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Have A Healthy And Happy New Year Rockland County

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In Spain for New Year’s Eve, it is a tradition to bring luck for the next year by eating 12 grapes for luck which symbolize the hours on the clock.

In Ireland no one wants bad spirits hanging around for the new year. The Irish scare away unwanted spirits and poor fortune by banging pots and pans at midnight. They also include honoring ancestors and lost loved ones, both by leaving doors unlocked for their spirits to enter and saving an empty place at your New Year’s Eve dinner.

In France the custom alludes to Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty who emerged from the ocean on a beautiful oyster. The french celebrate with a feast of oysters and champagne.

In Scotland a tradition that dates back to the 8th century when the Vikings invaded Scotland, for good luck in the new year, Scots practice the tradition of “first-footing,” where the first person—preferably a dark-haired person for the best luck—to enter a home in the New Year brings a small
gift for good fortune. They also burn large bonfires to reflect the Vikings’ winter solstice celebrations.
In Italy in the city of Bologna the New Year’s tradition is to burn down the old year—or in this case, the effigy of an old man—to burn last year’s bad luck and make way for good.
In Mexico the New Year’s tradition is celebrators wear different colored underwear for different wishes for the new year—red for love, yellow for happiness, green for wealth, and white for peace.
In South Africa, New Year’s Eve is a time for letting go of past baggage—literally. Many South Africans celebrate the new year by tossing unwanted furniture out their windows, preferably away from bystanders.

Regardless of your traditions have a safe New Year. Please don’t drink and drive.

                                                                                                          The Rockland Report

 

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Clarkstown Town Clerk Lauren Marie Wohl Officiates Marriage Ceremony and Welcomes Newlyweds

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Town of Clarkstown Town Clerk Lauren Marie Wohl officiated a moving marriage ceremony, highlighting the growing popularity of civil unions conducted by Clerks across the country. The event took place at the Town of Clarkstown Town Hall in New City, where almost a dozen couples, accompanied by close family and friends, exchanged vows.

Town Clerk Wohl expressed the significance of their role in uniting couples. “Performing these ceremonies is one of the most rewarding aspects of my job,” said Clerk Wohl. “It’s an honor to help couples start their new chapter together in a meaningful way.”

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Rockland Report Recognizes Village of West Haverstraw Judge Roselina D’Annucci, the First Dominican Judge in Rockland History for Women’s History Month

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Today we recognize Village of West Haverstraw Judge Roselina D’Annucci, the First Dominican Judge in Rockland History

Judge D’Annucci is a graduate of North Rockland High School and earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, cum laude, from the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy University at Albany and earned her J.D. from the Florida Costal School of Law. She also graduated from the Women’s Campaign School at Yale University in June 2019. Judge D’Annucci was appointed as the Associate Village Justice for the Village of West Haverstraw in January 2017.

March is Women’s History Month and the Rockland Report will be recognizing Rockland women who are having an impact on our community throughout the month.

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