Today’s Students Tomorrow’s Teachers (TSTT), One of Nation’s Leading Teacher Diversity Mentoring Programs, and Dominican College Announce Partnership

Today’s Students Tomorrow’s Teachers (TSTT), One of Nation’s Leading Teacher Diversity Mentoring Programs, and Dominican College Announce Partnership

Latest Alliance in TSTT’s 25-Year History Will Help Expand Pipeline of Students of Color to Pursue Teaching Professions WHITE PLAINS AND ORANGEBURG, NY (FEBRUARY 28, 2020) Sharing the commitment to expand a pipeline of students of color to pursue teaching professions, White Plains-based Today’s Students Tomorrow’s Teachers (TSTT) , one the nation’s leading teacher diversity […]

“Hope Not Handcuffs” Program Launched in Ramapo

“Hope Not Handcuffs” Program Launched in Ramapo

SUFFERN, NY – On Friday February 28, 2020, Ramapo Supervisor Michael Specht, Ramapo Police Chief Brad Weidel, Ramapo Sgt. Christopher Youngman, and members of “Hope Not Handcuffs” announced the launch of the Hope Not Handcuffs program in the Town of Ramapo. Hope Not Handcuffs-Hudson Valley, a program of the Tri-County Community Partnership Inc., is aimed […]

Al Samuels Responds to RC Legislature re: Holtec

Al Samuels Responds to RC Legislature re: Holtec

To the Editor, This past week, some members of the Rockland County Legislature wrote a letter to a federal regulator in Washington opposing the sale of Indian Point from its current owner, Entergy, to a company, Holtec, that specializes in the dismantling of nuclear power plants. The legislators (none of whom, to the best of […]

5th Grade Students Invited to Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day By Participating in the Earth Day Essay & Poster Contest

5th Grade Students Invited to Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day By Participating in the Earth Day Essay & Poster Contest

County Executive Ed Day and the Rockland County Environmental Management Council, an umbrella organization of the Rockland County Division of Environmental Resources, are please to host the 29th Annual Eleanor Burlingham 5th Grade Earth Day Essay & Poster Contest. Starting March 1st, 2020, New York State will ban single use plastic bags from retail stores. […]

STAC SOFTBALL HOPES TO SUSTAIN ITS MOMENTUM IN 2020

STAC SOFTBALL HOPES TO SUSTAIN ITS MOMENTUM IN 2020

SPARKILL, N.Y. – The Lady Spartans have made winning a habit in the last 10 months and Head Coach Kristen Sullivan plans to keep it going in 2020. Sullivan and her Lady Spartans head into the season with plenty of optimism. Last spring, the Spartans logged the program’s finest season ever when they won a […]

County Executive’s Corner: “We Are Ready”

County Executive’s Corner: “We Are Ready”

By County Executive Ed Day For nearly 12 months the Rockland County Department of Health battled one of the most infectious diseases on this planet and brought it’s spread to a screeching halt. Our experience with the measles outbreak was extensive. The Health Department contacted thousands of individuals as part of their disease investigations and […]