BY CHERYL SLAVIN Travelers along Route 59 in Nanuet might have done a double-take this past Friday night and Saturday as they passed the Rockland Mattress parking lot. It was hard to miss the large RV parked alongside the circular silver tent and the smoking fire pit. No, these were not some campers who took […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE About 100 arts lovers and supporters attended the annual County Executive Arts Awards last Wednesday. It was the 24th annual awards ceremony, an event originally initiated by Rockland County’s first County Executive John Grant of Haverstraw with his wife Mary. Six awards were given to individuals and an arts organization for […]
BY JENNIFER MOCCIO Dreams CAN become reality. Yes, I believe in this wholeheartedly. HOWEVER, this concept & way of thinking was proven even further yesterday afternoon. As most of you little nuggets know, I was lucky enough to be personally introduced to Laura Geller (yes, THE Laura Geller!) via special family friends. I could barely […]
Same old story. Boy meets girl, and she falls so much harder than him; or does she? We just ended that time of year when I was reminded that, “”In every girl’s life, there’s a boy she’ll never forget & a summer when it all began,” all unexpectedly. There were whistles, bells or sirens. It […]
From Thomas Dinapoli’s Office Fourteen local governments, including Rockland, Suffolk, Nassau and Erie counties, have been designated as fiscally stressed in the latest update of State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli’s Fiscal Stress Monitoring System. The update was issued in conjunction with a report highlighting the similarities among localities listed in fiscal stress. “The increased number […]