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Family Movie Night: Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

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  • January 29, 2010
Suffern, New York:  Mayor Dagan LaCorte and the Village Board of Trustees are pleased to announce that the Village of Suffern and the Suffern Chamber of Commerce will sponsor Family Movie Night at the Suffern Community Center (41 Washington Avenue) ...

Message to AOL Users

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  • October 13, 2009
We were recently informed that the Ramapo Times website does not work well if you are using the AOL web browser or trying to navigate Ramapo Times from within AOL.  Apparently this issue has been around for quite some time.  Not being AOL us...

Ramapo Central School District Calendar Available on Ramapo Times

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  • September 13, 2009
The Ramapo Central School District mails a calendar to homes each August that lists events, test dates, PTA Meetings, concerts and more.  This calendar does a great job of keeping parents informed of the happenings throughout the school year.  As...

Featured Articles

Community Invited to Prayer Service for Haiti at SUNY Rockland Community College

Survivors at service will include a Haitian student who treated the wounded and took in orphans 

Suffern, NY—The community is invited to a prayer service for Haiti at Rockland Community College on Tuesday, February 2, 12:30 p.m., at the Student Union, Room 3214, second floor. Full Article

County Legislature Continues to Collect Goods Needed for Haitian Relief Effort

New City, NY (January 26, 2010) – The Rockland County Legislature will continue to accept items that residents wish to donate to the local Haitian relief campaign. Vice Chairman of the Rockland County Legislator William Darden and Legislators Ilan Schoenberger, Phil Soskin and Alden H. Wolfe established the drop-off site at the office of the County Legislature in collaboration with the Ramapo Haitian Task Force.  Full Article

Online Mobilization: Large Turnout Expected to Oppose Patrick Farms Development

Opponents of the Patrick Farms Development are mobilizing electronically to gather support to encourage the Town of Ramapo Board to vote against the proposed Patrick Farms Development.  Full Article

Money Wizdom: Tips on Tipping

What exactly is a tip? Who decided on the rules that go with how much and for what? Why are the rules different for each kind of service? And why do the rules for tipping vary by region, culture, and country?  Full Article

Ramapo College to Offer International Studies Institute in Summer 2010

(MAHWAH) - Ramapo College of New Jersey will offer a new International Studies Institute this summer, an intensive program designed for highly motivated high school students who are internationally and globally minded.  Full Article

Ramapo College Invites Public to Celebrate 10th Anniversary of the Angelica and Russ Berrie Center for the Visual and Performing Arts

(MAHWAH) - Ramapo College of New Jersey's will host a day-long celebration of the tenth anniversary of the Angelica and Russ Berrie Center for the Visual and Performing Arts, and the public is invited to join in the celebration to take place on Saturday, February 6, from 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. Full Article

Legislator Day Recognizes Pop Warner Junior Midget Cheerleaders

New City, NY (January 21st, 2010) – Rockland County Legislator Ed Day recognized the New City Rams Pop Warner Junior Midget Cheerleaders and coaches for their success in earning regional and state titles.  Full Article

The Berrie Center Presents Arlo Guthrie, Leon Redbone Among an Exciting Array of Spring Performances

(MAHWAH) – The Angelica and Russ Berrie Center for Performing and Visual Arts at Ramapo College will present an exciting array of music, theater and comedy performances this spring, including a performance by renowned musician Arlo Guthrie.  Full Article

Suffern Launches Web-Based Messaging System

Suffern, NY--The Village of Suffern is pleased to announce the launch of its web-based messaging system.  Full Article

TOWN OF RAMAPO HAITIAN EARTHQUAKE RELIEF INFORMATION UPDATE – JANUARY 19, 2010

Medical Supplies From Ramapo arrive in Haiti 

Working in conjunction with the Rockland Paramedics, Partners In Health and the United Nations – medical supplies from Ramapo were flown to Haiti on Sunday, January 17thFull Article

Recent Articles

Four Rockland Colleges Join Forces to Fight Cancer at Rockland Community College

Suffern, NY— Students from Rockland Community College, St. Thomas Aquinas, Nyack College, and Dominican Colleges will gather at RCC for an all-evening relay to benefit cancer patients.  Full Article

Community Invited to Prayer Service for Haiti at SUNY Rockland Community College

Survivors at service will include a Haitian student who treated the wounded and took in orphans 

Suffern, NY—The community is invited to a prayer service for Haiti at Rockland Community College on Tuesday, February 2, 12:30 p.m., at the Student Union, Room 3214, second floor. Full Article

Legislator Wolfe Initiates Discussion to Explore Wind Turbine Technology

New City, NY – Rockland County Legislator Alden H. Wolfe will initiate a discussion to learn more about helical wind turbines and the possibilities they offer for generating energy in a suburban environment, such as Rockland County.  Full Article

SUNY Rockland Community College Presents Gospel Concert

Free and open to the public
 

Suffern, NY—In celebration of Rockland Community College’s 50th Anniversary and African American History Month, the community is invited to a free Gospel Concert.  Full Article

County Legislature Continues to Collect Goods Needed for Haitian Relief Effort

New City, NY (January 26, 2010) – The Rockland County Legislature will continue to accept items that residents wish to donate to the local Haitian relief campaign. Vice Chairman of the Rockland County Legislator William Darden and Legislators Ilan Schoenberger, Phil Soskin and Alden H. Wolfe established the drop-off site at the office of the County Legislature in collaboration with the Ramapo Haitian Task Force.  Full Article

SUNY Rockland Presents Dialogue Series, "Conversations with Artists"

Admission is free and open to the public

Suffern, NY - Leading visual artists in the New York metropolitan area will present a series of dialogues at SUNY Rockland Community College. Full Article

MAJOR HAITIAN ART EXHIBITION MYSTICAL IMAGINATION OPENS AT RAMAPO COLLEGE

(MAHWAH) – “Mystical Imagination: The Art of Haitian Master Hector Hyppolite” opens in the Pascal Gallery at Ramapo College on Saturday, February 6 and continues through April 21.  Full Article

EXHIBIT OF VISUAL ARTS ALUMNI TO MARK BERRIE CENTER ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION AT RAMAPO COLLEGE

(MAHWAH) – As part of its Tenth Anniversary Celebration for the Angelica and Russ Berrie Center for the Visual and Performing Arts, a multi-media exhibition of works by visual arts alumni who studied in the Berrie Center, “Tops in Ten: A Selection,” will be on view from February 6 through February 26 in the Kresge Gallery.  Full Article

RAMAPO COLLEGE IS NEW HOME FOR THE NEW JERSEY HIGHER EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP FOR SUSTAINABILITY

MAHWAH - Ramapo College of New Jersey is the new home of the New Jersey Higher Education Partnership for Sustainability (NJHEPS). The organization is located in the College’s new Sharp Sustainability Education Center.  Full Article

County Legislature Unanimously Passes Law Prohibiting the Sale of Drop-side Cribs

New City, NY  – The Rockland County Legislature unanimously passed a local law introduced by Legislator Alden H. Wolfe prohibiting the sale of drop-side cribs by any person or establishment within Rockland County.   Full Article