The College Sports Notebook is compiled by veteran sports writer and columnist Marc Maturo, a lifetime member of the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA). The notebook will be published every Thursday. Please send items of interest tomarcmaturo@aol.com. Purchase Panthers defy prognosticators, set for tourney On Senior Day no less, the surging women’s basketball team […]
Part I By Anthony Melé School Lock-Down Policies are why more children will be killed, held hostage or raped by the criminally insane or terrorist hostage takers in the next attack. It is counter-intuitive to purge teachers and students of their natural instincts to flee danger or evade an attacker seeking them harm. In each […]
15th Annual Event To Be Held March 10 at RCC Field House The 15th Annual YouthFest will be held on Sunday, March 10, from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. at Rockland Community College. Organizers boast that it offers fun and information for the whole family. YouthFest highlights include exhibitions throughout the day from area performing […]
Public speculates possible Muslim on Christian hate crime, while most of the media avoids the story In Jersey City, less than an hour from Rockland County, 28-year-old Yusuf Ibrahim is accused of shooting and killing two men he knew, and then beheading and cutting off their hands before burying them in south Jersey. The two […]
To the Editor, A quick history on Civile’s Restaurant and how he found himself here in the heart of Haverstraw. I was a member of the Board of Trustee along with former Mayor Bud Wassmer, Jim Lauler, Angelo Cintron and Mike Simko. We (the village) purchase that property in partnership with Scenic Hudson from Vincent […]
BY HARRY WAITZMAN The blackberry canes spring up between pebbles and sand along the gravel road leading to Parker Pond. Notice how small the berries are this year. There must have been a shortage of rain in spring. July’s been an oven. I worry about my wife, more bossy and anxious under her hair coloring. […]