Clarkstown PD have alerted the public that a 32-year-old man barricaded himself in his residence on Ohio Avenue in Congers today shortly after 11 a.m. and threatened to harm himself and/or his mother. Police responded to the scene but were unable to make contact with the man, who refused to speak or exit the premises. […]
(Update – as of Wednesday morning the town has appealed the ruling) New vote ordered by Justice Garvey Supreme Court Justice Margaret Garvey has ordered a new vote on the Ward-system referendum in Ramapo. Judge Garvey ruled that incorrect and misleading information had been distributed regarding absentee ballot rules and voting eligibility standards by the Town […]
SUFFERN – A bomb threat was emailed to Rockland Community College on Thursday, but was deemed a hoax after a police search found no threat on campus. The college received the email at 9:06 a.m. which detailed that a bomb would explode on campus that day. School officials notified police and evacuated the campus before […]
Michael E. LaFrancois , 24, 0f 36 Peck St., West Haverstraw, has been arrested on charges of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree (a C felony), criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the second degree. On September 26, 2014, the […]
Richard Gandon of the news site Rockland Star has caught a woman in a potential act of election fraud, as she identified herself as a representative of the Rockland Board of Elections to him over the phone, instructing him to vote ‘No’ on the Ramapo ward referendum today. Listen to the riveting footage here: NEWSMAN CATCHES […]
HEALTH DEPT. PRESS RELEASE Commissioner of Health Patricia Schnabel Ruppert, DO, FAAFP, today announced the first confirmed case of Enterovirus (EV-D68) in Rockland County. The case, confirmed by the New York State Department of Health, involves a child with a history of asthma, who was treated and released from Westchester Medical Center. Due to privacy […]