As the world continues to navigate through the challenges posed by COVID-19, educators have had to adapt their campuses and ways of teaching. RCC President Dr. Michael Anthony Baston has been selected to speak at two important panels about these changes and how they impact the future of education. “Community colleges are critical resources for local school systems, underserved student populations […]
The announcement follows the lawmakers’ push for Verizon to begin construction ASAP Senator James Skoufis (D-Hudson Valley) and Senator David Carlucci (D-Rockland/Westchester) announced that construction has begun for two cell phone towers in the dangerous dead zone on the Palisades Parkway between Orange and Rockland counties. The installation of the two towers, one at Tomkins […]
New Testing Program Launches On Wednesday, July 22 All Are Welcome, Regardless Of Insurance Or Immigration Status A new COIVID-19 testing program launches on Wednesday, July 22. The free testing is available to all, regardless of insurance or immigration status. The program will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday until further […]
Submitted by Jeannine Rippa On Sunday, July 19, 2020, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, Tuxedo, celebrated 125 years of spiritual ministry. His Eminence, Timothy Cardinal Dolan was the main Celebrant for the Jubilee mass. Some early written records of the parish are recorded in a marriage register of 1876-1895. By 1895, the cornerstone of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel was laid.  In 1902, […]
Rockland County Executive Ed Day digitally signed the Change.org petition to rename the Edmund Pettus Bridge, a National Historic Landmark in Selma, AL, after the late Congressman John R. Lewis who marched across the span in March 7, 1965, as a young civil rights activist, in an effort to take a message of freedom to the segregationist […]
$440 million rate plan focuses on water quality and service reliability  SUEZ water co. announced that the New York Public Service Commission has approved a Joint Proposal that includes a comprehensive $440 million investment program. “New York is rebuilding after a difficult, often heart-breaking crisis, but the people of this state are driven and resilient. […]
