Rockland County, New York, December 3, 2016 – Over 200 children and their parents attended the STEM Fair on Saturday December 3, 2016, at Kirkbride Hall in Stony Point hosted by the Rockland District, Hudson Valley Council of the Boy Scouts of America. The goal of the free event was to introduce or reinforce the […]
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s office has asked the US Secretary of Homeland Security to order the Coast Guard to withdraw plans to establish 10 new anchorages for 43 commercial vessels on the Hudson River between Yonkers and Kingston. Scenic Hudson also made the request of Homeland Secretary Jeh Johnson. The state request came […]
Story and photos by BJ Greco For the 15th consecutive year, staff and students at William O. Schaefer showed their huge community spirit to the Meals on Wheels Program by once again preparing “Blizzard Boxes” (formally called Covered Cupboards), for distribution to the elderly in the local community. Spearheading the entire Schaefer project were Special […]
Abbie Ice pitched in to support the Town of Haverstraw’s 400th anniversary as the company’s sculptor fashioned this beautiful ice statue in front of Haverstraw Town Hall.
The Helen Hayes Hospital Pharmacy Department was presented with two top awards for excellence in pharmacy services at the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Midyear Clinical Meeting in Las Vegas, NV on December 6, 2016. Comprehensive Pharmacy Services (CPS), the nation’s leading provider of pharmacy management services, named the Department the 2016 Clinical Site […]
Remembered as a friend to veterans and loyal servant to all constituents BY KATHY KAHN Dutchess County native Ben Gilman served his country and the Hudson Valley his entire life, a full life which ended on Saturday morning, December 17. A former lawyer, New York Assemblyman and 30-year Republican veteran of Congress, . Gilman was born in […]