Every 2 ½ hours a person’s name is added to the New York organ transplant waiting list BY BILL DEMAREST NEW YORK – You may not know 13-year-old Lauren Shields of Stony Point, but she may be responsible for saving your life of the life of a friend or loved one some day. Lauren is […]
Victim beaten with guitar, stabbed with broken light bulb, strangled with cord NEW CITY – Rockland County resident William Lewis, who hit a neighbor a guitar, stabbed him with a broken light bulb and tried to strangle him with a cord during a robbery attempt, has been found guilty of attempted murder. The attack left […]
“Personal privacy –a thing of the past,” says former NYC mayor BY KATHY KAHN There’s something lurking above you: “The Cloud.” “That’s where everything is stored today,” former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani told business owners and cyber-security staff from West Point Military Academy at an event hosted by the Hudson Valley Economic Development Corporation on […]
ARC of Rockland’s 18th annual A Taste of Rockland drew a record crowd of 450 and raised $100,000 at the September 23 event at the Hilton Pearl River. More than 50 restaurants served up a panoply of dishes ranging from the familiar to the exotic. Fine wines and spirits, a martini bar, and an over […]
New York Credit Unions continue to outpace key national growth averages State posts above-average asset, share, membership and loan growth During the first half of 2013, New York credit unions continued to outpace national averages in asset growth, share growth, membership growth and loan growth. These trends are highlighted in the second quarter 2013 New […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA New City – After an occasionally heated debate, a divided legislature voted on an 11th hour bill requiring the county to be charged back for $1.6 million in community college costs for the year of 2012, removing the obligation from the towns for that year. The resolution, which passed by a vote […]