Rockland County Executive Ed Day and County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert this week announced that free rabies shots (vaccinations) are available for cats, dogs and ferrets on Sunday, April 24, 2016, from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. at the Rockland County Fire Training Center, 35 Firemen’s Memorial Drive in Pomona. No appointment is […]
Senior Tara Monaghan (Stony Point/North Rockland) scored five goals Tuesday to become just the fourth player in program history to reach 200 career goals as the nationally top-ranked Cortland women’s lacrosse team improved to 11-0 overall and 3-0 in the SUNYAC with a 21-4 win at Oneonta (3-8, 0-3) Tuesday afternoon. Monaghan now has exactly […]
Pontiff laments society “no longer knows how to deal” with basic questions BY THOMAS D. WILLIAMS, PH.D. Pope Francis sounded the trumpets this week, warning believers against the precepts of transgender ideology, specifically its claim of fluid sexual identity among children. In his new letter on marriage and the family, Amoris Laetitia (“The Joy of […]
To the Editor, I am asking your paper to consider an endorsement of Senator Bernie Sanders for President because he addresses “Combating Climate Change to Save the Planet” which I believe should be our number one priority as a nation. Studies show that the next 5-10 years will determine the fate of our planet. We […]
By Rockland County Executive Ed Day There are good reasons why water has been called the most precious resource: without it there are no communities, no businesses, no people, no life. Here in Rockland we are blessed with several water sources, including water from deep underground and water that collects in reservoirs. The people […]
To the Editor, To all you Trumpians and conspiracy theorists who demonize Ted Cruz and Heidi because he was part of the Bush administration and she worked for Goldman Sachs. Yes Ted Cruz worked in Bush’s administration. Bush hates Ted Cruz for suing the Bush administration and winning when Bush tried to give the U.N. […]