Timelines 7/20/17

Timelines 7/20/17

Nyack Library Workers Push to Unionize Nyack Library workers are seeking to unionize but the Board of Trustees has hired a law firm organizers called hostile, displaying their opposition. An election overseen by the National Labor Relations Board is scheduled on July 24 in the library’s community room as a last step to establish a union. If […]

A Star Is Reborn for Mets: Conforto Is Mets Lone All-Star in 2017

A Star Is Reborn for Mets: Conforto Is Mets Lone All-Star in 2017

BY JOE RINI “There are two types of players in this game,” said Mets manager Terry Collins last year. “Ones who have been humbled and ones who will be. And if you’ve never been humbled, you don’t know how to get through it.” After a promising rookie season in 2015, Mets outfielder Michael Conforto was […]

County Executive’s Corner: Cleaning House – Saving You Money

County Executive’s Corner: Cleaning House – Saving You Money

  By Rockland County Executive Ed Day I have a simple rule to guide the departments that make up Rockland County government: Remember who you serve and whose money you spend. When I became head of a government that was near bankruptcy three and half years ago, most County departments were performing admirably under difficult […]

The Apes Make Their Final Stand

The Apes Make Their Final Stand

Review of “War for the Planet of the Apes” BY VINCENT ABBATECOLA The “Planet of the Apes” prequel trilogy is a film series that began with laying the groundwork for what looked to be an epic story. When “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” was released in 2011, the striking visual effects, stunning motion-capture performance from Andy Serkis […]

AbleGamers Brings Accessible Gaming to Helen Hayes Hospital

AbleGamers Brings Accessible Gaming to Helen Hayes Hospital

Helen Hayes Hospital recently welcomed a team from the AbleGamers Foundation to create an accessible video gaming station for the physical rehabilitation hospital’s patients. AbleGamers, which provides people with disabilities with custom gaming setups, fitted the hospital’s recreation room with gaming consoles, games, modified controllers, eye-gaze technology and more, so that everyone can experience the […]

BABBLING BROOK PLAYERS PRESENT SHAKESPEARE’S “THE TAMING OF THE SHREW”

BABBLING BROOK PLAYERS PRESENT SHAKESPEARE’S “THE TAMING OF THE SHREW”

Montebello, NY—Babbling Brook Players will present “The Taming of the Shrew” beginning next weekend. Performances will be held at 6:30 p.m. on July 28 and 29 on the lawn at the Clark Recreation Center (59 Campbell Ave, Suffern, and August 4, 5 and 6 on the lawn at the Montebello Village Hall, 1 Montebello Rd. In case of inclement  weather the […]