Socks for Soldiers is coming to Rockland County. The program supplements the efforts of the Yarmouth Rotary in MA which forwards care packages directly to troops stationed on the front lines of Afghanistan. One of the most precious items requested for troops is socks, as described by the Yarmouth coordinator who states that muddy season […]
BY ROBERT GOLDBERG Advances in cancer treatment are saving lives and cutting health-care costs. But because many health-insurance plans haven’t caught up with the times, nearly half of all cancer patients are forced to choose between the treatment that could save their lives — or one that’s paid for. John Rykert had been battling advanced […]
Council of Industry touts region’s commercial curb appeal BY KATHY KAHN Special to the Rockland Times The sluggish economy may get a healthy boost form Council of Industry, which has nearly 200 manufacturing members in the seven-county mid-Hudson region. Rather than publish its yearly directory of participating businesses, president/CEO Harold King has kicked it up […]
Michael E. LaFrancois, 23, of 36 Peck St. in West Haverstraw has been charged by the Stony Point Police Department with DWI, unlawfully fleeing police, reckless driving and several other traffic violations for an alleged night of bad decisions on May 28. On May 28 SPD arrested the above LaFrancois after attempting to stop him […]
NYC-tabloid Daily News chose to play up an embarrassing email conveniently omitted from the state Senate’s Ethics Committee investigation into Vito Lopez, which seemed to suggest Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver not only had worked against a full investigation of Lopez’s misbehavior, but also had a flirtatious relationship of his own with his top aide. In […]
By The Spectator, John Maloney The school year is winding down. Have you even looked back on your education; elementary school, high school, college perhaps. Maybe you have a Master’s Degree hanging on the wall somewhere! Did you ever stop to think about the tremendous amount of knowledge that you acquired during those school years? […]