COUNTY PRESS RELEASE Rockland County announced this week that families with low incomes can apply for heating assistance this winter through New York’s Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) starting on Monday, November 16, 2015. HEAP, which is overseen by the New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA), is a federally-funded program that provides […]
BY JANIE ROSMAN One can see Berthilde Dufrene, R.N., M.S.N., B.S.N., CARN, DNP(c) is devoted to her career of the past 17 years and to the people whose lives she touches daily. “I just returned from the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, a five-hour trip each way,” Dufrene said last week when the Rockland County Times […]
IHOP® restaurants will once again honor the 22 million veterans currently living in the United States and more than 1.3 million Armed Forces members currently serving in the military by offering them a free stack of Red, White & Blue pancakes on Veteran’s Day. Participating IHOP restaurants throughout the United States will serve a […]
Defendants allegedly collected benefits while living abroad FROM ROCKLAND COUNTY DA Rockland County District Attorney Thomas Zugibe, together with Glenn Sorge, acting special agent-in-charge of the New York Field Office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI”) and New York State Department of Labor Senior Investigator Robert Pearlroth, last week announced that […]
Successful Season for Mets Despite Series Loss By Joe Rini “I let my heart get in the way of my gut,” Mets manager Terry Collins said about his ill-fated decision to have Matt Harvey start the ninth inning of Game 5 of the 2015 World Series on Sunday rather than bring in closer Jeurys […]
Thruway Authority Executive Director Robert L. Megna will step down from his current position in mid-January and take a position as the senior VP for Finance and Administration at Stony Brook University. Governor Cuomo is expected to nominate Mr. Megna to fill a vacancy on the Thruway Authority and Canal Corporation Board of Directors (subject […]