Julianne Vargas, 2, of Thiells plays with a flying disk before a fireworks show put on by the Clarkstown Parks and Recreation Commission at Nanuet High School. See more photos from the music and fireworks show at Nanuet High School
You can visit the Poconos and support Chiku Awali African Dance, Arts and Culture Inc. at the same time. The organization is taking signups for its fundraising trip to Mount Airy Casino Resort. The bus will leave at 8:40 a.m. July 23 from 238 N. Main St., Spring Valley, the… Read More →
It’s Thursday. We’re inching closer to the long holiday weekend. Here’s a glance at opinion content published today: Greg Ball and gay marriage: Editorial We comment on the political mechanics and arm-twisting that led to the state Senate’s 33-29 vote to legalize same-sex marriage in New York. In particular, we… Read More →
The Town of Clarkstown will hold its annual Independence Day fireworks and concert at 6 p.m. on Thursday at Nanuet High School, 103 Church Street in Nanuet. The town is co-sponsoring the event with Tilcon, Provident Bank, Hartford Life Insurance Company and United Water. The festivities will include inflatable bouncers… Read More →
Rockland County’s Ronald Steiner, who does public relations for the New York Grand Lodge of Masons, keeps us posted on significant events. He let us know that New City’s the Right Worshipful Federico Larrinaga is the newest grand chaplain of the Grand Lodge of Masons of the State of New… Read More →
Corinne McGeorge has done a well-researched history of Letchworth Village and you can see it through July at the Brick Museum in Haverstraw. After that, she plans to show it in other places around Rockland County. Marking the 100th anniversary of Letchworth Village, the exhibit opened June 19. Exhibit hours… Read More →
Here’s a glance at today’s opinion content: Health-insurance exchanges: Editorial We encourage the state Senate to return to Albany to take care of some legislative odds ands ends, chief among them a bill that would create a health-insurance exhange — a market for uninsured individuals and small-business owners to buy… Read More →
Nyack’s Neil Berg is readying his show “Broadway and Berg: Broadway Show Stoppers and the Theater Songs of Neil Berg,” which opens next week. If you want to get a taste of what to expect, set your DVR and check out Berg on Fox 5’s “Good Day NY” this Friday… Read More →
Good news to share: The Suffern Red Sox (shown here) won the Minors Tournament of Champions June 25 at Nanuet against East Ramapo. Tom Scanlon is the team’s coach.
The Rockland County Jazz and Blues Society has such a deal for you! The society has already mapped out its plans for Nyack Jazz Week 2011 from July 24 to 31, and it’s offering a special promotion to society members, musicians and friends – but it’s only through July 5…. Read More →
