Nyack News

Pretty Penny, the Nyack riverfront mansion where Helen Hayes lived for many years, will be the site of a fundraiser next month to benefit the hospital named in honor of the famous Broadway actress.

NYACK - A woman suffered minor injuries after a house caught fire Friday night on South Boulevard.

UPPER NYACK - It's probably the ultimate in 'green' recycling. Take a dead or downed tree, use a two-man saw and traditional tools to craft a rustic bench, then place the seating in a public setting.

BEAR MOUNTAIN: The ice rink at Bear Mountain State Park has reopened for the 2009-10 season.

Most Clarkstown incumbents running for re-election retained their seats tonight, according to unofficial results from the Rockland County Board of Elections.

NYACK - An Orangeburg man wants to establish the Guardian Angels in this riverfront village of restaurants, shops and theaters.

WEST NYACK -[0x0f]A two-month long celebration of Jewish culture begins Tuesday with the author of a novel about intrigue during the civil war discussing the work at the JCC of Rockland.

CLARKSTOWN: Fourth-graders and fifth-graders at Bardonia Elementary School entered a Fire Safety Awareness contest sponsored by the Nanuet Fire Department.

With their Viking helmets and faux fur-draped torsos, the contingent from the River Rowing Association cut a striking image with the gray, tossing Hudson in the background.

ORANGETOWN - State investigators have tracked down a Pearl River man they say killed a Siberian husky with an arrow while hunting illegally in Blauvelt State Park.

NYACK: Benjamin Grange and Adam Straus were named semifinalists, and Suzanna Buck, Alexander Hahn, Zachary Miles and Camille Yonge were named commended students in the 2010 National Merit Scholarship Program.

Nyack politics came out of hibernation this year, with a hot Democratic primary season that saw three current village trustees and a local businesswoman campaign to represent the party that holds the overwhelming majority in the village.

Wednesday: Right lane Westchester-bound closed for bridge maintenance beginning at milepost 15 to 13.1, between 9:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. Thursday: Right lane Westchester-bound closed for bridge maintenance beginning at milepost 15 to 13.1, between 9:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. Friday: Right lane Westchester-bound closed for bridge maintenance beginning at ...

One morning last week, Austin Bridges set out from home to walk his dogs in Tackamack Town Park, just as he did many mornings.

WEST NYACK - Erica Forkin of Demarest Avenue doesn't think her street is in terrible shape.

PIERMONT - Police arrested a 46-year-old homeless man after a manhunt through the woods on Saturday afternoon.

NYACK - The state has fined a Rockland doctor who has been the subject of inquiries in four states $145,000 less than a year after stripping him of his medical license due to his "total lack of integrity," according to records.

State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said the state's budget deficit could soar to more than $4 billion by the end of the fiscal year if the Legislature doesn't work with Gov.

Rose O'Donnell says that she had her spouse of five years , Kelli Carpenter, are undergoing rough patch in their relationship - and passes up a chance to refute speculation that Carpenter has moved out of their home in Nyack, N.Y., and into an apartment in Manhattan.

CENTRAL NYACK - Clarkstown Police Officer John Hanchar had arrived home from school 28 years ago when the call came in from his aunt.