A Desire to Win and a Need for Speed

A Desire to Win and a Need for Speed

BY VINCENT ABBATECOLA On the topic of car racing in movies, it’s evident that the “Fast and Furious” series has dominated that subject. Unfortunately, the increasingly over-the-top ridiculousness of the events in those films have forced any semblance of a plot to be forced into the trunk as the stunts run the gamut from fun […]

Thunder in April

BY HARRY WAITZMAN My fingers tingle, my mouth smokes. Snow drifts surround Congers Lake. Hungry muskrats lick their paws and sniff. Two fishermen cut holes in the ice, light fires and camp on white grass. Mown by the sun, blades of slick grass melt. Mud puddles on the short, rivelets run. After one thunderstorm, another […]

Upcoming Clarkstown Events

Supervisor’s Walk – September 28, 9am  Event: The Supervisor’s Walk Date: Saturday, September 28, 2013 Time: 9am to 1pm Location: Rockland Lake State Park, North Parking Lot #1   Join the Supervisor for a hike on the Long Path or take a nice stroll around Rockland Lake.  Come out and enjoy the outdoors and experience […]

Poem of the Week: Brambles

BY HARRY WAITZMAN The blackberry canes spring up between pebbles and sand along the gravel road leading to Parker Pond. Notice how small the berries are this year. There must have been a shortage of rain in spring. July’s been an oven. I worry about my wife, more bossy and anxious under her hair coloring. […]

What’s Happening 9/26/13

BY GEORGE J. DACRE – “Kiss Me Kate” the 181st production at Westchester Broadway Theatre in Elmsford is just great with the wonderful Cole Porter musical score, a fantastic leading lady, Christianne Tisdale and a really good leading man, William Michaels. The staging is perfect and the orchestration is right on target. I rate “Kiss […]