BY SCOTT WATERS On December 19 Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern held an installation ceremony to unveil a new 9 ft. high menorah that will be displayed outside the hospital. It was donated by Meyer Tauber, the CEO of Metrex Realty, a Rockland County based Real Estate Company. Tauber has a special connection to the […]
BY SCOTT WATERS TAPPAN, NY – William O Schaefer Elementary School, located in Tappan, generously compiled 262 “Blizzard Boxes” that were donated to Meals on Wheels. They will be distributed to 450 home-bound seniors ranging in age from 65 to 102 in the Rockland community. A Blizzard Box is an assortment of donated non-perishable food […]
COUNTY PRESS RELEASE The leadership of a neighboring New Jersey borough has reached out to Rockland’s Jewish community to build better community ties in the aftermath of the Jersey City tragedy. Rockland County Legislator Aron Wieder was among those attending the meeting, which was held in Ramapo Town Supervisor Michael Specht’s office, and included Mike […]
(SPARKILL, N.Y. — December 13, 2019) – A public announcement was made today, December 13, 2019, by Mr. Peter Skae, Chairman of the Board Trustees and Chair of the Search Committee at St. Thomas Aquinas College—“Mr. Kenneth Daly will succeed Dr. Margaret Fitzpatrick, S.C., Ed.D., who will retire as President of St. Thomas Aquinas College on […]
POMONA, NY – A Naturalization Ceremony was held at the Rockland County Fire Training Center in Pomona, New York. The room was packed with family and friends celebrating as more than 97 people became United States citizens. Rockland County Executive Ed Day greeted the new residents and encouraged them to become active members of their […]
Story & photos submitted by Jeannine Rippa On Sunday, Dec. 15, 2019, Barnes & Noble, Nanuet, held a book signing with a Question & Answer session with New City resident and author, Ellen Krumholz Mandel. After one of Ellen Mandel’s friends had a double-mastectomy for stage-two breast cancer, Ellen knew her friend needed support during […]