Support for local healthcare and the spirit of philanthropy rang loud and clear at Good Samaritan Hospital’s 32ndAnnual Spring Ball on April 21. More than 300 physicians, healthcare administrators, board members, staff and friends raised more than $225,000 at the ball, the hospital’s largest annual fundraiser. Good Samaritan, a Member of the Westchester Medical Center […]
More than $200,000 raised to help students RAMAPO – Family, friends and colleagues of Rockland Community College President Cliff L. Wood came out to pay tribute at his retirement celebration. But someone who wasn’t even at the event provided the evening’s biggest surprise. Dr. Wood received a signed letter and photograph from former President Barack […]
Puddin’ Don’t is a creation of Jake Barlow, inspired by all manner of silliness, like Berkeley Breathed’s Bill the Cat, Chuck Norris Facts, The movie Machete, and the great Marty Feldman. Puddin’ Don’t can be found daily online at www.puddindont.com.
Twelve Rockland Community College students are among the newest members of Beta Beta Beta, the national biological honor society. The students were officially inducted into the Upsilon Iota chapter of the society May 5 at a ceremony on the RCC campus. The new members are: Jorge Acuña, Spring Valley; Kurtis Brown, Spring Valley; Marjorie Calle-Rodriguez, […]
Assemblyman Karl Brabenec (R-Deerpark) issued a statement on Tax Freedom Day, May 9 “Taxes are a form of legal theft- plain and simple. New York’s Tax Freedom Day is shamefully third-to-last in the country, meaning that it takes our families over four months each year to pay off their collective tax burden. New York doesn’t […]
State Legislation to Push for Equal Graduation Opportunities State Assemblyman James Skoufis (D-Woodbury) and Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara (D-Rotterdam), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Autism Spectrum Disorders, are pushing to pass a bill ensuring students with disabilities are guaranteed the opportunity to participate in their high school graduation ceremony. On Wednesday May 10 the assemblymembers along […]