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Next Home Based Business Lunch is 9/24
Nyack News and Views - 2 hours 9 min ago
by Jan Cohen The next Work from Home(rs) lunch will be on Friday, 9/24 at 12n at Two Spear Street.
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Last Stop Before World Tour: Practice In Nyack
Nyack News and Views - 2 hours 26 min ago
Al Di Meola is one of the great jazz fusion guitarists of all time -- and he has local area roots.
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Saturday: Take The Hudson River Challenge
Nyack News and Views - Thu, 2010-09-09 09:39
Join the River Rowing Association on Saturday Sept 11 as it hosts the Hudson River Challenge. It started as a dare from River Rowing Association Directors to the members of the RRA -- could they row from the George Washington Bridge to the Nyack Marina? Undaunted, diehard RRA rowers set out in search of the answer and a race was born-- the Hudson River Challenge.
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Rockland Family Shelter’s 31st Annual Harvest Auction
Nyack News and Views - Thu, 2010-09-09 05:00
by Terri Kayden Come to Rockland Family Shelter’s 31st Annual Harvest Auction on Saturday, October 16 at the newly renovated Dellwood Country Club in New City, NY. The evening will include a served sit-down dinner, silent auction and live auction. This year's event features an exciting line-up of auction items including: a Kids Baseball Clinic led by Derek Jeter; special, autographed, memorabilia from the set of Avatar; golfing with a PGA Professional at Vero Beach; hors d’oeuvres for 15 prepared by Hudson House Executive Chef Christopher Dunn; a week in South Africa, a private tour of Stone Barns on the spectacular Rockefeller estate, a week on Nantucket and a cooking party in your home for your child and 11 friends and many more.
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Holy Rollers — Wed Sept 15 at Nyack Center
Nyack News and Views - Wed, 2010-09-08 05:00
Rivertown Film kicks off a new season on 9/15 at The Nyack Center with the incredible but true story of a drug ring involving Hasidic Jews from Rockland County and Brooklyn.
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Nyack HS $300K Lunch-less Policy: Tues Night
Nyack News and Views - Tue, 2010-09-07 00:05
Nyack's Board of Education has their first meeting tonight after announcing that it will dedicate $300,000 to prevent 9th and 10th graders from leaving school grounds for lunch. Although about half of those polled in an August survey favored the policy change, there has been less support for the board's actions now that the program's price tag has been announced. The $300,000 will cover the cost of adding ten additional security cameras to the 24 already in place and the hiring of up to eight more security people.
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Nyack HS: Punishment Before A Crime
Nyack News and Views - Mon, 2010-09-06 21:25
Nyack High School's "pilot" program to rescind open campus privileges for 9th and 10th graders has not been given the time needed to put it together well. What was the rush?
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David Carlucci Unveils Jobs Plan
Nyack News and Views - Mon, 2010-09-06 16:54
by Cliff Weathers Using Pearl River’s Pfizer Plant as a fitting backdrop, Clarktown Clerk David Carlucci insisted that New York cannot draw or retain businesses without creating incentives for them and streamlining how the State attends to economic development. Orangetown has been devastated by the ongoing loss of jobs since the pharmaceutical facility was bought [...]
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Run With This: S. Nyack 10-Miler, Sept 12
Nyack News and Views - Mon, 2010-09-06 08:40
Runners from around the region will step up to the starting line next Sunday at the 22nd Annual South Nyack Ten Miler. The run kicks off at 8:30a on Sunday, September 12. The route begins and at Franklin Ave. Park and proceeds South to the Piermont Pier and finishes back at Franklin Park.
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Kids: October Music & Art Play At Hopper
Nyack News and Views - Sun, 2010-09-05 05:00
Kids and adults are invited to interactive art and music play sessions with children's music recording artist Sukey Molloy on three Saturdays in October. Activities include table crafts, musical instruments, story boards, and sing-along puppet play fun.
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Scan, Don’t Skip The Primaries
Nyack News and Views - Sat, 2010-09-04 05:00
New optical ballot scanners replace old and tired voting machiens in in New York State for the September 14 primary.
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One Man’s Hubris Is Another Man’s Flood
Nyack News and Views - Fri, 2010-09-03 05:00
By Tina Traster “It’s kinda like the Wild West up here,” the town official said, shaking his head. “It’s remote. It’s an old road. People do what they want to — and they usually get away with it ’cause no one’s minding anyone’s business.” Except me, that is. On this occasion, I was standing with [...]
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O&R On Early Earl Watch
Nyack News and Views - Thu, 2010-09-02 05:00
With heavy rains in the forecast for Thursday night and Friday from the remnants of Hurricane Earl, Orange & Rockland has declared a storm watch
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$300K To Close Campus for 9th, 10th Grades
Nyack News and Views - Wed, 2010-09-01 05:00
Nyack Schools has set aside $300,000 for the current school year to end the open campus program for freshman and sophomore students. Part of those funds will be used to support a pilot program in September and October to revoke off campus lunch privileges for 9th and 10th graders.
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Superblock Public Meeting Set For September
Nyack News and Views - Tue, 2010-08-31 04:11
Nyack's Superblock, the village's adaptation of Riverspace Downtown redevelopment plan, will get its first public hearing in September. Project feasibility consultant HR&A will present preliminary concepts of the site’s redevelopment potential at The Nyack Center on Tuesday September 14 at at 7p.
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Aug 31: Heat Advisory
Nyack News and Views - Tue, 2010-08-31 02:16
Pearl River, August 31 — Orange & Rockland has declared a Summer Heat Watch for today with a predicted high temperature of 94 degrees in the Lower Hudson region. A Heat Watch means non-emergency work on the electric distribution and transmission systems will be deferred and system engineers will closely monitor the loads throughout the [...]
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Carlucci on Rockland World Radio tonight
Nyack News and Views - Mon, 2010-08-30 12:42
Join Left of the Hudson on Rockland World Radio tonight at 8p as we welcome State Senate candidate David Carlucci. We’ll discuss the path to reform in Albany, government transparency, the MTA, and the economic climate in Rockland and Orange Counties. Carlucci is serving his third term as Clerk of Clarkstown. As an early adopter [...]
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Paint Each Saturday
Nyack News and Views - Mon, 2010-08-30 05:56
Beginning on September 11, Hopper House invites painters with all levels of experience to take classes each Saturday with Delah McKay at her studio in Piermont, NY. Oil Painting (9.30a-12.30p): Achieve that professional touch to your painting with this step by step approach from set up to finish. Fearless Painting (2pm-5pm): Acrylics, watercolor & crayons. [...]
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Nyack: No Roosters For You
Nyack News and Views - Sat, 2010-08-28 06:57
by John Patrick Schutz Nyack’s Village Code is 59 chapters and sub-chapters of ordinances, building codes and zoning regulations filled with the rules and regulations governing our community. It’s a fascinating read which gives us insights to the history of our village. For instance, did you realize Nyack has a curfew after 10 PM for [...]
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Tree Trouble at Oakhill Cemetery
Nyack News and Views - Fri, 2010-08-27 08:13
Nyack, August 26 -- Nyack's building inspector has issued a stop work order to Oak Hill Cemetery to halt further clear cutting of 19 trees that were supposed to be preserved. The trees can only be removed with the approval of two Village Planning Board members. Ten of the the 19 trees remain.
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