By Joe Kuhn and Jess Warren In honor of the first African Americans to serve in the United States Army, nicknamed Buffalo Soldiers by the Native Americans they combated, county officials presented four present day African American veterans and Rockland residents with the Buffalo Soldier Award during an annual ceremony at the Ellipse Room […]
Picture below: The Immaculate Conception Men's Club happy to serve other local residents food and beverages at the event.
Story and Photos by Jess Warren Neither snow nor frigid temps deterred Rocklanders from supporting the Stony Point Seals’ annual Polar Plunge. What better way to start off Super Bowl Sunday than seeing hundreds of residents from across the county witnessing volunteers run into the freezing Hudson River for a great cause? The Seals, who […]
When you go all in at a poker table, sometimes it’s out of desperation. The Rams weren’t completely hopeless as a franchise, but it was pretty obvious that they were a quarterback short after watching their Divisional Round game last season against the Green Bay Packers. The Rams front office acknowledged a simple fact. The time […]
After months of preparation, on Feb. 14 Rockland County officially assumed responsibility for enforcing fire and building codes in the village of Spring Valley. Rockland’s new Office of Buildings and Codes stands as the first instance in New York history of a county assuming responsibility for enforcing village zoning laws; the take-over was ordered by […]
Several Rockland volunteer firefighters joined members of New York’s Senate and Assembly as the lawmakers unveiled proposed legislation to rename the section of Route 45 that runs in front of the Hillcrest Volunteer Fire department in honor of Jared Lloyd. Lloyd, father of two young children and a ten-year volunteer in the Spring Valley Fire […]
True to their word, county legislators have passed the four measures necessary to fund a new building department, which will assume responsibility for enforcing zoning codes in the village of Spring Valley. Funding was approved by a unanimous vote of 16-0 during a special meeting of the Legislature on Tuesday Feb 8, after a meeting […]