Suffern News

NEW CITY In the wake of this week's fatal crash in which a man was killed when his tractor-trailer truck careened off the exit 15 overpass of the Thruway in Suffern, Rockland county Legislator Alden Wolfe Thursday asked the Thruway Authority to examine that ramp with an eye toward preventing any more tragedies.

The Mounties program continued to grow this season under the guidance of Kunzmann.

When Joseph Conace's wife died 12 years ago, he found himself alone in more ways than one.

SUFFERN - The village Board of Trustees will seek bids to equip a senior citizen exercise program.

A contractor working on a county sewer project ripped through a gas main on Route 202, causing a leak of natural gas and closure of the road, police said.

Sometimes being told you don't look a day over 75 can be a compliment. Vinnie D'Esposito played the age-guessing game Wednesday with a visitor to the Suffern Seniors Club.

Suffern-area teens crammed into a house at the Jersey Shore are cited for underage drinking.

SPRING VALLEY - A 22-year-old man was arrested on multiple felony charges yesterday following Tuesday's drive-by shooting of another man in the leg, authorities said.

A hedge fund's chief operating officer has been charged in New York with forging documents so he could steal $250,000 from one of the funds he managed.

Two men were arrested last night, accused of beating and robbing a pedestrian of more than $400 as he walked along Lafayette Avenue.

On May 21, I was awarded the Rockland County Senior Citizen of the Year for 2009.

Even 50-plus years later, the communities affected most by the construction of the Tappan Zee Bridge haven't gotten over how the project was sprung on them, with little or no warning.

WHITE PLAINS - When a bus rapid transit system finally arrives in Rockland and Westchester, its buses could share lanes with car pools, have their own dedicated lanes, and, in some cases, travel high above traffic.

MONSEY - A woman suffered minor injuries yesterday during a four-vehicle chain-reaction collision on Route 59, near Main Street, that backed up traffic in the area, Ramapo police said.

The results of a survey showing that 35 percent of middle school and high school students with cell phones have used them to cheat at school is indeed alarming.

A local plumbing contractor is accused of ripping off a disabled woman and her husband by failing to deliver on more than $11,000 worth of renovations to make their bathroom handicapped accessible.

When Barry Schwartz logged on to Twitter on Jan. 27, he had 20 messages waiting for him, all with unwelcome news: Someone was impersonating his company on the social network.

With the fits and spurts of rush-hour traffic, several recent developments have inched along in the Interstate 287/Tappan Zee Bridge project, but expect plenty of pinch points ahead.

Local efforts are under way to help those who've lost their jobs or are underemployed, as well as businesses needing to hire affordable summer help.

ALBANY - Remember the state Assembly? While the Senate remained stalled on its legislative work, the Assembly kept churning out bills Thursday, many of which have not been passed by the Senate.