BY BARRY WARNER Rockland County Fire Explorer Post 44 at the Fire Training Center in Pomona is a program for youngsters between the ages of 14 and 21. It simulates situations that are experienced in the fire services of the United States. The drills consist of various training scenarios ranging from first aid to structure […]
The Rockland County Volunteer Firefighters’ Association held its annual scholarship night July 14 by awarding three $1,500 scholarships at the Hillcrest firehouse on Route 45 in Hillcrest. The applicants had to be sons, daughters, grandsons or grandaughters of an RCVFA member. The scholarships are named for RCVFA past president Stuart Gates who presented the […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE Creekside Sculpture Trail Performance at Garner Arts Center, Thursday, July 27 from 7-9 p.m. by Jill Hartman of Beacon on guitar. It will be at Frank Welles Gallery in Nyack. Jill is said to have a unique and immediately identifiable style of her own. Pack a picnic dinner and bring blankets or chairs […]
Stony Point: 20-Year-Old Arrested for DWI On July 11 at 8:30 p.m., 20-year-old Griffin Urruttia-Orme of Orangeburg was involved in a car accident. Upon further investigation, police found him to be intoxicated. He was arrested for DWI and released with four summonses returned by August 17. False Personation Charge On July 13 […]
Helen Hayes Hospital has announced the appointment of Victoria Lent, M.D. to its medical staff. Dr. Lent will serve as Director of Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation at the physical rehabilitation hospital in West Haverstraw. Dr. Lent joins the hospital from Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, where she completed her fellowship in Spinal Cord Injury Medicine. Prior to that, she completed her internship […]
Albany, NY – On Wednesday, President Donald Trump announced that he would rescind the Obama-era policy of allowing military servicemembers to identify as “transgender,” dress as members of the opposite sex, and use opposite-sex facilities. Rev. Jason J. McGuire, executive director of New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms, made the following remarks: “President Trump’s announcement is […]