• Doherty Enterprises, Inc. Announces June 17th Reopening of Newly Remodeled Panera Bread® Café in Nanuet, NY

    Special Guest Clarkstown Town Supervisor, George Hoehmann, Will Help Kick-off the Celebration at 10am Nanuet, NY –Panera Bread® franchisee, Doherty Enterprises, Inc., is excited to announce the grand reopening of its Panera Bread bakery-café at 24A Rockland Plaza, N Middletown Rd, in Nanuet, NY. The celebration will take place on Tuesday June 17th at 10am […]

  • A Brief History of Juneteenth

    by Tom Ossa The following is a transcript – of the Juneteenth segment, as read on the Rockland News Week in Review, Saturday June 21st. It’s a day that’s often referred to as American Second Independence Day. And as millions observed, June 19th, yesterday, Juneteenth, it’s vital to understand what this day truly represents and […]

  • The Week in Review: Saturday June 21, 2025

    Rockland Early morning on Saturday, an 18-wheeler truck jackknifed on Route 287, the New York State Thruway, headed eastbound in Rockland County. The eastbound lane was shut down for many hours. The driver needed to be extracted. More news will be occurring on this matter, and we will notify you of the status as we […]

  • Round and Round We Go: Thiells Finally Gets Its Circle of Dreams

    By Cesar A. Thiells, NY – Tonight: It’s official: North Rockland’s long, winding, and unnecessarily controversial road saga has reached its dramatic climax. At the stroke of midnight, the Thiells roundabout—yes, the very same circular marvel that’s dominated local conversation, Facebook threads, and the occasional social media ban—has opened to traffic. Constructed where Suffern Lane, […]

  • County Offers Free HIV Testing

    POMONA, NY — In observance of National HIV Testing Day, the Rockland County Department of Health (RCDOH) is offering a free, walk-in HIV testing clinic on Thursday, June 26, from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM at its Pomona location: 50 Sanatorium Road, Building A, Second Floor. This event provides residents with a rare opportunity to […]

  • Teen Driver Arrested After High-Speed Police Pursuit Ends in Crash with School Bus

    STONY POINT, NY – A 16-year-old male from Stony Point was taken into custody Tuesday afternoon following a high-speed chase involving multiple law enforcement agencies and culminating in a collision with a school bus and damage to private property, police said. According to the Stony Point Police Department, the incident began around 3:35 p.m. on […]