It’s been five years and it’s finally finished. A New City revitalization dedication ceremony and concert will take place on Sunday, September 7, 2014, marking the end of a long construction process that often clogged traffic and tested nerves. The ceremony will start at 12 noon at the County Court House, located at One South […]
BY BARRY WARNER The Third Annual Senior Fair, sponsored by Senator David Carlucci and Rockland Community College (RCC), was held at RCC’s Eugene Levy Fieldhouse on Thursday, August 28, drawing approximately 1,000 seniors. The event sets out to inform and empower seniors with health information, nutrition counseling, energy conservation and the opportunity to volunteer for […]
BY CHERYL SLAVIN About 50 people gathered on the steps of the Allison-Parris County Office Building Tuesday evening to show support for a legislative resolution that would result in eliminating questions about an applicant’s criminal background from initial job applications in the County. Sponsored by the grassroots “Rockland Coalition to End the New Jim Crow,” […]
Letter to the Editor, Governor Andrew Cuomo’s popularity has been based on his claim that he would clean up the stink in the NYS legislature. Of course, we now know that he dismissed his own investigative commission when it threatened to look at him. If the Moreland commission had not been disbanded it might have […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE – Husband/wife musical duo Francine Evans and Joel Zelnick do a cabaret revue “Destination, Las Vegas” on Sunday, September 28 at the ’76 House in Tappan. Songs of Elvis Presley, Bobby Darin, Louis Armstrong and more. Showtimes 6:30 and 8 p.m. Information at 845-359-5476. – Jim Brochu in the musical revue […]
Woman injured by thruway overpass jump A Connecticut woman sustained serious injuries Thursday afternoon after she jumped off an overpass and onto a Nyack on ramp of the New York State Thruway. The Hamden woman parked her car and jumped from the on ramp of Exit 10, which connects the Thruway to Route 9W and South […]