The Vietnam Veterans of America, Chapter 333 continued the 30-year Rockland County tradition of lighting midnight watchfires at locations around the county midnight May 30, the traditional Memorial Day. The fires, lit up this year at Bowline Point Park in Haverstraw, Eugene Levy Memorial Park on Route 45 in Pomona, the top of Clausland Mountain […]
BY BARRY WARNER Firefighting is a tough job and volunteer firefighter Derek Mehu possesses the talents, skills and special personal characteristics that are required to rescue trapped people and those individuals having medical emergencies. “Derek Mehu has almost 8 years with Hillcrest Fire. He is a driver of our apparatus and Captain of our Fire […]
Assemblyman James Skoufis (D-Woodbury) announced that he helped secure $46,963 in construction grant money for the Tomkins Cove Public Library to replace the building’s windows. “Libraries provide our residents with the tools and resources necessary to expand our horizons, access information and help us learn and grow,” said Skoufis. “This Tomkins Cove Library project will […]
START-UP NY PROGRESS: RCC to Work With Company Relocating to Nyack York Analytical Laboratories Inc., a full service environmental laboratory, has been added to expand Rockland Community College’s presence into Nyack. York Labs analyzes environmental samples. The company has re-located their corporate offices from Connecticut due to a designation from Start-Up NY, which offers expanding […]
On June 4 from 1PM-7PM HealthSav LLC will conduct FREE Hands Only CPR Training at the Palisades Mall in the East Court which is on the ground level between customer service and Macy’s. The United States Congress declared the first week in June as National CPR & AED Awareness Week in 2008 and since its […]
FROM NYSAC The New York State Association of Counties [NYSAC] announced that it supports legislation (S.517, Young) passed by the state Senate on May 22, which would have the state reimburse local taxpayers for the recent state-mandated District Attorney salary increase. NYSAC also calls on the State Assembly to take up and pass the bill […]