A Long Island man turned his $20 bet into a $1,473,503 million jackpot at Empire City Casino, one of the largest entertainment destinations in the northeast located less than two miles north of New York City. Suffolk County resident, Howard G. hit the record-breaking jackpot at the Westchester County casino Sunday, October 25 at 11 a.m. The life-changing […]
New City – The Historical Society of Rockland County (HSRC) will open the doors to the 1832 Jacob Blauvelt House on December 5-6, 2015, for the family-friendly St. Nicholas Day Program. Children of all ages are welcome to celebrate St. Nicholas Day, as has been the tradition at the HSRC since 1961. This event, inspired […]
PRESS RELEASE Senator David Carlucci (D–Rockland/Westchester) was joined Tuesday by Stephanie Madison, president of the Mental Health Association of Rockland, Glenn Liebman, CEO of the Mental Health Association of New York State, and community advocates to urge Governor Cuomo to sign bill S.632A into law, sponsored by Carlucci. Senator Carlucci’s bill would create the “Mental […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE Roger Sprung, who has toured with Kay Star and performed with his banjo at famous hotels in the U.S.A., will be featured at the Borderline Folk Music event at the Nanuet Library, Sunday, December 6, 1 – 2:15 p.m. followed by a jam session from 2:15 – 4 p.m. Sprung, from Middletown, Connecticut […]
By Rockland County Executive Ed Day Here’s a chilling statistic: 294 known mass shootings have occurred this year in the United States. On June 17th, nine people were gunned down while taking part in an evening Bible study at a church in Charleston, South Carolina. On July 16th, a gunman opened fire with an AR-15 […]
After 26 years, Tuxedo project gets shovels in ground BY KATHY KAHN When it comes to Tuxedo Farms and interaction with the Town of Tuxedo and Village of Sloatsburg, there seems to be a failure to communicate. The last time the town and village elected and appointed officials met over what was once called “Tuxedo […]