Spring Valley News

Mayor Demeza Delhomme has prohibited village employees who are volunteer firefighters from responding to fires or emergencies during working hours, igniting a debate about whether the policy endangers lives and property.

Rockland County Department of Social Services officials are concerned about the disproportionate number of African American children in the foster care system.

Investigators searching for the mother of a baby killed and dumped in a recycling bin are awaiting a DNA profile that might open new avenues about the mother and newborn, police said Wednesday.

Find more information here . 2) Events: The Rockland Section of the National Council of Jewish Women is sponsoring a 1:30 p.m. screening of "A Place at the Table" with Jeff Bridges at Beth El Temple at 415 Viola Road in Spring Valley.

A 37-year-old high-risk sex offender lives on Franka Place, after recently reporting to the village police department.

The new Spring Valley Village Board held its first meeting Monday, but it was the beleaguered East Ramapo school district that topped its concerns.

Just hours before her term as Spring Valley mayor was to expire, Noramie Jasmin touted her administration's crime rates, parks and housing stock.

TOR and Tappan ZEExpress buses are performing better under their new operator, Rockland officials say, but some riders aren't entirely convinced.

Although all the members of Mayors Against Illegal Guns share a desire to remove illegal guns from the streets of their cities, they have a somewhat more cavalier attitude when it comes to other types of illegal activity .

At a small parcel on North Main Street, an entranceway to the village, a 6-foot menorah waited for the lighting of its first candle.

Even Santa Claus was at home carving the turkey, it seemed, while eager-to-start retail shoppers made time on Thanksgiving to hit the stores.

Just because your attorney isn't present when FCC agents come a-knocking doesn't mean evidence they might collect will be thrown out later.

Hector Recinos can thank his dirty clothes and a craving for a cup of coffee for making him a millionaire.

The funeral Saturday at St. Joseph's Church in Spring Valley was paid for by donations that poured in from around the state.

Three sex offenders -- including two convicted of rape --have registered their home address with the police as living in the village.

A six-year-old boy was in recovery on Thursday night after being seriously injured in a hit-and-run.

They're calling him "Baby Angel." Police Thursday announced their name for the newborn boy who was killed and thrown into a trash bin last week, and a Spanish-speaking clergyman and police officer urged residents of the large Hispanic community to come forward if they had any information about the newborn's mother.

Republican challenger Walter Wettje continues to lead Democratic incumbent Andy Stewart in the Orangetown supervisor's race.

The frigid nights have returned and so have homeless men sleeping in heated shelters at the Suffern train station.

As police continue their search for the mother of a newborn that was smothered to death and discarded, officers and firefighters are planning a Saturday funeral and discussing a name for him.