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County Legislature Avoids Involvement In Clarkstown Police Saga A bid to show support for Clarkstown’s beleaguered police chief flopped in the Rockland County Legislature this week, according to a report by lohud.com. The proposed emergency resolution, put forth by two lawmakers from Ramapo and one from Clarkstown, called charges against Michael Sullivan politically motivated and demanded that his suspension be lifted, lohud.com reported. Not only did it fail to pass, it sparked a round of blame laying in which its backers were accused of not only sticking their noses where they didn’t belong -- but of harboring political motivations as well, the lohud.…

by Carol Reif

08/03/2016

Business

Ink Artist Offers Trump Fans Free Tattoos SLATE HILL, N.Y. -- Folks in Orange County can now wear their political hearts on -- if not their sleeves -- at least on a body part like an arm or leg, according to a report by News 12. Slate Hill body ink artist John Falcon is offering a baker’s dozen of free Donald J. Trump tats for fellow fans of the Republican presidential candidate, News 12 reported. The choices include one depicting the Bedford resident and business mogul peeking out from under the mustachioed mask from the 2006 political thriller “V is for Vendetta.” Trump also owns Trump National Golf Club Hudson Valley in Stormvi…

by Carol Reif

08/03/2016

Police & Fire

Park In A Fire Lane, Get Ticketed, Ramapo Police Warn RAMAPO, N.Y. – Ramapo police want to drive home one simple message: Don’t park where you’re not supposed to. Nearly half of the 2,600 parking tickets issued so far this year were given to folks who were blocking fire and no-parking zones, mostly in the town’s business districts, they said in a Facebook post. While some hectic shoppers may thing there’s no harm in pulling up right to the coffee shop and popping in for a quick cup of Joe, they are putting others, and themselves, in danger, police say. Not only will ambulances and fire trucks not be able to get through in an emergency, police…

by Carol Reif

08/02/2016

Events

Books And Chocolate Make Lovely Pair At Stamford Library STAMFORD, CONN. -- Is there nothing more comforting at the end of a long day than curling up with a good novel? Yes, say the folks at the Friends Book Store in Stamford: Curling up with a discounted cookbook and a box of homemade chocolates. The organization is pairing its annual 50 percent off gardening and cookbook sale with free samples of goodies from Pilar Artisanal Chocolates. The book and chocolate event is set for 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 3, at the shop at The Ferguson Library, DiMattia Building, 96 Broad St., One Public Library Place. Pilar McClave recently relaunched her…

by Carol Reif

08/02/2016

Politics

Donald Trump's Mental Stability Becomes Campaign Issue Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s thinly disguised suggestion last week that something may be wrong with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's mental state has bought what had been an unmentionable subject into the limelight, according to multiple media reports. Trump's quickness at firing back at criticism, including to the gold-star Khan parents, verbal gaffes and contradictory statements during the campaign and his longtime penchant for attaching his name to properties has prompted some to label him a "sociopath" and "narcissist," according to NBC…

by Carol Reif

08/02/2016

Police & Fire

South Salem Man Faces Charges After Argument, Collision At Hot Dog Stand WILTON, CONN. -- A 56-year-old South Salem man is facing charges of disorderly conduct after a dust-up at a Wilton hot dog stand last month, according to a report by The Hour. Police told The Hour that Christopher Orifici had gotten into a verbal disagreement with another man at the Dog Daze Café. The restaurant is located on Danbury Road (Route 7). While they were arguing, Orifici’s car rolled backwards into the other man’s vehicle, police told The Hour. Orifici was to have appeared in court to answer the charge on Monday, Aug. 1, The Hour story said. To read The Hour story, click here.

by Carol Reif

08/02/2016

News

State Refuses To Stay Poughkeepsie School Election Results POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. -- An unsuccessful candidate has lost his bid to keep his rival from being seated on the city of Poughkeepsie’s school board, according to a report by The Poughkeepsie Journal. Lance Hardy, who lost in May to Randy Johnson by 53 votes, had asked the state Education Department to stay the election results while it looked into questions over the handling of absentee ballots, The Poughkeepsie Journal reported The stay, which would have kept Johnson off the board, was denied, but Hardy’s appeal is still in play, according to The Poughkeepsie Journal. School district official…

by Carol Reif

08/02/2016

Police & Fire

Fugitive Arrested In Airmont Burglary, Ramapo Police Say RAMAPO, N.Y. – A man who had been wanted in connection with an Airmont burglary has been captured, Ramapo police said. Michael Russo, 54, who is homeless, was located in the village of Suffern by police Sunday and arrested without incident. Police said they had received a tip regarding Russo's whereabouts. He has been charged with burglary and possession of burglars’ tools in connection with the Jan. 1 break-in at an office on Route 59 in the village, police said. Russon was arraigned in Airmont Justice Court and sent to Rockland County Jail in lieu of $500 bail, police said. He is sched…

by Carol Reif

08/02/2016

Police & Fire

New York Man Charged With DWI After Crash In Greenwich GREENWICH, Conn. -- A 34-year-old South Salem man is facing charges of driving while intoxicated after a fender-bender in Greenwich last week, according to a report by The Greenwich Time. Scott Tobin was also ticketed for unsafe passing, The Greenwich Time reported. The accident occurred in Cos Cob at the intersection of Putnam Avenue and River Road, The Greenwich Time story said. To read The Greenwich Time story, click here.

by Carol Reif

08/02/2016

Events

"The Innocents" To Be Screened At Pelham Picture House PELHAM, N.Y. -- “The Innocents,” an emotionally fraught film set in a Polish convent just after World War II ends, will be screened at the Pelham Picture House starting Friday, Aug. 12. Directed by Anne Fontaine, it focuses on a French Red Cross doctor, Mathilde (played by Lou de Laâge), who is treating the last French survivors of the German camps. A distraught Benedictine nun appears at her clinic and begs her to come to the convent. Once there, she is shocked to find a holy sister in labor and several other nuns who had been raped and impregnated by Soviet soldiers. The plot plays Math…

by Carol Reif

08/02/2016

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