Largest December rise in national average gas price in six years as OPEC cuts oil production FROM GAS BUDDY As millions of Americans take to the road to celebrate the holidays, many are being forced to dig deeper in their wallets. Nationally, gas prices have seen their largest December rise in six years and are […]
Rockland County Executive Ed Day was on hand this past weekend to welcome three young men into the ranks of Eagle Scout at their Court of Honor ceremonies. Nicholas Granone Troop 19 in Pomona, as well as Alexander R. Poulin and Parker J. Stone of Troop 78 in Nanuet, were initiated as Eagle Scouts, the […]
PRESS RELEASE – Good Samaritan Hospital, a member of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network and Bon Secours Charity Health System, has partnered with local non-profit agency Center for Safety & Change to make the holidays brighter for 25 Rockland families. Good Samaritan Hospital sponsored 25 families who have been affected by violence and served […]
What started out as empty bins at the beginning, turned into an onslaught of toys at Northern Manor on Middletown Road in Nanuet and at Northern Riverview Assisted Living on Route 9W in Haverstraw, thus making the 2016 Toys For Tots Program here a major success. Today, car loads of toys, some making more than […]
This week, government-reform watchdogs Reclaim New York hit the 100,000 follower mark on Facebook, a milestone in the group’s public exposure-level. The organization’s social media presence has grown exponentially in 2016 after its 2015 launch. Reclaim boasts of now having more Facebook support than the official accounts of Governor Cuomo, Mayor de Blasio, and major […]
BY KATHY KAHN What to expect in the New Year was the question put to Kevin Dahill, president of the Northern Metropolitan Hospital Association (NORMET), at the Rockland Business Assocation (RBA) luncheon December 15 at The Crowne Plaza in Suffern. With 50 percent of the funds New York’s hospitals receive coming from Medicare and Medicaid, […]