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Tina Traster

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NBC's 'The Blacklist' Films In Piermont NBC's 'The Blacklist' Films In Piermont
NBC's 'The Blacklist' Films In Piermont PIERMONT, N.Y. -- That's James Spader in the straw hat, filming the seventh episode of the NBC hit "The Blacklist," on Piermont Pier recently. Spader plays a criminal mastermind who is aiding the FBI in bringing down a network of international villains and syndicates. Sony reps would only reveal the episode takes place "on a boat near a pier." 

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Historic House Highlights West Nyack's Fall Festival Historic House Highlights West Nyack's Fall Festival
Historic House Highlights West Nyack's Fall Festival WEST NYACK, N.Y. -- Intermittent snow flurries and a stiff wind did not prevent locals from celebrating all things autumn at Sunday's 2015 Annual Fall Family Festival. Bundled kids scooped up pumpkins, painted faces, took hayrides, and wrote with dipped quills.  But the true highlight of the day was something less temporal than crafting or pumpkins. The community was treated to an "introduction" of the Vanderbilt-Budke house, a Dutch sandstone built by Jacob Vanderbilt about 1730. Believed to be the second-oldest house in Rockland County, it was lived in by the Vanderbilts until th…

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Nyack Halloween Parade Combo of Scary and Fun Nyack Halloween Parade Combo of Scary and Fun
Nyack Halloween Parade Combo of Scary and Fun NYACK, N.Y. -- Nyack's famous Halloween Parade, known to attract thousands annually, was held Saturday evening.  Thousands walked in the parade, which touched off from Memorial Park and snaked through the village along Broadway and Main. Thousands of dollars in prizes were given to those in the best costumes.

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Nyack Art Students Paint Village For Halloween Nyack Art Students Paint Village For Halloween
Nyack Art Students Paint Village For Halloween NYACK, N.Y. -- Up and down Main Street and Broadway, art students were transforming blank windows into Halloween-themed tableaux on Friday.  The annual "paint job" at 30 village businesses was taking place in preparation for Nyack's renowned Halloween Parade this Saturday. A total of 120 district students, 24 from middle school, the rest from the high school, were decorating windows using tempura based on drawings they made for a class assignment. High School students were given the phrase "Across the Universe" to inspire them. They were asked to tie that theme to Hallow…

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People To People's Get Saucy! Fundraiser Cooks Up $10K People To People's Get Saucy! Fundraiser Cooks Up $10K
People To People's Get Saucy! Fundraiser Cooks Up $10K NYACK, N.Y. -- The verbal sparring was seriously spicy at People to People's Third Annual Get Saucy! fundraiser but it was all in the name good fun and for an excellent cause. More than 125 attendees packed Nyack Seaport to watch "amateur" chefs and bakers compete to raise funds for the Nanuet-based charity that helps feed people. The fundraiser raked in $10,000. "We feed more than 4,000 people a year, and the numbers are going up every year," said Matt Rand, People to People's Board President. "We wish we could go our of business." Other than Rand's sober note…

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Pennysaver 'No Haitians' Help Wanted Ad Sparks Outrage Pennysaver 'No Haitians' Help Wanted Ad Sparks Outrage
Pennysaver 'No Haitians' Help Wanted Ad Sparks Outrage NEW CITY, N.Y. -- Public officials are condemning a healthcare company for taking out an advertisement in a Rockland County Pennysaver that blatantly discriminates against Haitians.  The ad, which was placed in the New City Pennysaver on Oct. 15 by Interim Healthcare Inc. says it is looking for LPN or RN nurses in West Haverstraw but specifies "no haitians" will be accepted. "This is outrageous discrimination in its purest form," said State Senator David Carlucci. "It is a direct violation of the Civil Rights Act and is completely illegal." He urged Pennysaver…

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Grooming The Green At The Big Ball Yard Is No Small Task Grooming The Green At The Big Ball Yard Is No Small Task
Grooming The Green At The Big Ball Yard Is No Small Task POMONA, N.Y.  -- You think you've got a big lawn? Ever think about the mowing manpower it takes to keep the grounds green and baseball game-ready at Provident Bank Park?  Turns out it's a pretty tireless job, one performed by groundskeeper Pete Lawless, who can spend up to eight hours a day caring for the acre and a half inside the ballpark, and another two acres outside the stadium, on the diesel-powered Toro Reel mower.  During the Boulders' season (which runs through mid September each year), it's a job that lasts from seven in the morning to the end of the game at night.  "Someti…

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Luminaries Read At Nyack Library During Banned Books Week Luminaries Read At Nyack Library During Banned Books Week
Luminaries Read At Nyack Library During Banned Books Week NYACK, NY -- Upper Nyack author and poet Daniel Wolff read an excerpt from D.H. Lawrence's "Women in Love" recently at the Nyack Library during an event to mark Banned Books Week.  More than area luminaries read during the marathon event, including State Senator David Carlucci, Nyack Mayor Jen Laird White, author Mark Dery and actor Bill Irwin.  Selections from books were from "Native Son," "The Satanic Verses," "Lady Chatterley's Lover," and "The Color Purple," to name a few.  Banned Books Week was launched by the American Library Associat…

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