BY BARRY WARNER New City-Recently, the New City Library held a drop-in session for children of all ages, including Maria and Sophia Vargas, to create hand-made Valentine’s cards to be sent to American soldiers serving overseas. Materials supplied included cutouts, stickers, glue plus colored pencils and pens. The cards will provide personal connections to help […]
The application process for the third class of the Empire State Fellows has begun. The program attracts exceptional and diverse talent from New York and around the country to serve in high-level positions in the administration. Since its inception in 2012, the two-year Program has begun preparing a new generation of policy-makers to help lead […]
PRESS RELEASE FROM NEW YORKERS FOR CONSTITUTIONAL FREEDOMS Today, Sen. Lee Zeldin (R-C-I, Shirley) announced the introduction of legislation, S.6604, that would suspend the mandatory implementation of Common Core-related curricula and testing for a period of three years, and would authorize the formation of a Blue Ribbon Commission on 21st Century Testing and Curricula to […]
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The Rockland County Office for the Aging Advisory Council is now accepting nominations for the 2014 Senior Citizen of the Year and Outstanding Contribution by a Senior Citizen Awards. Rockland County Executive Ed Day will present the two awards at a ceremony during the annual Power of Age ceremony (formerly Senior Awareness Day) on Wednesday, […]
A new scholarship award has been founded in memory of Stephen F. Strack Jr. who, on May 22, 1979, was killed in a car accident at age 29. His friends and family decided to keep his spirit and memory alive through the creation of a memorial fund. Stephen was an outstanding college-bound baseball player for […]