Robin Traum (Editor) May 24, 2013 at 01:15 pm
On Monday, Nanuet will have a Memorial Day service at the Veteran's Monument on Prospect Street at…Read More 11 a.m. The West Nyack Memorial Day Parade, sponsored by the West Nyack Rotary, will step off at the same time. The parade route begins at the Clarkstown Reformed Church and ends at the Hamlet Green.
Windam Earle May 24, 2013 at 09:26 am
Street Community Center in New City has a Ceremony Today(moved Indoors) Starting at 11am Today..
Joseph J Gannon May 24, 2013 at 11:34 pm
The 76 House is a must. Food great, true Rockland history and live music. Where else?
roberta staley May 24, 2013 at 05:02 pm
Let's not forget Pet Palace of New City where "You and Your Pet are Royalty" and we cater…Read More to all your pets needs.
Donna Schmidt May 24, 2013 at 08:39 am
X...we would love to add the historical sites. Please send the information and we will include…Read More them. We mentioned the Historical Society and would be happy to add more details.
Pat Godfrey May 24, 2013 at 06:02 pm
We residents find ourselves in Rockland, and Clarkstown in particular, in a difficult position. The…Read More parties on both sides of the aisle have banned together to make deals that is best for themselves and not in the public interest. What to do? It has taken years and I guess decades to get into this position. It will take time to get out of it. So the question for you who read this is are you up for the fight? Those in power are not going to give it up. They make a lot of money by being in power and will do anything to keep it. The tax burden and spending these politicians are creating will not end with us, but be passed down to our children. Is our future worth the fight? I have been given a great opportunity and a lot of advantages by being born in America. Will our children have the same opportunity and advantages? Edward R. Murrow said, "A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves". Are you a sheep?
Anthony Mele May 24, 2013 at 11:42 am
“The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the…Read More public with the public's money”
Alexis de Tocqueville
As we see, bribing the public with their own money is done by buying off officials with obscene tax funded salaries. It does not buy us better services from those who appointed them.. but instead silence from those hired to police them.
Smitty Chesterfield May 24, 2013 at 11:13 am
and the republican party puts up a relative nobody to run against grommack. reda will endorse…Read More grommack against and will not spend a lot of $ helping the opponent. everyone is in bed with each other. i also heard that grommack has family ties to the zebrowski's. go figure. politicians for life.
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Kathleen May 21, 2013 at 08:55 am
CANDLE Night at the Rockland Boulders Game
Join CANDLE for a fun(d)raising game on May 23rd as the…Read More Rockland Boulders take on the Trois-Rivieres Aigles.
Proceeds from tickets purchased through CANDLE* will support programs that educate & empower youth and reduce substance abuse and violence in Rockland County and beyond.
Heywood Jablohme May 21, 2013 at 02:48 pm
I agree with most of your points, but surely you are not implying that teachers are expected to…Read More produce funding to correct school roofs, right? I think you got a bit off topic here, but I agree that our educational infrastructure is in disrepair and is in desperate need of rehabilitation.
Maybe if our teacher's unions allowed a little more leeway we could allocate funding a little more appropriately and fund the important things instead of overpaying paying dinosaur teachers who lost interest a long time ago and fight any and all forms of teacher benchmarking.
WGMom May 20, 2013 at 09:10 am
It's entirely true that every professional has out-of-pocket expenses. But as someone who worked as…Read More a corporate trainer, I can guarantee you I NEVER had to pay out of pocket expenses for supplies to teach classes. Every piece of paper, supply, and even snacks for the participants were fully covered expenses. If I had to spend out of pocket money to procure supplies, I could submit for a reimbursement, and receive it, no questions asked. I am now in school to become a high school teacher and I can see the stark difference in how the education of folks in a corporate environment is incredibly different, and privileged, than the public school environment. I've sat through numerous classes in the Clarkstown and Ramapo districts, doing observations required for my education certification, and while Clarkstown certainly benefits from certain advantages, the shabbiness of being a public school is still there. Furniture, such as teacher desks, that looks like it was purchased in a garage sale 30 years ago... faculty bathrooms that are dark and dingy, nearly crumbling, and sorely in need of updating. Etc. The public expects teachers to have professional training, act professionally, but they lack sometimes basic resources and are expected to function in an environment that feels more like a dungeon than an institution of learning. The citizens of Clarkstown, if they could get a tour of some of the facilities they are expecting children to learn in, and teachers to teach in, would be very surprised. We do supply some great technology, but then we put it in classrooms with windows that won't stay closed when it's windy, as one example. I spent most of my time in South, which is the best of the bunch, facilities-wise. Clarkstown North is a mess, Woodglen's woods are littered with fallen trees no one's cleaned up after Sandy, Laurel Plains had to be shuttered thanks to that whole foul stench... the district is in a situation where there are major capital improvements that are going to be needed. Buildings are aging, and it seems it's only the most basic of upkeep that happens. The district can't even fix the roofs of the buildings without applying for a state grant.
Heywood Jablohme May 18, 2013 at 07:17 am
What professional doesn't spend $500 per year on out of pocket expenses related to their jobs?…Read More
Staples offering 10% (or 5 in some cases) is hardly an example of the community getting involved.
Thankfully, there are other examples of the community and PTA's getting involved and providing needed services. Clarkstown and surrounding areas hardly have substantial unmet needs in their classroom, thankfully.
Truth4all May 16, 2013 at 11:37 am
I guess better late than never. LaCorte is serving his 4th year as Mayor and was Trustee for I think…Read More 4 years before that. This year is the only time he has brought the idea to the village
about participating in this program. He is motivated by the opportunity of getting positive press for his County Executive
campaign. The village should have been involved in this
program ( as well as the Americorps program) long before
this. On a positive note, hopefully the Village will continue this
worthwhile partnership for many years to come.
Large Turnout For Memorial Day Service
More than 100 veterans, senior citizens and government officials gathered for Clarkstown’s Annual Memorial Day Service at the Street Community… Center’s Promenade of Heroes. The threat of rainfall moved much of the ceremony inside after the placement of
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