He’s in. See his announcement here:Â https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76iJ5L6GfRc. Barring an unforeseen primary challenge or other unexpected circumstance, the November match-up for governor will be Astorino (R) […]
A fire at 92 Park Lane in Monsey has displaced three families, Ramapo Police Department informed the public Tuesday. Police and Monsey Fire Department personnel responded to a report of a house fire at the address in Monsey and found flames coming out of a kitchen window of one unit in a multi-family dwelling. Monsey Fire […]
Work will occur after peak travel period The New York State Thruway Authority has announced that pothole repairs to I-87/I-287, between Nyack and Spring Valley, will continue between the hours of 7 p.m. and 6 a.m., beginning on the evening of Tuesday, March 4, and continuing nightly for a period of approximately two weeks. Intense […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA NEW CITY – Speaking to the county legislature’s Multi-Services Committee, Rockland County’s executive director of Public Policy, Stephen Powers, announced more details on the transfer of inpatient and emergeny treatment services from the county’s facility in Pomona to Nyack Hospital. According to Powers, the transfer process is smoothly progressing toward its projected […]