“Its a heaven sent comedy with a strong message,” says Penguin Rep’s Artistic Director Joe Brancato of the season opener for the gutsiest little theatre off-Broadway in Stony Point. The show centers around sisters Mary and Margaret who forget all about Southern Hospitality when a young Barbie Doll of an evangelist named Melissa knocks at […]
BY VLADIMIR LEON Haitian Americans are ready to have a Grand Parade of Unity this year again. Haitian Americans are inheritors of the struggle for freedom and liberty their forefathers fought in both Haiti and the United States. Haiti won a major bottle at Vertieres in November 1803 against the Napoleon’s Troops, and declared the […]
Release from the New York State School Boards Association Schools statewide are proposing an average tax levy increase of just 1.98 percent, the lowest in five years, according to an analysis of state property tax report card data by the New York State School Boards Association. Ninety-six percent of school districts are proposing tax levy […]
BY BARRY WARNER This week is National Police Week, an occasion dedicated to honoring America’s Law Enforcement establishment. National Police Week began in 1962, when President John F. Kennedy proclaimed May 15 as National Peace Officers’ Memorial Day and the calendar week in which May 15 falls as National Police Week. In one event held […]
The O’Grady-Brown Memorial Scholarship Fund announces the recipients of their 2014 scholarship awards. Each recipient will receive a $1,000 award. The awards will be presented on June 7, 2014 at 10 a.m. at an awards brunch being held at the Nyack Seaport. The public is invited and tickets to the event are $25. The speaker […]
He must be psychic! Harvey Winter is the winner of the Rockland County Times “Creative Selfie” contest. His entry featured a “selfie” made to look like it was on the front page of the Rockland County Times with a headline announcing a “Wesley Hills Man” as the winner. In reality, Winter had cut out the […]