By Kathy Kahn Crystal Run Healthcare CEO Hal Teitelbaum on Monday announced that the multi-specialty practice he founded on the eve of the 21st Century has been approved to administer Covid-19 vaccinations. “2020 has certainly been unforgettable—even though we may like to forget it,” wrote Teitelbaum. “The current health pandemic has presented challenges we’ve never […]
By: Kathy Kahn Love, luck and a wonderful team of doctors and nurses helped give Dominican College student Lauren Shields a renewed lease on life. We first introduced Lauren to readers back in June, 2018. At that time, the Stony Point high-schooler was celebrating the 10th anniversary of her heart transplant at the age of […]
Rockland commuters anxious about the fate of the Pascack Valley Line can rest easy. On Sunday night, Senator Chuck Schumer announced via Twitter that the latest Covid-19 relief bill will provide funds for the cash-strapped agency and allow the MTA to avoid the “devastating” budget cuts forecasted during their November board meeting. The MTA […]
By Kathy Kahn and Jennifer Korn The Nor’easter that hit Rockland Wednesday evening did not deter South Nyack residents from getting to the polls on Thursday, Dec. 17. In the hope of retaining the village’s distinction as a quaint “rivertown” community, residents overwhelmingly voted “yes” to dissolve the mini-municipality by a margin of 508-292. […]
The results are in! 75 percent of our poll participants were in favor of dissolving the village of South Nyack, while 25 percent favored leaving the village intact. The most common rationale for a yes vote was maintaining the character of South Nyack. Multiple respondents expressed concern that preserving the village and its zoning codes […]
With heavy snow and high winds predicted for Wednesday night’s nor’easter, O&R has declared a Storm Watch today. The storm activity has the potential to cause power line damage and electric service interruptions, so company and contractor overhead line crews and tree removal crews are ramping up for a high-volume outage response to the storm, […]