By Rockland County Executive Ed Day The Office of the New York State Comptroller last week made public the findings of an audit of Rockland County’s Department of Social Services. The review of DSS operations from January 1, 2013 to last August highlighted several areas quality and efficiency, but also recommended substantive changes to improve […]
BY JANIE ROSMAN Many who live near or boat on the Hudson River in Rockland and Westchester County say they’ve never seen quite the abundance of dead fish along the shoreline as they have this season. Capt. Mary Pat Driscoll, who runs the tour boat Evening Star, said she has been “seeing this quite a […]
d’Arnaud and Parnell’s return boost first place Mets BY JOE RINI It was a family reunion of sorts when the Mets hosted the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday and Tuesday in a rare inter-league meeting with their Canadian neighbors. 2012 Cy Young Award winner R.A. Dickey returned to Citi Field for the first time since […]
A bill which would introduce greater oversight to a proposed expansion of the Village of Kiryas Joel in Orange County passed both houses of the State Legislature Tuesday and awaits a signature from Governor Andrew Cuomo. The annexation process, a highly-controversial effort to expand the predominantly Orthodox Jewish municipality which has been criticized as rushed […]
Odell Beckham and other pro-athletes come together for a softball game and homerun derby to battle childhood diseases Provident Bank Park, home of the Rockland Boulders, will host a celebrity fundraiser to benefit St. Jude Children’s Hospital on June 26. Professional athletes, including O’Dell Beckham, David Wilson, Michael Vick, Steve Weatherford, Rashad Jennings and Mo Wilkerson will […]
PRESS RELEASE Practice Greenhealth,, the nation’s leading nonprofit membership and networking organization for substantial health care, has recently announced the winners of the Top 25 Environmental Excellence Awards. The Top 25 Environmental Excellence Awards is Greenhealth’s highest honor for hospitals; recipients are selected from the Greenhealth Partner for Change Awards applicants and are leading the […]