NY Center for Innovation welcomes new contract biotech company

NY Center for Innovation welcomes new contract biotech company

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 […]

Rockland County to Assume Management of RSVP Program in January

Rockland County to Assume Management of RSVP Program in January

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 Opens New Esophageal and Reflux Center

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, […]

Local Officials to Call for Statewide Moratorium on Criminal Justice Laws Set to Take Effect January 1, 2020

Local Officials to Call for Statewide Moratorium on Criminal Justice Laws Set to Take Effect January 1, 2020

In numerous locations across the state tomorrow, including Rockland County, prosecutors, sheriffs, police chiefs, police unions and elected officials will join together to urge state lawmakers to authorize a moratorium on changes to criminal justice laws set to take effect January 1, 2020. Officials are asking state lawmakers to carefully examine the full impacts of […]

Timelines – November 21, 2019

Timelines – November 21, 2019

School Threat Wednesday night at approximately 11 p.m. the Clarkstown PD received a report of a possible threat phoned in to a crisis hotline from a male claiming to be a student at Felix Festa Middle School in West Nyack. The name and all of the information provided by the unidentified male does not match […]