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Rockland County residents fed up with elected officials, bailouts and stimulus payments plan to mark Independence Day with their version of a "tea party." At least two such parties are planned in the county, while dozens of others are set in communities across the country.

There's more strategy to catching a water balloon dropped from a 52-foot platform than you may think.

Rockland Community College's 2009-10 proposed budget and a measure that would require local restaurants to post their calorie counts will be the subject of public hearings when the county Legislature meets Tuesday.

NEW CITY - The colorful rocks that adorn the garden outside United Hospice of Rockland look like carefully crafted art projects.

A woman who accused a man of raping her has recanted her accusations, authorities said today.

Nearly 400 New City homes lost power early today after a transformer failed in the area of Main Street and New Hempstead Road.

A 48-year-old man accused of trying to rape a woman was arrested while attacking her in the woods in Memorial Park by East Church Street, police said yesterday.

Alex Liebmann and Marc Greenspan, ninth-graders at Clarkstown North High School in New City, won the category of 'Best Chemistry Project' at the Rockland Science, Invention and Technology Fair held at North Rockland High School.

A 33-year-old parolee has been arrested on felony charges accusing him of raping a woman while holding her against her will for several hours, village police said yesterday.

A Suffern plumbing contractor is accused of ripping off a disabled New City woman and her husband by failing to deliver on more than $11,000 worth of renovations to make their bathroom handicapped-accessible. Bart Sakin of 3 Lake Road faces two counts of felony third-degree grand larceny.

RAMAPO - It appears that Venera Held, 76, won't have much left from the sale of a house that she has insisted for six years she never meant to sell.

RAMAPO - Town Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence is suing his Democratic primary opponent Bruce Levine over accusations that Town Hall is a corrupt patronage mill.

Denise Crisci was finally able to get a good night's sleep Tuesday after voters resoundingly approved the $163.8 million Clarkstown schools budget.

NEW CITY - Wet weather did not deter a congregation celebrating its church's historic anniversary with a traditional strawberry festival yesterday.

NEW CITY - Rainy weather did not discourage a congregation to celebrate its church's historic anniversary with a traditional strawberry festival.

Six Spring Valley men pleaded guilty yesterday to charges that they beat up another man during a gang brawl, leaving him with 150 facial stitches and several stab wounds.

Jun 16, 2009 10:41 am US/Eastern NEW CITY, N.Y. 1 of 1 South Orangetown Middle School in Rockland County was locked down after an armed man confronted the superintendent inside on June 9, 2009.

A former New York City police officer pleaded not guilty yesterday to felony charges accusing him of holding the South Orangetown schools superintendent at gunpoint last week.

WEST NYACK - The chances that a Boy Scout will go on to Scouting's highest honor are pretty slim.

NEW CITY - Clarkstown voters approved a $163.8 million school budget yesterday, staving off the possibility of a contingency budget that would have placed many restrictions on the district.