By Diana Bierman The 1962 hit “The Music Man” will come to life this weekend, performed by the Saint Anthony Parish Players, a church-based theater group. “The Music Man” is a story about con-artist Harold Hill, who tries to swindle the gullible people of River City, Iowa into buying band instruments, uniforms, and lessons from […]
The Village of West Haverstraw, in partnership with the Rockland County Department of Health’s Creating Healthy Places to Live, Work and Play initiative, broke ground on a multi-generational activity space at Peck’s Pond, 130 Samsondale Avenue, in West Haverstraw on Monday, April 16. The new space at Peck’s Pond will offer residents of all ages […]
BY CAROLYN JOHNSON All over Rockland County, tulips are in full bloom. One majestic view of these quintessential spring flowers in red and gold is at the park at Chestnut Ridge, on the corner of Chestnut Ridge Road (45) and Red Schoolhouse Road. Mayor Jerome Kobre exercised outstanding leadership when he turned a vacant gas […]
A brand new chef is at the helm at Westchester Broadway Theatre! Westchester Broadway Theatre happily welcomes their new executive chef, Alexandra Sampaio. Alex was born and raised in Tarrytown, NY in Westchester and is a graduate with a degree in Culinary Arts from The Art Institute of New York. She has had over 10 […]
$2.9 million for Rockland and $14 million to five counties in the Hudson Valley Governor Andrew M. Cuomo Wednesday announced that New York State will cover the local share of disaster response and recovery costs resulting from Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee in five counties in the Hudson Valley. The Federal Emergency Management Agency […]
Press Release from Houston, Texas METRO System and the TSA Friday, April 13 was a pilot day for heavy surveillance of bus riders in the Houston METRO system. According to the TSA, such measures can be expected randomly, any day of the year. The move to “monitor and curtail crime on buses and trains” is […]