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East Ramapo Central School District

New City, NY
Police & Fire
Hudson Valley Girl Killed, 17-Year-Old Critically Injured After Car Crashes Into Parked Truck Hudson Valley Girl Killed, 17-Year-Old Critically Injured After Car Crashes Into Parked Truck
Hudson Valley Girl Killed, 17-Year-Old Critically Injured After Car Crashes Into Parked Truck A Hudson Valley girl was killed and another is in critical condition after the car they were passengers in hit the back of a parked oil tanker. Related: GoFundMe Started For Nanuet Girl Killed In Crash Rockland County resident Sabrina Villagomez, age 15, of Nanuet, was killed, and a 17-year-old unnamed girl remains in critical condition following the crash around 3:18 a.m., Sunday, Jan. 21, in the Bronx, said the New York City Police. According to NYPD, the collision occurred when the 23-year-old male driver of a 2013 Chrysler sedan was traveling eastbound on Viele Avenue when he failed …

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by Kathy Reakes
Monsey, NY
Police & Fire
New Update: Two Stabbed, One Injured During Fight At High School In Hudson Valley, Police Say New Update: Two Stabbed, One Injured During Fight At High School In Hudson Valley, Police Say
New Update: Two Stabbed, One Injured During Fight At High School In Hudson Valley, Police Say Two students were stabbed and one suffered abrasions during a fight at a Hudson Valley high school. The fight took place in Rockland County in Spring Valley around 2:10 p.m., Friday, April 29 at Spring Valley High School. According to officials with the East Ramapo Central School District, as students were dismissed for the weekend, school security responded to reports of an argument among students in the parking lot of the school.  See Earlier Story: Stabbing Reported At Spring Valley High School, Police Say The Spring Valley Police Department School Resource Officer and school…

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by Kathy Reakes
Somers, NY
Schools
Hudson Valley HS To Go Remote For Months Hudson Valley HS To Go Remote For Months
Hudson Valley HS To Go Remote For Months A Hudson Valley high school will be transitioning to its remote learning model for several months due to hazardous materials inside the building. In Rockland County, Clarence Ellis, the Superintendent of Schools for the East Ramapo Central School District announced that the Spring Valley High School will be going remote through January after conducting hazardous materials and air quality testing. Local testing consultant Quality Environmental Solutions & Technologies Inc. was brought in to test the building on Tuesday, Oct. 12, with the results on Thursday, Oct. 14 reporting the presenc…

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by Zak Failla
Mount Pleasant, NY
News
New Update: Hudson Valley Schools Announce Closures For Thursday New Update: Hudson Valley Schools Announce Closures For Thursday
New Update: Hudson Valley Schools Announce Closures For Thursday The following Hudson Valley schools and school districts have announced closures for Thursday, Dec. 17 due to the Nor'easter: Westchester County Bedford Central School District, closed Byram Hills Schools, teachers will post asynchronous work to their Google Classrooms for students to complete on their own time. Chappaqua Central School District, closed Croton Harmon School District, closed Edgemont Schools, closed Greenburgh CSD, Transitioning to full remote for students, faculty, and staff and will not be transporting to private schools Greenburgh North Castle UFSD, closed Har…

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by Daily Voice
Mount Pleasant, NY
Schools
Latest Update: COVID-19 School District Closures Latest Update: COVID-19 School District Closures
Latest Update: Covid-19 School District Closures Click here for a new story: All Schools In State Will Close For At Least Two Weeks, Cuomo Says Earlier update: The following are the latest closures and schedule adjustments by schools and school districts due to the outbreak of the novel strain of the coronavirus (COVID-19). Westchester County Ardsley Union Free School District: Closed on Monday, March 16 and Tuesday, March 17. Bedford Central School District: Closed Monday, March 16 through Friday, April 3 after it was recommended a staff member at Fox Lane Middle School self-quarantine pending testing for the COVID-19. Blind Br…

