BY MICHAEL RICONDA NEW CITY – The Rockland County Legislature has proven persistent in its fight to preserve the jobs of county employees, equally persistent to County Executive Ed Day’s effort to achieve cost savings. In a series of near unanimous votes, the Legislature’s Budget & Finance Committee rejected three proposals to abolish a total […]
BY BOB BAIRD Back in 1993, when I was a Suffern Little League board member, it was my honor to be among a group of dedicated people who organized Rockland’s Challenger Little League for children with disabilities. For many of the players, Challenger was their first opportunity to play baseball. For the teary-eyed parents and […]
STORY & PHOTOS BY JANIE ROSMAN Delta, Pennsylvania, is about three and one-half hours by car from Nyack, New York. Factor in rain and traffic, and it becomes a journey. Earlier this month, pop-up book artist Jodi Harvey-Brown made that roundtrip to The Empire State — specifically, to the Rockland Community Outreach Center — to enter […]
New City, NY – Sheriff Louis Falco III announced this week that the Sheriff’s Office has implemented a Televistation system at the Rockland County Correctional Facility that allows inmates to receive mental health evaluations from the County Department of Mental Health, consult with their attorneys at the County Public Defender’s Office or complete an interview […]
BY DICK RESCH The White House recently announced a $600-million investment in apprenticeship programs. The Administration hopes to strengthen ties between community colleges and private companies — and equip workers with the skills needed to secure good-paying jobs in growing industries. This initiative could not come at a better time. Millions of Americans are unemployed. […]
Rockland residents can be screened next week to reduce their risk of having a stroke or bone fracture. Blauvelt Volunteer Fire Company will host Life Line Screening on September 4, 2014. The site is located at 548 Western Highway in Blauvelt. The event is being Sponsored By: HackensackUMC at Pascack Valley Four key points every […]