BY CHERYL SLAVIN Unlike their cousins the butterflies, cicadas are not inherently beautiful creatures. With their huge red “bug eyes,” crunchy brown exoskeletons, and spindly sticky legs, their notoriety is based far more on their remarkable 17-year life cycle and distinctive song than on their visual appeal. It is the gift of the artist, however, […]
40 local artists included in children’s CD BY GEORGE J. DACRE Jeffrey Freidberg’s popular Bossy Frog Band, which plays about 200 shows a year to children’s audiences in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, will be having an album release party featuring over 40 area musicians next month. Friedberh, a musical therapist, said his new […]
Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic held a fundraiser benefit this past week at Hook Mountain Historic Bath House, Nyack Beach State Park. Here is a list of persons who organized the event: Jennifer Attebery Carla Blumenthal Darcy Casteleiro Joseph Coe Tish DuBow Emily Feiner Marjorie Galen Councilwoman Stephanie Hausner Genevieve Hyacinthe Adam Lipson Louise Parker Petrina […]
O&R PRESS RELEASE As part of its investigation into Monday’s explosion at Nyack College, O&R used an industrial vacuum truck to uncover a section of gas service pipe from an area that appeared to have been recently excavated. A visual examination of the service pipe revealed damage consistent with the pipe being struck and pulled […]
PRESS RELEASE 132-room boutique hotel scheduled to open in 2014 NYLO Hotels LLC has released additional details of its upcoming property in Nyack, New York, scheduled to open in 2014. NYLO Nyack—the company’s sixth hotel—will follow the upcoming debut of NYLO New York City, which will open late this summer on the Upper West Side […]
May 2013 – Find yourself transported into the baroque fantasy dreamscape of the legendary Italian filmmaker Federico Fellini, courtesy of Rivertown Film and Benefit Sponsor M & T Bank. The Nyack-based organization’s spring benefit, “Notte di Fellni,” Chairperson of the Rockland County Legislature, and Roger Seiler, former President of promises to whisk attendees away, both […]