• FINAL STONY MUSIC FEST IN STONY POINT HELD JULY 10 – 13

    BY: Keith S. Shikowitz, Reporter STONY POINT, NY – The Stony Music Fest was held from July 10 – 13, 2024 at Riverfront Park, overlooking the Hudson River in Stony Point. On Saturday July 13, the last day of the fest, five bands performed. Two of the bands, The Loft and Joe’s Fired, were young […]

  •         MELNICK LOSES WORKING FAMILIES PRIMARY

      BY: Keith S. Shikowitz, Investigative Reporter             Former State Senator Elijah Reichlin Melnick, Democratic candidate for the NYS 38th Senate District lost his bid to have his name on the Working Families Party line to Barbara J. Francis 205 – 141. Melnick got over 5100 votes on that line in 2020 and over 2600 in […]

  • HAVERSTRAW POLICE CHIEF PETER MURPHY RETIRES AFTER 36 YEARS AS A POLICE OFFICER

    BY: Keith S. Shikowitz, Investigative Reporter             Chief Peter Murphy is the third Chief in Rockland County to have retired in recent weeks. He joins Ramapo Chief Martin Reilly and Stony Point Chief Ed Finn in retirement.             There was an assemblage of dozens of officers from many town, county and state police agencies present […]

  • CAPTAIN JOHN GOULD PROMOTED TO CHIEF OF HAVERSTRAW POLICE DEPARTMENT

             BY: Keith S. Shikowitz, Investigative Reporter       “Nature abhors a vacuum.” This was a quote from the movie Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. The retirement of Haverstraw Police Chief Peter Murphy on June 24, 2024, created a vacuum in the leadership of the department. On June 25, 2024, that vacuum was filled with the […]

  • NORTH ROCKLAND CLASS OF ’24 FIRST TO GRADUATE ON NEW FIELD

                                                    BY: Keith S. Shikowitz, Investigative Reporter             Graduation, the event that every student throughout the history of education looks forward to for thirteen years from kindergarten through their senior year. When it comes to the spring term of their senior year, they start counting down the weeks until that eventful day. When […]

  • Rally for Republican Candidate Trump Held in Bardonia

    BY: Keith S. Shikowitz, Investigative Reporter BARDONIA, NY – On June 15, 2024, Barry Fixler of Barry’s Estate Jewelry held the third of his rallies for Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump. The rally was once again held at his store in Bardonia, where about 200 people came to show their support for him and candidate […]