Last Thursday, the Finkelstein Memorial Library hosted a virtual event, titled “Negative Effects of World Events on Mental Health,” a seminar intended to help Rockland residents struggling with anxiety and depression. Sponsored by the Montefiore Nyack Hospital, Yandira Melon, a social worker located in Nanuet, NY, led the presentation, which focused on world events and […]
Good Samaritan Hospital is making some changes. After a year of expansions and new initiatives, Good Samaritan is preparing to enter 2024 better equipped than ever, with upgrades to their facilities combined with brand new services, allowing the hospital to offer a higher level of support for the residents of Rockland County. When speaking with […]
Starting in the new year, Montefiore Nyack Hospital will be offering an additional service to the people of Rockland: a Diabetes Prevention Program. Designed for adults 18 years and over with prediabetes or at risk for type 2 diabetes, the free evidence-based, lifestyle change program will begin its time in Rockland with three separate cohorts […]
State Senator Bill Weber (R, Nanuet) is urging Governor Kathy Hochul to reevaluate the state’s all-electric school bus mandate set to take effect in 2027. According to the mandate, which was signed into law two years ago, all school buses sold beginning in 2027 must be electric with every bus in the state electric-powered by […]
For the past 18 years, Neill Acer has transformed Defiant Brewing Company from delicious dream to refreshing reality. Though the Bronx-born founder once enjoyed a career working throughout the Hudson Valley and along the East coast, brewing professionally and installing set-ups for other beer enthusiasts, he had always longed for the creative freedom to […]
From the night of Sunday, December 17 to mid-morning on Monday, December 18, heavy rainfall and high winds blew through Rockland County and the Lower Hudson Valley. The storm had a significant impact on the community, with flooding and damage inducing road closures to the Palisades Interstate Parkway (PIP), near the Palisades Mall, along Route […]