BY GEORGE J. DACRE The spring theater season is warming up in local playhouses, churches and high schools. “The Music Man” opens this Friday March 13 at Nyack High School. It will be “Aida” at North Rockland High School also debuting Friday. “The Deathtrap’s” opening night is also Friday at Antrim Playhouse in Wesley Hills. “West Side Story” […]
The Mental Health Association of Rockland County has settled with the State Attorney General’s Office for doctoring records prior to a state audit, but will not face criminal charges. According to a statement released by Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on Monday, the MHA admitted to 40 handwritten changes to records in an attempt to make […]
Former Spring Valley Mayor Noramie Jasmin, who currently faces federal corruption charges for accepting bribes, has formally requested a bench trial overseen solely by a judge. Meanwhile, former City Councilman Daniel Halloran, who was brought in during the same statewide corruption sweep that pinched Jasmin and stood before the same judge that Jasmin now faces, […]
BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES John and Dolores Lodico met as Nyack residents in the 1940s while still in high school. They fell in love, married in 1951 following his discharge from the Army, and eventually settled in New City, in a home they built themselves on Birch Lane, and where they […]
BY VINCENT ABBATECOLA After only his first two movies, director Neill Blomkamp became a mixed bag for me. I was immersed in the gritty world of his 2009 debut feature, “District 9,” which was then followed up with 2013’s misfire, “Elysium,” a film that became weighed down with its social messages, as well as by Jodie […]
On Wednesday, March 25, schools and community organizations from across the county will meet at the School Health Showcase to share the school health initiatives that are working in their schools. Through tabletop story boards, video, and demonstrations, school staff and students will highlight their successful initiatives that promote health and wellness among students and staff. […]