Bardonia News

CLARKSTOWN: Arnold J. Fucci of Bardonia, the director and supervisor of special education for the Clarkstown Central School District, was honored by the Clarkstown Council of PTAs at its Founders Day Celebration.

NANUET - Scores of area residents took to the streets yesterday to protest the federal government's pursuit of stimulus payments, corporate bailouts and new health and environmental policies they said were ruining the country.

We would like to thank our donors, many of whom came out to honor Sonia Stern and Bonnie Wind at JCC Rockland's Annual Wall of Giving Dinner held on June 17.

WHITE PLAINS - A federal judge today sentenced a 75-year-old former Rockland tax preparer to 15 months in prison for filing fraudulent returns.

Here's a recap of the June 8 Haverstraw Town Board meeting. Supervisor Howard Phillips and Town Board members Isidro 'Papo' Cancel, Vincent J. Gamboli, John Gould and Hector Soto were present.

Clarkstown wants to spruce up New City's downtown to make it pedestrian and shopping friendly, part of the town's ongoing effort to revitalize its various constituent parts.

Parents have set up a Web site, organized e-mail and phone chains, and are hanging posters in the school district urging residents to come out and vote on the schools budget Tuesday.

BARDONIA: The Clarkstown Summer Theatre Festival has selected Matthew Bases from Albertus Magnus High School in Bardonia as the 2009 scholarship winner.

See a collection of photographs from the Holy Child graduation at http://lohud.com/gradphotosprivate . The school is in Bardonia.

BARDONIA - Albertus Magnus High School held its 49th commencement tonight. Rockland's only Catholic high school presented diplomas to 105 graduates.

Orangetown police hope a missing sandal, if found, provides information leading them to the hit-and-run driver who killed a man early Sunday morning.

Tappan Zee Bridge repairs today and tomorrow: Right Rockland-bound lane closed for maintenance from milepost 13.1 to 16.1, from 9:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. All lane closings are subject to change due to traffic, weather or emergencies.

Tappan Zee Bridge repairs Today: Right Rockland-bound lane closed for maintenance from milepost 13.1 to 16.1, from 9:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday: Right Westchester-bound lane closed for maintenance from milepost 16.1 to 13.1, from 9:30 a.m. and 2:15 p.m. Friday: Right Westchester-bound lane closed for maintenance from milepost 16.1 ...

After months of rehearsal, the cast, crew and orchestra of a musical still may not know what they have until an audience experiences their work for the first time.

A former West Point cadet who was convicted of raping both a college student and a Bardonia woman more than 30 years ago is under arrest in Atlanta, where police are investigating to see if he is connected to a string of recent attacks on women in that city.

Tom De Celestino is happy it's East Coast halibut season again. De Celestino, who runs Rockland Seafood in Bardonia, says the Canadian fish are tastier and whiter than Alaskan halibut, and perfect for coating with Dijon mustard and crushed pistachios.

I am writing to inform our community about the success of our second annual Dance-A-Thon hosted by Hospice's teen group, 'Youth For Hospice.' The March 6 event at Albertus Magnus High School in Bardonia, attracted 240 area high school students, who brought in $9,450 for Hospice.

Dawn Panzarino has been out of the work force for 13 years. During that time, she has been raising three children and is in the process of getting divorced.

A fundraiser is set for tonight to raise money for the Timothy Schnittker Viking Memorial Scholarship in honor of the 25th anniversary of his birth.

The Youth Council of the Nyack NAACP took three top awards at a centennial celebratory ball of the New York state National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on Saturday in Flushing, Queens.