PRESS RELEASE On Monday, July 27, 2020 at approximately 2:46 p.m. New York State Police along with New York State Park Police responded Seven Lakes Drive – Lake Sebago Beach Harriman State Park for a report of a drowning. Investigation revealed that 7 people were swimming in the lake. Rashad Ibrahim, age 25 of Bronx, […]
By Jennifer Korn NEW CITY –- Protestors gathered at the New City sheriff’s office on Friday to speak out against the recent actions of Rockland County Sheriff, Louis Falco. Falco’s personal Facebook page included links to articles about Black people accused of committing gruesome crimes. One of the articles was shared from a white supremacist […]
By Merrill Matthews In the midst of a pandemic, President Trump was able to convince the second and third largest crude oil producing countries to voluntarily cut production. In so doing he may have saved global financial markets, the U.S. energy industry — and the U.S. economy. Here’s why. Since the early 1970s the Organization […]
PEARL RIVER, NY July 30, 2020 — Orange & Rockland (O&R) has launched an online marketplace designed to provide free evaluation assistance to its customers who want to purchase solar and/or battery storage equipment to power their homes. The new marketplace is open for business at oru.solar.com. O&R Vice President – Operations Francis W. Peverly said, […]
By County Executive Ed Day Rockland County is once again leading the way during a time of crisis. Pfizer, whose research and development efforts are mainly conducted right here in Pearl River, announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) placed a $1.95 billion initial order for 100 million doses of an […]
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo this week announced more than $30 million statewide and $1.35 million in Rockland County to enhance COVID-19 contact tracing and flu prevention in advance of the fall flu season. The majority of funds, available to counties in the form of grants, will be used to increase local health department staffing capacity for enhanced detection, surveillance […]