BY ALEX KEZEK The Orchards of Concklin celebrated the autumn season with their annual two day Harvest Festival. The festival included face and pumpkin paintings, giant blow up slides, pictures with various characters, and also featured the River Acoustic Band. The market was supplied with their famous apple cider beverage, cider donuts, cookies and many […]
Rockland County’s Letchworth Village was the scene of the story that earned Geraldo Rivera national fame, as he uncovered poor living conditions there and at Staten Island’s Willowbrook facility. This weekend Geraldo Rivera will be back in the county with a different journalistic motive. He will interview Anne Frank’s stepsister Eva Schloss at 5 p.m. […]
By Rockland County Executive Ed Day As I said during my Inaugural Address on New Year’s Day, reinventing Rockland County demands that we break the bad habits of the past and embrace opportunities for our future. This government has spent far more than it receives for too long. A $138 million dollar deficit and serious […]
On Saturday, November 8, Rivertown Film gives guests a peek into this “mystery” of the creative process at its first “Pecha Kucha” Benefit. “Pecha Kucha” is a Japanese term for the sound of conversation (chit-chat), originally conceived as a setting where creative people in all walks of life could meet, show their work, and exchange […]
BY HARRY WAITZMAN The final straw is spun from tired grass. I swim near stalks of goldenrod and wave to bumble bees. I’m an unhappy bullfrog grumping in a muddy pond. In nearby orchards, time flies like herons and bees. I dive near lilies and sunfish. Cicadas sing arias. The silver haired conductor in heaven […]
The following members of the Clarkstown Police Department received promotions, CPD has announced. Lieutenant Kenneth Smith, Sergeant Stephen Cole-Hatchard, Sergeant Daniel Burke, Sergeant John Fredericks, and Sergeant Earl Lorence.