As Nyack community members gather tonight for a planning session to help design the new skateboard park within Nyack’s Memorial Park, a state lawmaker is expected to announce a $100,000 state grant to help the project. That funding would likely make plans for building the skateboard park in 2015 a reality. State Sen. David Carlucci, […]
The SMART Sales Unit of the Clarkstown Police Department conducts monthly enforcement compliance checks of local licensed retailers of alcohol products and conducts subsequent court ordered educational classes in the safe and lawful sale of these products. CPD announced that this week so far the the Clarkstown Police SMART Sales Unit in conjunction with Officers […]
BY MARIA BROWNSELL An unusually large amount of people packed into the town hall auditorium for the Town of Clarkstown’s Town Board Meeting on August 5. The buzz around the room was about Supervisor Alex Gromack and Councilwoman Shirley Lasker’s sudden epiphanies on the matter of term limits and also a proposed senior housing project […]
BY JANET TRAUTWEIN President Obama marked the recent conclusion of open enrollment in the federal healthcare law’s insurance exchanges with a celebration at the White House. The administration exceeded its goal of signing 7 million Americans up for insurance coverage. Many small business owners are in a less festive mood. They’re dealing with burdensome new […]
By Vincent Abbatecola Phase Two of the Marvel Cinematic Universe has been getting more exciting with each new film. Although it began with the disappointing “Iron Man 3,” it got better with the okay, but still entertaining “Thor: The Dark World,” which was then followed by the outright thrilling “Captain America: The Winter Soldier.” We […]
August 7 through the 9, 2014: The New Generation Theatre, a young performers theatre company in Rockland, launches its fourth annual production, “Hairspray.” The big, fat musical comedy, “Hairspray,” is brought to life by a cast of teenagers from the Hudson Valley area under the direction of Sol Bloch and Justin Boccitto with assistance from […]