The Mahoney Brothers Playing to a near capacity crowd at the Paramus Bandshell, the Mahoney Brothers were well received. Even the All Star game didn't deter the 'packed house'. The big news was out in the audience as Mayor Tedesco told everyone about two women approaching 90 in age, drove from Corpus Christi, TX and Tampa, FL to attend the show. After the crowd finished gasping, Tedesco remarked that the lady from Florida was Myrt, his mother. A wave of applause filled the area.

Two local artists’ work is currently on display in the exterior windows of Bergen Community College’s Philip J. Ciarco Jr. Learning Center (CLC) in Hackensack. The free exhibition of paintings by Bergen graduate Hugo Sandoval and Nicaraguan artist Gerardo Latino is open for public viewing until mid-August, Monday through Thursday between 9:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. at the CLC, 355 Main Street, Hackensack. The CLC will host a “Meet the Artists” evening in September to introduce the pair of Latin-American artists to students and area residents.

Oh, if only.

If only I'd known The New Yorker would run a cover depicting Barack Obama as a winking, tunic-garbed Muslim and his wife, Michelle, as an Afro-wearing, AK-47-toting terrorist.

If only I'd known that Barry Blitt's cartoon would show the Obamas fist bumping in an Oval Office where a portrait of Osama bin Laden hangs over the mantel.

If only I'd known that Editor David Remnick thought most Americans would celebrate this caricature as harmless satire.

In all the brouhaha over the New Yorker's satirical cover cartoon of Barack and Michelle Obama, a truly "tasteless and offensive" passage in the magazine's feature article got lost. The magazine piece quotes Obama's recommendations for how to stop jihad, which he had previously published in a local Chicago newspaper eight days after 9/11. It's a self-parody of blind, deaf and dumb Kumbaya liberalism:

The Apple Cider Players Summer One Camp session will be coming to a close with performances of “The Heart of the Game,” an original adaptation by Willie Wilson, on July 24 and 25. The show begins at 7:30 p.m. at Ho-Ho-Kus Middle School, 70 Lloyd Road, and is open to the public.

— Pinnacle Downtown Community Featured at World Renowned Design Firm’s New Broker Offices in Europe and Asia —

Aurora Over the Hudson, Pinnacle Downtown’s luxury high-rise community in Cliffside Park, N.J., has been chosen by its internationally acclaimed design firm, YOO by Starck, to be a part of a new international sales program. YOO by Starck — featuring the world-renowned interior designer Philippe Starck — designed Aurora Over the Hudson’s signature elements including an outdoor plaza, world-class fitness center, resident club and lobby, home layouts and interior décor including kitchens and baths.

CB Richard Ellis, New Jersey's largest commercial real estate brokerage firm, recently completed a 26,777-square-foot office lease renewal at Park 80 West in Saddle Brook. CB Richard Ellis' First Vice President Cheryl Hardt represented the landlord, L&L Park 80 LLC, in this transaction. Michael Maroon of The Acclaim Group represented the tenant, JBA Associates, in this transaction.

The Atrium at The Allendale Community for Mature Living recently hosted its annual Strawberry Festival & Raffle. Residents and guests of the supportive independent living senior residence came dressed in bright red outfits to celebrate the delicious summer fruit, and dined on strawberry desserts as they enjoyed musical entertainment by Donna Stalker. Atrium resident Learle Van Emburg, at right, really got into the strawberry swing in full costume, shown here with fellow resident Grace Carlson.

FIRST REPORTED RETAIL BUILDING SALE/PURCHASE ON ROUTE 17 & ROUTE 4 IN PARAMUS IN OVER TWO YEARS

Cofinance, Inc., the United States subsidiary of Cofinance Group, a French-owned real estate investment company (Collectively “Cofinance”), has completed the purchase of 556 Route 17 North (“Property”) located on the eastern side of Route 17 immediately proceeding the northern most feeder road (A&S Drive) to the Paramus Park Mall in Paramus, New Jersey. More formerly known as Sprout Brook Shopping Center, the Property, built in 1986, is a multi-tenant retail building totaling 21,899 square feet occupied by national tenants including Vitamin Shoppe, Verizon and Jenny Craig. Cofinance purchased the site with the intent of upgrading the Property’s signage and releasing the former Harvey Electronics’ store, recently closed due to a bankruptcy, at market rents.

On Thursday, July 17th at 7:30pm a concert featuring the Paramus Community Orchestra and Paramus High School groups will take place at the Paramus Bandshell, located behind the Main Library, 116 E. Century Rd. In case of rain, the concert will be moved indoors to the Eastbrook Middle School auditorium, 190 Spring Valley Rd. For directions, go to www.paramuslibrary.org. Please call 201.599-ARTS (2787) for weather information.