Obituaries

Joseph Germano was born June 19, 1925, at 438 Center Avenue in Mamaroneck to Gaetano and Bernarda Germano. He attended local schools and graduated from Mamaroneck High School in 1943. World War II had already started. In May 1943 he took a day off from school with Albert “Babe” Etre and went by train into NYC to join the United States Marine Corps. Joe reported for Boot Camp on August 1, 1943. He was part of 24 Communication Marines commissioned to the USS Eldorado AGC I

Ruth Jean Gordon Hinerfeld, a civic organization leader who established a precedent for qualifying third-party candidates to participate in national presidential debates, died on May 6, 2026. Ms. Hinerfeld was born on September 18, 1930, in Boston, MA, the daughter of Morris and Anna (Shoolman) Gordon. She was raised in Milton, MA, in a home that abutted her grandparents’ dairy farm. She earned her undergraduate degree in sociology at Vassar College in 1951 and was elec

Joseph M. Maida, of Mamaroneck, passed away on April 27, 2026, at the age of 93. Joseph was born in Pianopoli, Italy on September 8, 1932. He immigrated to the United States in 1946. He attended Mamaroneck High School and proudly served as a soldier in the US Army during the Korean War. He was an avid golfer and gardener, and many often noted that his lawn looked like a golf course. But mostly, Joseph was known for his kindness, humanity, and loving nature. He formed ge