Spring Valley Police are searching for those responsible for a fatal shooting in the village last night. The incident occurred just before 10 pm near the corner of Fred Hecht Drive and Rose Avenue. The victim has not been identified, and no motive for the shooting has been released.
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Rockland to Honor Military Heroes Throughout Weekend, List of Events and Bus Schedule
Rockland will be honoring its military heroes this weekend with various Memorial Day services around the county…
And that’s Howard Phillips, the supervisor of the town of Haverstraw, where there will be a ceremony on Monday at 11am at the World War One Monument at Mount Repose Cemetery hosted by American Legion Post 130. Haverstraw’s Bowline Point Park will also host one of four watchfires around the county Saturday night starting around 11:30pm. The other three are at Eugene Levy Memorial Park on Route 45 in Pomona, the top of Clausland Mountain in Orangeburg, and the east end of the Piermont Pier. If you’d like to retire a flag you can do so at any of the four locations.
Rocklanders will also likely be celebrating with backyard barbecues this year, and Sheriff Lou Falco says added patrols will be out and about watching for drunk driving…
To make travel easier around the state, road and bridge construction projects on New York highways have been suspended through 6am Tuesday.
Bus schedule:
Memorial Day Monday May 31 TOR operates SATURDAY service on #59, 91, 92, 93, 94 and Loop 3. NO service on 95 & 97. REGULAR service on Loops 1 & 2.
List of events:
May 30
New Hempstead & Suffern: The Rockland County Veteran’s Coordinating Council will hold a ceremony at noon at the Frederick Loecher Veterans’ Cemetery on Brick Church Road. A second ceremony will be held at 1 p.m. at the Gary Onderdonk Veterans’ Cemetery on RCC’s campus.
Tappan: Raymond W. DeMeola VFW Memorial Post 1615 will host the Veterans Walkway of Hero’s Memorial Day Observance beginning at 10 a.m. Independence Avenue and Lester Drive.
May 31
Nyack: A ceremony honoring former Rockland County Veterans Service Agency Director and Veterans Advocate, Jerry Donnellan, will begin at 11 a.m. at the Nyack Post 210 American Legion. There will be a bronze plaque installation in his honor.
Blauvelt: At noon the Blauvelt Lions Club Memorial Day Ceremony will begin at Lions Park.
Haverstraw: A ceremony will be held at 11 a.m. at the World War I Monument at Mount Repose Cemetery hosted by American Legion Post 130.
Hillburn: The annual parade and service begins at 9 a.m. The parade begins at the Suffern Central School District Administration, and go to the village’s World War 1 Monument at the corner of Lake Avenue and Fourth Street for a ceremony.
Palisades: ceremony at the flag pole War Monument in Triangle Square, located at the intersection of Closter Road and Route 9W. The event begins at 9 a.m.
Palisades Center: 10 a.m., the Friends of Mount Moor Cemetery will hold a ceremony at the Mount Moor Cemetery, at Palisades Center. The ceremony will pay tribute to PFC Henry William Cook Jr. and dedicate ten new gravestones.
Pearl River: The Pearl River American Legion John H. Secor Post 329 will host an annual parade. The parade steps off at 10:15 a.m. from Key Bank. A service by the Police Booth will begin at 10:45 a.m.
Piermont: The Piermont Engine Hose Co #1 parade begins at 10 a.m. stepping off in front of VFW Post 7452 of Piermont and continue to Kennedy Park. A ceremony will follow.
Sparkill: At 11:30 a.m., a parade will step off from the Sparkill Firehouse and ends at the Depot Square Town Park. A ceremony will follow at approximately 11:50 a.m.
Stony Point: A wreath laying memorial service will be held at Stony Point Town Hall beginning at 9 a.m. The event will also be live streamed to the town of Stony Point’s Facebook page, facebook.com/TownOfStonyPoint.
Suffern: Memorial Day Parade will step off at 11 a.m. Hosted by the Village of Suffern and the Fromm-Maxwell-DeBaun American Legion Post 859, the parade begins at the intersection of Orange and Lafayette Avenues, continues onto Lafayette Avenue and ends at the Soldiers Monument at Washington Avenue. A ceremony will follow the parade at the Soldiers Monument. For more information, call 845-357-7943 or email cmills@suffernny.gov.
Tappan: The Carl A. Schelin 1271 American Legion will host a memorial service and wreath laying at the Tappan Triangle. The event begins at 10 a.m.
Two Months Later, Investigation into Fatal Spring Valley Fire Continues; Suffern Fundraising Group to Host Benefit for Fallen Firefighter in June
It’s been two months since the fatal fire at the Evergreen Court Home for Adults in Spring Valley that killed one resident and volunteer firefighter Jared Lloyd, and the cause of the blaze is still being determined. Rockland Sheriff Lou Falco says it’s a painstaking process…
Falco says every detail is being carefully analyzed and when the report is done, it’ll be released. Several agencies from the county, state and federal level are working on the case.
Meanwhile, a local fundraising organization is holding a virtual BINGO event to help support the family of firefighter Jared Lloyd, who was killed in the fire that destroyed the Evergreen Court Home for Adults in Spring Valley in March. Anne Marie Porco of “The Charity Chics” says she and partner Wendy Torrano, who both come from firefighter families, are hosting a virtual Father’s Day Bingo event online to raise money for his fund via his fire house, Columbian Fire Engine Company #1……
The virtual event takes place Sunday June 13th, that’s the week before Father’s Day. You get seven games and seven chances to win prizes for $55, but if you sign up today it’s 50 bucks. For more information and to register visit https://TheCharityChics.com and click on the Jared Lloyd Father’s Day logo, or click here. A separate GoFundMe campaign has already raised more than $640,000.
Area Lawmakers Set Sights on Assisting East Ramapo School District
Three area state lawmakers whose districts cover the East Ramapo School District all agree, more needs to be done to help the kids there get a better education. But they’re not entirely in agreement yet on how that can happen. State senator Elijah Reichlin-Melnick says school district monitors should have the power to help students if the school board isn’t acting in their interest…
Rockland assemblyman Ken Zebrowski says the bills would help East Ramapo students get a better education…
And while Assemblyman Mike Lawler says he supports the Reichlin-Melnick / Zebrowski bill, he says it doesn’t go far enough, and the tension between the public and private school communities is only getting worse…
The state’s legislative session ends on June 10th, so it’s unclear whether the anything could get done this year. News 12 says parents rallied outside district offices yesterday to protest the district’s alleged failure to track hundreds of students who failed to attend classes.
Ramapo Police Chief Announces Retirement, Third Rockland Chief to Retire this Year
Ramapo’s chief of police is retiring, becoming the third from Rockland to announce his retirement this year. Chief Brad Weidel has been serving the town of Ramapo as chief for the last five years and Town of Ramapo Chief of Staff Mona Montal told “The Morning Show” Friday he’s been with the department for more than 40 years…
Weidel is being replaced by Captain Marty Reilly, who will take over as chief starting June 12th. Stony Point Police Chief Brian Moore announced his retirement earlier this month after 41 years with the department. Clarkstown Police Chief Ray McCullagh announced his retirement in April.