BY ERIN MAHER This past “Thirsty Thursday,” May 3, saw the streets and bars of Nyack painted bright neon yellow. St. Thomas Aquinas College Senior class of 2012 was celebrating their last night out of fun together in Rockland at the third annual senior bar crawl. St. Thomas Aquinas College, also referred to as “STAC,” […]
BY HEATHER HACKNEY This year HBO aired the induction ceremony for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Thank god it was them and not network television as Billy Joe of Greenday let the F-Bomb slip more times the Keebler has cookies. This ceremony fell on the heels of inductees “The Beastie Boys” losing a […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE Last Saturday night I strolled down through Nyack to the Village of Piermont for a comedy show at the famous Turning Point Café. Folks were out at the sidewalk cafes in both Nyack and Piermont enjoying a nice Cinco de Mayo evening. The Turning Point is a downstairs café that seats […]
Mother: the Wonder Woman BY PUBLISHER EMERITUS ARMAND MIELE Ah! Mother’s Day. Don’t we all wish at times in our lives that we could be babies again, even if for a day, even an hour? Don’t we wish we could be held in our mothers’ arms? Your mother is always there in your soul, your […]
Strange but true: Young woman bites dog Analise Garner, 19, is being charged with animal cruelty, domestic battery and underage drinking, according to police. The Lake in the Hills, Illinois resident allegedly bit her family’s 80-pound English bulldog while drunkenly arguing and fighting with her mother. Concerned neighbors called the police when they heard the […]
Scott Walters says he has some remedies for what ails the school system BY DYLAN SKRILOFF Scott Walters is running for a spot on the Nanuet School Board for the sixth time in nine years. That would mean he’s earned the dreaded designation of “perennial candidate.” Will 2012 mark a turnaround for the father of […]