Month: April 2016

Sports

Gonzalez improves to 2-0

On Saturday, April 9, local fighter Natalie Gonzalez took another step toward boxing stardom with a one-sided unanimous decision win over Rachel Sazoff at Five Star Banquet Hall in Long Island City, New York. Although her pro career is just two fights old, the undefeated Gonzalez seems poised for big […]

Opinion Sports

Ready for the playoff push

With the New York Rangers gearing up for the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs this week, I have to say, I’m not real confident about the Blue Shirts’ chances. But this feeling probably has more to do with me than it does with the Rangers. When it comes […]

Opinion

All school and no play makes Jack a dull boy

In ancient times—say, the 1950s,‘60s, or ‘70s or maybe even the ‘80s—children were expected to waste a good deal of their time. They’d spend hours riding their bikes to nowhere, making up basketball moves, drawing with chalk or reading comic books. Their parents didn’t worry that this meant they were […]

News

Westchester Verizon workers start strike

As the sun rose on the morning of Wednesday, April 13, approximately 600 Westchester County Verizon workers began to strike. Members of the the Communications Workers of America, CWA, took to Main Street in downtown White Plains to publicly protest their displeasure with the lack of a new labor contract. […]