Senator David Carlucci (D-Rockland/Westchester) has announced that he will be hosting his second annual Senior Technology Seminar to educate senior citizens on how to use new technology and web-based communication tools. This is a follow-up to the popular introductory-level seminar that was held one year ago. The two-hour event will be held on Friday, March […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE The Rockland Bouders, who open the 2013 season May 16 at Provident Ball Park in Pomona against the Newark Bears, have acquired outfielder Jerod Edmondsen from the CanAm League’s Newark Bears. In exchange the Bears receive pitcher Dan Jurik and a player to be named later. Edmondsen is a veteran of […]
By Anthony Melé A school safety plan that instructs children to sit in a room and wait for a psychotic killer or terrorist hostage taker to find them, is like locking them in a burning building so the firemen will know where they are. The narrative given to us by the media at Newtown, Ct. […]
A Rockland County effort to organize medicine and medicinal supplies for a mid-March medical mission to Haiti are underway. The mission will include a free medical clinic for children that will be staffed by local doctors joining the mission. The effort will be led by Konbit Neg Lakay, the Rockland County Haiti Relief Campaign, and […]
The sixth annual Penguin Plunge is set for Sunday, March 3, from noon to 2 p.m., at Nyack’s Memorial Park. This year, the event will raise funds for Isabella Ruggiero of Harrington Park, NJ and Max and Bree of New Hempstead, NY. Isabella Ruggiero, a beautiful 4-year-old girl from Harrington Park, NJ, was diagnosed with […]
BY HEATHER HACKNEY Ladies and Gentlemen, normally this isn’t my forte, but the road to stardom this year goes through our highway and lands in our backyard. March 5 the WWE wrestling superstars find themselves at the Times Union Center in Albany, NY before landing in our very own Izod Center on April 7 for […]