by R∴W∴ Richard Kessler | Apr 20, 2018 | Grand Lecturer's Blog
Livingston Manor, NY Livingston Manor is a hamlet in Sullivan County. Livingston Manor is located in the southern part of the town of Rockland. New York State Route 17 runs by it. In the late 19th century, this community renamed itself as Livingston Manor, after...
by R∴W∴ Richard Kessler | Apr 20, 2018 | Grand Lecturer's Blog
Grand Lecturer Convention Orange Rockland District April 19, 2018 The annual convention of the Orange Rockland District was held jointly on April 19. The Grand Lecturer Convention was held in Pearl River. Naurashank Lodge No. 589 was our host. A nice drop...
by R∴W∴ Richard Kessler | Apr 19, 2018 | Grand Lecturer's Blog
Pearl River Pearl River is a hamlet in the town of Orangetown in Rockland County. It is located east of Chestnut Ridge, south of Nanuet, west of Blauvelt, and north of Montvale and Old Tappan, New Jersey. Pearl River is 20 miles north of midtown Manhattan. It is...
by R∴W∴ Richard Kessler | Apr 19, 2018 | Grand Lecturer's Blog
Grand Lecturer Convention First & Second Westchester Putnam District April 18, 2018 The annual convention of the First and Second Westchester Putnam District was held jointly on April 18. This was a result of the cancellation of the 1st Westchester...
by R∴W∴ Richard Kessler | Apr 19, 2018 | Grand Lecturer's Blog
Pleasantville, NY Pleasantville is a village in the town of Mount Pleasant, in Westchester County. Pleasantville is home to a campus of Pace University and to the Jacob Burns Film Center. It was the original home of Reader’s Digest, which still uses a...
by R∴W∴ Richard Kessler | Apr 18, 2018 | Grand Lecturer's Blog
Briarcliff Manor Briarcliff Manor is a suburban village in Westchester County. Briarcliff Manor includes the communities of Scarborough and Chilmark, and is served by the Scarborough station of the Metro-North Railroad’s Hudson Line. A section of the village,...
by R∴W∴ Richard Kessler | Apr 17, 2018 | Grand Lecturer's Blog
Grand Lecturer Convention Columbia, Dutchess, and Greene Ulster Districts The Magnificent Mid-Hudson District April 17, 2018 The inaugural Grand Lecturer for the newly formulated district was held in Red Hook. The Host Lodge was Hendrick Hudson No. 875...
by R∴W∴ Richard Kessler | Apr 16, 2018 | Grand Lecturer's Blog
Saugerties, NY Saugerties is a town in Ulster County. The Town of Saugerties contains the Village of Saugerties in the northeast corner of Ulster County. Part of the town is inside Catskill Park. U.S. Route 9W and New York State Route 32 pass through the town,...
by R∴W∴ Richard Kessler | Apr 13, 2018 | Grand Lecturer's Blog
Grand Lecturer Convention Fulton Montgomery District April 12, 2018 The annual Grand Lecturer Convention for the Fulton Montgomery District D was held in the St. Johnsville. The host Lodge was St. Johnsville No. 611. The evening began with a full course...
by R∴W∴ Richard Kessler | Apr 12, 2018 | Grand Lecturer's Blog
St. Johnsville St. Johnsville is a town in Montgomery County. Accounts vary as to the naming of St. Johnsville, but most accounts state that the town and its village are named after an early surveyor and commissioner, Alexander St. John. Still others credit the naming...