BY CHERYL SLAVIN On August 11 the United States Department of Energy, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (DOE) finally issued the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed Champlain Hudson Power Express (CHPE), after four years of investigation and public hearings. Despite strong protest from many Rockland elected officials and residents, particularly those […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA WEST NYACK – An off-duty NYPD officer was one of two individuals killed in a head-on collision on the New York State Thruway I-87 during the early morning of Tuesday, August 12. According to New York State Police, the accident occurred shortly before 7 a.m. when a 2002 Dodge Dakota driven by […]
MONSEY – A major face in Monsey’s Jewish community pled not guilty on Tuesday to multiple felonies related to alleged sexual abuse of an underage boy. Rabbi Gavin Bodenheimer, 71, was arrested on Monday and now faces charges of criminal sexual abuse and first-degree sexual abuse, all felonies. According to a press release by the […]
Documents from an internal investigation into a February bus fire in Pearl River reveal that the bus driver called Brega dispatch complaining of strange odors emanating from the rear wheel area prior to the fire. Records show that when a perfunctory inspection failed to reveal anything suspicious beyond the odor, the dispatcher instructed the driver […]
COLUMN AND PHOTOS BY BOB BAIRD On Friday mornings at Grace’s Thrift Shop on Main Street in Nyack, one thing is certain. In a back corner of the consignment shop filled with pots, pans, glassware and assorted clothes and trinkets, there’s Ruth Butler taking tags off items and bagging each customer’s newest treasure. She’s an […]
The SMART Sales Unit of the Clarkstown Police Department conducts monthly enforcement compliance checks of local licensed retailers of alcohol products and conducts subsequent court ordered educational classes in the safe and lawful sale of these products. CPD announced that this week so far the the Clarkstown Police SMART Sales Unit in conjunction with Officers […]
