Starting in the new year, Montefiore Nyack Hospital will be offering an additional service to the people of Rockland: a Diabetes Prevention Program. Designed for adults 18 years and over with prediabetes or at risk for type 2 diabetes, the free evidence-based, lifestyle change program will begin its time in Rockland with three separate cohorts […]
For the past 18 years, Neill Acer has transformed Defiant Brewing Company from delicious dream to refreshing reality. Though the Bronx-born founder once enjoyed a career working throughout the Hudson Valley and along the East coast, brewing professionally and installing set-ups for other beer enthusiasts, he had always longed for the creative freedom to […]
From the night of Sunday, December 17 to mid-morning on Monday, December 18, heavy rainfall and high winds blew through Rockland County and the Lower Hudson Valley. The storm had a significant impact on the community, with flooding and damage inducing road closures to the Palisades Interstate Parkway (PIP), near the Palisades Mall, along Route […]
Backyard PE founder Dorian Datillo—or “Coach D,” as he’s known to his students at school—never expected his side business to take off the way that it did. Though the East Ramapo School District K-3 physical education teacher began the enterprise in 2019 to make a bit of extra cash after buying a house, business began […]
On Tuesday, December 19, approximately 100 nurses from the New York State Nurses Association gathered in front of Montefiore Nyack Hospital to voice their support to authorize a strike at Montefiore Nyack, New Rochelle, and Mount Vernon Hospitals in the Lower Hudson Valley. All wore red—NYSA’s signature color—in a sign of solidarity. Several Rockland […]
Beauty may only be skin deep, but it can’t hurt to have that skin looking healthy and beautiful! While proper skincare is a must to keep our largest organ in check year-round, the winter months are especially crucial. Due to the season’s increase in skin issues stemming from facial dryness, Skincerely Rockland Med Spa […]