Rockland Blogs: County Taken to Court; What is Canola Oil?

Here's a roundup of popular blogs from Rockland readers, published recently.

Leave your thoughts and opinion here, or head to the individual blogs to join the discussion.

From Nyack-Piermont Patch: What to Consider When Buying a Car for Your Teen

Parents spend years teaching their children the art of “how-to” – how to talk, how to walk, how to tie their shoes, how to ride a bike, and much, much more. Each milestone provides parents with a tremendous sense of pride in their child’s achievements, but with each step they take towards independence, you become keenly aware that you’re no longer able to protect them at every moment (and they’re growing up way too fast)!

Read more here.

From Pearl River Patch: Exactly, What is Canola Oil?

I am an LPN who ate my way back to health. This article is my continued research on food as a medicine or toxin.

Canola Oil to the Rescue  

First we had the Fat-Free diet; Dr. Atkins changed that to a glycemic index diet.  That didn’t completely address the problem.  A growing number of independent lab test results are showing some troubling results. We now we have the Canola Oil solution. The Health Food Industry mistaken and untested “lipid hypothesis”, edict that “All Saturated Fat is bad your heart” is coming under increased questioning. The FDA has now ruled that Trans-fat has to be listed on the product label.

Read the rest of the blog here.

From New City Patch: Rockland Transit Takes County to Court 

It is July 20th and the Rockland Transportation contract is still in limbo. The contract was awarded to Brega Transport, but now instead of Brega taking the County to court, Rockland Transit is taking the County to Court. This time Rockland Transit is saying the County is breaking their own rules in awarding the contract to Brega. Two main issues are, Brega's experience and Brega recognizing the driver's union contract. The case is being held in Westchester Supreme Court.

From Nanuet Patch: Hi-Tor's Pet of the Week: Dreamy

Dreamy is a very gentle and affectionate five-year-old, ivory-colored female. She arrived with a severe ACL injury to one of her legs; fortunately, Hi-Tor was able to raise funds to perform the needed surgery. Dreamy is almost fully recovered now – she walks normally, uses her litter box, and can even jump small distances. Every day she gets a little stronger and should have full motion again.

Learn how to adopt Dreamy here.