It has been a hectic few weeks for the Veronesi family. We recently sold our home and are in the process of purchasing my parents’ house, where we are also building a 1,000-square-foot addition to create a private apartment for them. While construction on the addition began several months ago, it is not yet complete, […]
Why are my candidates still parading around its corpse? On Thursday, April 9th, I sat down with almost 800 people, both in person and on zoom, to watch the debate between three Democrat primary candidates for NY-17. The debate covered a wide range of issues, but something stuck out to me when the candidates were […]
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) […]