BY KATHY KAHN A festive Friday the 13th was celebrated at Rockland ARC, with songs, one-act plays, a reading of the “I have a dream” speech and a drum solo by Arthur Lord to an overflow crowd of ARC clients, their families and the staff in celebration of the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, […]
Lodge’s First Beefsteak Dinner Planned for Saturday, March 18 New York City’s Beefsteak Dinners started in the late 1800s and they were traditionally all-male gatherings held in rustic taverns or dingy cellars where, sitting on crates or stools, the men would tell stories, sing, eat steaks, and drink beer or ale with abandon. Etiquette was […]
PRESS RELEASE – To address the lateness of STAR rebate checks owed to New York homeowners, Senator David Carlucci (D-Rockland/Westchester) will introduce a bill to speed up and improve the rebate check process. Carlucci’s legislation adds a 5 percent fee to rebate checks issued after October 30 and an additional monthly fee for every month […]
Johnny Rockets, the global restaurant chain, celebrated the grand reopening of its newly designed restaurant at the Palisades Center Mall in West Nyack, with an event benefiting the Boys & Girls Clubs serving the Westchester/Rockland County area. Johnny Rockets is donating 20 percent of sales from its grand opening day event to the organization. Twenty-five […]
(StatePoint) Every year, losing weight and living a healthier lifestyle top millions of people’s New Year’s resolutions lists. Unfortunately, it’s a lot easier to set a goal than it is to actually achieve it, so it’s important to have a game plan if you want to see results. Here are some sustainable tips to help […]
Currently, the world makes and consumes about 600 billion pounds of plastic yearly, in a market that is growing at about 5% a year. However, scammers in Nigeria are taking the word “consuming” much too seriously. The Nigerian government seized 2.5 metric tons of rice, which they believed to actually have been made of plastic, […]