With movie theatres finally reopening, it couldn’t be a more auspicious time for the Nyack Film Festival to appear on Rockland’s horizon. Now in its ninth year, the celluloid feast for the moviegoer’s soul will be hosted by the Nyack Hotel beginning next Monday. NFF director Richard Quinn partnered with Filmfreeway this year to open […]
Call it “conduct unbecoming an officer,” but three-term governor Andrew Cuomo’s unwanted and uninvited sexual behavior toward female staff members are a matter of record now. In a scathing investigative report released Tuesday by Attorney General Letitia James, the 164-page document corroborates allegations made by several women, all former or current staff of the governor. […]
New City residents—and anyone else who loves to visit Cropsey Farm on Little Tor Road—have also been enjoying country breakfasts offered at neighboring Red Hill Nursery for many years. When owner David Hansen’s longtime friend Andrew Michael approached him with an idea to repurpose the old café on the nursery’s six acres and create […]
Lego lovers of all ages, rejoice! Your favorite building blocks are ready for inspection. After being delayed a year by the 2020 Pandemic, LEGOLAND New York officially opened its doors on Friday, July 9. (An earlier “soft” opening allowed season passholders and a limited number of ticketed guests to visit.) The first theme park opened […]
Back in 2017, the NYS Dept. of Transportation held a series of charettes (public meetings) to discuss how to best improve the busy NYS Route 17 corridor in the Village of Sloatsburg. Spurred by the major investment that entrepreneur Michael Bruno made in the community when he opened Valley Rock Inn and created several […]
An organization that was revered by parents for over a century, Boy Scouts of America fell from grace when adults started stepping forward with claims of sexual abuse that occurred when they were minors—with some cases dating back to the 1940’s. To date, nearly 82,000 former Scouts have filed an abuse claim against BSA, […]