COUNTY PRESS RELEASE Rockland County Executive Ed Day and County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert announce that the Health Department has scheduled its first flu (influenza virus) vaccine clinic for the 2020-2021 flu season. This clinic is for everyone six months and older, and will be held on Friday, September 25, from 10 a.m. […]
Individual health has become a more important topic in the coronavirus era. It seems everywhere you go people are more attuned to how their daily habits affect their health. In light of that, one of the best things that could come from the coronavirus crisis is a new commitment to making positive health changes. It […]
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) announced that as of September 16th all customers who refuse to wear a mask on public transit will be subject to a $50 fine. The new measure follows Governor Cuomo’s executive order directing the MTA to develop a plan to bolster mask compliance across public transit. MTA officials reiterated that […]
By: Patrick McLoughlin As we enter the end of the summer season and the days begin to shorten, cooler air and rainy weather can remind us of autumn approaching. With that comes the fruits of our labor in the vegetable garden as well as a fresh array of colors brought to us by tarnishing tree […]
By Kathy Kahn One New Yorker protesting Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s actions recently took this message across the southern coastline: THE GOV KILLED NANA. The Governor’s decision to send sick seniors to public nursing home—and his slam-dunk refusal to allow an investigation into the disproportionate number of deaths among the most vulnerable–prompted one grieving soul to […]
By Kathy Kahn 19 years have passed since the terrorist attack, though it probably feels like yesterday to those who lost loved ones in the World Trade Center on September 11. The Freedom Tower, overlooking the National September 11 Memorial, stood silent guard as voices of family members reading the names of those whose lives […]