BACK TO SCHOOL FASHION SHOW AT PALISADES CENTER

Palisades Center is excited to announce their Back to School Fashion Show! Head over to the first level near H&M on Saturday, August 16, 2014 from 1 – 4 p.m. to check out some of the latest back to school fashions from a variety of Palisades Center stores. The event is free and open to […]

PUDDIN’ DON’T

Puddin’ Don’t is a creation of Jake Barlow, inspired by all manner of silliness, like Berkeley Breathed’s Bill the Cat, Chuck Norris Facts, The movie Machete, and the great Marty Feldman. Puddin’ Don’t can be found daily online at www.puddindont.com.

TIMELINES 8/14/14

Top-ranking mob figure arrested in Ramapo Two men were arrested last Thursday in a joint Rockland District Attorney and FBI operation in Ramapo, including one top-ranking member of a well-known Hudson Valley crime family. Daniel Pagano, 61, and his alleged associate Michael Palazzolo were taken in on charges of conspiracy to commit racketeering and extortion. […]

Poem of the Week: APPLE ORCHARD

BY HARRY WAITZMAN Behind the road stand selling apples and corn, a crow with its beak slits the skin of a bruised Winesap and lurches into the fruit gulping soft pulp. On the dirt floor of the cider mill mice sample culls piled in a heap for pressing when the stand closes. The new coke […]

Tappan Zee Bridge history, up close and personal

STORY AND PHOTOS BY JANIE ROSMAN  Most people thought it; a few people mentioned it. Then Historical Society of Rockland County Board President Larry Singer said it. “We ARE going on a three-hour tour,” Singer announced. Good-natured laughter ensued as we boarded the River Rose.  Luckily for us, it became a five-hour tour that was […]

DR. MICHAEL SHAW ELECTED HUDSON VALLEY REGIONAL DIRECTOR OF THE NEW YORK STATE READING ASSOCIATION

Dr. Michael Shaw, professor of education at St. Thomas Aquinas College, was elected as Hudson Valley Regional Director for the New York State Reading Association and will serve on the Board of Directors, announced Dr. Meenakshi Gajria, dean of the School of Education. Shaw currently serves on the Executive Committee of the Rockland Reading Council […]