A Mahwah woman suffered over a dozen bite wounds after being attacked by a coyote on Friday. NorthJersey.com says Doreen Entrup managed to grab a bat from a neighbor’s home to beat the coyote, which ran away. Traps have been set up around Grenadier Drive off Airmont Avenue just over the state line, but the coyote has not yet been caught.
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NJ Makes it Legal for Terminally Ill to End Their Lives
New Jersey now has a law that allows those who are terminally ill to end their lives. The “Medical Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act” lets New Jersey residents who have six months or less to live request a cocktail of drugs to end their lives. Rockland state senator David Carlucci says it’s a controversial idea that’s been tossed around in New York for some time…
The New York Post reported New Jersey governor Phil Murphy signed the bill last April despite his reservations as a Catholic. This could be a major topic of discussion at Senator Carlucci’s next Senior Advisory Panel meeting, which is being held at the New City Library, Wednesday morning August 14th at 10:30.
Haverstraw Takes Patient Approach to Selling Letchworth Land
The town of Haverstraw continues to take a patient approach to selling the land at Letchworth Village. Supervisor Howard Phillips says most of the proposals they’ve gotten so far have been for residential development, but commercial ratables are preferred…
Haverstraw’s portion of Letchworth Village has about 200 acres of land and was once considered as a spot for the Legoland now being built in Goshen.
Tilcon Quarry Project in Stony Point Moving Along, Slowly
The Tilcon quarry reclamation project in the town of Stony Point is moving along, slowly. Supervisor Jim Monaghan says the sale of the land in Tompkins Cove, which would be filled with recycled materials collected by the company “Hudson River Resources” and be maintained as green space, is still being negotiated…
The Tilcon quarry has been closed since 2012. The project would need DEC approval to move forward.
Attorney for New City Man Accused with Leaving Kids in Hot Car Wants Charges Dropped
The case against the New City man who left his one year-old twin children in a hot car, and later found them dead after he left work, may not be prosecuted. Published reports said Bronx prosecutors announced there is no grand jury action in the case at the moment, and his lawyer is asking them to drop the case entirely. 39 year-old Juan Rodriguez was charged with two counts of manslaughter and two counts of criminally negligent homicide stemming from last Friday’s incident.