Rocklanders are mourning the loss of long-time area journalist and teacher, Art Aldrich, the publisher of the Our Town newspaper, who died on Monday. In a tribute to Art on their Facebook page, the Blauvelt Free Library noted he continued to teach a marketing class three weeks before he passed, and called him “arguably, the hardest-working Defensive Driving instructor in the county.” Rockland Sheriff Lou Falco, who followed Art’s weekly Wednesday segment on the air here on “The Morning Show,” said he hopes his newspaper continues to bring readers his unique brand of local news…
Back in 1980, Art covered the court cases held for the two men who were eventually convicted of killing Pearl River teen Paula Bohovesky, and the subsequent attempts her killers made to get parole…
Funeral arrangements have not yet been made public. We will share them as soon as we learn the details.