BY JON CALIXTE On Tuesday, North Rockland High School star athlete, sophomore Katelyn Tuohy, was awarded the 2017-2018 Gatorade National Girls Track & Field Athlete of the Year just two weeks after breaking the high school’s girl national mile record; running a time of 4:33.87. Tuohy is the first athlete in history to win the […]
BY DR. LOUIS ALPERT Ombudsman The Ombudsman Alert would like to add his further note to last week’s article: ‘Signs’ of the Times Don’t Bode Well for Current Governor: The piece demonstrated the corruption that surrounds Cuomo’s office and our state’s growing deficit, as well as the spending of millions of dollars on erecting […]
BY JOEL GROSSBARTH The driver of a car that killed a three-month old baby and seriously injured the baby’s mother and sister was denied early release from prison by the New York State Department of Corrections. Albert Gomez ran over and killed the infant during a road rage while the family was walking along the shoulder of Route 59 in Monsey on June 26, 2017. […]
Significant upgrades to the Clarkstown’s swimming facilities at Lake Nanuet Park include a modern bathhouse with added changing facilities and a newlifeguard area, the centerpiece of the improvement. It also includes new deck work and grading. In addition to the physical improvements made to the park, Supervisor George Hoehmann announced a new concessionaire: LaSirena Seafood will be providing […]
Steve Stears of Nanuet, NY lost his mother to breast cancer in 2011, on the same month his wife, Nikkii, participated in her first Damon Runyon 5K run/walk at Yankee Stadium with friends. Two years later, Steve lost his father to lung cancer. In 2016, his wife was diagnosed with leukemia. Still, Nikkii was able […]
BY JOEL GROSSBARTH Anyone that has lived in Rockland County or the Hudson Valley region will recall the truly tragic case where Patricia Nigro was murdered by her boyfriend William T. Groesbeck in her home in Sloatsburg. Groesbeck then turned the gun on himself, committing suicide in October 2015. While murder/suicide cases usually don’t lead […]