New City News

One person is dead after a two-car crash this morning on the Palisades Interstate Parkway in New City.

In BROOKHAVEN construction work on SUNRISE HWY/NY RT-27 WB between CR-16/HORSEBLOCK RD/X57 and RT-112/X53 in PATCHOGUE A militant smoker punched a detective in the face Wednesday after he was told to put out his cigar in a convenience store, the Rockland County sheriff's Office said -- the second time in as many days that suspects slugged cops.

A 25-year-old Nyack man has been charged with rape after an investigation found he had forcibly engaged in a sexual relationship with a teenage girl, according to Clarkstown police .

The Clarkstown Police Crime Prevention Unit is sponsoring a free VIN Etching Program on Saturday at the Clarkstown Police Department in New City to help the public safeguard their vehicles against theft.

A New City man who was being taken to a hospital by police kicked out windows on two police cars and bit a police officer in an incident in New City on Monday, according to Clarkstown police.

Accident cleared on THE L.I.E./I-495 EB between X39/GLEN COVE RD and X40/JERICHO TPK/NY RT-25 in NASSAU CNTY Accident cleared on THE L.I.E./I-495 EB between X39/GLEN COVE RD and X40/JERICHO TPK/NY RT-25 in NASSAU CNTY SUNKEN MEADOW STATE PARK current temperature 73 degrees...water temp 63 degrees...wave height 1 ft...ALL PARKING LOTS OPEN ROBERT ... (more)

A Many college graduations have already taken place. Congratulations to those New City residents who recently received their graduate or undergraduate degrees.

A Memorial Day observances in Clarkstown kicked off Friday with the annual Promenade of Heroes.

The 27th Annual Good Samaritan Spring Ball raised nearly $300,000 to help pay for ongoing expansion of the Emergency Department at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center in Suffern.

With the work week nearing its end, check out this list of just a few things you can do around the county this weekend: Promenade of Heroes Memorial Day Service When/Where - Friday 11 a.m. at Clarkstown Street School Community Center, located at 31 Zukor Road, New City.

Earl Franklin Lorence Sr., 81, of New City, formerly of Buffalo, former detective sergeant in the Erie County Sheriff's Department, died May 21.

In SUFFOLK closed due to accident on WADING RIVER RD NB between SOUTH ST and I 495/LONG ISLAND EXPY in MANORVILLE In MANORVILLE closed due to accident on WADING RIVER RD SB between I 495/LONG ISLAND EXPY and SOUTH ST in SUFFOLK Joyce Bidnick, 57, pleaded guilty to grand larceny and admitted to stealing more than $400,000 from the New City Little ... (more)

A Spring Valley woman has been convicted in Rockland County Court in New City of stealing $5,688 from the welfare system.

A man who accosted a suburban woman outside her home after following her from the grocery store admitted his guilt today.

In WEST HEMPSTEAD road construction. right lane closed on RT-24/HEMPSTEAD TURNPIKE WB between S CHERRY VALLEY AVE and before NASSAU BLVD In COMMACK right lane blocked on NY RT-25 WB approaching CR-14/INDIAN HEAD RD and before SUNKEN MEADOW PKY North Country Rd Closed between and Stony Brook Rd and Wellington Dr In STONY BROOK closed due to ... (more)

A 22-year-old man who falsely reported to police he had been raped by another man must serve three years on probation.

A Joyce Bidnick of New City plead guilty today to Grand Larceny, Second Degree in connection with the theft of more than $400,000 from the New City Little League.

In SUFFOLK CNTY two lanes closed on THE L.I.E./I-495 WB at X52/COMMACK RD. Stopped traffic from X53/SAGTIKOS PKWY In YAPHANK closed due to accident on MILL RD EB at COUNTY RTE 21/MAIN ST.

A Congresswoman Nita Lowey called for immediate passage of measures that would aid veterans through implementing education, training, job assistance and benefit programs.

A The Clarkstown Town Board authorized the Department of Environmental Control's director to hire a New City land surveyor to survey and prepare a subdivision map of the Traphagen property in West Nyack.