Nyack Hospital Implements Restricted Visitor Policy as Influenza is Declared Prevalent in New York State

Nyack Hospital has implemented a hospital-wide restricted visitation policy in response to Influenza being declared widespread by the New York State Commissioner of Health. In conjunction with Montefiore and surrounding hospitals, Nyack Hospital is implementing the policy in an effort to reduce the spread and exposure of flu to patients, visitors, staff and clinicians. Visitors […]

Sprinkler Flood Causes Rest Home Residents to be Displaced in Middle of Storm

Sprinkler Flood Causes Rest Home Residents to be Displaced in Middle of Storm

FROM CLARKSTOWN PD  On February 15, 2015 at approximately 4 p.m. the Clarkstown Police Department responded to the Spring Valley Rest Home on South Pascack Road in Nanuet for a report of flooding in the residence. Responding patrol officers observed the rest home’s fire sprinkler system water pipe had broken in the attic area, causing major flooding […]

A.G. SCHNEIDERMAN-LED STATE & FEDERAL WORKING GROUP ANNOUNCES $3.2 BILLION SETTLEMENT WITH MORGAN STANLEY

AG’s PRESS RELEASE Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman this week joined members of the state and federal working group he co-chairs to announce a $3.2 billion settlement with Morgan Stanley over the bank’s deceptive practices leading up to the financial crisis. The settlement includes $550 million – $400 million worth of consumer relief and $150 […]

MURDER/SUICIDE IN WESLEY HILLS STILL A MYSTERY

The murder/suicide of a married couple in Wesley Hills has sent authorities and their friends and neighbors for a loop. John and Irene Lord showed no outside evidence of impending violence, Ramapo PD told the community. Rather, the childless married couple in their 60s appeared to be active and happy.  Detective Lt. Mark Emma told […]

Comic and film elite to visit Rockland as Dennis O’Neil, visionary behind “Batman,” receives lifetime achievement award at Garner Arts

Comic and film elite to visit Rockland as Dennis O’Neil, visionary behind “Batman,” receives lifetime achievement award at Garner Arts

PRESS RELEASE GARNER Arts Center will honor the career of esteemed comic book writer/editor Denny O’Neil, a Rockland County resident, on March 5, 2016. The event, sponsored by DC Entertainment, is timed with the release of the new “Batman v. Super-man: Dawn of Justice” film (March 25, 2016) and is a part of GARNER’s 2015-2016 […]

Entergy reports radioactive tritium leak at Indian Point

Reuters Entergy Corp said on Wednesday it found elevated levels of tritium, a weak radioactive isotope of hydrogen, in groundwater samples at the Indian Point nuclear power plant in New York state. The company said the tritium has not migrated off site and poses “no threat to public health or safety.” The company first announced […]