March 15th, 2009
13th Annual Sleepy Hollow - Tarrytown St. Patrick's Parade

The parade will start at 1:30 p.m. from the formation areas in Tarrytown proceed east up Main Street to Broadway, north to Beekman Ave., then west to the former General Motors site.

The Sleepy Hollow St. Patrick’s Parade Committee, Inc. has announced that the Grand Marshal of the 13th Annual Sleepy Hollow –Tarrytown St. Patrick’s Parade to be held on Sunday March 15, 2008 is Janine Rose.

Janine Rose is well known to News12 Westchester viewers, as the anchor of the Evening News. Every weekday she anchors the “Yonkers,” “Evening” and “Hudson Valley” Editions. She also hosts “Newsmakers,” a weekend program which focuses on the people and events making headlines throughout the area. Janine is also the News Director at News12 Westchester and News12 Hudson Valley.

Janine began her tenure as news anchor in 1985. She has reported on numerous breaking news events, including the September 11th terror attacks and aftermath, the controversial Yonkers Housing Desegregation case and the War in Iraq. She has led News12 Westchester to eight prestigious New York Emmy Awards, broadcast television’s highest honor, several regional “Edward R. Murrow” awards from the Radio Television News Directors Assoc., and a Cable Ace award, the highest award in the Cable Television industry.

Janine has won two Emmys of her own. The latest in 2005 for News12 Westchester’s “Surfing for Sex Town Meeting” and her first in 2002 for News12 Westchester’s Special Three Part Series, “The Predator Next Door.” Janine has also been honored with a Martin Luther King Jr. “Making a Difference Award,” the Yonkers Chamber of Commerce “Women of Excellence Award,” and the All-Star Award from the Westchester Women in Communications. She also received the YWCA Centennial Award for Excellence in Communications and was honored with a Corporate Excellence Award from St. Jude’s Institute. Janine has received various other recognitions for her work, but prides herself most on the feedback she gets from viewers.

Janine began her career with Cablevision over twenty years ago after earning a Master’s Degree from Brooklyn College in Television and Radio and a Bachelor’s Degree from Lehman College in Communications and History. After working behind the scenes as a camera operator, producer and director, she moved to the anchor chair. She became News Director in 1991, and in 1995 assumed the task of guiding News 12 Westchester to a 24-hour format. In June of 2005 she did the same for News12 Hudson Valley.

Janine grew up in Westchester. She now calls Pelham home.

Serving as Ms. Rose Aides are: Irene Amato,Mary Brady,Bernadette Brennan, Noreen O Donoghue, Rich D’Alessandro, James Killoran, Monsignor Louis J. Mazza and Kevin O’Rourke Moore.  The Sleepy Hollow Saint Patrick’s Parade Committee is proud to honor these outstanding individuals who have given so much of their time and love unselfishly to their communities.

Grand Marshal Janine Rose and her Aides were formally installed at the Installation Dinner Dance, at Westchester Manor, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, March 7th, 2009.
 
Join us tomorrow for the 13th Annual Parade, great bands, great organizations, this year we will be welcoming for the first time the 101st Signal Battalion New York Army National Guard and everyone's favorite will be back the Steppers