Marc Maturo’s official sports column Ali, Dr. Pacheco continue the fight in different corners On Sportsdom’s Shifting Scene While the great heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali remains hospitalized as he battles pneumonia, Dr. Ferdie Pacheco is showing improvement from a Christmas Eve stomach illness that has him bedridden and in care of a physician […]
Sunrise Spectacular, Christmas Eve morning, Haverstraw Bay BY THOMAS MCGUIRE
Just in time for pothole season the Rockland County Highway Department has purchased its first asphalt recycler. In an effort to save taxpayer money and protect the environment, municipalities across the nation are recycling asphalt and using their milling and waste material for road repairs. Rockland’s $74,000 recycler will produce 2,600 pounds of hot mix […]
For the eighth consecutive year, Empire City Casino at Yonkers Raceway teamed up to make the holiday season happier for the less fortunate. Empire City hosted the “Christmas Spirit Toy and Coat Drive” through Wednesday, December 17, collecting donations every day throughout the holiday season. Hundreds of new, unwrapped toys and new or gently used […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA As 2014 draws to a close, the State Legislature in Albany already has a full agenda of major issues to tackle in the coming year ranging from the state budget to reform of public education, police, and civil rights for undocumented immigrants and LGBT New Yorkers. The budget is likely to have […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE Actors John Mirabella, as Jake Manheim, and Harry Leavey, as Harry Levine, put on an intense portrayal of two buddies trying to make it in New York City in the dialogue-driven “Chinese Coffee” at Nyack Village Theatre on Main St. Set at a meeting in Jake’s apartment at about 1 a.m., […]