Criminal Mischief in Clarkstown

Criminal Mischief in Clarkstown

Town of Clarkstown Police arrested three young teenagers in the early hours of Tuesday morning after they allegedly smashed several cars parked at the Heritage Drive condominium complex in New City, police said. At approximately 3 a.m. Clarkstown Police arrived on the scene after a resident reported he heard the sound of glass breaking and […]

Ex-Rockland Man Killed in Empire State Shooting

Nanuet raised Steven Ercolino, 41, was shot and killed by a disgruntled ex-employee near Empire State Building in N.Y. on Friday, August 24. Ercolino was the vice president at Hazan Import Corp., a clothing and accessories importer, where Jeffrey Johnson, 53, had been laid off from about a year ago. Ercolino had moved from Nanuet […]

Permanent Ban on Sale of Mislabeled Synthetic Drugs Goes into Effect

Owner Of Village Sensations To Pay $15,000 For Violating State Labeling Laws Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced Tuesday, August 14 that a judge has signed a consent order and judgment demanding mislabeled or unlabeled products, including synthetic marijuana and other intoxicants, be permanently removed from the store shelves of Village Sensations in Nanuet. In […]

Timeline: August 9, 2012

New Plant in Haverstraw up for Debate GenOn, a Haverstraw energy plant that has been involved in ongoing negotiations with the Town of Haverstraw concerning taxes, recently proposed building a new natural-gas power plant at the Bowline Generating Station under Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s “Energy Highway” initiative. GenOn, formerly known as Mirant, owns the Bowline facility, which […]

Tree Falls During Storm, Near Miss for Nanuet Woman

BY SARA GILBERT On Wednesday, August 1, Anita Rossi was on the phone with her pastor’s wife around 2 p.m. when a severe thunderstorm hit, sending a large tree crashing down onto her second floor apartment in the Normandy Village complex in Nanuet. She wasn’t badly injured, but was definitely hit by the tree and […]