BY DYLAN SKRILOFF Jackie Cassagnol’s life changed when Haiti was hit by a devastating earthquake in 2010. Cassagnol, a longtime registered nurse currently working as a professor at Dominican College, was training Haitian civilians in first aid and emergency response following the killer quake and one young man told her, “If we knew this then, […]
BY JERRY DONNELLAN Director, Veterans Service Agency, Rockland County Going back, we had Hillarycare, which failed to get out of the gate. Then we had Obamacare, which made it out of the gate but fell on its nose the other day. Now it’s Trumpcare and we are wrestling with it. Why is this so hard? I […]
BY MARC MATURO North Rockland, Nanuet on the run at Loucks Games Tuohy, Camillieri set to compete on the big stage in White Plains, along with a host of other top talents The Glenn D. Loucks Memorial Games in White Plains celebrates its 50th anniversary this weekend, the distance medley relay takes place today, and […]
More than half of millennials and 45% of baby boomers agree that cost is a barrier to leisure travel, but that doesn’t seem to be keeping people from taking trips. In fact, every year, the global hotel industry generates between $400 billion and $500 billion in revenue, with one-third of that coming from the U.S. […]
Empire City Casino at Yonkers Raceway held its annual Kentucky Derby Day Party on Saturday, featuring celebrity guest hosts Kim Zolciak Biermann of Real Housewifes and Ashley Iaconetti and Olivia Caridi of The Bachelor. The lively and fashionable trio posed for photos with fans before taking their seats as judges for the casino’s annual Derby Hat Contest. Party guests […]
Statements below from representatives of Veterans for Medical Cannabis Access and the Marijuana Policy Project A bipartisan bill that would add post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a qualifying condition for New York’s medical marijuana program passed the Senate Health Committee 15-1 on Tuesday. S 5629 is sponsored by Sen. Diane Savino (D-Staten Island) and co-sponsored by […]