Clarkstown Police were called to the Jesse J. Kaplan School at 9 a.m. last Wednesday when a loaded firearm was discovered on the BOCES school grounds. The weapon, a 9-millimeter Ruger, belonged to Gillian L. Jeffords, a 24-year-old teacher’s aide and licensed gun owner. The gun was found by a fellow staff member who noticed the weapon inside of […]
STORY AND PHOTOS BY KATHY KAHN After years of promising to develop his Stony Point Marina into a condominium project with public access to the waterfront, longtime owner Wayne Corts sold it last year to Eli Hershkowitz for an undisclosed amount. Hershkowitz’s representatives on March 22 attended the first of many public hearings by the Town’s […]
Fair celebrates winter’s end with great food, art, crafts, live rock and jazz, fun for the whole family The snow has finally melted, and winter gives way to spring as Nyack prepares for the Nyack Chamber’s 32nd annual SpringFest street fair, set for Sunday, April 8 in the heart of Nyack on Main Street and Broadway. The fair […]
BY PHIL GOLDSTEIN Managing Partner, Goldstein, Lieberman & Co. LLC A set of reminders for your 2017 individual return as the deadline nears: The filing due date is April 17 this year because April 15 is on a Sunday and Washington, D.C., observes its Emancipation Day holiday on April 16. There are a few ways to get a six-month extension if you […]
“Sister Act,” based on the Touchstone Motion Picture, tells the hilarious story of Deloris Van Cartier, a disco diva, whose life takes a surprising turn when she witnesses a murder. Under protective custody she’s hidden in the one place she won’t be found—a convent! Disguised as a nun and under the suspicious watch of the Mother Superior, […]
BY KATHY KAHN When an app called “thisisyourdigitallife” became available in 2013, 270,000 Facebook users were paid a nominal fee to fill out a personality quiz. That quiz opened the door for London-based Cambridge Analytics to troll the friends and acquaintances of the Facebook members who downloaded the app. All told, over 50 million Facebook […]