Airman Lindsey Frye graduates basic training

Airman Lindsey Frye graduates basic training

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Lindsey K. Frye graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. Airmen who complete basic training also earn four […]

ANNUAL STOP DWI AWARDS HANDED OUT

ANNUAL STOP DWI AWARDS HANDED OUT

COUNTY PRESS RELEASE Rockland County Executive Ed Day and Rockland County Sheriff Louis Falco recognized 24 police officers who have made a significant impact in supporting local efforts to eliminate drunk driving. In 2017, a total of 839 people were arrested in Rockland County for driving while intoxicated. “839 DWI-related arrests were made by law […]

Volunteers of the Week: Ruth Uriarte & Jeriyla Kamau-Weng, Nyack High School Environmental Club

Volunteers of the Week: Ruth Uriarte & Jeriyla Kamau-Weng, Nyack High School Environmental Club

BY BARRY WARNER President George H. W. Bush made a call to public and community service a centerpiece of his presidency. At his inauguration in 1989, President Bush mentioned ‘all the individuals and community organizations spread like stars through the nation, doing good.’ In the first year of his presidency, President Bush founded the Points […]

DAY: APRIL IS DONATE LIFE MONTH IN ROCKLAND COUNTY

DAY: APRIL IS DONATE LIFE MONTH IN ROCKLAND COUNTY

New City, NY – County Executive Ed Day stood with Sheriff Louis Falco, County Clerk Paul Piperato, District Attorney Tom Zugibe, members of Donate Life Rockland and Live On NY in front of Building A at the Robert L. Yeager Health Complex to declare April Donate Life Month in Rockland County.   “We are here today to raise the Donate Life Flag, this flag is symbolic […]

Patrick’s Day Stripers – Rockland and Westchester County

Patrick’s Day Stripers – Rockland and Westchester County

FROM NYDEC On March 17, ECOs Adam Johnson, Jason Smith, and Lucas Palmateer conducted a plainclothes detail targeting striped bass fishing violations in Rockland County. At Haverstraw Beach State Park, ECOs Smith and Palmateer stopped two men in possession of three striped bass. One man was issued a ticket for taking striped bass out of […]

Longtime pillar of the Rockland veterans community Jerry Donnellan has passed away

Longtime pillar of the Rockland veterans community Jerry Donnellan has passed away

Jerry Donnellan, a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War and longtime leader of the Rockland County veterans community, has passed away. Donnellan had a 30-year run as director of the Rockland County Veterans Service Agency, retiring toward the end of 2017 for health reasons. Donnellan was credited with helping to vitalize the county’s Vietnam veterans community in the […]