JUDGE DELAYS WSMC

By Jennifer Procario

If the state commission that chose which hospitals should close by mid-2008 had taken popularity into account, Westchester Square Medical Center would have been in the clear.

But a month after the Berger Commission placed WSMC on its hit list, two local residents have taken the fate of the hospital into their own hands, filing a lawsuit against the state and its health officials claiming that the closure would negatively impact local residents