Sloatsburg News

Kara Newman is mild-mannered and soft-spoken, wears glasses and has a sweet smile.

Applause followed nearly every speaker who stepped up to the podium. More than 100 people packed inside the Eagle Valley Firehouse in Tuxedo Park Monday night to express their opinions on an environmental review of proposed modifications to what would be Orange County's largest residential project.

Nyack has joined a growing number of communities across the United States by banning smoking in a public park.

SLOATSBURG - The village's building inspector is going to lose his job because his position is being eliminated.

RAMAPO: Eight people were charged with drunken driving during the Ramapo Police Department's more than two-week participation in the New York STOP-DWI crackdown Aug.

Hundreds of spectators lined Route 59 yesterday to cheer their local volunteer firefighters.

The following communities will commemorate Sept. 11 with the following events. All are memorial ceremonies unless otherwise noted.

AIRMONT- An 18-year-old Montebello man wearing a shirt with racist insignias has been charged with a second hate crime since April involving an attack on a Hispanic male, authorities said today.

I was thrilled to see that Neo has been finally found and returned to his owners.

Rockland residents who have been ordered to leave their homes by a judge or are on the verge of having their electricity or gas shut off by the utility company may qualify for financial assistance under a new program.

A Sloatsburg man has been convicted of sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl he knew in 2006.

WESTNYACK - The Palisades Center is unveiling a new double-decker carousel to replace the handmade, 101-year-old merry-go-round that left the mall two months ago.

WESTNYACK - The Palisades Center is unveiling a new double-decker carousel to replace the handmade, 101-year-old merry-go-round that left the mall two months ago.

A Suffern man, accused of drunken driving in a fatal crash, countered today that another car clipped his Mustang on the Thruway, causing the vehicle to spin out of control as he drove three friends home from a bachelor party at the Lace strip club in West Nyack, his lawyer said.

A passer-by who thought the part-Rottweiler she found wandering the roads near Sloatsburg last month was a friendly animal said yesterday that she was devastated the stray was euthanized without anyone calling her.

SLOATSBURG - A 4-year-old boy was airlifted to Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla for observation today after nearly drowning in a swimming pool, authorities said.

SLOATSBURG - Mindy Martinez misses what she calls the seclusion of her backyard.

Tappan Zee Bridge repairs Today: Right lane Rockland-bound closed for maintenance beginning at milepost 13.1 to 15.0, between 9:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. Tomorrow: Right lane Rockland-bound closed for maintenance beginning at milepost 13.1 to 15.0, between 9:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. Work will proceed, weather permitting, and schedule updates will be ...

Tappan Zee Bridge repairs Today: Right lane Rockland-bound closed for maintenance beginning at milepost 13.1 to 15.0, between 9:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. Tomorrow: Right lane Rockland-bound closed for maintenance beginning at milepost 13.1 to 15.0, between 9:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. Work will proceed, weather permitting, and schedule updates will be ...

The northbound lanes were backed up from exit 15A in Sloatsburg to exit 16 in Harriman during the early afternoon hours as many drivers were trying to get away for the weekend.