Cold weather fun for the whole family can be found snow tubing at Orange County’s Thomas Bull Memorial Park this winter. The Orange County Snow Tubing & Winter Sports Park is tentatively scheduled to open Saturday, January 16, conditions permitting. The park is situated in the Thomas Bull Memorial Park, 211 State Route 416 in […]
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT FROM HEALTH DEPT. Rockland County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert announces that January is Radon Action Month, a good time to learn about radon and its risks, and get your home tested. Though radon can get into any type of building, including homes, offices, and schools, you and your […]
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 […]