PUDDIN’ DON’T

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.

Tappan Zee Bridge history, up close and personal

STORY AND PHOTOS BY JANIE ROSMAN  Most people thought it; a few people mentioned it. Then Historical Society of Rockland County Board President Larry Singer said it. “We ARE going on a three-hour tour,” Singer announced. Good-natured laughter ensued as we boarded the River Rose.  Luckily for us, it became a five-hour tour that was […]

Poem of the Week: APPLE ORCHARD

BY HARRY WAITZMAN Behind the road stand selling apples and corn, a crow with its beak slits the skin of a bruised Winesap and lurches into the fruit gulping soft pulp. On the dirt floor of the cider mill mice sample culls piled in a heap for pressing when the stand closes. The new coke […]

DR. MICHAEL SHAW ELECTED HUDSON VALLEY REGIONAL DIRECTOR OF THE NEW YORK STATE READING ASSOCIATION

Dr. Michael Shaw, professor of education at St. Thomas Aquinas College, was elected as Hudson Valley Regional Director for the New York State Reading Association and will serve on the Board of Directors, announced Dr. Meenakshi Gajria, dean of the School of Education. Shaw currently serves on the Executive Committee of the Rockland Reading Council […]