BY BARRY WARNER Suffern – A free, comprehensive “Stoke Up-Close” education program took place at the Regional Center Auditorium of Good Samaritan last week, featuring a series of stations manned by a team of hospital stroke experts who addressed the different aspects of stroke care and prevention. Community attendees visited the stations, which including EMT, […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA New City – A former coordinator for Rockland County’s Road to Recovery Drug Treatment Alternative to Prison (DTAP) pled guilty on September 3 to receiving a bribe from a program participant. Hulen Ginn, 41 of Valley Stream, NY, pled guilty to third degree bribery for taking a $1,000 payment from Tyler Bloomenfeld, […]
Pedestrian struck by car in Chestnut Ridge A pedestrian was struck by a car on August 29 as he was walking through Chestnut Ridge, according to Ramapo Police. The 35-year-old man was travelling west on Red Schoolhouse Road when a 2006 BMW X3 moving in the same direction glanced his left arm and elbow as it […]
00Biography Summary of Education and Credentials: • SUNY Rockland, AS in Math & Science. • Binghamton University, BS in Molecular Biology. • Columbia University, MS in Sustainability Management and Economic Development. • Independent Study: Science: Soybean Proteins, Equisetin HIV Inhibitor. • Independent Study: Economics: Rockland County Budget Deficit Crisis. • Publication: High-Sensitivity C – Reactive […]
By Legal Larry Ask any local elected official about their concerns for their municipality. Chances are that beside the overwhelming issue surrounding local budgets, the biggest concern is what to do with the religious land use applications. Recent litigations in Rockland have sent shock waves throughout the communities where applications for religious uses of land […]
BY DIANE DIMOND Ethan Saylor wasn’t like you and me. He was born 26 years ago with Down syndrome. He was a happy, loving, “goofy” brother to younger siblings Emma and Adam. His parents adored him. At one point, Ethan had moved out to live independently, but he had recently moved back to an apartment […]