By Jennifer Korn NEW CITY –- Protestors gathered at the New City sheriff’s office on Friday to speak out against the recent actions of Rockland County Sheriff, Louis Falco. Falco’s personal Facebook page included links to articles about Black people accused of committing gruesome crimes. One of the articles was shared from a white supremacist […]
PEARL RIVER, NY July 30, 2020 — Orange & Rockland (O&R) has launched an online marketplace designed to provide free evaluation assistance to its customers who want to purchase solar and/or battery storage equipment to power their homes. The new marketplace is open for business at oru.solar.com. O&R Vice President – Operations Francis W. Peverly said, […]
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: […]