SHAMANIC STORIES ELICIT PERSONAL LEGENDS AT NYACK LIBRARY

SHAMANIC STORIES ELICIT PERSONAL LEGENDS AT NYACK LIBRARY

Local Hungarian shaman sings Piermont sister village’s myth NYACK, NY – On the evening of Thursday, March 14, local Hungarian shaman Ivan Szendro shared his personal legend with an intimate group of locals seeking strength, growth, and insight through song and film. Ivan also launched the first upward-reading book, “Journey to the Up-Conscious,” where lines […]

Is Clarkstown Saving with Garage Consolidation?

BY MARIA MIRAKAJ BROWNSELL Back in July, Clarkstown Town Board members made a law to consolidate the three town garages in an effort to save money and improve efficiency. They appointed the supervisor of the mini-trans garage, Dennis Malone, as the fleet manager of the new consolidation. Malone reports to the town board directly instead […]

SOMETHING WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?

SOMETHING WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?

The one-way sign for cars exiting the Middletown Road Plaza in Nanuet has been facing the wrong direction for over two years now. In 2011 the Rockland County Times first alerted the public to the problem. The sign should be facing out toward the road, but instead faces perpendicular into oncoming traffic.

MHA HOSTS WHAT’S COOL CONFERENCE

The Mental Health Association of Rockland County, Inc. is hosting it’s 11th Annual What’s Cool Conference, “How to Know and Get What You Want in Life” for young women on Saturday, March 23, 2013 from 12 to 1:30 p.m. at the Finklestein Memorial Library, in the Fielding Room at 24 Chestnut Street in Spring Valley […]

RCC Promotes “Understanding of Islam”

RCC Promotes “Understanding of Islam”

Program paid for by your federal taxes Rockland Community College (RCC) has been named the recipient of the “Muslim Journeys Bookshelf Award,” receiving books, films and access to online resources about Islamic beliefs and culture. The news was momentous enough to earn a front-page, full-page announcement in the college’s winter newsletter SCENE. RCC received 25 books, […]

Rockland County’s first craft beer festival!

Rockland County’s first craft beer festival!

Lower Hudson Valley Craft Beer Festival presented by Growler & Gill Craft Beer Shoppe, Sat. June 1, 3-7 p.m. For the first time, Rockland County will be host to a craft beer festival. Organizers say the event, featuring over 30 breweries, will be the premier craft beer sampling event in the lower Hudson Valley. The outdoor […]