Spring Valley News

Spring Valley Mayor Noramie Jasmin, right, walks into the Charles L. Brieant Federal Courthouse in White Plains to be arraigned on corruption charges.

A Spring Valley resident spotted driving erratically on Route 59 has been charged with drunken driving, according to the Rockland County Sheriff's Department.

Probably what will cheer you up this morning is a story about eminent domain abuse paid for by you.

A 22-year-old Sloatsburg man who fought with a police officer who was trying to arrest him on drug charges and broke the cop's arm in 2012 has been sentenced to five years in state prison.

Donna Drygas started picking up garbage at Pascack Brook in Nanuet about 15 years ago, but in recent years she's seen an increase in trash.

Twenty-five gas stations including stations in Westchester and Rockland counties have settled price-gouging claims made against them immediately after Superstorm Sandy hit New York, state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced Thursday.

Stop DWI New York honored 24 Rockland County law enforcement officers on Wednesday for their work in 2012 in arresting people driving while intoxicated.

Five-year-old Edwin Valdez made a painting of whales for his school's art show because animals are his thing.

Last week, Brian spoke to the author of a New York Magazine article about the tensions in Ramapo.

SPRING VALLEY -- While Mayor Noramie Jasmin is seeking cash contributions to defend herself against federal charges in a bribery scheme, taxpayers will pick up the tab for separate lawyers the village has hired to handle a federal subpoena for records.

Members of a police task force created in response to a rash of burglaries in Nanuet have arrested a 19-year-old Spring Valley man in connection with nine incidents in the area, according to Clarkstown Police.

A missing 16-year-old from Nanuet was safely reunited with her family Monday after she decided to return to Rockland County on her own, Clarkstown police said.

Troopers charged 12 motorists with drunken driving after recent traffic stops and investigations in the Lower Hudson Valley, state police said.

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Clarkstown and Spring Valley police are looking for 16-year-old Nanuet girl who went missing over the weekend.

The Rockland County Board of Health met this month to assess fines against property owners and businesses that violated the sanitary code.

Spring Valley Mayor Noramie Jasmin and Deputy Mayor Joseph A. Desmaret plead not guilty to corruption at federal court in White Plains.

Utility crews are evaluating a gas pipe struck by United Water employees who were working at a house on Jacaruso Drive late this morning.

A New Hempstead man was in police custody Thursday night after stabbing a person in the chest with a pair of scissors, police said.

Rockland County has charged 14 people with cheating the social services system to illegally obtain public child day care benefits that are in short supplying and worth more than $220,000. Rockland County District Attorney Thomas Zugibe said 12 people have been arrested in an investigation by his office and the Rockland County Department of Social ... (more)