West Nyack resident Peter Winograd serves as concertmaster for the Telly Award winning television special Discover Saint-Saëns’ “Organ” Symphony by The Discovery Orchestra (TDO), which is available to stream through June 30 on The WNET Group’s AllArts.organd on the free ALL ARTS app on all major streaming platforms, including Apple TV, Roku and Amazon Fire […]
Urban renewal projects irrevocably changed the landscape of American cities and villages in the 1950s and 1960s. Although intended to stimulate economic and social ‘revitalization,’ many of these projects resulted in the destruction of entire communities. Nyack has its own urban renewal story, now told in a new documentary through interviews with people who […]
Meet Jax, a K-9 of the Clarkstown Police Department, who’s tough as nails, loves rocks and works for toys. Jax has been a member of the department since 2018 when he was assigned to work with his handler, Officer Mike Keane, before he was even a year old. “There’s certain tests that we run […]
You’ve heard of spring cleaning, but what about summer redesigning? With the sunny season approaching, rearrange your home applying feng shui principles. Nancy Parker, a personal and environmental energy specialist; healer and feng shui practitioner of more than 20 years, describes feng shui as a study of the relationship between “the environment and human life, […]
As more than 400 unchecked wildfires burn in Canada, smog continues to engulf communities in the Northeast U.S. on Wednesday and is expected to remain for several days. The smell – and even taste – of a campfire overtook New York City this morning as commuters wore N95 masks per government recommendations. The air quality […]
The Pearl River School District has officially begun enforcement and ticketing drivers passing school bus stop signs under the Rockland County School Bus Safety program. Pearl River School District buses are fully equipped with cameras on stop-arms. During the 30-day warning period during May, the cameras on buses captured 56 potential violations, out of which the Rockland County Sheriff’s Department […]