BY DYLAN SKRILOFF WEST NYACK – About four dozen young basketballers were in for a special treat when they gathered at the Rockland JCC on Tuesday, March 25 to help Mackenzie Schnapper raise funds for diabetes research as part of her Bat Mitzvah project. The youths gathered to play an informal tournament for a good […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA NEW CITY – In the second of two annual meetings with Rockland and Westchester residents, New NY Bridge project representatives provided the latest information on the ongoing construction of the new Tappan Zee Bridge at Nyack High School on March 27. According to Special Advisor Brian Conybeare, the current focus of construction […]
It hasn’t been a cakewalk, but North Rockland High School graduate and Stony Point native Matthew Clement is making it in his home town. Defying the generation of “brain drain,” which has seen a majority of local residents leave the area after college, Clement marked his 10th year as the principal of Emerald Retirement Planning […]
EDITORIAL BY STEVE FORBES Originally published by Forbes Putin is counting on a collapse of the Ukrainian economy, which is in shambles, to help Russia effectively regain control of the parts of the country he doesn’t choose to occupy. Ukraine is loaded with debt of Grecian proportions, and its currency, the hryvnia, is crumbling. The […]
NYSAC PRESS RELEASE County leaders applaud the State Senate for passing legislation designed to reduce the number of deaths cause by heroin overdose. The bill, (S6477B), sponsored by Senator Kemp Hannon, allows authorized health care professionals to issue non-patient specific orders for Naloxone, an antidote that works to prevent accidental overdose death from heroin and […]
Part One: 1999—2006 BY CHERYL SLAVIN Not so very long ago, North Rockland was the home to two thriving Orange and Rockland power plants that supplied most of the gas and electricity to Rockland home and business owners. In addition, the Bowline and Lovett plants comprised an important part of the community, providing valuable jobs […]