In a stoney-faced display before a packed meeting room ringing from strains of “We Shall Overcome,” East Ramapo Board of Education President Yehuda Weissmandl announced that the district would “disassociate itself” and “transition” from the controversial law firm Minerva & D’Agostino. Continue Reading

The toxic environment of the East Ramapo School District was on full display at Tuesday night’s Board of Education meeting, as civility in the contentious district appeared to go from bad to worst.

The school board’s lead attorney was caught on video repeatedly cursing a group of district parents and activists, punctuating the confrontation with FUs and punctuating his tirade by calling one member a particularly nasty epithet related to the female anatomy. Continue Reading

Knock knock. Who’s there? HR.

Reports first trickled across Twitter yesterday, June 5, and sure enough, big conglomerate Cablevision has pulled the plug on News12 digital sibling, Newsday Westchester/Rockland.

On Wednesday, Newsday’s Rockland news offering website went dark. Continue Reading

Mayor Carl Wright welcomed a new Sloatsburg Public Library Trustee on board last week.

Darrell Frasier, who many people know from his Tuxedo store, BackHome Antiques, was appointed to be the 6th member of the library Board of Trustees at a special Village board meeting earlier in June. Continue Reading

Dressed in his finest charcoal suit and bangs gelled to a stylish peak, young Frankie Tinelli hit the ground running Tuesday as Honorary Mayor for a Day in Suffern.

“Knowing that I’m actually mayor for a day, it was fantastic,” said Frankie in his first big official TV news interview with News12 reporter Ty Millburn.

Young Mayor Tinelli was also fast to grasp the complexities of public life. Continue Reading

Area high school students are hunkered down this week studying for the always ominous New York Regents tests, which begin Tuesday. Meanwhile, this past week saw a small uprising to the teach-to-the-test mentality. Continue Reading

As the Memorial Day parade feast fades and the long weekend of door knocking for votes ends, Rockland County Democrats prepare to meet Thursday, May 30, at Clarkstown Town Hall to discuss and determine and dither — but not yet decide. Continue Reading

Special Contribution by Edith Knoblick

The Celebration of Miss Anna Kovaly’s 100th Birthday

Retired Colonel in the US Army and West Point graduate Laureen (Lorrie) Barone had not expected to speak, but was overcome with the public outpouring of affection for her former second grade teacher,  Miss Anna Kovaly.

“Unlike the book All I Really Need To Know I Learned In Kindergarten,” Barone said, “all I really needed to know I learned in the second grade, by Miss Kovaly.” Continue Reading

After many months of workshops, candid conversations, emotional meetings, and district number crunching, the due day has arrived. To bust or not to bust, you now decide.

Tuesday, May 21 is the day for residents to line up and put their X in the box and vote on the proposed 2013-2014 Ramapo Central Schools budget. Voters will also select two open board seats. Continue Reading

The little Saltbox House down in Torne Valley has helped do a few mighty deeds. One in particular has taken place this spring when the Ford Motor Co. came to Torne Valley to do paint sludge cleanup.