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Rockland Mourns Death Of Purple Heart Recipient, Vets Chief Jerry Donnellan Rockland Mourns Death Of Purple Heart Recipient, Vets Chief Jerry Donnellan
Rockland Mourns Death Of Purple Heart Recipient, Vets Chief Jerry Donnellan Former longtime Rockland Veterans Service Agency Director Jerry Donnellan died Friday at his home in Clarkstown. He was 71. He had retired last year after 30 years of county service. Donnellan was a three-time Purple Heart recipient and U.S. Army sergeant who has shown generations of returning members of the service that they can live productive lives – even if they suffered devastating injuries as he did. His full obituary can be found by clicking here: He took the county job after losing his right leg during the Vietnam War and working as a stage manager for Frank Sinatra. There were s…

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by Jon Craig
Business
Newburgh's Ritz Theater Gets $1M In Funding Newburgh's Ritz Theater Gets $1M In Funding
Newburgh's Ritz Theater Gets $1M In Funding NEWBURGH, N.Y. -- The theater that launched "I Love Lucy" is on track for its reopening. The Ritz Theater, where Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz first performed skits as a duo has received $1 million in state grants as it continues its restoration. Safe Harbors on the Hudson hopes to have the theater open before 2020. The theater received a $500,000 grant in 2016 to help replace the roof and in 2017 received a $500,000 grant to help restore the theater to its original state. "It will be a huge leap forward," Safe Harbors executive director Lisa Silverstone said.  The theat…

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by Sam Barron