FAA Approves Drone Flight for Rockland’s Hudson Valley Air

FAA Approves Drone Flight for Rockland’s Hudson Valley Air

Patrick Heaphy, an 18-year-resident of West Nyack, this week announced that his company is the first and only FAA-authorized commercial drone photography, videography and aerial inspection company in Rockland County, New York. According to the FAA, business-based drone flights are required to be conducted by individuals or businesses that hold a FAA Section 333 Exemption. All […]

Holiday Cards Created by Kids @ The Tappan Library

Holiday Cards Created by Kids @ The Tappan Library

BY BARRY WARNER Christmas and Hannukah are great times for kids to create with crafts. There is nothing more genuine than kids showing love with DIY (do it yourself) holiday cards for family and friends. Tappan Library Youth Services Librarian Lara Cohen said, “The object of the program is for children to design their own […]

Santa Claus and Red Lobster: A Winning Combination for a Helping Cause

Santa Claus and Red Lobster: A Winning Combination for a Helping Cause

BY JANIE ROSMAN By 8:30 a.m. a crowd had formed within Red Lobster in Nanuet, where a delicious aroma of eggs, bacon, sausage and pancakes filled the air. “There were times when 20 people were on line,” Josephine Lore said of the Association for the Visually Impaired (AVI)’s first Annual “Breakfast with Santa” last Saturday, […]

Winter Coat Drive To Benefit Local Families Legislators Paul, Wolfe Partner With People to People to Collect New, Gently-Used Coats

Rockland County Legislator Aney Paul (D-Nanuet) and Legislature Chairman Alden H. Wolfe (D-Montebello) have partnered with People to People to conduct a Winter Coat Drive. New or gently-used coats for children and adults are being accepted until Dec. 31. Drop off donations at the Legislature’s Office in the Allison-Parris County Office Building, 11 New Hempstead […]

ADOPT PATTY

ADOPT PATTY

Patty is a 1-year-old, female domestic short-hair cat who came to the shelter as a stray. She is good with other cats and all children, but dogs are an unknown at this time. Patty is a small cat and very sweet. She came in with two of her kittens who have already been adopted. She […]

HOSPITAL TO HOST BLOOD DRIVE – December 22

Every two seconds, somebody in the United States is in need of a life-saving blood transfusion. In the New York/New Jersey area, local hospitals rely on the generosity of blood donors to reach the nearly 2,000 blood donations needed each day. On December 22, 2015 from 10 a.m. – 5:30 p.m., Helen Hayes Hospital in […]