County Executive Ed Day and Director Susan Branam of the Rockland County Veterans Service Agency recognized four local veterans for their outstanding service during a special ceremony at the Rockland County Fire Training Center on Tuesday, February 11th. The 2025 Buffalo Soldiers Award was presented to Army Rev. Raymond Caliman and Alphonso Marshall, and the […]
For the second time in three years, it will be the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles for all the marbles down in New Orleans. It’s not necessarily a matchup that most of the country and especially New York is dying to see once again. The level of Kansas City Chief fatigue has reached […]
To the editor: Never Ever Give Up. Persistence is the foundation of success. Although there are many ways to describe success, there is only one definition of failure – giving up. Whatever your meaning of success, you will only achieve it through persistence. “Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will […]
To the editor: Lawler Is Silent When His Voice is Needed Most Congressman Mike Lawler depends heavily on the Jewish vote in Rockland and Westchester Counties. To garner their support, he stands with Israel against the agents of Iran. Last May, which was Jewish American Heritage Month, the House passed Lawler’s Antisemitism Awareness Act. For […]
This document signed by George Washington has been in my family for over 230 years. It is a wartime pass signed by GW on September 8th, 1780, at his Bergen County N.J. Headquarters now known as Van Saun Park in Paramus. This camp sat right above the escape route from the British in New York, […]
COPS Barn, which stands for Children of Promise Barn, is utilizing riding therapy to change the lives of special needs children and adults right here in Rockland. Derek Drobenak, the program director at COPS Barn, has been riding horses since he was seven years old. He displays an obvious love for each of the horses […]