Both CVS and Walgreens in New City already have stopped providing bags and people should bring their own. ShopRite New City has the “Plan the Ban” sign by the entrance to remind consumers that the law starts 3/1/2020. Starting March 1, 2020, all plastic carryout bags (other than an exempt bag) are banned from distribution by […]
Attend the Foster Parenting Information Symposium New City, NY – The Rockland County Department of Social Services needs your help! We invite all residents to come and learn how they can make a difference for a child in Rockland County. Foster Care is a community affair and we’re asking for your assistance in our effort to recruit […]
March brings two amazing Music Sessions @ Rockland Center for the Arts. For the first concert Saturday, March 7, 7:30 p.m. Peter Asher (of Peter & Gordon) joins forces with Jeremy Clyde (of Chad & Jeremy) to star together in an evening of music and memories featuring songs and stories from their 60s heyday as […]
The Rockland Business Women’s Network will host several educational programs over the next several months at the DoubleTree by Hilton at 425 East Route 59 in Nanuet. All meetings include time for open networking. On Wednesday, March 11 Kerrie Heslin will give a presentation titled: Keeping Up With Employment Laws: What Every NY Employer Should […]
As part of its focus on STEM education development, O&R has contributed $5,000 to help support the robotics program at Tappan Zee High School in Orangeburg. Student inventors from Tappan Zee’s South Orangetown Team 6911 SoBOTZ Robotics Team are busy preparing for regional interscholastic competition later this spring on Long Island and later in Manhattan […]
By Kenneth E. Thorpe Imagine if the federal government treated disabled Americans as second-class citizens. It’s an appalling thought. But it could happen soon — if some special interest groups get their way. Here’s how. In numerous foreign countries, government-run healthcare systems already rely on discriminatory means to deny certain treatments to people with disabilities. […]