BY MICHAEL RICONDA Super Bowl XLVIII is the biggest sporting event in the United States this year and will draw hundreds of thousands of fans to MetLife Stadium on February 2. In anticipation of the Super Bowl, Rockland County has braced itself for a surge as visitors who will spend money on food, hotels and […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE – Shades Repertory Theatre of Haverstraw will show “Thurgood,” a film by George Stevens Jr. and starring Lawrence Fishburne, February 1. “Freedom Summer Part 2” by William Tucker, with Sam Wayman of Nyack as musical director will be presented February 7 and 8. August Wilson’s “Radio Golf” is on stage weekends […]
BY CHERYL SLAVIN Did the Department of Justice dictate last week that educators base discipline on racial quotas, as Foxnews and other outlets suggested, or didn’t they? As supporters of the controversial memo would have it, in an effort to reduce drop-out rates, recidivism and long-term legal problems experienced disproportionately by minority students nationwide, the […]
The New York Yankees have signed Japan’s best pitcher Masahiro Tanaka to a seven year, $155 million contract. Last season Tanaka broke Japanese League records, going 24-0 with a 1.27 ERA. He also had a WHIP (Walk and Hits per Innings Pitched) of only 0.94 and strikeout to walk ratio of 5.72 to 1. Tanaka […]
The Rockland Bridal Show announced it will start the fifth Annual Bridal Show Season with its first show on Sunday, January 26 from 1 – 4:30 p.m. at the Pearl River Hilton in Pearl River, NY. Future brides, engaged couples, friends and families will have the opportunity to shop for their wedding, honeymoon and new […]
Medicare costs on tax bill cause a commotion Property tax owners have been responding to county tax authorities with confusion when a breakdown of their local share of the state’s Medicare cost appeared on their tax bill, adding no new charges but presenting a fresh perspective on a longstanding issue. Previously, property tax figures were broken […]