Pearl River High School celebrates the 75th anniversary of the most produced play in American dramatic literature, Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town.” Performances are on February 8 & 9, 2013 at 7 p.m. The show will be performed at the Pearl River High School Auditorium. Tickets are $10 and will be available at the door. “Our […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE – Comedian Bobby Collins rescheduled due to Hurricane Sandy at the Newton Theatre, Newton, N.J. February 16. – The Dirty Dozen Brass Band booked into the Event Gallery at Bethel Woods Center For The Arts February 7 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets on sale now at 1-866-781-2922. – Members of the Thiells […]
Economic Development Committee discusses bringing state awards to Rockland BY MICHAEL RICONDA New City – In response to poor performance in the county’s running for the Mid-Hudson Economic Development Awards, the County Legislature’s Economic Development Committee invited Rockland Business Association president Al Samuels to discussed shortcomings in the county’s efforts to draw large business projects […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE Musical and film legend Sam Waymon of Nyack wrote the gospel-humming song “Mrs. Jackson” in memory of an 85-year-old black woman who members of the Students Nonviolent Coordinating Committee helped to register to vote in Mississippi in 1964. Another song, “Freedom Is My Name,” recalls the days of violence and the […]
Every winter around Super Bowl Sunday, hundreds of people flock to the Hudson River to watch a bunch of people run into the freezing cold water. And every year for 13 years, the funds raised at this event are used to help save the life of one or two young children in North Rockland. This […]
By Assembly Minority Leader Brian M. Kolb (R,C,I-Canandaigua)  Governor Andrew Cuomo recently delivered his State of the State Speech and presented his 2013-14 Executive Budget, events that mark the beginning of the 2013 Legislative Session. Although the Gov. did offer some mandate relief proposals in his Executive Budget, we have many miles to go until […]