STORY BY ERIN MAHER PHOTOS BY LAUREN KRAKAUR Music fans flooded into the still brand new ballpark in Pomona for the stadium’s inaugural major music concert on Thursday, June 7. Opened in June 2011, the stadium has hosted professional, college, high school baseball games, charity events, coaching clinics, and other special events. The ballpark’s state-of-the-art […]
A legislative column by Assemblywoman Nancy Calhoun (R,C,I-Blooming Grove) For the past few months, I have been deliberating over what direction to take in my life. After so many years of serving the public and devoting my time and energy to my constituents, I have decided to focus on another aspect of my life, my […]
BY ALLAN GOLDSTEIN A struggling economy has spawned many new business concepts catering to the newly frugal ways of consumers. My Warehouse Store in West Haverstraw is one of those, as business owners John Picinic and Gary Garran have put together an enterprise that provides quality pre-owned merchandise at affordable prices. Picinic and Garran […]
Artistic director Joe Brancato and literary manager Angelo Parra announced that this year’s series of the popular Monday evening “Play With Your Food” series of new play readings begins this Monday, June 11 with a reading of “The Coach” by award-winning comic playwright Matt Hoverman. Subsequent readings in the series are scheduled Mondays, July 16, […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE This is a rollicking, fast stepping musical about a man who has been called the father of musical comedy, George M. Cohan. Born way back in 1878 on the third of July, later adapted to the fourth, little George started out with the Cohan Family in Vaudeville with his father Jerry, […]
Are you in need of quality childcare for the coming school year? Do you live or work in North Rockland? If so, a childcare center opening in September at Rockland BOCES’ new Hilltop School site in Haverstraw (now Gerald F. Neary Elementary), 20 George St. might be of interest. The childcare center will accommodate children […]