PEARL RIVER, NY August 19, 2019 — These 75 middle school students at St. Thomas Aquinas College (STAC) never dreamed they’d spend part of their summer vacation like this. Analyzing blood spatter, processing fingerprints, collecting evidence, identifying suspects and a variety of other crime scene investigation pursuits — a kind of CSI-STAC — all are […]
Orange and Rockland has contributed $20,000 to the Rockland Farm Alliance (RFA) to help support the expansion of RFA’s Agricultural Education Program with an initiative aimed at giving low-income students a greater understanding of how their food is grown and how it gets from the field to the table. The O&R donation will be directed […]
NANUET, NY – For Rockland County residents, there were two choices for hyper-local television news – News12 and Fios 1. Starting on November 16, 2019 that will change, as Fios is ending a run that started in 2007. Verizon has announced they will be discontinuing their contract with RNN, which provides Verizon news content. Fios […]
Montefiore Nyack Hospital has appointed Sunny D. Mitchell, M.D., a board certified and Fellowship-trained breast surgeon, as Medical Director of The Breast Center at Montefiore Nyack Hospital and Breast Surgery at Highland Medical, P.C. In this role, Dr. Mitchell will provide oversight to the breast cancer program, breast cancer research and cancer registry, while serving […]
By Barry Warner A new school year is an opportunity for a fresh start, and September sets the tone to accomplish primary goals. Superintendent of Schools, Dr. James J. Montesano, knows that the most important job of the school district is to make sure students are learning and achieving at high levels. “I did a […]
SUFFERN – Good Samaritan Hospital has completed a  comprehensive upgrade to its Orthopedic Surgery Center. The hospital held a ceremony Tuesday heralding the official opening of the new unit, which offers a new level of patient experience to the region and fosters a specialized, patient-first approach to orthopedic care. The 10,000-square-foot unit offers 14 private en suite patient recovery […]