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Note: Tonight’s game (6/2) has been postponed due to weather. The game will now be played on July 1st at 4:30 as a single-admission doubleheader.

The New York Boulders started a 3-game homestand at Clover Stadium in Pomona Tuesday against the Ottawa Titans. With the bases loaded and nobody out in the seventh inning, Zach Schneider came out of the bullpen to face Titans’ outfielder Jake Sanford…

And that was Jacob Kronberg with the call on the Boulders radio network here on WRCR. The Titans took the lead on that play. The Boulders then jumped ahead but the Titans scored five runs in the top of the 9th, winning 12-8. The Boulders also lost Wednesday’s contest, 11-6.

A number of events were held over the weekend and yesterday in honor of Memorial Day and those who fought and died for our country.  On Sunday in Tappan, the Raymond DeMeola VFW Memorial Post 1615 held their Veterans Walkway of Heroes ceremony at Camp Shanks Memorial Park on Independence Avenue…

And that was John Antonucci of the VFW Post 1615, and Blauvelt’s Camryn Marucci who sang several songs including the national anthem. Watchfires were lit late Sunday night thanks to the Vietnam Veterans of America #333 at four locations in Rockland, including Bowline Point Park in Haverstraw, Eugene Levy Memorial Park in Spring Valley, the Piermont Pier and Clausland Mountain Park in Orangeburg.

May 28
Congers: The Memorial Day parade begins at 10:30 a.m. stepping off from the Congers/Valley Cottage Volunteer Ambulance Corps. A ceremony will follow the parade at the VMA building.

May 29
Montebello: ceremony at village hall at 9 a.m.

New Hempstead/Suffern: The Rockland County Veteran’s Coordinating Council will host two ceremonies. The first is at noon at the Frederick Loecher Veterans’ Cemetery, Brick Church Road, New Hempstead. The second is at 1 p.m. at the Gary Onderdunk Veterans’ Cemetery on Rockland County Community College’s Campus, College Road, Suffern.

Rockland County Watchfires: At 11:30 p.m. watchfires at four locations in the county, sponsored by Vietnam Veterans of America #333. The locations are Bowline Point Park, Haverstraw; Eugene Levy Memorial Park, Route 45, Ramapo; the east end of Piermont Pier; and the peak of Clausland Mountain Park, Orangeburg.

Tappan: Raymond W. DeMeola VFW Memorial Post 1615 and the Veterans Walkway of Heroes ceremony is at the corner of Independence Avenue and Lester Drive beginning at 10 a.m.

May 30
Airmont: ceremony at village hall 10 a.m.

Blauvelt: Blauvelt Lions Club ceremony at Lions Park at noon. Refreshments will follow.

Hillburn: parade at 9 a.m. starts at Suffern Central School District’s administration building and ends at the World War I monument at Lake Avenue and Fourth Street where a ceremony will be held.

Nanuet: A service hosted by Naurashank Post 794 at 11 a.m. at the Nanuet Veterans Monument across from the Nanuet Post Office, rain or shine.

New City: American Legion Post 1682 ceremony at 11 a.m. in the American Legion Way parking lot.

Nyack: parade at 11 a.m. Starts on Franklin Avenue onto Main Street, heading to Broadway, turning to Depew Avenue, and then to Memorial Park. Ceremony at the base of the World War I/World War II monument.

Orangeburg: A gun salute by the James H. Anderson American Legion Post 1199 will take place at 61 Hunt Road at noon.

Palisades/Sparkill: The John M. Perry Post 1044 American Legion of Palisades/Sparkill will host a ceremony beginning at 9 a.m. at the War Monument in Triangle Square, located at the intersection of Route 9W and Closter Road. At 11:30 a.m. the Sparkill parade will march from the firehouse to the Depot Square Town Park for a ceremony.

Palisades Center: The Buffalo Soldiers and Friends of Mount Moor Cemetery will hold a service at the Mount Moor Cemetery outside of the Palisades Center beginning at 11 a.m.

Pearl River: A parade hosted by Pearl River American Legion Post 329 starting at 10:15 a.m. will march from Key Bank to Braunsdorf Park, near the police booth, for a ceremony at 11 a.m.

Piermont: Hosted by Piermont Engine Hose Company #1, a parade will begin at 10 a.m. from VFW Post 7452 and ends at Kennedy Park where a ceremony will take place.

Sloatsburg: A ceremony hosted by the village as well as Sloatsburg American Legion Post 1643 will begin at 10 a.m. at Veterans Park. Following the ceremony, a parade will make its way to the World War I Monument, then continues to Sloatsburg Cemetery where it will end. Refreshments will be served at the Sloatsburg Community Fields Pavilion after the parade.

Spring Valley: A service will be held at Memorial Park, 1 Veterans Drive, starting at 1:30 p.m.

Stony Point: A ceremony will be held at West Main Street’s Mount Rest Cemetery at 8:30 a.m. At 9:30 a.m., a parade will march down Jay Street, stopping briefly for a service at Spring Memorial. The parade will continue to Stony Point Town Hall for a third and final memorial service at 10:30 a.m.

Suffern: A Memorial Day parade will march starting at 11 a.m. on Lafayette Avenue to the Soldiers Monument where a ceremony will be held.

Tappan: The Post 1271 American Legion, the Volunteer Fire Association and Tappan, will host a fireman’s memorial at the Tappan Firehouse at 9:30 a.m. At 11 a.m. a parade will step off from the German Park to the Tappan Triangle, where there will be a wreath laying ceremony.

West Nyack: A parade hosted by West Nyack and the Nanuet Rotary will begin at 11 a.m. along Strawtown Road. The parade begins at Clarkstown Reformed Church and concludes at the West Nyack Hamlet Green.

O&R says the company-wide emergency response group is gearing up to repair damage and restore electric service interruptions that could result from possibly severe thunderstorms expected to arrive early Friday evening into early Saturday morning. The company says several critical O&R teams will shift into storm duty at that time. Reminder, DO NOT touch or approach any downed wire. Assume all downed wires are energized and dangerous. Call O&R’s toll-free hotline immediately at 1-877-434-4100 and local police if necessary.

A two year-old boy drowned Sunday in Nanuet. Clarkstown Police Detective Norm Peters says around 8pm Sunday evening, police were called to a reported drowning incident on Tennyson Drive in Nanuet. Peters says upon arrival, officers entered the rear yard of the residence, where they found family
members had taken the unresponsive child from the pool and were performing CPR. Officers resumed lifesaving measures with the aid of an AED as Rockland Paramedics and Nanuet Ambulance arrived on scene. The unidentified child was taken to Montefiore – Nyack Hospital, where he was later pronounced deceased. The incident is under investigation. No additional information was available.