BY CHERYL SLAVIN At the regular School Board meeting Tuesday night, North Rockland schools Superintendent Ileana Eckert gave a presentation highlighting both the budgetary issues the district is facing as well as the educational successes the schools have achieved. It could have been referred to as a “state of the district” address, similar to “state […]
It was started by a group of friends from Hoover Place, Stony Point a decade and a half ago and has budded into a full blown community tradition. We’re talking about the Stony Point Seals annual Polar Plunge, of course, where hundreds of brave souls gather at the Stony Point seawall on the morning of […]
BY MARIA BROWNSELL With the New Year comes the annual Reorganization Meeting of the Town of Clarkstown. After being snowed out last Thursday, this years meeting was rescheduled to Tuesday night. The Clarkstown South High School Troubadours provided the music for the evening under the direction of Kip Bonsignore. Seven different people were sworn into […]
BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES Speakers couldn’t resist the temptation to allude to the importance of every single vote at the Orangetown Town Board’s annual reorganization meetingTuesday evening, from newly re-elected Supervisor Andrew Stewart to Rabbi Daniel Pernick while giving the benediction. The civics lesson from politicians, civil servants and even invited guests […]
The Dominican and American Coalition of Rockland, met on Sunday with the Dominican Congressional Deputy Hon. Alfredo Rodriguez, who discussed issues of mutual interest and reached an agreement to allow local Dominicans to videoconference with doctors and lawyers in their home country. Hon. Rodriguez, who was elected as the first deputy overseas in the last […]
At this week’s town reorganization meeting Stony Point Supervisor Geoff Finn presented an award to Stu Gates for 50 years’ service to Wayne Hose Company and the people of Stony Point. Gates is also the town historian.