BY FROMA HARROP The 2015-16 academic year has opened with a predictable collection of demands for banning certain views, often involving sexual or racial matters. Many are couched in convoluted claims that disagreeable speech is making students feel “unsafe.” Much of the squelching aims to fend off challenges to some of the more ludicrous theories […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE Neil Simon says through his characters in “Broadway Bound” that comedy must have an essence of conflict. The latest show at Elmwood Playhouse displays ample evidence of that show biz truism. There is a lot of conflict within this Jewish family, comprised of two young brother would-be writers, a grumpy grandfather, […]
By Rockland County Executive Ed Day By now, most of you know the transaction to sell Summit Park Hospital & Nursing Care Center in Pomona was scrapped by the prospective buyer, Sympaticare, LLC. The company chose to walk away after publicly stating that it fully intended to continue providing quality health care services […]
New play by David Robson, directed by Joe Brancato Penguin Rep Theatre, under the leadership of founding artistic director Joe Brancato and executive director Andrew M. Horn, concludes its 2015 season with the world premiere of “Priceless,” a new play about an art caper gone awry, by David Robson, author of last season’s hit “Playing […]
John T. Hanlon, a lifelong resident of Garnerville, passed away on Saturday, September 26, 2015. He was 76. John was born November 29, 1938 in Garnerville to the late Mary (nee Kelly) and Thomas Hanlon. He was a graduate of St. Peter’s Elementary School in 1952, Haverstraw High School in 1956 and St. Michael’s College […]
NEW CITY – Clarkstown’s tentative 2016 town budget will remain under the state tax cap for the second year in a row, according to Clarkstown Supervisor Alexander Gromack. What’s more, it will accomplish this by not raising town taxes at all. The $143,783,445 budget, if approved, will keep tax increases unchanged and below the state’s […]