Nanuet News

An Orangeburg woman and a Yonkers man were charged with drunken driving in separate incidents in Clarkstown on Friday, according to town police .

A Valentine's Day is tomorrow and those wanting a unique gift, there's a local option.

A There's a new business in Nanuet and a familiar face is behind the counter.A Local Barry Fixler is teaming up with Gary Corts to open the Hudson Valley Pawnbrokers of Rockland-320 West Route 59.

A Nyack man was charged with drunken driving Saturday morning after he was stopped by police for driving erratically on Route 59 in Nanuet, according to the Rockland County Sheriff's Department.

While looking for a breakfast place in Rockland County, I checked out Pancakes Plus in Nanuet.

The Nyack Youth Collaborative hosted a talk Thursday night to discuss New York State's two-percent tax cap, and the effect it will have on taxpayers, students and schools.

Nyack police sergeant Edward O'Grady and officer Waverly Brown lost their lives in the Brinks robbery over 30 years ago , but their memories are honored anually with a stirring ceremony-and through the O'Grady-Brown Memorial Scholarship Fund.

A Think you know Nanuet? Here's your chance to prove it. In this weekly column, we'll post a close up of a landmark in Nanuet.

Grocery shopping can be a chore - an expensive one at that - but it can also be fun,A extreme , even political.

A Most everybody has heard of the Relay For Life. There will be a fally Thursday evening at the Comfort Inn & Suites in Nanuet to officially kick off the 2012 Relay For Life of Rockland County.

A Think back to a year ago. Snowstorm after snowstorm had accumulated in January like layers of a frozen parfait until we were all half-blinded by the drifts and shuttled into narrow lanes on the roadways.

A Reading and literacy is a constant push at the elementary level in Nanuet. "The 100 th day of school is coming up and it's on Valentine's Day," said Miller Elementary Principal Betsy Smith.

Each week, we'll give you the info on the best family activities or events for the week.

A In December last year, the Nanuet business, Furniture Plaza , auctioned off everything in its 60,000 square-foot building.

A The PTA Council hosted another successful PTA Founders Day event with more than 100 in attendance.

The most recent participants in the Clarkstown Youth Court program will graduate at Tuesday's town board meeting and be honored for their achievements along with the nine winners of the annual Pride of Clarkstown Awards.

The New York State Liquor Authority has denied a license to sell alcoholic beverages to a Route 59 night-club and restaurant where a man recently was shot in the chest during fight last month.

The New Latin Grill in Nanuet, the scene of a Jan. 21 dispute that led to a shooting, has been denied a liquor license and can no longer serve alcohol, according to Clarkstown police.

A Rockland's student musicians treated friends and family to a two-part music festival at Nanuet HS on Saturday afternoon.

The driver of a car that slammed into a tree alongside the Palisades Interstate Parkway in Nanuet had to be cut out of the wreckage and then was airlifted to Westchester County Medical Center for treatment of serious injuries this morning, according to Nanuet volunteer firefighters .