Global Glimpse Awarded Grant to Fund Travel Scholarships for Promising High School Students in New York

Global Glimpse Awarded Grant to Fund Travel Scholarships for Promising High School Students in New York

PRESS RELEASE ABB OPTICAL GROUP, one of the nation’s leading distributors of optical products, is pleased to announce that Global Glimpse will receive a $1,000 grant through the company’s fifth annual ABB Cares program, which recognizes and celebrates outstanding non-profit organizations throughout the country. Global Glimpse, nominated by local optometrist Dr. Jeffrey M. Rubin, is […]

MANY CALL FOUL ON TREATMENT OF LONGTIME C’TOWN BASEBALL COACH

MANY CALL FOUL ON TREATMENT OF LONGTIME C’TOWN BASEBALL COACH

BY KATHY KATHN Clarkstown Central School District will meet tonight, December 6, at 8 p.m. to decide the future coaching career of Michael Pisano, himself a graduate of the school district who has been head coach for Clarkstown North’s baseball team.  Pisano, who also teaches fourth grade, has been with the district nearly three decades. […]

Suffern Family Loses Home & Pets in Massive Fire

Suffern Family Loses Home & Pets in Massive Fire

PHOTOS SUBMITTED A fire destroyed a Suffern family’s home at 80 Washington Ave. on Wednesday. The blaze broke out as a result of a space heater gone awry. The fire took hours to get under control. Homeowner Debbie McGhee and her 22-year-old son and  a friend both survived, but sadly the family’s two dogs and […]

Volunteers of the Week: Meals on Wheels Connects Dominican College Students with the Aging and Homebound Populations

Volunteers of the Week: Meals on Wheels Connects Dominican College Students with the Aging and Homebound Populations

BY BARRY WARNER Home-delivered meals are intended for older adults who are considered homebound due to illness or disability and who are food insecure due to limitations in their abilities to obtain and prepare food on a daily basis. “The Meals on Wheels (mow) mission statement is to enhance the wellness of Rockland’s older adults […]

Gas going down!

Gas going down!

FROM GASBUDDY Gasoline prices in New York have fallen 5.3 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.80/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 6,118 stations in New York. This compares with the national average that has fallen 10.0 cents per gallon versus last week to $2.43/g, according to GasBuddy. Average gasoline prices […]