BY GEORGE J. DACRE Barry Weintraub, born in the Bronx and raised in Yonkers and a comic headliner in the U.S.A. along with top comic Wil Sylvance head up the bill, says producer Jamie Rosen. Rob Ryan will be the host and Killer Comedies regular Dan Gutin will be there. Weintraub is a topical comic […]
BY CAROLYN JOHNSON Nyack resident Bern Cohen admits, at the risk of sounding immodest, that he was an outspoken high school principal. Cohen was such an effective principal that, during the Mayor Dinkins administration, he was recruited to train principals in failing high schools throughout New York City. He would spend eighteen months working alongside […]
A judge’s ruling made it risky for Orange County, NY prosecutors to seek a murder charge for the 2008 death of then 25-year-old Laura Vargas, so instead they had to settle for manslaughter in the case against Michael Mele, a registered sex criminal. Mele, who was once arrested for exposing himself and masturbating in front […]
BY CAROLYN JOHNSON In the film, Oscar-winning film director Barbara Kopple follows Ratner on assignment, from her home base in Washington, DC to hurricane-ravaged Mississippi to war-torn South Sudan. We meet key figures in her life, including partner Cholene Espinoza and high-profile siblings Michael, a human rights lawyer and Bruce, a real estate developer. Ratner’s best friend, musician […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE Comedian Brian Scott McFadden will be performing in Rockland County later this month. Recently the comic talked about his life and career with the Rockland County Times. McFadden’s father was a comedian and voiceover specialist and his grandfather was in Vaudeville, and Brian Scott is following in their footsteps having worked […]
Holiday partying on the agenda along with serious items The Congers Civic Association will hold its final meeting of the year December 8 at 8 p.m. at the Congers Veterans Memorial Association building at 66 Lake Road. The association, one of the largest and most active in Rockland County, holds general membership and public meetings four […]