Two hundred members of the New York Guard, the state’s volunteer state defense force, are conducting their week-long annual training at Camp Smith Training Site August 6-12. The New York Guard is a force of 500 uniformed volunteers, organized as a military unit, who augment the New York National Guard during state emergencies. They provide administrative […]
Alto saxophone player and Rockland County native Samuel Hart has been announced as a recipient of a full-tuition grant from Berklee College of Music’s Global Jazz Institute. This grant will be given to 20 selected students representing various states and countries starting in Fall 2017. The Global Jazz Master’s program consists of advanced instrumentalists and […]
Announcement from Town of Haverstraw PD The Fall class of the North Rockland Youth Police Academy will be starting soon. Anyone who knows a high school aged student (9-12 grade) who might be interested, please contact Detective Spatta at 845-354-8972 for more information. The only requirement is the student must live in either the Town […]
BY BRIAN EDSALL On July 14, Monsey native J.R. Rothstein received a Fulbright award from the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. The Fulbright Program was established in 1946 introduced by then-Senator J. William Fulbright of Arkansas. His program drew strength from the U.S.’s national commitment to develop post-war […]
This September, the 47 member libraries of the Ramapo Catskill Library System (RCLS) are joining with the American Library Association and libraries nationwide for Library Card Sign-up Month, an initiative to make sure that every student has the most important school supply of all – a free library card. “A library card opens doors and […]
NEW CITY, NY – Rockland County Executive Ed Day announced today that the county is taking legal action against pharmaceutical companies that made and sold prescription opioids that contributed to the epidemic of abuse. “This opioid epidemic is exacting a huge toll on Rockland County both in terms of lives lost and the cost of […]