Mark Morganelli’s move from Manhattan to Westchester was about the best possible outcome for local jazz fans. This trumpeter/producer/impresario has brought the music to the parks, the riverfront and the concert halls for years. For the past five-plus years, he and his wife, Ellen Prior, have been building a backstreet success story with their JazzContinue reading “Jewel of a jazz club hits a high note”
Author Archives: Robert Brum
Paging Cinderella. You left your slipper in the castle …
A century-old castle high above the Hudson that was once home to Shirley Jones, Jack Cassidy, David Cassidy and a cast of other notables is about to change hands.
‘Think Grey Gardens, not Better Homes and Gardens’
The garage-door style rollup windows in Jasper Johns’ former studio, photographed Oct. 28 by Mark Vergari/The Journal News
RIP Brooks Arthur, 914 Sound Studios hitmaking wizard
Brooks Arthur, award-winning engineer and the founder of 914 Sound Studios. Photo by James J. Kriegsmann Jr.
Fall for cycling in the Hudson Valley
Minnewaska State Park Preserve in Ulster County, NY, is a prime spot to soak in the fall colors during a ride on the park’s carriage trails. Photo by Carrie Yale/The Journal News
Rockland’s most famous home can’t hide from history
A high brick wall and towering trees can’t obscure the notoriety of this Nyack mansion from curious onlookers.
Her brush with prison was a breakout experience
The work she does “is meant to give them a resource so that, especially when they get out, they will know that when they’re feeling very anxious or depressed or angry, they can go to their art supplies, even if it’s just a pad and a pen.”
Odds are, she’ll become a star
Ariel Epstein, the Rockland County native who has risen in the sports betting world to become the Prop Queen. Submitted photo
She never thought twice about breaking ground with the Boy Scouts
“As expected with any big project you take on, there were many bumps in the road,” said Nicole Riad of her Eagle Scout project. “And leadership was key, quite literally, to fix all these bumps.”
One last ride through God’s country
The Tour de Goshen, billed as the Hudson Valley’s longest-running charity bicycle ride, winds through the towns and villages of Chester, Montgomery and Goshen; and the town of Warwick. The routes feature rolling terrain and pass through the county’s fertile Black Dirt Region, with Mount Eve as a backdrop in Warwick.
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