“On Golden Pond” closes the season at Elmwood Playhouse

“On Golden Pond” closes the season at Elmwood Playhouse

BY GEORGINA CASAZZA  NYACK – The Elmwood Playhouse concluded their 69th season with the production of “On Golden Pond,” written by Ernest Thompson and directed by Candy Pittari, making her directorial debut at the small Nyack theater. The lighthearted story takes us on a journey with Norman and Ethel Thayer, who are spending their 48th summer at […]

HUDSON UNITED ACQUIRES ROCKLAND INSURANCE AGENCY

HUDSON UNITED ACQUIRES ROCKLAND INSURANCE AGENCY

Hudson United is pleased to announce it has acquired Rockland Insurance Agency of Haverstraw, New York.  Hudson will maintain the agency’s brand and operate under the name, “Rockland Insurance Agency: A Hudson United Company.” They plan to remain in the agency’s current location at 222 Route 9W in Haverstraw.   “Expanding into North Rockland is going to help […]

Heat no match for crowds at classic cars display in Nyack

Heat no match for crowds at classic cars display in Nyack

STORY AND PHOTOS BY JANIE ROSMAN A gentleman named Edwin rode around Nyack in the black-and-orange Batmobile last week after Catwoman chose his winning raffle entry during the Nyack Chamber of Commerce’s Sixth Annual Classic Car Night. Did you find Adam West’s signature? It was on a plate at the back of the car. “This […]

SPORTS SPOTLIGHT, WITH MARC MATURO

SPORTS SPOTLIGHT, WITH MARC MATURO

Crotty Memorial is more than just another tournament         Time cannot erase the event of March 30, 2010, when an auto accident cost the lives of two Suffern High School teammates and friends, Vincent Crotty and Christopher Konkowski, but their legacy lives on thanks, in part, to an annual softball tournament and the Vincent Crotty Memorial […]

Letter to the Editor: I DEFY your stupid adult home regulations

Letter to the Editor: I DEFY your stupid adult home regulations

Dear Commissioner, This afternoon, Myrna Daos, who is administrator and proprietor of Spring Valley Rest Home, which I am a resident of, demanded that I remove all items from my dresser and my night table. Myrna said that state regulations require that the tops of dressers and night tables be bare. Of course, I refused. […]

DOMINICAN COLLEGE JOINS A GROWING NATIONAL TREND, BECOMES TEST-OPTIONAL

DOMINICAN COLLEGE JOINS A GROWING NATIONAL TREND, BECOMES TEST-OPTIONAL

BY BRIAN EDSALL Dominican College announced on July 19 that first-time freshmen applicants for the Fall 2018 semester will not be required to submit standardized test scores for admission. In this decision, Dominican College joins a growing national trend and becomes the first test-optional college in Rockland County. College President, Sister Mary Eileen O’Brien, OP, […]