BY JOE KUHN At Tuesday’s County Legislature meeting the floor was opened for public discourse on the special order of the day; a vote on two amendments to the Laws of Rockland County, both of them intended to aid local veterans. The first proposed law was an amendment to Article XV11, which would indefinitely extend an […]
For a White House often accused of being divisive, President Trump may yet bring warring parties together on a major initiative that few voters will oppose. In his ‘State of the Union’ address last month, the president declared a major priority of his administration will be the rebuilding of America’s crumbling infrastructure. Offering free ice […]
Muhlenberg College student Valerie Weisler of New City is one of the 10 recipients of L’Oreal Paris’ 2017 Women of Worth awards. The college sophomore will receive $10,000 to support her teen-empowerment organization, The Validation Project. Weisler says The Validation Project is focused on “showing teens that they have worth.” That’s been her focus since […]
Our Communities Against Drug Abuse (OCADA) of the Nyacks and Valley Cottage will hold an event March 15, 6:30 p.m. at the Nyack Center that will cut against the societal trend toward acceptance of recreational use of marijuana, especially among the young. The free event for parents and teens “Shattering the Myths: Marijuana and the Teenage Brain,” […]
She’s dark, she’s dangerous, she’s RCT humor columnist Ella Steinbeck BY ELLA STEINBECK RCT humor columnist I once lived in Las Vegas. Yes. People actually live there on purpose. I had gone there on vacation for New Year’s Eve and moved there six months later. I had expected to go one time, check it out, and […]
Rhonda VanAntwerp was recently appointed as the new assistant director of corporate and foundation relations at St. Thomas Aquinas College, announced Karen Wright, vice president for institutional advancement at the college. As assistant director of corporate and foundation relations, VanAntwerp is responsible for the identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of private foundations and corporate grants […]