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Residents of South Nyack head to the polls today for what could mean the end for the 142 year-old Rockland village. Some are concerned over the potential sale of Nyack College and with high taxes. If the referendum passes the town would be absorbed into and become an unincorporated area of the town of Orangetown. The vote is being held regardless of the storm, and supervisor Teresa Kenny says voter turnout is already historically low…

Voting today is taking place from noon to 9pm at the Living Christ Church on South Broadway in South Nyack.

With heavy snow and high winds predicted for later this afternoon into Thursday, the Rockland County highway department has already begun pre-treating roads with anti-icing brine. Highway Superintendent Skip Vezzetti says his crews have been practicing their routes once a week since early November to ensure they’re familiar with the nooks and crannies of every street. With high winds expected to accompany the storm, O&R overhead line and tree removal crews, and other teams, are prepared for a high-volume outage response.

An ICU physician at Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern got the first COVID vaccine in Rockland County. News 12 said Dr. Jonathan Berg got the shot yesterday. High-risk staff at Good Sam and others in its network are among the first to get vaccinated. Stony Point and Orange County assemblyman Colin Schmitt says he has confidence in the vaccine, but in the meantime, he feels the restrictions should be given more time to work, without going into total lockdown …

Governor Andrew Cuomo says the goal is to avoid another shut down and to do that everyone must continue to socially distance, wear masks and wash your hands.

COVID-19 by the numbers now, here in Rockland, we lost six more to coronavirus, bringing the total to 733. We’ve got one in the hospital being examined, another 77 have been confirmed with coronavirus, and a total of 2,193 active cases. The state says since the crisis began, we’ve had a total of 24,334 reported cases, 151 more than Monday.

Residents of South Nyack will be heading to the polls tomorrow to determine the fate of their village. A petition this summer called for the elimination of the village, with taxes and the potential Nyack College sale the central issues…

And that was South Nyack’s mayor Bonnie Christian. If the referendum passes, the town would be absorbed into and become an unincorporated area of the town of Orangetown. An email sent by the village yesterday said the vote will not be postponed due to inclement weather.

A Monroe man faces Disorderly Conduct and Harassment charges in Ramapo after he was suspected of coughing on a customer at the Airmont Walmart on Monday. The victim caught the event on video and the Ramapo Police Department shared it on social media. The unidentified 25 year-old was stopped yesterday for several traffic offenses on Route 59 and the officer on-scene recognized the man from the video. He was brought Ramapo Police Headquarters and then released without bail. He is due back in the Village of Airmont Justice Court next month.

Also in Ramapo, kudos are going out to Rockland EMS, who went above and beyond on Monday. Spring Hill Community Ambulance and the Rockland Paramedics Corps responded to an accident in Spring Valley involving a man who was making a food delivery. The victim was concerned he couldn’t make his delivery, so the team from Rockland Paramedics completed it for him.