The Morning Muster A Column For and By Veterans
The Morning Muster will be taking a break from their column this week following a very busy Memorial Day Weekend. Instead, please enjoy these pictures from memorial events held around Rockland.
Trump Awards Posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom to Welles Crowther the “Man in the Red Bandana”
Last Friday at RCC, President Donald J. Trump posthumously awarded the Medal of Freedom to Welles Crowther, which was accepted on his behalf by his mother Allison Crowther. The award was a complete surprise, and presented on the anniversary of Crowther’s story breaking with the New York Times on Memorial Day, 2002. The Presidential Medal […]
My Experience with a White House Press Pass
Last Friday, I had the career-expanding opportunity to see the president in person as a member of the press, thanks to the Rockland County Times. As a reporter who graduated college last year with a degree in journalism, I can tell you that this was the equivalent of my own personal Superbowl. The frenzy started […]
Trump Comes to Rockland
For the first time since Gerald Ford’s visit to the Rockland County Courthouse in 1976, a sitting U.S. president has visited Rockland County. Friday, May 23rd, saw current president Donald Trump hold a rally in Rockland County at the RCC fieldhouse in Ramapo. Doors to the event opened at 12:00, with thousands of people from […]
Rockland Teachers Present at National Conference
Of all the presentations Shelby Hastings could have walked into at the National Science Teaching Association’s 2026 Conference in Anaheim, California, she did not expect she’d be walking into a panel presented entirely by four teachers from Rockland County, New York. Funny enough, Hastings, a California based teacher, has a connection to the small New […]
ICE Is Already Here.
OpEd by Tae-eun Leiah Hartley Rockland Needs Protection. Pass SADA Now. Have you noticed the empty storefronts at the Palisades Center? You should expect more of those. The delis and restaurants closing in Spring Valley, the landscaping crews that stopped showing up, the caregivers who aren’t there for our children and elderly anymore. All of […]