NEW CITY, NY —  Help build tomorrow’s leaders! The Rockland County Youth Bureau will offer free training for frontline youth workers, supervisors and others who work directly with young people. The four-hour interactive training entitled “Effective Youth Development Programming” will introduce participants to the principles and best-practices of Positive Youth Development. PYD is a policy perspective […]
LEGISLATIVE PRESS RELEASE Assemblymembers Ellen Jaffee (D-Suffern) and Kenneth Zebrowski (D-New City) both applaud the announcement by Governor Cuomo that he supports the efforts of the State Education Department to install attorney Hank Greenberg as the fiscal monitor for the East Ramapo Central School District. The announcement comes after years of meetings, conversations and requests […]
BY KRISTEN SULLIVAN Alex Domini, a native of Spring Valley, was recently chosen as one of 39 singers out of over 1,000 applicants to participate in The Glimmerglass Festival’s Young Artists Program, an internationally recognized apprenticeship program for young singers in Cooperstown, NY. Domini started his musical theatre career performing with Spring Valley High School’s […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE “The Boys Next Door” at Antrim Playhouse in Suffern is a courageous portrayal of mentally challenged men living in a communal residence, which aims to show how they and their friends have lives filled with issues, humor, tenderness and anger similar to any other person. Antrim Playhouse and director Bobbi Schevitz […]
Turn up the heat, at the Palisades Center’s Chili Cook-Off! The shopping center will host a day of taste-testing and fun, in collaboration with Rebuild Hi Tor Animal Shelter to benefit their efforts to restore Hi Tor Animal Shelter in Pomona, NY. On July 12 from 1 – 3 p.m., participants will showcase their favorite […]
Religious day camp begins construction of pools without permits A religious day camp in Chestnut Ridge is currently building four swimming pools as per a lease agreement, though they are proceeding without the proper permits. Teaneck-based Camp Shalom began work earlier this week and was ordered to cease construction, but by the time code enforcement officials […]