BY KATHY KAHN Five school districts in New York have no full-day classes for kindergarteners—and North Rockland is one of them. Two Rockland County residents last Thursday met at Stony Point’s RHO to talk to parents about changes in Common Core that make full-day kindergarten essential to meet first grade standards. The school district has […]
Note — The Journal News daily newspaper has published different tax rates than those reported in the article below, based on information provided to them by Stony Point Supervisor Geoff Finn and Tax Assessor Bill Beckman. The school district has confirmed the Rockland County Times correctly reported the numbers they district released at the special […]
Oswald Boncoeur has been identified as the West Haverstraw Grouch who has filed numerous complaints about children playing basketball in his street. At a recent village board meeting Boncoeur cited an arcane village regulation that banned all ball-playing in streets–even side streets like his own–and local parents are worried that their children might be barred […]