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ID Released For Boy, 8, Who Died After Boat Carrying Eight Flipped Over In Area
An 8-year-old boy who drowned after being underwater for some time when a boat carrying seven children and one adult flipped over in Haverstraw Bay has been identified.
Yosef Goldman, of Israel, died around 1:30 p.m., Friday, Oct. 18, after becoming trapped under the boat which flipped about 100 feet off of Haverstraw Bay, said the Rockland County Sheriff's Office.
According to Sheriff's officials, the boat flipped over sending all eight occupants into the water. Most clung to the boat until help arrived, but the boy went underwater and was trapped under the boat.
The child was recovered …
Traveler With Confirmed Case Of Measles Hospitalized In Westchester
An international traveler who has been confirmed to have measles visited multiple locations in Rockland from Thursday, Oct. 4 to Thursday, Oct. 11, potentially exposing others to measles.
Rockland County Executive Ed Day and County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert advise residents that anyone who visited the following locations in Rockland, Bergen and Westchester counties may have been exposed to measles:
Congregation Bais Elazer, 26 Voyager Court, Monsey, Oct. 4 between 8 a.m. and 11 a.m.
Mia's Reflexology, 191 South Main Street, New City, Oct. 4 between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m.…
Seven Charged In Elaborate, Multi-Million Dollar Scam Involving Hudson Valley Schools
Seven Hudson Valley residents have been charged in a “wide-ranging” multi-million dollar scheme to defraud a federal “E Rate” subsidy program involving school technology funding earmarked for underprivileged children.
Geoffrey Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the unsealing of an indictment, which charges seven Monsey, Monroe and Spring Valley residents with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud charges.
Those charged include Monsey residents Simon Goldbrenner, 55, Ben Klein, 39, Sholem Steinberg, 39, and Aron Melber, 42. Monroe res…
Severe Thunderstorm Watch In Effect For Westchester
This story has been updated.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is now in effect for much of the Hudson Valley and all of Fairfield County as a band of storms moves from west to east.
The watch now covers Westchester, Fairfield, Rockland and Orange counties.
At 2:18 p.m. a severe thunderstorm was located near Tappan, moving northeast at 10 mph with 60 mph wind gusts, says the National Weather Service.
At 2:29 p.m., a severe thunderstorm, also with 60 mph winds, was located over Bedford, or near Mount Kisco, and is nearly stationary, the weather service reports.
The thunderstorm watch was added …
