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FORT LAUDERDALE – Football fans at St. Thomas Aquinas have become accustomed to winning games and state championship each fall. Now, a similar tradition is starting to emerge on the Aquinas football turf in the spring with the Raiders' girls flag football team. Monday, in a showdown with rival ...

Rockland County recently paid four million dollars for 11.83 acres of vacant residential land belonging to Davies Farm, Inc., which has been selling off residential parcels since the 1930s. During his recent State of the County address, County Executive Ed Day mentioned plans for Rockland County to acquire additional Open...

A “sophisticated, electronically-operated” hidden compartment used by an out-of-state driver stopped by Bergen County detectives held two kilos of cocaine, authorities said. Narcotic Task Force investigators stopped the unidentified vehicle at an undisclosed location and found the drugs last Thursday, March 23, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said.

Rockland County has launched an innovative tuition reimbursement program to help volunteer fire departments and E.M.S. agencies recruit and retain more local heroes. The Higher Education Recruitment and Retention Opportunity, H.E.R.R.O. program follows closely on the heels of the new tax credit initiative also offered as a way of expressing gratitude to local first responders and encouraging recruitment, as reported by Rockland Daily here.

Rockland County Government representatives joined the Ramapo Munsee Land Alliance, the Ramapough Lunaape Nation, and The Land Conservancy of New Jersey at a ceremony held at the Sweetwater Cultural Center in Stony Point last week to celebrate the transfer of the Tahetaweew or Split Rock Mountain located in the Ramapo Mountains back to the Ramapough Lunaape Nation.

The sister of a 34-year-old man shot to death leaving a Bronx lounge said the killer has left a void in the family’s collective heart. “They really took a good man off the face of this world for nonsense,” Mahogany Covington, 42, said of her brother, Darnell Johnson. “I’m gonna stand up for my brother ’cause he can’t stand up for himself anymore.” An argument broke out as Johnson and a friend, ...

YONKERS, NY – Police and the city building department shut down a smoke shop accused of selling marijuana-laden candies and other treats for numerous violations. Police touted the victory, saying, “Another illegal smoke shop has been shut down.” This time, members of The City of Yonkers Smoke Shop Task Force inspected the Yonkers Smokers store at 262 South Broadway and confiscated numerous unlicensed products for sale, including illicit cannabis and unlawful synthetic cannabinoid products. The department added that the store was shut down for Building and Fire code violations. “Many of these products are designed in appearance to mimic candy, The post Police shut down illegal smoke shop in Yonkers appeared first on Shore News Network.

The identities have been released for three people who were found dead at an apartment building in Westchester County.At about 2:45 p.m. Saturday, March 25, New Rochelle Police received a call from a man stating he was possibly overdosing and that he was with three others who were al…

Members of a Manhattan grand jury considering a possible indictment of former President Donald Trump returned Monday to court. Members of a Manhattan grand jury considering a possible indictment of former President Donald Trump returned Monday to court. Spring allergies and eye care. As we head into allergy season, and...

CLIFTON, N.J. -- A terrifying home invasion left a 73-year-old grandmother tied up while two men ransacked her home in Clifton, New Jersey. Ramona Cartagena described in detail what happened inside her home at around noon Sunday.Cartagena was standing at her kitchen island, working on a wreath, when she heard the door open. "I thought it was my husband, that he came back," said Cartagena. It wasn't her husband. Instead, two men wearing black masks stepped inside. "I just froze," said Cartagena. One of the men walked over to her while the other stayed by the door. "The only thing he say, 'Don't move.' He said...

A community in New Rochelle is in mourning after three men died of overdoses over the weekend. A community in New Rochelle is in mourning after three men died of overdoses over the weekend. Two teens shot in Harlem: NYPD. Multiple people are in custody after two teens were shot...

HARLEM, N.Y. (PIX11) — Multiple people are in custody after two teens were shot outside a Harlem apartment building Monday night, police said. Authorities found the two 17-year-old boys with gunshot wounds in front of 136 Saint Nicholas Ave. at around 10:20 p.m., according to the NYPD. One of the teens was struck in the […]

Here are some stories making headlines across the Hudson Valley.

Two teenagers are recovering at a hospital after a shooting in Harlem Monday night, authorities say. The shooting took place near West 131st Street and St. Nicholas Avenue at around 10 p.m. Two 17-year-old victims were struck by gunfire. One was shot in the hip, and the other was shot in the right leg.

Police on Tuesday released a photos of three suspects wanted in connection with the shooting death of a 33-year-old man in the Bronx earlier this month.

The fire broke out on the first floor of the Rosedale Avenue home in the Soundview section just before 11:45 p.m. Monday.

A Department of Transportation spokesperson said in part, "Safety is always NYSDOT's top priority and in the most recent incident, trees fell along the Palisades Interstate Parkway following recent rains that saturated soils and weakened resistance to high winds."

Hackensack, NJ - Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced an investigation into the death of a woman in Hackensack, NJ, from a suspected fentanyl-related drug overdose. The Bergen County Prosecutor's Office is being carried out the investigation, led by Chief Jason Love, and the Hackensack Police Department, led by Officer-in-Charge Captain Michael Antista.   At approximately 5:27 p.m. on March 15, 2023, the Hackensack Police Department received a 9-1-1 call reporting multiple unresponsive victims within the parking garage of 400 Hackensack Avenue, Hackensack, NJ. Responding officers discovered four unresponsive females and quickly began life-saving steps, including administering Naloxone. A fifth female, who...

Vincent Dransfield, who turns 109 years old on Tuesday, still drives his Hyundai every day to run errands and lives in the same Little Falls house he moved into in 1945. The Passaic County native — who is possibly New Jersey’s oldest resident — has simple advice for living an improbably long life.

Residents in the Lower Hudson Valley are shaken after three men were found dead and a fourth is in critical condition. New Rochelle Police were called around 3 p.m. on Saturday by a man who said three men were suffering from an apparent overdose. 4 Overdose In New Rochelle, New...