By David A. Ridenour The White House may soon issue an executive order that would require drug companies to manufacture certain essential medicines here in the United States. Lawmakers in both parties are pushing for more domestic manufacturing of drugs and medical products. Proponents of these “Buy American” proposals want to reduce our reliance on […]
The announcement follows the lawmakers’ push for Verizon to begin construction ASAP Senator James Skoufis (D-Hudson Valley) and Senator David Carlucci (D-Rockland/Westchester) announced that construction has begun for two cell phone towers in the dangerous dead zone on the Palisades Parkway between Orange and Rockland counties. The installation of the two towers, one at Tomkins […]
New Testing Program Launches On Wednesday, July 22 All Are Welcome, Regardless Of Insurance Or Immigration Status A new COIVID-19 testing program launches on Wednesday, July 22. The free testing is available to all, regardless of insurance or immigration status. The program will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday until further […]
Submitted by Jeannine Rippa On Sunday, July 19, 2020, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, Tuxedo, celebrated 125 years of spiritual ministry. His Eminence, Timothy Cardinal Dolan was the main Celebrant for the Jubilee mass. Some early written records of the parish are recorded in a marriage register of 1876-1895. By 1895, the cornerstone of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel was laid. In 1902, […]
Rockland County Executive Ed Day digitally signed the Change.org petition to rename the Edmund Pettus Bridge, a National Historic Landmark in Selma, AL, after the late Congressman John R. Lewis who marched across the span in March 7, 1965, as a young civil rights activist, in an effort to take a message of freedom to the segregationist […]
By County Executive Ed Day Recently I signed a Change.org petition to rename the Edmund Pettus Bridge, a National Historic Landmark in Selma, AL, after the late Congressman John Lewis and I encourage you to join me. John Lewis marched across the span on March 7, 1965, as a young civil rights activist, in an […]