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The Commisso family breaks ground on the new Mediacom building: From left to right: Rocco's sister Italia Commisso Weinand, son Joe Commisso, wife Catherine Commisso , daughter Marisa Commisso and Rocco Commisso '67.

When drivers traveling east on Route 17 towards New York, Mediacom Communications Corporations' new corporate headquarters in Blooming Grove, NY, they are going to see quite a memorable image of the future of high tech media.  That image, and building, is the brainchild of Mediacom's founder and CEO, Rocco Commisso '67.

 Says Rocco,  "We started with a vision of relocating to a state-of-the-art corporate park that reflected the high-tech nature of our business and that our employees would be proud to call home," said Rocco B. Commisso, Mediacom's Chairman and CEO. "Along the way, we received tremendous cooperation and encouragement from Town, County, State and Federal governmental officials, facilitating our decision to remain and build in New York. While the state of New Jersey made an extremely attractive offer to move there, Blooming Grove is an ideal location for our Hudson Valley based employees. It is my hope that Mediacom's major capital investment in this project paves the way for accelerating economic development in Orange County."

The 110,000 square foot facility will be completed in the Fall of 2013 and will become the base of operations for Mediacom's corporate staff, now located in Goshen and Middletown, NY, and will allow the Company to expand its local workforce in the coming years. has the room to expand from the current 280 employees up to 400 employees.  It will boast full service kitchen facilities, and indoor/outdoor dining options with amazing panoramic views of the Hudson Valley, and a gym for working out.

Rocco, where do we sign up?

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The weather may have been cold but the Mount was greeted warmly by the hearty parade watchers who lined 5th Avenue despite the blustery weather conditions. Cheers of Go Mount, Beat the Birds, and Up the Bronx could be heard from 46th to 79th Streets. Our boys had fun greeting and waving and thanking all the New Yorkers for their support.  Mount Alum Bishop Denis Sullivan '63 braved the conditions and greeted our boys as we passed St. Patrick's Cathedral.  

Fine weather and big crowds greeted the Mount again on March 23rd as our MSM Woodlawn/Yonkers students and MSM Woodlawn/Yonkers alumni crossed McLean Avenue to participate in the 2nd Annual McLean Avenue Merchants St. Patrick's Day Parade. The march started in front of St. Barnabas Chapel and ended at Coyne Park. Our contingent was cheered long and loud by Woodlean residents whose  brother, cousin dad, or granddad attends or formerly attend high school on the corner of Nereid and  Murdock Avenues.  Special thanks to John Coleman '84 and his son Jake and his friend Craig Martin for being Mount flagbearers- it wasn't easy to keep those flags straight in that wind!!!

So many in the crowd who attended Mount Saint Michael Academy where very happy and proud to know that Mount and continues to educate young men from the area in the catholic tradition of the Marist Brothers. Said Brian Costello '16, "Marching with the Mount in New York City and in my neighborhood is a lot fun! It was an honor to carry our Blue and Gold banner." 

Carey Manhertz '88:   "I donate to the Mount to give back to a community I love, to students who deserve as much --or better-- than I received. "

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Tim O'Meara '42:  Tim recently passed away. He was a life-long resident of St. Frances of Rome Parish, Wakefield, and was very active in SFR Church. He spear-headed the annual Blood Drive there every year up until recent years. Tim, who lived close by to the Mount, was a regular volunteer at Mount Phonathons.

Father Lawrence McDonnell, C.S.P., '44:  Father McDonnell, who served at several parishes in the archdiocese and also was an educator, archivist and did mission work, died Jan. 23 at Zicklin Hospice in Riverdale. He was 85.  He served at St. Paul the Apostle parish, Manhattan, 1990-1997; Good Shepherd, Manhattan, 1984-1990; and St Gregory the Great, Harrison, 1983- 1984. 

He was director of ecumenical ministry at Manhattanville College, Purchase, 1982-1983; served the Newman Club at Ohio State University, 1967-1968, and Boston University,1962-1966; was a professor of Latin and French at St. Peter's College, Baltimore, 1953-1959 and 1966-1967, and a professor of Latin at St. Joseph's Seminary, Dunwoodie. He twice engaged in mission work with the Paulists; first in Detroit, 1959- 1962, and then in New York, 1968-1973. He also served as Paulist archivist. 

He most recently served in senior ministry at Holy Family parish in New Rochelle. Born in Mount Vernon, he entered the Paulist novitiate in 1946 and made final vows in 1950. He was ordained a priest in 1953. He held a bachelor's de-gree from St. Paul's College and a mas-ter's from Johns Hopkins University. A Funeral Mass was offered Jan. 26 at St. Paul the Apostle Church in Manhattan. Burial was in the Paulist section of St. Thomas the Apostle Cem-etery in Oak Ridge, N.J. 

