BY BARRY WARNER The Youth for Hospice ‘Hair-Cut-A-Thon’ fundraiser took place at numerous beauty parlors throughout Rockland County on Sunday January 12, 2014. Youth for Hospice is a volunteer group coordinated by local high school students and its mission is to create fundraisers to benefit United Hospice of Rockland which provides care, comfort and an […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE The ArtsRock Puppet festival is gearing. It will be part of the ArtsRock Milk and Cookies Playhouse series and is set for Saturday, January 18, 2 p.m. at the Nyack Center, 58 Depew Avenue. ArtsRock says you can watch your child’s eyes light up with delight as they experience the magic […]
To the Editor, On January 15, 2013, on the very first day of the legislative session, the New York State Legislature passed the most sweeping draconian gun control laws in the nation. The so-called NY SAFE Act had nothing to do with public safety, and everything to do with pushing Andrew Cuomo’s political agenda and […]
BY BARRY WARNER Annie Sunny, Bella Shore and Joan Stauble are participating in the ‘Stay Fit Senior Circuit Program’ at the Street Community Center on Zukor Road. The free 30-minute program, which meets three times a week, is for Clarkstown seniors 60 years and older. The hydraulic circuit is designed to work every muscle group […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE It’s 1:30 a.m. on a freezing February day at photographer Jake Manheim’s Greenwich Village apartment when struggling novelist Harry Levine appears with small change in his pocket. He owes Jake considerable money and the two argue about the money, life in general and the novel. Such is the setting of the […]
BY CHRIS FAULKNER The Environmental Protection Agency’s new carbon emissions standards have caused an uproar in the coal industry. These rules limit the amount of carbon new coal-fired power plants can produce. Industry-friendly lawmakers have been quick to voice their outrage. Congressmen John Shimkus and Rodney Davis say they “will kill the future of coal.” […]