Events

Rockland’s Brian Kilduff, Age 27 of North Rockland Passes Away From Illness During Hiking Trip in Patagonia (Chile), GoFundMe Created to Help Family Bring Him Home

Published

11 months ago

January 2, 2024

ROCKLAND COUNTY, NY – Via the GoFundMe: Our family is suffering the unimaginable loss of our son, brother, grandson, nephew and cousin, Brian Kilduff. Brian was amazing, talented, smart, handsome and funny to say the least and our hearts are breaking. He loved his family with all his heart and his smile lit up every room. If you knew him, you loved him and he was always a person you wanted around. He loved life. Brian was an athlete, played for North Rockland Hockey, where his father Dan played and his brother James currently plays. Brian was an active member of the North Rockland community, serving as the videographer for North Rockland Hockey and Army West Point Athletics. The Martorelli and Kilduff families are deeply rooted in North Rockland. Brian was able to contribute to his passion for the environment, and worked for a green energy company that turns compost into reusable energy.

This tragedy occurred while he was on the trip of his dreams to hike Patagonia in southern Chile. Brian suddenly developed an illness that progressed quickly, and he passed away unexpectedly at the age of 27. His parents, Bernadette and Dan, are currently in Chile and working on bringing Brian home, which is a difficult and costly endeavor given the location in the southern tip of Chile, as well as the political and geographical hurdles they are facing. Any donations to help ease the substantial financial burden of this loss to bring him home and provide a proper funeral are greatly appreciated.

We will miss and love you forever, Dude ❤️

Link to the GoFundMe here. Please share or donate if you can to help support the Kilduff family during this difficult time.

Events

Annual Suffern Holiday Parade 2024

Published

8 hours ago

November 22, 2024

Rockland Report Admin

WHEN: SATURDAY DECEMBER 7th

WHERE: LAFAYETTE AVENUE, SUFFERN, NY 10901

TIME: 6:30pm

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The Rockland Report Would Like To Thank All Who Have Served This Great Country

Published

2 weeks ago

November 11, 2024

Rockland Report Admin

In 1921, an unknown World War I American soldier was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. This site, on a hillside overlooking the Potomac River and the city of Washington, D.C., became the focal point of reverence for America’s veterans. Similar ceremonies occurred earlier in England and France, where an unknown soldier was buried in each nation’s highest place of honor (in England, Westminster Abbey; in France, the Arc de Triomphe). These memorial gestures all took place on November 11, giving universal recognition to the celebrated ending of World War I fighting at 11 a.m., November 11, 1918 (the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month). The day became known as “Armistice Day.” Armistice Day officially received its name in America in 1926 through a Congressional resolution. It became a national holiday 12 years later by similar Congressional action. If the idealistic hope had been realized that World War I was “the War to end all wars,” November 11 might still be called Armistice Day. But only a few years after the holiday was proclaimed, war broke out in Europe. Sixteen and one-half million Americans took part. Four hundred seven thousand of them died in service, more than 292,000 in battle. Armistice Day Changed To Honor All Veterans The first celebration using the term Veterans Day occurred in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1947. Raymond Weeks, a World War II veteran, organized “National Veterans Day,” which included a parade and other festivities, to honor all veterans. The event was held on November 11.