Rockland County Legislators Aron Wieder (D), Itamar Yeger (D) and Phil Soskin (D) have commended Assemblyman Kenneth Zebrowski and Senator Elijah Reichlin-Melnick for introducing a bill to the state senate which would allow any school district in Rockland to create wards for school board elections. “We want to commend Assemblyman Zebrowski and Senator Reichlin-Melnick […]
By: Joe Kuhn County Executive Ed Day has issued a State of Emergency banning travel on all county and local roads for all but essential business, which began at 6:00 AM Monday morning. Executive Day’s ban precedes similar measures from Governor Andrew Cuomo who has locked down most of southern New York […]
During the past eleven months the food pantries and feeding programs throughout Rockland have seen an overwhelming increase in the amount of people that need assistance with food. Many have reported serving triple the amount of people since the pandemic started, as well as hundreds of new families. In response to this crisis, the […]
By Kathy Kahn “Let Them Play” has been the rallying cry across New York for many months as students, parents, teachers and school administrators continue to grapple with ever-changing rules and executive orders that put the brakes on almost every sport played. Back on Jan 13, Assemblymen Colin Schmitt and newly elected Assemblyman Mike […]
By: Jennifer Korn With the ERCSD (East Ramapo Central School District) board elections underway, the NYWFP (New York Working Families Party) has announced its endorsement of five community activists and public school parents. “It’s high time East Ramapo students have community-rooted champions like these five women on the school board,” said NYWFP State Director Sochie […]
Tuwanna Anderson understands the horrors of gun violence. On Feb 14, 2010, Tuwanna, who became a mother at the age of 14, lost her firstborn son, Malik James, in a tragic shooting that redefined her existence. Wrought with pain and devastated by her loss, she grappled, with depression and struggled to find meaning in her […]