The county is giving out free rabies shots for your pets on Sunday. They’re available from 10 AM until 1 PM at the Fire Training Center in Pomona next to the Boulders’ ballpark. No appointment is necessary. The shots are free, but they ask for a $5 donation per animal to help defray the county’s costs. The shots are for dogs, cats or ferrets – they must be healthy, and at least three months old. Pet owners can be fined up to $250 if they fail to get their pets vaccinated and keep them up to date. For more information call the Department of Health at 845-364-2594.
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Keep Rockland Beautiful Tackles North Rockland this Weekend; Blood Drive Saturday
The Keep Rockland Beautiful clean-up comes to Stony Point this weekend. It starts at 9AM at the Farley Elementary school, and Town supervisor Jim Monaghan says there are some areas that really need some attention…
The clean-up wraps up around noon at Lowland Park for a BBQ for the clean-up’s participants. For more information about upcoming events and how you can help, visit KeepRocklandBeautiful.org. Also, if you have an extra pint of blood that you don’t know what to do with, you can head to North Rockland and donate it at tomorrow morning’s blood drive, which runs until 3pm…
The blood drive is being held at the fire sub-station on Route 210 and Central Highway.
Cornell Cooperative Extension Starts 5-part Gardening Series
If you want to learn more about organic vegetable and small fruit gardening, you’ll want to register for Cornell Cooperative Extension’s 5-part series on the subject. Cornell’s Mike Wilson hosts the Storm Water Consortium show here on WRCR, and says you’ll be educated on pest management and how to grow small berries…
The first in the 5-part series is this Monday April 29th. It costs $80 and is being held from 7-9pm at the CCE Rockland Education Center on Patriot Hills Drive in Stony Point. For more info, click here.
Ramsey Comedy Show Saturday to Raise Money to Cure Pancreatic Cancer
A stand-up comedy fundraiser this weekend in Ramsey will not only tickle your funny bone but also try to bring pancreatic cancer to a halt. Lesley Anne, a comedian from Suffern, is hosting the event that will raise money for the Lustgarten Foundation, which hopes to find a cure…
The event’s headliner is Vanessa Hollingshead who you may have seen recently on Showtime in the comedy special, “Funny Women of a Certain Age.” It’s this Saturday April 27th at the Ramsey Theater on East Main Street. For more info click here.
Rockland State Lawmaker Calls Judge’s Decision to Eliminate “Substantially Equivalent Education” Rules for Private Schools “Terrible”
A judge last week struck down the state education department’s plans to have yeshivas and other religious schools offer their students a substantially equivalent education as public schools. A pro-yeshiva group had filed a lawsuit challenging the new plan, but Rockland Assemblyman Ken Zebrowski said it’s a “terrible” decision…
The judge said the new guidelines were not implemented properly and needed to go through a public comment period first.