State Assemblywoman Ellen Jaffee proposed legislation to fix the controversy over East Ramapo’s Sabrina Charles-Pierre’s school trustee seat. Charles-Pierre’s term was invalidated by the school board after discovering she wasn’t sworn in within 30 days after the May board election results were certified. The Spring Valley NAACP and New York Civil Liberties Union criticized the […]
BY KATHY KAHN It’s not often New York State Lt. Governor Kathy Hochul gets to the mid-Hudson, but she arrived Tuesday to visit the county and have a roundtable discussion with the Rockland Business Association’s Women’s Leadership Council. Twenty of Rockland’s most influential women joined Hochul at Rockland Community College for a luncheon designed […]
A film screening and special VIP panel discussion When: Saturday, October 1, 2016: film screening, 11:30 am (Wurlitzer organ recital, 11 am); VIP luncheon and panel discussion, 1:30 pm Where: Film screening, Lafayette Theatre, 97 Lafayette Avenue, Suffern; post-film luncheon at Marcello’s Ristorante, 21 Lafayette Avenue, Suffern Price: $69 per person ($64 per person for HSRC Members). Includes film admission, VIP luncheon […]
Clarkstown: Wanted Name: Oscar Lara Age: 24-years-old Sex: Male Race: White Height: 6’00” Hair: Brown Eyes: Brown Wanted for: Stalking and Harassment Lara’s last known address was in Congers, New York. Please call the Clarkstown Detective Bureau at 845-639-5840 if you have any information. Wanted Name: Jairo Marte Age: […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE The Hudson Valley is blessed with several professional and community theatres and among them is the Gutsiest Little Theatre off Broadway, PenguinRep of Stony Point now in its 39th season. Penguin Rep has as its artistic director Joe Brancato, who is currently in rehearsal of the next show “Daniel’s Husband,” a story of marriage in the gay […]
Title IX changes sexual orientation landscape of public schools BY KATHY KAHN While most parents are still trying to adjust to Common Core and already considering opting out in the 2016-17 school year, there will be major changes that will be more apparent when your child goes back to school this September. Released in July 2015 […]