From the Office of Senator David Carlucci NEW CITY– As efforts to improve the schools in the East Ramapo District continue, Senator David Carlucci (D-Rockland/Westchester) announced he has secured $70,000 of State funds to rebuild the playground at Summit Park Elementary School. “Rebuilding the playground at Summit Park Elementary School will help the teachers and […]
On May 15, Tappan Zee High School Principal Jennifer Amos formally announced that Samuel Gould is the Class of 2017 valedictorian and David Lustigis salutatorian. A National Merit Scholarship winner, Gould has served as captain of the tennis and soccer teams, president of Model UN and Academic League, and editor-in-chief of Tapress, while excelling in the […]
SUEZ will expand its annual Lake DeForest Day on Saturday, June 10 by adding a youth fishing derby, adding more time for kayaking and permitting residents to launch privately owned kayaks and canoes. More than 400 kayakers, canoers and fishing derby contestants are expected to participate at the reservoir in West Nyack, N.Y. “Lake DeForest […]
BY KATHY KAHN What began as a New Year’s Eve party with over 200 underage drinkers in an upscale Orange County home ended on January 1, 2017 with a young volunteer fireman, Justin Speights, dead from knife wounds received when trying to break up a fight. Speights was trying to calm things down when Jauntae […]
BY BARRY WARNER Rockland Road Runners is an organization for runners in and around Rockland County. Its mission is to promote fitness, friendship, competition and charity events. Since its inception 26 years ago, more than $200,000 has been donated to local charities and thousands of participants have been drawn to its five annual races. “ […]
PRESS RELEASE – County officials including Rockland County Executive Ed Day attended this year’s Rockland County Nurse Recognition Day ceremony on May 11 as part of the nationwide Nurse Recognition Week. “Nurses are the backbone of our health care system,” Day said. “We can’t thank them enough for the work they do.” Other […]