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.
Re Saturday's article, 'Man faces hunting charge after dog slain by arrow in park': I paid close attention to this story because I live in Blauvelt, and because of my run-ins with dogs not on a leash.
ORANGETOWN - State investigators have tracked down a Pearl River man they say killed a Siberian husky with an arrow while hunting illegally in Blauvelt State Park.
The state has fined a Rockland doctor who has been the subject of inquiries in four states $145,000 less than a year after stripping him of his medical license due to his "total lack of integrity," according to records.
Here's a recap of Tuesday's Orangetown Town Board meeting. Supervisor Thom Kleiner and Town Board members Nancy Low-Hogan, Marie Manning and Denis Troy were present.
NEW CITY: Republican incumbent C. Scott Vanderhoef, who is seeking re-election as Rockland's county executive, and Democratic challenger Thom Kleiner will debate at 8 p.m. Thursday at Clarkstown Town Hall, 10 Maple Ave.
NANUET - So many people have taken the advice to get vaccinated to prevent seasonal influenza that supplies of the shot are beginning to run low, Rockland health officials said Wednesday.
ORANGETOWN: Peter Cocker, a Tappan father and retired police officer, made a short appearance in court Tuesday on felony charges accusing him of entering a Blauvelt school armed with a gun and going after the superintendent.
FISHKILL - Training seminars in 'green' leadership are planned locally by the Hudson Valley Technology Development Center, based here, in cooperation with Workforce Investment Boards in the region.
A large crowd gathered Sunday at the Blauvelt firehouse around a big sheet cake displaying a picture of the Blauvelt Free Library, a few years younger.