BY DYLAN BESTLER A dozen people came to the Rockland County government building Wednesday night to discuss the passing of the Tobacco Free Pharmacies Act. This act will disallow local pharmacies such as Walgreens to sell tobacco products, as well as any store that features a pharmacy, such as supermarkets. Denise Hogan, spokeswoman for this cause, […]
The North Rockland Chamber networking event at the Industrial Arts Brewing Company was a big success Wednesday evening. County Executive Ed Day paid a visit as dozens of local business persons shmoozed and enjoyed some of the best beer in the area. The next scheduled chamber event is the Fall Festival Breakfast at the Bricktown Inn, 112 […]
(Assemblymember Ellen Jaffee (D-Suffern) last week announced she secured $125,000 in state Capital Improvement Project Funding to help the Village of Piermont/Piermont Fire Department pay for construction of Fire/Rescue Boat Dockage for its primary marine response unit. The Fire/Rescue Boat Dockage to be constructed at the end of the Piermont Pier will enable the Piermont […]
Psychiatrist Awaiting Trail Found Dead in Home A local psychiatrist on house arrest awaiting trail, Alfred Ramirez, was found dead in his Orange County home on Friday. Ramirez was accused of illegally selling prescriptions for thousands of pain pills in the Hudson Valley, including pills that killed Daren Gajdusek, a Yonkers teacher. This case started […]
BY BARRY WARNER The nonprofit Camp Venture Equestrian Program, located in Stony Point, N.Y. is an indoor recreational riding activity for children and adults with special needs. Instruction is educational, hands-on and is geared to the learning style of each participant. The indoor facility that was dedicated on October 8, 2010, is able to offer […]
PHOTO BY AARON MOELLER Jewish adherents of all ages marked the holiday of Sukkot this week. Pictured here are two observers of different ages in Wesley hills. The reason they are in a small booth-like dwelling is in Biblical times farmers would live in such structures during harvest season. Sukkot marks both the fall harvest […]