Photos by Redmond Stein with the use of Bill Menke's telescope -

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Circa 1870

Board members
Carol Baxter, President
Michele Balm, VP
Marco Jo Clate, Secretary
Carol Knudson, Treasurer
Julia Burrer
Sabelle Frasca
Leo Keegan
Erin Mullahy
Sunny Park

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Pastor: Reverend Erin Moore, Sunday Worship: 10:00 am
Tel: 845-359-3147, Email: ppc10964@gmail.com, Website: www.palpresny.org
Follow us on: www.facebook.com/ThePalisadesPresbyterianChurch

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Palisades Free Library
Member of the Ramapo Catskill Library System
19 Closter Road, Palisades, NY 10964
845–359–0136
* www.palisadeslibrary.org

The Palisades Swim Club was established in 1965 and it’s still going strong. It continues to be a wonderful place for families to gather and enjoy their summers. The Big Pool is a 6 lane, 25 meter long pool with dedicated lap lanes for those who want to keep in shape.

Beginning May 8 Sculptor Cristina Biaggi's Work on View at Garner Art Center
Cristina Biaggi's THE WEB (a 45 feet in diameter double-sided collage on cloth installed between trees) and THE NEST (a large human-sized nest made with vines) will be on view at Garner Art Center in Garnerville, N.Y. beginning May 8 and through September. In conjunction with the installations, several artists talks and workshops are planned throughout the summer.

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Inspired by the charming night markets in the Dordogne region of France, in 2013 the Palisades Community Center (PCC) held its first annual Farmers’ Market Dinner where the community gathered for a feast of locally grown vegetables and other food specialties culled from the Farmers’ Market vendors.

The Migratory Birds of the Americas Conservation Enhancements Act legislation funds projects to protect essential habitat for migratory birds, including locations like Piermont Pier. It also funds projects through the entire migratory path for birds that we only get to see for part of the year, such as acrobatic Tree Swallows, ensuring that those birds will continue to come visit us every year.

The fire and rescue team of our Palisades community is the John Paulding Engine Company #1 in the Sparkill-Palisades Fire District (SPFD) located on Route 340 in Sparkill. It is a non-profit, fully volunteer fire and emergency organization. Palisadian Joshua Panter joined the SPFD as a volunteer in 2012 at the age of 16 and has had an especially personal relationship with the SPFD ever since.

When the magnitude 4.8 earthquake rattled the N.Y. Metro area on Friday, April 5 at 10:23 am ET, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory seismographs and seismologists were shook! Among the events to follow was a magnitude 3.8 aftershock at approximately 6:00 pm ET.

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Circa 1870

Are you new to Palisades? 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.

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Fraud and identity theft is growing as highly competent fraudsters make every effort to take advantage of you. A recent New York Times article read, “Checks Stolen From Mail Sold Online.” Thieves either assume a fake identity and open a bank account or wash the ink off and rewrite the check.

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

South Orangetown Central School District parents of toddlers (kids who turn four before December 1, 2024) can apply before March 22 for free Pre- Kindergarten programs (2 1⁄2 or 5 hours/day), five days a week during the 2024-25 school year. For more information, visit www.socsd.org/prek or contact Rudy Arietta, upk@socsd.org 845-680-1059.

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Michael Shanahan of Palisades, New York, husband of Beverly Warwick, passed away December 26, 2023. Mr. Shanahan was born in Bronx, New York and raised in Rockland County, NY. After earning multiple Masters degrees in Electrical Engineering, and prior to embarking on a legal career, Mr. Shanahan was a Staff Engineer at AlliedSignal (now Honeywell) where he worked on numerous high-profile projects including the International Space Station. He is listed as an inventor on 21 US patents.

Pastor: Reverend Erin Moore, Sunday Worship: 10:00 am
Tel: 845-359-4147, Email: ppc10964@gmail.com, Website: www.palpresny.org.
Follow us on: www.facebook.com/ThePalisadesPresbyterianChurch@palisadespresbyterianchurch

Recently my friend Kam told me about Natural Organic Skin Spa. It’s nearby on the south side of Oak Tree Road just past Route 303 next to the barber shop. It is owned by Julie Lee. She is an esthetician with 20 years experience having trained at the Manhattan School of Esthetics.

For years, a wide assortment of antique shops made Nyack a destination. When many closed, secondhand stores moved in, offering unique quality merchandise to fill the void. There are now seven shops in town that sell clothing, accessories and jewelry to suit all ages, sizes and genders. One-of-a-kind, frequently brand-name goods, many in eco-friendly fabrics like silk, wool and cotton that look like new can be purchased at half the price. Secondhand purchases not only contribute to the health of your wallet but to the planet as well, a “win-win all around.

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St. Thomas Aquinas College is proud to announce a partnership with its community fire department to offer tuition scholarships to volunteers who become firefighters at the Sparkill- Palisades Fire Department.

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At the February 4th annual Palisades Community Center meeting, the guests were Orangetown Supervisor Teresa Kenny and representatives from the Sparkill-Palisades Fire Department, Chief Michael Yannazonne Junior and Senior and Palisades resident Captain Joshua Panter. Supervisor Kenny is beginning her third term and we are grateful that she comes to our annual meeting each year to discuss local issues.