FULL MOON PARTY! @ RoCA

FULL MOON PARTY! @ RoCA

Rockland Center for the Arts will hold its 2nd Full Moon Party, Saturday, October 7th, on the beautiful grounds of The Catherine Konner Sculpture Park. Festivities this year will include: Rockland’s own legendary Sam Waymon with his Magic Band and Special Guest, Jeff Doctorow will perform at this live event.   Waymon is a master of […]

Candidates Night Tonight in Congers

Candidates Night Tonight in Congers

BY ROBERT KNIGHT The Congers and Valley Cottage Civic Associations will hold their semi-annual “Candidates Night” tonight (Thursday, Sept. 14) at 7:30 p.m. at the Congers Veterans Memorial Association (VMA) building on Lake Road in downtown Congers, next door to the firehouse. All candidates running in Clarkstown for town and county offices have been invited to participate and most […]

HEALTH DEPARTMENT SCHEDULES FLU VACCINE CLINICS

HEALTH DEPARTMENT SCHEDULES FLU VACCINE CLINICS

For anyone 6 months and older, at convenient locations in Rockland   NEW CITY, NY – – Rockland County Executive Ed Day and County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert announce that the Health Department has scheduled flu vaccine clinics for the season.   What’s new this flu season? We are offering the vaccine to anyone 6 […]

Investing In Rockland: Meet Volumetric Fund Incorporated

Investing In Rockland: Meet Volumetric Fund Incorporated

BY JOE KUHN PEARL RIVER- It’s somewhat ironic to characterize a mutual fund, an investment program that typically buys and sells major Wall Street stocks, as a small local business. After all, it’s hard to reconcile the mom and pop ambience of a locally based family business with the high stakes world of stock trading.  […]

Nathan Kline Institute Scientists Receive Major Federal Funding for Alzheimer’s Research

Nathan Kline Institute Scientists Receive Major Federal Funding for Alzheimer’s Research

The Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research (NKI) announced this week that it secured $20 million in federal grant funding to support Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) research. Five multi-year grants were recently awarded to three research scientists at the Institute’s Center for Dementia Research (CDR). 

These awards include a prestigious Program Project Grant awarded to […]

TIMELINES 9/14/17

TIMELINES 9/14/17

A.G. Schneiderman Warns of Cyberattacks Following Equifax Data Breach Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman warned New Yorkers to remain vigilant against possible hacking and phishing attempts by cybercriminals following the Equifax data breach. Last week Equifax, one of the nation’s three major credit reporting agencies, experienced a massive breach affecting 143 million Americans and over […]