OBSCURE STATE LAW DESTROYING LOCAL SCHOOLS

To the Editor, While the state’s property tax cap is causing many school districts in New York State to exhaust their fund balances, an obscure, eleventh hour law passed by the Paterson Administration threatens to dismantle their educational programs. Former Governor David Paterson introduced the Gap Elimination Adjustment Law in 2009-2010, which was intended to […]

The Beginning of the End for St. Lawrence?

The Beginning of the End for St. Lawrence?

Ramapo crumbling BY DYLAN SKRILOFF The FBI is hot on Ramapo Supervisor Chris St. Lawrence’s trail as teams of federal agents beset town hall this afternoon and evening. With a search warrant in hand, the feds evacuated the building, instructing only certain higher-ups and their immediate staff to stay as they conducted the search. And […]

Feds Raid Town Hall as Stadium Curse Falls Upon St. Lawrence

Feds Raid Town Hall as Stadium Curse Falls Upon St. Lawrence

Ramapo crumbling  BY DYLAN SKRILOFF The FBI is hot on Ramapo Supervisor Chris St. Lawrence’s trail as teams of federal agents beset town hall this afternoon and evening. With a search warrant in hand, the feds evacuated the building, instructing only certain higher-ups and their immediate staff to stay as they conducted the search. And […]

Future Shock for Rockland

Future Shock for Rockland

Overall population increases while public school populations shrink BY KATHY KAHN Special to the Rockland Times It really came as no shock to members of the Rockland Business Association what the county will look like as they listened to the numbers being rolled out at the Bear Mountain Inn on April 25 presented by Jonathan […]

County Executive Vanderhoef Presents Community Development Block Grant Awards

County Executive Vanderhoef Presents Community Development Block Grant Awards

BY MICHAEL RICONDA Stony Point – County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef presented a total of $2.67 million in federal Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funding to various municipal and not-for-profit groups at an award ceremony held ironically in Stony Point, the town that traditionally receives the least amount of support from the Community Block Grant […]

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