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Update: Hudson Valley HS Student With 'Heart Of Giant' Gets Paid Trip To Super Bowl Update: Hudson Valley HS Student With 'Heart Of Giant' Gets Paid Trip To Super Bowl
Update: Hudson Valley HS Student With 'Heart Of Giant' Gets Paid Trip To Super Bowl A Hudson Valley high school student who has persevered despite his cerebral palsy diagnosis and was presented with an award from the New York Giants was also able to enjoy a free trip to the Super Bowl.  Putnam County high schooler Eduardo Recinos, a student at Putnam Valley High School, was presented with the 2023 Heart of a Giant award by the New York Giants in early December 2023. In addition to getting the chance to meet Giants quarterback Daniel Jones, Recinos was also gifted four tickets to the Super Bowl, which was held on Sunday, Feb. 11.  Earlier Rep…
NY Giants Give Award To Hudson Valley HS Student: 'He Always Wanted To Push Himself' NY Giants Give Award To Hudson Valley HS Student: 'He Always Wanted To Push Himself'
NY Giants Give Award To Hudson Valley HS Student: 'He Always Wanted To Push Himself' A Hudson Valley high school student who has become an invaluable football team member despite his cerebral palsy diagnosis is being celebrated for having the true heart of a giant.  Putnam County high schooler Eduardo Recinos, a student at Putnam Valley High School, was presented with the 2023 Heart of a Giant award by New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones on Wednesday, Dec. 6, school officials announced.  The award, presented by both the Giants and the Hospital for Special Surgery, highlights high school tackle and flag football athletes, student managers, stude…
NY Giants QB Tommy DeVito's Agent ‘Italian Jerry Maguire’ Is A Hudson Valley College Legend NY Giants QB Tommy DeVito's Agent ‘Italian Jerry Maguire’ Is A Hudson Valley College Legend
NY Giants QB Tommy DeVito's Agent ‘Italian Jerry Maguire’ Is A Hudson Valley College Legend The football world got its first taste of New York Giants Quarterback Tommy DeVito's agent on Monday night, but Massachusetts residents and many college football fans in New York already knew him. Sean P. Stellato made a splash Monday night, Dec. 11, when a video of him and DeVito went viral on X, formerly Twitter, with even Barstool Sports Owner David Portnoy shouting him out. Though, in true Portnoy fashion, he has a small grudge with the former Salem High School alum.  This motherfucker wrote a book about beating Swampscott my senior year. What a world! https://t.co/3wLRG84HF…
Lifelong Member Of Fire Department In Westchester, Army Vet Dies Lifelong Member Of Fire Department In Westchester, Army Vet Dies
Lifelong Member Of Fire Department In Westchester, Army Vet Dies A community in Northern Westchester is mourning the loss of a lifelong firefighter who dedicated his life to public service.  Hawthorne resident Robert McKechnie died on Tuesday, May 16 at the age of 86, according to his obituary.  Born in 1937, McKechnie graduated from James Bryant High School in Queens and soon after graduation, went on begin a 40-year career at Pepsi.  He also served his country in the US Army from 1960 to 1962, and married his wife, Joan, not long after in 1964.  The couple first lived in Yonkers before moving to Hawthorne, where the…
Bar Temporarily Closes After Owner Dies In Westchester County Bar Temporarily Closes After Owner Dies In Westchester County
Bar Temporarily Closes After Owner Dies In Westchester County A bar in Northern Westchester is temporarily closed as it processes the loss of its owner.  Unionville Tavern, located in Hawthorne at 415 Commerce St., announced that it would close for a period of time after its owner, Gordon Krueger of Ossining, died peacefully on Friday, Jan. 13 at the age of 78.  Krueger, also affectionately known as "Gordo," died at home with his wife, Candice, at his side, the bar announced in a post on social media.  According to his obituary, Krueger was in the restaurant business for more than 50 years, and also owned establishments such …
