Release from the New York State School Boards Association Schools statewide are proposing an average tax levy increase of just 1.98 percent, the lowest in five years, according to an analysis of state property tax report card data by the New York State School Boards Association. Ninety-six percent of school districts are proposing tax levy […]
BY VLADIMIR LEON Haitian Americans are ready to have a Grand Parade of Unity this year again. Haitian Americans are inheritors of the struggle for freedom and liberty their forefathers fought in both Haiti and the United States. Haiti won a major bottle at Vertieres in November 1803 against the Napoleon’s Troops, and declared the […]
The O’Grady-Brown Memorial Scholarship Fund announces the recipients of their 2014 scholarship awards. Each recipient will receive a $1,000 award. The awards will be presented on June 7, 2014 at 10 a.m. at an awards brunch being held at the Nyack Seaport. The public is invited and tickets to the event are $25. The speaker […]
He must be psychic! Harvey Winter is the winner of the Rockland County Times “Creative Selfie” contest. His entry featured a “selfie” made to look like it was on the front page of the Rockland County Times with a headline announcing a “Wesley Hills Man” as the winner. In reality, Winter had cut out the […]
United Way chose Homes For Heroes for their Day of Caring and enlisted the brute strength of St. Thomas Aquinas College’s Varsity Basketball Team to get the job done. The STAC students spent a day volunteering getting the old Camp Shanks Army buildings in shape for new uses for American war veterans. St. Thomas Aquinas […]
BY ROCKLAND COUNTY EXECUTIVE ED DAY I shared my lunchtime on Monday with two extraordinary young women. Lauren Shields of Stony Point is 14. A heart transplant saved her life five years ago. Malkie Brandler of Spring Valley is 21. She is hoping to receive the gift of a new heart later this spring. As […]