BY MICHAEL RICONDA In a victory for critics of the controversial East Ramapo Central School District, the state Supreme Court ruled on December 30 that the District’s prior placement of special needs children in private religious schools was illegal and had to be discontinued. In his ruling, Justice Michael Melkonian concluded the school district was […]
Meet Abracadabra. Only a short time ago, this sweet kitten had eyes that were very red and swollen, a really horrible sight. For months she suffered with a painful condition called entropion, where the eyelids turn in. Finally, circumstances were right to have an operation to correct the problem. Now healed, this lovable kitty languishes […]
The Stony Point Ambulance Corps has been awarded a $10,000 Safety Responder’s Grant from the Entergy Corporation’s Charitable Foundation. The money received from the grant will be used to partially fund the purchase of much needed supplies, uniforms, equipment, and training for the Corps. “The Stony Point Ambulance Corps truly appreciates the funding from the […]
During Tuesday’s snow storm at approximately 4:35 p.m. a driver careened off snowy College Road at its intersection with Viola Road in Ramapo and ran into a fire hydrant, causing a 25 foot high explosive stream of water. As you can imagine, the frosty temps immediately turned the burst hydrant into an ice machine, and […]
BY BARRY WARNER On Sunday, January 12, 2014, Suffern High School hosted the FIRST Tech Challenge Lower Hudson Valley Regional Qualifying Robotics Championship that was free and open to the public. Twenty-one teams comprised of students in grades seven to 12, applied math and engineering skills to build and program robots that competed head-to-head. At […]
In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we present this amazing document from 1956, detailing MLK’s strategy of non-violence and appeal to justice and righteousness in seeking to desegregate Montgomery buses.