A sixth-grade girl, Chrissy Gabriel, who attended St. Gregory Barbarigo Catholic School and was a resident of Spring Valley passed away Saturday evening from an infection caused by bacterial meningitis, Health Department officials confirmed. The identity of the specific strain of meningitis is still being investigated. The girl is believed to have acquired the infection […]
A news conference will be held at noon at the Rockland Health Department campus in Pomona updating the public about the meningitis death that took place yesterday. A sixth-grade student from St. Gregorgy Barbarigo School in Garnerville passed away on Easter after acquiring bacterial meningitis days earlier. Parents from the school received an Iris Alert […]
Happy Easter to all Christian readers of the Rockland County Times!
Plans to build a gasification plant off Holt Drive in Stony Point were pulled by developers last week without reason given, temporarily ending a debate between the towns of Stony Point and Haverstraw. MBC Contractors Inc. proposed the project, which would convert up to 4,000 tons organic biomass into gas for fuel and electricity each […]
A massive swarm of cicada insects are expected to emerge from the ground in parts of eastern US this spring and fill the air with their calls. Magicicada Brood II is set to complete a 17-year cycle and fly at some point in April or May, flooding the sky with cicadas all over the Northeast. […]
With spring’s arrival it is yet again time for the annual Great American Cleanup! Keep Rockland Beautiful is once again organizing this county-wide campaign that brings out thousands of individuals of all ages during the months of April and May to make our communities cleaner, healthier, and more beautiful. In 2012, over 3,000 Rockland volunteers removed more than […]