OCTOBER FLU VACCINE CLINICS SCHEDULED

Health Department schedules two flu vaccine clinics in October Rockland County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert today announced that the Health Department will hold two flu vaccine clinics in October: on Friday, October 2, and Friday, October 9, 2015, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Rockland County Department of Health, Building D, 1st Floor, Nurses’ Conference […]

It’s Official: Streit’s Matzo is now in Rockland County

It’s Official: Streit’s Matzo is now in Rockland County

BY JANIE ROSMAN America’s oldest matzo factory closed on its new location in Orangeburg, executive vice president Alan Adler told the Rockland County Times yesterday. “We now own 171 Route 303 and will be consolidating all operations there next year — the matzo factory that used to be in Manhattan and our warehouse and dry […]

Orangetown Bans Bamboo

Future of BTX and golf course remain in doubt BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES Flush with success from banning the use of private homes for commercial party rentals and the filming of “adult” videos, the Orangetown Town Board is plunging headlong this week into banning two additional practices the council finds objectionable […]

Habitat For Humanity/Community Leaders To Celebrate Ground Breaking For New House

Habitat For Humanity/Community Leaders To Celebrate Ground Breaking For New House

Habitat for Humanity of Rockland (HFHR) recently held a ground breaking ceremony to celebrate the start of a new house at 16 Partition Street in Haverstraw. Habitat for Humanity of Rockland is a group of people committed to eliminating substandard housing conditions in Rockland County. HFHR has previously built seven homes in Rockland County; four in […]

Ed Day remarks on collapse of Summit Park Hospital deal

STATEMENT OF COUNTY EXECUTIVE ED DAY REGARDING SYMPATICARE, LLC’S DECISION TO TERMINATE $32 MILLION DEAL TO PURCHASE SUMMIT PARK HOSPITAL & NURSING CARE CENTER “Sympaticare, LLC chose to walk away from this transaction after publicly stating that it fully intended to continue providing quality health care services to our community. By pulling out of the […]