Average annual snowfall for the region is nearly 3 feet, and the Hudson Valley hit that mark Wednesday, with two months of winter left.
Rockland, Putnam and some Westchester police are using a program that permits fingerprint checks for potential illegal immigrants.
A sample of a survey being circulated in Catholic churches to gauge the concern of parishioners about the possible closing of some parishes.
Jamile Wilson, pictured, has been charged with attempted murder in the stabbing of a social worker in White Plains, authorities said.
Dante Beamon, 26, was arraigned Wednesday on five felony charges, including first-degree attempted rape, and two misdemeanors. Beamon is accused of entering a student's dorm room on the Purchase College campus around 1:30 a.m. Nov. 13. Beamon was not a student at the school and had no right to be in the dorm, officials said.
The fourth winter storm in less than a month struck early this morning— in time to disrupt the commute to work and school.
Pearl River took its latest boys track and field league championship with ease.
CROTON-ON-HUDSON - The owner of the American Center for Chinese Studies was charged Friday night with first-degree sexual abuse for alleged inappropriate contact with a girl in his class, Croton police said.Frank DaMaria, 67, of 82 Van Cortlandt Ave. in Ossining, is being held on $10,000 bail at the Westchester County jail in Valhalla. He is due in Croton court on Wednesday.Croton police began their investigation after adult students reported Damaria to police. He was accused of having sexual contact with a girl under age 11 at the center at 122 Grand St.
The New Rochelle man accused of killing his son served time for beating up the mother of another son, according to court records.
Some question the stipend Clarkstown pays its police chaplain. It's the only department in Rockland that pays a chaplain.
The family of slain New York City police Sgt. Keith Levine from New City is fighting to keep the man convicted of killing him in jail.
After a narrow miss last year, Bert Blyleven told voters they finally got it right by sending him into the Hall of Fame along with Roberto Alomar.
Pearl River wrestling coach Grier Yorks can't pinpoint a reason, but the popularity of his program has hit an all-time high.
MOUNT VERNON— A man was taken to the hospital with serious injuries after he was attacked by two unleashed dogs Wednesday night.
Two years after he was paroled for a Christmas Eve murder, a White Plains man is a suspect in the slaying of a Mamaroneck mother.
Kelly McElroy of Stony Point was sentenced to one to three years in her husband's death. Above, McElroy entering court Monday.
The county and Rockland's five town governments relied on retirements and contingency funds to help balance their 2011 budgets, a review by The Journal News shows.
Our staffers recall their most memorable images and events from 2010. Above, remembering Jami Ehrlich by Xavier Mascareñas.
MAMARONECK— A 49-year-old woman was found slain in a village home on Baldwin Place, police said Friday.
WHITE PLAINS— As the Harrison basketball team's offense sputtered to begin its boys challenge contest against Mahopac on Wednesday in the Slam Dunk Tournament at the Westchester County Center, senior Brendan O'Shea started taking matters into his own hands.
WHITE PLAINS— It's no surprise at all that Briarcliff and Irvington will meet in the girls championship game of the Slam Dunk tournament today at the County Center. It certainly won't be a surprise if they meet again on the same floor in early March.
WHITE PLAINS— Whether it was a coincidence or not, Briarcliff's momentum began to slip right around the time coach Don Hamlin was whistled for a technical foul midway through the second quarter. Kennedy had whittled the Bears' lead from 13 points to seven by halftime, and Hamlin felt the need to address the issue in the locker room.
©
Bedford | Pound Ridge | South Salem | Westchester County