HEALTH DEPARTMENT OFFERS FIRST FLU VACCINE CLINIC FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, FROM 2 PM – 4 PM IN POMONA Get ahead of the flu! Get your flu shot before the start of influenza season! NEW CITY, NY – – Rockland County Executive Ed Day and County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert announce that the Health Department […]
Acting Rockland County District Attorney Kevin Gilleece today announced that Rohan Brijlall (DOB 08/03/77) of 2324 Elder Avenue, Bronx, New York pled guilty to: • One count of Assault in the Second Degree, a class “D” Violent Felony relating to a car accident that left three people with serious injuries. “Because of the reckless actions […]
BY ED MANNING The US measles outbreak and the vitriol between antivaxxers and vaccine supporters waned with the summer break. But the embers still glow, a breath away from conflagration as the new school year gets under way under NY legislation now mandating measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccinations. The controversy added yet another dimension […]
For a college student, time is a rare commodity. With assignments piling up, the pressure to have a social life, and participation in extracurricular activities, it makes sense to seek help. As people grow old, asking for help becomes normal, and the earlier you realize that there is nothing wrong with asking for help, the […]
There were an estimated 8,110 traffic crash fatalities just in the first four months of 2019. Though this shows a 1.1% decrease compared to last year’s numbers, motor vehicle-related deaths have still been at an all-time high in the last few years. There are many causes that contribute to these alarming statistics, one of which is the dangerous […]
BY DR. LOUIS ALPERT Ombudsman Margaret Hamilton, who by relentlessly rooting out errors in the software guiding our astronauts on the first trip to the moon in 1969,is a true American heroine who has now turned 83 years of age. Quoting from this month’s MIT News,we note that Hamilton, who was a leader in MIT’s […]