Marc Maturo’s official sports column Jaspers turn the page, hope for better days This year is next year for the Manhattan College women’s lacrosse team. The Jaspers went 4-13 overall last season, going just 1-5 in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC). So, like the dedicated Brooklyn Dodgers fans of yore, Jaspers supporters could only […]
On Satruday, February 22, Meals on Wheels of Rockland County will hold their first annual Flea Market at the Clarkstown/Pearl River Senior Center, adjacent to the Main Meals on Wheels headquarters at 121 West Nyack Road in Nanuet. Typical flea market items will be available from 9:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. and many vendors are […]
Eighteen of 21 full-time workers at the Rockland County Recycling Center in Hillburn have voted to go on strike, Teamsters Local 445 told local media this week. Teamsters accused ReCommunity, the Charlotte, N.C.-based national company that runs the recycling facility in Hillburn, of taking advantage of most Spanish-speaking employees and paying them substandard wages. Teamsters […]
BY BARRY WARNER Nanuet-The AARP Tax-Aide program provides free federal and state tax preparation help to people with low and moderate incomes from February 1 to April 15 at Walk-In sites throughout Rockland County. Special attention is given to individuals over age 60. It is important for taxpayers to bring last year’s returns and all […]
Puddin’ Don’t is a creation of Jake Barlow, inspired by all manner of silliness, like Berkeley Breathed’s Bill the Cat, Chuck Norris Facts, The movie Machete, and the great Marty Feldman. Puddin’ Don’t can be found daily online at www.puddindont.com.
BY GEORGE J. DACRE Elizabeth Van Meter has been dealing with the death of her sister, a famed woman airplane pilot, for many years and came upon a photograph of Thao, a Vietnamese woman, who, despite being born with life threatening birth defects, created a children’s library for her village. Van Meter will perform in […]