Unsung Hero: Sheryl Rose, Volunteer Secretary of the Rockland County Volunteer Firefightersโ€™ Association

Unsung Hero: Sheryl Rose, Volunteer Secretary of the Rockland County Volunteer Firefightersโ€™ Association

BY BARRY WARNER Sheryl Rose has served as the volunteer secretary of the Rockland County Volunteer Firefightersโ€™ Association (RCVFA) since September 1988 and has been the assistant editor of its newsletter โ€œThe Trumpetโ€ since 2007. The object of the RCVFA is the advancement of the interests of the volunteer firefighters and the fire service by […]

Charles Ramsey: A Women-Saving, Rib-Eating, Salsa-Dancing Hero (Or is He?)

Charles Ramsey: A Women-Saving, Rib-Eating, Salsa-Dancing Hero (Or is He?)

BY DIANA BIERMAN Who can free three women from a decade in captivityโ€”and go on with life giving the utmost of amiable interviews? That would be Charles Ramsey. His hilarious demeanor and dialogue are what has turned his face into meme after meme, his interviews into auto-tune after auto-tune. May 6 was a day like […]

Wake for New City War Hero

A wake for Major Thomas Kennedy will be held today from 5-8 p.m. at William F. Hogan Funeral Home in Highlands Falls. Kennedy was a New City resident killed by a suicide bomber in Afghanistan on Wednesday, August 8. The decorated officer was born in Suffern and attended Clarkstown schools. He graduated from West Point […]