Playing football together is a long-standing tradition for Devin and Jason McCourty. The 32-year-old twin brothers were born and raised in Nyack. They grew up playing Pop Warner football in Rockland County’s Valley Cottage league. The McCourtys starred as a formidable defensive duo at Saint Joseph Regional High School in Montvale, New Jersey. Devin played cornerback […]
If you can go one day without smoking, you’re on the way to quitting for good! NEW CITY, NY – – Rockland County Executive Ed Day and County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert encourage residents to use the American Cancer Society’s Great American Smokeout, Thursday, November 21st, as the day you commit to quitting smoking […]
By Kathy Kahn Pearl River Laboratories held its formal ribbon cutting on Saturday, November 17, joined by many well-wishers from the pharmaceutical/biotech field who were on hand to congratulate Amar Prashad, the new company’s President/Chief Scientific Officer, and his staff. Prashad brings the scientific expertise he garnered during his 25 years at Pfizer/Wyeth/Lederle on Pfizer’s […]
To the Editor, The NY State Legislature passed historic reforms in 2019. Campaign finance reform did not make it. Politicians in NY still must fund-raise like crazy from sources who can make the biggest contributions.The two worst effects of this are that candidates have little time to spend with future constituents listening to their concerns, […]
The National Veteran Business Development Council [NVBDC] has named New City-based Anchor Trading the “2019 Veteran-Owned Business Of The Year,” citing the “outstanding work” the company does “with and for veterans.” Founded by advertising industry executive and United States Navy Veteran, Sean Magee, Anchor Trading provides clients with programs that improve their financial and marketing […]
New law allows building inspectors, fire inspectors and code enforcement officers in the Village of Airmont to reside in Rockland County or adjoining counties. (Albany, NY) Assemblywoman Ellen Jaffee (D-Suffern) and Senator David Carlucci (D-Rockland/Westchester) today announced that Governor Cuomo signed into law their bill (Ch. 503 of 2019) that would allow building inspectors, fire […]