Letter to the Editor, Governor Andrew Cuomo’s popularity has been based on his claim that he would clean up the stink in the NYS legislature. Of course, we now know that he dismissed his own investigative commission when it threatened to look at him. If the Moreland commission had not been disbanded it might have […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE – Husband/wife musical duo Francine Evans and Joel Zelnick do a cabaret revue “Destination, Las Vegas” on Sunday, September 28 at the ’76 House in Tappan. Songs of Elvis Presley, Bobby Darin, Louis Armstrong and more. Showtimes 6:30 and 8 p.m. Information at 845-359-5476. – Jim Brochu in the musical revue […]
Woman injured by thruway overpass jump A Connecticut woman sustained serious injuries Thursday afternoon after she jumped off an overpass and onto a Nyack on ramp of the New York State Thruway. The Hamden woman parked her car and jumped from the on ramp of Exit 10, which connects the Thruway to Route 9W and South […]
BY JANIE ROSMAN Rockland County land records indicate Jacqueline Peralta and her husband Roberto Garcia officially sold their house at 317 S. Broadway — one of six home originally targeted for eminent domain — to Tappan Zee Constructors, LLC (TZC) on August 21, 2014, for $450,302. Earlier this year, TZC bought the home of next-door […]
BY CHRIS FAULKNER The nation’s economic woes have hit American Indians hard. Between 2008 and 2013, unemployment for American Indians never once dipped below 10 percent, the highest rates for any group in all the Midwest, Northern Plains, and Southwest. And nearly one in three single-race American Indians live in poverty, according to the United […]
Pack your lawn chairs and come out to the Great Lawn of Harmony Hall, Jacob Sloat House (1848), 15 Liberty Rock Road, Sloatsburg for the fifth annual Highlands Bluegrass and Crafts Festival on Sunday, September 7 from 1-6 p.m. Renowned fiddler Sue Cunningham and her band bring bluegrass back to the Ramapo Highlands. Joining the […]