The Women’s Enterprise Development Center recently awarded five grants of $5,000 each and five grants of $4,000 each to promising female entrepreneurs in Westchester, Fairfield, and Rockland Counties. The annual award is open to students and alumni of the WEDC 15-week entrepreneurial program, who are currently running a business and submit a business plan for review. The awards were officially announced […]
North Rockland High School holds 2012 commencement BY MICHAEL RICONDA North Rockland High School celebrated the graduation of its Senior Class of 2012, holding its annual commencement ceremony at Rockland Community College at 3 p.m. on Friday, June 22. Hundreds of graduating seniors, their friends, and their families attended the ceremony. In total, 631 seniors […]
St. Dominic School in Blauvelt bid farewell to seven of its eighth-grade students and one in 10th-grade in a touching and emotional graduation ceremony in the school’s gym on Thursday, June 14. The gym was packed with parents, family members, friends and St. Dominic’s School staff and Saint Dominic’s Home senior management. Operated by the […]
BY SARA GILBERT The Town of Haverstraw board met Monday, June 25 to present three local families with checks from the 3-mile Fun Run and discuss purchases, the town’s audit and residents’ concerns. Once the pledge of allegiance was recited, roll call was taken, and adoption of the June 11 meeting was passed, Supervisor Howard […]
Cigarette wars light up as Philip Morris leads coalition of seven tobacco companies and the NY Association of Convenience Stores in lawsuit against Village of Haverstraw Rockland County Times Earlier this year, the Village of Haverstraw, working with POW’R Against Tobacco, took the unprecedented step of banning retail displays of cigarette products in their stores, […]
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced that the New York State Thruway Authority has completed a sale of long-term bonds, raising $1.1 billion for the Authority so it can move forward with capital projects across the state, including the Tappan Zee Bridge. “The Thruway Authority has taken important steps to save costs and put in place […]