BY GEORGE J. DACRE This is the life story of two sisters who lived to be over 100 and how they survived the travails of segregated North Carolina, then moving to New York City and ultimately to Mt. Vernon in Westchester County. The sisters, Sadie and Bessie Delaney, were black with a lot of white […]
BY DREW JOHNSON While running for reelection in 2012, President Obama repeatedly claimed that he would pursue an “all of the above” energy policy. But after winning a second term, his administration seems to have decided that “all of the above” doesn’t include oil, natural gas or coal. In just the past year, the Environmental […]
Richard “Nunker” Brooks, ex-chief of W.H.F.D, former Rockland County Deputy (44-3) Coordinator, and Fifty-Eight year member of S.W.Johnson S.F.E.Co No1 of Garnerville,N.Y. Honored with the Charles M. Fales award at the Rockland County Fire Chief’s association dinner on March 29,2014, before a group of Two-Hundred & Sixty at the event!
The Welles Remy Crowther Red Bandana Memorial Scholarship through the Rockland Community Foundation was established by his family as a way of honoring Welles’ legacy. It awards a $1,000 scholarship to a deserving Rockland County high school graduate choosing to pursue a career in fire and emergency services or health related services. “We were delighted […]
Hospital contends low score does not reflect its true performance BY BILL DEMAREST NYACK – Nyack Hospital got a bit of bloody nose last week with a Cosumer Reports story and ratings on hospitals, which hit Nyack with a low score. But hospital officials contend the rating for Nyack Hospital does not reflect its true […]
The New York State Division of Consumer Protection and the NYS Tax Department has alerted consumers to phone and email scams from individuals claiming to be from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) or State Tax Department. Scammers posing as tax officials are threatening New Yorkers with fines, arrest, and other penalties if they don’t immediately […]