It was a hot room last Tuesday night as president of the North Rockland Teachers’ Association Robin Brennan approached the microphone to address the NRCDS School Board. Brennan came carrying the weight of a highly aggrieved teachers’ union, and this dispute was not about salaries. The union is currently in deep mediation with the school […]
By Kathy Kahn Special to the Rockland Times Is it possible there will be even more rubber-necking on the Tappan Zee as the first phase of the new twin-span replacing the aging bridge is being built alongside it? In 2011, a three-year window was created by New York Works to allow for design/build groups to […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE With a cast of four Dinner With Friends is the story of two couples who are best friends but one couples marriage breakup causes their friendship to become strained. Steve Taylor, as Gabe, and Claudia Stefany, as his wife Karen, get the news from Beth (Mary Ashley) who says her husband […]
A trio of Ramapo poets: Marty Levine, Diane Weber and Harry Waitzman, will be joined by Rockland County’s own poet laureate, Dan Masterson, on Wedesday, April 10, 7 p.m. at the community room of the New City Library. The esteemed poets will offer readings from their original works, followed by an open reading. Community participation […]
Pearl River resident Megan Quail is leading a team with a goal to raise $100,000 during a 10-week campaign for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, which officially kicked off Wednesday, March 27. Megan Quail and her campaign team, “Leukin’ for a Cure” are raising the money in honor of Pearl River’s own Francesco Galvano and […]
Cuomo’s Seven Round Limit on Gun Magazines to be Indefinitely Lifted One of the signature pieces of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s SAFE Act, the seven round limit on gun magazines, has been scrapped according to Senate Republicans. In a win for gun rights proponents who claimed the SAFE Act was pushed through the legislature hastily and […]