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Feb. 29th Wedding Anniversary Special This Leap Year
NANUET, N.Y. -- We have a leap year, where an extra day is added to the end of February every four years, because of the solar system's disparity with the Gregorian calendar.
Disparity, is something Steve and Laura Zarro, get. In 2004, on February 29th, the couple married.
"We chose this day because all our lives, my wife and I had been two people who both had gone against the grain whenever possible."
Getting back to science, a complete orbit of the earth around the sun takes exactly 365.2422 days to complete, but the Gregorian calendar uses 365 days. So leap seconds - and leap…
North Rockland Full Day K Group Takes Fight To Albany
STONY POINT, N.Y. -- Jen Teichmann, a kindergarten teacher, and the mother of four young children, is adamant about one thing: full day kindergarten should not be viewed as an option. Because Teichmann lives in Stony Point, which has a financially-stressed school district, she is taking the fight to Albany.
On Monday, Teichmann, the advocacy leader of the North Rockland Full Day Advocacy Group, www.facebook.com/groups/NRFullDayK, along with a group of 30, are meeting with Albany officials in both the senate and assembly education committees throughout the day.
“Kindergarten is a core instru…
Lean In, Says Valerie Moldow, Clarkstown's Newest Councilwoman
CLARKSTOWN, N.Y. – It’s all about leaning in.
“Women need more exposure and to be more empowered,” said Valerie Moldow, a Nanuet real estate agent and Clarkstown’s newest council member, in a recent sit-down interview at Clarkstown Town Hall. Moldow, 55, filled the position vacated by town Supervisor George Hoehmann.
Politics for Moldow, a mother of three, makes sense.
“When I was approached about the vacancy, at first I said “Are you kidding. Me?”
But Moldow,, a native Rocklander, a real estate broker at Keller Williams and long-time volunteer for organizations like Meals On Wheels and K…
