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Have A Healthy And Happy New Year Rockland County

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1 month ago

December 29, 2024

Rockland Report Admin

In Spain for New Year’s Eve, it is a tradition to bring luck for the next year by eating 12 grapes for luck which symbolize the hours on the clock.

In Ireland no one wants bad spirits hanging around for the new year. The Irish scare away unwanted spirits and poor fortune by banging pots and pans at midnight. They also include honoring ancestors and lost loved ones, both by leaving doors unlocked for their spirits to enter and saving an empty place at your New Year’s Eve dinner.

In France the custom alludes to Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty who emerged from the ocean on a beautiful oyster. The french celebrate with a feast of oysters and champagne.

In Scotland a tradition that dates back to the 8th century when the Vikings invaded Scotland, for good luck in the new year, Scots practice the tradition of “first-footing,” where the first person—preferably a dark-haired person for the best luck—to enter a home in the New Year brings a small

gift for good fortune. They also burn large bonfires to reflect the Vikings’ winter solstice celebrations.

In Italy in the city of Bologna the New Year’s tradition is to burn down the old year—or in this case, the effigy of an old man—to burn last year’s bad luck and make way for good.

In Mexico the New Year’s tradition is celebrators wear different colored underwear for different wishes for the new year—red for love, yellow for happiness, green for wealth, and white for peace.

In South Africa, New Year’s Eve is a time for letting go of past baggage—literally. Many South Africans celebrate the new year by tossing unwanted furniture out their windows, preferably away from bystanders.

Regardless of your traditions have a safe New Year. Please don’t drink and drive.

The Rockland Report

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World Cancer Day Raises Awareness Prevention And Detection February 4th

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7 hours ago

February 4, 2025

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World Cancer Day is an international day marked on 4 February to raise awareness of cancer and to encourage its prevention, detection, and treatment. World Cancer Day is led by the Union for International Cancer Control to support the goals of the World Cancer Declaration, written in 2008.

WCD seeks to improve awareness and offer preventative measures, early detection, and treatment, while serving as a reminder to everyone, ranging from ordinary citizens, NGOs, to government institutions, of cancer’s effects on the entire global population.

Campaigns ‘World Cancer Day’ is an educational and awareness campaign that encourages people to actively participate in cancer prevention measures.

It is possible to prevent cancer by eating healthily, exercising regularly, and avoiding the consumption of tobacco products and alcoholic beverages.

More importantly when these types of cancer are detected at an early stage, such as breast, cervical, and colon cancer, the prognosis is much better.

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Missing Teenager From Haverstraw Has Been Safely Located And Back Home

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1 week ago

January 27, 2025

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UPDATE: Missing Teenager from Haverstraw Has Been Safely Located and Back Home

Franyer Cruz Dominguez left his school in Orangetown and took a cab to 197th Street and University Avenue in the Bronx, and his family didn’t hear from him. Community advocates Zahira Rodriguez, Ramon Soto, and Carmen Tavarez immediately went into action, created flyers, spread the word to thousands of people, and got the media to cover the story about Franyer going missing.

Franyer’s family confirmed to News 12 Sunday that the teen was found alive on a Manhattan train and they were in the hospital with him.