Ex-Giants To Help Stop & Shop Deliver Thanksgiving Turkeys To Food Bank of Hudson Valley Ex-Giants To Help Stop & Shop Deliver Thanksgiving Turkeys To Food Bank of Hudson Valley
Ex-Giants To Help Stop & Shop Deliver Thanksgiving Turkeys To Food Bank of Hudson Valley Ex-Giants players helped Stop & Shop launch its annual Turkey Express program by delivering 500 Thanksgiving turkeys to the Food Bank of the Hudson Valley. The kickoff was held in Rockland County on Tuesday,  Nov. 1, in Nanuet where former New York Giants running back alum Joe Morris and wide receiver Stephen Baker worked alongside Stop & Shop associates to deliver 500 Thanksgiving turkeys. During the initiative, Stop & Shop will deliver 25,000 Thanksgiving turkeys, equaling a total of nearly 400,000 pounds, to 30 community partners and hunger relief organizations acro…
Hudson Valley High School Student With Passion For Sports Dies At Age 16 Hudson Valley High School Student With Passion For Sports Dies At Age 16
Hudson Valley High School Student With Passion For Sports Dies At Age 16 A Hudson Valley high school student who loved sports, has died at the age of 16. Sam Lown, age 16, a longtime Dutchess County resident from the town of Red Hook, died on Tuesday, July 26, following a courageous battle with cancer, according to his obituary.  Born on April 7, 2006, in Poughkeepsie, he was the son of Donald and Jennifer (Spencer) Lown. Sam was a student at Red Hook Central School and had a "great passion" for many different sports including football, lacrosse, and basketball.  He played and enjoyed them all starting with​ ​flag football, then Pop Warner football,…
Eastchester's Centenarian Ed Ranieri: A Shining Example Of The Greatest Generation Eastchester's Centenarian Ed Ranieri: A Shining Example Of The Greatest Generation
Eastchester's Centenarian Ed Ranieri: A Shining Example Of The Greatest Generation Hildebrand (“Ed”) Ranieri, a longtime resident of Eastchester, passed away peacefully on Friday, Jan. 28. He was 100 years young, celebrating his century milestone this past September. He is survived by his children, Bill (and wife Tina), Joan (and significant other Mark) and Jamie (and wife Yvonne) and grandchildren Robert and Rachel. He is also survived by several cousins, nieces, nephews, and respective spouses in addition to many friends from around town and as many new friends he made during the last few years in Fort Myers, FL. (Ed was recently crowned “Man of the Year” at his assiste…
COVID-19: NFL, NBA, NHL Seeing Marquee Players Sidelined By Virus COVID-19: NFL, NBA, NHL Seeing Marquee Players Sidelined By Virus
Covid-19: NFL, NBA, NHL Seeing Marquee Players Sidelined By Virus The winter surge of new COVID-19 cases is wreaking havoc on professional sports leagues, which have seen some top stars sidelined with the virus and other teams struggling to have enough eligible players. Major sports stars in the NFL, NBA, and NHL have been forced to watch their teams from the bench at home in recent weeks due to outbreaks of COVID-19 that have forced close contacts away from their teams. The hits keep coming despite the leagues heavily promoting and encouraging players and staff to get vaccinated. According to the NFL, approximately 95 percent of its players are vaccinat…
Mural Designed By Hudson Valley Woman Honoring Essential Workers Unveiled At MetLife Stadium Mural Designed By Hudson Valley Woman Honoring Essential Workers Unveiled At MetLife Stadium
Mural Designed By Hudson Valley Woman Honoring Essential Workers Unveiled At MetLife Stadium A mural honoring essential workers that was designed by a Hudson Valley woman was unveiled at the MetLife Stadium. Tricia Reilly-Matthews, age 61, of Tomkins Cove in Rockland County, created the design for the "Angels Among Us" mural, which is featured at the MetLife Stadium entrance in East Rutherford, New Jersey. "Angels Among Us" by mural contest winner Tricia Reilly-MatthewsNew York Giants Reilly-Matthews was one of the winners who submitted artwork to MetLife celebrating essential workers. The winning pieces were selected by MetLife, along with former New York Jet Bart Scott and fo…
