At this week’s meeting of the Rockland County Legislature, Legislator Aney Paul honored four women who have made positive contributions through their nursing and volunteer service. Paul, a nurse for more than 30 years, on Tuesday honored Huguette D’Empaire of Monsey, Alphonsa J. Mathew of Congers and Jennifer Morin, who grew up in Spring Valley and currently lives in Mount […]
Support for local healthcare and the spirit of philanthropy rang loud and clear at Good Samaritan Hospital’s 32ndAnnual Spring Ball on April 21. More than 300 physicians, healthcare administrators, board members, staff and friends raised more than $225,000 at the ball, the hospital’s largest annual fundraiser. Good Samaritan, a Member of the Westchester Medical Center […]
More than $200,000 raised to help students RAMAPO – Family, friends and colleagues of Rockland Community College President Cliff L. Wood came out to pay tribute at his retirement celebration. But someone who wasn’t even at the event provided the evening’s biggest surprise. Dr. Wood received a signed letter and photograph from former President Barack […]
Twelve Rockland Community College students are among the newest members of Beta Beta Beta, the national biological honor society. The students were officially inducted into the Upsilon Iota chapter of the society May 5 at a ceremony on the RCC campus. The new members are: Jorge Acuña, Spring Valley; Kurtis Brown, Spring Valley; Marjorie Calle-Rodriguez, […]
Rockland County Executive Ed Day has been named an honorary member of the International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation. The international organization develops educational programs and raises awareness about people who displayed the courage to save others during the Holocaust. It is named after Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat who saved the lives of thousands of Jews […]
Jim McDonnell of Stony Point was the special honoree at this year’s Bobby Sands Mass and Dinner hosted by the Irish Northern Aid MacBride Chapter (Rockland County) on Saturday, April 29. It’s the 36th annual Bobby Sands event in Rockland County, held in commemoration of the famed 1981 Irish hunger strikers who stood in defiance […]