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Nanuet Kicks Off July 4th Weekend With Music, Fireworks
NANUET, N.Y.- The Town of Clarkstown’s preemptive Fourth of July celebration on Thursday was a testament to the fact that for this community, Independence Day means so much more than fireworks. It means community togetherness.
The event, which took place in the field between Nanuet High School and the George W. Miller Elementary School, featured bouncy attractions for children, food, a performance by local rock group The Mighty Spectrum Band, and, of course, an explosive fireworks show.
For Eddie Courtney of The Mighty Spectrum Band, the event's success was plain to see before it even began…
New City's Biddy Retire From Suffern High School
SUFFERN N.Y. -- The Class of 2016 isn’t the only group leaving Suffern High School this year. Seven teachers, including longtime track/cross country coach and physical education teacher Joe Biddy, and math teacher Bert Lyon, will be moving on.
The full list of retirees is as follows: Joe Biddy of the Physical Education department, Bert Lyon and Joseph Carfora of the Math department, English teacher Pamela Greenberg, Library Clerk Janie Howell, Athletic Secretary Barbara Ordas, and Donna Whitfield, a speech and language counselor.
Joe Biddy, a New City resident, who has been at the high scho…
Incoming Fairfield Freshman Plans To Continue 'Green' Efforts At College
FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- Samantha Simpson, an incoming freshman at Fairfield's Sacred Heart University, sees gardening as essential to the "art of happiness.”
It's why she founded the Woodlands High School Gardening Club in September 2014 during her junior year and why the White Plains, N.Y. resident, whose middle name, incidentally, is Rose, feels strongly about doing all she can to beautify her surroundings.
The Club started small, with patches of dirt surrounding the high school campus, adding a variety of flowers and plants such as roses, lilies, butterfly bushes, coneflowers, petunias,…
White Plains Resident Goes 'Green' With Founding Of Gardening Club
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- Samantha Simpson sees gardening as essential to the "art of happiness.”
It's why she founded the Woodlands High School Gardening Club in September 2014 during her junior year and why the White Plains resident, whose middle name, incidentally, is Rose, feels strongly about doing all she can to beautify her surroundings.
The Club started small, with patches of dirt surrounding the high school campus, adding a variety of flowers and plants such as roses, lilies, butterfly bushes, coneflowers, petunias, and begonias.
With a "blooming" success on their hand…
