Most Home Fires Occur on Thanksgiving, Day Before The Valley Cottage Fire Department would like to wish everyone a happy and safe Thanksgiving. According to the United States Fire Administration (USFA), the number of residential fires that occur on Thanksgiving Day is more than double the average number of fires in residential buildings on all other days. […]
BY SCOTT WATERS Spring Valley High School’s varsity football coach Andrew Delva has been named Coach of the Year of the Section 1 AA North/West League. Delva, a graduate and former football player at Spring Valley has turned the program into one of the best in Section 1. The team went 6-3 this […]
By County Executive Ed Day November is the month when Americans gather with family and friends, share a traditional Thanksgiving meal and express gratitude for the good things in their lives. It is also a time when we reflect on our blessings and help to raise awareness about those who may not be as fortunate. […]
BY KATHY KAHN Rockland residents were treated to a special showing of “The Irishman,” Martin Scorsese’s newest film detailing the life and times of International Teamsters’ union leader Jimmy Hoffa, who went missing in 1975. (His remains have never been found, and he was officially declared dead in 1982.) Part of the film takes place […]
BY SCOTT WATERS When a Congers house fire was called in to dispatchers last week, Deputy Coordinator Al Magnatta, 44-2, headed to the Alert Hook, Ladder & Engine Company #1, Congers FD Station, put on his gear, boarded one of the company’s fire trucks and operated on the scene of the blaze. It is a […]
In numerous locations across the state tomorrow, including Rockland County, prosecutors, sheriffs, police chiefs, police unions and elected officials will join together to urge state lawmakers to authorize a moratorium on changes to criminal justice laws set to take effect January 1, 2020. Officials are asking state lawmakers to carefully examine the full impacts of […]