ADOPT JASPER

ADOPT JASPER

Jasper is a 4-year-old female DSH who was surrendered to the shelter due to personal problems of her owner. She is blind in one eye and might do best in a home with teens and older because she is on the small and independent side and needs some time to warm up to people. But […]

Danny Glover Visits Rockland BOCES – Hilltop and Kaplan Schools

Danny Glover Visits Rockland BOCES – Hilltop and Kaplan Schools

Actor Danny Glover spent time this week visiting Rockland BOCES students and faculty at The Hilltop School in Haverstraw and at the Jesse J. Kaplan School in West Nyack. Glover serves as an Honorary Board Member on the Rockland BOCES Family Resource Center Foundation, which funds a variety of programs for Rockland BOCES’ students and […]

County Association Applauds Senate Passage of “No New Unfunded Mandates” Legislation

The New York State Senate overwhelmingly passed legislation this week that would require the state to fully fund the cost of new mandates placed on local governments (or the expansion of existing mandates). The bill, S.3411 (sponsored by Senator Rich Funke of Monroe County), acknowledges that “State mandated programs, unlike local service decisions, place local […]

Permits discussed at Stony Point board meeting

BY DYLAN SKRILOFF Two residents pushed the Stony Point Town Board to take action on permitting issues  at Tuesday night’s board meeting. Bob Bagomolny is hoping to secure space at Clark Park for the Bike4Chai charity biking event for sick kids to make one of its several pit stops. Clark Park is at exactly the 60-mile mark […]