College Sports Notebook 12/27

College Sports Notebook 12/27

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 to [email protected]. McManus, Ducey’s Privateers red-hot on the ice Bill Ducey, a displaced Long Islander due to the aftermath […]

THE FINAL FAREWELL

THE FINAL FAREWELL

Ellen Ferretti’s ghost has been released, as her home on the corner of Rt. 59 and Middletown Rd., built by the hands of her father in the early 1900s, was razed last week by Simon Group. Mounds of dirt currently stand in the lot–the last remaining residential property in the immediate area–which the stubborn Ferretti […]

Lawsuit Filed Against Clarkstown in Response to Fleet Manager Position

A fleet manager position has been created in the Town of Clarkstown, to consolidate and oversee all the town mechanics, but rather than report to the Highway Superintendent, the manager will report to the town board. This led to the Highway Superintendents Association of Rockland County and the New York State Association of Town Superintendents […]

TIMELINES 12/27

Savino Reappointed as Clarkstown Tax Attorney Bronx Republican party chairman, Jay Savino, has been rehired to handle Clarkstown tax certioraris. The Clarkstown Town Board voted unanimously, though not all residents are on board with the appointment. Savino was hired in January in a 4-1 vote by the board. The work he was hired to do […]

One House Lost, Effort Switches to Save 2nd

BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES  “Teaberry Port” Demolished, Historians Eye Saving Vanderbilt House Historians lost one historic house in Rockland County last week when the 240-year-old “Teaberry Port” was demolished, but they are now turning their attention toward saving the also threatened Vanderbilt House a few blocks away. Both early Dutch sandstone […]