Chick-Fil-A — Appreciation Day Video
Chick-Fil-A — Appreciation Day in Paramus N.J. video
Everyone’s On Board for a Moment of Silence Commemorating Munich 11, But Not the IOC
Almost every politician and public figure has signed on for the push to have a moment of silence at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. Everyone except the head of the IOC, that is. Started by JCC Rockland, the petition for a moment of silence now has more than 100,000 signatures from around the […]
SMOKED OUT: Haverstraw Village to Drop Anti-Tobacco Ordinance
Maureen Kenney, director of POW’R Against Tobacco, told the Rockland County Times that at 5 p.m. tonight, at a special board meeting, the Village of Haverstraw will rescind a first-of-its-kind ordinance that banned tobacco displays in convenience stores. The anti-tobacco movement failed to come through with funds for legal defense of the law after seven […]
“Borinqueneers” Are Not Forgotten
On Tuesday, June 19, the 65th Infantry Regiment of the U.S. Army, a unit of soldiers from Puerto Rican, referred to as the “Borinqueneers,” was recognized and honored by a commemorative stamp. These soldiers served the U.S. during World War I, II and the Korean War. They fought hard despite the fact that they could […]
Invisible Rabbit is a Sight to See as “Harvey” opens on Broadway
BY ALAN McGEORGE Gone are the strobe lights and dance floor at Studio 54 in Manhattan … the theatre sold out on Sunday for the opening week of “Harvey.” Harvey is a six-foot-tall rabbit invisible to everyone except Elwood, much to the exasperation of his sister, Veta. In order to save the family’s social reputation, […]
Author of “Why I Left the Amish” Speaks in Haverstraw
BY SARA GILBERT Saloma Miller Furlong, the author of the memoir “Why I Left the Amish,” spoke at the Haverstraw King’s Daughters Public Library on Tuesday, June 12 about how she made the difficult decision to leave the community she grew up in, twice. Furlong was featured in the PBS American Experience program, “The Amish,” […]