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Rockland Launches New Career Center Site In Haverstraw Rockland Launches New Career Center Site In Haverstraw
Rockland Launches New Career Center Site In Haverstraw HAVERSTRAW, N.Y. -- County Executive Ed Day is praising Rockland's new career center as a boon to job-seekers and potential employers alike. Day, and other local officials. cut the ribbon Monday on the new facility in Haverstraw. He was joined by Cliff Wood, president of Rockland Community College, at the ceremony. The center, which has a second location on the college’s campus, offers residents free job search and career development services. Day said the center is “a collaborative endeavor that brings together employers and job seekers” and provides “a comprehensive, all-in-one approach…
Historic House Spared As Larchmont Holds Fast To Tear-Down Ban Historic House Spared As Larchmont Holds Fast To Tear-Down Ban
Historic House Spared As Larchmont Holds Fast To Tear-Down Ban LARCHMONT, N.Y. – Larchmont has refused to lift a temporary ban on demolitions and subdivisions in the village, thwarting -- for now -- a developer’s plans for tearing down an historic home known as “The Orchard,” according to a report by lohud.com. KOSL Building Group, which is based in Scarsdale, had sought a waiver to demolish the 1896 house and build four houses on the 68,000-square-foot lot, the lohud.com article said. Preservationists in the tightknit community have risen up against the project, and KOSL is challenging the legality of the ban in state Supreme Court, according to past …
40 Years Later, Norwalk Police Still Looking For Missing Teen In Cold Case 40 Years Later, Norwalk Police Still Looking For Missing Teen In Cold Case
40 Years Later, Norwalk Police Still Looking For Missing Teen In Cold Case NORWALK, Conn. -- Norwalk police say they are still hoping to find out what happened to a teenage girl who disappeared in the city 40 years ago. Maria Anjiras was 14 when her parents reported her missing, police said. Maria, who was also known as Mia, rode off from her Millwood Road home on her blue English Racer bicycle at about 2 p.m. Feb. 25, 1976, police said. She was wearing a Norwalk High School jacket with the number “79” and her nickname on it, police said. The brown-haired, blue-eyed teen was never seen again. The bike was found abandoned on St. Mary’s Lane about a mile away, pol…
Yonkers OKs Settlement In Fatal Police Shooting Yonkers OKs Settlement In Fatal Police Shooting
Yonkers OKs Settlement In Fatal Police Shooting YONKERS, N.Y. -- The Yonkers City Council has voted on a $67,500 payment to the family of a man killed during a 2005 confrontation with police, city officials confirmed Wednesday. According to a report by lohud.com, David Horn St., a 37-year-old parolee from the Bronx, died after leading police on a three-mile chase and then trying to run officers over when he was cornered in the city. Horn’s family sued, claiming that excessive force was used in the unarmed man’s capture, the lohud.com article said. In making the settlement, the city was not admitting any wrongdoing, however, the lohud.co…
Yonkers OKs Auction Of First Group Of Deadbeat Properties Yonkers OKs Auction Of First Group Of Deadbeat Properties
Yonkers OKs Auction Of First Group Of Deadbeat Properties YONKERS, N.Y. -- Yonkers trustees have approved the seizure of 17 properties from owners who failed to pay their taxes, according to an official at City Hall. Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano is getting tough on deadbeat homeowners and the city is considering putting hundreds of properties on the auction block in the spring, according to a report by lohud. Among the properties the City Council voted on Tuesday, March 8, were a burned-out house on Vineyard Avenue and a neglected building on Ashburton Avenue, the lohud article said. To read the lohud article, click here.
Former Greenwich Woman Gets 6 Years In Prison For Sex Trafficking Of Minors Former Greenwich Woman Gets 6 Years In Prison For Sex Trafficking Of Minors
Former Greenwich Woman Gets 6 Years In Prison For Sex Trafficking Of Minors GREENWICH, Conn. -- A former Greenwich woman has been sentenced to six years in federal prison for sex trafficking, according to Deirdre M. Daly, U.S. attorney for Connecticut. Sheena Dume, 23, was also sentenced Tuesday to 10 years of supervised release for her role in an operation that lured minors into a life of prostitution, Daly said. Daly said Dume helped Wellington Brown recruit five underage victims. Brown, who drove fancy cars and flashed his expensive jewelry, lured his victims with marijuana and promises of lucrative modeling careers, Daly said. Brown and Dume covered the expen…
Ramapo Residents Protest Plans For Religious School, Dorms Ramapo Residents Protest Plans For Religious School, Dorms
Ramapo Residents Protest Plans For Religious School, Dorms RAMAPO, N.Y. -- Residents upset about the amount and speed of development in Ramapo rallied this week in protest of a plan to build a religious school and a dormitory, according to a report by lohud.com Much of the town’s recent growth has been ascribed to the rapid rise in its Hasidic and Orthodox Jewish populations, lohud.com reported. The protest was held Tuesday, March 8, at Town Hall, lohud.com said. The crux of the opposition to the projects set for Spook Rock and Highview roads in the Village of Suffern is the continued encroachment of non-residential uses into residential neighborh…
Dutchess Rep To MTA Board Will Step Down Dutchess Rep To MTA Board Will Step Down
Dutchess Rep To MTA Board Will Step Down POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. – After 22 years, it’s time for a change, said James L. Sedore Jr. as he announced his intentions to step down as Dutchess County’s representative on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s board. Sedore, a Fishkill resident and certified public accountant who was appointed to the board by then-Gov. Mario Cuomo in 1994, sent an email to County Executive Marc Molinaro saying he would stay on until a new appointment is made. His current six-year term expires in June. "After 22 years, however, I believe it is time for a change – both for me and for the county,” Sed…
Man Sought By Rockland Sheriff's Office Man Sought By Rockland Sheriff's Office
Man Sought By Rockland Sheriff's Office The Rockland County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating a Spring Valley man wanted on a family court warrant. Ezekiel Rahman, 43, is described by police as a black male, 6 feet tall, weighing 190 pounds, and having brown hair and brown eyes. Rahman may have moved to Manhattan, police said. Anyone with any information about his whereabouts is asked to call the Sheriff’s Office at (845) 638-5401.
Amenia Man Charged With Felony DWI In Route 22 Stop In Dutchess Amenia Man Charged With Felony DWI In Route 22 Stop In Dutchess
Amenia Man Charged With Felony DWI In Route 22 Stop In Dutchess AMENIA, N.Y. – An Amenia man faces charges of driving while intoxicated after he was stopped Tuesday,  on Route 22, police said. William I. Simmons Jr., 53, has hit with the felony charge by state police from the Dover Plains barracks. Simmons had a previous DWI conviction from 2015, police said. He is to appear in Town of Amenia Court on Tuesday, March 22.
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