The National Merit Scholarship Program has just announced Finalist status to Tappan Zee High School seniors Carolyn Qian and Christopher Lovrin. The National Merit Scholarship Program is an academic competition for recognition and scholarships that began in 1955. High school students enter the Program by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test which serves […]
Mozart’s Requiem Nyack College Chorale Friday, April 4, 7:30 p.m. Prof. Joel Jameson, director Nyack College Chorale, under the direction of Professor Joel Jameson and student director, Jamal Sarikoki, will perform Requiem Mass in D minor (K. 626) by W.Al Mozart\. Special guests: Laurelle Virola, soprano; Kate Wiswell, alto; Patrick Dennison, tenor; and Joel Jameson, […]
(Boston, Mass.) — Theresa Madonna, a resident of Stony Point, has recently been named to the Dean’s List at Boston University for the Fall semester. Each school and college at Boston University has their own criterion for the Dean’s List, but students generally must attain a 3.5 grade point average (on a 4.0 scale), or be in the […]
PHOTO BY RON LENT Local photographer Ron Lent captures a great blue heron in action at Bowline Park in Haverstraw. North Rockland is home to an array of wildlife including herons and bald eagles.
Senator Carlucci has teamed up with students from the Franklin Elementary School in Pearl River to present Valentines collected from schools throughout Rockland and Westchestrer County to local Veterans. The event, which was postponed due to snow, was held in the auditorium of the Franklin Elementary School this morning. Elementary students sang several patriotic songs […]
BY DREW JOHNSON It’s getting tough to take environmentalists seriously. More and more, the leaders of the environmental movement — the “Kings of Green” — are emerging as a pathetic mix of liars, frauds, hucksters and hypocrites who are more concerned with lining their pockets off environmental hysteria than actually protecting Mother Nature. Few would […]