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The Eagle Bay condo project in Stony Point will be back before the planning board tomorrow night. Stony Point’s supervisor says the board wasn’t happy with the latest plans for the waterfront. Jim Monaghan says the plans are expected to include all sorts of amenities that’ll be open to the public…

Once complete, each of the project’s more than 260 one– and two-bedroom units is expected to have a view of the Hudson River. George Potanovic is the president of the Stony Point Action Committee for the Environment, and says he’s still concerned about area flooding…

The planning board meeting is tomorrow night at 7 at the Rho building.

The village of South Nyack is looking to update its comprehensive plan and that includes launching a “Climate Smart Task Force” to help shape their long-term sustainability vision. Mayor Bonnie Christian is looking for volunteers to join the task force, so they can secure grant money to hire an outside consultant…

The whole update process could take about two years, the task force’s first meeting will be held next month. You don’t have to be a resident of South Nyack to be a part of the task force. If you have an expertise that they could use, give it a try. Call the village office at 845-358-0287.

Robert McCain, the second of two men convicted in the brutal 1980 murder of a Pearl River 16 year-old, has been denied parole. Rockland County Executive Ed Day says the parole board heard Rockland’s pleas for justice for Paula Bohovesky, and he’d like them to reverse its previous decision to release Richard LaBarbera…

Former Orangetown legislator John Murphy is the founder of the “Petition for Paula” whose goal is to keep both her convicted killers in prison. Murphy says he is happy McCain was denied parole, but wants to figure out why he stays behind bars and LaBarbera was set for release…

Rockland state senator David Carlucci called the parole board’s move the “right decision” and wants them to reexamine their decision to release LaBarbera. Rockland County legislator Alden Wolfe agreed and said the Parole Board should reverse that decision. LaBarbera is reportedly due to be set free on July 8th. Bohovesky was beaten, stabbed and sexually assaulted while on her way home from the Pearl River Library.

Traffic came to a standstill for hours yesterday afternoon on the Tappan Zee Bridge after a camper caught fire. The RV was towing another car when it burst into flames. The Central Nyack and Tarrytown Fire Departments put the fire out, but the camper was barely just a shell of charred remains. No injuries were reported in the incident.

A New City family is staying with friends after their home was destroyed in an early morning fire Monday. No one was injured in the blaze that tore through the home on the corner of South Little Tor Road and Irion Drive. The New City Fire Department said on Facebook they were assisted by firefighters from Congers, Hillcrest, Nanuet and West Haverstraw. The fire is under investigation.