TIMELINES 1/31/13

County Health Department Named “Public Health Ready” Last week, Rockland County was recognized for its ability to properly respond to public health emergencies by the National Association of County and City Health Officials. The county earned its status of “public health ready” in terms of preparedness planning, workforce competency, and by showing they are ready […]

BLAUVELT RESIDENT REACHES CAREER MILESTONE

BLAUVELT RESIDENT REACHES CAREER MILESTONE

Dominican College is pleased and honored to announce that Eileen Andes, a resident of Blauvelt, has been employed by the college for 50 years. Mrs. Andes came to Dominican College in January 1963 and for the past 50 years has been the face and voice of the college’s library. Dominican College was founded in 1952 […]

Town of Ramapo Hosts Daily News Golden Gloves this Weekend

WHO: Supervisor Christopher P. St. Lawrence, Deputy Supervisor Patrick J. Withers, Councilmembers: Yitzchok Ullman, Daniel Friedman, Brendel Logan-Charles and Brian Adams, N.Y. Daily News Golden Gloves WHAT: The 86th Annual Golden Gloves Boxing Tournament, the oldest and most famous amateur boxing tournament in the world! Bouts are to be held in memory of Patrick Faherty, […]

Town Awards Pride of Clarkstown Awards

To be officially announced on February 5   Supervisor Alexander J. Gromack, Councilmember George Hoehmann, and the town board will award the 2012 Pride of Clarkstown Awards on Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at the Town Board Meeting scheduled for 8 p.m. All residents and businesses are welcome to attend. – Pride of Clarkstown Committee Members: […]

Hey Cuomo, Silver and Skelos, are you Listening? Absurd Economic Burden Imposed on New Yorkers by 19th Century Scaffold Law

BY THOMAS B. STEBBINS, Executive Director of the Lawsuit Reform Alliance of New York Well, it’s happened. Ten months after I wrote in this newspaper about how the Tappan Zee Bridge project will cost millions more due to the obsolete “scaffold law,” the state lost a scaffold law lawsuit that would likely not have been […]