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The Hoboken Girl
Published 23 hours agoHoboken Community Rallies Around Studio 17 Founder’s Daughter During Her Cancer Journey
neighbors Dr. Briza Walter, the founder of Studio 17 Med Spa in Hoboken, has taken a leave of absence from her position…
Mid Hudson News
Published 23 hours agoLetter to the Editor: Local Action Needed to Support our Most Vulnerable Veterans
Dear Editor, For generations, America has called upon young men and women to serve in uniform, placing them in harm’s way to defend our nation and preserve the freedoms we too often take for granted. They have answered that call with courage and commitment. Too many, however,…
Rochester Beacon
Published October 01Renewal of a community hub
The two-year, $8.5 million renovation and expansion of the Maplewood Community Library positions it to play an even greater role in the life of the neighborhood.
Long Island Press
Published October 01Woman races time in bid to preserve historic Oyster Bay fishing boat
One of Long Island’s historic vessels is docked in a Maryland marina, and one woman has found herself leading the cause to return the Joseph B. Glancy dredge boat back to its original home. The 54-foot wooden oyster dredge is over 100 years old and spent decades working in the…
Bronx Times
Published October 01Make a Difference: 500 Reasons to Give Blood
Your blood donations Make A Difference. Really, just one donation can save up to three lives. For New Yorker, Anna Woods, that meant the world. Her father, Peter Woods, was an NYPD first responder who spent six months working at Ground Zero. He spent his life in service to his…
Long Island Press
Published October 01Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan marking milestones on tour
If you get a chance to see Billy Corgan on his current tour with his new group The Machines of God, understand its part of his commemoration of a pair of recorded Smashing Pumpkins’ watershed moments—the 30th anniversary of 1995’s Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness and the…
Long Island Press
Published October 01Second annual LIMEHOF Music Documentary Film Festival ends on a high note with the screening of over 40 films, Q&A panels, and LIVE music performances
The second annual LIMEHOF Music Documentary Film Festival concluded on Sunday, September 27th with an award ceremony that celebrated the scope and diversity of this year’s films. Filmmakers from across the US and other countries gathered at the Long Island Music and Entertainment…
From skeletons to outer space: Inside Iris van Herpen’s world
A skeleton, a moth and a coral reef might not sound like the beginning of a fashion collection — but at the Brooklyn Museum, they are. Inside “Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses,” couture dresses twist, ripple and spill across the gallery, resembling everything from underwater…
Mid Hudson News
Published October 01Voices Through Brushstrokes at the Liberty Mall (VIDEO)
LIBERTY – All are welcome tonight at Liberty Mall for the unveiling of Voices Through Brushstrokes at 5 p.m., presented in partnership with Grese Productions, Casa Di Longobardi, and Hope’s Compass. The project features eight massive 8-by-3-foot paintings permanently installed in…
Mid Hudson News
Published October 01Putnam SPCA “Great Giveback” underway
PUTNAM COUNTY- The Putnam County SPCA’s Great Giveback begins today. SPCA Chief Ken Ross said the month-long collection drive will benefit the non-for-profit with donors dropping off cleaning supplies, office and operational items, gasoline gift cards, and monetary donations at…
New York Amsterdam News
Published October 01The remix: Netflix’s ‘A Different World’
Debuting in 1987 as a Cosby Show spinoff for Lisa Bonet, A Different World brought Hillman College and iconic HBCU culture to primetime TV.
Yonkers Times (Rising Media Group)
Published September 30Blue Door Art Center Honors Richard Nightingale and Golda Solomon at Greystone Court Fundraiser
Richard Nightingale, left, and Golda Solomon will be honored by Blue Door Art Center at its October 3 fundraiser at Greystone Court By Harry Smith Two distinguished Yonkers community figures will be honored this Saturday as Blue Door Art Center gathers supporters for an afternoon…