By Brandon Gubitosa Moving away from home for the first time is always scary. There is no one to tell you when to eat, do your laundry, clean your room up or make sure your room is cleaned. Everything is on your own terms for once. Whether it is ordering dominoes at 3 A.M. or […]
By Vincent Abbatecola I’m sure you remember the first time you watched director Arthur Penn’s 1967 crime classic, “Bonnie and Clyde.” With the story of the two famous outlaws, played by Faye Dunaway and Warren Beaty, we were transported back to the era of the Great Depression as two fugitives fell in love and robbed […]
By Barry Warner This summer, Martin D. Cox took command of the Clarkstown schools, Rockland’s largest K-12 district consisting of 8,000 students dispersed across nine elementary schools, one middle school and two high schools. He has spent over a decade in leadership positions, most recently serving as Superintendent of the Sodus Central School District in […]
A Concussion Education Seminar will be held at Tappan Zee High School, 15 Dutch Hill Rd., Orangeburg, August 31 at 7 p.m. It is free and open to the public. State Sen. David Carlucci will be hosting and two concussion experts from Bon Secours Charity Health System will be presenting information. The seminar is titled […]
At its recent annual meeting in Greensboro, North Carolina, the National School Transportation Association (NSTA) presented awards to individuals and companies for achieving excellence within the school bus industry. Top among the honors, The Trans Group received the first ever company-wide Gold Certification from the NSTA’s Green School Bus Fleet Certification Program — an award […]
Negotiators from the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrilla group made a historic announcement on the evening of Wednesday, August 24. After 54 months of exploratory and formal negotiations in Havana, Cuba, they have reached an agreement to end an armed conflict that began in 1964. That conflict has killed […]