At the Rockland Road Runners kickoff meeting on January 22 at Growler & Gill in Nanuet, Turkey Trot race director Dave Goldwasser announced that his 2023 event generated $124,000 for local charities. The five-mile race, held Thanksgiving Day, November 23 at Rockland Lake, yielded $110,000 for the Marisa Fund, which raises money for research, treatment […]
For Rockland residents with an artistic eye, the Nyack Art Collective may just be the place to nourish creative expression. In its 10-year existence, this collective of “artists serving artists” has grown from a small social club to a 60-member not-for-profit with an Etsy store that regularly shares its work with the community at large. […]
A man suspected of murdering a woman in Ramapo died yesterday after fleeing to Connecticut, Ramapo Police officials say. Just before 9 a.m., officers were called to Inwood Drive in the Hillcrest area for reported gunshots fired and a woman lying on the ground, according to Lt. Christopher Franklin. The 56-year-old was unresponsive and transported […]
Last Friday, the Louis Kurtz Civic Center in Spring Valley, NY held the ribbon-cutting ceremony for SJR Coverage Counselors. SJR, which uses the initials of the three cofounders, Sann Yam, Jean Mirville, and Rosario Niebles, is a diverse team dedicated to helping Rockland County residents find the right health insurance. After working together in the […]
On Friday, January 26, Rockland Community College hosted a ceremony to award a rehabilitated car to Michael J. Finlay, a Navy veteran and Engineering Science student at RCC. The event was made possible through the generous donation of a 2005 Toyota Corolla LE by the Rockland County Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and the collective […]
The Ramapo Police Emergency Communications Center received a report yesterday after 5:30 p.m. that a child was struck by a school bus in front of 100 Clinton Ave. in the Village of New Square, Ramapo Police officials say. The first Ramapo officers on scene were told by paramedics that the 8-year-old boy was pronounced dead, […]