This year Rockland Center for the Arts (RoCA) has joined forces with the Martin Luther King Multi-Purpose Center and Emotions Physical Theatre to bring free dance classes to the youth of Spring Valley. RoCA is offering these free eight week long classes to introduce students (ages 12-17) to the fundamentals of modern and contemporary dance. The students are required […]
By County Executive Ed Day This week I took another logical step in dealing with our measles outbreak; I asked for the Federal government’s help in preventing the next outbreak we might face. As many of you know, our outbreak began last October when seven travelers from overseas visited Rockland while they were infected with […]
More Than 200 Children and Families Attended Ramapo’s First Ever Community Spring Clean-Up Event Ramapo, New York – The Town of Ramapo announced it partnered with Keep Rockland Beautiful for its first ever spring community clean-up event. More than 200 children and families attended cleanups in the Bates neighborhood off College Road as well as […]
BY KEITH SHIKOWITZ April showers bring May flowers and the nice weather that follows brings with it all of the repair work and projects that need to be done after a long winter. One request for some after winter work came from John Dano of Kennedy Drive, that the old Verizon poles in Samsondale be […]
By Barry Warner O&R supports science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education through classroom projects and professional development for teachers. Grants of up to $1,000 were awarded to 35 Rockland County educators (65 in all from O&R’s service territory) at schools from pre-K to 12th grade on Wednesday May 15th, 2019. Any creative classroom project […]
PRESS RELEASE FROM SENATOR CARLUCCI Senator David Carlucci (D-Rockland/Westchester) passed legislation (S.3788A [2]) in the New York State Senate Wednesday, banning the sale of crib bumper pads in New York. The legislation also restricts their use at daycare facilitates. If a manufacturer, importer, distributor, wholesaler, retailer or secondhand dealer is caught selling crib bumper pads, then they can be fined […]