Clarkstown PD says a local senior was duped into transferring $2,000 via “Green Dot” money cards to fraudster who called him and claimed to be his grandson. The senior, an 82-year-old resident of Nanuet, received the call Friday, September 12, 4:40 p.m. from the phony “grandson,” requesting bail money for a mythical arrest in Las […]
Michael Pointing, general manager of United Water’s West Nyack operations for the past several years, has been removed from leadership and replaced by interim GM David Stanton, who also is president of the United Water Regulated Division. United Water refused to address rumors circulating about Pointing’s departure, stating “It is our policy not to discuss personnel […]
DA’S PRESS RELEASE Rockland County District Attorney Thomas P. Zugibe today announced that Jojo K. John (DOB 01/04/78) of 37G Gail Drive, Nyack, New York was sentenced to two years in the Rockland County jail on his guilty plea to two counts of vehicular manslaughter in the Second Degree, class “D” Felonies, in the deaths […]
PRESS RELEASE EPA Decision on State of New York’s Proposal to Use Clean Water Funding for Projects Related to Replacing the Tappan Zee Bridge Each year, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) provides millions of dollars to the State of New York, which in turn provides funding to local governments for various clean water purposes, including […]
SPRING VALLEY – A Spring Valley mother will serve time in prison and faces eventual deportation for the killing of her newborn son. Maria Guaman-Guaman, 24, was sentenced to 12 years in prison and an additional five years of post-release supervision by Justice William Kelly for the strangling death of her child, who was dubbed […]
(CNN) — More than a dozen cases of Enterovirus D68 have been confirmed in New York state, according to officials. “EV-D68 is causing cases of severe respiratory illness … sometimes resulting in hospitalization, especially among children with asthma,” the NYS Department of Health said in a statement Friday. Enteroviruses are quite common in September; the U.S. […]