Center for Safety & Change offers multi-lingual, multi-cultural programs and services to the many diverse populations of Rockland County, including “PROJECT TIKVAH,” a program for Orthodox Jewish women. Since it began in 1994, PROJECT TIKVAH has been serving the needs of clients in the Orthodox Community in a myriad of ways. Center advocate and Coordinator […]
The big questions buzzing over Boston Bombers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev have a single answer: It emerged in the 102 tense hours between the twin Boston Marathon bombings Monday, April 15 – which left three dead, 180 injured and a police officer killed at MIT – and Dzohkhar’s capture Friday, April 19 in Watertown. The […]
ALBANY – Job growth in the Ulster County metropolitan area for the year ending in March grew by almost three percent, the highest of any county in the region. The State Labor Department Thursday said that 2.9 percent growth is contrasted by the continued weak showing of Sullivan County, which lost 1.1 percent of […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA The Rockland Water Coalition hosted an occasionally heated debate between candidates for county executive on the evening of April 18, covering issues ranging from United Water’s proposed desalination plant in Haverstraw to the continued issues surrounding Indian Point. The debate had five participants: Suffern mayor Dagan LaCorte, County Legislator Ilan Schoenberger, former […]
Re: The Truth About the County’s Capital Project Budget for Parks Dear Mr. Potanavic, Thank you for inviting me and my fellow candidates to last night’s debate, and for giving us the opportunity to present our views to an involved public who cares so much about the environmental issues that affect all of us. It […]
BLAUVELT – Varsity athletes from St. Thomas Aquinas College got a workout painting rooms at St. Dominic’s School in Blauvelt as part of United Way’s “Day of Caring” on April 12. Operated by nonprofit Saint Dominic’s Home, the K to 12th grade day school meets the personal growth, educational and academic needs of children with […]