Valley Cottage News

VALLEY COTTAGE - The closure of the Thruway's Mountainview Avenue bridge has propelled Linda Rauer on a crusade.

CLARKSTOWN - The state Thruway Authority will pay overtime costs for a town police officer to direct traffic on Mountainview Avenue for at least two more days.

VALLEY COTTAGE - Route 9W is closed in both directions this morning after a driver crashed a car into a utility pole near Lake Road, Clarkstown police said.

Tweaklogic announces the release of its new registry cleaner, Registry Elite which offers an easy-to-use program which scans for registry errors that can cause unusual slowdowns, instability, windows crashes, repeated freezing, and error messages.

KRh Thermal Systems and IntelliVend LLC have announced an agreement with Kosher Vending Industries LLC under which KVI's Hot Nosh 24/6 operations will transition to franchises in a number of U.S. markets.

Today: Right lane southbound closed for maintenance beginning at milepost 15.0 to 13.1, between 9:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. Tomorrow: No work scheduled.

CONGERS: After a rainout yesterday, the Congers Fire Department Carnival will start at 2 p.m. today and tomorrow, two hours earlier than originally planned.

If you think quilting is an activity popular only among a certain set, think again.

HAVERSTRAW - Final remediation is under way at the site of a former landfill that forced families from their homes in the 1990s.

Clarkstown police today released the name of a motorcyclist killed in an accident Saturday.

Route 35: Michael T. Ricotta, 23, of Cross River was charged with misdemeanor driving while intoxicated at 2:30 a.m. Thursday.

Thousands of drivers will be forced to use hilly, windy, narrow roads and tricky intersections next month when the Mountainview Avenue bridge is shut down for repairs.

RAMAPO - A vending machine company that provides food throughout the Northeast was fined by the Rockland Board of Health today for not having the proper permits to package and sell food.

I had the pleasure of seeing Liberty Elementary School students in their final performance of 'I Am a Book 2,' the play that was the focus of Monday's Inside Education column, 'Nyack elementary students tackle censorship in class play.' Were were among more than 400 appreciative children, teachers and guests at the Valley Cottage Elementary School ...

Despite the growing trouble in the global economy, or perhaps because of it, houses of worship in Rockland appear to be flourishing.

Troopers charged six motorists with driving while intoxicated after recent traffic stops and an accident investigation, state police said today.

VALLEY COTTAGE - Liberty Elementary School teacher Colette Tiktin has a social conscience.

My staff and I at Salon FX would like to thank all those involved in helping to make our free haircut offer a success.

VALLEY COTTAGE - It was a year ago when The Watcher reported concerns about the construction of a parking lot in a residential area off Route 9W.

Get out your white suit - it's Friday night fever at the Nyack Center. Rivertown Film will present its second Dance to the Movies tonight, including a 'Swing to the Movies' competition, judged by George Garcia and Paolo Lanna of Westchester Ballroom in Pleasantville.