Rockland Community College and Rockland Shakespeare Company are proud to celebrate their 15th year of offering free outdoor Shakespeare productions each summer. To celebrate this milestone the company invites the Rockland community to a special party and one night’s performance of “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged),” in addition to several scheduled performances of […]
Pomona Driver Dies After Hitting O&R Truck Joseph Thompson was identified after his body was pulled from a crash on the Palisades Interstate Parkway on Friday, June 1. The 38-year-old Pomona man rear-ended an Orange and Rockland Utilities truck near Ext 11 in New City with his 2007 Ford Freestar. According to investigations, Thompson was […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE — Hudson Valley High School Metro awards in musical theater go to Clarkstown High School South for Duet Performance; “Hello Little Girl” by Gina Tenore and Mitchell Schneider (Little Red Riding Hood and Big Bad Wolf) in “Into the Woods;” Instrumentalist, Pearl River High School, “Damn Yankees” David Aver (Bass); Musical […]
North Rockland School Board moves through agenda quickly, approves unanimously BY SARA GILBERT The North Rockland Central School district met on Tuesday, June 5 at the North Rockland High School auditorium to honor award winners, welcome new teachers, say goodbye to retiring ones and approve funding and amendments. Megan Monteith, a first-grade teacher at North […]
Neurosurgeon and Montebello Mayor Jeff Oppeneheim has endorsed businessman and noted tax-cutting Rye Town Supervisor Joe Carvin in New York’s 17th Congressional District (Westchester-Rockland.) “Joe Carvin is the ideal Republican candidate to challenge Nita Lowey in November,” said Dr. Oppenheim, who had previously considered running for the seat. “He is a fiscal hawk and a […]
BY SARA GILBERT The Rockland County Legislature held a special meeting on Tuesday, May 29 at the Allison-Parris County Office in New City to discuss proposed mid-year budget adjustments. The meeting addressed the county’s more than $80 million budget deficit and how to fund government operations which has led to a drastic downgrade of the […]