Rockland County News

A environmental monitor designed to measure the noise, vibration and air quality associated with building the new Tappan Zee Bridge was installed today outside Salisbury Point Cooperative, an apartment building in South Nyack.

A protective father goose whose babies will soon hatch in a nest on the roof of a New York home is guarding them so fiercely the neighborhood is living in fear of his attacks.

Voice actor, writer, actor and composer Noah Michael Levine is a Nyack native who recently returned home after many years away from Rockland County.

The Tappan Zee Bridge Mass Transit Task Force set the stage Friday for matching its wish list of new transit services with potential sources of funding.

The Harriman Group Camping program began 100 years ago with the belief that parks should be for all people, particularly the urban poor who lacked fresh air and leisure.

A natural gas pipeline company has announced plans to build a 60-mile pipeline from the Southern Tier to the town of Onondaga that would increase New York state's capacity to transport gas from the Marcellus Shale, the Utica Shale and other drilling areas.

The FBI yesterday stormed the Town Hall in Ramapo, Rockland County, and seized records in an apparent investigation of bond sales for town projects, the Journal News reported.

In Nassau Cnty road construction. two lanes closed on The Northern St Pkwy WB between Post Ave/X32 and The Grand Central Pkwy In Nassau Cnty road construction.

Gun owners in New York who don't want their license information available to the public are facing a deadline to file an exemption form with local licensing authorities.

While Barbara Blattstein enjoyed plenty of different aspects of her time as an audiologist, one part of the job always stuck out.

The American Red Cross is assisting a Rockland County family left temporarily homeless as a result of a small fire that appears to have been caused by a lit candle this morning.

Upon first meeting Don Larkin, student activities coordinator at Archbishop Stepinac High School, one can immediately sense his passion for the school.

Former South Nyack Mayor Patricia "Tish" DuBow was honored by residents and local elected officials at a community celebration in Franklin Street Park on Friday May 9. After nine years in the Mayor's office, DuBow chose not to run for another term.

The board issued a statement in response to a media inquiry, acknowledging the move and saying the search for a new leader of the private, K-8 school will begin immediately.

Updated 1045a - The NYS Assembly took a small step forward on April 30 to make New York as liberal as Florida to let citizens exercise the most cherished right in a democracy.

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

The Rockland County Legislature's Budget and Finance Committee will vote Monday on a resolution asking the New York Legislature to support bills changing state Education Law .

A Rockland County man claims he was unfairly fired after his boss accused him of sleeping - even though the employer knew the man actually had a rare illness that caused him to close his eyes, according to a lawsuit.

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. Don Larkin is the first Archbishop Stepinac High School faculty members to reach 50 years, which the White Plains Catholic school recognized by creating a scholarship in his name.

The best American K-12 schools, many of them in the New York City metro area, are fully competitive with their peers around the world, even in math and science - though experts often tell us otherwise.