The Rockland County Youth Bureau has announced that positions are available for Rockland Conservation & Service Corps (RC&SC), formerly known as Rockland County AmeriCorps, for motivated people who are at least 17 years of age to perform stipend-compensated outdoor, environmental community service this summer in the county. Conservation Corps members are required to serve 300 […]
Supervisor Alex Gromack and Councilwoman Shirley Lasker along with the Town Board have announced the winners of the Town of Clarkstown’s Environmental Excellence Award to two recipients: Tony Lisanti and Keep Rockland Beautiful. The two recipients will be recognized at the May 6, 2014 Town Board meeting at 8pm. A birdhouse will be dedicated in […]
NEW CITY, NY — County Executive Ed Day on Wednesday dedicated a Cornelian Cherry Tree at Kennedy Dells County Park in New City in recognition of Montebello resident Deborah Munitz, recipient of the 2014 County Executive’s Outstanding Environmental Volunteer Award. As a volunteer with Rockland Organized for Sustainability and a Safe Aquifer (ROSA), Munitz’ research […]
Several local residents were named 2013-2014 Outstanding Undergraduate Scholars during a ceremony April 10 at Rochester Institute of Technology: – Alyssa Kara Miller, daughter of Ellen Miller of New City, N.Y., is a fourth-year student in the Graphic Design – BFA program in RIT’s College of Imaging Arts and Sciences. – Allison Rose Ritter, daughter […]
NYSAC PRESS RELEASE NYSAC Executive Director Stephen Acquario provided the county perspective on a regional panel devoted to the topic of New York’s heroin and opioid epidemic. The community forum, part of the bi-partisan Senate Task Force on Heroin and Opioid Addition, took place this morning at Hudson Valley Community College and was sponsored by […]
POMONA – The Rockland Municipal Planning Federation will sponsor a series of Certification Courses on April 24, April 28 and May 13, 2014. The courses are free and fulfill the certification requirement for municipal, planning and zoning board members as well as provide three hours of training for each course for each member towards their four-hour State training […]