After several months of anticipation, the merger between the Community Foundation of Orange & Sullivan and the Rockland Community Foundation has been officially approved by the New York State Attorney General, forming a unified organization with expanded reach across the Hudson Valley and Catskills. After 9 years of working together as separate entities, this merger […]
Almost one year ago, on February 21, 2025, ShopRite held a grand reopening, at 66 N. Main Street, New City. ShopRite is the anchor store of the New City Shopping Center, which is completely changing under new ownership. In October 2022, the property was acquired in a joint venture between KABR Group of Englewood, New […]
On January 29, 2026, at approximately 8:35 a.m., the Ramapo Police Department Emergency Communications Center received notification from Hatzoloh EMS of Rockland regarding a child who had been struck by a vehicle on Ostilla Avenue in the Village of New Square. Ramapo officers were immediately dispatched to the location. EMS personnel departed the scene prior […]
The Police Chiefs Association of Rockland County, Rockland County PBA, Town of Haverstraw PBA, and Town of Ramapo PBA are aware of proposed legislation that would restrict or prohibit cooperation between a local law enforcement agency in Rockland County and federal law enforcement partners, including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Law enforcement agencies throughout […]
In the wake of the shooting of ICU Nurse Alex Pretti by a federal border patrol agent in Minneapolis, Legislator Beth Davidson (D-Nyack, Clarkstown), Majority Leader Alden Wolfe (D-Ramapo), Deputy Majority Leader Dana Stilley (D-Orangetown), Public Safety Committee Chair Paul Cleary (D-Haverstraw) and Legislator Jesse Malowitz (D-Suffern) urged the County to protect our immigrant […]
Congressman Mike Lawler has joined Congressman Andrew R. Garbarino (NY-02) and members of the New York delegation in announcing that the FY 2026 appropriations minibus package includes full funding for 9/11 health care through the program’s lifetime, ensuring certainty of continued care for 9/11 responders and survivors. Congress established the WTCHP on a bipartisan basis […]