By Brandon Gubitosa Moving away from home for the first time is always scary. There is no one to tell you when to eat, do your laundry, clean your room up or make sure your room is cleaned. Everything is on your own terms for once. Whether it is ordering dominoes at 3 A.M. or […]
Parents from local schools have a new tool in their back-to-school bag of tricks this year, as all of their schools supply lists are now posted on TeacherLists.com. With just one or two clicks, parents can find all of their 2016 lists and get a head start on this annual back-to-school chore. Parents can print […]
Red Raiders cross country looking for another run to a championship BY MARC MATURO He’s not a new sheriff in town, nor even a new coach or new to North Rockland High School, but Chris Lent does have a new title: varsity coach of the Red Raiders’ boys cross country team. “We’re looking pretty good,” […]
BY MARC MOSS Longtime Rockland resident Chaya Reich has wanted to write a children’s book for some time now. Reich, a lecturer on relationships, has a positive message for kids and her very first book, “Cozy Rosy Learns To Clean Her Room,” has parents and kids laughing as they gain new organizational skills in a […]
By Rockland Behavioral Health Response Team Teenage stress and anxiety is a common particularly for high school students who may be dealing with tests, college applications, social acceptance, dating, and more. Letting them develop their own coping skills is tough but will help them as they grow into adulthood. However, there are cases in which […]
When Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin signed a bill repealing Common Core national standards from her state’s schools, it was perhaps the most ironic moment in the fight over the initiative. Fallin is chairwoman of the National Governors Association, one of the private groups that hold the copyright of Common Core. (Yes, this marks the first […]