BY MARIANNE BREHL One prize-winning dress for each of the four seasons was unveiled at the Palisades Center in West Nyack on May 18 as the culmination of the Center’s second annual “Project Girl Scouts” design competition conducted in partnership with Girl Scouts Heart of the Hudson, Inc. Members of 14 area Girl Scout troops […]
Dear Editor, I am an 81-year-old Senior Citizen. An resident of New York State, all those 81 years! I am also a 35 year retired employee of New York State. During the early years, of my state employment the Social Security Administration, offered New York State employees the opportunity to join the Social Security System, […]
Rumor has it that former Republican Grant Valentine is preparing to mount a Democratic Party primary challenge against incumbent Senator David Carlucci. Rockland County Democrats are livid at Carlucci for not supporting home-rule legislation for a sales-tax increase and many want him out of office. Valentine ran unsuccessfully in a 2010 Democratic primary against Carlucci. […]
Rockland Community College and Rockland Shakespeare Company are proud to celebrate their 15th year of offering free outdoor Shakespeare productions each summer. To celebrate this milestone the company invites the Rockland community to a special party and one night’s performance of “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged),” in addition to several scheduled performances of […]
BY DIANE DIMOND It is hard to believe or understand, but people confess to committing crimes — sometimes horrible crimes — when they are completely innocent. It happens more often than you can imagine. False confessions can be traced to unjust interrogation techniques, poor legal advice or even the mental illness of the suspect. That’s […]
Pomona Driver Dies After Hitting O&R Truck Joseph Thompson was identified after his body was pulled from a crash on the Palisades Interstate Parkway on Friday, June 1. The 38-year-old Pomona man rear-ended an Orange and Rockland Utilities truck near Ext 11 in New City with his 2007 Ford Freestar. According to investigations, Thompson was […]