South Nyack News

Re the series of Tappan Zee Bridge/Interstate 287 Project open houses in Westchester and Rockland counties last week: The only thing missing from these traveling Tappan Zee mega-bridge road shows is a carnival barker standing outside.

No sooner had I arrived at a meeting about the Tappan Zee Bridge Thursday than South Nyack Mayor Tish DuBow asked, 'Have you found your hat?' Sadly, the answer was - and remains - no.

The battle for street parking, computer time and cozy chairs is almost over for patrons of the Nyack Library.

The crimes have taken place around Elysian, Washington, Ross and Maple streets, police said.

UPPER NYACK - Volunteers gathered Sunday to help revitalize Nyack Beach State Park by building log benches.

The historic Oak Hill Cemetery is being sued for $2.5 million for failing to place a veterans marker at the grave site of Lonnie A. Leonard.

NYACK - A woman suffered minor injuries after a house caught fire Friday night on South Boulevard.

CLARKSTOWN: A manhunt came to a peaceful end after Clarkstown police took a man accused of menacing his girlfriend into custody Friday night.

Mayor Gordon Jenkins is suing the village trustees and manager, claiming they have usurped his powers and taken control.

PIERMONT - Police arrested a 46-year-old homeless man after a manhunt through the woods on Saturday afternoon.

SOUTH NYACK - An older model Honda Accord zipping north through a construction zone on the Tappan Zee Bridge Tuesday night was found to have more than 300 bags of heroin and other drugs when stopped by state police, officials said.

NYACK - Several hundred people will gather Tuesday around the stone memorial at the New York State Thruway entrance honoring two police officers and a Brinks security guard murdered during a robbery and roadblock on Oct.

For the first time in recent memory, Nyack's Halloween parade will creep through downtown on Halloween night itself.

Traffic was back to normal on the northbound Thruway between Exits 12 in West Nyack and 14B in Airmont at 10:45 this morning, following repairs that lasted longer than expected and created a nightmare for morning rush hour commuters.

" A father and son from upstate New York are facing felony drug charges after being stopped by an SP Tarrytown trooper on I-87 in the Village of South Nyack.

NEW CITY - Unlicensed home-improvement contractors will be encouraged to obtain licenses under a new county law that also gives authorities the ability to seize the tools and trucks of offenders.

SOUTH NYACK - A father and son from upstate are facing drug charges after being stopped by state police.

ORANGETOWN: As students prepare to return to school in the fall, South Nyack-Grand View police are reminding drivers to keep their speed at or below posted limits and to be ready to stop for buses with flashing red lights.

SOUTH NYACK -[0x0f]An upstate man was arrested yesterday on felony drug charges during a car stop on the New York State Thruway.

Every full-time officer, sergeant and chief in Rockland's two smallest police departments earned more than $100,000 in 2008.