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County Youth Bureau Seeks Handy People for Repair Café April, June, & November Events

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New City, NY – County Executive Ed Day and the County Youth Bureau are seeking volunteer Repair Coaches for upcoming 2024 Repair Café events. 

Three Repair Cafes are scheduled in April, on April 6th at Valley Cottage Library, April 20th at St Thomas Aquinas College, and April 27th at the New City Street Center. Repair Cafes will also be scheduled in June and November.

Repair Café is a community event where people can bring broken household items to be repaired for free by volunteer Repair Coaches. There will be several repair stations, including electronics, lighting, furniture, toys, small appliances, digital devices, and jewelry. Repair Coaches are social people at least 18 years old with repair skills in trades or crafts such as small appliances, woodworking/carpentry, electrical, electronics, sewing, computers, and costume jewelry. People of all ages are welcome to be a Repair Coach, and no formal or professional experience is necessary. Volunteers are needed for three hours per event. Repair Coaches will collaborate heavily with the public, with other repair people, and with students looking to learn more about trades. 

The event is coordinated by the Rockland Conservation & Service Corps (a program of the Rockland County Youth Bureau and the County of Rockland) and Rockland Green.

The Repair Café mission is to fix rather than dispose of beloved but broken objects, while passing down valuable repair skills, building community, and keeping things in circulation rather than the landfill.

County Executive Day said, “we increasingly are becoming a “throw away” society, one in which so many of our possessions are replaced at the first sign of a glitch. Preserving repair know-how skills by passing them on to the younger generation is critical to Rockland’s shared future. We hope you will bring your expertise and join us.”

Interested in helping? Please contact Kathy Galione, Volunteer Coordinator for Repair Café at 845-364-2932 or by e-mailing [email protected].

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Rockland County DA Chief ADA Patrick Frawley Named Aide to the Grand Marshal for Rockland St. Patrick’s Day Parade

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PEARL RIVER, NY – The 61st Annual Rockland County St. Patrick’s Day Parade is on March 23rd at 1:30pm. Chief Assistant District Attorney Patrick Frawley is a retired Detective with the Town of Orangetown Police Department. Pat went to law school while working full-time with the Orangetown PD graduating Cum Laude from Pace Law School in White Plains. Following his law enforcement career, he worked at Clarkstown Central School District as the Coordinator of Safety and Security and implemented many new safety initiatives. Some of his exhaustive credentials include completion of the F.B.I. Criminal Investigators course, NYPD Homicide Investigators School, NYPD Sex Crimes/Child Abuse School and also traveled to Israel in 2003 to train with the Israeli Police and Global ATS in anti-terrorism methods.

The parade leaves from the Pfizer parking lot, turning east onto E Crooked Hill Road, turning south onto N. Middletown Rd, turning west onto E Central Ave, turning south onto South Main Street, and ending in the area of the Pearl River Post Office. Roads in the Pearl River area are subject to closure up to 1 hour prior to the start of the parade. On-street parking is available in the Pearl River area, but please check for any full-time or temporary parking restrictions for that roadway before leaving your car. Any parked vehicles that are found to impede emergency response or endanger public safety are subject to be ticketed and towed. Please remember that The Town of Orangetown Town Code Local Law No. 2 Chapter 10 states that open bottles or containers in which there is an alcoholic beverage are prohibited by law. Please Note that the Orangetown Police Department has informed us that they will be closing the parade route to traffic at Noon. Crooked Hill will be closed at Dove St.; all vehicles must be in place before the closure. If you need to go to the parking lot after 12, you must approach from Nanuet.

