Locals Make Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Dean’s List — Fall 2012

Students have been named to the Dean’s list at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for the Fall 2012 semester. The dean’s list recognizes full-time students who maintain grade-point averages of a minimum of 3.0 out of a possible 4.0 and have no grades below “C.” The following 21 local students were granted an achievement for earning a […]

RAISING 100K TO FIGHT CANCER

Pearl River resident Megan Quail is leading a team with a goal to raise $100,000 during a 10-week campaign for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, which officially kicked off Wednesday, March 27. Megan Quail and her campaign team, โ€œLeukinโ€™ for a Cureโ€ are raising the money in honor of Pearl Riverโ€™s own Francesco Galvano and […]

Senator Carlucci Announces the Restoration of Prescriber Prevails Protections

Senator Carlucci Announces the Restoration of Prescriber Prevails Protections

PRESS RELEASE FROM SENATOR CARLUCCI Senator David Carlucci (D-Rockland/Westchester), chairman of the Senate Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Committee, announced that prescriber prevails protections have been restored for atypical antipsychotic drugs and drug classes within Medicaid fee for services in the final Health Budget. In addition, it has been restored for eight additional drug classes, […]

Cuomo’s FEMA Extensions Continue

Residents of 13 declared counties may apply for FEMA disaster assistance through April 13, 2013 Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has announced that the deadline for residents living in one of the 13 disaster-declared counties to register for FEMA assistance has yet again been extended to April 13, 2013. The previous deadline was March 29, 2013. […]

$1.6M in Hurricane Irene Recovery Funds Flow to N. Rockland

Funds will help repair damage from Hurricane Irene along Minisceongo Creekย  PRESS RELEASE FROM CONGRESSWOMAN NITA LOWEY (D) Washington, D.C. โ€“ Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-Westchester/Rockland), the top Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, today announced that Rockland County has been awarded $1,624,950 in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funding. The grant will support repairs to […]

COUNTY TO HOLD BLOOD DRIVE ON WEDNESDAY

Blood drive in memory of former county employeesย  NEW CITY, NY – The County of Rockland announces that it will hold aย blood drive on Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at the Dr. Robert L. Yeagerย Health Center, Building A, Exhibition Hall in Pomona beginning at 8 a.m.ย until 4 p.m. The blood drive will be in memory of […]