The New York Boulders head up to Troy to start a three-game series with the Tri-City ValleyCats. Tonight’s game has a 6:30 start.
College Road Construction in Ramapo Could be Complete by November
Repairs being made to a heavily-traveled roadway over the New York State Thruway in Ramapo could be complete by November. Town supervisor Michael Specht says the College Road overpass in Monsey is one of several the state is fixing, the first being Hungry Hollow Road last year…
The Scotland Hill Road overpass is also slated to be fixed as part of the three-bridge $31 million infrastructure investment project. Both the Scotland Hill Road and College Road bridges were first built in 1953.
Local Meal Delivery Service Copes with COVID Challenges
The COVID pandemic proved to be a challenge in several ways to a local meal-delivery service. Sharon Martini is the Director of Home Delivered Meals at Meals on Wheels in Nanuet, and says they were able to get hundreds of meals out daily because lots of Rocklanders stepped up to volunteer…
If you’d like to help out, learn more at their website, www.MOWrockland.org.
New York lawmakers want you to get vaccinated, but they want you to do it for real. The Democratic-led Assembly has proposed a bill that would make it a felony to make a fake vaccination card or fraudulently claim you’ve been vaccinated.
COVID-19 by the numbers now, here in Rockland, we lost three more since Friday, we’re now at 961. We’ve got nine hospitalized confirmed with coronavirus, and 124 active cases. Our total case count is 46,882, that’s 14 more than Friday. A total of 219,226 shots have been administered in Rockland.
Nyack Pride Center Celebrates June as National PRIDE Month
June is national PRIDE month, which marks the hardships and celebrates the milestones and achievements in the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer community. Alex Francisco coordinates youth and adult programs at the PRIDE Center in Nyack, and says LGBTQ+ young people are especially vulnerable…
Francisco was a guest on “The Beat on Behavioral Health with Tracie and Andrew” earlier this month. The show is heard on the first Thursday each month at 10am. The Behavioral Health Response Team provides mobile behavioral health services and crisis intervention 24/7, 365 days a year to individuals, families and agencies in Rockland County if a mental health situation needs immediate intervention. For more information visit www.RocklandHelp.org. To learn more about the Rockland Pride Center, visit their website, https://RocklandPrideCenter.org.
U.S., World, Observe 77th Anniversary of D-Day
Yesterday marked the 77th anniversary of D-Day. During World War II, Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy and began the liberation of German-occupied Western Europe. Rockland County Executive Ed Day says that’s when the world came together to stop Hitler…
D-Day is still the largest amphibious assault in history, with some 156,000 Allied personnel landing in France. An estimated 10,000 Allied troops were killed, wounded or missing.