Stony Point News

The owner of ShopRite supermarkets recently withdrew his support for a plan to build a yard-waste facility near the site for the proposed Super ShopRite on Holt Drive.

Police have arrested the Stony Point Little League treasurer on felony charges accusing her of stealing thousands of dollars from the organization.

Ten years after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting a teenage boy and trying to solicit another teen online, 61-year-old Donald Kardian has left prison and settled in a place with more than its share of registered sex offenders: the City of Newburgh.

A Bronx mother accused of driving drunk yesterday crashed her car along Route 303 with her three children inside, Orangetown police said.

Folk singer Linda Russell sings old folk songs and plays period instruments during a family colonial concert by a campfire at the Stony Point Battlefield State Historic Site at 7:30 p.m. There will also be a sing-along, children's marching band, reading of the Declaration of Independence and cannon salute.

A major multi-car accident on the Palisades Interstate Parkway northbound shut down the Palisades Parkway in Rockland this afternoon.

Seven people were injured in a three-car accident last night at the corner of East Main Street and Wood Avenue that was caused by drunken driving.

Several state and national historic sites across New York are hosting events and activities on the Fourth of July.

A high-risk sex offender once from Stony Point who preyed on young boys has been released from state prison after serving his nearly 10-year sentence.

Rockland law enforcement got a $13.7 million boost this morning from assets seized by federal agencies from a multi-million dollar Internet gambling ring.

HAVERSTRAW - Nestled within Central Presbyterian Church, the Haverstraw Youth Theater isn't your typical theater company.

RAMAPO - The Riveras were present in full force: grandparents, parents, six aunts and eight siblings and cousins, the youngest barely 4 years old.

STONY POINT - Bring on the soda bread, the war pipes and the ceili dancers - the 36th annual Rockland County Feis and field games are set for July 19.

The noise sounds like thunder or dump trucks dropping off multiple loads. That's what Edith Thornburg thought they might be when she first heard the "booms" at her Pomona home Saturday.

I would like to add my objections to Scenic Development's plan for Patrick Farm.

STONY POINT - Twenty-eight town employees earned more than $100,000 in 2008, and 25 of them were police officers.

A sampling of opinion from LoHud.com: "Lending a hand," an editorial. "A step forward," an editorial.

Hike name: Little Stony Point State Park. Location: Putnam County, just north of Cold Spring.

Salvage workers yesterday raised a rare 50-year-old wood sailboat that sank mysteriously to the muddy bottom of the Hudson River overnight last week.

Three Lower Hudson Valley residents who supplemented their income by claiming unemployment benefits while holding jobs with the state are now facing felony charges, the state Attorney General's Office said yesterday.