By BRIAN MARSCHHAUSER
September 16, 2020HUDSON VALLEY, N.Y. – Football, volleyball, and competitive cheer, considered higher-risk sports by New York State, are being sidelined statewide until March 1—a time when COVID-19 would be theoretically less of a threat to players, coaches, and officials.
The New York State Public High School Athletic Association made the announcement on Wednesday, Sept. 9.
“We’ve ...
SOMERS, N.Y. – It sounds like the plot of a made-for-TV sports movie: A girls flag football league is canceled, leaving them with no choice but to form a team to compete against the boys, who no doubt underestimate the girls’ abilities. But not only do the girls teach the boys a lesson about gender bias, they go and win the whole thing.
The Blue Hawks, a team of nine girls heading ...
By CAROL REIF
September 18, 2020SOMERS, N.Y. - Whether a controversial $62.2 million sewer project slated for Lake Shenorock and Lake Lincolndale goes down the drain or not will be entirely up to voters this fall.
After hearing from both foes and backers of the plan at a lengthy and at times contentious public hearing last week, the Somers Town Board scheduled a mandatory referendum for Tuesday, Nov. 10, at Town ...
NORTH SALEM, N.Y. - Sometimes you just need to stop and paint the roses.
And the barns. And the hay fields. And the stone walls. Well, you get the picture.
Moving to North Salem, says artist Chrissanth Greene-Gross, gave her the time to slow down, bathe in the beauty of her surroundings, and distill their essence onto canvas.
En plein air painting, or painting outdoors, was a revelation ...
Check out Halston Media's annual Hudson Valley Fall Guide by clicking this link.
Included inside are features on:
Simple family fall activities from The Family Keystone.
Information from Stepping Stones on its virtual programs.
A Q&A with North Salem photographer Benjamin Allen and his work with SPACE on Ryder Farm.
Art galleries to ...
Somers, NY Local News
By LAUREN C. ENEA, ESQ.
September 17, 2020Parents, grandparents and loved ones often make promises and/or express their desire to leave specific items of tangible personal property (furniture, artworks, jewelry, clothing, cars, watches, etc.) to a child, grandchild, loved one or friend in their Last Will and Testament. Whether or not that promise will actually be fulfilled depends on a variety of factors such as whether the item is in ...
By JOHN BART
September 18, 2020Hope everyone is well. I’ve been on a Field Trip Tear recently (in a safe manner of course). Please reach out of you’d like to tag along on an outing.
Field Trip: Glenmere Brewery Company
On a recent lovely afternoon, I enlisted a few compatriots of varying professions for a countryside excursion to Glenmere Brewing Company in Florida, NY.
What do you get when you mix a ...
Check out Halston Media's annual Hudson Valley Fall Guide by clicking this link.
Included inside are features on:
Simple family fall activities from The Family Keystone.
Information from Stepping Stones on its virtual programs.
A Q&A with North Salem photographer Benjamin Allen and his work with SPACE on Ryder Farm.
Art galleries to ...
By BOB DUMAS, CONTRIBUTING EDITOR
September 17, 2020Aesop once famously said, “familiarity breeds contempt.” Thanks to the pandemic, which has resulted in people being stuck in their homes for the past six months, there has been a little too much familiarity of late.
People are yearning for a change of scenery. No problem. Wallauer Paint & Design can help.
“People have been stuck at home staring at the walls,” ...
