Details are still sketchy, but an early-morning accident yesterday on the Thruway in the Tuxedo area between a car and a tractor-trailer resulted in a fatality. Published reports say the car wound up underneath the truck. The northbound lanes of the highway were closed near Harriman following the accident.
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Report: Palisades Center’s Mortgage Extended
Palisades Center has a new lease on life. The Journal News says the mall’s owners have been able to secure an extension on their mortgage payment to September. It was missed back in April after they were forced to close in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The mall re-opened July tenth as part of the phase 4 re-opening.
Haverstraw Highway Department Gets New Truck
The Haverstraw highway department has a brand, new truck with a snow plow, courtesy of a state grant secured by Rockland assemblyman Ken Zebrowski. Haverstraw supervisor Howard Phillips says some of the trucks in their fleet were pretty old…
The $250,000 grant covered the whole truck, fully-loaded.
Jonathan DeMarte, Area Standout Pitcher, Hits the Field for All-American Baseball Challenge on Thursday
The All-American Baseball Challenge gets underway this Thursday at Palisades Credit Union Park in Pomona, the home of the Boulders, whose season was cancelled due to the COVID situation. The Challenge features a number of former local standouts from college and area minor or independent league teams. Boulders V-P of Business Development Seth Cantor says one of the players who will be taking the field for Rockland is Jonathan DeMarte, who’s played in Australia, Quebec, and just signed with the Chicago Cubs this past spring…
The All-American Baseball Challenge is a six-team league that will be played at the home ballparks of three Frontier League franchises, in addition to Pomona they’ll play at Skylands Stadium in Augusta, NJ and Yogi Berra Stadium in Montclair, NJ. Schedule and ticket information is available at www.NYBoulders.com.
Report: Fatal Accident Snarls Traffic on Northbound Thruway in Tuxedo
Traffic is snarled on the northbound New York State Thruway near Tuxedo after a fatal accident earlier this morning. News 12 reports the accident involved a car and a tractor-trailer. We’ll have more details as soon as they are available.