Rockland County responds to Hurricane Harvey destruction in Houston, Louisiana

Rockland County responds to Hurricane Harvey destruction in Houston, Louisiana

BY KATHY KAHN   County Executive Ed Day on Friday, August 31, introduced members of VOAD (Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster) at the Fire Training Center in Pomona to let residents know donations of food, clothing and household necessities would be impossible to deliver to the flood-ravaged areas of Houston. “We formed this group after Superstorm […]

HEALTHGRADES NAMES GOOD SAM 5-STAR FOR VAGINAL DELIVERY

HEALTHGRADES NAMES GOOD SAM 5-STAR FOR VAGINAL DELIVERY

Good Samaritan Hospital have been named a 5-star recipient for Vaginal Delivery by Healthgrades, the leading online resource for comprehensive information about physicians and hospitals. This 5-star rating indicates that the hospitals’ clinical outcomes are statistically significantly better than expected when performing the procedure being evaluated. “With close to 3,500 births a year, our Maternity Departments […]

Remembering our veterans

Remembering our veterans

Stony Point Supervisor Jim Monaghan displays banner that will be placed along Liberty Drive (Route 9W) and Main Street. The goal is to honor the town’s military service members, both past and present. If you’d like to sponsor a banner to honor a loved one, the cost is $150.00. For more information, contact the Town […]

CIGNA EXPANDS NETWORK IN NEW YORK WITH ADDITION OF WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER HEALTH NETWORK

CIGNA EXPANDS NETWORK IN NEW YORK WITH ADDITION OF WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER HEALTH NETWORK

Cigna and Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth), a 1,700-bed, 10-hospital healthcare system based in Valhalla, NY, have entered into a multi-year contract that adds most of the health network’s hospitals and employed physicians to Cigna’s network of participating hospitals and doctors in the NY Metro market. The agreement became effective August 15, 2017. With […]

Orangetown board discusses Stewart’s last budget

Orangetown board discusses Stewart’s last budget

BY JOE KUHN The Orangetown Town Board convened this week to review budget presentations from several departments and services including the Rockland Paramedics, the Nyack Ambulance Corps, Hi Tor Animal Shelter and the Orangetown Department of Environmental Management and Engineering. During the presentations each service outlined their respective operating costs item by item and explained […]