Back to School

By The Spectator, John Maloney Well, it’s that time of year when mother’s rejoice and have a sigh of relief and a time when children begin to moan and sigh. No, it’s not a trip to the dentist. It’s worse than that. School days! Yes, it’s time to hit the books again. Gone are the […]

Go Red for women luncheon Set for Nov. 1 in Middletown

Chair to serve for second year The American Heart Association (AHA) announced that Sister Fran Gorsuch, Director of Community Initiatives at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center, will once again serve as chair of the 2013 TriCounty Go Red for Women Luncheon. The luncheon is set for Friday, November 1st at newly renovated West Hills Country […]

Sister Catherine Margaret Carden, MM, Catechetical Trainer, Local ESL Program Founder and Missioner Dies at 93

Sister Catherine Margaret Carden, MM, Catechetical Trainer, Local ESL Program Founder and Missioner Dies at 93

Maryknoll, NY-Sister Catherine Margaret Carden, MM, a catechetical trainer, local ESL program founder, and missioner serving in Peru, Mexico, Colombia, Hawaii, and New York, died July 25, 2013, at Maryknoll Sisters Residential Care IV. She was 93 years old and had been a Maryknoll Sister for 73 years. Born on March 27, 1920, in Carbondale, […]

Latest Silver Harassment Cover-up Needs to be the Last One

PRESS RELEASE FROM ASSEMBLYMAN KIERAN LALOR In light of the latest Speaker Sheldon Silver sexual harassment cover-up, Assemblyman Kieran Michael Lalor (R,C,I – Fishkill) is renewing his call for Assembly Democrats to remove Silver from his leadership position. “Assembly Democrats should have removed Silver long ago, but this latest revelation has to be the final […]

Seven County Hospital LDC Members Announced

FROM ROCKLAND COUNTY GOVERNMENT Rockland County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef and County Legislature Chairwoman Harriet Cornell this week announced the names of seven members of the newly formed “Rockland County Health Facilities Corporation,” a Local Development Corporation (LDC) formed by Rockland County for the purpose of lessening the fiscal burdens of government with respect to the operation of the County’s […]

O&R DECLARES STORM WATCH AS SEVERE WEATHER PREDICTED

PEARL RIVER, NY July 18, 2013 1 p.m. — O&R has declared a company-wide Storm Watch today in anticipation of a significant thunderstorm event hitting the region Saturday afternoon. Local weather forecasters at this point are predicting that Saturday a cold front will cross the area, breaking the heat wave but also bringing strong thunderstorm […]