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Wine Lovers Journey through the World of Wine  - at the Suffern Library In my day, libraries were a place you came to to do research, reading and to check out books.  Boring places compared to today's libraries!  Today's libraries, at least the ones in my neck of the woods, are more like communit...

Pay it Forward - Helping a Hurricane Victim Though for most of us Hurricane Irene may be long forgottten,  those that suffered damages as a result of Irene are still busy putting the pieces back together again. Parts of Rockland County sustained great damages and amongst the areas hardest hit was...

Octoberfest  at Bear Mountain State Park - Weekends from Sept 17-Oct 30 It seems like summer has not quite ended, but with labor day behind us and September half over, we've got the beginning of Octoberfest season.  Weekends, beginning September 17,2011 through the end of October, you can join th...

Open House this Sunday, September 18, 2011 from 1:00 - 4:00pm 4 Wright St in Pearl River, NY Map: 4 Wright Street, Pearl River NY 10965 Details: This is your chance to own a fully remodeled 4 bedroom, 3 bath home in Pearl River. Located in the desirable Pearl River school district. Enjoy a fully ...

Italian Feast and Carnival 9/15-18,2011 or 10/2/11  Seems like late September and October is festival time in Rockland County.  For those of you who are Italian or aspire to be, there will be an Italian Feast and Festival in Tappan.  It's  a four day festival, so no excuses.  You should be able t...

Celebrate the Antrim Playhouse's 75th Diamond Jubilee Season -  See Biloxi Blues by Neil Simon The Antrim Playhouse is Suffern's local theater that is currently beginnning it's 75th Diamond Jubilee season. It will kick-off the season with a Neil Simon comedy "Biloxi Blues" on September 16, 2011. ...

Rockland County Street Fairs - Nyack May 15 2011 & Suffern May 22 2011 Summer is just about over and its back to school with a touch of fall in the air, but if you like street fairs (and who doesn't) lucky for you that Suffern's street fairs don't end with the summer. The last of Suffern's three ...

Pick Your Own at the Orchards of Conklin or Davies Farm The months of September and October in Rockland County are both beautiful and colorful. It's that time of year again when the leaves start to turn and the apples are ready for picking. We're lucky enough to have a couple of local apple orch...

Pay it Forward - Skyping a wedding The other day I got a frantic call from my neighbor.  Her grandchild was about to get married and due to their ill health, she and her husband (who had just been released from the hospital two days previously) were unable to travel to attend the wedding.  It was...

All for the Dogs! Annual Town of Ramapo Dog Swim- Sunday, September11th Just as the dog days of summer end, and the town gets ready to close up their pool for the season, it all goes to the dogs for one last fling. This year's Annual Town of Ramapo Dog Swim is scheduled to take place on Sunday, S...