Co-Owner Of Popular Westchester Pizzeria Dies At Age 49 Co-Owner Of Popular Westchester Pizzeria Dies At Age 49
Co-Owner Of Popular Westchester Pizzeria Dies At Age 49 This story has been updated. Westchester County has lost one of its most beloved pizzeria owners. Putnam County resident Joe Piscopo Jr., age 49, of Brewster, the co-owner of Johnny's Pizzeria in Mount Vernon, died on Friday, Jan. 29. Know for his hearty and friendly laugh, Piscopo ran the 79-year-old restaurant with his brother, Ricky, and sisters Concetta and Tina after their mother Maria Piscopo died in 2018 at age 69 from injuries sustained in a crash on I-684. Known for its extra-thin pizza, and for being a kind of meeting place for locals, Johnny's has been home to the Piscopo famil…
COVID-19: Noted Sports Photographer Anthony Causi, Pace University Grad, Dies At 48 COVID-19: Noted Sports Photographer Anthony Causi, Pace University Grad, Dies At 48
Covid-19: Noted Sports Photographer Anthony Causi, Pace University Grad, Dies At 48 Anthony Causi, a prominent and popular sports photographer, died from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Causi, a Pace University graduate who worked for the New York Post, died on Sunday, April 12 at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, the paper announced. He was 48. A Brooklyn native, Causi joined The Post in 1994, working his way up from a photo messenger to a full-time photojournalist. During his career, he covered the Yankees, Mets, Giants, Jets, Knicks, Rangers and more for The Post. Causi was remembered by Yankee legend Derek Jeter on social media. “Anthony was an amazingl…
Westchester County Football Player Nominated For 'Heart Of A Giant' Award Westchester County Football Player Nominated For 'Heart Of A Giant' Award
Westchester County Football Player Nominated For 'Heart Of A Giant' Award A group of student-athletes in New York has been nominated for a prestigious award sponsored in part through the New York Giants. Football players in Freeport and Coram on Long Island, Port Chester in Westchester, Bardonia in Rockland and Newburgh and Wallkill in Orange County have been nominated for the “Heart of a Giant” award, and now need their communities to vote them into the finals. Each week, 10 football players in the tristate area are nominated for voting, and their communities have 25 days to note them in. Six finalists and four honorable mention finalists will ultimately be…
White Plains Football Player Nominated For 'Heart Of A Giant' Award White Plains Football Player Nominated For 'Heart Of A Giant' Award
White Plains Football Player Nominated For 'Heart Of A Giant' Award A pair of student-athletes in Westchester have been nominated for a prestigious award sponsored in part through the New York Giants. Football players in White Plains and Pelham have been nominated for the “Heart of a Giant” award, and now need their communities to vote them into the finals. Each week, 10 football players in the Tri-state area are nominated for voting, and their communities have 25 days to note them in. Six finalists and four honorable mention finalists will be named. Each of those will receive $1,000 for their school’s football program, with the winner receiving an addition…
Lifelong Westchester Resident, 91, Killed By Hit-And-Run Driver Lifelong Westchester Resident, 91, Killed By Hit-And-Run Driver
Lifelong Westchester Resident, 91, Killed By Hit-And-Run Driver A 91-year-old man who lived his entire life on the same block in Westchester was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver while crossing a roadway at night. Rocco DePaolo was killed in Dobbs Ferry around 9:25 p.m., Friday, Sept. 20, while crossing the intersection of Broadway (Route 9) and Maple Street, said the Village of Dobbs Ferry Police. DePaolo, who graduated from Dobbs Ferry High School in 1945, was inside a crosswalk when the dark-colored vehicle hit him, police said. The vehicle, which was later found, fled in a southerly direction, police said. DePaolo was transported by …
