West Nyack News

Road-rage incident: Philip Lusen, 23, of Hillcrest was charged with misdemeanor counts of driving while intoxicated, driving with a blood-alcohol level of 0.08 percent or more, harassment, reckless driving and reckless endangerment, and disorderly conduct, a violation.

When Zacarias Moussaoui, the so-called 20th hijacker, stood trial for his role in the Sept.

The county Legislature may soon consider limiting the amount of tax dollars it uses on public art displays after an outcry by residents who criticized the spending.

BLUE ROCK SCHOOL: The Blue Rock School in West Nyack will sponsor an author talk at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Nyack Center, 58 Depew Avenue.

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

WEST NYACK - It was 1959 and the neighborhood school that had been located in an old brick building on Strawtown Road was being moved to a new location nearby.

The following volunteer fire department calls were reported between 4 p.m. Sunday and 4 p.m. Monday by Rockland County 44 Control: 4:52 p.m., Tappan, unauthorized burning.

Share + Nov 11, 2009 5:18 pm US/Eastern Reporting Don Dahler 1 of 8 People wave an American flag as the USS New York enters New York harbor November 2, 2009 on its way past the former World Trade Center site.

WEST NYACK - One of the oldest churches in the county is embracing the new pastor with worldwide experience.

A Haverstraw-based affordable housing group must provide documentation and answers to 193 questions asked by the lawyer for the Rockland Legislature panel chairman who is withholding $113,000 in county money.

A sex offender suspected in the fatal disappearance of a young New York City woman has been sentenced to one to three years in state prison for not reporting his living address to police.

Here's a recap of the Oct. 26 Orangetown Town Board meeting. Supervisor Thom Kleiner and Town Board members Nancy Low-Hogan and Denis Troy were present.

NANUET - Rockland County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef beat back a challenge by Democrat Thom Kleiner on Tuesday and won election to a fifth four-year term.

Most Clarkstown incumbents running for re-election retained their seats tonight, according to unofficial results from the Rockland County Board of Elections.

WEST NYACK -[0x0f]A two-month long celebration of Jewish culture begins Tuesday with the author of a novel about intrigue during the civil war discussing the work at the JCC of Rockland.

Children and adults will get a Halloween treat when they attend "All For Naut" with storyteller Colette Guibert, as she portrays Naut Kaniff, the legendary witch of West Nyack at The Historical Society of Rockland County.

WEST NYACK: Keller Williams Hudson Valley Realty will sponsor a Ladies Night Shopping Boutique from 5 to 9 p.m. Nov.

NEW CITY - Rockland County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef's proposed 2010 county budget slashes funding to contract agencies, seeks pharmacy co-payments from county workers and estimates sales-tax revenues to be only slightly less than 2009 estimates.

PEARL RIVER - Pearl River 13-year-old Annie Loftus' favorite songs to sing are a medley of Abba's tunes.

John McCarthy is to start his duties as assistant superintendent of the Putnam-Northern Westchester Board of Cooperative Educational Services on Nov.