BY MICHAEL CAHILL PHOTOS BY TOM MCGUIRE AND DYLAN SKRILOFF Hurricane Sandy blew through Rockland County on this week, with high winds and a record storm surge. In her wake, Sandy left many residents with damaged homes and property and tens of thousands more without power. Sandy made landfall around 8 p.m. on Monday night […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, long lines of cars packed the roads surrounding Boulder Stadium as police and Orange & Rockland personnel coordinated emergency ice distribution. The emergency services at the stadium began on October 30, when dry ice was provided to attendees before the services were cut short due to […]
Press Release from FEMA WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency announced that federal disaster aid has been made available to the State of New York and ordered federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area affected by Hurricane Sandy beginning on October 27, 2012, and continuing. […]
Rockland County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef today reached out to state officials to alert them that Rockland County faces a shortage of petroleum, the result of the recent closure of the Port of New York, and ongoing power outages at gas suppliers, as a result of Hurricane Sandy. During the course of the day many […]
According to O&R spokesman Mike Donovan, Hurricane Sandy caused unprecedented damage. Donovan called Sandy, “The worst storm in company history. Double the amount of damage from Irene.” Donovan said 80 percent of O&R’s customers were affected adversely by the storm. Compared to last year’s two epic storms, Sandy blows them away. Donovan said, “Snowtober was […]
BY DIANA BIERMAN For the past 27 years, during the week before Halloween, the Stony Point Ambulance Corps holds a walk-through haunted house when all the ghosts and goblins come out to trick or treat. The haunted house brings people from all over. It’s decked out with spooky décor, slanted walls, dead ends and much […]