BY GEORGE J. DACRE Happy New Year 2013!!! May we be among the first to say it as does Westchester Broadway Theatre in Elmsford, announcing its New Years Eve package of the show “Miracle On 34th Street” with dinner served and dancing at $360 per couple with tax, gratuity and parking already included. Call 914-592-2222 or broadwaytheatre.com […]
BY MICHAEL CAHILL Several Rockland County officials announced last week, a five-point plan for combating one of the many fiscal problems facing Rockland, community college chargebacks. Rockland County Legislator Cris Carey, R-Bardonia, Stony Point Town Councilwoman Luanna Konopko, and Orangetown Councilman Paul Valentine joined Rockland County Legislator Ed Day, R-New City, as he announced the […]
BY JAMIE KEMPTON Monroe-Woodbury sweeps team titles in 30th annual Markiewicz race Who knew back in 1983 that a cross country race launched at Bear Mountain for former high school runners would endure for three decades? Probably not many, but the Bill Markiewicz Rockland Alumni Cross Country Run indeed celebrated its 30th renewal on Nov. 24. […]
BY VINCENT ABBATECOLA Review of the new James Bond film “Skyfall” Fifty years after the first James Bond film, “Dr. No,” the next chapter in the series, “Skyfall,” brings back the thrilling force that made “Casino Royale” unexpectedly powerful. Directed by Sam Mendes, the film completely diverges from the story line created by the last two movies, but […]
BY BARRY WARNER Earlier this month, professional storytellers and student members of the Clarkstown North High School and Lakeland High School Storytelling Clubs took part in the 17thAnnual Rockland County Storytelling Festival at the Haverstraw Center. The event was sponsored by the Rockland Teachers Center Institute. Before the Internet, newspapers, radio, and television, the world […]
From Rockland DA’s Office Sonia Dixon, 42-years-old, of 30 Dunnigan Drive, Pomona, has been arrested and arraigned on one count of grand larceny in the third degree, a class “D” felony, Rockland County District Attorney Thomas Zugibe announced this week. Zugibe said that Dixon duped homeowners in financial trouble with promises to help their situation. Specifically, […]