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Skoufis Secures $25,000 in Anti-Violence Funding for RECAP
Senator James Skoufis (D-Hudson Valley) has secured $25,000 to support anti-violence prevention programming by the Regional Economic Community Action Program (RECAP). Committed within the state’s 2021 budget in support of the Community Violence Intervention Act, the funding will enable RECAP to fight gun violence in local communities while complementing increased accountability for perpetrators of gun…
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Rockland Behavioral Health Response Team to Get New Coordinator; Founding Administrative Coordinator Tracie Florida to Continue as Clinician
ROCKLAND COUNTY (February 23, 2022) — Rockland Behavioral Health Response Team (BHRT) has announced that its Administrative Coordinator, Tracie Florida, LMSW, is leaving the organization, effective February 1. Florida, who was a founding member of the BHRT team, will continue to serve as a per diem clinician for the agency. “Tracie’s devotion to BHRT has…
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RCC Student Literary Magazine Impulse 2021 Wins Prestigious ACP Award
ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. (February 22, 2022) – The Associated College Press (ACP) named 12 student-produced collegiate magazines as the “best of the best” last fall. Twenty-four magazines produced at both four-year and two-year institutions representing 17 states made it to the finals; Rockland Community College’s literary arts publication Impulse 2021 received one of the 12 Pacemaker…
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ROCKLAND COUNTY YOUTH BUREAU SEEKS YOUNG MEMBERS FOR NEW YORK STATE YOUTH COUNCIL
Youth Council Advises NYS Policymakers on Key Issues New City, NY, – The Rockland County Youth Bureau is now accepting applications from adolescents and young adults interested in serving on the New York State Governor’s Youth Council. The Youth Council gives young individuals a platform for their voices to be heard by lawmakers and an opportunity to…
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Small Business Assistance Grant Program
Application Now Open!Rockland County Executive Ed Day and Director of Economic Development and Tourism Lucy Redzeposki recently announced the newly created Small Business Assistance Grant Program to aid for-profit small businesses located within Rockland. A total of $250,000 in grants funds are available. Businesses with 25 employees or less are eligible for grant awards between $5,000 – $15,000…
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Message From Orangetown Supervisor Teresa M. Kenny
Dear Residents –On Monday, there will be a special Town Board meeting to authorize the issuance of a $22 million bond for construction of the new Town Hall building. This project, which was started by former Town Supervisor Chris Day, has been in the works for several years and it is not something the Town Board takes…