Neighborhood Cruisers Hold Annual Car Show Benefit

BY MICHAEL RICONDA On July 30 Neighborhood Cruisers, Inc. held a small car show at Gennaroโ€™s Restaurant in Stony Point to raise awareness for their annual Cruisinโ€™ For Kids Benefit at Clarkstown North High School on August 4. The event, which included a car display, music, raffle ticket sales for the benefit on Saturday and […]

Master Gardeners Help Improve the Beauty of Rockland County Communities

BY BARRY WARNER You might not know that the Cornell Cooperate Extension has a program that aim to spread gardening knowledge throughout the community. The Master Gardener Program consists of a corps of volunteers, trained by Cornell Cooperative Extension instructors in gardening, a skill that truly is a cross between art and science. The newly […]

Opportunities for 2013 Community Arts Grants Announced

The Arts Council of Rockland has announced they will again award grants to provide support for arts and cultural projects to community-based organizations, groups, collectives or artists through the 2013 Community Arts Grants program. Grants are intended to assist with the activities of local arts organizations, artist fees, marketing/publicity costs, direct administrative expenses, and supplies […]

Meet the Candidate, James Skoufis (D-Woodbury)

Meet the Candidate, James Skoufis (D-Woodbury)

99th Assembly District (Stony Point and parts of Orange County) Stony Point residents need an Assembly representative who will be there for them, constantly attentive, in the community, and able to work alongside local elected officials to better meet their needs. I have been fortunate to meet so many Stony Point residents and I look […]

Nyack Jewish Congregation Reaching Out For New Members

Nyack Jewish Congregation Reaching Out For New Members

BY GEORGE J. DACRE A Nyack synagogue is beginning several new programs in the coming weeks in an effort to reach out for new members in the Nyack community. Rabbi Jeffrey Abraham and Cantor Michael Kaspar, who characterize themselves as young-at-heart, โ€œegalitarian conservatives,โ€ boast of a caring community for new members. โ€œThe synagogue is nestled […]