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You’ve heard the expression “an apple a day keeps the doctor away.” Well, in the case of the maker of the iPhone, Apple kept the investors away yesterday. Apple led the Dow Jones average down over 660 points, around 2.8%. WRCR’s Market Analyst Ken Mahoney of Mahoney Asset Management told “The Morning Show” yesterday before the trading day began that he was worried about the tech giant…

Apple’s stock closed down Thursday 10 percent at $142.19 a share.

Volunteer Hose Company Number 2 in West Haverstraw is hosting a blood drive tomorrow. Supervisor Howard Phillips says it’s a great way to give back to the community…

The drive is being held at the fire house at 30 Railroad Avenue in West Haverstraw tomorrow morning from 10 until 2:30 in the afternoon.

The killer in the 1985 Stony Point S&M murder of 26-year-old fashion model Eigil Dag Vesti has been paroled by governor Andrew Cuomo. Vesti’s decomposing body was found with a leather mask covering his face months after he disappeared. Bernard LeGeros, the son of a United Nations official, had claimed his Manhattan art dealer employer, Andrew Crispo, orchestrated the night of S&M sex and murder. LeGeros was convicted after he confessed to shooting Vesti in the head. Crispo was never charged and cited the Fifth Amendment against self-incrimination during LeGeros’ trial.

He’s got a year under his belt as supervisor of the town of Ramapo. Now Michael Specht says he has some specific goals for 2019…

Specht also is eager to hear about the ballpark’s potential cost savings and increased revenue ideas from the consultant that just started working for the town.

Over in Orangetown, another first-timer took the reins as supervisor. Chris Day says a slight change in the way meetings are conducted have helped speed things up in town and he’s proud of the addition of school resource officers in the town’s two high schools, but he had hoped to unload some properties a little more quickly…

Day says he looks forward to boosting tourism and film-shoots in the town, and to implementing plans for downtown revitalization in Pearl River.

Rockland County has a new Acting District Attorney. Kevin Gilleece was sworn in on Monday by County Clerk Paul Piperato. He’ll fill out the year remaining on former D-A Tom Zugibe’s term. Zugibe won a State Supreme Court position in November. Gilleece told LoHud.com he’s not interested in running for the position next November.