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 […]
BY MARIANNE BREHL One prize-winning dress for each of the four seasons was unveiled at the Palisades Center in West Nyack on May 18 as the culmination of the Center’s second annual “Project Girl Scouts” design competition conducted in partnership with Girl Scouts Heart of the Hudson, Inc. Members of 14 area Girl Scout troops […]
Rumor has it that former Republican Grant Valentine is preparing to mount a Democratic Party primary challenge against incumbent Senator David Carlucci. Rockland County Democrats are livid at Carlucci for not supporting home-rule legislation for a sales-tax increase and many want him out of office. Valentine ran unsuccessfully in a 2010 Democratic primary against Carlucci. […]
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 […]