Good Sam Offers Comprehensive Heart Health Screenings

In recognition of American Heart Month, Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center will offer free cardiac screenings on Tuesday, February 5 from 1 – 7 p.m. in the hospital auditorium located at 255 Lafayette Avenue in Suffern, NY. According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), heart disease is the leading cause of death for men […]

Turner Molestation Plea Fiasco

Turner Molestation Plea Fiasco

Statement from Help Rescue Our Children In response to the guilty plea of Moshe (Moishe) Turner (of Monsey) last Friday, Jan. 18, Help Rescue Our Children (HROC), an Orthodox Jewish children’s advocacy organization, released the following statement by HROC founder, Rabbi Noson S. Leiter: “We thank the Ramapo Police once again for the painstaking and […]

“Our Town” to be Performed at PRHS

Pearl River High School celebrates the 75th anniversary of the most produced play in American dramatic literature, Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town.” Performances are on February 8 & 9, 2013 at 7 p.m. The show will be performed at the Pearl River High School Auditorium. Tickets are $10 and will be available at the door. “Our […]

What’s Happening 1/31/13

BY GEORGE J. DACRE – Comedian Bobby Collins rescheduled due to Hurricane Sandy at the Newton Theatre, Newton, N.J. February 16. – The Dirty Dozen Brass Band booked into the Event Gallery at Bethel Woods Center For The Arts February 7 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets on sale now at 1-866-781-2922. – Members of the Thiells […]

Nyack’s Sam Waymon Wrote Music for “Freedom Summer”

Nyack’s Sam Waymon Wrote Music for “Freedom Summer”

BY GEORGE J. DACRE Musical and film legend Sam Waymon of Nyack wrote the gospel-humming song “Mrs. Jackson” in memory of an 85-year-old black woman who members of the Students Nonviolent Coordinating Committee helped to register to vote in Mississippi in 1964. Another song, “Freedom Is My Name,” recalls the days of violence and the […]

Rockland Wants its Fair Share of Cuomo Bucks

Rockland Wants its Fair Share of Cuomo Bucks

Economic Development Committee discusses bringing state awards to Rockland BY MICHAEL RICONDA New City – In response to poor performance in the county’s running for the Mid-Hudson Economic Development Awards, the County Legislature’s Economic Development Committee invited Rockland Business Association president Al Samuels to discussed shortcomings in the county’s efforts to draw large business projects […]