BY E.J. McMAHON Originally published by NY Torch The billions of dollars funneled from New York’s treasury to movie and TV producers had no statistically significant impact on the industry’s employment in the Empire State through 2017, according to a new multi-state study of such tax incentives. Study author Michael Thom, an associate professor at […]
By Kenneth I. Moch More than 120,000 Americans will lose their battle to Alzheimer’s disease this year. This debilitating condition is the nation’s sixth-leading cause of death. Nationwide, someone in the United States develops Alzheimer’s disease every 65 seconds. Nearly 6 million Americans currently live with this devastating condition. By 2050, that number could skyrocket […]
NOT EVERY HERO WEARS A CAPE. PLAN AND PRACTICE YOUR ESCAPE! Rockland County Executive Ed Day and County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert educate residents to plan and practice a fire escape route in your home. Having a plan can mean the difference between a safe escape and a tragedy. While children under five […]
Jim Fyfe, renowned TED talk coach, will lead an interactive, fun and useful master class, “Connecting Through Story” for artists and creatives from all disciplines, Monday, October 21, at the Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, 7-9 p.m. “All artists need to know how to explain their work—and themselves. Connecting Through Story is a […]
The Hudson Lyric Opera presents Giacomo Puccini’s La Boheme. Performances will be Fridays October 25 and November 1 at 7:30 p.m. and Saturdays October 26 and November 2 at 2 p.m. at Hudson Lyric Opera’s new venue: The Clarkstown Reform Church, 107 Strawtown Rd., West Nyack. Through Puccini’s beautiful music, this popular opera tells the story […]
For anyone 6 months and older, at several locations in Rockland NEW CITY, NY – – Rockland County Executive Ed Day and County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert announce that the Health Department has scheduled flu vaccine clinics for the 2019 – 2020 flu season.The Health Department is offering the vaccine to anyone 6 months […]