Spring Valley News

An attempted murder charge against a 25-year-old Spring Valley man has been dismissed after a prosecution witness provided testimony that discredited the victim, who had been seriously stabbed.

The Transport of Rockland bus didn't hit the stroller as it turned into the transportation hub at 1:30 p.m. Susan Meyer, a spokeswoman for the county Department of Public Transportation, said the mother "saw the bus coming and she was hurrying, running, across the road."

Spring Valley Deputy Mayor Joseph Desmaret's job as a data clerk in Ramapo Town Hall is on the line as he contends with a federal mail fraud charge and an ongoing investigation at Village Hall.

Progress on a multimillion-dollar construction project has become snarled after officials discovered the developer was working without a formal building permit and had failed to pay a $29,000 permit fee, a village attorney said.

A Monsey man linked to an FBI-undercover investor accused of bribing Spring Valley and New York City officials has been sentenced to repay $1.75 million from a bank fraud conviction.

The study commissioned by Nickelodeon UK found men don't reach maturity until 43, while women typically mature around age 32. A Spring Valley, N.Y. woman said her husband still has some growing up to do at 49 years old.

Taxpayers in the Finkelstein Memorial Library district passed a $7.5 million budget Tuesday, approving a plan that will cost homeowners an average of $6 more next year.

Real estate sales have been updated with 129 new transactions in Rockland including the $4.2 million sale of community college annex in Spring Valley to a religious group, $1.55 million for residential-zoned land in Airmont, $674,000 for a home on Bluefield Drive in Spring Valley and a $624,000 home sale in Piermont.

Troopers charged five motorists with drunken driving, including four in Rockland County, state police said.

A 22-year-old Spring Valley man died from a stab wound to his chest during a fight outside a children's party Sunday night, Ramapo police said Monday.

A birthday party in Rockland County took a deadly turn Sunday, and now police are looking for a gunman.

A federal jury on Friday found that two Spring Valley police officers were within their rights when they used a Taser to subdue a village man in February 2010.

The man killed Monday morning on Route 45 was run down from behind by a car that had driven entirely onto the shoulder, Ramapo police said Wednesday.

A two-family house that burned down and left three families homeless on Sunday is being investigated as a possible illegal boarding house that has been cited for lacking working smoke detectors.

The cause of the blaze that gutted a Phillips Hill Road luxury house and killed two dogs remains under investigation, a Clarkstown fire official said Tuesday.

Two men suffered smoke inhalation Monday during a fire on Paiken Drive. The victims, an 18-year-old and his elderly grandfather, were treated at an area hospital following the 6:27 p.m. blaze at 21 Paiken Drive, Spring Valley Deputy Chief Ken Sohlman said.

HILLCREST A 33-year-old man died after being hit by a car on Monday as he walked along the shoulder of Route 45 just past Guzzel's Deli, Ramapo police said.

Spring Valley Mayor Noramie Jasmin and Deputy Mayor Joseph Desmaret were among those arrested.

The Rockland County Department of Health says they want to speak with you if you were at Toys 4 U or Supreme Health Food Center, located at 27 Orchard Street, Monsey, NY10952 on Monday, May 20th between 6 - 8:15 PM, or the Hatzlacha Grocery Store, located at 80 West Street, Spring Valley, NY 10977, on Wednesday, May 22nd between 1:30 - 4:30 PM.

Public health officials discovered a case of measles at a kosher grocery store in the Orthodox community of Spring Valley, New York.