It’s Sunday at the Movies with Rivertown Film’s new series at the historic Lafayette Theatre in Suffern.

The series will begin with Sebastián Silva’s award winning film, THE MAID on Sunday, March 14th at 11:30 AM. This Chilean film won the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival.

Continue reading →

by Steve Caporaso

After a great deal of analysis, K. Hovnanian Homes last week exercised a contractual option with Orangetown, and chose not to proceed with its plans to build homes on the site of Rockland Psychiatric Center. The decision is as disappointing to us as it is to the township. We do wish there had been better communications with the township’s administration at the end, but we did act completely within the letter and the spirit of our agreement with the town. We’d like to explain what happened, why it happened and where things might go from here. Continue reading →

The Hopper House presents Matthew Murray’s “Abandoned America” and Tracy Silva-Barbosa “Transcending Time” exhibit from March 27-May 9.

Continue reading →

Blue Rock School will host an open house on Saturday, March 13 at 10a for families interested in grades K-8.  The community is invited to come learn about Blue Rock School’s unique, child-centered philosophy and tour their beautiful, three-acre wooded campus.

Continue reading →

by Ronald Romanowicz
The RCDS’ Summer Studios Open Studio offers two programs open to the public on Saturday, March 13.

Continue reading →

by Tina Traster

I hear his step before I feel his bare arms around me. His embrace is like a warm sweater. My nose is pressed against the chilled window. I never tire of watching snow fall. Tonight it is falling hard. It is piling like tufts of whipped cream on the concrete bird bath, the green birdhouse I decorated with a red cardinal, the picket fence. The storm silences the mountain pass. Boxwoods droop like slackened shoulders under the weight of eight or so inches. Tree branches groan each time they smack against the clapboards.

“It’s so beautiful out there,” my husband whispers, kissing the crook of my neck.

“I know,” I say, pulling him even tighter around me.

“It is beautifully surreal — but I worry about the animals.”

Continue reading →

by Terri Kayden

Actress and author Ellen Burstyn, composer and lyricist Neil Berg and singer and performer Rita Harvey will be the honorees at the Rockland Family Shelter’s 11^th Annual Distinguished Citizen Award Dinner on May 2.

Continue reading →

by Cliff Weathers

Rockland County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef has dropped his interest in running for State Comptroller and is now mulling a run against Kirsten Gillibrand for her seat in the United States Senate. But yet another career-enhancement diversion by Vanderhoef is bad news for Rockland County as our reluctant executive once again seems concerned more about his political career than the unmeasurably critical job at hand in New City.
Continue reading →

The UNION Restaurant and Bar Latino in Haverstraw is hoping to serve 5,000 free meals from March 1-3.

UNION invites Rockland County residents to a complimentary buffet meal from 4:30p – 8p. The restaurant will not be open for regular business during the event.

Continue reading →

The developer behind 575 homes for Adult 55+ in Orangetown has withdrawn from the project. K. Hovnanian told Orangetown that their plans to build senior housing on 80 acres formerly part of the Rockland Psychiatric Center no longer made financial sense given the downtown in the economy.

Orangetown Supervisor Paul Whalen told the Journal News that Hovnanian still owes Orangetown $30,000.  “We were fortunate to get a good deal of environmental research from the Hovnanian-funded SEQRA process, which can be used for any future project,” says Orangetown Councilman Michael Maturo. “Their decision represents a short-term challenge but a long-term opportunity for us to attract a sustainable interest in the valuable property at RPC.”

Continue reading →