BY MARC MOSS In the mid-1970s on Staten Island, countless students were scrambling to prepare for the spring Regents examination, the uniquely New York end-of-the-year test of a high schooler’s wits and memory retention. The best math tutor in the neighborhood was Arnold Birnbaum. He arguably was the best tutor in every subject, his son […]
A Dugout View With Bench Coach Dick Scott By Joe Rini “It gets late out early,” so goes the Yogi Berra-ism about the perils of early-evening shadows in the outfield. Yet, one might say a similar shadow is hanging over the 24-32 Mets, who perilously trailed the first place Nationals by 11.5 games at the […]
Andrew Kolesar, a freshman at North Rockland High School and member of Boy Scout Troop 61, is pursuing an Eagle Scout ranking. His Eagle Scout project is to install flag receptacles at the Haverstraw Town Hall, Town of Haverstraw Police Department and at Bowline Point Park. The purpose of these receptacles is to give his […]
Assemblyman Karl Brabenec (R,TCN-Deerpark) [center back] joins legislators in Albany for the 7th Annual Animal Advocacy Day Assemblyman Karl Brabenec (R,TCN-Deerpark) proudly supported the animals of New York at the legislature’s 7th annual Animal Advocacy Day. With the day’s focus on passing legislation to continue to protect animals and their owners in New York, a variety […]
PHOTO BY MARY J D’URSO A photo of an otherworldly gold and blue sunset captured May 31 by photographer Mary J. D’Urso was featured in Scenes of Rockland last week. A second D’Urso photo shows the sun as it descends that evening and a darker fluorescent violet takes over the sky. A paradisiacal realm briefly […]
BY BRIAN EDSALL Friends, family, food and history are what bring people together every year for Rockland County’s Greek Festival, hosted by the Saints Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church of West Nyack. Now in its 47th year, the largest cultural festival in Rockland County continues to thrive. “The festival brings together people of all […]