Following an extensive search, Pomona resident Peretz Sontag was found dead in Harriman State Park on Monday. Sontag’s body was found in his 2012 Kia Optima after it had apparently went into a ravine in an area of the park near Lake Welch Road. An initial search of the park by over 800 volunteers turned […]
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BY KATHY KAHN Nyack’s Spring Fest (April 13) is just around the corner but in the wee hours of the morning, a fest of another kind is likely going on in or around the village’s downtown area—one that involves revelers who’ve had one too many hitting the street– and sometimes hitting each other. The Pour […]
SAFE Act supporter gives a little to local permit holders BY DYLAN SKRILOFF When the White Plains-based daily newspaper the Journal News published a list of legal pistol permit holders on an interactive website map back in December 2012, it stirred a local and national hornets’ nest. Amazingly, fallout continues 15 months later. The Rockland […]
BY JANIE ROSMAN As boating season nears, concerns about safety and river access after last July’s fatal boating accident prompted a grassroots lobby for Tappan Zee Constructors, LLC (TZC) to reopen the Piermont Channel near Cornetta’s Restaurant & Marina. “It wouldn’t take more than one week to dig an outlet 10’ deep and 40’ wide […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA NEW CITY – Workers with Brega Transportaation Corporation announced legal proceedings against their employer this week at the Rockland County Legislature, petitioning the lawmaking body to assist them in securing contractually-promised healthcare from their employer. Representatives of the United Transportaation Union announced to the legislature on Tuesday that they believe Brega had […]