Ramapo- On Tuesday, March 22, Rockland Community College will host a signing event formalizing RCC’s unique relationship with SUNY Purchase College & Long Island University Hudson. Several master’s degrees through LIU Hudson provide RCC students with a smooth and cost-effective path for earning a professional graduate degree without having to leave Rockland County. This partnership […]
The New York State Association of Counties (NYSAC) and its member counties are calling on the New York Legislature to include budget language that would allow for a phased in state takeover of the costs of indigent legal defense services. Indigent legal defense services is one of the nine state mandated programs that consume 99 […]
The New York State Conservative Party, the state’s third largest political party, handed candidate Phil Oliva (R) a political victory this week, choosing him as its standard bearer in the 18th Congressional District race against liberal Democrat Sean Patrick Maloney. Oliva, a close advisor of 2014 GOP gubernatorial candidate and incumbent Westchester County Executive Rob […]
Monica Wendel, assistant professor of composition and creative writing at St. Thomas Aquinas College, was awarded the 2015 Coal Hill Review Prize for her chapbook English Kills. Wendel is scheduled to give readings at Wigle Whiskey in Pittsburgh (PA) with Dakota Garilli, STAC Class of 2012, on March 16, 2016 at 7:00 p.m., at Edinboro University […]
To the Editor, The recent controversy over the 2016 Oscar nominations clearly brings to light the fact that white privilege actually does exist in American society. To rectify this situation I would like to nominate Mr. Obama for his leading role as president Of The United States Of America. Sincerely, David Veraja Sloatsburg
LEGISLATIVE PRESS RELEASE Senator Bill Larkin (R-39th District) on Wednesday joined his Senate Republican colleagues to unveil the first part of their one-house budget proposal that creates a broad-based tax cut plan to provide billions of dollars in tax relief to the middle class, seniors, and small businesses. The plan creates a new 25 percent rate reduction for middle class taxpayers, new […]