Westchester Man Killed In Crash Remembered As Talented Businessman, Coach Westchester Man Killed In Crash Remembered As Talented Businessman, Coach
Westchester Man Killed In Crash Remembered As Talented Businessman, Coach The 45-year-old lifelong Northern Westchester resident who was killed in a crash while on a business trip to Seattle is being remembered as a talented regional manager and dedicated basketball coach. Bryan R. Panzanaro of Peekskill died on Thursday, July 25 in a crash involving a hotel shuttle bus and a passenger car near Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Eight others were injured. Panzanaro was a regional manager in the Aviation Division of ABM Industries Inc. which is headquartered in New York City. In an internal communication announcing death to the employees of ABM, Panzanaro was …
New York Giant Rookie Lauletta Arrested En Route To MetLife Practice New York Giant Rookie Lauletta Arrested En Route To MetLife Practice
New York Giant Rookie Lauletta Arrested En Route To MetLife Practice New York Giants backup quarterback Kyle Lauletta was arrested while driving to practice in East Rutherford Tuesday morning following a traffic incident, multiple reports say. The 23-year-old was in Weehawken trying to make a right turn from the wrong lane onto NJ-495 when he ignored a police officer telling him to go straight and made the turn anyway -- nearly hitting the officer in the process, sources told NJ.com.  Lauletta -- who has yet to play this season -- was stopped by another officer on the on-ramp, the report says. The rookie athlete was drafted by the Giants in the fourth round…
Pros Prove To Be 'Giants' In Teaching Student-Athletes About Respect In Westchester Pros Prove To Be 'Giants' In Teaching Student-Athletes About Respect In Westchester
Pros Prove To Be 'Giants' In Teaching Student-Athletes About Respect In Westchester A pair of professional football players proved they can be Giants on and off the gridiron, visiting athletes in Westchester to discuss domestic violence and respect. Members of the Mount Vernon varsity and JV football teams recently met with New York Giants running back Jonathan Stewart and linebacker Alex Ogletree to discuss domestic violence.  The special meeting was arranged by My Sisters’ Place, which has a mission to end violence in intimate relationships and combat the effects of domestic violence and human trafficking in Westchester. More than 50 athletes in Mount Vernon gathered wi…
Westchester HS Football Standout Nominated For USA Football Heart Of A Giant Award Westchester HS Football Standout Nominated For USA Football Heart Of A Giant Award
Westchester HS Football Standout Nominated For USA Football Heart Of A Giant Award A trio of Hudson Valley high school varsity football standouts have been nominated by their coaches for a prestigious award that is sponsored in part through the New York Giants. High School seniors Eric Genua (Suffern Senior High School in Rockland), Harry Ravitz (Pelham Memorial High School in Westchester) and Frank Wise (Pine Bush High School in Orange County) have been nominated for the “Heart of a Giant” award, and now will seek their communities’ assistance to help them become finalists. The “Heart of a Giant” award is “based on an athlete’s demonstration of commitment, dedication, wi…
New Book By Ex-Westchester Resident Dives Into Donald Trump's Spinning Deals As USFL Owner New Book By Ex-Westchester Resident Dives Into Donald Trump's Spinning Deals As USFL Owner
New Book By Ex-Westchester Resident Dives Into Donald Trump's Spinning Deals As USFL Owner Replays of President Trump's days as an owner of the New Jersey Generals, a short-lived professional football team, sound much like many of today's White House maneuvers. Jeff Pearlman, who has written several New York Times bestsellers, has a new book on the rise and fall of the United State Football League,  on sale starting Sept. 11. Pearlman, a Mahopac High School graduate and former New Rochelle resident, will be visiting Westchester from his home on the West Coast for a Scarsdale book-signing on Wednesday, Sept. 12.  In "Football for a Buck," the dogged reporter and biograp…
