The lawsuit filed by the county executive’s girlfriend, now his fiancé, against his daughter-in-law, has been dropped. In an email, Donna Pascucci’s attorney John McCarron said dropping the defamation lawsuit against Chris Day’s wife, Jennifer, was the “first step on a path of peace and reunification.” Pascucci had filed the lawsuit in December in response to comments Day had made on social media. The feud between Chris and Ed Day led Chris to not seek re-election as Orangetown supervisor last year.
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Nanuet Pitcher Joins NY Boulders
A former Nanuet pitching standout is returning home to play for the New York Boulders this season, their inaugural year in the Frontier League. 26 year-old Colin Kelly pitched for Nanuet High School until 2011, then went on to Catholic University in Washington, DC. Kelly says it was an easy decision to sign with the Boulders last fall and play here…
Kelly’s pitched for a few pro teams, including the Gateway Grizzlies of the Frontier League.
Reports: Haverstraw Shooting Victim ID’d; Suspect Hospitalized in Westchester
The director of a Haverstraw funeral home was shot and killed Thursday. Published reports said Noe Hammer, of the T.J. McGowan Sons Funeral Home was killed Thursday evening. The suspect was himself shot and wounded after he was Tased and shot by a civilian. The suspect reportedly ignored Police commands to drop his weapon. The unidentified man was reportedly a former employee and confronted Hammer in the rear parking lot. The suspect is reportedly being treated at Westchester Medical Center.
Rockland County Executive Touts Financial and Other Successes in State of the County Address
The state of the county is strong, though we do face challenges. That’s according to Rockland County Executive Ed Day who touted the county’s good financial health, compared to years past, in his State of the County address last night at Palisades Center in West Nyack. Day proudly touted an aggressive stance on illegal housing, and praised efforts to bring a robust film industry to the county…
Day spotlighted various success stories that involved volunteer firefighters, the Veterans Affairs agency, the office of Consumer Protection, the county health department and their approach to the measles outbreak, and others in county government. Day said a new medical examiner’s office is expected to be finished by the end of the year.
Bronx D-A Delays Decision in Hot Car Case with New City Man
Another adjournment in the case of the New City man charged in the deaths of his infant twin children after leaving them in a hot car over the summer. 39-year-old Juan Rodriguez was in a Bronx courtroom yesterday, where prosecutors have still yet to decide whether to take the case to a grand jury or drop the charges. The twins were in the car all day last July, and weren’t discovered until Rodriguez got off work at a VA Hospital in the Bronx. He faces charges of manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide and endangering the welfare of a child. They’ll be back in court in April.