The Association for the Visually Impaired (AVI) and the Rockland Community College Accessibility Service Department will mark 2017 Rockland County White Cane Awareness Day with the workshop “Demystifying the White Cane,” October 19, 9 -11 a.m. in Room 3214 of the Nelson Mandela Activity Center (second floor) at Rockland Community College. White Cane Awareness Day, a national observance in the United […]
The girls are getting together for dinner, shopping, a learning session and stand up comedy–and everyone is welcome to join them. Girls’ Night Out, hosted by The Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation, is open to the community. The event will be held October 19, 5:30 p.m. at the Crowne Plaza in Suffern. The cost is $75. […]
BY DYLAN SKRILOFF This monster mystery bug with scorpion-style fangs was spotted behind the Rockland County Times office in Nanuet on Wednesday. A photo of the bug was shared to RCT’s Facebook page with the query “What kind of bug?” The most popular answer was stink bug, with one reader suggesting the photo […]
BY DIANE DIMOND Every action has a reaction, and every decision has a consequence. Remember that lesson you learned early in life? A funny thing happened on the way to introducing naloxone to the world of drug addicts. Experts in the field decided this antidote to nearly fatal drug overdoses was a modern-day miracle that […]
Rockland Council on Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependence [RCADD] will present a free viewing of the film documentary “Generation Found” on Wednesday, October 11 at Rockland Community College’s Cultural Arts Theatre. Light refreshments will be served at a social hour beginning at 6 p.m. The film will begin at 7 p.m. The film is created by award-winning filmmakers Jeff Reilly […]
Death and Funeral of Nyack Stained Glass Artist Robert Pinart Robert Pinart, a renowned stained and dale de verre glass artist, passed away in Nyack Hospital on October 1 due to respiratory failure. Pinart worked in the United States from 1951 until his retirement in 2008. Many of the churches, synagogues and hospitals in Rockland […]