NEW CITY ROTARY AWARDS SCHOLARSHIPS TO OUTSTANDING GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS

NEW CITY ROTARY AWARDS SCHOLARSHIPS TO OUTSTANDING GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS

BY BARRY WARNER On Monday, June 23, 2014, six graduating seniors received awards of $1,000 each for superior academic achievement and community service. Rotarian and award chairperson Bart Silverman made presentations to Samantha Fuller, Clarkstown North ; Crystal Godfrey, Clarkstown North; Mitchell Abrams, Clarkstown North; Molly Ludlow, Clarkstown North; Lauren Ni-Buachalla, Clarkstown North and Jaclyn […]

STONY POINTER ELECTED PREZ OF RIT STUDENT GOVT

STONY POINTER ELECTED PREZ OF RIT STUDENT GOVT

Ashley Carrington, daughter of Marie and Sean Carrington of Stony Point, N.Y., has been elected Student Government President at Rochester Institute of Technology. Carrington is a 2011 graduate of North Rockland High School. Carrington, a fourth-year dual major in finance and management information systems, will lead the university student body for the 2014-2015 school year. […]

Congers resident Guillermo Garcia arrested for alleged DWI

Congers resident Guillermo Garcia arrested for alleged DWI

REPORT FROM CPD On Friday June 20, 2014 at approximately 5:30 p.m., the Clarkstown Police Department responded to 134 Main St. in Nanuet for a report of a motor vehicle accident. Witnesses stated that a vehicle travelling north bound on Main St. struck two parked cars. The driver of the vehicle, Guillermo Garcia, 58, of […]

SKOUFIS: Taxpayers Should Foot College Tuition Bill

OP-ED BY ASSEMBLYMAN JAMES SKOUFIS (D) As a recent graduate having to pay off my own loans, and as the youngest member of the New York State Legislature, student debt and college affordability are very important issues to me. I know what it’s like to have the specter of a mountain of debt awaiting, and […]

Stony Point team raises $3K for charity, makes it to national TV

Stony Point team raises $3K for charity, makes it to national TV

Team LaBier, LLC, a third grade class business at Stony Point Elementary, has been raising money for three charities, Stand up to Cancer, Friends of Karen, and Angelica, a first grade student in the school. On June 3, Team LaBier, LLC class went down to Good Morning America to watch the show as an outside […]

Legislator Cornell Requests PSC Investigate UWNY’s Proposal to Develop New Water Supply for Rockland County

LEGISLATIVE PRESS RELEASE Rockland County Legislator Harriet Cornell has requested the NYS Public Service Commission (PSC) initiate a Prudence Investigation to determine if the actions by United Water New York in selecting and continuing its proposal for a desalination plant, while dismissing a combination of less costly alternative water supply options, were prudent, practical and […]