U.S. Air Force Airman Kenneth P. Perry graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. Airmen who complete basic training also earn four credits toward […]
Forecast by Zachary Jacomowitz Hello Rockland County! It sure hasn’t felt too much like summer lately with recent high temperatures barely making it out of the 60s. With that in mind, it is time to see how the weather will behave as we wrap up July and kick off the month of August. On Friday, […]
NEW CITY, NY – A citation for numerous violations of the Rockland County Sanitary Code has been issued to the owners of a Spring Valley house that was heavily damaged by fire this week, according to Rockland County Executive Ed Day. The Rockland County Department of Health inspected the home at 42 Prospect Street  hours […]
BY BARRY WARNER Rockland County Fire Explorer Post 44 at the Fire Training Center in Pomona is a program for youngsters between the ages of 14 and 21. It simulates situations that are experienced in the fire services of the United States. The drills consist of various training scenarios ranging from first aid to structure […]
The Rockland County Volunteer Firefighters’ Association held its annual scholarship night July 14 by awarding three $1,500 scholarships at the Hillcrest firehouse on Route 45 in Hillcrest. The applicants had to be sons, daughters, grandsons or grandaughters of an RCVFA member. The scholarships are named for RCVFA past president Stuart Gates who presented the […]
Helen Hayes Hospital has announced the appointment of Victoria Lent, M.D. to its medical staff. Dr. Lent will serve as Director of Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation at the physical rehabilitation hospital in West Haverstraw. Dr. Lent joins the hospital from Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, where she completed her fellowship in Spinal Cord Injury Medicine. Prior to that, she completed her internship […]