Can you imagine going to school and not being prepared and kids making fun of you because your parents couldn’t afford supplies, new sneakers, shoes or even clothes. To help children in need donate to the Village of Haverstraw’s annual Backpack of Success drive. The drive’s goal is 2,000 backpacks. Drop-off locations have been set […]
The Glorification Singers will present an evening of gospel music at the Sloatsburg United Methodist Church on Saturday, August 13, starting at 6 p.m. The concert will be preceded by an ice cream social on the lawn, weather permitting. The group has performed at the same location in the past. The Sloatsburg UMC is located […]
COUNTY PRESS RELEASE Join Rockland Conservation & Service Corps, their friends and supporters as they celebrate the accomplishments of the 2016 Conservation Corps from 1-4 p.m. on Thursday, August 11 at the County of Rockland Legislative Chambers, 11 New Hempstead Road, New City. “These hard-working young people have made a lasting contribution to their community,” […]
A Rockland-based pharmacist faces up to 10 years in federal prison for robbing government health programs of $5.3 million. Andrew Barrett, 57, of New City, former owner of Clarkstown Pharmacy and pharmacies in the Bronx and Queens, pleaded guilty to charges involving the theft of $2.7 million from Medicare and Medicaid for prescription medication he […]
BY JERRY DONNELLAN Director, Veterans Service Agency of Rockland County I arrived in Vietnam at the ripe old age of 22. I say that because the average age in my platoon was 19. Think about the 19-year olds you know. It’s like last year’s high school football team. Now armed to the teeth with weapons they […]
By Vincent Abbatecola In 2002, director Doug Liman brought author Robert Ludlum’s amnesiac, black-ops agent, Jason Bourne (Matt Damon), to the big screen with “The Bourne Identity.” The events of that film hinted at something more that would follow, and we were given “The Bourne Supremacy” (2004) and “The Bourne Ultimatum” (2007), both of which […]