Hillburn News

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.

HILLBURN: The Living in Rockland Expo will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Joseph T. St.

Tomorrow Montebello: Service. A fifth-grader will read the Gettysburg Address. 9:30 a.m. Village Hall, 1 Montebello Road.

NEW CITY - A state-of-the-art wastewater treatment plant continues to be a focus as some express concern about allowing homes outside Rockland to connect to the new facility.

Fifth-graders in Rockland County may design a poster for the 2010 Rockland County Tourism Poster contest.

RINGWOOD a ' A school garden may look like it's just dirt and lettuce leaves, but teachers here see math, science, language arts and social studies blooming amid the student-tended rows.

SLOATSBURG - About 50 village homes are without water today after workers accidentally hit a main line, Mayor Carl Wright said.

The premise Ken Karlewicz came up with was simple. He would recruit 59 photographers to spend parts of a 24-hour period shooting images of life along Route 59, from Hillburn to Nyack.

MAHWAH, N.J. - Ramapo town Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence yesterday said sewage from the Tuxedo Reserve housing project would not be accepted at the new Western Ramapo Wastewater Treatment Plant in Hillburn.

CHESTNUT RIDGE - A 26-year-old village man was airlifted to Westchester Medical Center with head and leg injuries yesterday after his unregistered Yamaha dirt bike collided with a van on Blue Jay Street.

An infusion of federal economic stimulus money means that local taxpayers will get a break when it comes to paying for the new Western Ramapo Sewer Treatment Plant.