ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES STAFF EDITORIAL After three years in office it is safe to assess County Executive Ed Day as a surprisingly effective budget hawk, a manager who appreciates the value of a pre-quantitative easing dollar (that was an economics joke) and a common sense leader of “the organization” known as the county government. Day […]
BY BARRY WARNER United States Secretary of Education, John B. King, Jr. has designated Nanuet Senior High School as a National Blue Ribbon School for 2016. The school, which serves 713 students from 9th to 12th grade, is being recognized as an ‘Exemplary High Performing School’ measured by performance on assessments referenced against national norms. […]
Progressive Insurance’s omnipresent advertisement icon Flo is known to most Americans by now, but did you know the actress behind Flo is a native of Rockland County? On Monday, October 10, the woman behind Flo, Stony Point’s Stephanie Courtney, will come back home, appearing at a fundraiser for Penguin Repertory Theatre in Stony Point. An […]
BY KATHY KAHN In Rockland, you don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows– it’s an ill wind sweeping families and Millennials away, taking them to other locales or out of state altogether to avoid the burdensome property taxes and dismal inner workings of Rockland that have taken root over several years. […]
Old Reform Temple to Become a Yeshiva The United Talmudical Academy of Monsey, a Satmar organization, purchased the former Temple Beth El property on Viola Road in Ramapo, New York. The temple used to be the centerpiece of Reform Judaism in Rockland County. Last year the Temple Beth El congregation merged with Beth Torah in […]
BY JOEL GROSSBARTH A murderer and rapist convicted by a Rockland County jury in 1980 will appear before a parole board this month to determine if he has served enough times for his crimes. Franklin Morrison, one of the longest serving inmates currently incarcerated in New York State, may soon be freed by a board […]