The East Ramapo School Board and its allies have launched a campaign to challenge the formula for state aid as it effects East Ramapo District. They claim the district receives less funds than it should and is categorized as “affluent” even though it is lower income. The district has 9,000 public school students and 22,000 private school students. The board […]
Send a creative “selfie” featuring you holding the Rockland County Times to editor@rocklandcountytimes.com. First three entries get a six month home subscription for free! The best selfie/RCT shot will win a free month of kickboxing at Tiger Schulmann’s MMA in Nanuet, free lunch from Tre Amici, Nanuet and a one-year home subscription to Rockland County Times. Our […]
A CarFit event, which offers older adults the opportunity to check how well their personal vehicles “fit” them, will take place at Helen Hayes Hospital on Saturday May 17, 2014 from 9 a.m. to noon. CarFit is a nationwide educational program created by the American Society on Aging and developed in collaboration with AAA (American […]
BY JANIE ROSMAN A packed Village Hall greeted Betsy Blair of the DEC and Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve, and Ed McGowan of the NYS Parks-PIPC last week when residents confronted them about the state’s plans for environmental remediation projects in the Piermont Marsh. During the two-and-one half hour meeting, they described how the […]
Part Four in our series BY CHERYL SLAVIN The New York State deregulation of the energy market, leading directly as it did to the two huge tax certiorari lawsuits brought by successive power plant owners, had as powerful and lasting an impact on the political landscape of North Rockland as it did on the economic. […]
Roof-top system among top 10 in New York State BY BILL DEMAREST ORANGEBURG — The largest rooftop solar array in Rockland County was unveiled Monday during ceremonies at the home of Nice-Pak Products and its sister company, Professional Disposables International, the world’s leading producers of pre-moistened wipes. The 855-kilowatt array is among the 10 largest rooftop solar […]