State Issues Updated Guidance to Retail Grocery Stores in Response New City, NY, – The New York State Department of Health has denied County Executive Ed Day’s request to issue a Local State of Emergency Order that would have required food markets and pharmacies to take steps to encourage social distancing. However, the State Department […]
New City, NY, – Rockland County Executive Ed Day and County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert announce two new ‘Commissioner’s Standing Quarantine Orders’ (precautionary and mandatory quarantine orders) related to COVID-19 to separate sick people from healthy people and prevent the spread of COVID-19. These orders also inform Healthcare Personnel (HCP) and Essential Personnel […]
BY DIANE DIMOND I got a letter recently that made me wonder what Americans are doing to pass the time during the current pandemic and our strict stay-at-home directives. It was from an inmate at a federal correctional institute in Pennsylvania. I first wrote about him three years ago. In 2010, Mark B. was sentenced […]
Earlier today, officers were called to a residence in Chestnut Ridge for a report of a hawk thats talon got stuck in deer netting. After being harassed by some nearby blue jays, the hawk broke free. Then, it appears as if he sat perched on a tree branch to recover and maybe even plan his […]
We need your help in selecting our All-Decade team! As part of the New York Boulders’ Bould Decade celebrating the franchise’s first 10 years of play, fans will be voting to fill one position on our All-Decade team each week for eight successive weeks. Up first is the catching position with the ballot sponsored by […]
By Rockland County Executive Ed Day Here in Rockland County we are always looking for ways to help out our family, friends and neighbors. And despite facing a worldwide pandemic we continue to see our residents step up and help out those in need. Earlier this week, Rockland Community Against Hunger (RCAH) oversaw the Get […]