BY KATHY KAHN “Orange is the New Black” on Netflix, but in real life law enforcement, police officers would prefer seeing those with mental health issues in hospital gowns of blue, getting the help they need rather than being put behind bars. A grant administered though NYS Department of Mental Health gave 14 Rockland County […]
PRESS RELEASE It will be the end of an era with the final airing of “Pop Rewind with Ed Baer,” Sunday, June 28, 2015 from 7 – 9 a.m. on 100.7 WHUD! After more than 30 years on WHUD-FM, Ed ends almost 54 years on the radio in the New York Metropolitan area. WHUD-FM program […]
STORY AND PHOTOS BY JANIE ROSMAN Wednesday the first girder assembly was hoisted and placed on piers for the New NY Bridge, a seven-hour process. The 1,110-ton, 400-foot girder assembly – three beams that were assembled at the Port of Coeymans – was hoisted onto the new bridge’s 14-foot-thick foundation. Dave Capobianco, a New […]
STORY AND PHOTOS BY JANIE ROSMAN An unexpected surprise awaited National Guard troops of the 101st Signal Battalion earlier this month when they arrived for a weekend drill at the New York State Armory in Orangeburg. Outside an office were 30 cases (12 boxes to a case) of Girl Scout cookies, a gift from Girl […]
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 […]