County Executive Ed Day and Director of Economic Development and Tourism Lucy Redzeposki announced $205,000 in grants to 22 organizations promoting tourism in Rockland during a virtual event Wednesday. “The tourism and hospitality industry were particularly hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic in the last two years,” said County Executive Day. “Despite those challenges, we […]
Last night’s meeting of the Rockland County Legislature ended on an inconclusive vote. Though the legislature is fast approaching the February 14th deadline to pass a local law enabling the takeover of the Spring Valley Building Department, no vote was cast during their last meeting for the month of January. Only weeks remain until the […]
On Tuesday, Rockland Community College (RCC) opened a New York State COVID-19 testing site in partnership with New York State and Quadrant Biosciences. The company, which specializes in epigenetic diagnostics, will operate the site which will provide oral, saliva-based PCR COVID-19 tests. Quadrant Biosciences currently operates several other sites around New York which maintain capacity […]
Join the Nyack NAACP virtually to commemorate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Beginning at 2 p.m. on Zoom, the event will be hosted by Pastor Gregory Merriweather of Calvary Baptist Church with a message from Douglas Lewis, the first elder of Berea Seventh-day Adventist Church. The event will also feature musical performances. […]
In the early hours of Wednesday morning, a structure fire sparked at 83 Lafayette Avenue in Suffern ripped through the commercial building, damaging several businesses. The fire is believed to have started in Rockland Halal Meat, located on the first floor of the building, before spreading to office spaces located on the higher floors. Below […]
The NFL Regular season had more twists and turns than usual in 2021. Makes sense, after all. It was the longest regular season in league history, with the addition of the 17th game on the schedule. Let’s be honest, we’ve watched a lot of bad football locally. The Jets and the Giants didn’t exactly provide […]