Rivertown Film Society presents Helen Hayes on Film: When the First Lady of Broadway Conquered Hollywood. Come for an evening of film clips and discussion presented by film historian John DiLeo. Friday, October 7, 8:00 pm at the Nyack Center, 58 Depew Avenue, Nyack, 845-353- 2568. $15 general admission, $13 seniors, $11 members.

PALISADES PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
117 Washington Spring Road
P. O. Box 687
Palisades, NY 10964
Phone: 845-359-3147
mail: ppc1064@gmail.com
Website: www.palpresny.org

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There’s a simple sign at 238 Oak Tree Road alerting passersby to a carpentry shop. It is also a showroom with one-of-a-kind furniture and table craft as well as a gallery of majestic floor-to-ceiling slabs of wood. Recently, The Carpentry Shop held a grand opening celebration. For owners Julian and Natalie Dion, getting to this day has been a story of risks and putting one foot in front of the other.

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In February I was driving down to the Florida Keys for a month to get the cold out of my bones. I stopped in Beaufort, S.C., picked up my in-laws, Marianne and Steve Harrison, and headed south. We stopped overnight in Palm Beach. As we were heading out the next morning, I got a call from the Palisades Library.

In December of 2021, in partnership with Rockland Green, Orangetown launched a food waste recycling program. As of early August, over 500 households are participating, and Rockland Green has harvested 55,880 pounds of food waste and converted it into fertilizer.

Unless you’ve been buried in a steel barrel at the bottom of Lake Mead, you have heard of pickleball. It’s become the sport of choice for a certain set. Mark Albert, Senior Recreation Leader with the Parks and Recreation Department of Orangetown, says that, in addition to pickleball, which is by far the largest and the fastest growing sport the town offers for adults, there are an abundant array of outdoor sports for children and adults all available at an extremely low cost.

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“This guy throws parties after parties,” said Yvonna Kopacz-Wright, motioning to her husband, Brett Wright, during a Zoom interview from their Oak Tree Road home. “He throws the biggest party in Martha’s Vineyard where there’s a thousand people there. I love the idea of it, but he’s really the closer.”

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14TH ANNUAL MOTHER'S DAY PLANT AND GIFT SALE

Saturday, May 7,
9:00am to 2:00pm
Palisades, Community Center 675 Oak Tree Road in Palisades, NY

Rockland Center For the Arts
“See, Observe, Think, Reflect, Internalize”
April 2 - June 11
ROCA hosts an exhibition of award winning photographer Collette V. Fournier’s search for intersections between her personal history, modern day Africa, and the African American experience. Fournier’s photo- graphs of a classroom in Senegal, the Million Man March in Philadelphia, post-Katrina New Orleans, and a Queen Mother ceremony in Ghana invite the viewer to absorb the resilience, beauty and hope of her subjects. Admission is free.

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117 Washington Spring Road,
PO Box 687 Palisades, NY 10964
Phone: 845-359-3147
Email: ppc10964@gmail.com
Website: www.palpresny.org
Pastor: Reverend Erin Moore
Office Hours: Tuesday and Friday: 10:00am to 3:00pm

As a 30-plus year resident of Palisades, I’ve seen dramatic changes in the landscaping in our area. Where once elaborate, photogenic, and unfenced gardens flourished, many homeowners’ yards are now surrounded by high deer fences.

The term “peak oil” was coined in the 1950s by Marion King Hubbert, a geologist for Shell Oil. The theory represented a hypothetical bell curve in which our use of oil would decline when discovery of new reserves could not keep pace with our use of existing reserves. Oil after all is a finite resource. However, Hubbert's theory of peak oil has been proven wrong numerous times, even as recently as 2020. Today, however, and unfortunately for the environment, new oil exploration technology and extraction methods continue to increase proven reserves and have pushed a potential peak oil date far beyond our lifetime.

PALISADES FREE LIBRARY
Member of the Ramapo Catskill Library System
19 Closter Road, Palisades, NY 10964
845-359-0136 www.palisadeslibrary.org

Vladimir Putin’s brutal invasion of sovereign Ukraine on February 24 triggered a flow of refugees not seen since WWII. Most are women and children, and all need a numbing list of services. Neighboring countries have been welcoming, but the need will continue for months, possibly years, to come. Residents of Palisades are finding ways to help.

Every year in May, school districts across the state hold annual budget votes and school board elections. This March, the South Orangetown Central School District will be holding an additional vote where they will put before the public a separate bond vote.

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Your friends at the Palisades Community Center wish you and your family continued good health. Are you new to the area? Welcome! We invite those who do not receive our e-blasts to e-mail us at PCC@palisadesny.com to receive Palisades alerts and event information.

Dear editors,
I would like to connect with one of your writers, Blythe Anderson Chase, who wrote a story (May, 2021) called “Palisades Cemetery: Stories Behind the Stones.” My cousin happened to come across the article today in a Google search of our great-grandfather’s name, Max Krawchuk. The article that Ms. Chase wrote was about his tombstone and his life story. I’d like to know where she found out all of this incredible information!

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OLar Noso (“Our Home” in Galician) has left its cozy, pub-like cubbyhole in Piermont. Relocated to Northvale, New Jersey, it is a four-minute drive from Palisades. You can park easily in a big parking lot, and you might actually get a table because it’s much bigger. Many things are unchanged from the old location: the menu is pretty much the same, payment is cash or check only, and the service, mostly provided by the owner’s two sons, continues to be, shall we say, a bit rough-edged.

Volunteers and Thrift Shop Donations Net Library $7,230
We are fortunate to have dedicated volunteers who commit time to the Tappan Zee Thrift Shop. Volunteer hours and donations made on the library’s behalf exceeded our 2021 partnership goals and had the added benefit of keeping many household items and clothing from our landfills.

RoCA celebrates its 75th anniversary:
Initially called The Rockland Foundation, it was re-named Rockland Center for the Arts in 1972. Its goal throughout has been to provide opportunities for all people to experience and participate in the cultural life of our region through classes, exhibitions, performances and camp. Upcoming activities include: