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Pelham School District Welcomes New Staff For 2016-17 School Year
PELHAM, N.Y. – The Pelham school district’s newest principals, teachers, teaching assistants and interns attended a two-day orientation session recently to kick off the 2016-17 school year, according to a post on the district’s Facebook page.
The principals, teachers and teaching assistants include:
Daniel John Horan, Latin, Pelham Memorial High School
Andrew van Bochova, Music, Pelham Memorial High School/Pelham Middle School
Kevin Miller, Social Studies, Pelham Middle School
Linda Haynes, teaching assistant, Hutchinson Elementary School
Trisha Fitzgerald, principal, Hutchinson Elementar…
Rockland County Sheriff's Office Welcomes Newest Police K9
ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. – Put those paws together for Rockland County’s newest police K9.
Shaz, a 22-month-old black Labrador retriever from Washington state, was welcomed to the Rockland County Sheriff’s office last week by Sheriff Louis Falco, who informed the public of the new addition via Facebook.
The dog, who is to specialize in drug detection, will be first K9 deployed full-time at the Rockland County jail, according to Falco, who said she must undergo extensive training at an Orange County, N.Y. police K9 facility.
Shaz and her partner, Corrections Sgt. David Lowe, are expected to co…
Rockland Pride Center Purchases Building In Downtown Nyack
NYACK, N.Y. – The former Nyack Elks Lodge at 28 S. Franklin St. has been purchased by the Rockland County Pride Center and will soon be turned into a space for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community, according to lohud.com.
The building was purchased after roughly 65 founding members of the year-old organization set a fundraising goal of $500,000, according to lohud.com, which reported that Rosie O’Donnell provided about $150,000 for the cause.
RCPC leaders who stood outside the building Saturday said that the building would serve as a “safe place” for people to gather, accor…
