BY MICHAEL RICONDA After months of preparation, Rockland’s annual senior citizen theater production is set to begin their run of an original musical with an all senior cast on Saturday, April 27. This year’s show, which was written by director John Maloney, is called “Spaced Out.” It follows the story of three workers shooting off […]
An announcement from representatives at the Roots agency confirmed noted folk musician Richie Havens passed away on April 22 at the age of 72. Havens died of a heart attack at his home in Jersey City, leaving a legacy of soulful blues-folk music which resonated in the cultural landscape of the 1960s and continues to […]
PRESS RELEASE FROM COUNTY New City, NY – County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef announced today that the Appellate Court unanimously overturned an earlier court ruling that said the County’s bids for public bus transportation violated the General Municipal Law and the Rockland County Charter. The ruling by the Appellate Division Second Judicial Department states that […]
To the Editor, We have a president right now that is out to destroy what once was the greatest country in the world and we have a Congress that is out of control and has no need to stand with the people because they are garnering an enormous amount of power and money. The citizens […]
JAMIE KEMPTON Matthew Bach of Jersey City, N.J., captured his second title in three years and Christina Ferencevych of Old Tappan, N.J., won the women’s division in the 24th annual George Wodicka Hook Mountain Half Marathon and 5K run, held Sunday, April 21 at Rockland Lake and Hook Mountain. The race, sponsored by the Rockland […]
Anne M. Byrne of Nanuet was elected president-elect of the National School Boards Association during NSBA’s annual conference in April in San Diego. The National School Boards Association represents state school boards association members and more than 90,000 local school board members, who lead 13,809 local school districts serving the nation’s 50 million public school […]