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Newly Renovated I-87 Service Area In Rockland County Reopened Newly Renovated I-87 Service Area In Rockland County Reopened
Newly Renovated I-87 Service Area In Rockland County Reopened The New York State Thruway Authority announced the reopening of a newly renovated service area in Hudson Valley. The service area in Rockland County in Sloatsburg is on I-87 northbound between Exit 15A and Exit 16.  According to the State Thruway Authority, it is the 19th location overall to open and the first of four to undergo extensive renovations as part of the $450 million private investment to redevelop and modernize all 27 service areas. Featuring two floors and more than 31,000 square feet, the Sloatsburg Service Area is the largest of the 27 service areas on the NYS Thruway s…

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Heroin Found On NY Driver Pepper Sprayed By Officers After Pursuit Through NJ Yards, Police Say Heroin Found On NY Driver Pepper Sprayed By Officers After Pursuit Through NJ Yards, Police Say
Heroin Found On NY Driver Pepper Sprayed By Officers After Pursuit Through NJ Yards, Police Say A 50-year-old Rockland County man was found with heroin after leading a police pursuit over state lines, that ended with him hitting multiple vehicles — including police cars — in Mahwah, NJ on Tuesday evening, July 9, police said. Trouble began sometime around 5:15 p.m., when Eugene McDermott, of Tomkins Cove, NY fled the scene of a motor vehicle accident in Sloatsburg, Mahwah Police Lt. Michael Blondin said. Officers tried stopping McDermott, who was operating a Dodge pickup truck with significant damage, but he fled, Blondin said. McDermott struck several vehicles including a Suffern p…

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by Cecilia Levine