It hasn’t been a cakewalk, but North Rockland High School graduate and Stony Point native Matthew Clement is making it in his home town. Defying the generation of “brain drain,” which has seen a majority of local residents leave the area after college, Clement marked his 10th year as the principal of Emerald Retirement Planning […]
EDITORIAL BY STEVE FORBES Originally published by Forbes Putin is counting on a collapse of the Ukrainian economy, which is in shambles, to help Russia effectively regain control of the parts of the country he doesn’t choose to occupy. Ukraine is loaded with debt of Grecian proportions, and its currency, the hryvnia, is crumbling. The […]
NYSAC PRESS RELEASE County leaders applaud the State Senate for passing legislation designed to reduce the number of deaths cause by heroin overdose. The bill, (S6477B), sponsored by Senator Kemp Hannon, allows authorized health care professionals to issue non-patient specific orders for Naloxone, an antidote that works to prevent accidental overdose death from heroin and […]
Part One: 1999—2006 BY CHERYL SLAVIN Not so very long ago, North Rockland was the home to two thriving Orange and Rockland power plants that supplied most of the gas and electricity to Rockland home and business owners. In addition, the Bowline and Lovett plants comprised an important part of the community, providing valuable jobs […]
First 100 guests on opening day receive a travel mug with free coffee refills for a year and the chance to win a free panini for one year Corner Bakery Cafe is ready to “Feed the Day” in Nanuet, N.Y., with the opening of a new cafe on Monday, March 31. Whether it’s to discover […]
The world’s largest creator of wipes, Nice-Pak, employs over 900 in the county. Moist towelettes have morphed into many applications BY KATHY KAHN Have you ever wondered where those disposable wipes you use so often got their start? Wonder no more—many of them come right here from Rockland. The wipes were originally the brainchild of […]