Greetings Jon. May I request an appraisal and more information regarding the age, style and potential value of this fancy antique table that has been in my family for several generations. My great grandfather was an executive with the Pennsylvania Railroad, and he was the individual that initially bought it. Unfortunately, our children have no […]
All my life I’ve been reading comic books. Starting in elementary school, I used to frequent Funny Business which was formerly in Nyack but has since closed, for all my monthly issues. I read them incessantly, even counting them towards my reading logs, much to my teachers’ frustration. Even now, I still love the medium. […]
Dear Editor, Last week, Congressman Mike Lawler was confronted at a Washington bar by the son of a sitting U.S. senator, who launched into a ten-minute antisemitic tirade, including, by the Congressman’s account, the statement that he hates Jews and gays and doesn’t care if they die. As a Jewish resident of Rockland County, I […]
Real Families. Real Struggles. By Dr. Max Rossi Please welcome our newest columnist, Dr. Max Rossi. Dr. Rossi grew up in Garnerville and graduated from North Rockland High School in 1977, attended Rockland Community College in Suffern, and graduated with a B.A. from The King’s College in Briarcliff manor. Dr. Rossi worked his way through […]
Living For the Fallen This is not an easy holiday for those of us who lost friends and family members in service. It does not matter if you can still see their faces when you close your eyes or if it’s been so long you have forgotten their voice, we still feel their loss. This […]
Brad Bird’s debut feature was a box office failure and a critical success, and twenty-six years later, it remains one of the best animated films ever made. Set during the Cold War paranoia of 1957, the film follows Hogarth Hughes, a nine-year-old in a small Maine town who discovers a fifty-foot robot that fell from […]