10964 Launches Website www.palisadesny.com
With Help From The Palisades Community Center
Our venerable community newsletter began its life as a circular hand-typed on purple mimeograph stock almost thirty years ago. Over the years our graphic style has evolved quite a bit. Personal computers and desktop publishing software became available in the 1980s, making design and layout much easier. These tools have continued to grow more sophisticated over the years, giving us the ability to produce issues with polished layout and graphic design once only available to professional publishers.
Now we are launching an on-line edition that can be updated throughout the year in between our four published issues, offering late breaking news, color photography and even a free, centralized Notices feature where you can post bulletin board and classified-type information. The Palisades Community Center will maintain a calendar for all upcoming events in our community that you might want to know about.
Although 10964 is going electronic, our message will stay true to our original mission, which is to focus on news that would be of interest to people in our community. 10964 will continue to be personal and local, purely as a matter of principle.
The site’s structure has been developed based on features and articles from the past three decades of publication, and will attempt to serve the evolving future needs of the community in a way that is consistent with our past in terms of tone, look, and content. Many thanks to our talented web designers of Piermont Web Design, for their excellent work on this project.
Visit us at www.palisadesny.com, and come back again soon in mid-May, when the Palisades garden photos will be posted.
Web Site Features
News: articles from our print issues, as well as web-exclusives that will keep readers informed about local issues throughout the year.
Photo Feature: This graphics-oriented feature will debut in mid-May with a photo essay on Palisades gardens blooming this spring.
Palisades Community Center home page: Viewers can find out about upcoming scheduled events for the whole community, including all Community Center activities. In addition you will be able to download printable forms: - to join the Community Center - to rent the building for your own events - to order a copy of the DVD documentary on Palisades History
Notices: Free posting of notices (for Palisades residents only). Please go on-line and follow the directions to make your posting. Potential topics would be lost pets, baby-sitters, house sitters, pet sitters, tutoring, art classes, graduations, births, moves, etc. etc.
Other Community Organizations: communicate by e-mail with the Palisades Library, the Palisades Civic Association, and find links to local schools and the church.
History resources and links: downloadable books on Palisades history, pdf files of the Palisades History Day panels, and coming soon, a link to the complete collection of archived historical photographs from the Palisades Library collection on-line, as well as archived 10964 articles on the topic of Palisades history and back issues in pdf format.
People: profiles of local artists, filmmakers, authors and musicians from our files of previous articles, as well as obituaries for Palisades residents. Coming in the future—soundbites from Palisades musicians.
Click early and often—we look forward to your patronage!!
The 10964 staff