By Dylan Bestler The St. Thomas Aquinas College men’s track and field team won the East Coast Conference championship on Saturday, defeating two-time defending champions Roberts Wesleyan University, outscoring them 200-184. The team consists of a lot of former Rockland County track and field athletes, including many that contributed many points to the team, earning […]
PRESS RELEASE– County Executive Ed Day last week dedicated a serviceberry tree at Kennedy-Dells County Park in honor of Suffern resident John LaPlaca, recipient of this year’s County Executive’s Outstanding Environmental Volunteer Award. For the past 25 years, LaPlaca has been cleaning up Rockland County. His first cleanups started when he was a Boy Scout and […]
You & your family are invited to join us this Saturday, April 29 for Little Ivy Academy’s Discover Summer, Camp FunDay. You can have a coffee, meet Little Ivy’s director & camp staff. Your kids can. . . Film a Digital Special Effect . . Invent an Electronic Smart Gadget. . Build & Program Robots. […]
BY KATHY KAHN STONY POINT – Colleen Woods, a Stony Point resident and former North Rockland School District employee, was having a wonderful life until doctors broke the news to her about her inexplicable health concerns: It was non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. Colleen’s brother, Tim Duffy, is an active member of the Stony Point Fire Department and […]
By Barry Warner Holocaust Remembrance Day, which took place on Monday April 24, 2017 commemorated the 6 million Jews who perished along with other victims targeted by Hitler and the Nazis, plus the heroism of the survivors and rescuers. The mission of the Holocaust Museum & Center for Tolerance and Education at Rockland Community College […]
In many cases, the process of adopting a child takes years. While the wait is certainly frustrating, most parents believe it was a small price to pay for an addition to their family. However, one couple is expressing grief after waiting years and paying thousands for an adoption, only to find out that the adoption […]