BY CAROL MCILMURRAY Tuesday night over 300 residents came to support Ramapo Central School District’s (RCSD) decision to limit funding for private school busing to one arrival time and one dismissal time. The rural village of Hillburn, tucked between Sloatsburg and the New York State Thruway, had its small streets lined with cars on several […]
Senator Bill Larkin (R,C,I-39th District) will present a $250,000 check to Rockland Community College as part of an announcement that he has secured a $250,000 State and Municipal (SAM) funding grant to help make needed renovations and improvements to RCC’s Fieldhouse. The grant funding secured by Senator Larkin will go toward fully renovating the locker […]
BY KATHY KAHN The times, they are a changin’….and some of Ramapo’s northernmost residents aren’t happy about it. The New York State Thruway, the downfall of the historic Red Apple Rest, also made going through the villages of Sloatsburg, Tuxedo and Southfields unnecessary for Catskill-bound travelers who used old Route 17 to get there. Many […]
SUBMITTED BY STEPHANIE GATES Rockland officials announced this week that there is a known cousin to the Zika Virus-carrying mosquito living in the Rockland County and New York City Area. This cousin is not known to carry the virus but the Department of Health of Health is urging residents to take precautions against mosquitos. With […]
WEST NYACK, NY — Rockland BOCES wrapped up its 55th year of serving the community this month with a series of graduation and completion ceremonies celebrating the achievements of more than 1,000 youth and adult learners. “We are so proud of what our students have accomplished this year,” said Rockland BOCES Chief Operating Officer Mary […]
BY STEPHANIE GATES So-called “vape culture” is sweeping through the youth of the nation with very little regulation of how vape smoke is made and even less research into its effects on human beings. Electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS), otherwise known as e-cigarettes, vape pens, hookah pens, or vape mods, can be used to smoke […]