Hillburn News

A Rockland judge today sentenced a county businessman to state prison and ordered him to pay $226,000 for stealing ownership of a house he had co-owned with his live-in girlfriend.

Beginning next month the Tappan Zee Bridge/I-287 Corridor Project will be holding a series of community working meeting along the thirty-mile corridor, from Hillburn to Port Chester.

Re 'TZ/I-287 Project portends big changes across Rockland,' a Sept. 3 Community View by urban planner Richard May, who questioned aspects of the project plans: May stated that the extensive studies for the project 'are now complete.' To the contrary, the study phase is far from complete.

Richard DeGroat-Thomas has always been proud to be a member of the Ramapough Lenape Indian Nation.

The plan to build a hospice home is one of the projects that have been awarded federal stimulus funding.

A three-car accident closed two left southbound lanes on the New York State Thruway at Exit 15A-Sloatsburg-Suffern at 7:40 a.m. today Traffic is backed up several miles.

SLOATSBURG - Mindy Martinez misses what she calls the seclusion of her backyard.

Tappan Zee Bridge repairs Today: Right lane Westchester-bound closed for maintenance beginning at milepost 15.0 to 13.1, between 9:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. Work will proceed weather permitting, and schedule updates will be announced as needed.

A 16-month-old rescue dog who slipped away while accompanying his owner on a hike in Harriman State Park has been missing for three days.

Here's a recap of the July 14 Stony Point Town Board meeting. Supervisor Phil Marino and Town Board members Stephen Cole-Hatchard, Geoffrey Finn, Louis Vicari and James White were present.

Tappan Zee Bridge repairs Today: Right lane Rockland-bound closed for maintenance beginning at milepost 13.1 to 15.0, between 9:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. Tomorrow: Right lane Rockland-bound closed for maintenance beginning at milepost 13.1 to 15.0, between 9:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. Bridge deck replacement Today: Work will begin at 9 p.m. resulting in the ...

NEW CITY - A Missouri woman who was arrested in Ramapo on Sunday on charges of peddling magazines door-to-door without a permit was arrested in Clarkstown yesterday on the same charges, police said this morning.

The driver of a northbound tractor-trailer garbage hauling truck is reported to have been killed when his vehicle ran off the Thruway and down an embankment.

They're sad, and angry, and a bit more afraid. After hearing that state park Police Officer Chad Walder was found not guilty of reckless manslaughter charges in the shooting death of Emil Mann, members of the Ramapough Mountain Indian community also said they weren't surprised.

Even 50-plus years later, the communities affected most by the construction of the Tappan Zee Bridge haven't gotten over how the project was sprung on them, with little or no warning.

Tappan Zee Bridge repairs Today: Right lane Westchester-bound closed beginning at milepost 16.1 to 13.1, between 9:30 a.m. and 2:15 p.m. Tomorrow: Right lane Westchester-bound closed beginning at milepost 16.1 to 13.1, between 9:30 a.m. and 2:15 p.m. Friday: Right lane Westchester-bound closed beginning at milepost 16.1 to 13.1, between 9:30 ...

SUFFERN - Despite recent advances, there is still a long way to go in the struggle for civil rights, the Rev.

Rockland's Rosa Parks Human Rights Center held a panel discussion this afternoon at Rockland Community College celebrating 100 years of the NAACP.

A seventh person in Rockland has been diagnosed with swine flu, the state Department of Health said.

A man was stabbed and critically injured this afternoon as he boarded a bus in the village transit center, police said.