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by Daily Voice
Mount Pleasant, NY
News
COVID-19: School Closures, Schedule Adjustments COVID-19: School Closures, Schedule Adjustments
Covid-19: School Closures, Schedule Adjustments The following are closures and schedule adjustments by schools and school districts due to the outbreak of the novel strain of the coronavirus (COVID-19). Westchester County Bedford Central School District: Closed Monday, March 16 through Friday, April 3 after it was recommended a staff member at Fox Lane Middle School self-quarantine pending testing for the COVID-19. Briarcliff Manor Union Free School District: Closed until Saturday, March 28. Croton-Harmon School District: Closed on Monday, March 16 and Tuesday, March 17. Byram Hills Central School District: In response to t…

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by Daily Voice
Mount Pleasant, NY
News
Schools Announce COVID-19 Closures, Schedule Adjustments For Friday, March 13 Schools Announce COVID-19 Closures, Schedule Adjustments For Friday, March 13
Schools Announce Covid-19 Closures, Schedule Adjustments For Friday, March 13 The following are schedule adjustments by schools and school districts due to the outbreak of the novel strain of the coronavirus (COVID-19). Westchester County Bedford Central School District: Closed on Thursday, March 12 and Friday, March 13 to "thoroughly sanitize" all district facilities after it was recommended a staff member at Fox Lane Middle School self-quarantine pending testing for the COVID-19. Croton-Harmon School District: Closed Friday, March 13 on Superintendent's Conference Day. Byram Hills Central School District: Closed, the Superintendent’s Conference Day will occur vir…

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by Daily Voice
Mount Pleasant, NY
News
COVID-19: Schools Announce Closures, Schedule Adjustments For Thursday, March 12 COVID-19: Schools Announce Closures, Schedule Adjustments For Thursday, March 12
Covid-19: Schools Announce Closures, Schedule Adjustments For Thursday, March 12 The following are schedule adjustments by schools and school districts due to the outbreak of the novel strain of the coronavirus (COVID-19). Westchester County Bedford Central School District: Closed on Thursday, March 12 and Friday, March 13 to "thoroughly sanitize" all district facilities after it was recommended a staff member at Fox Lane Middle School self-quarantine pending testing for the COVID-19. Byram Hills Central School District: Closed Thursday, March 12. The Superintendent’s Conference Day will occur virtually on Friday, March 13. The Harvey School, Katonah: Classe…

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by Daily Voice
New City, NY
News
Six Rockland COVID-19 Cases Cause Order For Hundreds To Self-Quarantine Six Rockland COVID-19 Cases Cause Order For Hundreds To Self-Quarantine
Six Rockland Covid-19 Cases Cause Order For Hundreds To Self-Quarantine As the number of positive cases of the novel coronavirus in Rockland County reaches six, the county's health department is announcing hundreds will need to self-quarantine. All six of the cases are within the town of Ramapo, said Rockland County Executive Ed Day and County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert. Three of the cases are students from the East Ramapo Central School District who attended Hempstead Elementary, Pomona Middle School and Ramapo High School. The three schools will be closed through March 21 and anyone who spent time in any of the three schools on or afte…

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by Kathy Reakes
Mount Pleasant, NY
News
School District In Westchester Closes After Parent In Healthcare Field Is Quarantined School District In Westchester Closes After Parent In Healthcare Field Is Quarantined
School District In Westchester Closes After Parent In Healthcare Field Is Quarantined A school district has become the second in Westchester and third in the Hudson Valley to close after a parent with flu-like symptoms has been quarantined. Two other parents in the district have also been quarantined. The Blind Brook School District announced the closure for Tuesday, March 10 on its website. "I was informed that another parent has been quarantined for COVID-19," Interim Superintendent of Schools Colin Byrne stated. "The parent works in the healthcare field and has come down with flu-like symptoms.  "As part of the protocol for healthcare employees…

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by Joe Lombardi
Stony Point, NY
News
More COVID-19 Cases Reported In Rockland More COVID-19 Cases Reported In Rockland
More Covid-19 Cases Reported In Rockland Rockland County is up to five confirmed cases of coronavirus, all linked to 50-year-old New Rochelle attorney Lawrence Garbuz, who is patient zero for the virus in the Hudson Valley. The Rockland County Department of Health confirmed this week that there have been at least three more positive tests for COVID-19, more than doubling the number of people who had previously contracted the virus. According to reports, the new cases are believed to be related to two caterers from Rockland who worked a bah mitzvah or wedding in Westchester late last month that Garbuz attended. In response, the Ea…

