Eighteen of 21 full-time workers at the Rockland County Recycling Center in Hillburn have voted to go on strike, Teamsters Local 445 told local media this week. Teamsters accused ReCommunity, the Charlotte, N.C.-based national company that runs the recycling facility in Hillburn, of taking advantage of most Spanish-speaking employees and paying them substandard wages. Teamsters […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE Elizabeth Van Meter has been dealing with the death of her sister, a famed woman airplane pilot, for many years and came upon a photograph of Thao, a Vietnamese woman, who, despite being born with life threatening birth defects, created a children’s library for her village. Van Meter will perform in […]
Puddin’ Don’t is a creation of Jake Barlow, inspired by all manner of silliness, like Berkeley Breathed’s Bill the Cat, Chuck Norris Facts, The movie Machete, and the great Marty Feldman. Puddin’ Don’t can be found daily online at www.puddindont.com.
BY DAVID W. ALMASI, Project 21 Project 21 member John Meredith released a statement about the vandalism of the statue depicting his civil rights icon father, James Meredith, that is located on the campus of the University of Mississippi. In the early morning hours of Sunday, February 16, a construction contractor working on the Ole […]
“The ART of ART Collecting Tour,” a new event with Fine Art Appraiser and Curator Barbara J. Sussman, will be featured at the cafeteria (concourse level) of Blue Hill Plaza, 1 Blue Hill Plaza, Pearl River on Thursday, March 13, noon – 1 p.m. The event is free to public, however registration is suggested. Email […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE Elizabeth Van Meter will come to the Elmwood Playhouse in March with her play “The Purpose Project,” a story about a Vietnamese woman who battled through health problem while establishing a library in her village. Van Meter left by plane for Japan Wednesday where she will do a video for the […]