Community Rowing Program, Library And School Boards, Street Fair

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Monday, Aug. 26

• Community Rowing Program hosted by the North Rockland Rowing Club from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 26, Tuesday, Aug. 27 and Wednesday, Aug. 28 on Dr. Girling Drive in Haverstraw.

• Take a free Kaplan practice SAT Test 2 p.m. at West Nyack Library. To sign up, go to www.kaptest.com/practicetest and enter event code SKXY13074 in the search box or call 845-358-6081.

• The Hudson Valley Chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America will hold a lemonade stand demonstration from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Sign of the Times on Main Street in Nyack. The event is one of many lemonade stands being staged nationwide with a goal of pressuring the U.S. Congress to pass legislation expanding background checks for those purchasing guns.

•  The Nanuet Library Board of Trustees meets at 7 p.m. at the library at 149 Church Street.

• The Clarkstown Board of Education meets at 8 p.m. at the Chestnut Grove Administrative Offices at 62 Old Middletown Road in New City. 

Wednesday, Aug. 28

• Clarkstown North High School freshman orientation begins at 8:30 a.m. and ends at 12 p.m. for students and starts 9 a.m. for parents. Clarkstown South High School freshman orientation is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for students and for parents from 7 to 8 p.m.

Thursday, Aug. 29

• Felix Festa Middle School sixth grade orientation sessions will be held at 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m.

• The Youth for Hospice Tappan Zee High School chapter holds a fundraiser at Little Scoops at 500 Route 303 in Orangeburg at 4 p.m., with 20 percent of all proceeds after that time going to United Hospice of Rockland. For every future party booked, $25 will go to UHR and there will be a raffle. Youth for Hospice members will be doing the scooping and providing face painting and tattoos. For more information, see this announcement. 

Sunday, Sept. 1

• The semi annual New City Street Fair takes over South Main Street from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. with fun, food, music, crafts and more.