West Nyack News

MAMARONECK - The Starbucks on Mamaroneck Avenue in the village has been open for just a handful of months.

SEVERAL LOCAL STARBUCKS STORES ARE AMONG THE 600 THE COMPANY IS CLOSING ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

The parent company of Good Samaritan Hospital laid off 80 employees yesterday, including 34 at the village hospital, officials said.

Two 15-year-old boys lighting matches set the fire that destroyed the West Nyack Elementary School playground, Clarkstown police said today.

The Rockland Rockytops are hosting a free barn dance at 7:30 p.m. This introductory square dance teaches the basic steps with a live caller and refreshments.

Firefighters were called to the West Nyack Elementary School playground late this afternoon after a report of a fire.

WEST NYACK - Laura Bimbo's love for childhood friend Ryan Fitzsimons is now emblazoned on her right shoulder.

It was a little before 7 a.m. yesterday, and Lizy Philip was feeling lucky. Maybe she'd be able to score a parking spot in one of the two Route 59 commuter lots located just south of the Exit 14 ramp off the ...

NEW CITY - What started as a pleasant sightseeing excursion for members of a Rockland family entertaining relatives from abroad turned into a harrowing ordeal as they were stranded in a cable car above the ...

Toni and Claire Bonde had been together for 19 years. Toni had always wanted to get married, but Claire wouldn't do it in a state where same-sex marriage at the time would have been largely symbolic.

Andre Kuney powered through probability queries, dominated the diagram questions and clobbered the number theory conundrums.

WEST NYACK - A 22-year-old man who was struck and killed by a train Sunday appeared not to have heard the air horn that the conductor and driver blew to warn him of the approaching train.

Man killed by train WEST NYACK A man, said to be in his 20s, was struck and killed while he walked along the CSX railroad tracks near Route 59 in West Nyack Sunday evening, Clarkstown Town Police said.

A 22-year-old man was struck and killed by a CSX freight train last night. The incident occurred on CSX tracks about 6:30 p.m. between Pineview Road and the Route 59 overpass.

Followers of the late Lubavitcher leader, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, will mark the 14th anniversary of his death on Tuesday with a commemorative tribute at the JCC in West Nyack.

The Clarkstown Recreation and Parks Department announced the winners of the Mother/Father of the Year Award and the Snowman Contest at Serendipity Saturday which was held June 14 at Germonds Pool in West Nyack.

It's a good thing that hot dogs are a traditional treat for the Fourth of July, because that's what more people will be throwing on the grill this holiday.

The town's streets are crowded with so many double utility poles that Supervisor Alexander Gromack has initiated Operation Double Pole to press for their removal.

The West Nyack post office is supporting an aviation platoon stationed in Iraq by doing something it has quite a bit of experience in - shipping packages.

DWI charge: Anthony Degeorge, 23, of Pearl River was arrested Sunday and charged with driving while intoxicated, a misdemeanor.