By: Patrick McLoughlin Here we are in the middle of October and there are a lot more damp and dreary days to get through before we enter the clutches of winter. This news may sound stressful for aspiring gardeners, but it’s also a motivator to finish any work before it’s too late; namely yard […]
With the Grand National in mind, Irish trainer Gordon Elliott took to the media to claim that Presenting Percy could feature and was surprised to find out that the newly-recruited colt is as big as 33-1 for the Grand National. In 2018, Presenting Percy was able to throw off Al-Boum, who won the Gold Cup […]
The Arts Council of Rockland is pleased to announce that Suffern native and Broadway actress Isabelle McCalla will be offering a virtual Master Class for the Arts Council of Rockland. The course, entitled “Nailing the Audition: A Master Class with Broadway’s Isabelle McCalla,” will be offered on Tuesday, October 13th at 7:00 p.m., where the […]
Cuomo’s enforcement of virus restrictions is met with anger, hostility in Orthodox communities By Kathy Kahn Six months ago–April 4, 2020, to be exact– County Executive Ed Day made an impassioned plea to Albany to create a “containment” zone in the Town of Ramapo and other CoV-19 “hot spots” in Rockland, similar to the […]
Months of speculation and concern over who was negotiating to purchase Nyack College’s sprawling campus overlooking the Hudson were answered mid-Summer: the former Christian college and its scenic campus, a landmark on the banks of the Hudson for 120 years, was purchased for a fire-sale price of approximately $44 million by Yeshiva Viznitz, based in […]
By Kathy Kahn Four years ago, IBM sold its luxurious campus/conference center in the hamlet of Palisades for $59.6 million to China-based Hainan Airlines. After renaming the campus HNA Palisades Center, the airline/hotel conglomerate put the property on the market in late 2017. With CoV-19 effectively shutting down the entire hotel/conference industry, HNA began […]