Imagine a life without literacy skills. Speaking clearly to co-workers or understanding telephone conversations is difficult. Street signs, a menu, and the mail are impossible to read. Writing checks, an e-mail or a note to a child’s teacher is overwhelming. Then imagine the triumph when, after spending time with a literacy tutor, hard-fought personal goals […]
The Project LIFE class from North Rockland High School will be recognized for their dedicated participation in the community-based vocational training program on Thursday, June 12, 12 noon at Yo2Go in Garnerville. The event will be hosted by three North Rockland business owners, who are partnering with the Project LIFE class to provide vocational training […]
The Rockland Conservation & Service Corps (formerly Rockland County AmeriCorps) recently spent a day at Homes For Heroes helping to dig a drainage ditch. The Rockland Conservation & Service Corps is an outdoor service corps for youth wishing to engage in environmentally based local service projects. Homes For Heroes President, Rockland County Legislator John Murphy, […]
Former Rockland County executive to advise clients on government affairs, public policy PRESS RELEASE NEW YORK, N.Y. – Saretsky Katz Dranoff & Glass (SKDG), a Manhattan law firm, announced on Tuesday, June 10 that C. Scott Vanderhoef has joined the firm. Vanderhoef comes to SKDG after serving as the Rockland County Executive for 20 years before […]
The S.W. Johnson Fire Company of Garnerville has been sponsoring a series of Dinner Nights that organizers say are a big success both for the company and the community. Co-chairs of the events, six-time past president Butch Babcock and ex-chief and captain Troy Spong both agree that these dinners are once again making the fire […]
COUNTY EXECUTIVE PRESS RELEASE NEW CITY, NY — Rockland County Executive Ed Day and Rockland County Veterans Service Agency Director Jerry Donnellan Thursday marked the 70th Anniversary of the D-Day invasion at the Camp Shanks Museum in Orangetown. From 1943 until the end of World War II, Camp Shanks was the largest Army port of […]