From the State Education Department State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia on Monday appointed Charles Szuberla as monitor for the East Ramapo Central School District. Szuberla, a well-known former Deputy Commissioner who served the Department for 29 years before his retirement in late 2015, will lead the Department’s continuing efforts to provide enhanced communication with the East Ramapo […]
The Rockland Lodge 2176 of the Sons of Italy will host the seventh annual Blauvelt Sons of Italy Italian Feast, Carnival at Tappan Masonic Park Fair Grounds September 15 – 18. The event draws thousands of people from around the tri-state area during the four-day celebration of all things Italian and has been recognized […]
By Rockland County Executive Ed Day Two things happened in Rockland last week that illustrate the past we are working to leave behind and the future we are embracing. The first was an unprovoked, inexcusable attack on two separate homes in New City where rabbis live. Someone put high-powered firecrackers outside these homes while the […]
Students Encouraged to Apply to Meet September 9, 2016 Fall Deadline The New York State Department of Civil Service on Monday announced that more than 400 internship opportunities are available throughout New York State government across a wide array of State agencies – both upstate and downstate – and reminded students to apply for 2016 […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE This is a play about an autistic man with Asperger’s Syndrone who contacts a Broadway dancer who has been injured and has a leg in a cast, for dancing lessons. The trouble is Ever Montgomery, played by Mathew Schmidt, has an aversion to anyone touching him and Senga Quinn, played by […]
BY VINCENT ABBATECOLA Over the past couple of decades, we have been given an abundance of animated films that have become classics. To name a few, Disney gave us “Beauty and the Beast,” “Aladdin,” and “The Lion King”; Pixar gave us the “Toy Story” films, and DreamWorks gave us “Shrek,” “Shrek 2,” and “Chicken Run.” […]