Students in the Rockland Community College CDL Class A Commercial Driver Training course will see their tuition rates drop thanks to a gift from a world-famous rock band’s charitable arm, “All Within My Hands Scholars Initiative.” The group recently made a $25,000 donation to help those students “Wherever They May Roam.” Yes, if you didn’t catch the subtle hint, the band is the heavy-metal group Metallica, and those 25-Gs are on top of $100,000 they gave the program in 2022. RCC’s Class A Truck Driver curriculum teaches students to inspect and operate tractor-trailers, with emphasis on vehicle inspections, defensive driving, and more. No word on whether Metallica simply liked that the college had the word “ROCK” in its name.
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NY Boulders Win in Ottawa, Enter Final Regular Season Weekend Home Series
The New York Boulders played game three of their final three-game road trip of the regular season last night with hopes for making the playoffs hanging by a thread. And they didn’t disappoint. The 4th place Boulders beat the 2nd place Ottawa Titans, 2-0, holding them to just three hits for their third straight win, and second consecutive shutout. The Boulders are still a game-and-a-half behind the Titans and the Tri-City ValleyCats with just three games left in the season. The Boulders start their final home stand against the New England Knockouts tonight at 7pm at Clover Stadium in Pomona. You can hear all the action right here on AM 1700 WRCR and WRCR.com.
Rockland Sheriff: Two Area Shootings Saturday Not Related
Two separate shootings in Rockland on Saturday were not connected. That’s according to Rockland County Sheriff Lou Falco…
That incident was discovered just after noon on Saturday. Around nine hours earlier that same day, three women were wounded in a shooting in Central Nyack. Clarkstown supervisor George Hoehmann told “The Morning Show” Monday the women were not cooperating with the investigation, and Falco says that’s critical…
Clarkstown Police say that shooting took place outside CY’s Restaurant and Lounge on Route 59 in Central Nyack. If you have information related to the incident, contact the Clarkstown Police Detective Bureau at 845-639-5840.
Lower Hudson Valley Congressional Candidates Trade “Morning Show” Jabs Over Controversial “Project 2025”
Rockland’s two 17th Congressional district candidates traded barbs on the controversial “Project 2025” document, produced by the Conservative “Heritage Foundation,” supposedly a policy outline for Republicans if former President Donald Trump wins back the White House. In an exclusive interview with “The Morning Show” on Tuesday, current Representative in the House, Republican Mike Lawler, said neither he, nor former President Trump, supports “Project 2025”…
Former Rockland Congressman Mondaire Jones, who is looking to get his House seat back after losing in 2022, says he’s not buying that Trump and Lawler don’t support “Project 2025”…
“The Hill” reported yesterday that the Kamala Harris for President campaign just launched an ad blitz tying Trump to Project 2025. She and VP candidate Tim Walz are expected to give their first sit-down interview to CNN tonight. Still no press conference though.
Rockland Marks Tenth Anniversary of ALS “Ice Bucket Challenge”
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.