Former Rockland County Corrections Officer John Kezek, 40, of Anderson County, Tennessee, was sentenced to two consecutive one-year terms in Rockland County Jail before the Honorable Robert. J. Prisco, Feb. 13, 2026. In October 2025, Kezek, formerly from Florida, New York, was accused of falsifying drug test results in Tennessee after allegedly ingesting CBD gummies […]
Part One: Pre-1900 The African American community of Rockland County is older than the United States itself. The Dutch, when they first settled what was then the New Netherlands colony, actively participated in the trans-atlantic slave trade. Enslaved people had a presence in the Hudson Valley from as early as 1626, three years after the […]
RCC has proudly inducted five student veterans into its chapter of SALUTE, the national honor society recognizing academic excellence and service among student veterans and active military members. This year’s honorees bring RCC’s total SALUTE membership to 114. The 2025 inductees are: Ileanna Denis, U.S. Marine Corps Ryan Matthew Eshbach, U.S. Army Andrew Flickinger, U.S. […]
When Carol Stoll’s husband passed away two years ago, she found that, like most people who lose a loved one, she wasn’t quite sure what to do with herself. It was in the middle of this grief that Stoll started going to Sparky’s Diner in Garnerville and swiftly became a part of the not-so-exclusive club […]
The Community Foundation of Orange, Sullivan and Rockland (CFOSR) is proud to announce — the Signature Awards Reception, Rockland Edition, taking place on Thursday, March 26, 2026 from 5:30 to 8:00 PM at the Crowne Plaza Suffern, NY. This highly anticipated evening brings together friends, donors, community leaders, and partners to celebrate CFOSR’s mission of […]
Super Bowl 60 has come and gone. Now that the dust has settled – can you believe Sam Darnold is now a Super Bowl champion? What a wild turn of events. Darnold’s career was well documented and under the spotlight from his time with the New York Jets. Darnold was the 3rd overall pick in […]