LOCAL ANIMAL SHELTER HOLDS SPECIAL CAT ADOPT-A-THON

LOCAL ANIMAL SHELTER HOLDS SPECIAL CAT ADOPT-A-THON

  Save The Animals Rescue Team II is holding a special adoption event from now until the last one is adopted.  This special adopt-a-thon event consists of cats ranging from 1-year and older, which includes spay/neuter, all shots and includes Leukemia and Aids testing for only $50.  Our furry guests range from boys and girls, black & […]

SUNY Chancellor Dr. Kristina M. Johnson visits RCC

SUNY Chancellor Dr. Kristina M. Johnson visits RCC

BY JOE KUHN Rockland Community College received a welcome visitor last Tuesday when Dr. Kristina M. Johnson, the 13th chancellor of the State University of New York, toured the campus and met with students, faculty and the school’s president, Dr. Michael Baston. The chancellor was “very impressed” during her first ever visit to the “beautiful” […]

BOCES teacher assistant arrest for bringing handgun on campus

BOCES teacher assistant arrest for bringing handgun on campus

Clarkstown Police were called to the Jesse J. Kaplan School at 9 a.m. last Wednesday when a loaded firearm was discovered on the BOCES school grounds. The weapon, a 9-millimeter Ruger, belonged to Gillian L. Jeffords, a 24-year-old teacher’s aide and licensed gun owner. The gun was found by a fellow staff member who noticed the weapon inside of […]

“Boatel” added to plans for Eagle Bay condo development

“Boatel” added to plans for Eagle Bay condo development

STORY AND PHOTOS BY KATHY KAHN After years of promising to develop his Stony Point Marina into a condominium project with public access to the waterfront, longtime owner Wayne Corts sold it last year to Eli Hershkowitz for an undisclosed amount. Hershkowitz’s representatives on March 22 attended the first of many public hearings by the Town’s […]