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The Sain Building in New City may have a new suitor. The former county office building has been vacant for over a year and the potential sale of the property fell through in November. Rockland County Executive Ed Day says he notified the legislature’s chairman about the new potential buyer, and he hopes they’ll act and declare the building surplus so it can be sold…

The last interested party would have also contributed about half a million dollars in taxes annually to the town of Clarkstown. 

The federal government shutdown is affecting local not-for-profits. Al Samuels is the CEO of the Rockland Business Association, and said groups like People to People and other area food banks largely depend on funding from Washington…

On Saturday, the president offered a compromise package on immigration to end the month-long partial government shutdown, but it was rejected.

A group of Rocklanders rallied in the nation’s capital at the March for Life on Friday. Jean Marie Grahn is an organizer with Rockland Right to Life and she’s been going to these annual rallies for over three decades…

The march up Constitution Avenue to the Supreme Court and Capitol Building has been held for the last 45 years, since 1973’s landmark Roe versus Wade court decision. For more information about the Rockland Right to Life group, visit their website https://rocklandRTL.org.

A 41-year-old Monsey volunteer firefighter faces fraud charges for reportedly working several jobs while out on disability and accepting more than $100,000 in state benefits. The New York State Inspector General and Rockland’s acting District Attorney Kevin Gilleece say the president of the Monsey Fire Department, Raphael Ziegler, also a New Hempstead fire inspector, accepted Medicaid payments for his transportation business after not providing his employees with required workers compensation. He was arrested yesterday on several felony fraud charges. He was released without bail and is due back in court in March.

Some overnight precipitation could make this morning’s commute a little messy. Haverstraw Supervisor Howard Phillips says his crews are standing by…

O&R spokesman Mike Donovan says the storm coming our way Saturday night has the potential to be much more severe…

Don’t touch or approach any downed wire. Assume it is energized and dangerous. Call O&R immediately toll-free 1-877-434-4100. Depending on the situation, you may also want to call your local police to divert traffic until an O&R crew arrives.