A Newcomer's Guide to Joining Your Local Community in Rockland County
Libraries, volunteer boards, fire companies and neighborhood groups are the fastest ways to feel at home here.
Community
Schools, fire companies, libraries and volunteers across Rockland County, reported by name.
Volunteer fire companies in Rockland: how they're organized, funded, and staffed
Across the five towns, fire protection runs on independent companies, elected district boards, and residents willing to answer the pager.
How Rockland County's towns and villages fit together
Five towns, nineteen villages, one county legislature of seventeen — here's the structure that decides who plows, who zones, and who taxes what.
Who pays for Rockland County's public libraries?
Rockland's 17 chartered libraries are funded four different ways, and which one applies to you decides whether you ever get a ballot.
Neighborhood associations in Rockland County: how streets organize and town boards listen
From New City civic groups to village associations in Nyack and Spring Valley, here is how Rockland's neighborhoods organize, what they can change, and how they work with town boards.