TAPPAN LIBRARY CLOSED UNTIL AUGUST 6

As almost 10 years of planning, designing and building come together, the Tappan Library ended its first phase of renovation and expansion with the temporary closing of its building at 93 Main Street on July 28 to facilitate safely moving daily operations to the new space, formerly known as The Stable. The original library building […]

Harlem Globetrotters Hosting Basketball Clinics for Kids in Nanuet

BY BRANDON GUBITOSA Does your kid like basketball? Does he or she want to be an all star, or even just improve their skills? Then the Harlem Globetrotters summer clinic is something they probably won’t want to miss. This rare opportunity to train with Globetrotter stars is coming to Nanuet from July 31 through August […]

“DR. CUOMO” SENDS LETTER TO STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH REGARDING IMPLEMENTATION OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA FOR CHILDREN WITH EPILEPSY

OPEN LETTER FROM GOVERNOR CUOMO TO THE STATE HEALTH COMMISSIONER To Acting Health Commissioner Zucker, The deaths this month of 9-year-old Anna Conte and 3-year-old Olivia Marie Newton of Western New York were tragic reminders of the urgent help children with epilepsy desperately need. As a father, I can only imagine the pain Anna and […]

Liberating the White House from the Political Money Game

BY DIANE DIMOND Let’s face it. We have too many antiquated laws on the books. Our laws often fail to keep up with the times. I mean, do we really need a statute that prohibits rams from trespassing as they have in New Jersey? Or a law that makes it a crime to carry fruit […]

Marc My Words!

Marc Maturo’s official sports column No luck just pluck for Ireland at World Lacrosse Games How bad could it be to place ninth against a record number of 38 high-quality international teams that competed at the  Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) World Championships, held over the course of 10 days? “Not bad at all, we […]

Penguin Rep Theatre Presents “The Fabulous Lipitones” August 8 through 31, in Stony Point, NY

Penguin Rep Theatre (Joe Brancato, founding artistic director, and Andrew M. Horn, executive director) presents the New York premiere of “The Fabulous Lipitones,” a musical comedy by John Markus (head writer for “The Cosby Show”) and Mark St. Germain (“Freud’s Last Session,” “Becoming Dr. Ruth”), directed by Peter Flynn, and starring Broadway veterans P.J. Benjamin […]