Please join us at a special meeting of our Bridge Stakeholders' Advisory Working Group on Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 6:00 PM at the Palisades Center Adler Community Room in West Nyack (directions attached). This meeting will focus on bicycle/pedestrian issues. At this particular session, we will share with you our process to establish design options for the bicycle/pedestrian path on the replacement Tappan Zee Bridge, how the path might connect to areas near the bridge landings in Rockland and Westchester (specifically, from Exit 9 to 10), and how best to accommodate the different users of the path.

Santa visited our downtown yesterday and will be out every night…Santa is shopping on Main Street in So No!

Did you know Santa Claus makes appearances on Main Street in So No New Ro often! Sunday he appeared at Kaffeine and also at the Habitat Restore!  He gets all his extra gifts there that he runs out of..and gets great food while shopping.....Santa Claus is coming to town..Santa Claus has come to So No!!!!!!!

“ If you’ve noticed flags flying at half-mast today, you may have wondered why. Well if you glance at a calendar you will see that today is the Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day and the flags are flying at half-mast to honor those who died in the attack.

On Sunday morning, December 7, 1941, the American Army and Navy base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii was attacked by the Imperial Japanese Navy. The attack came as a surprise to the American Army and Navy and lead to great losses of life and equipment. More than 2000 American citizens were killed and more than 1000 were injured. Following the attack, the United States declared a war on Japan. “  Read more at Gather.com

USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor

Learn more at the National Park Service site

and Press Kit

At the American Legion Post 8 Hall, come on out and have a good evening while also helping to bring joy to a child’s holiday season

Saturday December 12th, 8-11pm

American Legion Post 8 Hall, 112 North Ave, New Rochelle.

$25 Cover includes open bar and all you can eat

Donated toys should be unwrapped

New Rochelle has been and is home to many who are influential in their fields/professions. No less is the case than with the artists who in the past who have called New Rochelle home and today’s artists who live and share in our community. Yesterday Habitat for Humanity of Westchester brought together a presentation that highlighted both artists past and present, who call New Rochelle home.

Tom Daly, educational curator for the Norman Rockwell museum in Stockbridge MA, graced our SoNo community with a presentation on Norman Rockwell’s artwork for the Holidays.  Between Norman Rockwell and another artist who called New Rochelle home, Joseph Leyendecker, they were responsible for over 640 cover illustrations for the Saturday Evening Post (322 and 321 for Leyendecker and Rockwell respectively).

Following Tom, was Julie Maner, who works closely with New Rochelle artist Charles Fazzino as Director of Business Affairs. She identified and that both Rockwell and Fazzino work to capture the popular culture of their times – the work of Rockwell was a precursor to today’s Pop Art that Charles Fazzino and his contemporaries create today.

In addition so seeing and buying some Norman Rockwell prints at the Habitat ReStore on 591 Main St, one can see the overall collection of Norman Rockwell work at the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge MA. Charles Fazzino is in the process of building out another studio space in New Rochelle where he will be able to bring students in to learn more about the techniques/processes he uses to produce his works www.fazzino.org

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