STATEMENT BY ASSEMBLYMAN JAMES SKOUFIS (D) “[On February 2] the state Assembly took a step toward providing meaningful tax relief for families in the Hudson Valley and throughout our state. Legislation I sponsored (A.9179) was announced to provide middle class New Yorkers who pay some of the highest taxes in the nation with an income […]
Five Rockland County school districts are among the 100 best in New York, according to the education website Niche. Ramapo Central, with seven schools in its district, drew an A+ ranking from Niche to draw the No. 36 ranking. South Orangetown Central, with a total of five schools in the district, earned an A rating and […]
Haverstraw and Stony Point PDs are looking for a few good youths, boys and girls, interested in law enforcement. If you are interested in attending the North Rockland Youth Police Academy Spring session, which begins March 8, 2016 and you are a North Rockland area youth in grades 9-12, Contact SPPD Det. Kryger 845-786-2242 ASAP […]
From New York State Educational Conference Board The state’s leading education organizations unanimously recommended that New York reform its receivership law to create a more reasonable timeframe to turn-around struggling schools, and to commit additional funding to create more community schools and better conditions for teaching and learning in these schools. The Educational Conference Board – […]
PRESS RELEASE The Stony Point Tractor Supply Company (TSC) store recently won the Paper Clover “Regional Champion” award for being one of the top five stores with the highest transaction percentage in their region during the 4-H/TSC Fall 2015 Paper Clover Promotion. Store employees at the Stony Point store had 40.2 percent of all transactions […]
HRHCare, one of largest federally qualified health center (FQHC) systems in the country, announced recently that it has received a $2.05 million grant from Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to prevent and control obesity, diabetes, heart disease and stroke in Rockland and Westchester Counties. The funds were distributed to HRHCare and three other healthcare providers as […]