PRESS RELEASE Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. on Wednesday announced that it will award grants totaling $25,000 again this year to support classroom projects and teacher professional-development initiatives focusing on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). The O&R STEM Classroom Grants program will award 25 grants of up to $1,000 each to educators at schools […]
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT FROM HEALTH DEPT. Rockland County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert urges residents to protect themselves from the dangers of carbon monoxide (CO). It is a poisonous gas known as the ‘silent killer’ since you can’t see it, smell it, or taste it. Carbon monoxide can come from anything that burns fuels, […]
PRESS RELEASE FROM GOVERNOR’S OFFICE Governor Andrew M. Cuomo last week announced the adoption of a regulation to take action against motorists who persistently evade paying tolls and fees on New York’s roadways. The regulation allows the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles to suspend the registration of motorists who fail to pay five […]
In February, Child Care Resources of Rockland, Inc. is holding PreK information sessions for parents who have a child who will be four years old on or before December 1, 2016, and reside in the following school districts: Nyack, Pearl River, South Orangetown, Ramapo Central Clarkstown, Nanuet, or North Rockland. These sessions will help parents […]
PRESS RELEASE Supervisor George Hoehmann and the Town Board today appointed Tom Morr as Clarkstown’s next comptroller. Mr. Morr, who officially begins on February 1, will be taking over for Clarkstown’s long time Comptroller Ed Duer, who retired earlier this year. Tom Morr, a Nanuet resident and former Orangetown Town Councilman, has extensive public accounting […]
The spirit of togetherness was evident in ARC of Rockland’s 2016 Dr. Martin Luther King celebration, Friday, January, 15 at ARC headquarters in Congers, NY. More than 150 people attended the event which included a drum circle led by Arthur Lorde of the Motherland Rhythm Drummers, a vocal performance by the Hemlock Melody Makers led […]