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BIG SCREEN CLASSICS AT THE LAFAYETTE THEATRE, Suffern NY The Big Screen Classics film series sponsored by The Town of Ramapo, has returned to the Lafayette Theatre in Suffern NY.  You've missed the September 17 (The Guns of Navarone) and the September 24 (Dodsworth) showings, but it's not to late...

Don't Be Late! - Town of Ramapo School Taxes Due September 30 For any of you whose taxes don't get paid monthly together with your mortgage payment, it's all to easy to miss the deadline for taxes due. This is just a reminder that the Town of Ramapo School Taxes are due by September 30 for the co...

Wells And Septic Systems May Be Eligible For FEMA Assistance If you're one of those that have a well or septic system and were effected by any of the August flooding (Irene and otherwise), if your well or septic systems were in any way damaged as a result, you may be eligible for FEMA funds to re...

Rosh Hashana - A Time For New Beginnings Happy New Year to all of my Jewish friends, families, customers and aquintainces. Beginning this Wednesday evening at sundown, Jews througout the world will be celebrating Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New year.  The holiday is a time of celebration marked with...

Pay it Forward - Giving a Hand to an Elderly Neighbor This past weekend I had the pleasure of spending the week-end at my niece's home where I attended the Bar Mitzva of her son.  My niece has a couple of elderly neighbors that she and her family have "adopted" and treat like part of the family -...

A Taste of Rockland - September 26 in Pearl River, NY  For all of  you food junkies out there, here's your chance to sample all the best that Rockland County has to offer,  The Tourism department of Rockland County together with ARC of Rockland is sponsoring this 16th Annual Taste of Rockland eve...

Rockland County Opens FEMA Disaster Recovery Center   For those who suffered damage as a result of Hurricane Irene, recovering from the disaster and getting back to normalcy is still ongoing.  To help them through all the red tape required for FEMA recovery funds and the hurricane clean-up proces...

Cherry Lane Elementary School Fall Festival and Carnival The Fall festivals are well underway and if you haven't yet had your fill of them, there are a couple planned for this weekend.  Among them is the Cherry Lane Elementary School Fall Festival and Carnival. It will take place at the Cherry La...

Haverstraw NY's 10th Annual International Street Festival We're still in the month of September and all the wonderful street festivals are still popping up all over the county.  If you haven't had your fill yet, or if you've missed some of the others, you might want to check out the International...

Be Careful About Letting Strangers Into Your Home - FEMA Site Visits With all the devastation caused in Rockland County by Hurricane Irene, there have been many FEMA assistance requests.  To service these requests the Federal Emergency Management Agency needs to visit the sites of the flooding in...