Sports columnist Marc Maturo’s official column Rockland Rockets: Florida, here we come The Rockland Rockets are blasting off, soon headed to Orlando, Fla., offering a group of basketball-playing youngsters a taste of national competition and some life lessons, as well. The Rockets’ 16U team led, coached by former Nyack College all-American point guard Sheanan Martinez […]
BY CHAYIM TAUBER The Heat prevailed in Game 7 of the NBA Finals against a very game, veteran, San Antonio Spurs team. In so doing, the Heat became the first team to successfully defend their title since the Lakers did it in 2009-2010. This series was a tightly contested one, and though the attention was […]
Rockland County District Attorney Thomas P. Zugibe announced that Jashaad Gulifield, 30, of 11 Highview Court, Nyack, New York was sentenced to an indeterminate term in state prison of three to six years on his guilty plea to welfare fraud in the third degree, a class “D” felony, three years in state prison on his […]
BY GEORGE J. DACRE A charming presentation of New Gamelan Music and Shadow Puppets Saturday at Shades Repertory Theatre in Haverstraw enthralled an audience and this reviewer. The Sari Dienes Foundation and Gamelon Sons of Lion brought the work of art to the theatre in the central Presbyterian Church on Main Street in Haverstraw, funded […]