BY BARRY WARNER The Intel Science Talent Search, a program of the Society for Science & the Public, is the nation’s oldest and most prestigious pre-college science competition. It honors exceptional high school seniors for their scientific research and their potential as future leaders in the scientific community. Each year more than 1,800 students attending […]
BY CHERYL SLAVIN The 16th annual Stony Point Seals Polar Plunge came off without a hitch as over 100 men and women splashed into the icy waters of the Hudson River on Super Bowl Sunday. The swimmers, who were cheered on by over a thousand spectators, used the occasion to raise money for the benefit of […]
DA’S PRESS RELEASE Rockland County District Attorney Thomas P. Zugibe today announced the guilty plea of Frank Sparaco (DOB 03/12/76) of 17 Louis Avenue, Valley Cottage, New York, for falsifying political petitions. “The defendant caused the integrity of the political process needless harm,” said District Attorney Zugibe, “Electoral fraud only serves to reduce voters’ confidence […]
BY JANIE ROSMAN An easier commute to work awaits New City resident Mike Benowitz. “It will be interesting to figure out how to get to White Plains from Rockland,” Benowitz said. “It can take up to an hour to get from White Plains to the bridge at 5 p.m.” He’s also looking forward to new […]
BY JANIE ROSMAN When she turned 80 a few years earlier, Valley Cottage resident Joyce DeSousa took a hot air balloon ride in Arizona. “This was great, and a few of my grandchildren went with me,” she said, laughing at the memory. DeSousa, 85, has been volunteering with a Shalvah (Hospice-like) visitation program in nursing […]
BY MARIA BROWNSELL A special presentation of the Clarkstown Police Department Youth Academy graduates opened up the town board meeting on February 3. Sergeant Kieran Dwyer. He explained how the program began over fifteen years ago to get local high school students to have more knowledge about how the police force works. Over a 10 […]