TIMELINES 2-26

Pacquiao vs. Mayweather confirmed for May 2 The long-awaited pair-up between boxing’s two greatest current fighters was announced last week after May 2 was confirmed for a historic super-fight between five-division world champion Floyd Mayweather and eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao. Fans, commentators, fighters, and other personalities in the sport pleaded for the fight to […]

MARC MY WORDS: Assists are a given with Fairfield standout Felicia DaCruz

MARC MY WORDS: Assists are a given with Fairfield standout Felicia DaCruz

BY MARC MATURO   Albertus Magnus High School alumna Felicia DaCruz of Chestnut Ridge, who is a  standout senior guard on the mid-major women’s basketball team at Fairfield University, has always loved the game since becoming interested in the second grade. When she reached the high school level, DaCruz had the pleasure of playing the first […]

Talk of $30 million highway complex re-emerge in county government

BY MICHAEL RICONDA NEW CITY – Support from the county executive has revived shelved plans to build a new $30 million highway complex to replace the current, aging structure in New City. The new building, which would be situated on a 27-acre property near Thruway Exit 14 in Chestnut Ridge, was prioritized by County Executive […]

COUNTY EXECUTIVE ED DAY HONORS FORMER U.S. NAVY PETTY OFFICER MAUREEN F. MORGAN WITH ANNUAL FREEDOM AWARD

COUNTY EXECUTIVE ED DAY HONORS FORMER U.S. NAVY PETTY OFFICER MAUREEN F. MORGAN WITH ANNUAL FREEDOM AWARD

Rockland County Executive Ed Day and the County’s Veterans Service Agency Director Jerry Donnellan today presented Pomona resident Maureen F. Morgan with the third annual Rockland County Freedom Award for her outstanding service to our nation as a Petty Officer in the United States Navy. “It is an honor to recognize the service of Petty […]

Guns not Jobs: A Chat with two Americans preparing to fight ISIS, for real

Guns not Jobs: A Chat with two Americans preparing to fight ISIS, for real

BY MARIO CHECKERS Note: The interviewees names and other personal details have been changed for security reasons. The editorial board checked background documents to ensure the validity of their stories. Much has been made of the few Americans who have joined ISIS, but there are also Americans fighting alongside ISIS’s perhaps greatest enemy: the Kurds, […]