BY DIANE DIMOND Another Thanksgiving has come and gone. Hope yours was happy and peaceful. Now we ponder: What will future generations be thankful for? I foresee a future where the current college-aged crowd will matriculate into society believing everything should go exactly as they imagine. And when it doesn’t, they will run to the […]
BY JANIE ROSMAN Last week was the second time trial attorney and Clarkstown resident Mike Greenspan presented the End Distracted Driving Student Awareness Initiative to an 11th-grade class and 12th-grade students — some of whom have learner’s permits — at Clarkstown South High School. “You could see that these kids were very receptive to the […]
BY JENNA HUTCHINS Dominican College hosted its Third Annual Healthcare Symposium last Monday night featuring specialists in the field of concussion. Doctors from NYU Langone Medical Center (NYULMC) and other panelists presented on the latest research on concussion and gave the audience tips on how to identify it and administer treatment. Dr. N. Noel Testa, consultant for […]
Orangetown Councilman Dennis Troy has recovered sooner than some expected following a nasty spill in the Dominican Republic, which left him in a hospital for multiple weeks. He was present and active at the Orangetown Board Meeting last Tuesday. Welcome back Dennis!
The longtime mayor of Montebello Jeffrey Oppenheim currently resides in Piermont in a home he’s purchased. The mayor confirmed he has no firm commitment to move back to the village he governs. Oppenheim was forced to move for personal reasons and many of his personal possessions remain in his Montebello home, giving him a legal […]
BY CAROL MCILMURRAY NEW CITY- Likely Santeria artifacts found by Rockland Sherriff’s bomb squad in a suspicious package at the County Courthouse have been deemed to be “left intentionally to cause fear and alarm.” The ritualistic parcel was found the day before Thanksgiving directly facing the front door of the justice hall near a […]