A new five-year, $1.1 million U.S. Department of Education TRIO Student Support Services (TRIO) Program grant has been awarded to Rockland Community College to assist 140 “underserved” students in the successful completion of their postsecondary education. “Higher education opens the door to greater economic opportunity,” said U.S. Rep. Nita Lowey, D-Rockland and Westchester. “These federal investments will help […]
Plans to expand existing pipeline next to Indian Point being aggressively fought BY KATHY KAHN The Federal Energy Regulatory Committee on July 29 gave the go-ahead to Spectra Energy to start expanding its compressor station in Stony Point, adding two new ones and upgrading the existing compressor station, much to the chagrin of some residents. […]
Privatization Possible for Blue Hill BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES Officials in Orangetown are busy over the summer holidays reviewing several bids the town received in response to its requests for offers from private operators to take over the administration of its Blue Hill Golf Course in Pearl River. Orangetown was the […]
New Square mayor dies at 91 Mates Friesel, the first and only mayor of the Hasidic enclave of New Square, died on August 1 at the age of 91. Friesel had been mayor since the Village of New Square was incorporated in 1961, maintaining the role until his last two-year term in November 2013. Friesel, […]
BY BARRY WARNER Learning, planning and executing strategies for the upcoming school year happens throughout the summer months. Newly appointed School Superintendent Dr. Robert R. Pritchard told the Rockland County Times that “all buildings in the district must have the capacity to deliver wireless capabilities. “LATI” or Learning Active Technology Infused Classrooms use problem-based 21st […]
BY JANIE ROSMAN East Ramapo school board president Yehuda Weissmandl removed his headset as Luis Nivelo was speaking, a move that was not unnoticed by the more than 200 people at Chestnut Ridge Middle School Tuesday night. Neither state monitor Dennis Walcott nor Dr. Monica George-Fields, a member of his new monitoring team, removed theirs. […]
