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Nanuet New City Nyack
Orangeburg Palisades Pearl River
Piermont Pomona Sloatsburg
Sparkill Spring Valley Stony Point
Suffern Tallman Tappan
Thiells Tomkins Cove Valley Cottage
West Haverstraw West Nyack Montebello
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New York graduation rates, 2009 (The Journal News)
Westchester County reported that 80 percent of its students received a diploma in 2009 after four years of high school. In Rockland, 82 percent of the students received a diploma while Putnam reported that 89 percent of its students earned diplomas.Former deputy director of Rockland Psych Center fired over condo deal (Mid-Hudson News) ALBANY – The deputy director for Administration of Rockland Psychiatric Center in Orangeburg violated state ethics laws and Office of Mental Health policies by promising better jobs to OMH employees at a time he was urging one of them to buy his New Jersey condo for $330,000, according to a State Inspector General’s report.
In the Shadow of the Boom (The New York Observer) Once upon a time, two young men named Ira Shapiro and Marc Jacobs left Rockland County for the isle of Manhattan to build a tower all the way to the sky. Day by day, week by week, their tower at One Madison Park rose. New York’s glitterati took notice. Parties were held. Photographs flashed. Messrs. Shapiro and Jacobs knew how their story would end: They’d walk away richer than before. More ...
Prosecutor: N.J. dad deserted child before dumping mom's body in Rockland (Asbury Park Press) MIDDLESEX COUNTY — Dwayne Jackson killed Patricia Belizaire early Feb. 21 in or near her apartment in North Brunswick, N.J., but waited to move her body to Rockland, a prosecutor said Monday.
Three arrested with counterfeit money they planned to spend at Woodbury Common (Mid-Hudson News) ORANGETOWN – State Police and Secret Service agents have arrested three New York area men on charged of possession $3,400 in counterfeit $100 bills.
CogniFit Takes a Bite Out of the Big Apple (PRWeb via Yahoo! News) Brain Fitness Software Company Opens New US Headquarters in New York City
Psych official fired for unethical promises (The Journal News) ORANGEBURG — A top administrator at Rockland Psychiatric Center was fired after promising jobs and promotions to another state employee and to the man's sister and his girlfriend for buying his New Jersey condominium, according to a state report.
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (N.Y.) (New York Times) The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority is the largest transit agency in the U.S. The M.T.A. oversees New York City subway and bus lines, the Long Island Rail Road (L.I.R.R.) and Metro North commuter rail systems, Long Island Bus and Staten Island Rapid Transit.
RAMAPO: Woods Being Cleared for New Baseball Stadium (WCBS 880 New York) The town of Ramapo, in Rockland County, is building a $25 million minor-league baseball stadium.
Your positive achievements (Poughkeepsie Journal) New Oaks Community Girl Scout Troop 10067 of Girl Scouts Heart of the Hudson used resourcefulness and learned some new skills to help the environment and save money for the parents of Myers Corners Elementary School in Wappingers Falls. The girls recycled cardboard they picked up at BJ's Wholesale Club to make 170 display boards for the school's science fair. Their efforts not only "used ...