Congressman Mike Lawler (R, NY-17) plans to sit down with President Trump over his plans to run for New York governor next year. Lawler, whose district encompasses all of Putnam and Rockland counties, in addition to sections of Dutchess and Westchester, made the announcement during an interview on NewsNation’s “The Hill.” Should he decide to […]
Since high school, Brittany Makinen’s true love has been photography. After ten years spent working as a preschool teacher and doing family portraits after school and on the weekends, Makinen made the leap and committed to full time photography. Makinen continued doing family portraits, adding in newborn and maternity photography to her rotation. When her […]
Sometimes it takes a village to get things done. In the case of young immigrant Alan Pierre, it also helped to have an attorney, a vocal pastor and a U.S. Congressman to intervene after the teenager was arrested by ICE. Pierre, now a student in Spring Valley High School, made the perilous journey from war-torn […]
In February 2024, long-time employee Lindsay Owen bought the Maria Luisa Boutique in Nyack. Since then, she has rebranded and relaunched the store with the name “By Land and Sea.” Although the store was relaunched this March, the ideas behind By Land and Sea’s brand are the culmination of years of Lindsay Owen working in […]
With 98 submissions, Elmwood Playhouse had their pick of the litter when it came to selecting local plays to feature in their second annual One Act Festival. Seven of those 98 original one acts were selected for 2025, with each one running from eight to eighteen minutes. This restricted time frame was chosen purposefully to […]
In September of 2021, one Rockland eighth grader received a diagnosis no eighth grader should ever receive. Carlos “Coca” Bernard was diagnosed with leukemia. Two years later, Coca and his family received yet another blow when Coca was diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disease called Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS). In an interview with the […]