A 5-year-old girl was struck and killed by a Satmar school bus Friday in Monsey. The child had just gotten off the school bus near her home in the area of South Madison Avenue and West Funston Street in Spring Valley when she was struck. Sources have told Mid-Hudson News that first responders, including Hatzolah […]
Chocolate-chip cookies are a treat on their own, but what if there was a way to make their meaning even sweeter? Baking Memories 4 Kids founder and Rockland resident Frank Squeo has paved that way, creating a national foundation that provides all-expenses-paid, weeklong trips to every amusement park in Orlando, Florida for very sick or […]
Sony Music-signed record producer and Rockland County resident Brandon Korn—known professionally as Bkorn—may not perform on stage, but he is no stranger to the limelight. The Grammy and three-time BMI award-winning professional has crafted hit songs for huge names in the music business throughout his ten-year career, including Travis Scott, DJ Khaled, Chris Brown, Lil […]
On January 8, 2017 in the space above Ramapo’s historic Lafayette Theater, Rhino Comedy club owner Maria Vail gathered a group of friends together with one goal: to create a comedy empire. Though Vail’s vision was anything but simple, the Ramapo College acting professor and longtime theatre professional had faith that her experience and industry connections […]
Charlie Bieger, a Tappan Zee High School junior, has created a business selling T-shirts and hoodies designed to combat homelessness. He specifically designed a line of clothing where he donates 100% of profits to the Nyack Homeless Project (a 501(c)3 non-profit) and Charlie also donates two meals for every purchase from the other clothing lines […]
Since high school, Flawless Beauty By Nikki owner Nikki Sullivan knew that she didn’t want to go to college. Traditional school had never been her thing; instead, she preferred hands-on, artistic activities, like doing her friends’ hair and makeup. After graduation, Sullivan decided she would use this passion for beauty to make her mark on […]