STATE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH RELEASES TRANSFORMATION PLAN

Albany, NY- The New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH) Wednesday released a three-year plan to transform the public mental health system. Under the Plan, OMH will shift the emphasis of its resources from long term inpatient treatment provided at over 24 hospitals to a state-of-the-art network of 15 Regional Centers of Excellence. The […]

ARTS COUNCIL OF ROCKLAND HIRES NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

PRESS RELEASE The Board of Directors of the Arts Council of Rockland is pleased to announce Ms. Janey Tannenbaum as the organization’s new Executive Director. We are collectively elated about the energy, ideas, and new skills that Janey brings to the Arts Council. Ms. Tannenbaum brings a twenty-year record of cultural activism in the arts […]

STONY POINT KICKS OFF LIFESAVER PROGRAM

The Stony Point Police Department announced this week that it is is launching Project Lifesaver effective immediately. Project Lifesaver is a nationwide program designed to bring people who are at risk of wandering, particularly the elderly, including those with Alzheimer’s, Autism, Downs Syndrome and Dementia home safely. The program places a transmitter on the person’s wrist or ankle and it […]

Despite America’s Moral Decline, There Are ‘Reasons for the Hope’

Southern Evangelical Seminary: 20th Annual Conference Kicks Off in October with Lineup of Speakers Who Encourage and Equip Christians to Stand Up for Their Faith, Even in Challenging Times Charlotte, N.C.— Daily headlines announce America’s dramatic moral decline: constant scandal among our country’s leadership, court decisions that go against the biblical foundations on which this country […]

SCHOENBERGER CALLS FOR “LOCK BOX” ON DEFICIT BOND FUNDS

Press Release from Legislator Ilan Schoenberger New City, NY (June 21, 2013) County Legislator Ilan Schoenberger urged that any money that comes to the County of Rockland as a result of the deficit bond which was approved by the Senate last night and the Assembly earlier this month, should be put in a “lock-box” so […]