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Zachary Croce

Community Editor

zcroce@dailyvoice.com

Zac Croce is a Community Editor in Rockland County. He was born and raised in Suffern and graduated from the University of Delaware. Before joining the Daily Voice, Zac worked as a reporter for a weekly newspaper in Bergen County, N.J. where he covered the towns of Lyndhurst and North Arlington.

Zac was formerly a reporter at Daily Voice.

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Neighbors
Proposed Law In Airmont Will Create No-Knock Registry Proposed Law In Airmont Will Create No-Knock Registry
Proposed Law In Airmont Will Create No-Knock Registry AIRMONT, N.Y. - Two public hearings on proposed laws will continue tonight in Airmont, including one that would establish a no-knock registry in the village.  The proposed law to amend the peddlers and solicitors code would increase fines for violations and would also establish a "Do Not Knock" registry that would be maintained by the village clerk.  If passed the village's codes on peddling and solicited will be amended to allow the village clerk to maintain a list of residences that do not want peddlers or solicitors at their doors.  “I think it gives the residents just another…

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Lifestyle
Buddyball Sports In Orangeburg Give Everybody A Chance To Play Buddyball Sports In Orangeburg Give Everybody A Chance To Play
Buddyball Sports In Orangeburg Give Everybody A Chance To Play ORANGEBURG, N.Y. - Javelins were thrown and hurdles were jumped over as the Buddyball track and field season came to a close.  Buddyball Sports, part of Orangetown Mighty Midgets Soccer, began 15 years ago in the fall of 2001 when soccer was offered after Kerry Beckmann, Ellen Huber, and Kevin Powers noticed a number of children on the sidelines at games who couldn’t participate.  The solution was Buddyball, a program that allows children with developmental disabilities a chance to be part of a team, play sports, and socialize with other children. The children who participate get a t-shirt …

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Schools
Suffern MS Green Team Gives Back To Community Suffern MS Green Team Gives Back To Community
Suffern MS Green Team Gives Back To Community SUFFERN, N.Y. - When the Suffern Middle School Green Team was formed back in 2010, their mission focused on making sure everyone was recycling. Next, they started composting food from the cafeteria rather than throwing it away. And then they came up with a use for the compost is now going to benefit people in the community. Around the back of the middle school is a 30-by-30 foot fenced in area with four garden beds, each 9-by-3 feet where radishes, tomatoes, carrots, spinach, and three different varieties of lettuce are being grown by the Green Team.  Around 15 members of the Green Team an…

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Neighbors
Rockland Pride Director Won't Let Orlando Events Hinder Mission Rockland Pride Director Won't Let Orlando Events Hinder Mission
Rockland Pride Director Won't Let Orlando Events Hinder Mission ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. - Sunday was supposed to be a fun day in Nyack, an inclusive day, a chance to celebrate the LGBT community in Rockland County at Rockland County Pride Weekend. Instead, for many, it took on a more somber tone in the wake of the events from earlier that morning.  “It was a devastation for ourselves as individuals, for our entire community, and for the country to have this most heinous act of violence committed in a gay bar,” Phyllis Frank said over the phone on Tuesday of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando that saw 49 people killed and another 53 injured.  Frank is…

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Lifestyle
Town Pools Open In Ramapo On June 18 Town Pools Open In Ramapo On June 18
Town Pools Open In Ramapo On June 18 RAMAPO, N.Y. - All three Town of Ramapo pools will all open for the season on Saturday, June 18. This includes: -Spook Rock Pool, 171 Spook Rock Road, Suffern, N.Y.  -Saddle River Pool, 448 Saddle River Road, Airmont, N.Y. -Memorial Pool, 21 Memorial Drive, Spring Valley, N.Y. (Town residents will be admitted free of charge to Memorial Pool for the season.) Town residents can purchase a resident pass at the Clark Recreation Center Administrative Office, located at 59 Campbell Ave. Suffern, N.Y. These ID passes cannot be purchased at any of the pools. Residents have two payment options: -…

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Schools
Clarkstown School Board Approves Teacher Contract Clarkstown School Board Approves Teacher Contract
Clarkstown School Board Approves Teacher Contract NEW CITY, N.Y. - The teachers in Clarkstown and the Board of Education have agreed on a new contract. The Clarkstown Central Board of Education approved a memorandum of agreement for employment with the Clarkstown Teachers Association at their meeting on June 16. The agreement begins retroactively on Sept. 1 2015 and runs through Aug. 31, 2019. The vote from the board was unanimously in favor of the agreement, according to School Board President Mike Aglialoro. “It was great to have a resolution,” Aglialoro said Friday morning.  The agreement includes a half percent increase for this pa…

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Politics
Carlucci: Railroad Crossing Bill Ensures Safety In Rockland Carlucci: Railroad Crossing Bill Ensures Safety In Rockland
Carlucci: Railroad Crossing Bill Ensures Safety In Rockland A bill announced by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and other legislative leaders this week is another step in the right direction to ensure safety at railroad crossings, according to one local legislator. “I think it’s a complement to the bill we already passed,” State Sen. David Carlucci said Tuesday over the phone.  The bill supported by the governor and other legislators will require bi-annual inspections of the 5,300 railroad crossings in the state, will launch an awareness campaign, and includes increased fines for motorists who drive through these crossings when not permitted and for railroad comp…

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Lifestyle
Video: Sights and Sounds From Suffern Street Fair Video: Sights and Sounds From Suffern Street Fair
Video: Sights and Sounds From Suffern Street Fair SUFFERN, N.Y. - The Greater Suffern Chamber of Commerce posted this video featuring the sights and sounds of their April street fair.  The fair drew thousands to Lafayette Avenue and featured over 200 vendors.  The Chamber's next such event will be a Crafts & Drafts Street Fair on Sept. 18.  Visit the Greater Suffern Chamber of Commerce website for more information.

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Lifestyle
Bagel Train In Suffern Cites Quality Ingredients As Key To DVlicious Win Bagel Train In Suffern Cites Quality Ingredients As Key To DVlicious Win
Bagel Train In Suffern Cites Quality Ingredients As Key To DVlicious Win SUFFERN, N.Y. - When asked what the secret is to making a great bagel, Nick Batistatos didn't give much away. "There are a lot of secrets, I can't say all of them. But just giving quality ingredients, not skimping out on the product," he said.  Batistatos hasn't strayed far from these secrets, and this dedication to quality bagels, made the same way over the past 20 years, is the reason Bagel Train in Suffern was voted by Daily Voice readers to have the "Best DVlicious Bagels in Rockland County." "I feel honored that people recognize us, very much so," Batist…

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Schools
Carlucci Hoping For Thursday Vote On East Ramapo Bill Carlucci Hoping For Thursday Vote On East Ramapo Bill
Carlucci Hoping For Thursday Vote On East Ramapo Bill ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. - The State Legislature could to vote on a bill this Thursday that will bring $3 million into the East Ramapo School District, continue the appointment of monitors, and give the education commissioner oversight of the district's budget.  Rockland Assemblyman Ken Zebrowski, Assemblywoman Ellen Jaffee, and State Sen. David Carlucci managed to introduce the bill on June 13 in the state legislature.  "I think it turns a real corner in East Ramapo," Carlucci said Tuesday over the phone of the bill if it were to pass. He described the bill as a partnership between …

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