ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES The Town of Clarkstown will be holding its annual Town Board “Reorganization” meeting on Monday, January 4, 2016 in the Town Hall Auditorium. At the event, Supervisor–elect George Hoehmann, the 45th supervisor of the Town of Clarkstown, will deliver his inaugural address, where he will discuss his vision for 2016. Hoehmann told […]
BY JANIE ROSMAN PHOTOS PROVIDED Carolynne Bayer’s fourth-grade classes at Elmwood Elementary School participated in “Wreaths Across America” for the first time this December. The program, which honors veterans, describes its mission as: “Remember, Honor, Teach.” This is carried out in part by coordinating wreath laying ceremonies a specified Saturday in December at Arlington National […]
BY BARRY WARNER Games or challenges can stimulate students’ natural drive to problem-solve. Each challenge in Dr. Cortney Malandra’s third grade class at Cherry Lane Elementary in Suffern was designed to immerse the participants in the experience as they raced against the clock before time expired. In challenge number one, students had to ‘skip count […]
BY JANIE ROSMAN PHOTOS CREDIT LEE ROSS These aerial photos taken in 2013 and 2015 show how Tappan Zee Bridge project activities have caused the resuspension of bottom sediments, causing plumes of turbid water, in visible contrast to the natural conditions of the Hudson River estuary. Watchdog group Riverkeeper, Inc. put the Thruway Authority and […]
BY CAROL MCILMURRAY NEW CITY-County Legislature Aron Wieder(D-Spring Valley) resigned as majority leader to dedicate himself to fighting NYS-appointed E. Ramapo monitor Dennis Walcott and his three-person team’s recent 19 recommendations to overhaul East Ramapo school district oversight on Thursday, Dec 17. Wieder, former E. Ramapo school board president and a leader in the close-knit […]
The Stony Point Seals, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, is preparing for its 17th annual Polar Plunge on Superbowl Sunday, February 7, 2016. Every year hundreds of “seals” jump into the icy Hudson River in support of children suffering from serious illness. This year’s charitable recipients are Gabrielle DiCarlo and Vincent Fornzo. Gabrielle was diagnosed with […]