Piermont News

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A hosted its annual Washington dinner. Here is the speech one of our longtime writers -- who did speak at our 2008 dinner -- meant to deliver this year.

Organist/pianist Ian McLagan has spent a lifetime touring the world playing rock'n'roll alongside names big and small.

PIERMONT - Dozens of people entered the Reformed Church on Ferdon Avenue Saturday night and were taken back to a USO dance of the 1940s, held to brighten the spirits of American servicemen during the bleak days of World War II.

Peter X. Kelly, chef and owner of Hudson Valley restaurants, spoke at recent a graduation ceremony at the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park.

An Orangeburg lawyer with a 53-year practice has been charged with stealing more than $175,000 from two former clients whom he represented during the sale of their home in Piermont.

BLAUVELT  - Close to 50 firefighters battled a brush fire early today on Clausland Mountain.

NYACK - A woman suffered minor injuries after a house caught fire Friday night on South Boulevard.

Helena Marjorie Hwang of Washington, D.C. and David Locke Newhouse of Washington, D.C. were united in marriage at 11:30 a.,. Oct.

SUFFERN: The wife of TV newsman Dominic Carter has recanted in court her allegations that her husband assaulted her in their home outside New York City.

PURCHASE: Deborah Brenner, founder of Women of the Vine Cellars, based in Piermont, and author of 'Women of the Vine,' will discuss 'Resiliency in Challenging Times' in a keynote speech at the 11th annual Women's Business Networking Event from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Nov.

"Self-Made Shaman: The Hungarian of Piermont," an award winning documentary, will be discussed at the Suffern Free Library at 7 p.m. The film is a portrait of the Hungarian Shaman, Ivan Szendro, a healer and mythology teller who now lives in Piermont.

Police arrested a 46-year-old homeless man after a manhunt through the woods on Saturday afternoon.

CLARKSTOWN: The Rockland County Association for Learning Disabilities has recognized five Clarkstown staff members for their work in providing high-quality programs and services to students with specials needs.

For the first time in recent memory, Nyack's Halloween parade will creep through downtown on Halloween night itself.

Monday: None scheduled. Tuesday: Right lane Westchester-bound closed for bridge maintenance beginning at milepost 15.0 to 13.1, between 9:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. Wednesday: Right lane Westchester-bound closed for bridge maintenance beginning at milepost 15.0 to 13.1, between 9:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. Thursday: Right lane Rockland-bound closed for bridge ...

Robert Oppenheim, 52, was a passenger on the hijacked Pan American Flight 281 in 1968.

Two hikers had to be rescued on Hook Mountain Saturday after loose rocks made their descent too risky.

Jake Dominello had one of those experiences Thursday that you can only have on a field trip.

A village man is accused of driving his car into a Piermont Avenue home earlier this week.