STORY AND PHOTOS BY JANIE ROSMAN Samantha’s voice was clear and strong as she placed her painted rock carefully among the others. It was for “daddy. He’s in heaven, and he died,” she told family and friends gathered Wednesday evening for the 10th annual Healing Hearts Memorial Rock Garden Ceremony at United Hospice of Rockland. […]
BY KATHY KAHN “Orange is the New Black” on Netflix, but in real life law enforcement, police officers would prefer seeing those with mental health issues in hospital gowns of blue, getting the help they need rather than being put behind bars. A grant administered though NYS Department of Mental Health gave 14 Rockland County […]
STORY AND PHOTOS BY JANIE ROSMAN Wednesday the first girder assembly was hoisted and placed on piers for the New NY Bridge, a seven-hour process. The 1,110-ton, 400-foot girder assembly – three beams that were assembled at the Port of Coeymans – was hoisted onto the new bridge’s 14-foot-thick foundation. Dave Capobianco, a New […]
STORY AND PHOTOS BY JANIE ROSMAN An unexpected surprise awaited National Guard troops of the 101st Signal Battalion earlier this month when they arrived for a weekend drill at the New York State Armory in Orangeburg. Outside an office were 30 cases (12 boxes to a case) of Girl Scout cookies, a gift from Girl […]
BY JANIE ROSMAN Many who live near or boat on the Hudson River in Rockland and Westchester County say they’ve never seen quite the abundance of dead fish along the shoreline as they have this season. Capt. Mary Pat Driscoll, who runs the tour boat Evening Star, said she has been “seeing this quite a […]
The video released by the Rockland GOP regarding the illegal housing situation in Rockland has stirred up much emotion and passion. Regardless of your view on the issue, it is not about any one picture, video, religion or race. The reality is we have a problem in Rockland County that has gone unaddressed for so […]