Suffern News

NEW CITY Rockland County Sheriff Louis Falco got an earful of static Tuesday when he appeared before the Rockland County Legislature in search of eight new dispatcher jobs.

I recently attended the Ernst & Young World Entrepreneur Forum in Monaco, where nearly 1,000 entrepreneurs and business leaders gathered to share their views and discuss where they are finding the best investment opportunities for their businesses.

The finest in Rockland County academics and athletics were recognized at the 33rd annual Journal News Rockland Scholar-Athlete Awards Dinner at Paramount Country Club on Tuesday.

As Jeffrey Long launched homers in consecutive at-bats for Pearl River, it looked like the shortstop routinely puts on a display of power.

Smoke detectors saved the day -- again. The shrilling sound woke up a family of four living on Iroquois Court in the Knolls of Ramapo just before 2 a.m. Saturday, Suffern Fire Chief Mike Stark said.

The driver, Brian Hechler, 52, of Middletown, N.Y., told police he saw the boy walking along the side of the road while talking on a cellphone about 12:53 p.m. Police said the boy darted out into the road as Hechler passed and that Hechler unsuccessfully swerved his 2004 Lexus into the oncoming lane of traffic to avoid a collision.

The nonprofit organization behind the Jehovah's Witnesses has purchased an apartment complex in the village with plans to use it as temporary housing for members while they work to build a massive new headquarters in nearby Warwick, Orange County.

Public education advocates are moving quickly to fight an Assembly bill intended to make it easier for parents to have special education students placed in religious schools.

The state Assembly passed a bill expanding the definition of rape to include other types of sexual assault, but the legislation has no Senate sponsor.

This project is of growing importance with the increasing frequency of major storms and the flooding of both underpasses that lead to the West Ward neighborhood.

Brian Cook and Kate Zendell aren't just ranked first in the state in the steeplechase race against the clock.

A Bronx man was arrested Tuesday, accused of threatening to stab and cut his ex-girlfriend, a Suffern woman, and her boss, authorities said.

An alleged heroin user and his dealer were arrested over the weekend after police say one of the men got high and started walking along Franklin Turnpike asking for a ride, police said.

Tired of paying for a product that once was free, Steve Mehlbrech finally broke down and bought a small air compressor to fill his tires.

A 47-year-old New Jersey woman was killed on Wednesday by a fire that investigators are blaming on a faulty dishwasher, according to NorthJersey.com. The tragedy is a reminder of the potential dangers that can result from defective appliances.

"New" farms are cropping up in Rockland County. There is a resurgence of farming, but not necessarily the large family farms that were historically plowed and planted in the early history of the county.

Westchester Parks Commissioner Peter Tartaglia said "a lot of extra work" went into readying county beaches for the summer season.

Last week, Suffern and Piermont passed a resolution requesting that Governor Andrew Cuomo and the NYS DEC grant Rockland County an Issues Conference on United Water's proposed Haverstraw Water Supply desalination plant.

A New Jersey man has been charged with running a scheme to sell airplane parts that had been scrapped or rejected.

Ten local drivers were charged with DWI and drug possession charges during a four-hour DWI checkpoint set up on Franklin Turnpike Friday night into Saturday morning, police announced over the weekend.