Clarkstown considers restrictions on sex offenders; law mandating 1,000 buffer between residences and schools in the works

BY MICHAEL RICONDA NEW CITY – A local law which would set more stringent requirements on sex offender residency will be presented before Clarkstown’s Town Board if similar efforts fail on the state level, according to Town Supervisor Alex Gromack. Gromack announced on Tuesday that he had directed the Town Attorney’s office to draft a […]

Human Remains Found at 59 Twin Ave, Spring Valley

PRESS RELEASE FROM SPRING VALLEY PD  While responding to a fire early Wednesday morning, Spring Valley first responders discovered what appears to be the decaying remains of a man. On May 13, 2015 at 1:15 a.m. the Spring Valley PD and FD responded to the area of Franka Place and Twin Ave. following a report […]

Soccer Groups Continue Fight for Orangetown Fields

BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES Two competing youth soccer leagues continued their long-running battle for the use of Orangetown playing fields last week, as they mounted a two-hour debate at a Town Board workshop meeting. Council members appeared as mystified after the debate as they have been in the months leading up […]

United Water tells North Rockland customers: Water may taste and smell different beginning this week

United Water’s Letchworth plant goes online to meet summer water needs  United Water announced this week that its Letchworth plant will be put online to service customers in Stony Point and Haverstraw during the high volume summer season. United Water utilizes a variety of water supplies, including ground water from wells and surface water from […]

Drunken man creates armed barricade at Willow Grove Rd. residence

Drunken man creates armed barricade at Willow Grove Rd. residence

An alcohol-fueled domestic dispute at 491 Willow Grove Rd. last night escalated until 36-year-old Matthew Conklin barricaded himself in the house with a rifle and police were called. A neighbor said that Conklin had several minutes earlier threatened to shoot at police officers if they arrived. Lieutenant Keith Williams said the reports of a threat against […]