It will be held at the Artopee Esplanade, right outside 100 Depew Avenue in Nyack Plaza in downtown Nyack.  It should last about two to three hours. Kavesh is running for Nyack mayor against fellow Village Trustee Denise Hogan

Stephanie Hausner, who is running for Clarkstown Town Board, has been appointed the Democratic National Committee Woman for the Young Democrats of America (YDA) by Crystal Strait, the newly elected president of the YDA. Hausner will complete the remainder of of Strait’s DNC term, which expires in the summer of 2010.

Hausner, who was born and raised in New City, was appointed to the DNC after serving at the campaign chair of the YDA Works slate of candidates. She was also appointed to the Clarkstown Democratic Commitee slate in May by Rockland County Legislature Chair, Harriet Cornell. She faces a three-way primary on Sept. 15.

I’m telling people that if they want to help they can make checks payable to “Friends for the Mutala Family.” The fund was set up by Stephanie Ferrante-Hirsch, a realtor at Keller Williams Realty in New City. She and other friends held a fundraiser for the Mutalas in June and raised $2,500 for them. Checks can me mailed to her attention at Keller Williams Hudson Valley Realty, 18 Laurel Road, New City, NY 10956.

He addressed dangers that put children at risk every time they go online, including online enticement, children accessing inappropriate Web sites and cyber bullying. His presentation also gave an overview of e-mail, instant messaging, blogs and social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook.

Any parent who is interested in the issue can access the power point program Carlucci used. It’s available at www.clarkstownclerk.com.

Charlene Margiotta, who owns Children’s Art Design Studio, said there was some graffiti outside her store and on the walls of some building. She plans to have it cleaned but has concerns about the expense. This is the first time she has seen anything like this in the area before.

So far nobody appears to have reported it to the police. Clarkstown police said they hadn’t received any complaints about graffiti from that area in the last few days

“We’re used to seeing bad things happen. What will the police do?” Margiotta said.

The road has been closed to thru traffic between Hemlock Trail and Tioga Court. The town planned a culvert replacement project beginning Friday, July 25, but work was delayed because workers unexpectedly came across a gas main, said Rich Westervelt, an engineer with Environmental Control. That caused a couple of week’s delay in starting the project.

But workers have apparently been working hard to fix the problem as soon as possible. The street is expected to be open to the public again before the start of school, Westervelt said.

Clarkstown has been making some efforts in the past. Last year the town purchased six hybrid vehicles and signed on to an energy conservation plan. Two council members — Shirley Lasker and Frank Borelli — formed a committee to study energy conservation issues. The building department is looking into a updating the building code that would require all new residences to be built to Energy Star standards.

Supervisor Alex Gromack says the town is committed to protecting the environment. We’ll watch out for other measures the town will take to that end.

The counties that got hit were those who saved money from their budget, perhaps anticipating hard times in the current economic downturn. But the state, seeing that they had some unspent money, reduced their funding to help pay for a $33.3 million market rate increase.

According to the New York State Association of Counties, a bipartisan municipal association, Hamilton and Essex counties were the hardest hit, losing almost all their funding. Some lost half and some lost more than a quarter of their annual allocations.

Rockland County, which has a shortage of childcare spots, thankfully did not lose any funding, rather gaining a miserly 1 %. I’m sure Child Care Resourcess of Rockland County is heaving a sigh of relief.