Heavy storms rumbled through the region over the weekend. Particularly hard-hit was the village of Upper Nyack in Clarkstown. The storms prompted mayor Karen Tarapata to suspend the village’s noise ordinance law, allowing residents to use gas-powered leaf blowers to clean up debris until 8pm tomorrow night. Tarapata says the Department of Public Works has been placing barricades around downed trees and power lines and is clearing the streets as quickly as possible. O&R is doing the same.
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Clarkstown PD Arrest Two on Gun Charges in Nanuet
No injuries reported but there were some tense moments after a dispute between two men in the Home Depot parking lot in Nanuet Friday, and one of the men reportedly had a loaded handgun. Clarkstown Police Detective Norman Peters says it all went down Friday just before noon…
Officers quickly located the BMW and the two suspects on Route 59 near Grandview Avenue. 26 year-old Adreon Clair and 26 year-old Ashley Clair of Patterson, New Jersey, were questioned. Peters says an officer found a black, semi-automatic handgun loaded with fifteen rounds of ammunition in the magazine and one round in the chamber was partially visible in a handbag on the front passenger side of the car. Both were arrested and face weapon possession charges. They were arraigned and sent to the Rockland County Jail on bail.
Rockland Congressman Files Legislation to Make IVF Services Easier to Afford
A Hudson Valley Congressman is looking to make access to fertility services easier for New York families. The “IVF Access and Affordability Act” will create a tax credit to help families pay for in-vitro fertilization services. At a press conference on Friday, Rockland Congressman Mike Lawler of the 17th district said his bill would provide $20,000 for individuals and $40,000 for couples filing jointly…
Nicole is a Putnam County resident who was able to get pregnant and give birth thanks to IVF. Nicole said the bill would help those families who have had frustrating experiences trying to start their families…
Separate legislation, the “Hope With Fertility Services Act,” would require private insurance companies to cover infertility treatments.
NY Boulders Drop 7th Game in a Row, Falling to 4th Place in Frontier League East
The New York Boulders played a three-game home series at Clover Stadium in Pomona against the Tri-City ValleyCats. The Boulders lost Friday’s rain-delayed contest, 5-1. Saturday’s game was rained out and postponed to August 16th. On Sunday, the Boulders got a great opportunity to tie the game in the fifth inning with two outs and runners on second and third for left fielder Steve Barmakian…
And that was Garrett Escala with the call on the Boulders Broadcast Network. The Boulders would unfortunately cough-up five runs in the top of the very next inning, and would go on to lose, 8-5. They extended their losing streak to seven games and have fallen to fourth place in the Eastern division, nine games behind Quebec. The Boulders are off today but start a three-game series on the road against the Sussex County Miners tomorrow.
Ten Survive Boat Capsizing on Hudson, All Passengers Wore Life Preservers
Across the Hudson River from Stony Point, ten people were rescued last week when their boat overturned off Oscawana Island in Cortlandt. The Westchester County Police Marine Unit told Patch.com that everyone was able to get to safety because they were all wearing personal flotation devices. Each was evaluated by EMS and no one was injured. Rockland County Sheriff Lou Falco says there have been way too many drownings in the New York City area beaches, and sometimes people don’t take their personal safety seriously…
Statistics from the U.S. Coast Guard’s 2022 report found 75% of deaths on the nation’s waterways were due to drowning. A whopping 85% of those people who died were not wearing life jackets.