Earth Day in Nyack
Capoeira, a Brazilian martial arts and dance group, perform at an Earth Day celebration at Memorial Park in Nyack. See more photos of Earth Day in Nyack
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Suffern DARE gets new truck
Suffern Police Department’s new DARE and Community Policing Ford F-150 pick-up truck arrives during a ceremony at the DARE street hockey rink in the village. All American Ford in N.J. donated the truck.
Arbor Day in Suffern
Carsen DeBrock, 10, of Suffern plants a spruce tree during the Village of Suffern’s Arbor Day Ceremony at the village’s Brooklands Tree Farm. See more photos of local Arbor Day ceremonies
Royal wedding watchers
Lucy Nicks and her daughter, Nancy, both of Stony Point, pose with cutouts of Prince William and Princess Kate during a celebration of the British royal wedding at The Jewelry Gallery in Stony Point. See more photos of local wedding watchers
Clarkstown PTA council to hold candidates forum
The Clarkstown Council of PTAs will hold a candidates forum for the 2011 Board of Education candidates at 7 p.m. on Monday, May 2, at the auditorium of Felix Festa Middle School, 30 Parrott Road, West Nyack. School board candidates Joe Malgieri and Kevin Grogan, both incumbents, and Karen Kasman,... Read More →
Rockland lawyers, public mark Law Day
The Rockland Bar Association celebrated the U.S. Constitution and the American legal system on “Law Day” this morning at the Rockland County Courthouse in New City. Receiving the association’s highest honor – the Liberty Bell Award – was longtime civil rights activist Stella Marrs, the former director of the Martin… Read More →
Nyack NAACP Freedom Fund Dinner
Former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, congressman and Atlanta mayor Andrew Young was the guest speaker at the Nyack NAACP fund raiser dinner at the Pearl River Hilton Thursday evening. Nyack NAACP President Frances Pratt glances over at Andrew Young, the guest speaker at the Nyack NAACP fund raiser… Read More →
Earth Day at RCC
From left, Rockland Community College students Taj Bridges of White Plains, Dominique Miller of Congers and Raymonde Maurissaint of Haverstraw look over the Keep Rockland Beautiful booth at the annual Earth Day Celebration at the college in Ramapo. See more photos of Earth Day at Rockland Community College
Editorial Board Poll: School budget votes
As staff writer Dwight R. Worley reported today, 53 of Westchester, Rockland and Putnam’s public school districts have proposed spending a combined $4.5 billion 2011-12, an increase of about 2 percent, according to new data from the state. Should voters approve all of those budgets, tax levies would rise by… Read More →
Special report on I-287 construction coming Sunday
On Sunday, we report the findings of a three-month investigation into the reconstruction of Interstate 287 through Westchester, a project two years behind schedule and millions of dollars over budget. The report examines the contractors, the bids, the overruns and an entire system that has allowed construction practices like those… Read More →
