Photo credit: Jane Zippilli Sparkles is a 1-year-old female DSH cat who came to the shelter as a stray. She has not been tested with dogs but does well with other cats and all kids. Sparkles is on the small and quiet side. She very much enjoys the company of other cats. She is also very […]
FROM DAILY VOICE GARNERVILLE, N.Y. — The North Rockland Central School District has launched a new website with the domain converted to Google. It can now be reached at “northrockland.org.” The transition to Google Apps for Education, which is free, works on a range of devices and allows for collaboration among District students and staff, […]
BY JERRY DONNELLAN Veterans Service Agency of Rockland County As a kid in Nyack right after WWII, we used to watch the Memorial Day parades go by. Right up in front were the WWII veterans in their 20s and full of pride in crisp, new uniforms. In the next echelon were the WWI vets not quite as […]
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 […]