UPPER NYACK – Police are asking Nyack residents and their children to remain vigilant after a possible luring incident in Upper Nyack, the second to occur within a single week. Clarkstown Police were notified on Thursday after two 12-year-old girls were approached by a man in a red pickup truck at Birchwood Avenue and Route […]
BY DYLAN SKRILOFF It’s one of Rockland’s worst kept secrets. GOP and Preserve Airmont candidate for mayor Philip Gigante is the grandson of the late Vincent “The Chin” Gigante, longtime godfather of the Genovese crime family and arguably the most powerful gangster of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. The Chin Gigante was best […]
Acknowledging the high level of discomfort that the Orangetown and Nanuet communities have expressed with the expansion application by chemical tech start-up Anellotech, the Orangetown Planning Board decided Wednesday night to continue its public hearing on the matter and require Anellotech to submit a long form environmental assessment form. Previously the board had issued a […]
BY JANIE ROSMAN Like many youngsters, he was unsure what he wanted to do when he grew up. During summers he built residential foundations for his father, a construction company owner; in school he excelled at math and science. “So when it came time to decide what to study in college, my interest in construction […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA NEW CITY – A draft law proposed by County Legislator Jay Hood could add additional county restrictions on top of pre-existing federal regulations which govern the use of unmanned aerial drones. The Legislature plans to gather input to craft a local law which would limit the use of camera drones to private […]
BY CHERYL SLAVIN At its regular meeting Tuesday night the Stony Point Town Board unanimously passed a resolution to amend the zoning code governing its protected waterfront (PW) zoning district. The changes come about after a months-long process, started last year, during which the town examined how to encourage further use of the marina areas and […]