Week-long residence program includes lectures, field trips The SUEZ Leadership Institute for Environmental Studies at St. Thomas Aquinas College kicked off Sunday and will continue through Friday. Thirty high school and college students from across the region will experience an in-depth program curriculum studying water, the environment, energy, climate change and sustainability. A three-year, $150,000 grant from the […]
NEW CITY, NY – A citation for numerous violations of the Rockland County Sanitary Code has been issued to the owners of a Spring Valley house that was heavily damaged by fire this week, according to Rockland County Executive Ed Day. The Rockland County Department of Health inspected the home at 42 Prospect Street  hours […]
BY DR. LOUIS ALPERT Ombudsman The Town of Clarkstown has a proud history, which often included innovations that were unique to Rockland County. One such innovation was their creation of a Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB) back in the 1990s. This Ombudsman was appointed by the Clarkstown Town Board to this first “CCRB” and […]
BY BARRY WARNER Rockland County Fire Explorer Post 44 at the Fire Training Center in Pomona is a program for youngsters between the ages of 14 and 21. It simulates situations that are experienced in the fire services of the United States. The drills consist of various training scenarios ranging from first aid to structure […]
The Rockland County Volunteer Firefighters’ Association held its annual scholarship night July 14 by awarding three $1,500 scholarships at the Hillcrest firehouse on Route 45 in Hillcrest. The applicants had to be sons, daughters, grandsons or grandaughters of an RCVFA member. The scholarships are named for RCVFA past president Stuart Gates who presented the […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE Creekside Sculpture Trail Performance at Garner Arts Center, Thursday, July 27 from 7-9 p.m. by Jill Hartman of Beacon on guitar. It will be at Frank Welles Gallery in Nyack. Jill is said to have a unique and immediately identifiable style of her own. Pack a picnic dinner and bring blankets or chairs […]
