Family member offers reward for information in Chestnut Ridge shopowner’s death Chestnut Ridge resident Richard Zarriello, 51, was murdered in April at his South Hackensack, New Jersey chimney and fireplace store in what appeared to be a targeted killing. Police have yet to make an arrest in the case. As a result Zarriello’s sister […]
BY DIANE DIMOND Isn’t it ironic? In the 70s, Vietnam veterans returned from an unpopular war to society’s scorn and cries of “Baby killer!” Over the decades, we began to understand they had been brave and selfless and we learned to treat all returning vets — wounded or not — with understanding and support as […]
STORY BY JANIE ROSMAN Lifelong friends Murphy Panagioto and Achilles Tzoulafis grew up across the street from one another. “It just made sense, since we’ve known each other our whole lives and did everything together, to start working together,” Tzoulafis, 38, a licensed electrician, said of Panagioto, 35, a roofer by trade. After becoming interested […]
BY VINCENT ABBATECOLA With July having started last week, we are officially into the second half of 2015. Although there are still six months to go until the end of the year, this is the perfect time to list my three favorite films of the year so far, and the three I’m looking forward to […]