BY AMY AND MICHAEL SHERMAN As a couple devoted to healing, we understand that relationships go through changes over time. We are hardly the same couple we were when we first started our relationship. Now we have a child, a business together, and we’ve worked our tails off to end reactivity and create an environment […]
STORY AND PHOTOS BY ALLAN GOLDSTEIN Nyack Youth Center hosts large crowd at program that discussed NY’s new tax cap On Thursday evening February 9, the Nyack Youth Center was filled almost to capacity as local residents and school district administrators attended a program highlighting key elements of the New York state property tax levy […]
From 12 – 2 p.m., volunteers will brave the frigid Hudson to benefit local children with serious illnesses. All funds raised will go to cover medical expenses not covered by their families’ insurance. This year’s two beneficiaries hail from Valley Cottage and Pearl River. Ten year-old Alex Fernandez is having specialized radiation treatment in Boston […]
The Rockland YMCA is expanding its summer day camp program in North Rockland for boys and girls ages 5-13 years old. “Our summer camp will have a variety of activities for all ages in a beautiful outdoor setting with convenient hours for working parents,” said Chuck Maze, President/CEO of the Rockland YMCA. The program will […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE Barry Weintraub, born in the Bronx and raised in Yonkers and a comic headliner in the U.S.A. along with top comic Wil Sylvance head up the bill, says producer Jamie Rosen. Rob Ryan will be the host and Killer Comedies regular Dan Gutin will be there. Weintraub is a topical comic […]
BY CAROLYN JOHNSON Nyack resident Bern Cohen admits, at the risk of sounding immodest, that he was an outspoken high school principal. Cohen was such an effective principal that, during the Mayor Dinkins administration, he was recruited to train principals in failing high schools throughout New York City. He would spend eighteen months working alongside […]