On Sunday, May 24, 2020, Boy Scout Troop 29 placed over 360 new flags along the graves of Veterans buried at Gethsemane Cemetery, Rockland Lake, Congers, N.Y. Due to social distancing protocols, the Boy Scouts were unable to invite other groups, such as the Girl Scouts, to participate. Left to right in photo: Eagle Scout […]
Author: Samantha Hoag “The reality of nursing is definitely different than my expectations before I started working full time,” said Mary Flynn, a 22-year-old Registered Nurse at Montefiore Medical Center in The Bronx. She added, “It’s a difficult job that has a big learning curve, but you rely on your knowledge, resources, and coworkers to […]
Photos submitted by Jeannine Rippa On Sunday, May 24, from 10 am – 2 pm, the Youth Ministry of St. Anthony Church, Nanuet, held contact-less food drive for People to People, in the back parking lot of St. Anthony School, 34 W Nyack Rd, Nanuet. Donors simply drove to the School parking lot and […]
The County of Rockland is now accepting applications from candidates interested in a rewarding career in law enforcement in Rockland County. A written competitive examination for the Civil Service positions of Police Officer and Patrol Officer is scheduled to be held on Saturday, September 26. There are also examinations for Spanish, French/Creole and Yiddish speaking […]
By E.J. McMahon It’s official: the viral lockdown has been an economic catastrophe of historic proportions for New York State. The extent of the damage was documented in the monthly employment report released yesterday (unusually, and inexplicably, after normal business hours) by the state Labor Department. In April, the full first month affected by the coronavirus pandemic, […]
BY LAURA BURKHARDT In an opinion piece on April 30, which was also published in several newspapers around the country, Terry Jarrett makes the usual pro-fossil-fuel arguments. In the process, also as usual, he completely omits the issue of climate change, which is overwhelmingly driven by the burning of fossil fuels. In service of this […]