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Tina Traster

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Fara Abramson Joins Orangetown Daily Voice As Community Advisor ORANGETOWN, N.Y. -- Fara Abramson owns and operates Presence of Piermont, a gift and home gallery in Piermont, New York is one of Daily Voice's community advisors for its Orangetown site. Community advisors provide Daily Voice with tips for local news and events. Abramson has owned her own businesses in Rockland County for 23 years. Her retail businesses have been both brick and mortar and web-based. Fara has lived in Piermont for 18 years and is the communication and events director for the Piermont Chamber of Commerce. Living, working and raising a child in this community, Fara has expert…

by Tina Traster

11/06/2015

News

Proposed River Development In Nyack Spurs Debate NYACK, N.Y. -- A standing-room-only crowd lined Nyack Village Hall recently to learn about a proposed residential project on the village's last parcel of undeveloped riverfront. Many came to register complaints but others spoke in favor of TZ Vista, an upscale condo development that would add three six-story buildings with 120 units and underground parking atop a fallow brownfield near the foot of Main Street. The meeting was held to explain the "text amendment" Bill Helmer, of Helmer-Cronin Construction, is seeking from the Board of Trustees. The developer wants the village to a…

by Tina Traster

11/06/2015

Lifestyle

Nyack Pastry Chef Didier Dumas Set To Expand Bakery NYACK, N.Y. -- Snagging a table on a sunny Sunday morning at French patisserie Didier Dumas is about to get easier. The French baker is breaking down a wall and building 500-square-feet of interior space where the outdoor patio is now located. A small portion of the patio will be salvaged. The expansion will disrupt the bakery for two to three days in late October, and the renovation is expected to last three months - just in time for the holidays. The purveyor of perfect pastries knows building renovation often takes longer than expected. Didier Dumas's shop closed in July 2014 after a l…

by Tina Traster

11/05/2015

Neighbors

Kim Farewell Joins Daily Voice As North Rockland Community Advisor NORTH ROCKLAND, N.Y. -- Kim Farewell, a social media manager for the Anthony G. Team at Keller Williams, joins Daily Voice as a community advisor on its North Rockland site. Community advisors provide Daily Voice with tips for local news and events. Kim spent 10 years as a Corporate Special Event Coordinator for AAA Entertainment and eleven years as a real estate agent. She also serves on the Board of Directors at Antrim Playhouse in Suffern, where she does everything from theater management, coordinating events, producing shows, stage managing shows, online social media and website for th…

by Tina Traster

11/05/2015

Politics

Ed Day Steers Rockland County Toward Fiscal Health ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. -- The closing of Summit Park Hospital and Nursing Care Center in Pomona will define Rockland County Executive Ed Day’s tenure, no matter how long he serves office. The issue, Day says, was like the proverbial “can being kicked down the road. It was time to make a decision.” Approaching nearly two years in office, Day’s primary focus has been to put the county’s finances in order. Selling or closing Summit Park were the only two options to suppress a 15- to 20-percent 2016 tax increase. Trying to maintain the facility would have amounted to a “reckless” fiscal act. Wh…

by Tina Traster

11/05/2015

Neighbors

Carole Novick Joins Ramapo Daily Voice As Community Advisor RAMAPO, N.Y. -- Carole Novick, president of Carole Novick Realty, is one of Daily Voice's community advisors for its Ramapo site. Community advisors provide Daily Voice with tips for local news and events. Novick has been a full time real estate broker since 1977. She has a music and art background which is an asset to her real estate transactions and new construction projects. She has presented many creative offerings when necessary. She lives in Pomona where she has built two new homes for her family. She designed and built her current home, a custom contemporary. She has assisted many …

by Tina Traster

11/04/2015

Neighbors

Stephanie Fox Joins Clarkstown Daily Voice As Community Advisor CLARKSTOWN, N.Y. -- Stephanie Fox, Program Coordinator of the CASA program (Court Appointed Special Advocates) at the Mental Health Association of Rockland, is one of Daily Voice's community advisors for its Clarkstown site. Community advisors provide Daily Voice with tips for local news and events. Fox recruits and trains volunteers to work with abused and neglected children whose cases are before the Rockland County Family Court. Stephanie has an undergraduate degree in the History of Religion from Bryn Mawr College and a law degree from Temple University. She is a past president of the…

by Tina Traster

11/04/2015

Politics

Andy Stewart Fends Off Challenger For Orangetown Supervisor ORANGETOWN – Democratic Orangetown Supervisor Andy Stewart roundly defeated Michael Moroney, his Republican challenger, to serve a third term on Tuesday. Stewart led by 5,971 to Moroney's 4,747 votes late Tuesday. Town Board Republican Paul Valentine, who had 5,279 votes, and Democrat Gerry Bottari, with 5,327, will serve four year terms. Republican Thomas Morr garnered 5,021 votes, and Democrat Chris Smith got 4,815. Orangetown Town Clerk Charlotte E. Madigan, Town Justice Patrick J. Loftus, and Superintendent of Highways James J. Dean have been re-elected. The heated supervisor's race …

by Tina Traster

11/04/2015

Neighbors

Betsy Franco Feeney Joins Orangetown Daily Voice As Community Advisor ORANGETOWN, N.Y. -- Betsy Franco Feeney, a photographer and illustrator, is one of Daily Voice's community advisors for its Orangetown site. Community advisors provide Daily Voice with tips for local news and events. Betsy has travelled the world but her heart is firmly planted in Piermont, NY. As an active member of the Piermont Historical Society, the Journal news interviewed her for their series “About Your Neighborhood”. She was dubbed “one of Rockland's up-and-coming stars” in Rockland magazine.An accomplished photographer, Betsy’s work has been featured in Hook magazine. Chronicling …

by Tina Traster

11/04/2015

Neighbors

Laura Weintraub Joins Clarkstown Daily Voice As Community Advisor CLARKSTOWN, N.Y. -- Laura Weintraub, NYS Licensed Real Estate Salesperson for Weld Realty in Nyack, is one of Daily Voice's community advisors for its Clarkstown site. Community advisors provide Daily Voice with tips for local news and events. Weintraub is one of the top agents. Laura has been involved in various levels of the real estate business since 1988: buying and selling, new construction and renovation, flipping and renting, interior design and staging. She is an old house expert, who understands all aspects of period renovation and restoration. She serves on the Architectural Re…

by Tina Traster

11/04/2015

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