April 30 deadline looms BY KATHY KAHN Phillip Mathangani, whose parents immigrated from Kenya and settled in Rockland County, watched their son thrive in the North Rockland School District—in Phillip’s free time, he volunteered in his church and the community. The 2006 NRSD student graduated The University of Pennsylvania and went on to a career […]
COUNTY PRESS RELEASE Rockland County officials met with Chinese representatives this week to discuss closer economic ties. Deputy County Executive Guillermo Rosa and Rockland Director of Tourism and Economic Growth Lucy Redzeposki hosted a meeting at the Finkelstein Library in Spring Valley with the America Beijing Chamber of Commerce. Man Li Lin of the U.S. […]
At this week’s Haverstraw Town Board meeting, three North Rockland High School Thomas F.X. Casey Social Studies Honor Society students presented their Rockland County championship winning “Haverstraw Landslide” project to the Town Board and all in attendance at the meeting. The winning students are Emily Morgese, William Babcock and Carter Smith. Their project came in […]
PRESS RELEASE–Â County Executive Ed Day last week dedicated a serviceberry tree at Kennedy-Dells County Park in honor of Suffern resident John LaPlaca, recipient of this year’s County Executive’s Outstanding Environmental Volunteer Award. For the past 25 years, LaPlaca has been cleaning up Rockland County. His first cleanups started when he was a Boy Scout and […]
By Barry Warner Holocaust Remembrance Day, which took place on Monday April 24, 2017 commemorated the 6 million Jews who perished along with other victims targeted by Hitler and the Nazis, plus the heroism of the survivors and rescuers. The mission of the Holocaust Museum & Center for Tolerance and Education at Rockland Community College […]
BY KATHY KAHN STONY POINT – Colleen Woods, a Stony Point resident and former North Rockland School District employee, was having a wonderful life until doctors broke the news to her about her inexplicable health concerns: It was  non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. Colleen’s brother, Tim Duffy, is an active member of the Stony Point Fire Department and […]