Department of Social Services Announces Drop Off Locations  Pomona, NY, – Hoping to spread holiday spirit to all of Rockland County’s foster children and children served by the Department of Social Services (DSS), Rockland County Executive Ed Day and Commissioner Joan Silvestri of DSS announced that the County will be accepting new, unwrapped toys, gifts […]
If you can go one day without smoking, you’re on the way to quitting for good! NEW CITY, NY – –Â Rockland County Executive Ed Day and County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert encourage residents to use the American Cancer Society’s Great American Smokeout, Thursday, November 21st, as the day you commit to quitting smoking […]
By Kathy Kahn Pearl River Laboratories held its formal ribbon cutting on Saturday, November 17, joined by many well-wishers from the pharmaceutical/biotech field who were on hand to congratulate Amar Prashad, the new company’s President/Chief Scientific Officer, and his staff. Prashad brings the scientific expertise he garnered during his 25 years at Pfizer/Wyeth/Lederle on Pfizer’s […]
Transition expected to save money and open additional opportunities for seniors COUNTY PRESS RELEASE Rockland County and Rockland Community College are announcing the transfer of services of the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program or RSVP from the College to the County’s Office for the Aging. The program has been under the auspices of RCC since […]
Good Samaritan Hospital recently launched its Esophageal and Reflux Center, specializing in the treatment of a range of esophageal conditions from gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) to esophageal cancer. Good Samaritan Hospital is the only hospital in Rockland and Orange counties to provide a dedicated Esophageal and Reflux Center with a multidisciplinary team comprised of board-certified gastroenterologists, […]
BY SCOTT WATERS When a Congers house fire was called in to dispatchers last week, Deputy Coordinator Al Magnatta, 44-2, headed to the Alert Hook, Ladder & Engine Company #1, Congers FD Station, put on his gear, boarded one of the company’s fire trucks and operated on the scene of the blaze. It is a […]