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Dirty N.J. river inches closer to a mega-cleanup. Emphasis on inches.
Another month, another gradual milestone for the exhaustibly-awaited cleanup of the Passaic River. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approved a final design for cleaning up the river’s lower 8.3 miles. If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive...
Rockland Man Dies From Drugs Bought In Bergen From Paterson Dealer: Authorities
Detectives determined that Tristan Colquhoun, 30, sold Matthew Andreas, 39, of Suffern the fatal dose, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Andreas was pronounced dead shortly after Suffern police responding to an overdose call found him unresponsive in the upstairs bedroom of a local residence shortly after 3:30 p.m. Feb. 16, the prosecutor said.
What will construction of the Champlain Hudson Power Express mean for Rockland?
STONY POINT ‒ Dozens of residents, including many local business owners, had plenty of questions for officials of the Champlain Hudson Power Express, a transmission line that will carry hydropower from Canada to NYC and traverse Rockland along the way. When will it be built? How will businesses along the Route 9W corridor...
Man Dies At Hospital After Blaze At Ossining Home
The blaze happened on Tuesday, May 7 in Ossining in the area of Liberty Street and Spring Street, where a multi-floor residence went up in flames, according to Ossining Police. Arriving fire crews from Ossining and Croton-on-Hudson soon began working to put the blaze out. During a search of the...
N.J. mother pushes for safer streets after daughter was fatally struck on scooter
The mother of a 15-year-old girl who was fatally struck by a vehicle while riding a scooter in Bergen County last month is calling for improved safety measures at the intersection where the crash occurred. Serenity Law was allegedly the third person killed in traffic at the intersection of Shaler...
Stage Left proves right fit for Rockland County kids
Stage Left Children’s Theater in Tappan may be for kids, but its impact on Rockland County has been anything but small. Founded in 1999 by current Artistic Director Ayn Lauren, the once 25-member, one show per-year company has since evolved into a thriving local theater education system. Stage Left...
Two Westchester restaurants close; one in biz 28 years, another for four
Despite all the restaurant openings in Westchester — more than a dozen with a dozen more opening soon — there are still closings. Two of them, one that had been serving heaping portions of Italian food for more than two decades and one that served Latin food for almost four years, are among them. Details below.
Resident group files suit against Piermont over proposed apartment, development
A group of Piermont residents filed a lawsuit against the village alleging a lack of transparency and an unlawful approval of a village zone change that appeared to make way for a proposed three-story apartment complex downtown. Members of the group Preserve Piermont, a community Facebook coalition that organized primarily...
2 years, 5 fish, lots of farmers markets: How Rockland couple sailed around the world
NYACK ‒ Robin Bell and Karl Coplan sailed the Mabel Rose to Nyack Boat Club Tuesday, just a week shy of two years after they left on a worldwide circumnavigation full of adventure, fun and even a little work (at least for Bella who received a Fulbright grant to study in Australia for several months in the middle of their journey).
This Westchester School for Autistic Children Can Cost $573,200 a Year. It Operates With Little Oversight and Students Have Suffered.
This story was originally published by ProPublica. From the first months that Brett Ashinoff was at Shrub Oak International School in New York, his parents felt uneasy about the residential school for students with autism. They worried that Brett, who already was thin, was losing weight. They said his nails weren’t getting cut. He would […] The post This Westchester School for Autistic Children Can Cost $573,200 a Year. It Operates With Little Oversight and Students Have Suffered. appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News.
Support pours in for family who lost home in Fair Lawn fire
A GoFundMe fundraiser has received thousands of dollars to help the family that lived in the Fair Lawn house that caught fire Monday evening. The Guerrier family needed to be relocated on Monday night as their home was deemed inhabitable. Luckily none of the residents or firefighters sustained any injuries, but the family is still going through a traumatic time with losing their home.
Woman who helped Mount Vernon mother-daughter in pandemic fraud scam avoids prison time
A Georgia woman who cooperated with investigators after helping a mother and daughter from Mount Vernon bilk the U.S. Small Business Administration out of $1.7 million in pandemic relief funds was spared prison time Wednesday. Traci Proctor, who was raised in Mount Vernon and worked in the city's Youth Bureau from 2008 to 2011, was sentenced to time served ‒ the single day she spent in custody in 2021 after she and Andrea and Alicia Ayers were...
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