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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
BY BARRY WARNER Emergencies that require the dispatch of the Rockland County Fire Department Technical Rescue Team (TRT) pose the highest safety risks for the victims and firefighters. The TRT is responsible for safely performing rescues and saving lives in difficult and dangerous locations. These responses represent high-risk incidents that require specialized equipment and training. […]
Your weekly forecast by Zachary Jacomowitz Hello, Rockland County! The weather sure has been active lately, and not just here but elsewhere in the world. Let’s keep all those affected by Hurricane Irma, and who could still be affected, in our thoughts and prayers. We cannot take weather in a joking matter. All right, let’s […]