What better way to celebrate the season than with some holiday tunes? On December 21, 2023, approximately 30 students of North Rockland High School’s ACCESS program stopped by Haverstraw Town Hall to perform a selection of Christmas carols for the enjoyment of town employees. North Rockland’s ACCESS, which stands for Adaptive Curriculum for Community Experiences […]
Agreement Comes on Heels of Contract negotiations at Montefiore Mount Vernon and New Rochelle Hospitals After Marathon All-Night Bargaining Session, Nurses Win Staffing Ratios, Record-Setting Wage Increases, NYSNA Pension After a bargaining session that lasted 24-hours and before a Dec. 31 contract expiration date, New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) nurses at Montefiore Nyack Hospital […]
Jane Aguilar Murphy may be an employee for Rockland County, but her real passion is birds—bald eagles, to be exact. The nature-lover’s fascination with these creatures runs so deep that she recently wrote and published “Hi, My Name is Skye,” a children’s book documenting a real baby bald eagle’s journey to leaving the nest with […]
On the night of Wednesday, January 3, a shocked and saddened Clarkstown community gathered at Germonds Park to honor the memory of Ornella, Gabriel and Liam Morgan with a candlelight vigil and memorial wall. Arranged by friends of the family, approximately 1,000 community members, elected officials and community leaders attended to show their respect for […]
A shooting in Ramapo has left one state trooper injured and a homicide suspect dead after a car stop erupted into a shoot out. During the afternoon of January 3, State Troopers stationed near Exit 15B on the New York State Thruway stopped a vehicle that was the subject of a ‘Be On the Lookout’ […]
Tragedy unfolded in the early morning hours of Saturday, December 30 when officers from the Clarkstown Police Department conducted a wellness check on a residence in New City, only to find a deceased family of four. The decedents were all identified as members of the Morgan family: Watson Morgan (age 49), Ornela Morgan (43), and […]