BY JANIE ROSMAN Kindergarteners in the East Ramapo Early Childhood Center will have a surprise next fall from the Tales for Tots Literacy Program. “The single most important activity for building knowledge for their eventual success in reading is reading aloud to children,” according to Becoming a Nation of Readers,a 1985 report by the Commission […]
BY JANIE ROSMAN One New City resident is teaching her students at Yonkers’ Lincoln High School that generosity and community service can reach recipients more than 7,100 miles away. “A lot of teenagers don’t understand how they can make a different with their actions,” social studies department chair Dee Silverman said. The annual fall walkathon […]
PRESS RELEASE A full day of free music and art set against the backdrop of the Hudson River–that’s what the second annual Haverstraw RiverArts & Music Festival promises. On Saturday, July 11 from 12 noon – 6 p.m., Emeline Park plays host to four national and local bands: Jamie Block (Folk), Pablo Mayor Folklore Urbano […]
PRESS RELEASE Three lucky winners will be lighting the celebration fireworks when each drives home from Empire City Casino in a brand new Jeep Patriot during the three-day Fourth of July Weekend promotion. On Friday, July 3, Saturday, July 4, and Sunday, July 5, Empire Club Members will be eligible for the 6 p.m. drawing on each day. All Empire Club Members have two more weeks to enter (now through […]
Deny, Deny Until They Die: Agent Orange and the Government Response BY DIANE DIMOND So, the U.S. government has finally decided to help some 2,000 Air Force personnel exposed to Agent Orange residue left over in airplanes used during the Vietnam War. They are now eligible for disability, medical and survivor benefits. “Opening up eligibility […]
PRESS RELEASE The Town of Clarkstown and Fairway supermarket in Nanuet invites residents to attend the Fairway Market Firehouse Food Face-off on July 12, 2015. The free event, open to the public, includes: music, food, giveaways, and fire trucks. All seven volunteer fire departments in the Town of Clarkstown will compete in Fairway’s Firehouse Food […]