Budget Year 2012-2013 Discussions Begin in North Rockland

BY MICHAEL CAHILL AND JESSICA DOWNER Review of North Rockland Central School District Board meeting, February 7 The School Board of the North Rockland Central School District met Tuesday evening to discuss progress with the districtโ€™s ongoing transformation and begin laying the groundwork for the 2012 โ€“ 2013 budget. The meeting started on a musical […]

GOVERNOR’S MEN COME TO HAVERSTRAW TO EXPLAIN HIS PLANS FOR NEW YORK

GOVERNOR’S MEN COME TO HAVERSTRAW TO EXPLAIN HIS PLANS FOR NEW YORK BY EVAN WECHMAN Governor Andrew Cuomo has asked his commissioners to speak at all of the state’s counties about his proposed budget for 2012-2013. On Wednesday, January 25, Roann Destito, Commissioner of the Office of General Services came to address the Rockland community […]

STONY POINT SEALS GEAR UP FOR SUPER BOWL SUNDAY 2012

The Seals have been “taking the plunge for the community since 1999โ€ณ Itโ€™s that time of year again… The Stony Point Seals 13th annual Polar Plunge Come take the plunge for a good cause Super Bowl Sunday February 5, 2012 Grassy Point Seawall 12:00 p.m.   Due to weather and lack of parking, it is […]

Check Out B’s Nest Deli on the Main Strip in Stony Point

BY DYLAN SKRILOFF Among the good places to eat in Stony Point, B’s Nest Deli is surely on the top of many lists. B’s Nest is actually more than a deli, as owner B.J. Slapp is a trained chef who graduated from culinary school and has worked at restaurants all over the world. For Knapp, […]

Stranger Danger in North Rockland

Parents concerned about reports of “red-haired man” luring kids. Police looking into it, but caution that such reports often prove to be innocuous or inaccurate BY DYLAN SKRILOFF On Tuesday Haverstraw Police received a report of a man inappropriately making verbal contact with a child after he got off a school bus on Rosman Road. […]

North Rockland Releases Administrative Assignments for New Year

After major reorganization, see who will be placed where BY LAUREN KATE ROSENBLUM At the North Rockland Central School District Committee of the Whole meeting on Tuesday, Superintendent of Schools Ileana Eckert announced the expected administrative assignments for the upcoming year. She said that the schools are down to the bare minimum of what is […]