BY GEORGE J. DACRE – The Rockland Symphony Orchestra is starting the 2016 season with a fundraiser with the Madkoi Quartet, which is, as they say, making waves in NYC and elsewhere with their interpretations of classical and contemporary music. The event is set for February 7 at 4 p.m. at the Piermont Reformed Church, […]
By Rockland County Executive Ed Day Earlier this week, Governor Cuomo signed an executive order requiring local governments across the state to take homeless people to shelters in freezing temperatures. While my county executive colleagues and I agree that caring for our homeless is a moral imperative, most of us have concerns with the governor’s […]
Governor Cuomo on Wednesday proposed a freeze on tolls for both the Thruway and the Tappan Zee Bridge until the year 2020. The proposal isn’t cheap, it comes at a cost of $1 billion dollars to be paid to the Thruway Authority from other funds as yet unknown. In addition to freezing bridge tolls, Cuomo’s […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE The cast of “Urinetown,” to be performed in Montvale’s St. Joseph’s Regional theater, includes from Rockland County Emily Lauer, Mathew Lobotan, Owen McLouglin, Danny Costello, Jada Gotay, Zack Almonte, Daria Fatemi. Carly Baron, and Gavin O’Sullivan. The Tony Award winning hit “Urinetown, The Musical” will be performed on the stage of […]
By Jerry Donnellan Director, Veterans Service Agency of Rockland County On December 22 at 13:30 hours, local time in Bagram, Afghanistan six Americans were killed. Sad to say that on this morning network news this ran as the fifth or sixth item, behind Star Wars, Hillary vs. Donald, and the Miss Universe debacle. Sad, not much has […]
A hate-fax sent to local governments and newspapers including the Rockland County Times caught the attention of police and local government officials recently. The letter accused Hasidic Jews of sucking the souls out of Christians via the study of the Talmud. The letter was sent to the Village of Wesley Hill and the Village of […]