Rockland County Executive Ed Day and the County’s Veterans Service Agency Director Jerry Donnellan today presented Pomona resident Maureen F. Morgan with the third annual Rockland County Freedom Award for her outstanding service to our nation as a Petty Officer in the United States Navy. “It is an honor to recognize the service of Petty […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA WEST NYACK – Only a month after a skunk tested positive for rabies in West Nyack, another two animals were found to have been infected in the same area. Two raccoons were discovered to have rabies in the area around Van Houten Fields in West Nyack. The incident is the third such […]
Sheriff urges residents to remain vigilant in response to Mall of America threat BY MICHAEL RICONDA NEW CITY – With fear mounting following terror threats against Minnesota’s Mall of America, the Lower Hudson Valley has been on alert for potential threats of their own. However, while law enforcement personnel remain vigilant toward both larger terror […]
BY CHERYL SLAVIN He was every man’s Everyman, the beloved de facto “Mayor” and unofficial historian of a tiny enclave on the banks of the Hudson River. And when Kenneth Moorehead passed away in January at the age of 86, he was also believed to be the last of a kind, a man who was born […]
BY CHERYL SLAVIN At its most recent public meeting last Thrusday night, the Rockland County Task Force on Water Resources and Management presented updates on the progress on all of its committees, and also hosted Public Service Commission Chair Audrey Zibelman and two other PSC officials. The task force, which had already been formed in […]
WEST NYACK – A man was arrested on Friday on suspicion of trying to pass forged items to make a purchase at the Palisades Center Mall. Hans Themistode, 24, of Brooklyn, was arrested at the mall after he was caught with 11 fraudulent credit cards. Themistode was also allegedly carrying a fraudulent Rhode Island driver’s […]