What’s Happening 7/5/18

What’s Happening 7/5/18

BY GEORGE J. DACRE Penguin Repertory Theatre in Stony Point says celebrate the Independence Day holiday Thursday, July 5. See the love and marriage comedy “Clever Little Lies” (sold out July 6 at 8 p.m. and July 7 at 4 p.m. Limited availability Saturday 8 p.m. show. Then Monday, July 9, a “Play With Your […]

PACE UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR FROM NEW CITY HONORED WITH GREATEST PUBLIC SERVICE BY AN EMPLOYEE AWARD BY JEFFERSON FOUNDATION

PACE UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR FROM NEW CITY HONORED WITH GREATEST PUBLIC SERVICE BY AN EMPLOYEE AWARD BY JEFFERSON FOUNDATION

Pace University Professor Kimberly Collica-Cox, PhD, a resident of New City, was honored on June 28 at the National Ceremony of the Jefferson Awards Foundation in Washington, D.C., in the category of Greatest Public Service by an Employee.  The Jefferson Awards Foundation is the nation’s most prestigious and longest-standing organization dedicated to inspiring and celebrating public service. “Recognizing […]

Legislator Hofstein: ‘Pharmacy Gag-Orders Must Be Banned’

Legislator Hofstein: ‘Pharmacy Gag-Orders Must Be Banned’

Some Pharmacists Prohibited From Informing Consumers Of Cheapest Prescription Medication Options   New City, NY (June 28, 2018) – If you went to the drugstore to pick up a prescription and could pay $100 instead of $125, what would you choose to pay? As things stand now, you don’t necessarily have a choice. That’s because some pharmacists […]

County Executive’s Corner: “Standing Up to Hate”

County Executive’s Corner: “Standing Up to Hate”

By County Executive Day As many of you know on Saturday, June 30th there was an incident of hate on a Transport of Rockland bus in Orangetown. But that phrase, “incident of hate” doesn’t fully describe what happened, a woman hurled disgusting racial and ethnic epithets at fellow passengers on this bus. I refuse to […]

Racist Road Rage

Racist Road Rage

A Rockland County women was arrested last Saturday after going on a racist diatribe while riding a transport of Rockland bus. The unidentified woman made several derogatory remarks about immigrants and appeared to be intoxicated according to a fellow passenger. The woman at one point screamed, “Get the **** out of my country” before being […]

VOLUNTEER OF THE WEEK: Kyle O’Grady, President of the North Rockland HS Interact Club

VOLUNTEER OF THE WEEK: Kyle O’Grady, President of the North Rockland HS Interact Club

BY BARRY WARNER The purpose of the North Rockland High School Interact Club, sponsored by the nonprofit North Rockland Rotary, is to provide opportunities for young people to work together in a world fellowship dedicated to service and international understanding. The goals of Interact are “to recognize and develop constructive leadership and personal integrity.” The […]