An Orange County couple won over $7 million in the New York Lottery’s Cash4Life game last month. They bought the winning ticket at the Stewart’s Shop in Walden, right in their hometown. Jon and Deborah Hansen’s winning numbers were 10-15-35-42-54 and the cash ball was 3. After taxes they’ll net about $4.7 million in the lump sum payout.
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Hi-Tor to Host Zombie Fun-Run Fundraiser Sunday
The Hi-Tor Animal Care Center in Pomona is hosting a scary fundraiser this weekend, the Zombie fun-run! So it’s more fun than scary. A running group of volunteers at the shelter known as the Trotters has been taking some of the dogs out for runs around the shelter and they decided to expand the program into a fundraiser. Volunteer Jessica Garcia says the fun-run gives the group the chance to show off the dogs’ behavioral skills…
The Hi-Tor Dog Trotters Zombie Fun-Run is being held Sunday at 10am at the shelter on Firemans Memorial Drive in Pomona. For more information and to register, click here, or go to hitor.org.
Report: Speed a Possible Factor in Fatal Pearl River Accident; “Little Brown Jug” Game vs. Nanuet to be Played in His Honor
Orangetown Police are reportedly looking at excessive speed as a possible factor in Sunday’s tragic crash in Pearl River that took two teens’ lives and left one in the hospital. Orangetown supervisor Chris Day says the police investigation thus far suggests the car was heading northbound on Route 304 near the Crooked Hill Road overpass when it struck another car…
Funeral services for 17 year-old Altin Nezaj were held yesterday in Yonkers. 15 year-old Saniha Cekic of Brooklyn, a cousin of the car’s driver, was buried Tuesday. 17 year-old Aisha Radoncic of Orangeburg was reportedly in good condition at Westchester Medical Center. Orangeburg Police say drugs or alcohol do not appear to be a factor in the crash. Nezaj was a member of the Pearl River High School football team, and Saturday’s “Little Brown Jug” game against Nanuet will be played in his honor. If you have any information about the incident, contact the Orangetown Police Department at 845-359-2121.
Rockland Boulders and Can-Am League Merge with Frontier League, Forming 14-Team “Super League”
The Can-Am league, the independent baseball league the Boulders play in, is merging with the Frontier League, forming what officials are calling a “Super League.” 14 teams will make up what is now the largest league in all of Independent Professional Baseball. Frontier League Commissioner, Bill Lee, says the move has been on the drawing board for about two years…
Boulders’ V-P of Business Development Seth Cantor says several rules that differed between the two leagues will still need to be worked out, including the age of the players, and the format for the playoffs…
Team president Shawn Reilly expects the move to bring better players and games for the fans, but he doesn’t think it’ll stop there…
Teams are in several large cities including Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Quebec City and St. Louis. The 96-game season will run from mid-May through September.
Poll: 2/3 of NYers say Keep the State Whole
Two-thirds of New Yorkers say don’t divide the state into two. That’s according to a poll released earlier this week by Siena College. Western Ramapo and Orange County Assemblyman Karl Brabenec says it’s a topic few in Albany want to even talk about…
The Siena poll says 25 percent support the idea of combining New York City with the downstate suburbs as one state, and the other 51 counties as another state, though it is unclear what defines “downstate suburbs” but it likely means Rockland, Putnam, Orange, Westchester and Long Island are lumped in with the city. Assemblyman David DiPietro, whose district covers parts of Erie and Wyoming counties in western New York, has a petition looking to split the state into three.