Earl Miller, Nyack College’s executive director of community relations, has been named 2012-2013 president of the Nyack Rotary Club. Miller, a five-year member of Rotary is also a board member of Leadership Rockland, the Nyack Center, the African American Historical Society, and Head Start of Rockland. As a Nyack Rotary member, he has delivered food for […]
Though many Democrats have posed behind the scenes as being super-angry at Senator David Carlucci (D-Rockland), at last Thursday’s Democratic convention the incumbent received the unanimous endorsement of the Rockland County Democratic Party as their official nominee for the 38th State Senate District. All scowls were carefully hidden and it was nothing but cheers and […]
Federal Law is Changing Rockland’s Zoning Landscape BY LEGAL LARRY In 2000, Congress enacted a law known as the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act. This law is commonly known by the acronym “RLUIPA.” The crux of this article will focus on the first part of the law concerning religious land use. It is […]
Estimates have gone up and down as to how many county employees will be laid off in order to (hopefully) balance this year’s budget and begin to restore the confidence of creditors. The county legislature finally voted Tuesday 14-2 to move forward with a plan to layoff 102 workers and get rid of 45 vacant […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE — Hudson Valley High School Metro awards in musical theater go to Clarkstown High School South for Duet Performance; “Hello Little Girl” by Gina Tenore and Mitchell Schneider (Little Red Riding Hood and Big Bad Wolf) in “Into the Woods;” Instrumentalist, Pearl River High School, “Damn Yankees” David Aver (Bass); Musical […]
North Rockland School Board moves through agenda quickly, approves unanimously BY SARA GILBERT The North Rockland Central School district met on Tuesday, June 5 at the North Rockland High School auditorium to honor award winners, welcome new teachers, say goodbye to retiring ones and approve funding and amendments. Megan Monteith, a first-grade teacher at North […]