Giants Player's Brother Fled To Upstate After Killing Hudson Valley Native Giants Player's Brother Fled To Upstate After Killing Hudson Valley Native
Giants Player's Brother Fled To Upstate After Killing Hudson Valley Native UPDATE: The brother of New York Giants player Janoris Jenkins killed a friend in the family’s Fair Lawn home, then fled to upstate New York – where he was arrested on a parole violation, authorities said Thursday. Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo -- who announced the arrest on Wednesday of William H. Jenkins Jr., 34, of Fair Lawn -- said Thursday that he and fellow music producer Roosevelt "Trypps Beatz" Rene, a Spring Valley native, got into an argument early Monday that “resulted in Rene’s death.” Although Calo didn’t specify how Rene was killed, the charge against Je…
Brother Of NY Giants Player Charged In Killing Of Hudson Valley Native Brother Of NY Giants Player Charged In Killing Of Hudson Valley Native
Brother Of NY Giants Player Charged In Killing Of Hudson Valley Native UPDATE: The brother of New York Giants player Janoris Jenkins killed a friend in the family’s Fair Lawn home, then fled to upstate New York – where he was arrested on a parole violation, authorities said Thursday. Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo -- who announced the arrest on Wednesday of William H. Jenkins Jr., 34, of Fair Lawn -- said Thursday that he and fellow music producer Roosevelt "Trypps Beatz" Rene, a Spring Valley native, got into an argument early Monday that “resulted in Rene’s death.” Although Calo didn’t specify how Rene was killed, the charge against Je…
Body Found At Janoris Jenkins's Home Was Hip-Hop Artist, Family Friend Body Found At Janoris Jenkins's Home Was Hip-Hop Artist, Family Friend
Body Found At Janoris Jenkins's Home Was Hip-Hop Artist, Family Friend UPDATE: The brother of New York Giants player Janoris Jenkins killed a friend in the family’s Fair Lawn home, then fled to upstate New York – where he was arrested on a parole violation, authorities said Thursday. Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo -- who announced the arrest on Wednesday of William H. Jenkins Jr., 34, of Fair Lawn -- said Thursday that he and fellow music producer Roosevelt "Trypps Beatz" Rene, a Spring Valley native, got into an argument early Monday that “resulted in Rene’s death.” Although Calo didn’t specify how Rene was killed, the charge against Je…
UPDATE: Man Whose Body Was Found At Home Of NY Giants Player Lived There UPDATE: Man Whose Body Was Found At Home Of NY Giants Player Lived There
Update: Man Whose Body Was Found At Home Of NY Giants Player Lived There UPDATE: The brother of New York Giants player Janoris Jenkins killed a friend in the family’s Fair Lawn home, then fled to upstate New York – where he was arrested on a parole violation, authorities said Thursday. Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo -- who announced the arrest on Wednesday of William H. Jenkins Jr., 34, of Fair Lawn -- said Thursday that he and fellow music producer Roosevelt "Trypps Beatz" Rene, a Spring Valley native, got into an argument early Monday that “resulted in Rene’s death.” Although Calo didn’t specify how Rene was killed, the charge against Je…
Ex-Giants Coach Lists Smart House For $2.9M Ex-Giants Coach Lists Smart House For $2.9M
Ex-Giants Coach Lists Smart House For $2.9M Former New York Giants head coach Ben McAdoo has listed his Bergen County home. The 7,500-square-foot Franklin Lakes home was listed at $2.9 million on Zillow this weekend, two years after McAdoo and his wife, Toni, purchased it in May 2016 (after his promotion to head coach on the team). McAdoo was fired the following year after the team started the season 2-10. The house has five bedrooms, six bathrooms and sits on just more than two acres of land. It is described on Zillow as being a private modern-day estate with everything controlled by smart technology from your phone. Features inclu…