Fund would provide approximately $60 million annually for full-day Kindergarten across New York State PRESS RELEASE Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeff Klein (D-Bronx/Westchester) and State Senator David Carlucci (D-Rockland) joined NYSUT members, and local parents and children on Thursday, to call for the creation of a Kindergarten Conversion Fund from approximately $60 million in unclaimed or […]
By Joel Brown President, RHP Properties, owner/operator of Ba Mar Manufactured Home Community As the owners of the Ba Mar Manufactured Home Community in Stony Point, New York our concern in the aftermath of Super Storm Sandy more than three years ago has been with our residents. We share in their pain, and once the storm […]
The Stony Point Seals are preparing for the 17th annual Polar Plunge on Superbowl Sunday, February 7, 2016. The show begins with music and food at 10 a.m. Seals usually begin plunging into the Hudson between 1 and 1:30 p.m. Every year hundreds of the so-called “seals” jump into the icy Hudson in charitable support of […]
PRESS RELEASE FROM SVPD Spring Valley PD received a report of a person stabbed at 109 Lake Street in the village on Wednesday afternoon. The report was received at approximately 2:45 p.m. Patrols and detectives responded to the location and found a victim with multiple stab wounds to her body. The victim was a 15-year-old […]
Facilities director recommends replacing school roof BY JANIE ROSMAN Photos provided An East Ramapo School District employee allegedly sought medical attention last Friday after tending to a mold-affected classroom at Ramapo High School, the Rockland County Times learned Friday afternoon via email. “This past week, the condition of the upstairs 200 North hallway was unbearable […]
40-year PILOT agreement granted BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES s expected, the Orangetown Town Board last week granted unanimous approval to a “Payment in Lieu of taxes”, or PILOT, agreement with the Rockland Housing Action Coalition allowing the non-profit agency to construct a four-story, 33-unit apartment house in downtown Nyack for homeless […]