April 30 deadline looms BY KATHY KAHN Phillip Mathangani, whose parents immigrated from Kenya and settled in Rockland County, watched their son thrive in the North Rockland School District—in Phillip’s free time, he volunteered in his church and the community. The 2006 NRSD student graduated The University of Pennsylvania and went on to a career […]
BY DIANE DIMOND There’s a new forensic tool that’s being developed that’s going to knock your socks off! Investigative science professor Dr. Glen P. Jackson at West Virginia University spoke with me recently about his advances in crime fighting, and while it’s all kind of science-y, I think you’ll agree it is fascinating. Professor Jackson […]
BY OLEG KHAGHANI In the year 2000 the Federal Government passed the law allowing physicians who go through a special training and have passed a test, to prescribe suboxone for the purpose of treating opioid addiction. In the early years following this legislation, the number of the patients that each doctor could treat was limited […]
COUNTY PRESS RELEASE Rockland County officials met with Chinese representatives this week to discuss closer economic ties. Deputy County Executive Guillermo Rosa and Rockland Director of Tourism and Economic Growth Lucy Redzeposki hosted a meeting at the Finkelstein Library in Spring Valley with the America Beijing Chamber of Commerce. Man Li Lin of the U.S. […]
At this week’s Haverstraw Town Board meeting, three North Rockland High School Thomas F.X. Casey Social Studies Honor Society students presented their Rockland County championship winning “Haverstraw Landslide” project to the Town Board and all in attendance at the meeting. The winning students are Emily Morgese, William Babcock and Carter Smith. Their project came in […]
FOLLOW OUR MYSTERY RESTAURANT INDUSTRY INSIDER AS HE (AND HIS FRIEND) SAMPLE THE CUISINE OF ROCKLAND COUNTY Simply super Spring days are not to be wasted. Figuring a sunset hike would get us really hungry my partner and I met at Bear Mountain. An hour before we met she told me another…a couple would be joining us. More the […]