This Week In Brief: New Apple Bank, County Gets Good Economic News, RCC & Mercy Forge Deal
This Week In Brief: New Apple Bank, County Gets Good Economic News, RCC & Mercy Forge Deal
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Category: Education
Rockland County Education/Higher Learning Institutions
Nyack School District Moves Forward To Purchase Commercial Site Despite Questions Over Holding A Safe Election
The Nyack School Board, which wants to purchase a commercial retail site adjacent to Nyack High School to convert to a parking lot, voted Tuesday to set a date for a voter referendum even though two board members raised objections to setting a one-day in-person vote while the COVID pandemic rages on.
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Nyack College Has Green Light To Sell Campus To A Hasidic Yeshiva
Nyack College has been given the green light to move forward on its sale to a Yeshivath Viznitz D K Hal Torath Chaim Inc., a Hasidic Jewish congregation.
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Nyack School Board Wants To Buy Former “Pie Lady” Strip Mall; Voters Will Decide
Nyack School Board wants to purchase a commercial retail site adjacent to Nyack High School to convert to a parking lot. The board, however, needs voter approval.
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Billy Procida Paves Way For Future STAC Students In Need With $50,000 Scholarship Fund
William “Billy” Procida, president of Procida Funding and Piermont resident, has established the “Dr. William “Billy” Procida and Dr. Margaret Fitzpatrick, S.C. Scholarship Fund” in honor of Dr. Fitzpatrick’s retirement
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Mark Davidoff Replaces David Kimmel At RCC’s Culinary Center In Nyack
David Kimmel, the visionary for RCC’s Culinary Arts Center in Nyack and its interim director, has left the college. He has been replaced by Mark Davidoff, a longtime consultant for the food and beverage industry.
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Megamall Documentarians Take On Education Reform In New Film
“Backpack Full Of Cash” Calls Attention To Threat Charter Schools and Vouchers Are Having On Public Schools By Tina Traster Megamall, the documentary by Rockland filmmakers Sarah Mondale and Vera Aronow, is proving to be timeless as the Town of Clarkstown is grappling with the Palisades Center over its desire to build out and lease […]
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CBRE Issues RFP For Sale Of Nyack College
Zoning Rules Limit Future of Nyack College Campus NEWS ANALYSIS By Tina Traster CBRE this week issued an RFP without an asking price for the sale of Nyack College. The college is seeking a buyer for the 40-property portfolio spread over 107 acres. The college is willing to sell all its holdings to one entity, […]
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STAC Adds Hospitality Management Program
Though it’s just in its infancy, St. Thomas Aquinas College (STAC) in Sparkill has added a Hospitality Management program to its business school, and early enrollees are seen as its pioneers.
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Nyack College Sale Has Many Betting On Its Future
Speculation over what will happen to the for-sale Nyack College campus was like a parlor game in rooms across Rockland County these last couple of weeks.
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