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Joe Rand Wins Working Families Nomination
Rockland County, N.Y. — Nyack Mayor Joe Rand has secured the Working Families Party nomination for New York’s 38th State Senate District following certification of the party’s primary election results, setting the stage for the November general election against incumbent Republican State Sen. Bill Weber. Rand received approximately 61% of the vote in the Working…
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Lawler Renews Debate Challenge to Cait Conley
Westchester County, N.Y. — Republican congressional candidate Mike Lawler has publicly renewed his call for a series of televised debates with Democratic candidate Cait Conley, arguing that voters should have multiple opportunities to hear the candidates discuss issues ahead of the general election. In a letter dated July 7, Lawler asked Conley to accept a…
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New York Girls Gaelic Féile Football Team Complete Trip to Ireland
By Thomas Brady, Sports Correspondent ORANGEBURG, NY – A New York girls Gaelic football team with deep Rockland roots traveled to Ireland this summer for the 2026 John West Féile Peile na nÓg, turning a youth sports tournament into a weeklong story of training, family, heritage and pride. The New York State Girls Féile football…
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Fireworks And Festivities For America 250 In Rockland
Nyack, N.Y. — Communities across Rockland County are preparing to celebrate Independence Day and the nation’s 250th anniversary with fireworks, concerts, family activities and patriotic events beginning Thursday, July 2, and continuing through the holiday weekend. Organizers are expecting large crowds as local communities join nationwide celebrations marking the semiquincentennial, or 250th anniversary, of the…
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Rescue Truck Crashes Into West Haverstraw Home
WEST HAVERSTRAW, N.Y. — An emergency rescue truck operated by the Thiells Fire Department crashed into a residential building in West Haverstraw shortly after midnight Thursday while responding to a reported boating incident on the Hudson River, leaving several people injured and causing extensive damage to the home. According to authorities, the Thiells Fire Department’s…
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Warehouse Project Advances In West Haverstraw
West Haverstraw, N.Y. – A proposed 454,000-square-foot warehouse and distribution center in the Village of West Haverstraw has moved another step forward after the village’s Planning Board accepted a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the project, allowing the environmental review process to continue. The proposal has been under consideration by local officials and state…