The Ramapo Town Clerk’s Office made a regrettable error when sending out news that the Town Board had decided to cancel its next eight scheduled public meetings. Instead of referring the Acting Supervisor Yitzy Ullman, the clerk used the pre-existent template referring to longtime former Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence, deposed from his post following a conviction […]
Event is free and open to the public RAMAPO – A former NBA player who lost his career—and nearly his life—to drug addiction will share his story on October 4 at Rockland Community College. The public is invited to hear Chris Herren’s remarkable tale of addiction and recovery at this special free event. Rebound: The […]
By Rockland County Executive Ed Day Next month marks an anniversary that I can’t believe we are reaching: Two years since I presented to the Legislature a budget that included the sale of the Sain building. The Legislature approved that budget. Yet the Sain building remains unsold despite a willing and well financed buyer who […]
COUNTY PRESS RELEASE– Rockland County was able to gain agreements from NJ Transit and Metro-North after expressing frustration with lack of notice and limited options for commuters during scheduled repair work, County Executive Ed Day said. “Due to our efforts, Rockland commuters who use the rails will now have more options during this maintenance project,” Day […]
Breaking News From MIT BY DR. LOUIS ALPERT With the approval of David Rotman, editor of the MIT Technology Review, this week’s Ombudsman’s Alert will quote directly from an article featured in the Sept/Oct issue of this MIT publication. I will begin this column by first quoting Dr. George Daley, a stem-cell biologist, who recently became […]
STORY BY JANIE ROSMAN Rockland Center for the Arts’ new Executive Director Daly Flanagan is using her arts background and experience as its school director to bring new initiatives to her new role at the Center, currently celebrating 70 years. Daly hopes to continue the Center’s outstanding track record of creating programs in response to […]