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by Zak Failla
Mount Pleasant, NY
Schools
COVID-19: Schools Announce Closures, Schedule Adjustments For Tuesday, March 10 COVID-19: Schools Announce Closures, Schedule Adjustments For Tuesday, March 10
Covid-19: Schools Announce Closures, Schedule Adjustments For Tuesday, March 10 Click here for an updated story: Schools Announce Closures, Schedule Adjustments For Wednesday, March 11 The following are schedule adjustments by schools and school districts for Tuesday, March 10 due to the outbreak of the novel strain of the coronavirus (COVID-19). Westchester County Blind Brook Union Free School District: closed Related story: Blind Brook SD Closes After Parent In Healthcare Field Is Quarantined The Harvey School, Katonah, classes and after-school activities have been canceled for the remainder of the week leading into spring break, from Tuesd…

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by Daily Voice
Mount Pleasant, NY
Schools
School Districts Announce Closures Due To COVID-19 Concerns School Districts Announce Closures Due To COVID-19 Concerns
School Districts Announce Closures Due To Covid-19 Concerns New update: Click here for school closures, schedule announcements for Tuesday, March 10 The following school districts have announced closures on Monday, March 9 due to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Suffolk County Shoreham-Wading Central River School District (Schools closed Monday, March 9) Related story: Shoreham-Wading River School District Closes Due To COVID-19 Exposure Westchester County Scarsdale Public School District (Schools will be closed through Wednesday, March 18 after a faculty member tested positive for COVID-19) Related story: Scarsdale …

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by Daily Voice
Mount Pleasant, NY
News
Five Students In Rockland Quarantined For COVID-19 Exposure Five Students In Rockland Quarantined For COVID-19 Exposure
Five Students In Rockland Quarantined For Covid-19 Exposure Five students in an area school district have been quarantined for exposure to the coronavirus. None of the children are showing any actual coronavirus symptoms, the East Ramapo Central School District said in a message to the community. Related story: Locations Released For Potential COVID-19 Exposure In Rockland The district was advised by Rockland County health officials about the situation on Friday, March 6. The students attend these schools: Hempstead Elementary School, Pomona Middle School, Chestnut Ridge Middle School, Spring Valley High School, Ramapo High School, T…

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by Joe Lombardi
DV Plus - Westchester, NY
Politics
Around The Towns: Haitian-American Steps Into Senate Race, Race Talk, Paris Cathedral Around The Towns: Haitian-American Steps Into Senate Race, Race Talk, Paris Cathedral
Around The Towns: Haitian-American Steps Into Senate Race, Race Talk, Paris Cathedral Planning a trip to Paris and want to know when Notre Dame will re-open? Not for five years says the French president. Why's that? Find out more about the fire-ravaged cathedral on Thursday, March 5 at the Alliance Francaise in White Plains. That's when Yale University professor R. Howard Bloch will talk about the challenges of rebuilding Notre Dame and about other French cathedrals. The event is at 7 p.m. and here's where to RSVP. Haitian-American Spring Valley Trustee Enters 38th District Race "Being able to make history and show Haitian children in our community that someo…

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by Donna Christopher
Newburgh, NY
News
Morning Update: Schools Announce Delayed Starts For Thursday Morning Update: Schools Announce Delayed Starts For Thursday
Morning Update: Schools Announce Delayed Starts For Thursday The following schools and school districts have announced closures and delayed starts for Thursday, Jan. 31 due to icy conditions and frigid temperatures. Westchester Bedford Central School District, two-hour delay  Briarcliff Manor Union Free School District, two-hour delay Croton-Harmon School District, two-hour delay Eastchester Union Free School District, two-hour delay Elmsford Union Free School District, two-hour delay Greenburg-Graham Union Free School District, two-hour delay John F. Kennedy Catholic High School, two-hour delay Lakeland Central School Dist…

