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Border Bands: Rockland-Bergen Music Festival Will Feature 30-Plus Artists Border Bands: Rockland-Bergen Music Festival Will Feature 30-Plus Artists
Border Bands: Rockland-Bergen Music Festival Will Feature 30-Plus Artists ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. --  The rain needs to take a break this weekend to give music lovers a chance to kick back and enjoy three days of music and fun during the 4th annual Rockland-Bergen Music Festival at Tappan’s German Masonic Park and two other venues Friday to Sunday. This year, like others, the musical acts won't disappoint with a line-up of national and local acts that will offer something for everyone, including headliner Jake Clemons, the nephew of the late Clarence Clemons who currently tours and plays sax with Bruce Springsteen’s E-Street Band. The brainchild of the popular musi…

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Lifestyle
New Spins Hudson Holds Grand Opening In Peekskill New Spins Hudson Holds Grand Opening In Peekskill
New Spins Hudson Holds Grand Opening In Peekskill PEEKSKILL, N.Y. -- Officials kicked off the summer season in Westchester during the grand opening of the new Spins Hudson in Peekskill on Monday.County Executive Rob Astorino joined Spins Hudson's Bill Diamond, owner of Diamond Properties, Scott Vaccaro, founder of Captain Lawrence Brewing Company, Louie Lanza, owner of Hudson Hospitality Group, Peekskill Mayor Frank Catalina, and many others to welcome Westchester's newest attraction.  Located on the Hudson River, Spins Hudson is a 40,000-square-foot entertainment center with a four-level aerial ropes course, two-story laser tag arena and a…

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Politics
Ullman Named Ramapo Interim Supervisor After Board Considers Brinn Ullman Named Ramapo Interim Supervisor After Board Considers Brinn
Ullman Named Ramapo Interim Supervisor After Board Considers Brinn RAMAPO, N.Y. -- In what seemed like a game of spin the bottle and pick a winner, Ramapo officially swore in former Deputy Supervisor Yitzchok Ullman as the interim supervisor during a town board meeting Tuesday. Ullman, who has unofficially been overseeing town matters since the May conviction of former Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence on federal conspiracy and fraud charges, resigned from the board before he was officially named the new interim supervisor, Phil Tisi, communications director said. The town board had voted on Monday to appoint New Hempstead Mayor Fred Brinn as the interim…

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Schools
East Ramapo Voters OK Revised School Budget East Ramapo Voters OK Revised School Budget
East Ramapo Voters OK Revised School Budget RAMAPO, N.Y. -- A light turnout of voters passed the district's revised budget on Tuesday during a special election. According to the unofficial results from the school district, 2,121 votes were in favor of the proposed budget and 1,809 were opposed. Only six percent of the district's 58,000 registered voters cast ballots. The $231.6 million budget, which includes a 1.48 percent tax increase, or about $120 annually for the average household, will be used in part to increase summer programs and the arts, as well as for special education and add to support services at district schools. “On …

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Obituaries
Hermann 'Fred' Roth, 79, Longtime Pound Ridge Firefighter Hermann 'Fred' Roth, 79, Longtime Pound Ridge Firefighter
Hermann 'Fred' Roth, 79, Longtime Pound Ridge Firefighter POUND RIDGE, N.Y. -- Hermann “Fred” Roth, 79, of Vero Beach, Fla., and a longtime Pound Ridge firefighter died on Thursday, June 8, following a long illness. Born on Sept. 10, 1937, in Niebelsbach, Germany, Roth came to this country at the age of 18. He served in the U.S. Army and became an American citizen while stationed in Hawaii. Roth was a member of the Pound Ridge Volunteer Fire Department for 35 years as well as a member of the Pound Ridge Board of Fire Commissioners. He served as past president of the Westchester Association of Fire Districts and was a board member of the New York S…

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News
Police: Janitor Secretly Installed Camera In Ossining Village Hall Bathroom Police: Janitor Secretly Installed Camera In Ossining Village Hall Bathroom
Police: Janitor Secretly Installed Camera In Ossining Village Hall Bathroom OSSINING, N.Y. --  A 14-year employee of the Village of Ossining was arrested Wednesday for secretly installing a camera in the bathroom of Village Hall, according to Ossining Police. Lider Velez, the head janitor of the village, was charged with multiple counts of unlawful surveillance, a felony, after installing the camera, police said. Velez was identified after he was captured on video installing the camera. Police said they don't believe any members of the public were filmed and have checked every bathroom in the village to make sure no other cameras existed, police said. Velez, whose…

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Police & Fire
Details Emerge In Fatal Fall At Palisades Mall As Some Call For Barriers Details Emerge In Fatal Fall At Palisades Mall As Some Call For Barriers
Details Emerge In Fatal Fall At Palisades Mall As Some Call For Barriers ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. --  Local officials are calling for increased barriers after a 57-year-old woman jumped to her death at the Palisades Center Mall in West Nyack early Monday afternoon. Clarkstown police confirmed Wednesday that the woman committed suicide by jumping from the fourth-floor, said Sgt. JoAnne Fratianni. The unidentified woman is the sixth person to commit suicide at the mall since 2005.  Mitch Saul, an off-duty Orangetown EMT and auxiliary police officer for Orangetown, was on the second-floor escalator when the woman jumped. He said the sound was like nothing he has ever…

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Traffic
Downed Tree, Wires Close Road In Orangetown Downed Tree, Wires Close Road In Orangetown
Downed Tree, Wires Close Road In Orangetown This story has been updated. ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. -- The Orangetown Police Department notified residents that Route 340 will be closed for at least the next four hours due to a downed tree and wires Wednesday afternoon in a 3 p.m. advisory. The road was closed between Van Terrace and Highland Avenue until work crews can remove the tree and wires. They are requesting residents plan an alternate route.

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Police & Fire
Details Emerge In Fatal Fall At Palisades Mall As Some Call For Barriers Details Emerge In Fatal Fall At Palisades Mall As Some Call For Barriers
Details Emerge In Fatal Fall At Palisades Mall As Some Call For Barriers ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. --  Local officials are calling for increased barriers after a 57-year-old woman jumped to her death at the Palisades Center Mall in West Nyack early Monday afternoon. Clarkstown police confirmed Wednesday that the woman committed suicide by jumping from the fourth-floor, said Sgt. JoAnne Fratianni. The unidentified woman is the sixth person to commit suicide at the mall since 2005.  Mitch Saul, an off-duty Orangetown EMT and auxiliary police officer for Orangetown, was on the second-floor escalator when the woman jumped. He said the sound was like nothing he has ever…

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Police & Fire
Details Emerge, Witness Gives Account Of Palisades Center Mall Fatal Fall Details Emerge, Witness Gives Account Of Palisades Center Mall Fatal Fall
Details Emerge, Witness Gives Account Of Palisades Center Mall Fatal Fall ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. --  Local officials are calling for increased barriers after a 57-year-old woman jumped to her death at the Palisades Center Mall in West Nyack early Monday afternoon. Clarkstown police confirmed on Wednesday that the woman jumped from the fourth-floor to commit suicide, said Sgt. JoAnne Fratianni. The unidentified woman is the sixth person to commit suicide at the mall since 2005.  Mitch Saul, an off-duty Orangetown EMT and auxiliary police officer for Orangetown, was on the second-floor escalator when the woman jumped. He said the sound of the woman's body hitting t…

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