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Just hours after Rockland Congresswoman Nita Lowey said this…

…the president entered the Rose Garden at the White House and declared the 35-day shutdown was temporarily over, for the next three weeks. The president signed a bill extending funding through February 15th. Federal workers will start getting their back pay within days.

An elementary school in Ramapo went into temporary lockdown last week when loud noises outside the building interrupted classes. Ramapo supervisor Michael Specht says police are investigating the unknown sounds heard coming from a wooded area near Montebello’s Viola Elementary School…

Officers from the Ramapo Police Department were assisted by the Rockland County Sheriff’s Office and New York State Police. No additional information was available.

The state Senate and Assembly both passed the Jose Peralta New York State DREAM Act Wednesday, which gives undocumented children who are already students in the state the chance to qualify for state aid for college. Rockland state Senator David Carlucci called it a small investment that will pay dividends…

Senate Republicans said the bill would reward law-breaking, illegal immigrants with free college tuition.

Drawings made by inmates at the maximum-security Sullivan Correctional Facility will be on display and part of a discussion at St. Thomas Aquinas College in Sparkill tomorrow. STAC offers a bachelor’s degree program at the Correctional Facility. STAC’s adjunct professor of art, Sharon Lindenfeld, says the exhibit will also feature the stories behind the students in the May 2019 graduating class who produced the artwork…

The exhibit, reception and discussion get underway tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 at STAC. In May the first STAC commencement at the Sullivan Prison will be held for twenty graduates.

The village of Haverstraw is looking to update their comprehensive plan. Town supervisor Howard Phillips says the move could help the village bring in new ratables…

The village is scheduled to start a series of meetings on January 30th to get feedback from residents, business owners and other interested parties.