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The Dominican College Community is holding a benefit concert tonight for a college employee’s five year-old son who’s developed an aggressive brain
cancer. Dominican’s Susan Cerra says Assistant Director of the Academic
Success Center Greg DiDona’s son Jackson suffers from a rare brain tumor
found in the brain stem…

Broadway and off-Broadway performers will be singing show tunes at the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt Convent Chapel on Western Highway tonight at 7pm. Tickets will be sold at the door for a suggested donation of $20. For more about Jackson, visit dc.edu/jacksonstrong.

You can enjoy a series of short environmentally-focused films tonight at the Lafayette Theater in Suffern for the 6th annual Wild and Scenic Film Festival. The event is a benefit for ROSA 4 Rockland, which group board member Deborah Munitz says keeps tabs on environmental land-use issues in Ramapo…

Doors open tonight at 6:30, and there’ll be 11 short films presented, including “Forest on Fire,” “Big World” and “Creek Sessions.” During a brief intermission there’ll be raffles and door prizes to win. For ticket information visit www.SuffernFilmFest.com.

It’s looking less likely that you’ll be able to legally toke up in New
York in the near future. Though he wanted a bill by now, governor Andrew
Cuomo says it’s not looking good that’ll happen before the legislative
session ends…

Rockland Sheriff Lou Falco, who opposes recreational pot usage, says the
governor’s bound to bring it up again…

The state’s legislative session ends on June 19th.

A private school has reportedly lost its chance to purchase the Grace
Baptist Church in Nanuet. LoHud.com says reps from Ateres Bais Yaakov
Academy of Rockland didn’t show up for yesterday’s closing. The church is
now back on the market, for an asking price of $4.9 million.

Today is the 50th anniversary of the Sloop Clearwater, the ship created by
Nyack folksinger and activist Pete Seeger to bring attention to Hudson
River pollution and other environmental issues. Greg Williams is the
HRSC’s executive director, and says in the last decade, more than 1/2 a
million students have come aboard to learn about the river…

The Clearwater will be rechristened today at the Ferry Dock up in Beacon.
For more information visit Clearwater.org.