Let’s just get this out of the way: since we’re all on bended knee, our souls an open exhibit, I’m sorry to anyone I’ve ever offended; black, brown, yellow or white (and any color I’ve left out). It wasn’t intentional,
Read MoreAfter perhaps the most puzzling week in our nation’s history, I’m nearly at a loss for words. For the first time in more than three decades as a local sports enthusiast/columnist, I don’t know what to say about the state
Read MoreGHVBL Hopes to Open for Business, Eyes late-June Start By Ray Gallagher Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays Man, the Carmel Central School District took a pounding last week, when, on the heels of the official dismissal of former 25-year football Coach
Read MoreLakeland’s Sarsen Inducted to NYSPHSAA Hall of Fame By Ray Gallagher Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays So, whether or not we see a single down of high school football played this fall, the Carmel Rams will have a new leader after
Read MoreBy Examiner Sports Editor and Columnist Ray Gallagher As of Wednesday, May 6th, there’s a new sheriff within the Mahopac High Athletic Department, which welcomed aboard former Pelham A.D. Stephen Luciana with arms wide open. When former Mahopac High Athletic
Read MoreBy Ray Gallagher I have been on deadlines for more than three decades now, from my current 13-year employer, Examiner Media, to the old North County News; with stops at the Bedford-Record, the Putnam County News & Recorder, and the
Read MoreI didn’t always agree with Beatles legend John Lennon politically (maybe never!), but he often hit the ball out of the park: For these are “strange days indeed, most peculiar, mama.” As each day passes and the global pandemic –
Read MoreRams’ Brass Must Put Kids First The gall of the Carmel Central School District Board of Education is beyond processing should they actually carry out this quest to unseat Carmel football Coach Todd Cayea. Unless there’s something I don’t know
Read MoreI’ve just spent the last 30 years juggling the local sports circuit, working with and against BOE’s/administrators (holding certain folks accountable when need be), while developing relationships with coaches and covering some of the finest student athletes in the nation.
Read MoreHeart & Soul Required to Make up for Scoring Death Mahopac Takes Somers Tourney, Panas Finds its Point Guard Somebody has to tell it like it is in this neck of the woods, and for the better part of three
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