Event kicks-off national EMS Week, May 18 – 24 NEW CITY, NY — Rockland County Executive Ed Day will recognize and honor local emergency medical services (EMS) practitioners for their outstanding contributions to the community this weekend. The County’s annual EMS Awards Ceremony is scheduled for Sunday, May 18 at 6 p.m. at the Rockland […]
FROM DEPT. OF HEALTH As spring progresses, the Rockland County Department of Health reminds residents to take steps to reduce contact with ticks to prevent tick bites. Currently, there is no vaccine, for humans, that can prevent Lyme disease or the other tick-borne diseases such as ehrlichiosis, babesiosis, and anaplasmosis. “You can get Lyme disease […]
FROM HEALTH DEPT. Pomona, NY – The Rockland County Department of Health will begin treating catch basins and storm drains next week to prevent mosquitoes from breeding in the standing water inside of these structures. Work will continue throughout the County into the first week of June. If you see staff on the roads in County […]
COUNTY PRESS RELEASE NEW CITY, NY — In recognition of Hepatitis Awareness Month, Rockland County Executive Ed Day, State Assemblyman Ken Zebrowski and Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert today called on all local Baby Boomers – the generation born from 1945 through 1965 – to get a one-time test for the Hepatitis C virus. […]
The following Rockland students received academic honors from Binghamton University by making the University’s Dean’s list for the Fall 2013 semester: Bridget Kunz of Congers, NY Carly Padovani of Sloatsburg, NY Jessica Falcon of Stony Point, NY Mikaela Marasigan of Orangeburg, NY Leanna Walters of Stony Point, NY Angela Alexander of Congers, NY Mishal Aminullah […]
PRESS RELEASE The Chairman of the Rockland County Legislature Alden H. Wolfe presented a proclamation to representatives of Pow’r Against Tobacco and the American Lung Association on Tuesday evening to recognize the week of May 12, 2014 as “Women’s Lung Health Week” in Rockland County. A recent report by the Centers for Disease Control and […]