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The Stony Point Seals annual fundraiser for families with steep medical expenses, the 20th annual Pole R Plunge, is being held Sunday in the Hudson River off Grassy Point Road. That’s when dozens of crazy people brave the frigid waters of the river to help two area 9 year-olds who have lots of medical bills. Keira Cunningham was the victim of a sudden brain hemorrhage, and Kyle Payen, suffers from Sickle Cell disease and recently underwent a bone marrow transfer. Stony Point supervisor Jim Monaghan says plenty of emergency personnel will be on hand in case they are needed…

Monaghan had challenged Haverstraw supervisor Howard Phillips to take the plunge, who said he’ll do it! Well, sort of…

Stony Pointer, Rockland Sheriff Lou Falco, and his deputies, will be on hand to keep things orderly…

For more information about the event, including parking and other important details, go to the Stony Point Seals’ website, StonyPointSeals.com. The fun begins at 10 Sunday morning. 

A fundraiser is being held tomorrow night to help support RCC programs for student veterans. In June, RCC is holding its “Run the Rock” obstacle course/fun run. Jonathan Barnwell is RCC’s Coordinator of Veterans Affairs and says tomorrow’s fundraiser will help fund the “Run the Rock” event and support other veterans programs…

The first “Run the Rock” fundraiser event is being held tomorrow night at Foggy Bottom Tavern in New City from 6 to 9. The $45 admission includes unlimited beer, wine, soda, appetizers and pizza. The third annual “Run the Rock” is set for Saturday, June 8th, at RCC’s main campus in Suffern. For more information click here.

Those 2015 Ramapo audits? You’re going to have to wait a little longer. Supervisor Michael Specht says the group going over the books wants to make sure everything is right…

After the 2015 audits are done the 2016 and 2017 audits are up next.

Well, the New York lottery’s winning daily number from yesterday told the story this morning, temperature-wise: zero, zero and zero. With the wind chills it’ll feel like 25 below. Rockland County Sheriff Lou Falco says these extra-cold temperatures could wreak havoc on the county…

Tomorrow should get back to normal with sunshine and the high temperatures in the low 20s. Mark Hannok’s complete weather forecast is coming up.

The old Clarkstown police station, an abandoned building at the corner of Route 304 and West Nyack Road in West Nyack, could become a Starbucks in the near future. Clarkstown supervisor George Hoehmann says the property’s owners have a contract agreement with the Seattle-based coffee giant…

There’s no timetable yet on when the coffee shop could be built, but Hoehmann expects the owners to come before the Zoning Board of Appeals for a variance in the next two or three months.