GOVERNOR CUOMO DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY AS WINTER STORM HITS NEW YORK STATE

FROM THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE Governor Deploys Additional Equipment and Personnel to Assist in Winter Storm Response; Activates State Emergency Operations Center Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today declared a state of emergency as a major winter storm has moved into the New York City metropolitan area. The State of Emergency covers the following counties: Suffolk, Nassau, […]

Five to Ten Inches of Snow Forecast for Tuesday; Winter Storm Warning in Effect for Region

Five to Ten Inches of Snow Forecast for Tuesday; Winter Storm Warning in Effect for Region

A Winter Storm Warning is in effect for the region from noon Tuesday until 6 a.m. Wednesday, including all of Rockland County. The National Weather Service predicts 5 – 10″ of snow (updated prediction  5 a.m. Tuesday), beginning late morning/around noon, with the heaviest snow falling between the evening commute and midnight. The snow should […]

O&R: PG&E Scam Emails Contain Malware; Delete Immediately

PRESS RELEASE PEARL RIVER, NY  Jan. 16, 2014 – O&R is alerting its customers to a widespread email scam involving bogus bills that purport to originate from Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), a San Francisco-based company that is one of the largest electric and gas utilities in the U.S. PG&E has received calls from people, […]

Mendel Zarkowsky of New Square Charged with Child Sexual Abuse

Mendel Zarkowsky of New Square Charged with Child Sexual Abuse

  Ramapo Police have arrested New Square resident Moshe Menacham Taubenfeld, also known as Mendel Zarkowsky, for one count of class D felony course of sexual conduct against a child in the second degree, for alleged acts that occurred between the years of 2001 and 2006. The police allege Taubenfeld abused a male youth under […]

Lowest Gas Price Offerings of 2013: Costco and Arco take Top Honors in Annual Survey

From www.gasbuddy.com GasBuddy, the nation’s leading gas price app, congratulates the top 25 lowest priced retail gasoline offerings, which together saved consumers millions of dollars on their yearly gasoline fill-ups in 2013. Each year, GasBuddy combs through nearly 35 million individual gasoline prices and compares each brand’s pump offering (by zip code) to the average […]

New City Teenager Arrested on Burglary and Assault Charges

New City Teenager Arrested on Burglary and Assault Charges

FROM CPD  On January 13, 2014 the Clarkstown Police Department arrested Paul, Goddard, 18, from New City and charged him with first degree burglary, second degree assault and fourth degree grand larceny, (all felonies) and unauthorized use of a computer (misdemeanor). Goddard entered a home on Old Hempstead Rd. in New City.  The homeowner returned home, confronted […]