POLAR PLUNGE: THE KINGS AND QUEENS OF WINTER

POLAR PLUNGE: THE KINGS AND QUEENS OF WINTER

PHOTOS BY TOM MCGUIRE (some content from www.midhudsonnews.com) John Corcoran, John Fox and all the guys and gals were at it once again, pulling off the 14th annual Stony Point Seals Polar Plunge event without a hitch this Super Bowl Sunday. Some 300 seals took their annual Polar Plunge into the Hudson River at the […]

Fourth Annual Blood Drive in Memory of Jimmy McNicholas on Feb 25, 2013

Jimmy McNicholas was born and raised in Garnerville, and attended St. Gregory Barbarigo, Albertus Magnus, and RCC. He was a son, a brother, an uncle, and a friend… until he was killed by a hit‐and‐run driver in Pearl River on May 31, 2009. Let’s not forget this kind Rockland man whose killer has still not […]

COLLEGE SPORTS NOTEBOOK 2/7/13

COLLEGE SPORTS NOTEBOOK 2/7/13

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]. These Rockland CC teams are bound for glory             Playoff-bound; bound for glory; or perhaps even better […]

New Flower Shop Opens Just in Time for Valentine’s Day

New Flower Shop Opens Just in Time for Valentine’s Day

BY MICHAEL RICONDA Just in time for 2013’s Valentine’s Day, Lynch’s Flowers has opened at 64 Route 9W in Haverstraw on February 1, beginning business as a local establishment with deep roots in the community. The shop is owned and operated by Jerry Lynch, a fourth generation North Rockland native from Haverstraw and one of […]

THE PROS AND CONS TO UPPING MINIMUM WAGE

PRO: Minimum Wage Increase Makes Good Business Sense BY DARIUS ROSS When Governor Cuomo called for raising New York’s minimum wage, he expressed not only his own view, but also the convictions of 80 percent of New Yorkers who agree that the state’s lowest-paid workers are in urgent need of a raise. As a business […]