TIMELINES 4/3/14

Discrimination suit filed by New City Muslim goes to court Mushtaq Ahmad, a former chemistry teacher with the East Ramapo and Mount Vernon School Districts, stood in federal court on Monday to argue he faced discrimination in the school districts as a consequence of his ethnicity and religion. Ahmad worked in East Ramapo when he began to […]

ADOPT GRACEY

A 2-year old female Terrier mix, Gracey is grey and white and eye-catching adorable. She has a white tip at the end of her tail and her ears flop as she prances happily along. Friendly and playful, she has the pep and enthusiasm of a young dog. While she gets excited to exit her kennel, […]

All dolled up with nowhere to go

BY MARIA BROWNSELL The Clarkstown Police Department is doing great with supplies. They have so much high tech equipment on hand and even more arriving. This includes vehicles, generators, information boards, and more for a total of $3 million worth of equipment. About $1 million worth of additional equipment is expected to come in from […]

SOCSD MUSIC PROGRAM RECEIVES NATIONAL RECOGNITION

The NAMM Foundation that South Orangetown Central School District has been recognized as one of two districts in the county and one of the 376 school districts in the nation on the list of Best Communities for Music Education. Over 2,000 districts and schools participated in a survey last February for the 2013-2014 school year. […]

EMMETT’S TO HOST IRISH FESTIVAL

EMMETT’S TO HOST IRISH FESTIVAL

  A family afternoon social is on tap Sunday, April 13 at Emmett’s Castle, 285 Blue Hill Road, Pearl River, NY, to raise money for the new Irish cultural and heritage section of the Memorial Day Irish Festival May 24-25 in East Durham, NY. The Heritage Park brings more family oriented cultural events to the […]

If You’d Like to Help People to People, Just “Like” the Boulders!

All throughout the month of April, the Rockland Boulders, along with Active International, will make a donation to People to People, Rockland’s largest food pantry, each time someone “likes” the Rockland Boulders’ Facebook page. All you need to so is slide over to the Boulders’ Facebook page and hit “like” if you haven’t already done […]