‘Coffee with Colin’ meet and greet tour announced: Schmitt hosts grassroots tour of the 99th Assembly District

Colin J. Schmitt, New Windsor resident and likely Republican candidate for state Assembly, has announced the launch of ‘Coffee with Colin,’ a series of meet and greets in the 10 towns of the 99th Assembly District. The district is primarily in Orange County but includes the Town of Stony Point in Rockland. Open discussions of […]

COUNTY SPONSORS 2016 HEALTH INITIATIVES

PRESS RELEASE FROM DEPT. OF HEALTH Do you have a chronic health concern that is stopping you from living your life to its fullest? Have you tried to lose weight but have not been able to keep it off? Do you have concerns about falling? If you answered yes to any of these questions, Rockland […]

Prominent Mid-Hudson civic leader dies at 77

Prominent Mid-Hudson civic leader dies at 77

Dr. Willie L. Bryant,  a dentist, community organizer and influential human rights activist in the Mid-Hudson Valley for more than 45 years has died. He was 77. Bryant was a major catalyst – working with New York State Assemblywoman Ellen Jaffe and the late state legislator William Darden – for the erection of the Thurgood […]

Letter to the Editor – Re: Assemblyman Skoufis Tuition Legislation

To the Editor, Assemblyman Skoufis has pending legislation (A5098) entitled Tuition-Free NY which would grant free tuition, regardless of income, to all NYS – resident SUNY and CUNY undergraduate students attending two-year and four-year colleges. I first heard about this legislation at a meeting early last year soon after he proposed this bill. This sounded very enticing at first […]

New York State launches medical marijuana program

New York State launches medical marijuana program

PRESS RELEASE The New York State Department of Health (DOH) on Tuesday announced the State’s Medical Marijuana Program will launch on January 7 as scheduled — 18 months after Governor Cuomo signed the Compassionate Care Act. The program will make approved forms of medical marijuana available with a physician’s certification at designated dispensaries across New […]