PRESS RELEASE Following a press conference held by members of the Assembly Republican Conference in Albany last week, Assemblyman Karl Brabenec (R,C,I-Deerpark) is calling for common-sense legislation aimed at relieving thousands of New Yorkers’ student loan debt and reducing the burden on prospective and current college students. The package of bills includes measures to allow […]
PRESS RELEASE HNA Group has completed the acquisition of International Business Machines’ (IBM) 106-acre, 450,000-square-foot Palisades Conference Center, located 20 miles north of Manhattan, as a resource and training center for HNA Group’s global executive team. The conference center property is located at 334 Route 9W Palisades, New York 10964. Terms of the transaction were […]
Rockland Youth Orchestra (RYO) will be having its fifth season from March 9 through June 1 of this year featuring rehearsals on Wednesday evenings from 7:30 – 9 p.m. The rehearsals will take place at Highview Elementary School on 24 Highview Avenue in Nanuet, New York (Zip Code 10954). Rockland Youth Orchestra will culminate season […]
SUEZ announced last week that it will co-sponsor a Project WET (Water Education for Teachers) Workshop for Rockland County educators. The free workshop, which will also be co-sponsored by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC), will be held on March 9 at the Crestwood Conference Center in West Nyack. Through the workshop, […]
To the Editor, Our nonpartisan Full Day Kindergarten advocacy group continues to be amazed at the level of support from our community, local government, and statewide officials. As our advocacy leaders continue to move forward with finding a solution to educational inequity in NR and the Mirant debt relief, we must commend Senator Carlucci for […]
BY JANIE ROSMAN When two separate and recognizable objects — human hair and brooms, silverware and a rake — are combined into one, sometimes artistic alchemy occurs and a new unique concept emerges. “Beautiful Nonsense: The Absurd Object,” a collection of such works curated by artist Norm Magnusson of Rhinebeck, opened at Rockland Center for […]