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by Daily Voice
Mount Pleasant, NY
Schools
Schools Announce Delayed Starts For Friday Schools Announce Delayed Starts For Friday
Schools Announce Delayed Starts For Friday The following schools and school districts have announced delayed starts on Friday, Jan. 18 as a result of the winter storm. Westchester County Greenburg-Graham Union Free School District, one-hour delay Iona Prep, Lower School faculty and staff are asked to report by 9:30 a.m.; students by 10. Upper School faculty and staff are asked to report by 10 a.m., students by 10:30 and all exams will begin at 11. The Masters School, one-hour delay  New York School For The Deaf, two-hour delay   Putnam County Putnam Valley Central School District, two-hour delay   Dutchess …

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by Daily Voice
Mahopac, NY
Schools
Voters Approve Brewster School Budget Voters Approve Brewster School Budget
Voters Approve Brewster School Budget Voters in the Brewster Central School District approved a $98 million budget for next year. A total of 1,123 Brewster residents voted for the budget proposal and 454 against it on Tuesday, June 19. Brewster was among three Hudson Valley school districts where taxpayers were asked to vote a second tie after the initial proposal was defeated. Brewster's next operating budget will increase the property tax levy by 2.22 percent. In May, Brewster voters rejected a proposed $99 million budget: 808 residents voted against it and 689 supported it. New Rochelle and East Ramapo school districts al…

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by Jon Craig
Monsey, NY
Schools
East Ramapo Taxpayers Defeat School Budget Revote East Ramapo Taxpayers Defeat School Budget Revote
East Ramapo Taxpayers Defeat School Budget Revote East Ramapo Central School District voters rejected a second attempt to pass a proposed operating budget for the next school year.on Tuesday, June 19.According to early, unofficial results, 2,509 East Ramapo voters supported the school budget proposal, while 3,137 were against it. Because the $273.3 million budget vote failed again, school officials now must cut $4.3 million in spending. That means the East Ramapo Board of Education may have to eliminate summer school, athletics, extracurricular activities, electives and an undisclosed number of staff. After the school district's $237.3 mil…

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by Jon Craig
Mount Pleasant, NY
Schools
Schools Announce Delayed Starts For Thursday Schools Announce Delayed Starts For Thursday
Schools Announce Delayed Starts For Thursday The following area school districts and schools have announced they will have delayed starts on Thursday, March 22 as a result of the latest Nor'easter. Check back for updates and refresh this page. Westchester Ardsley Union Free School District, two-hour delay Bedford Central School District, two-hour delay Briarcliff Manor School District, two-hour delay Byram Hills Central School District, two-hour delay Chappaqua Central School District, two-hour delay Croton Harmon School District, two-hour delay Eastchester Union Free School District, two-hour delay Greenburgh North Castle Unio…

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by Daily Voice
Mount Pleasant, NY
Schools
Morning Update: Schools Announce Closures For Wednesday Morning Update: Schools Announce Closures For Wednesday
Morning Update: Schools Announce Closures For Wednesday Projected Snowfall Totals Increase As Fourth Nor'easter Nears The following area school districts and schools have announced they will be closed on Wednesday, March 21 as a result of the latest Nor'easter.  Check back for updates and refresh this page. Westchester Archbishop Stepinac Ardsley Union Free School District Beacon City School District Bedford Central School District Blind Brook Public Schools Chappaqua Central School District Croton Harmon School District  Eastchester Union Free School District Edgemont School District Elmsford Union Free School District Garrison Unio…

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by Daily Voice
Mount Pleasant, NY
Schools
New Updates: Schools Announce Closures For Wednesday New Updates: Schools Announce Closures For Wednesday
New Updates: Schools Announce Closures For Wednesday Projected Snowfall Totals Increase As Fourth Nor'easter Nears The following area school districts and schools have announced they will be closed on Wednesday, March 21 as a result of the latest Nor'easter. Check back for updates and refresh this page. Westchester Ardsley Union Free School District Beacon City School District Bedford Central School District Blind Brook Public Schools Chappaqua Central School District Croton Harmon School District Eastchester Union Free School District Edgemont School District Elmsford Union Free School District Garrison Union Free School District…

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