Northern Lights May Glow Over Northeast, Midwest This Week

FROM ACCUWEATHER.COM By Brian Lada, Meteorologist Stargazers may be in for a rare cosmic light show this week as the northern lights dance across the night sky. Tuesday night will bring another chance for people in Canada and the northern United States to see the northern lights as an influx of charges particles from the […]

Feds grant $10M to develop bus rapid transit

PRESS RELEASE State and federal officials announced this week that the New York State Department of Transportation has been awarded a $10 million federal grant to help develop bus rapid transit service between Rockland and Westchester Counties. “Today is another major step forward in our efforts to improve transportation in the lower Hudson Valley,” said […]

Pre-Election Tempers Flare during Candidates’ Forum at JCC Rockland

Pre-Election Tempers Flare during Candidates’ Forum at JCC Rockland

BY JANIE ROSMAN Rockland County Sheriff Louis Falco and Woodbury Police Chief Richard Vasquez were the first to face off last Sunday in a room that exceeded its capacity. Fielding the first question about cuts in the corrections department, Falco said his administration cut $10 million, specifically for cost overruns in the county correctional facility. […]

Twersky’s Butler goes Free: Rockland Judge Overturns New Square Resident’s Arson Sentence

Twersky’s Butler goes Free: Rockland Judge Overturns New Square Resident’s Arson Sentence

A New Square resident who got a seven-year prison sentence for trying to burn down a house in April 2012 has been set free this week in front of a Rockland County judge. State Supreme Court Justice William Kelly made the decision Tuesday afternoon, at a resentencing hearing ordered by an Appeals Court. Upon reconsidering the case, Judge […]

NYS Billion Dollar Bond Proposed to End Alzheimer’s

NYS Billion Dollar Bond Proposed to End Alzheimer’s

BY CAROL MCILMURRAY SUFFERN – When New Yorkers go to vote for president next year, Sen. David Carlucci (D-38) wants you to check ‘yes’ on an $1 billion bond initiative to fund Alzheimer’s research in NYS. The first public forum, a roundtable of lawmakers and neuroscientist, announced the proposed legislation at Rockland Community College on […]