PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT This holiday season, take time to get yourself and your family an important gift of health: the flu vaccine. During National Influenza (Flu) Vaccination Week, December 3 – 9, County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert reminds residents that the best way to prevent the flu, and its complications, is by getting […]
PHOTO BY THOMAS MCGUIRE A never-ending gray floats over murky December waters at Stony Point Bay. Some see beauty, others only the blues.
To the Editor, I agree 99 percent with the letter to you from Frank Ross of New City which appeared in the November 23 – 29, 2017 edition of the Rockland Times Free Weekly. I believe a resolution that should satisfy all of the parties with an interest in this subject, as well as minimize […]
BY BARRY WARNER Our Unsung Hero this week is volunteer Michael Stark, who has attained the rank of ex-chief with over 20 years of service and heads the driver training program. “The driver training program, under the direction of Michael Stark, is critical to our department as it teaches our new firefighters to maintain, drive […]
BY DR. LOUIS ALPERT The term “Aging In Place” is often used to describe a person living in their own residence, as long as they are able as they age. “Creative Aging in Nyack” is a recently formed innovative senior citizen group that serves as an umbrella organization for those senior citizens residing in the […]
Michelle Tsang of Suffern Senior High School, ambassador of Girl Scout Heart of the Hudson Troop 40718, earned the Girl Scout Gold Award early this fall. The highest and most prestigious achievement in Girl Scouts, recipients are required to complete a beneficial project for their local and/or global community that demonstrates inspirational leadership, planning, networking and […]