Congratulations to all of the honorees:

Hibernian of the Year – Charles “Chuck” Parnow
Businesspersons of the Year – Bernie (Foley) Fitzgerald, Tara (Tonner) McDonald & Tina (Segatta) Murphy, The Gracie Rose (Pearl River, NY)
Parade Commander – Patrick Casey, Orangetown Police Dept
Grand Marshal – John W. McGowan
Aide to the Grand Marshal, NYC – John B. Kelly
Aide to the Grand Marshal – Patrick Frawley, Rockland County District Attorney’s Office

A message from Ancient Order of Hibernian’s Men’s County Board President Dermot Moore and Ladies’ Ancient Order of Hibernian County Board President Terry McGeever For the past 60 years, the men and women of the Rockland County Ancient Order of Hibernians have been pleased to host their annual St. Patrick’s Day Parad. This eventt has become a Rockland County institution. The parade celebrates our pride in our Irish heritage, and we take equal pride in it also being an event that has brought in spectators from around the world, state, county, etc., and an opportunity to bring families and friends together in a day of wholesome recognition and celebration of the contributions of Irish Americans to our community and country. An event such as the Rockland County St. Patrick’s Day Parade, which draws tens of thousands of people, would be impossible without the hospitality of the Town of Orangetown, the hamlet of Pearl River, and the professionalism of its first responders, particularly the Orangetown Police department, who provide a friendly and safe environment for the day’s proceedings. One of the oldest Irish values is the custom of hospitality and the obligation of courtesy and respect that is incumbent on a guest to their host. In keeping with the spirit of the day and the celebration of our heritage, the Parade Committee asks all participants and spectators to honor this venerable Irish tradition and show the proper courtesy and respect to the residents and businesses of Pearl River, and to comply with all directions of the Orangetown Police Department, particularly observing regulations on parking and open containers. The Rockland County Ancient Order of Hibernians asks that all participants remember the true meaning of the day: to celebrate St. Patrick and the generations of Irish Americans who have dedicated and sacrificed themselves for America and not be part of the trivialization of the holiday into the “St. Patty’s Day” image of T-shirt makers and other 21st Century “Know Nothings” whose only respect of “the green” is the “the green of the till”. Keeping the parade the joyous yet dignified and responsible celebration that the day deserves will help ensure that we can keep this great tradition alive for years to come.

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Rockland County Legislature Announces The Recipients Of Tourism Grants

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The Rockland County Legislature congratulates the recipients of this year’s Rockland County Tourism Grants! Tourism plays an important role in Rockland’s overall economy, encouraging residents and visitors from outside our county to enjoy our restaurants, museums and arts offerings, while contributing to our economic base in the process. This year, a total of $316,000 will go to 30 organizations dedicated to promoting Rockland County as a premier destination. All awardees must meet certain criteria and then show they met the goals they set.
Here are the recipients:
Rockland Rowing: $8,000
Visit Nyack: $30,000
United Latin Festival: $8,000
Friends of Orangetown: $5,000
Haverstraw Brick Museum: $8,000
Suffern Chamber: $10,000
The Angel Nyack: $9,000
Rockland Fashion Week: $4,000
Rockland Music Festival: $10,000
Garner Industrial: $20,000
Round Table Brewery: $10,000
Rockland Pride Center: $5,000
India Cultural Arts Society: $6,000
Phoenix Theatre Ensemble: $8,000
Penguin Players: $15,250
Rockland Center for the Arts: $12,500
RCC Hospitality & Culinary Arts: $12,000
ArtsRock: $11,000
BRIDGEMUSIK: $2,000
Chiku Awali: $5,000
Gran Fondo: $8,000
Hopper House: $15,000
NY Boulders: $15,000
Holocaust Museum: $15,000
Rockland Historical Society: $5,000
Haverstraw River Arts: $8,000
Haverstraw African American Connection: $15,000
Emotions Theatre: $5,000
Nanuet Chamber: $12,000
Friends of Harmony Hall: $20,000
County Executive Ed Day and Director of Economic Development and Tourism Jenna Nazario announced the grants during a special gathering.
Go here for details: https://bit.ly/4jLO9CT
More info on the criteria used to determine grant recipients: https://explorerocklandny.com/tourism-grant-application

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