Free tickets to High Holiday services at Rockland County Board of Rabbis’ synagogues are now available to qualifying households. The free ticket offer is made possible by the Rockland Jewish Initiative (RJI), a program of the Jewish Federation & Foundation of Rockland County. To qualify for the free tickets, applicants must not have been a […]
Tropical Storm Harvey whipped itself into a Category 4 hurricane and made landfall in Rockport, Texas August 25, breaking a record no one is cheering about. Harvey dumped more rain in a single storm in the U.S. since keeping track of weather events began. Houston, fourth largest city in the country, saw its streets turn into […]
Reception September 9 Discover what inspires local teens to create works of art when My Own Little Gallery in Nyack presents “Art Through Young Eyes,” mixed media works by three area high school art students on view August 26 through September 15. Visitors will also be treated to the Gallery’s first-ever “Refrigerator Art” display, a giant […]
On Sunday August 27, 2017, Ramapo Police arrested 22-year-old Esther Zamir of Monsey for possession of approximately 100 “decks” of heroin, hypodermic needles, some marijuana following a complaint she drove an acquaintance’s car with authorization. Police initially charged her with a class A misdemeanor for driving a car without permission but upon further investigation charged […]
STORY AND PHOTOS BY JANIE ROSMAN Our air-conditioned bus turned into the former Ramp E Thruway entrance and headed toward the new Tappan Zee Bridge to celebrate the opening of its new westbound span. En route, we learned where the shared use path for the Hudson Valley’s first cable-stayed bridge would begin near the Westchester […]
BY JANIE ROSMAN Tomorrow is a long-anticipated day: the westbound span of the new Tappan Zee Bridge will open to westbound motorists. The media was offered a peek at the $3.1-mile, $3.98 billion project today, its first since the eight main span towers were finished in December. Since then, crews have been working to complete that […]