Foundation Aid Formula: A Long Awaited Update is On the Horizon

Foundation Aid Formula: A Long Awaited Update is On the Horizon

On July 29th, Senator Bill Weber (NY-38)ย hosted a meeting at Rockland Community College to discuss the highly contested Foundation Aid Formula. School Superintendents, Board of Education members, Assemblymen and community members alike attended in an effort to learn more about this formula which determines funds received by New Yorkโ€™s public schools and suggest methods to […]

Healthcare Professionals: S-Corporations for Medical Practices

Medical Practitioners: S corporations for Healthcare Facilities When it comes to handling their finances and taxes, healthcare professionalsโ€”such as physicians, dentists, and other medical practitionersโ€”often confront particular difficulties. Since many of these experts work for themselves as independent contractors or freelancers, their tax situation may become more complicated. In this post, we’ll look at the […]

Women Who Thrive: The woman behind 16 Strong Project

Women Who Thrive: The woman behind 16 Strong Project

  Samantha Wettje is the co-founder of 16 Strong Project, an organization dedicated to helping children, teens and young adults affected by adverse childhood experiences.ย  The CDC defines ACEs as โ€œpotentially traumatic events that occur in childhood.โ€ โ€œGrowing up, there was mental illness and addiction with family members that really impacted our family, so that […]

Four Rockland Veterans Receive Buffalo Solider Award

Four Rockland Veterans Receive Buffalo Solider Award

By Joe Kuhn and Jess Warren   In honor of the first African Americans to serve in the United States Army, nicknamed Buffalo Soldiers by the Native Americans they combated, county officials presented four present day African American veterans and Rockland residents with the Buffalo Soldier Award during anย  annual ceremony at the Ellipse Room […]