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) […]
Of all the presentations Shelby Hastings could have walked into at the National Science Teaching Association’s 2026 Conference in Anaheim, California, she did not expect she’d be walking into a panel presented entirely by four teachers from Rockland County, New York. Funny enough, Hastings, a California based teacher, has a connection to the small New […]
What’s going on in Rockland County from Thursday, April 30th – Wednesday, May 6th Email gillian@rocklandcountytimes.com with events! Orangetown PEARL RIVER: Central Ave Field, Food Truck Festival May 9th The Spring 2026 Pearl River Food Truck Festival is bringing a stacked lineup to Central Avenue Field on Saturday, May 9 from 12 PM to 5 […]