Village won’t suspend inspector John Layne BY DYLAN SKRILOFF According to Mayor David Goldsmith of Wesley Hills, the principle “innocent until proven guilty” outweighs concerns over the ethical practices of Building Inspector John Layne brought to the fore by Rockland County District Attorney Thomas Zugibe. Layne retains his position as building inspector in the village […]
Estimates have gone up and down as to how many county employees will be laid off in order to (hopefully) balance this year’s budget and begin to restore the confidence of creditors. The county legislature finally voted Tuesday 14-2 to move forward with a plan to layoff 102 workers and get rid of 45 vacant […]
On Friday, May 25, the Green Meadow community celebrated the completion of the new Arts Building and dedicated the performance space to community use Chestnut Ridge. Earlier this year, Green Meadow opened the extensively renovated Arts Building on its campus. The construction of Rose Hall was at the heart of the changes, and the theater […]
In local author Linda Zimmermann’s latest book, “HVZA: Hudson Valley Zombie Apocalypse,” Rockland is under siege by something even more frightening than property taxes—-zombies. On Tuesday, June 12, at 7 p.m., Zimmermann will be at the Barnes & Noble at the Palisades Center to discuss the book and sign copies for both the living and […]
On June 21 at 8 p.m., the Turning Point in Piermont will be hosting world renowned guitarist Pierre Bensusan. The “Mozart of Guitar” will be performing in support of his multicultural and melodic instrumental and vocal album “Vividly.” Bensusan’s performance is one during his seventh month international tour. Bensusan, the French-Algerian Instrumentalist won Guitar Player […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE A combination of young acting talent and professional actors plus a great script by author/director Samuel Harps resulted in a very nice production Saturday night at the Central Presbyterian Church auditorium in Haverstraw. The play is the story of Sophia Polikoff coming back to the home she and her husband Joseph […]