FREE measles, mumps, rubella vaccine being offered to Rockland community Rockland County Executive Ed Day and County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert inform residents that the Health Department will be holding measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine clinics on: Thursday, October 25, from 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. at the Community Outreach Center, located at 21 […]
BY BARRY WARNER Recently, the United Way of Rockland’s 25th ‘Fall Day of Caring’ brought together more than 200 volunteers to complete essential projects for Rockland County’s nonprofit health and human service providers. The completion of these projects empowered the community services to better serve thousands of people. Celebrated as the largest single-day community service […]
By Joel Grossbarth The Village of Haverstraw has been involved in a contentious litigation with a property owner since 2005. Now, that litigation has come to an end with the village being ordered to pay almost $8 million for taking the landowner’s property through eminent domain. An appeals court in Brooklyn ordered the village to […]
By County Executive Ed Day We are in the midst of an outbreak of measles with multiple confirmed cases within Rockland County. The challenge of this situation demands swift, immediate and comprehensive action. I can happily report to you that we are meeting this challenge head on. We have taken steps never heard of before […]
BY GEORGINA CASAZZA WESLEY HILLS – The Antrim Players present “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” written by Rachel Sheinkin with music and lyrics by William Finn as they start off their 82nd sensational season. Directed by Anthony Bragaglia and produced by Doreen DiBenedetto and Kim Farewell, “Spelling Bee” is a fun musical comedy […]
Sara (Sadie) Mercurio, Born in Yonkers, NY on December 22, 1920 to Carmilla and Joseph Pettignano, passed away quietly on October 2, 2018 in Vero Beach, Florida. Mercurio married Peter P. Mercurio (deceased) on October 21, 1945. A resident of Rockland County since 1998 she moved with her family to Florida in 2016, where she […]