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Ramapo Police Charge Man With Marijuana Possession, Respond To Accidents
RAMAPO, N.Y. -- A Brewster man faces possession of marijuana charges after he was spotted dozing off in his car in a parking lot in Sloatsburg, Ramapo police said.
According to a post on the police department’s Facebook page, the unidentified 46-year-old man was in possession of a glass smoking pipe and a small bottle of pot.
The arrest was made around 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 28, police said.
He was ticketed, released, and given a court date in February, police said.
Also on Thursday, Ramapo police investigated eight accidents at the following locations: Trinity Avenue-Hillcrest, N. Main St…
Weekend Blizzard Ranks Among Top 5 Worst Storms In Last 60 Years
You weren’t imagining it; last week’s monster snowstorm was among the top five worst to strike the Northeast in the last 60 years, according to a report by pbs.org.
Citing the Northeast Snowfall Impact Scale -- which ranks storms according to inches of snowfall, the size of the area affected, and the number of people affected – the pbs.org story said the Saturday, Jan. 23, blizzard was a “Category 4,” or “crippling” storm.
The scale covers weather data going back to 1950.
The top five whoppers (so far), according to NESIS, were: March 12-14, 1993, Category 5 (extreme); Jan. 6-8,1996, Categ…
Yorktown Man Charged With Drinking In Public
YORKTOWN, N.Y. -- A Yorktown man was arrested this week after he consumed alcohol in public, police said.
Sidney M. Russ, 44, was charged Monday, Jan. 25, with drinking in a public place, a violation, after authorities responded to a complaint at 1974 Commerce St., police said.
He was ticketed, released and ordered to appear in court on Tuesday, Feb. 9, police said.
Iowa Polls Sanders, Clinton Near Even, Trump Ahead of Cruz
Donald Trump is leading in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, according to the latest poll from the Marist Institute for Public Opinion in Poughkeepsie.
In Iowa, the poll said, both the Bedford billionaire, a Republican, and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Democrat, are counting on getting first-time attendees to caucus.
Trump who owns golf clubs in Briarcliff and Hopewell Junction, is pulling 32 percent to his nearest rival, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz’s 25 percent among likely caucus-goers in Iowa, including those who are still undecided, the poll said.
In New Hampshire, according to the pol…
Rockland Students To Open Window Into County's History
NEW CITY, N.Y. -- Local high school students will open a window into Rockland’s past at an upcoming conference sponsored by the county’s historical society.
The annual gathering, set for March 2, will be held at SUNY Rockland Community College’s campus in Suffern, and will bring together history students, their advisers, and Social Studies Department chairpeople from schools all over Rockland.
Student historians will talk about key aspects of the county’s history over the past 50 years including: the impact of the Tappan Zee Bridge, county government, recreation and sports, social changes, …
Peekskill Nonprofit Takes Blame For Councilwoman's Grant Controversy
PEEKSKILL, N.Y. -- Peekskill’s Deputy Mayor Drew Claxton, is the victim of apparent bureaucratic bungling, admits a local housing nonprofit, according to a report in theexaminernews.com.
The longtime councilwoman, and her family, have been at the center of a storm over a grant they received to fix up a house on Fremont Street, according to theexaminernews.com.
Saying it was an unfortunate oversight on the agency’s part, one of the directors of The Preservation Company, told theexaminernews.com that Claxton should have been made aware that, as an elected official, she needed a waiver to appl…
