BRiDGES Takes Delivery of Two Accessible Vehicles PRESS RELEASE– BRiDGES, Rockland’s premier agency supporting advocacy services for promoting autonomy and independent living for people with disabilities, has taken delivery of two new accessible vehicles. Funding for the new 8-passenger transport vans was made possible through a grant from the New York State Department of Transportation. Each […]
COUNTY PRESS RELEASE- Rockland County Executive Ed Day and Rockland County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert announce the opening of the first Baby Café in Rockland and the Hudson Valley region. In January, Rockland County was awarded a $1.2 million grant from the New York State Department of Health to encourage women to breastfeed. The […]
U.S. Air Force Airman Kenneth P. Perry graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. Airmen who complete basic training also earn four credits toward […]
Linkin Park Singer Commits Suicide Chester Bennington, lead singer of Linkin Park, hung himself, taking his own life on July 20. Authorities found him in his Palos Verdes Estate. The 41-year-old rock band singer had a rough past that included sexual abuse and drug addiction. Some believe that the suicide of Soundgarden frontman, Chris Cornell, […]
Forecast by Zachary Jacomowitz Hello Rockland County! It sure hasn’t felt too much like summer lately with recent high temperatures barely making it out of the 60s. With that in mind, it is time to see how the weather will behave as we wrap up July and kick off the month of August. On Friday, […]
Week-long residence program includes lectures, field trips The SUEZ Leadership Institute for Environmental Studies at St. Thomas Aquinas College kicked off Sunday and will continue through Friday. Thirty high school and college students from across the region will experience an in-depth program curriculum studying water, the environment, energy, climate change and sustainability. A three-year, $150,000 grant from the […]
