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Playland set to open May 18. What to know about the park's 96th season
Everybody's going down to Playland Park — as an old commercial jingle goes — on Saturday, May 18 for the opening day of its 96th season. Here's what you need to know. Playland will open the summer season with a ribbon cutting on Saturday, May 18 at 12 p.m. ...
Rockland Green sues former Hi-Tor animal shelter operators for $5M over contract breach
NEW CITY — The operator of Rockland's countywide animal shelter has filed a $5 million lawsuit against the Hi-Tor Animal Center's former executive director and board. The legal action filed in New York State Supreme Court comes about eight months after Rockland Green dismissed the Hi-Tor board and Executive Director Richard Tannenbaum. Rockland...
David Sanborn, Grammy-winning saxophonist who played on hundreds of albums, dies at 78
NEW YORK (AP) — David Sanborn, the Grammy-winning saxophonist who played lively solos on such hits as David Bowie’s “Young Americans” and James Taylor’s “How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)” and enjoyed his own highly successful recording career as a performer of melodic, contemporary jazz, has died at age 78. A spokesperson confirmed that Sanborn died Sunday in Tarrytown, New York. The cause was complications from prostate cancer. “The news of the loss of David Sanborn to the music world has deeply saddened me,” pianist Bob James, who collaborated with Sanborn on the Grammy-winning “Double Vision”...
Tonight at 7 p.m.: Metro nominations announced live on lohud
Tonight's the night theater kids across Westchester, Rockland, Putnam and Bergen counties have been looking forward to, when they learn if their musicals will be nominated for Metropolitan High School Theater Awards, the Metros, the high school equivalent of the Tony Awards for New York City's suburbs. The names will be read off...
New Irvington restaurant: Club Car Grille set to open May 16 with train theme
What had, for 25 years, been River City Grille in Irvington is now Club Car Grille. The new American-style restaurant, with room for 70 in the dining area and 25 in the bar area, opens May 16 and promises a lot of the same mixed with a lot that's new. So what's different? ...
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