Garnerville News

As any year draws to a close, we look back and take note of the rich and famous, powerful and popular individuals we've lost.

WHITE PLAINS - Garnerville residents Joe and Renee Lavelli came ready to put 2009 behind them.

If you're planning to entertain for New Year's Eve, you want your dishes to be as festive and pretty as your surroundings.

On Nov. 6-8 and again on Nov. 9, 10 and 12, the Korean War Veterans of Rockland County held their annual scholarship fund campaign program at two local ShopRite markets, one in Pearl River the other in Garnerville.

NEW CITY - Rockland County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef will see a $17,322 raise in 2010 after an 12-5 vote Tuesday by the county Legislature to retroactively increase his pay.

A 22-year-old Haverstraw man has been convicted of robbing a pizza deliveryman on Christmas Day 2008.

When Irene Gregoriades decided to pursue a military career after high school, it didn't surprise her mother.

RAMAPO - The Rockland Board of Health met last week to assess fines against property owners and businesses that violated the county sanitary code.

GARNERVILLE - A Marine sergeant who served in Iraq died this morning of injuries suffered as a passenger in a car accident earlier this month.

Several events related to veterans and those who paid the ultimate sacrifice while serving their country will take place in November: Tuesday • 11 a.m., ceremony at the Rockland County Courthouse with the raising of an American flag that was flown over Baghdad and five other Iraqi cities by a Medevac helicopter and crew assigned to Charlie ...

The Arts Council of Rockland, in collaboration with the Rockland County Veterans Office, is hosting the fourth annual Dog Tag Art Exhibition featuring artwork by veterans.

PEARL RIVER - When Paul Phinney led a moment of silence during Wednesday morning's Veterans Day ceremony, he didn't need to dig deep into the past to find an example of sacrifice.

GREEN MEADOW WALDORF SCHOOL: Sharon Maxwell, the author of 'The Talk: What Your Kids Need to Hear from You About Sex,' will speak on how to raise sexually healthy and responsible kids at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Green Meadow Waldorf School, 307 Hungry Hollow Road in Chestnut Ridge.

The industrial buildings along the Minisceongo Creek, just off Railroad Avenue in Garnerville, were there long before all of us.

We cannot even to begin to thank everyone who offered their love, support and memories of Jimmy, our son, brother, uncle and friend, following his tragic and senseless death by a hit-and-run driver on May 31.

NEW CITY - Central Highway between South Mountain Road in New City and Route 202 in Garnerville is shut down following a fiery two-car crash.

Saturday: Work will begin at 9 p.m. resulting in the closure of two right southbound lanes, with an additional right southbound lane closing at 11 p.m., and another right southbound lane at 1 a.m., until 8 a.m. from Exit 10 to the east deck truss on the Tappan Zee Bridge.

Anyone who has driven past the impressively aged industrial complex called the Garnerville Arts & Industrial Center has wondered what's behind its well-worn walls.

LYNN TOWNSHIP Special rims and tires stolen from car at repair shop Two wheels worth $2,800 were removed from a high-performance car early Saturday as it sat in an auto repair shop in Lynn Township, police said.

HAVERSTRAW: Six people were injured in a crash on Route 202 about 10:30 p.m. Saturday.