Haverstraw Bay Park hosts solar eclipse party

On Monday, April 8, approximately 1,500 Rockland residents gathered in Haverstraw Bay Park between 2:30 and 4 p.m. to watch the latest solar eclipse. Locals came to the historic park—which hosts the county’s September 11 War on Terror memorial—in droves for the event, bringing along beach chairs and blankets to witness the once in a […]

Bronx woman drives through Ramapo home

During the afternoon hours of Sunday April 7 the Town of Ramapo Police Department responded to a report of a motor vehicle crash involving a vehicle that went into a house. Upon investigation, it was discovered that a vehicle traveling on the roadway had lost control, causing it to strike a parked vehicle. That parked […]

Congressman Mike Lawler plays politics instead of securing our border (Opinion By: Mondaire Jones)

For more than a year, Washington Republicans like our Congressman, Mike Lawler, have loudly criticized the impact of the migrant crisis on New York. The last few months have exposed that Lawler and his fellow Republicans in the House and Senate are more interested in playing politics than actually solving the problem. Like many hot-button […]

Holmes comes home: Inside “Escape” writer & Rockland native Rupert Holmes’ path from Nanuet and back

Do you like piña coladas? For a long time, singer-songwriter and Nanuet native Rupert Holmes sure didn’t…but only because fans kept offering him the fruity drinks after his 1979 Billboard No. 1 hit single “Escape.” More widely known as “The Piña Colada Song,” the smash sensation branded Holmes as the artist behind what would come […]