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Yesterday was the fourth anniversary of the fatal Spring Valley fire that took the lives of a Spring Valley Firefighter and the resident of the adult home he was trying to save. 35 year-old Jared Lloyd was a 15-year veteran of Spring Valley’s Columbians Fire Engine Company Number One and was one of the first on-scene of the fire that leveled the “Evergreen Court Home for … [Read more...] about Sunday Marked 4th Anniversary of Fatal Evergreen Fire in Spring Valley

State lawmakers are combing through the governor’s, the Senate’s and the Assembly’s budget proposals looking for common ground and a final budget to run the state next fiscal year in the next two weeks. Rockland State Senator, Republican Bill Weber of the 38th District, says there’s more money on the table over last year, some of it for good purposes… Assemblyman Chris Eachus … [Read more...] about State Lawmakers Have Less Than Two Weeks to Pass NY State Budget

A Westchester man was injured, but not seriously, after he crashed his car coming off the Thruway ramp leading into Palisades Center in West Nyack yesterday morning. That’s according to DailyVoice.com. They report that a 64 year-old driver from Yonkers crashed and overturned after losing control just after 8am traveling westbound on the Exit 12 ramp to Palisades Center Drive, … [Read more...] about Westchester Man Injured After One-Car Crash Near Palisades Center

The town of Haverstraw golf course opened for the season yesterday. Town supervisor Howard Phillips says the Philip J. Rotella golf course is among the state’s jewels… The course first opened in 1984 and was named for former supervisor Phil Rotella in 2002. For more information, visit the golf course’s website, RotellaGolfCourse.com. … [Read more...] about Haverstraw Municipal Golf Course Opens for Season

The deadline for New York to end its congestion pricing program is tomorrow, that after the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration withdrew its support last month. New York State and the MTA launched court challenges to the plan, putting it into limbo, but that deadline still hangs out there. New York State Senator Bill Weber of the 38th … [Read more...] about Deadline for Congestion Pricing to End Comes Tomorrow, Status Unclear