Breaking: ATM heist at Smiley Food Mart, Pearl River

Breaking: ATM heist at Smiley Food Mart, Pearl River

            An ATM machine was stolen overnight from Smiley Food Mart in Pearl River, a quarter mile south of the Pfizer plant, 327 N. Middletown Rd. Police did not offer details on the investigation other than to acknowledge there was a theft in the store related to the ATM machine. […]

Recent Local Accidents

Recent Local Accidents

Pedestrian injured by passing vehicle near Palisades Mall A 29-year old Congers man was injured by a passing motorist while he was walking on Route 303 near the Palisades Center Mall. According to reports, the man had climbed over the guard rail in the center of the road and was not within the crosswalk during […]

17-year-old motorcyclist killed Friday night on S. Pascack Rd.

Richard Quezada, 17, of Chestnut Ridge was killed while riding a motorcycle Friday night. Ramapo PD said Quezada’s 2005 Honda motorcycle collided with a 2005 Nissan Maxima on South Pascack Rd. just north of Watermill Rd. The Maxima was driven by 32-year-old Websner Mathieu of Nanuet, who suffered minor injuries and was not issued a summons. After hearing word of […]

Anti-cop protesters to defy DeBlasio tonight

Anti-cop protesters to defy DeBlasio tonight

  Hundreds or more pro-Palestinian/anti-“police brutality” protesters are looking to take to the streets tonight in defiance of a request by New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio that recent protests take a break until two recently slain NYPD officers are buried. The officers were killed “execution-style” Saturday by a gunman who expressed sympathy with the […]

Moody’s downgrades East Ramapo CSD, NY’s GO to Baa2; outlook remains negative

$14.6M in outstanding debt affected PRESS RELEASE FROM MOODY’S Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded to Baa2 from Baa1 the underlying rating on East Ramapo Central School District, NY’s $14.6 million in outstanding general obligation debt; the outlook remains negative. The district’s debt is secured by an unlimited tax pledge. RATINGS RATIONALE The downgrade to Baa2 […]

Third suspect arrested in Black Friday mall assaults

Third suspect  arrested in Black Friday mall assaults

WEST NYACK – A third and final suspect connected to a string of unprovoked assaults on Black Friday shoppers at the Palisades Mall has been brought into custody by the Clarkstown Detective Bureau. Florend Gjevukaj, 18, of Yonkers, NY, was arrested today and charged with assault as a hate crime, a third degree felony. With […]