The 8-year-old great-grandson of New Square’s Grand Rabbi and spiritual leader, Rabbi David Twersky, died Friday in a boating accident on the Hudson River near Haverstraw Bay Park. Published reports said Yosef Goldman, who was visiting the area with his family from Israel, was one of seven children with an adult on the boat around 1:30 Friday afternoon when it overturned. They were all wearing life jackets, but Yosef reportedly drifted away from the boat while the others were able to hold on. He was taken unconscious to Nyack Hospital where he was later pronounced dead. He was buried in Monsey that afternoon. About an hour before that accident, a woman in her 30s died after she reportedly drove her car down a Hudson River boat ramp in Verplanck, just south of Peekskill. She was the only one in the car, which was found submerged in about 10 feet of water. The woman was not identified, and Westchester authorities are investigating the incident.
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Legislator Disappointed Override Vote of “Rockland Future Summit” Veto Fails
The “Rockland Future Summit” – it’s been a divisive idea in which both sides say they want to get Rocklanders together and solve the problems that divide us, but the two sides can’t even seem to agree on how to come together. On one side there’s county executive Ed Day, who has backed his Human Rights Commission and the meetings they periodically hold, including a fair housing forum last week at RCC…
And there’s Legislator Nancy Low-Hogan, sponsor of the summit bill that was vetoed by the county executive. Low-Hogan says she was disappointed the vote to override the county executive’s veto of the proposed “Rockland Future Summit” came up short last week. She says the summit was going to be run differently than the meetings and workshops the Human Rights Commission already holds, and would have focused on other topics…
Low-Hogan says the summit could succeed, but the county executive and the Town of Ramapo would have to be participants.
38th Memorial Ceremony Honors Victims of 1981 Nanuet Mall Brinks Robbery
The 38th Memorial Ceremony honoring the victims of the 1981 Nanuet Mall Brinks Robbery was held yesterday on Mountainview Avenue near the Thruway entrance in Nyack. The ceremony honored Nyack police Sergeant Edward O’Grady and Officer Waverly “Chipper” Brown, who were killed nearby during a roadblock set up to catch the getaway cars, along with Brinks guard, Peter Paige who was killed at the scene.
Rockland First Responders Praised after Pearl River Accident
Rockland’s first responders, and neighbors who helped as well, were praised for their response to the tragic crash last Sunday in Pearl River. On Friday’s “Who Wants to be a Volunteer” program, Fire and Emergency Services director Chris Kear said it was made all the more tragic for younger volunteers who probably knew the victims of the crash…
Kear says tragic situations like this can affect all first responders…
Orangetown Police are reportedly looking at excessive speed as a possible factor in the crash that took two teens’ lives and left one in the hospital.
SPACE Cancels Debate; Candidates to Appear at NRHS Forum
The Stony Point Action Committee for the Environment had scheduled a candidates’ debate for next week, but has canceled due to lack of participation by major party candidates. Instead, the candidates for town board and the legislature will be taking part in the North Rockland High School Debate Team’s candidates’ forum. Greg Julian of the Stony Point Democratic Party says the forum gives candidates the chance to present their views in a non-confrontational atmosphere and gets kids and the community more involved in the process. It’s being held Wednesday night at 7 at Fieldstone Middle School in Thiells. SPACE will still hold its meeting tonight at 7 at the historic Pyngyp Schoolhouse on Route 210 & Cedar Flats Road to discuss various town issues.