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 […]
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’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 […]
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 […]
BY CHERYL SLAVIN On Tuesday night, May 5, the North Rockland School Board held its final meeting prior to the budget vote scheduled for May 19. School Superintendent Ileana Eckert made the final presentation of the budget, already approved at the prior meeting of April 21. Although the public had an opportunity to comment or ask […]
BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR A display of 17th and 18th century Dutch antiques, collectibles and everyday artifacts from both Holland the Hudson River Valley has been drawing crowds since the show opened three weeks ago at the Orangetown Museum and Archives in Orangeburg. Called “From Holland to Here,” the exhibit features a few items from the […]