Governor Andrew M. Cuomo this week announced more than $30 million statewide and $1.35 million in Rockland County to enhance COVID-19 contact tracing and flu prevention in advance of the fall flu season. The majority of funds, available to counties in the form of grants, will be used to increase local health department staffing capacity for enhanced detection, surveillance […]
By: Keith S. Shikowitz The police have been a part of every society since man became civilized and started communities. They are necessary to the peace, happiness and security we all crave. They are there to enforce the rules set down by our ELECTED leaders, not by rioting mobs. They are there to, as it […]
PEARL RIVER, NY – Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE this week announced the execution of an agreement with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Defense to meet the U.S. government’s Operation Warp Speed program goal to begin delivering 300 million doses of a vaccine for COVID-19 in 2021. Under the […]
As the economic pain resulting from the pandemic deepens, Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. (O&R) today donated $1,000 each to 20 local organizations dedicated to feeding the growing numbers of our neighbors in need. Today’s grants bring the total amount O&R has donated to food pantries since the Covid-19 pandemic began to $50,000. The organizations are: […]
PHOTO FROM RAMAPO PD AIRMONT – A driver struck a parked car in Airmont on Saturday afternoon then fled the scene, but he was in custody a short time later. Ramapo Town Police said the vehicle left the parking lot in which it was located and fled the scene, striking a utility pole on Campbell Avenue. The […]
William Vandunk of Suffern was driving in Haverstraw on July 20 when he noticed a commotion at a car. He quickly exited his vehicle and discovered a man with no pulse. Vandunk then began providing the man CPR and was able to get him breathing again before he was transferred to Nyack Hospital. Vandunk said, […]