The patient should always be at the forefront of care in order to keep them safe from unnecessary harm. Failure to do so could result in patients acquiring hospital-based infections or spending longer in hospital due to misdiagnosis or wrong treatment. Here is how you, as a healthcare professional, can keep your patients safe. Hand […]
Senator James Skoufis (D-Hudson Valley) presented Jeannie Nicolakis, the owner of Sparky’s Diner in the Village of West Haverstraw with the State Senate’s highest honor for small businesses, the Empire Award. The Empire Award is given to exceptional businesses that go out of their way to give back to the community. Jeannie has owned Sparky’s […]
BY DR. LOUIS ALPERT Ombudsman As an alumnus and former mathematics instructor at M.I.T. this ombudsman has closely followed M.I.T’s “cutting-edge” research into the development of drugs with the potential to boost the immune response in living beings by targeting how the body ages. Quoting from the current edition of the “MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW” with […]
For many generations, the intersection of Wayne Avenue, Bulsontown Road & West Main Street in Stony Point was locally known as “Skinner Corner.” On Saturday morning, Supervisor Jim Monaghan had the pleasure and honor of officially dedicating Skinner Corner. Supervisor Monaghan noted the Skinner family has been a vital part of the Stony Point community, […]
By County Executive Ed Day This week we marked a momentous occasion; we cut the ribbon on a beautifully restored 223-year-old barn at the Cropsey Farm property in New City. The New World Dutch Barn was built in 1796 and is a wonderful example of the Dutch architecture of the time. This is a piece […]
By Terry Jarrett At any one time, the United States uses more than 400,000 megawatts of electricity. That’s a lot of power, and it takes a lot of non-stop work to keep it flowing. But how safe is America’s power grid from cyber attacks and other disruptions? Cyber intrusions are no longer a theoretical possibility. In March, […]