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Business

Somers Businesses Wonder About Impact Of IBM's Loss SOMERS, N.Y. -- Restaurants and other businesses in Somers are bracing for the loss of another mega-taxpayer and revenue generator, according to a report by lohud.com. IBM once had thousands of employees at its 730-acre Somers campus and many of them lived in the town and patronized local establishments, the lohud.com story said. The IBM property is bounded by Routes 100 and 116 and has buildings with pyramid-shaped tops that can be seen from Goldens Bridge and Carmel. By March, IBM will have moved the last of its staff to its headquarters in Armonk. Somers was already reeling after bever…

by Carol Reif

06/06/2016

News

Union Accuses MTA Of Dragging Feet In Cheating Scandal, Compromising Safety A union is saying the Metropolitan Transportation Authority potentially endangered passengers by failing to immediately remove Metro-North employees accused of cheating on safety tests, according to a report by lohud.com. James Fahey, head of the Association of Commuter Rail Employees, said this week the commuter rail's former leadership and the MTA’s inspector general, Barry Kluger, should have prevented the engineers and conductors from working when the scandal first came to light in 2012, the lohud.com report said. Kluger, whose long-running investigation resulted last year in the indict…

by Carol Reif

06/06/2016

Police & Fire

Orangetown Fundraisers Expected To Draw Large Crowds ORANGETOWN, N.Y. – Orangetown police have issued a motorist safety alert in advance of two fundraising events that are expected to draw large crowds in Blauvelt this weekend. Police said roads will not be closed but officers will be there to handle both vehicular and pedestrian traffic. Both events will take place at the Knights of Columbus property at 150 W. Erie St. The first is set for 6-11 p.m. Saturday, June 4. The “Never Give Up -- Hope for Brian” fundraiser will benefit Brian Domitrovits, a local child with ataxia-telengiectasia, or AT. The rare genetic disease affects the nervous…

by Carol Reif

06/06/2016

Police & Fire

Montebello Landlord Accused Of Spitting On Ex-Tenant, Police Say RAMAPO, N.Y. -- A local landlord is facing harassment charges after he was accused of spitting on a former tenant, Ramapo police said. The unidentified 60-year-old Montebello man was arrested Thursday. The tenant was trying to retrieve her security deposit on her former apartment when the alleged discharge of saliva occurred, police said. Other arrests police said they made Thursday were for aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, driving with a suspended registration and unlawful possession of marijuana. They also charged a 50-year-old woman from Spring Valley with shopliftin…

by Carol Reif

06/05/2016

Police & Fire

Poughkeepsie K-9 Sniffs Out Burglary Suspects Hiding Under Tarp POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. -- A pair of burglary suspects who tried to avoid arrest in Poughkeepsie Thursday were no match for one four-footed “officer,” according to a report by Time Warner Cable News. Police were called to a home on Fair Way by a homeowner who said two men had just broken into his home, Time Warner Cable News reported. According to town of Poughkeepsie police, K-9 Kyle tracked the two men through a wooded area and found them cowering under a large tarp. Freddy-Yovanny Ruiz-Garcia and Syrus-Edwing Pena-Guerra are now facing burglary charges, the Time Warner Cable News story said.…

by Carol Reif

06/05/2016

News

Clarkstown Graves of Revolutionary War, War of 1812 Soldiers Preserved WEST NYACK, N.Y. -- The long-neglected graves of Revolutionary War soldiers at a small church cemetery in Clarkstown have been spruced up in time for Memorial Day, according to a report by lohud.com. Bert Dahm, a volunteer with Heritage of West Nyack, told lohud.com that folks from many of Rockland’s earliest families are buried in the graveyard off Germonds Road. The group recently identified and cleaned up the graves of 23 Continental Army soldiers who served in the Revolutionary War and 18 who died in the War of 1812, lohud.com reported. American Legion members from Post 1682 in New Cit…

by Carol Reif

06/05/2016

Police & Fire

Ramapo Police Simulate Prom Night Car Crash To Deliver DWI Message SUFFERN, N.Y. -- It’s the time of year when Suffern students are preparing for their proms, picking out formal wear and happily anticipating dancing the night away. But it’s also a time when parents pace the floors worrying not only if their kids will have a good time, but if they come home safe and sound. Accidents -- car crashes being the most common -- are said to be the leading cause of death for those ages 12 to 19. Statistics show that about a third of alcohol-related teen car fatalities happen between April and June, the peak of prom season. Thursday, Ramapo police and educators at…

by Carol Reif

06/04/2016

Police & Fire

Bear Keeps North Castle Employees Inside Building NORTH CASTLE, N.Y. -- A business owner and two of his employees were briefly trapped inside a building on Sunday by a bear, according to a report in the North Castle police blotter. Police got a call about 10:30 a.m. from a person on Bedford-Banksville Road who said the animal was roaming around his property. He and two employees were safe inside, but he was afraid, he told police, to open up the business as long as the bear was around. The wayward woodland critter was MIA by the time police officers arrived on the scene. The name of the business was not released. In other police blotter…

by Carol Reif

06/04/2016

Police & Fire

Mahopac Man, Fdny Firefighter Honored For Rescuing Woman From NYC Blaze MAHOPAC, N.Y. – The heroism of a Mahopac man and longtime New York City firefighter was recognized at a recent awards ceremony. Lt. John McGinty, of the New York City Fire Department’s Ladder Company 33, was chosen by the FDNY’s Board of Merit to receive the Uniformed Officers Association Medal for rescuing an unconscious woman from a burning building last April. The award was presented Wednesday by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. According to the association, McGinty’s company responded April 8, 2015, to an early morning fire at a six-story building in the Yorkville section of Manhatt…

by Carol Reif

06/04/2016

Politics

Wilton Democrats Praise Himes At Nominating Convention WILTON, CONN. -- Democrats from Wilton and other communities in the 4th Congressional District, who are backing U.S. Rep. Jim Himes for a fifth term, say he is doing a great job. Wilton delegate Ernie Ricco said the congressman’s acceptance speech alluded to the “disarray of the Republican Party." According to Ricco, Himes said the GOP is “now reaping what they have sown in terms of policy and candidates.” Delegates from Wilton included: Deborah McFadden, chairwoman of the Wilton Democratic Town Committee; John Kalamarides, a member of Wilton’s Board of Finance; Brian Lilly; Jon Tan, …

by Carol Reif

06/04/2016

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