BY DAVID W. ALMASI, Project 21 Project 21 member John Meredith released a statement about the vandalism of the statue depicting his civil rights icon father, James Meredith, that is located on the campus of the University of Mississippi. In the early morning hours of Sunday, February 16, a construction contractor working on the Ole […]
“The ART of ART Collecting Tour,” a new event with Fine Art Appraiser and Curator Barbara J. Sussman, will be featured at the cafeteria (concourse level) of Blue Hill Plaza, 1 Blue Hill Plaza, Pearl River on Thursday, March 13, noon – 1 p.m. The event is free to public, however registration is suggested. Email […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE William Tucker’s “Freedom Summer” was enacted at the Shades Rep Haverstraw Theatre earlier this month along with the story of one of the first black film makers in the USA. “Micheaux,” an excerpt from “Shades Of Black,” a one-man monologue performed by Sheldon Robert and written by Shades producer/director Samuel Harps […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE Elizabeth Van Meter will come to the Elmwood Playhouse in March with her play “The Purpose Project,” a story about a Vietnamese woman who battled through health problem while establishing a library in her village. Van Meter left by plane for Japan Wednesday where she will do a video for the […]
FROM DA’S OFFICE Rockland County District Attorney Thomas P. Zugibe Wednesday announced that William Lewis (DOB 04/23/83) of 47 New Main Street, Haverstraw, New York was sentenced to 15 years in state prison and five years post release supervision after being convicted following a jury trial of: One count of attempted murder in the second […]
FROM NYACS The New York Association of Convenience Stores this week commended New York’s neighborhood retail stores for achieving a record-high level of underage tobacco sales prevention, but said there is still more work to be done. The latest report on underage tobacco sales enforcement, just released by the New York State Department of Health, […]