Stony Point Planning Board Moves Waterfront Public Hearing to Zoom

Stony Point Planning Board Moves Waterfront Public Hearing to Zoom

By Kathy Kahn   Ongoing CoVid-19 concerns has moved Stony Point Planning Board’s October 22 public hearing on Monsey developer Eli Hershkowitz’s waterfront property back to Zoom. During its own meeting on Tuesday night, October 13, Supervisor Jim Monaghan announced the decision to forego holding the upcoming public hearing on the Eagle Bay in the […]

Financier Billy Procida Creates Scholarship Fund for St.Thomas Aquinas College

Financier Billy Procida Creates Scholarship Fund for St.Thomas Aquinas College

By Kathy Kahn Bright students with dim financial prospects will benefit from a recent scholarship created at St. Thomas Aquinas College in Sparkill.   The Dr. William “Billy” Procida and Margaret Fitzpatrick, S.C. Scholarship Fund”  has been dedicated to St. Thomas Aquinas College in Sparkill. Dr. Fitzpatrick served as President of STAC for 25 years […]

Arts Council of Rockland to host Virtual Master Class Featuring Broadway Actress Isabelle McCalla

Arts Council of Rockland to host Virtual Master Class Featuring Broadway Actress Isabelle McCalla

The Arts Council of Rockland is pleased to announce that Suffern native and Broadway actress Isabelle McCalla will be offering a virtual Master Class for the Arts Council of Rockland. The course, entitled “Nailing the Audition:  A Master Class with Broadway’s Isabelle McCalla,” will be offered on Tuesday, October 13th at 7:00 p.m., where the […]

Too Little, Too Late

Too Little, Too Late

Cuomo’s enforcement of virus restrictions is met with anger, hostility in Orthodox communities By Kathy Kahn   Six months ago–April 4, 2020, to be exact– County Executive Ed Day made an impassioned plea to Albany to create a “containment” zone in the Town of Ramapo and other CoV-19 “hot spots” in Rockland, similar to the […]

Vote to Dissolve Village of South Nyack Set for December 17

Vote to Dissolve Village of South Nyack Set for December 17

Months of speculation and concern over who was negotiating to purchase Nyack College’s sprawling campus overlooking the Hudson were answered mid-Summer: the former Christian college and its scenic campus, a landmark on the banks of the Hudson for 120 years, was purchased for a fire-sale price of approximately $44 million by Yeshiva Viznitz, based in […]