The Bear Mountain Bridge is now 100 years old. On November 27, 1924, Mary Harriman, mother of Roland Harriman, President of the Bear Mountain Hudson River Bridge Company, helped preside over the formal opening day ceremonies with the bridge being officially opened to traffic on Thanksgiving Day. The bridge was the first vehicular river crossing […]
A reporter, an Irishman and a priest walk into a pub… What sounds like the beginnings of a joke was actually the beginnings of a heartwarming story centered around the spirit of Christmas and community. In 2021, Father Peter Smutelovic of St. John the Baptist Church in Hillsdale was searching for ways to start re-engaging […]
Last week, the Ramapo Police Department responded to East Eckerson Road in the Town of Ramapo for the report of gunshots fired. Upon the officers arrival, evidence was recovered, indicating that at least 9 shots were fired from a passing vehicle. No victims were reported to have been struck and no one was injured. Through […]
A collision on the New York State thruway near exit 15A in Hillburn left a passenger car totally destroyed and the driver relatively unharmed on Tuesday. Joseph Bonomi of Washingtonville was transported to Westchester Medical Center with non life threatening injuries after the crash which state police have stated was the result of Bonomi’s reckless […]
Rockland County District Attorney Thomas E. Walsh II announced today the sentencing of Constantinos Doonan, a/k/a “Dino” (DOB 7/17/92) of New City, New York on a charge of Murder in the Second Degree (class “A” Felony), and Jo-Ann Haughey (DOB 1/15/96) of New City, New York on a charge of Manslaughter in the […]
Adopted Budget Adds Nonprofit Funding & Sidewalk Project For Pedestrian Safety Rockland County legislators voted unanimously to slightly amend and approve a 2025 County Budget that includes a 2 percent property tax cut along with increased funding for nonprofits and a new countywide sidewalk initiative. “I am extremely honored to report that for 2025, there […]