Lauren Shields of Stony Point isn’t a little girl anymore. When she was only 8-years-old Shields received a heart transplant and by the time she was 11, she was spearheading a movement to expand organ donations in New York by requiring driver’s license applicants in state to fill out the organ donor registry [yes or […]
Three dedicated people—Martha Robles of Rockland Catholic Charities; Elsa Seguinot, retired Sergeant with the NYPD and President of the Rockland County Police Hispanic Society; and Michael Greco, the first Latino appointed as a U.S. Marshall for the South District of New York and Chairman of Rockland County Commission on Human Rights—were recognized for their contributions […]
PHOTOS BY AARON MOELLER STORY BY DYLAN SKRILOFF As you have likely noticed, Rockland County has become a major hub for TV and movie production. Film shoots are around the county almost every week of the year. The latest project to call Rockland home is “Rise,” a TV show airing on WNBC channel 4. The […]
Penguin Rep Theatre presents the world premiere of “Fall River,” a new play by Frederick Stroppel, directed by Joe Brancato, beginning Friday, October 13. Before O.J. Simpson, there was Lizzie Borden. Whether, as the children’s rhyme goes, she really took an axe and gave her mother 40 whacks, then turned and gave her father 41, we’ll never […]
Senator David Carlucci (D-Rockland/Westchester) hosted a Citizen Preparedness Corps Training Program at the Nanuet Public Library late last month. Ninety-eight residents turned out to listen to a 2-hour presentation giving residents the tools and resources to prepare for any type of disaster, respond accordingly and recover as quickly as possible to pre-disaster conditions. “Events like […]
BY JEANNINE RIPPA October 4 is a worldwide celebratation of the feast day of the Patron Saint of Animals, Saint Francis of Assisi. It’s customary that in remembrance of St. Francis of Assisi’s love for all creatures, animals are led to churches for a special ceremony called the “Blessing of the Animals.” St. Francis of […]