North Rockland parents rally for full-day kindergarten

BY SAMANTHA MERCADO In November of this year a group of concerned parents and community members decided that something should be done about North Rockland’s full day kindergarten issue, or lack there of. The North Rockland full day kindergarten advocates have garnered considerable support in the North Rockland community in order to start their children […]

Operative who worked for Orange and Rockland County GOP pols arraigned on grand larceny charges

From www.midhudsonnews.com GOSHEN – Former Orange County Republican political operative Carmen Dubaldi, Jr. was arraigned on Wednesday and faces three counts of felony grand larceny. Dubaldi, a former New Windsor Town GOP chairman and former campaign treasurer to four politicians, all of whom represented Orange County and two of whom also represented Rockland County – […]

BRABENEC: COMMON CORE, ETHICS REFORM IMMEDIATE CONCERNS ENTERING 2016 SESSION

LEGISLATIVE PRESS RELEASE With the 2016 Legislative Session officially commencing Wednesday, Assemblyman Karl Brabenec (R,C,I-Deerpark) has outlined his list of top priorities that build on the accomplishments from his first year in office. Brabenec has been an outspoken opponent of the implementation of Common Core since his election in 2014, and said he will continue […]

12 QUIT SMOKING TIPS FOR THE NEW YEAR

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT FROM COUNTY HEALTH DEPT. Rockland County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert encourage residents to consider these 12 tried and true tips, from the Health Department’s Put It Out Rockland Quit Smoking Program, to help you quit for the New Year: Don’t let fear stop you: Every smoker knows the fear that […]

SENATOR LARKIN’S VIEW ON OUTSIDE INCOME LEGISLATION

Op-ed by State Senator William Larkin (R, C – Cornwall-on-the-Hudson) Public service is a laudable field, and we should do everything possible to ensure that civic-minded, community-oriented men and women have the opportunity and ability to serve. Part of service is having a code of conduct, a sense of justice and abiding the highest ethical […]