Cara Pace, President and CEO of United Hospice, the leading nonprofit hospice provider in Rockland and Orange Counties, was named the 2025 winner of the Carol Selinske Founder’s Award, the most prestigious recognition awarded by the Hospice and Palliative Care Association of New York State (HPCANYS). The honor is given to individuals or teams whose […]
Good afternoon to you Jon. My husband and I look forward to your column each week because we get to see so many interesting things. Hopefully you can help me with this painting. A brief history for you about its origin. My grandmother was a member of the original Pascack Women’s Club in the 1930s […]
Anita Brown, Nyack Jazz Composer and Conductor, has received a Support for Artists grant from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) to support her creative work as a composer. Sponsored by Fractured Atlas, this award will fund the composition of Slices of the Gradient for Anita Brown Jazz Orchestra. Through New York […]
Reps. Mike Lawler (R-NY), Don Beyer (VA-08), and Scott Peters (CA-50) introduced the bipartisan Childhood Diabetes Reduction Act to address growing public health concerns regarding rising childhood obesity rates and diet-related chronic diseases such as diabetes. The legislation would require the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to implement clear nutrient and health warning labels and […]
The Hudson Lyric Opera presents Gian Carlo Menotti’s Christmas story Amahl and the Night Visitors on Saturday December 13 at 2PM. The performance will take place at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 112 North Main Street, Pearl River, NY. Members of Ballet Rockland will be dancing. This one act opera tells the Christmas story of Amahl, […]
On Sunday December 7, 2025 from 1:30-4 PM., Saint John’s Church in the Wilderness Episcopal Church will be hosting a candlelight Christmas open house and quilt show. Located at 119 St. Johns Road, Stony Point NY 10980. The open house will take place in our 19th century church, rectory and former dormitory. You are welcome […]