On Monday night, The Rockland County Task Force on Water Resource Management met at the New City Public Library to discuss important initiatives throughout Rockland County. The panel was comprised of the Task Force committee chairs and its members who were open to questions and discussion from present community members. The meeting opened with a […]
The Library Association of Rockland County (LARC) this week announced the winner for their first ever Book of the Year award: Kathleen Kubik’s “The Autumn of Her Years.” In 1973, Kubik settled in Rockland with her husband, Richard Kubik, a now retired orthopedic surgeon. She has two daughters, and three grandchildren. She penned her […]
New City Library prepares for trustee and budget vote; forward progress despite continued feuding BY CHERYL SLAVIN Despite the continuous sniping, sarcastic jabs and a great deal of eye rolling, the New City Library Board of Trustees managed at its regular meeting last Thursday night to agree upon the procedures to be used for its […]
The New City Library Board of Trustees will elect three trustees on December 11. Individuals who wish to run for election must notify the nominating committee of their interest by submitting an application form provided by the Board. This application can be found at www.newcitylibrary.org and must be submitted by September 18, 2013. Those running […]
BY CHERYL SLAVIN The monthly New City Library board meeting opened up with what President Tom Ninan called “the first positive comments…heard in a long time.” New City Library Staff Association president Karen Vetrano, as well as staffers Mary Phillips and Nancy Moskowitz, had nothing but praise and gratitude for newly hired interim director Mitch […]
As the result of a unanimous vote at a board of trustees meeting May 7, Maurice J. (Mitch) Freedman was appointed interim director of the New City Library, effective Monday, May 13. “New City Library has so many positives going for it,” Freedman said. “It’s a welcoming, bustling place with a dedicated, knowledgeable and hardworking […]