Music Sessions @ RoCA: Finn and the Sharks

Music Sessions @ RoCA: Finn and the Sharks

March brings two amazing Music Sessions @ Rockland Center for the Arts. For the first concert Saturday, March 7, 7:30 p.m. Peter Asher (of Peter & Gordon) joins forces with Jeremy Clyde (of Chad & Jeremy) to star together in an evening of music and memories featuring songs and stories from their 60s heyday as […]

O&R DONATES $5,000 TO TAPPAN ZEE H.S. ROBOT BUILDERS; HANDS-ON COMPETITION BRINGS HIGH-TECH STUDIES TO LIFE

O&R DONATES $5,000 TO TAPPAN ZEE H.S. ROBOT BUILDERS; HANDS-ON COMPETITION BRINGS HIGH-TECH STUDIES TO LIFE

As part of its focus on STEM education development, O&R has contributed $5,000 to help support the robotics program at Tappan Zee High School in Orangeburg. Student inventors from Tappan Zee’s South Orangetown Team 6911 SoBOTZ Robotics Team are busy preparing for regional interscholastic competition later this spring on Long Island and later in Manhattan […]

Don’t legalize discrimination against people with disabilities

Don’t legalize discrimination against people with disabilities

By Kenneth E. Thorpe Imagine if the federal government treated disabled Americans as second-class citizens. It’s an appalling thought. But it could happen soon — if some special interest groups get their way. Here’s how. In numerous foreign countries, government-run healthcare systems already rely on discriminatory means to deny certain treatments to people with disabilities. […]

West Point Offers Suffern HS Running Back Clev Lubin

West Point Offers Suffern HS Running Back Clev Lubin

WEST POINT, NY – West Point (the United States Military Academy) offered Suffern (NY) junior running back and defensive end Clev Lubin last week. Lubin, a rising junior, is one of the best football players to come out of Suffern High School in a very long time. Not only does he excel on the field, […]

County Executive’s Corner: “Bravery in Action”

County Executive’s Corner: “Bravery in Action”

By County Executive Ed Day Rockland County is truly blessed to have such a strong local tradition of volunteerism. Not only do volunteers in the fire and emergency services risk their lives on a daily basis to keep us safe but they are some of the most highly trained individuals I have ever met. Our […]