“Whiplash” Explores the Pitfalls of the Music Life

“Whiplash” Explores the Pitfalls of the Music Life

BY VINCENT ABBATECOLA Director Damien Chazelle’s musical-arts drama, “Whiplash,” opens with a black screen. We begin to hear a snare drum playing slowly and softly. As the seconds tick by, the sound crescendos and becomes faster. It’s a way of preparing the audience for how the relationship between the student and teacher at the center […]

Pet of the Week: ADOPT SLATER

Pet of the Week: ADOPT SLATER

Slater is a gorgeous, gentle, sweet, one-year-old gray and white tabby. He is very friendly and social, likes anybody and everybody, and enjoys playing with other cats. For more information, contact Hi-Tor Animal Care Center, 65 Fireman’s Memorial Drive, Pomona, NY. Phone: 845-354-7900, Email: info@hitor.org.

Parties Agree Phragmite Extermination is Not the Answer for Piermont Marsh

Parties Agree Phragmite Extermination is Not the Answer for Piermont Marsh

BY JANIE ROSMAN While the Environmental Protection Agency slashed Clean Water Revolving State Fund loans for the bridge replacement project — a decision Governor Cuomo recently appealed — last month, it allowed $29.1 million for five projects. One of these is reducing invasive species in the Piermont Marsh, whose 1,017 acres is more than one-quarter (about 275 acres) covered […]

O&R: HOLIDAYS BRING OUT SCAMMERS; CUSTOMERS BEWARE BILL PAYMENT FRAUD

The busy holiday season also unfortunately is the season of increased activity by scammers. As a result, O&R this week renewed its warning about scammers trying to steal customers’ money by posing as utility company employees. The most widespread scam is the Green Dot/ Money Pak phony-bill payment scheme. This scam is set up by […]

ROCKLAND COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING DISAPPROVES PROPOSED HIGH DENSITY HOUSING IN RAMAPO

PRESS RELEASE County Executive Ed Day this week announced that the County Planning Department has disapproved proposed amendments to the Town of Ramapo’s zoning map and comprehensive plan associated with the proposed Pascack Ridge subdivision. “As I said in my Inaugural Address in January, regulating development and preserving the quality and character of our neighborhoods […]

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