Good Samaritan supporters raised $260,000 at “A Kentucky Derby Party,” the medical center’s annual Spring Ball on March 21. Funds raised at the event have been directed to the Bobbi Lewis Cancer Program at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center. Each year at the ball, two honorees are recognized. The 2014 recipients were Dr. Sushil […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE With a cast, orchestra, and production crew of more than 150 students and faculty, the North Rockland Players did very well with the very intricate Andrew Lloyd Webber show that has entertained millions of people over the years. Webber’s great music and score was brought to fruition by the very talented […]
Were you a victim of a burglary in Ramapo between August 21 and 29, 2013? Twenty six-year-old Alan DeStephano of 130 Stewart Circle, Suffern might be your culprit. DeStephano was indicted this week on charges of burglary in the second degree and attempted burglary in the second degree for burglarizing four private residences in the […]
BY CHERYL SLAVIN Justyna Zakrzewska, a teacher at the Campus Fun and Learn Child Development Center located on the Rockland Community College campus, has been selected to receive a $1,000 National Child Care Teacher award in recognition of her innovative approach to early childhood education through the integrated use of music in the toddler classroom. […]
Rockland County Department of Health offers free programs this spring FROM THE HEALTH DEPT. Pomona, NY – Spring is here! Are you ready to put this winter behind you? It’s time to break out of the winter blues. Not only can the weather get you down, health problems can too. Don’t let an ongoing health […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA SUFFERN – Good Samaritan Hospital celebrated the opening of its new Mother-Baby unit with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and blessing on April 2, the latest in a series of recent expansions pursued by the medical center. The new unit features twelve new private mother-baby rooms, seven labor-delivery-recovery suites and a well-baby nursery and […]