PHOTOS BY AARON MOELLER STORY BY DYLAN SKRILOFF As you have likely noticed, Rockland County has become a major hub for TV and movie production. Film shoots are around the county almost every week of the year. The latest project to call Rockland home is “Rise,” a TV show airing on WNBC channel 4. The […]
Penguin Rep Theatre presents the world premiere of “Fall River,” a new play by Frederick Stroppel, directed by Joe Brancato, beginning Friday, October 13. Before O.J. Simpson, there was Lizzie Borden. Whether, as the children’s rhyme goes, she really took an axe and gave her mother 40 whacks, then turned and gave her father 41, we’ll never […]
Senator David Carlucci (D-Rockland/Westchester) hosted a Citizen Preparedness Corps Training Program at the Nanuet Public Library late last month. Ninety-eight residents turned out to listen to a 2-hour presentation giving residents the tools and resources to prepare for any type of disaster, respond accordingly and recover as quickly as possible to pre-disaster conditions. “Events like […]
BY JEANNINE RIPPA October 4 is a worldwide celebratation of the feast day of the Patron Saint of Animals, Saint Francis of Assisi. It’s customary that in remembrance of St. Francis of Assisi’s love for all creatures, animals are led to churches for a special ceremony called the “Blessing of the Animals.” St. Francis of […]
BY BARRY WARNER This week the Rockland County Times Unsung Heroes column features Mike Miller of Thiells Fire Dept., a young fire engineer who has earned praise from his superiors for the extra hours and hard work he puts in ensuring the safety and welfare of his community. “Mike Miller is a dedicated volunteer and […]
This week, three leading New York aviation groups joined with many others nationwide to oppose H.R. 2997, a bill that would privatize the United States’ air traffic control system, putting it in the hands of a private board dominated by commercial airline and private interests. The Long Island Business Aviation Association, Westchester Aviation Association and […]