Mr. John J. Fausti '73: John "Ned" J.  Fausti '73 passed away after a long battle with cancer in the Spring of 2012. May he rest in peace.

Mr. James C. Knight, Jr. '92: Former Middle School Principal in Beekmantown, NY Previous Baseball Coach of the Year twice in 5 years. Special Education Teacher. Graduated Plattsburgh State University.  Graduated Union College in '96. Was baseball MVP in his Junior Year. Was picked to play with minor league team in '95. Was also picked to play with a minor league All-Star Team. Was married to Sara Matthews in 2002. Have twins, a boy Nolan and a girl, Anika. Both are going on 10.

  

 AND THE AGONY OF DA FEET! 

  Here is Rich Tinger '63 after placing second in the Mountain Dew Downhill Challenge (over 66 group) at Killington, VT in early March.  It is no surprise, since Rich was always known as hard working and fun loving in high school.  He says, "the Mount taught me spirit, dedication, and gave me the building blocks to succeed in life."

  

Today Rich has the same life loving personality and is living his life to the fullest. Rich says, " I wish to give back to those who most need the fruits that I have been blessed with over the years!" 

  

Rich is down-hilling through the call list for the Reunion. "When I called Gerry Gilligan '63 it brought many great memories! We went to the same Catholic grammar school and grew up in the same neighborhood.  Gerry updated me on friends from our altar boy days, like our crazy high school friend Earl "The Tasmanian Devil" Martin.  Earl has contacted us and is planning on attending the reunion all the way from Australia!!

 

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Rich says : "I think that it is time for us to relive those special years, to pledge our support to a great institution that has continued the same tradition that we were taught.  The young men are terrific. They really make me proud that I attended the Mount and am now involved in Career Day and in raising scholarships for the less fortunate students.  I realize that without our support many of these boys, who are our future could not attend this great school."

  

  

THE HUMAN DRAMA AT MOUNT ST.MICHAEL ACADEMY-

THIS IS THE CLASS OF 1963's 50th REUNION!

Rudy "Pops" Popolizio '63 at Mission Control in NY. Rudy was a pretty good pitcher at the Mount, and is using his pitch now to encourage alum to come to their 50th Reunion. 

Favorite memory: "As a baseball player our undefeated JV baseball season and a real good Senior season, only to loose to Molloy in the playoffs. Our Reunion will give us one more chance to relive the highs and lows during those four important years of our lives." 

Joseph DeGennaro '63 was the guy who was always there to help when it was needed and was a member of the Senior Prom Committee!! Joe, pictured here with his wife, Roseann, still likes to work on a classy event-- meaning that the Reunion Committee can still count on him to lend a hand to make the event utterly fabulous!

One of Joe's favorite memories was decorating the gym for Senior Prom, "An Evening in Paris".  Says Joe, " It turned out even better than we had hoped and I don't the think the gym was ever decorated as nice again.  My other great memory was beating Hayes every year on Thanksgiving." 

As we all head into our 70's I think it's great to relive our high school years and reacquaint ourselves with people we haven't seen in so many years. "

Tom Parente '63, right, looks calm but is actually  burning up the lines trying to contact alums like James Hastings and Tom McCarron.

Says Parente, " I played football with Jim Hastings '63 and we laughed together for over 30 minutes about many things.  We haven't spoken since graduation, but we found it remarkable that we both remembered the same exact statement made by our football center when he came back to the huddle after a hard hit and said, 'Mommy, I don't want to go swimming anymore!'  Obviously, we had a young man with a concussion.!"

Tom Parente reminded me that we actually attended 3 different schools together (kindergarten, grammar school and high school) - a total of 13 consecutive years...wow.

Why is important for every alum to attend their 50th Reunion?

To rekindle old friendships and also to "meet" guys that we really didn't know in high school.  An example is the reunion committee itself.  I didn't really know any of them in high school but they sound like a great bunch of guys that I seem to have a lot in common with now.  Besides, some of us may be busy for the 75th reunion!

Competing against Mount students is a high school in Massachussetts. Mullen is hoping to expand the challenge next year to more high schools in the northeast and possibly nationally if the idea gets picked up by other chpaters of Beta Alpha Psi. 

Says Mullen, "High school students rarely get a chance to see the merits of their education applied to real life situations that people tackle every day. With case studies such as this, students see the value of their education and grow confident in their intellectual abilities. 

As a college, Stonehill prides itself on its liberal arts traditions that further these skills - keys to success in life in general.  But its students also get the opportunity to study areas of interest including business and other pre-professional programs. That is exactly what we do here at Stonehill from a business perspectiveAs demonstrated by the success of our alumni, our programs in accounting, finance, marketing, and international business are some of the best in the country.  Educational and professional development opportunities at Stonehill are unmatched for its students."

Our Mount team will find how how they fared in competition next month! Good Luck!!!