Nyack Middle School students were offered chicken and waffles, with watermelon as dessert, on Feb. 1, the first day of Black History Month.
Author: Nancy Cutler, Rockland/Westchester Journal News
Foster families worry for health, finances and kids getting lost in the system amid COVID-19
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