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Rockland Marks Tenth Anniversary of ALS “Ice Bucket Challenge”

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Ed Day & Others “…Whoo! Ha-ha! OK!” :10

That was Rockland County Executive Ed Day and members of his executive team dumping buckets of ice water on their heads earlier this week to raise awareness of Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. It’s been ten years since the “Ice Bucket Challenge” ALS awareness campaign took the internet by storm raising $115 million in the process. Despite that, Day laments, there’s still no cure…

Day challenged Rockland County Sheriff Lou Falco to participate and help spread the word about ALS. Word is he has accepted that challenge and will do it next week. Orangetown Supervisor Teresa Kenny says her town will be celebrating the tenth anniversary early next month…

The Orangetown “Ice Bucket Challenge” fundraising event is taking place Saturday, September 7th at 1pm at the Veterans Memorial Park Splash Pad, which features a ginormous bucket. The event is open to residents and non-residents as well. Click the link below for more information.

ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Fundraiser

NY Boulders Defeat Ottawa Again, Within Two of Third Place

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The New York Boulders played game two of their critical three-game road trip last night against the 2nd place Ottawa Titans. The Boulders won their second straight game, 2-0 the score last night. The Titans only managed four hits. The 4th place Boulders are two games behind the 3rd place Tri-City ValleyCats with just four games left in the season. Tonight’s game three of the Ottawa series gets underway at 6:30. The Boulders will return home for the final three games of the season against the New England Knockouts on Friday.

Patience Wearing Thin as Ramapo Weighs PSC Intervention with O&R to Get LED Lights Turned On

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A strongly-worded letter may be in the offing if the local power company won’t electrify new LED lights the town of Ramapo has spent considerable time and effort to install. Ramapo Supervisor Michael Specht says if Orange & Rockland’s CEO doesn’t respond to and meet with town officials to discuss the matter, the state Public Service Commission may need to get involved…

Specht says the lights take minutes to turn on, but O&R has said it’ll take three years. O&R Senior Communications Specialist, Vito Signorile says the company understands Ramapo residents’ frustration…

The town has had to install temporary solar lights in some areas where safety is a concern.

Rockland’s Former Congressman Attacks Current Rep. as Being Anti-Cop

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Rockland’s former congressman, looking to get his job back, slammed Rockland’s current Representative, Republican Mike Lawler, as anti-cop and who has failed to fully support the police. Democrat Mondaire Jones says Lawler’s record speaks for itself…

At a press conference in Nanuet Friday, Lawler went on the attack, calling his November opponent anti-police and calling his record on police matters “radical.” Lawler said Jones has supported letting cop-killers and murderers vote from prison and advocated funding be taken from police departments.

Local Congressman Hopeful Name-calling Subsides in Presidential Campaign

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It’s one of the craziest election cycles that we’ve seen…that’s according to Rockland’s congressman. Hudson Valley U.S. Representative, Republican Mike Lawler of the 17th District, says, assuming they happen, debates will be a good chance for former President Donald Trump to get away from name-calling and, in Harris’ case, the failure to even hold a press conference…

A debate is slated for September tenth, but it’s unclear at the moment whether it will happen.