Tomkins Cove News

The industrial buildings along the Minisceongo Creek, just off Railroad Avenue in Garnerville, were there long before all of us.

STONY POINT - The new-and-improved James A. Farley Memorial Bridge opens Monday.

STONY POINT - People will once again be able to take the bus to and from Tomkins Cove next week following the re-opening of the James A. Farley Memorial Bridge on Route 9W on Monday.

Despite the cancelation of 675 MW of renewable projects in 2009, the Northeast Power Coordinating Council region maintains a healthy list of future renewable projects.

A two-hour fall foliage cruise on The Commander will depart from the Haverstraw Marina at 1:30 p.m. taking you north, past the Stony Point Lighthouse, Verplanck, Tomkins Cove and Iona Island.

SUFFERN - Carol Chapman and Kane McGrath would drive with their dogs from their Tomkins Cove home to Christ Episcopal Church to have them blessed in a special service held by the rector every year for pets.

Jerrold Miles said he and his wife were upset when their daughter, a fourth-grader, recently brought back a permission slip from school asking if their daughter could watch a tape of President Barack Obama's speech addressing schoolchildren.

The court has given the energy company Mirant a victory, annulling Stony Point's environmental cleanup law because the town did not take a proper step in adopting it.

Despite school district cutbacks in staff, programs and expenses, most Rockland residents will see their school taxes rise when their bills arrive in September.

A hearty 'hats off' goes out to several hundred people who aided and assisted the Rockland County 36th Annual Feis and Field Games held July 19 at Anthony Wayne State Park.

Here's a recap of the Aug. 5 Stony Point Town Board meeting. Supervisor Phil Marino and Town Board members Stephen Cole-Hatchard, Geoffrey Finn, Louis Vicari and James White were present.

STONY POINT - A trail of blood led to the arrest of a 35-year-old man on charges of stealing a 12-pack of Coors Light from a local deli, police said yesterday.

A trail of blood led to the arrest of a 35-year-old on charges of stealing a 12-pack of Coors Light after investigating a burglary of a local deli, police said today.

Here's a recap of the July 14 Stony Point Town Board meeting. Supervisor Phil Marino and Town Board members Stephen Cole-Hatchard, Geoffrey Finn, Louis Vicari and James White were present.

Drugs: Guillermo Ospina, 24, of Tomkins Cove was sentenced Wednesday to two years in prison and three years' post-release supervision after pleading guilty to third-degree attempted criminal sale of a controlled substance.

Orange County officials say the first phase of construction of the expanded SUNY Orange satellite campus could cost less than expected, based on prices that contractors have just offered in the midst of a sour economy.

STONY POINT - Twenty-eight town employees earned more than $100,000 in 2008, and 25 of them were police officers.

Stony Point keeps its small-town feel despite waves of development in recent years.

Mirant's tax grievances seeking a 94 percent reduction in the assessment of its power plants upset property owners in the North Rockland area, who have already been hit hard by the company's successful tax challenges in recent years.

A 65-year-old author from Pound Ridge is accused of forcing into sexual slavery young women he hired as international "au pairs." A Tomkins Cove man is accused of organizing sex tours to the Dominican Republic.