FROM USCBP JAMAICA, N.Y. — An arriving passenger was planning to enjoy a very interesting cocktail, however U. S. Customs and Border Protection officers at John F. Kennedy International Airport shut down this speakeasy before it ever opened. On November 17, Mr. Wilton Sinclair arrived on a flight from Georgetown, Guyana and presented one checked-in […]
Elmwood Playhouse’s “Sunday in the Park with George” music director, ASSAF GLEIZNER, and lead actress, KIMBERLY HAWKEY (Dot) will be doing double-duty on Sunday, December 7th. First, they’ll perform the Sunday matinee of Sondheim’s Pulitzer Prize-Winning Musical at 2 p.m., and when the curtain comes down they’ll immediately start setting up for a “Sundays at […]
A special fund to support disadvantaged students at Rockland Community College was renamed the Herbert Kurz President’s Student Support Fund by the College’s Board of Trustees on November 19, 2014. Mr. Kurz, a businessman, philanthropist and major benefactor for RCC since 2010, died shortly thereafter on November 24, 2014 at the age of 94. Through […]
BY VINCENT ABBATECOLA Bennett Miller is a filmmaker who seems to specialize in deep studies of American figures. He has focused on underdog Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane in “Moneyball,” acclaimed author Truman Capote in “Capote” and famous New York City bus tour-guide Timothy “Speed” Levitch in his documentary, “The Cruise.” With these films, […]
The Stony Point Elementary School fourth grade chorus sang carols as the Town of Stony Point kicked off the Christmas season with its annual tree lighting ceremony at Kirkbride Hall this week. Comin up on Friday, December 5, 6 – 9 p.m., the town hosts its annual holiday boutique, also at Kirkride Hall. Holiday music […]
BY BILL DEMAREST NYACK – This week, U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, and Representative Nita Lowey announced that the Village of Nyack will receive $1,762,175.82 in federal funds to cover costs for repairs made to Memorial Park and the Nyack Marina, which were heavily damaged during Hurricane Sandy. The funding is being […]