Free Cone Day 2017 is Coming! Ben & Jerry’s fans can mark April 4 on their calendars as the 2017 Ben & Jerry-est day of the year: Free Cone Day! For the past 38 years, Ben & Jerry’s has opened Scoop Shops to dish out free ice cream to fans, thanking them for being so uniquely awesome. […]
PRESS RELEASE– Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Director Frances A. Scott, of the F.A. Scott Insurance Agency, in Goshen, met with Sen. William J. Larkin Jr., R-39; Assemblyman James Skoufis, D-99; and Assemblywoman Aileen M. Gunther, D-100, to discuss PIANY’s 2017 legislative priorities as part of the association’s District Office Visit Program. Both Larkin […]
On Saturday, March 11, 2017, more than 20 students from the TZHS History Honor Society accompanied by social studies teacher Matt Robertson attended the Lower Hudson Valley’s Regional History Day Contest. Juniors Eli Gordon, Jake Laddis, and Ruben Sriskanda placed second for their original website entitled “The Unlikely Community,” which was created in order to share the […]
FROM NEW YORK STATE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES (NYSAC) The State Legislature last week addressed two significant cost shifts in the 2017-18 Executive State Budget proposal. The first one addressed a cost shift in public health problems, which was rejected by both the Senate and Assembly in their respective one house budget bills. “County taxpayers cannot […]
Two prominent Irish-American musicians will bring a wee bit of the Emerald Isle to Rockland Community College as the headliners of a special performing arts event. CrossRoads Ceili, a celebration of Irish culture through music and dance, hits the stage Thursday, March 30, at the Cultural Arts Center Theater. The event, taking place Thursday, March 30, 7 […]
By Keshawadhana Balakrishnan, MD & Howard Bostwick, MD Gastroenterology, Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital, Valhalla, NY Infants and toddlers explore their world by putting just about anything they find into their mouths. Ingestion of foreign bodies is primarily a pediatric problem, as more than 80 percent of cases occur in children. The majority of the children who […]