Month: January 2017

News

In state address, Cuomo proposes legislative reform

Concluding a recent three-day tour across New York state to deliver State of the State addresses, Gov. Andrew Cuomo—while speaking in the state’s capital region—announced plans for ethics reforms which included aspirations to impose term limits on state lawmakers. Foregoing the traditional approach, Cuomo gave six regional addresses in three […]

Opinion

Attention, passengers

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]o celebrate the opening of the Second Avenue subway, we have commissioned the first New York Guide to Subway Jargon. Here it is—98 years in the making! Sick Passenger (noun): Patently lame excuse for lateness. e.g., “I meant to call you on your birthday, but there was a sick passenger […]

Sports

Tigers reach Slam Dunk finals

The Mamaroneck basketball team may have run into a stiff test on Dec. 29, but a year-ending 64-41 loss to CHSAA powerhouse Iona Prep in the finals of the Slam Dunk Tournament at Westchester County Center did little to dampen head coach Tyrone Carver’s optimism for 2017. Over the first […]

Opinion Sports

Tweet storm

[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n my 32 years on this planet, I’ve certainly racked up my fair share of regrets. From never learning how to control my temper on the baseball field until after I graduated from college to using lyrics from the Goo Goo Dolls in my high school yearbook quote, there is […]

Opinion

A breakthrough about breakthroughs

Oh, to be a scientist 50 or 60 years ago, warning people about the stuff they really needed to know: Stop smoking! Don’t take Thalidomide if you’re pregnant! For God’s sake, ditch the Corvair unless you WANT to get impaled on your gear shift! Your findings would make headlines and […]