After several weeks home following five years of captivity in Afghanistan, U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl returned to active duty on Monday. Bergdahl was the subject of a controversial exchange of prisoners with the Taliban this spring and was called a deserter by soldiers who served with him. Bergdahl is continuing to serve at U.S. […]
BY HARRY WAITZMAN My second Pen scribbles over the ink of the first with exasperation. I always carry two pens to write with. One is not enough. One may be stolen, the other lies or distorts truths and flags the next revolution. So back to the drawing board. Will it fly and touch all bases […]
By Rockland County Executive Ed Day While most of us were sleeping last week, Rockland County’s dedicated first responders crawled through twisted metal, thick brush and pitch black to rescue a trucker from his wrecked tractor trailer. The 18-wheeler crashed through a metal guardrail and careened down an 80-foot embankment, ultimately coming to rest about […]
Nyack Village Theatre is extending the submission deadline for the third annual Nyack Film Festival to July 25, 2014. Nyack Film Festival will be held August 21, 22, 23 and 24, 2014. Last year the festival featured over 40 films over four days. Awards were presented in the following categories: Best Feature, Best International Documentary, […]
BY VINCENT ABBATECOLA In 2011, the “Planet of the Apes” franchise was given another chance to live on the big screen after Tim Burton’s forgettable 2001 remake of the original. “Rise of the Planet of the Apes,” directed by Rupert Wyatt, was a prequel that set up a sequence of new stories that would chronicle […]
Legislative Press Release from Assemblyman Kieran Michael Lalor (R – Fishkill) Assemblyman Kieran Michael Lalor (R,C,I – Fishkill) is charging SUNY Albany and Governor Cuomo with flagrant pay-to-play cronyism as part of the START-UP NY program. The school chose two major university donors, one of them a SUNY Albany Foundation board member, as the winners […]