I attended the public hearing on the proposed restructuring plan for the Suffern Central School District on October 24th, and what I saw and heard was very disconcerting. It appears the Superintendent has outsourced the future of Suffern Central to…
Early voting begins on Saturday October 28. We ask you to please support the candidates below who appear on your local ballots. Clear, step-by-step instructions on how to correctly write-in Theresa DiFalco for District Attorney can be found here on…
“Attorney Theresa DiFalco, a former prosecutor and school board trustee, has thrown her name into a write-in campaign to unseat Rockland District Attorney Thomas Walsh. DiFalco faces long odds of winning a write-in campaign against an incumbent prosecutor who holds…
“Viola Elementary School is slated to be shuttered next academic year, a move to consolidate five current elementary schools into four as the public-school census continues to dwindle, even as the population within Suffern district boundaries grows. The four remaining…
“After hearing emotional cries for prison time for the two men who took responsibility for the Evergreen Court Home for Adults fire, Rockland County Court Judge Kevin Russo stuck to his commitment and sentenced Nathaniel and Aaron Sommer to probation.…
On September 14, 2023 Micheal Miller of CUPON Hillcrest sent the following email: “CUPON Community, Through the excellent legal work of Susan Shapiro and Deb Munitz the courts have upheld CUPON’s contention that the Pascack Ridge project was ill-conceived and…
“With school starting Thursday, the finishing touches were being made this week on buildings throughout the East Ramapo school district. At Grandview, a K-3 elementary school, the smell of fresh paint lingered Tuesday as walls were spiffed up to match…
“A Rockland legislative committee discussed when New York state might return building inspections and code enforcement to the Ramapo village during a Tuesday update on the county’s progress aimed at ensuring safe and code-compliant buildings. However, no concrete answers were…
“Lead-laden sink fixtures, shut for seven years, are slated to be replaced throughout East Ramapo schools within a year, according to East Ramapo and state Department of Education officials. The state confirmed the planned work in communications with The Journal…
“The Suffern school district’s population is growing. But public school enrollment is shrinking. Many of those new families moving into the district are opting for private schools, Suffern schools Superintendent Erik Gunderson recently explained. That’s mostly yeshivas that serve the…
