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photo credit: Valeria Maddalena Instagran / @hair_by_vale We may be a little over a month into the summer season, but it’s never too late to revitalize your hair with a new style. Valeria Maddalena , a senior stylist at JLK Salon in New City of over nine years, shared with The Rockland County Times some of her favorite hair colors and care tips to keep in mind. Read full article here.

  I hope everyone's having a wonderful summer! 😎  My sunshine state of mind is soaking up the sun with a good book and an iced fruity drink.🍓 Instagram

July marks Minority Mental Health Awareness Month. According to the CDC , more than 1 in 5 adults in the U.S. cope with a mental illness. In many cultures, mental health issues are mistakenly viewed as a character flaw or weakness. Stephanie Madison, the president and CEO of the Mental Health Association of Rockland County, spoke with The Rockland County Times to share what the organization is doing to alleviate these inequities and how society can overcome these stigmas. Read full article here. Cait · President and CEO of the Mental Health Association of Rockland County on mental health in the media hgh

Peter Winograd (center) leads as concertmaster for The Discovery Orchestra during the Discover Saint-Saëns’ “Organ” Symphony concert. photo credit: Amanda Brown Photography Peter Winograd is the first violinist with the American String Quartet and a member of the violin and chamber music faculties at the Manhattan School of Music and the Aspen Music School.  When he's not teaching, he serves as concertmaster for The Discovery Orchestra. “Music is an abstract art form, opera and popular music with lyrics notwithstanding. If you just listen to a symphony, it’s delving into emotions that you can try to put words to, but sometimes it only cheapens it,” he said. Cait · West Nyack concertmaster shares friendship with Discovery Orchestra Founder George Marriner Maull Winograd gives an inside scoop on how he met his longtime friend, Discovery Orchestra Founder and Artistic Director George Marriner Maull. Read full article here.

  Police Officer Mike Keane and K-9 Jax graduate from a patrol K-9 school hosted by the Yonkers Police Department. photo credit: Facebook / Clarkstown Police Department  Happy Father's Day! Officer Mike Keane who's been in the force for more than 20 years, shares what it's like to have a four-legged partner that works with you and follows you home. “Whether it’s knowing a bark in the back of the car or it’s just an ominous presence that is needed to kind of cool out a scene of a crime to gain some compliance with people, I certainly wouldn’t want to do it without a partner,” he said. Read full article here.

"Our spaces are a true representation of who we are and where we’re going.”  - Nancy Parker   photo credit: Erin Borzellino Nancy Parker, a personal and environmental energy specialist; healer and feng shui practitioner of more than 20 years, shares tips on how to make your home shine its brightest.  “Feng shui is the art and science of balancing and harmonizing the flow of natural energies in a space or in our surroundings to create beneficial effects for a better lifestyle," she said. Read full article here .

With the encouragement and inspiration of powerful women as well as her husband, Miriam Schwartz is co-founder of Baketivity , a small business that sells baking kits filled with step-by-step recipes, ingredients and fun themed activities for the whole family. “It creates a certain homey sweet atmosphere and the environment does calm down and make them connect with each other," Schwartz said. Read full article here.