BY DIANE DIMOND This is the time of year parents start worrying about back-to-school things. For those parents with college-aged kids who will soon go off to live by themselves, here’s an extra bit of preparation to think about. You may not realize it, but police departments across the country, especially those near colleges and […]
Dear North Rockland Central School District Families and Staff, Given recent local and national new headlines regarding elevated lead levels in municipal and school water supplies, the North Rockland Central School District decided to move quickly to test our water supply to ensure that our students and faculty are provided with safe drinking water In […]
By Rockland County Executive Ed Day Many of you already know that the Rockland Department of Health declared a Stage II water emergency last week and put in place water restrictions limiting how often lawns can be watered, among other water-saving steps. Since then, we’ve gotten a little rain, but not enough. We are hoping […]
BY DIANE DIMOND Among America’s massive workforce are some 900,000 citizens who head out the door every day knowing they could wind up dead. Can you imagine having a job like that? These 900,000 are state and local law enforcement officers, the front line we Americans have to keep us safe. Fewer than 1 million […]
BY DIANE DIMOND Everyone knows teenagers say and do stupid things. Sometimes, really stupid things. And unless you’ve kept the teenager in your life under a rock, they also text each other way too much. AÂ criminal case in Massachusetts highlights how both those behaviors –thoughtless actions and texting out every thought in one’s head — […]
By Rockland County Executive Ed Day There is one relatively easy way to help diffuse the tensions we see across the nation between police and the communities they serve: encourage communities to become the police. Integrating the community into the police force is a key to successful community policing. Here is Rockland, residents now have […]