At approximately 10:30 p.m. on April 17, 2026, the Ramapo Police Department responded to a report of a shooting at Veloz Barbershop, located at 279 North Main Street. Upon arrival, officers located a 59-year-old male victim who had sustained a gunshot wound to the abdomen. The victim was treated at the scene by Rockland Paramedics […]
After more than five decades of living, treating patients and conducting business in Nyack, the Brief family is opening a new kind of business in the community they have long called home. Brief Tattoo Removal, Rockland County’s first and only physician-led laser tattoo removal clinic founded by Dr. James Brief, a board-certified physician, and his […]
To the Editor: I really enjoyed Eileen O’Brien’s column this past week on the Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 333 and the 2 days they spent at the Felix Festa school. My brother who was a Vietnam veteran always loved going to that school and elsewhere in the county. He was looking forward to going […]
Op-Ed by Olivia Beirne In a triumph of public health, measles was declared eliminated in the United States in 2000. A quarter century later, measles is back with a vengeance. For many, this disease was considered history, so when South Carolina recently reported a measles outbreak of 997 cases, largely among unvaccinated individuals (932 cases) […]
County Executive Ed Day delivered the 2026 State of the County Address, highlighting Rockland County’s continued fiscal responsibility, infrastructure investments, and initiatives to improve the quality of life for all residents. “Even in a challenging fiscal environment, the County has refused to scale back essential services but mind you, there is the very real possibility […]
You book a trip to get away, and somehow end up doing the same things you were trying to escape. You wake up to hallway noise, wait for elevators, and spend more time adjusting to the space than actually enjoying where you are. It does not feel wrong exactly, but it does not feel like […]