By: Jennifer Korn At the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak, nursing homes around the country went into lockdown to protect those most susceptible to the virus. Unfortunately, several reports suggest that the restrictions meant to safeguard the elderly have created a different problem: a new mental health crisis. In March, the Centers for Medicare […]
By: Joe Kuhn Rockland United, “a community of progressive activists” operating here in the county, gathered on Nyack’s Main Street last Wednesday to protest any attempt to block the counting of absentee ballots. The group expressed apprehension that both President Donald Trump and several candidates for state office had called for election officials to […]
By Kathy Kahn In the shadow of the Palisades Center, there’s a patch of hallowed ground on a hillside that’s been lovingly tended to for 170 years: Mount Moor Cemetery. It is the final resting place for black Americans who fought for this country from the time of the Civil War up to the Korean […]
This Veterans Day, free flu vaccines are available to the men and women who have sacrificed so much for their country. As a way to say thank you to the troops who served our country, American Family Care (AFC), the nation’s leading provider of urgent care and accessible primary care, will give a […]
By County Executive Ed Day Each year from November 1st through April 30th our Department of Social Services (DSS) works with a local provider to operate our Warming Center for homeless single adults. This year we are again working with Catholic Charities to help the most vulnerable people in our County remain safe and to […]
Five days after election night, the Associated Press has finally been able to declare a winner in the 2020 preseditnal election: former Vice President Joe Biden. Biden’s win was announced early on Saturday afternoon after the closely contested state of Pennsylvania reported that the Democratic nominee had netted their 20 electoral votes. Biden now has […]