Peter Winograd, first violinist with the American String Quartet and member of the violin and chamber music faculties at the Manhattan School of Music, didn’t always know that he wanted to pursue music. “I was kind of a normal kid who went to school in West Hartford, wanted to play with my friends and […]
Meet Jax, a K-9 of the Clarkstown Police Department, who’s tough as nails, loves rocks and works for toys. Jax has been a member of the department since 2018 when he was assigned to work with his handler, Officer Mike Keane, before he was even a year old. “There’s certain tests that we run […]
You’ve heard of spring cleaning, but what about summer redesigning? With the sunny season approaching, rearrange your home applying feng shui principles. Nancy Parker, a personal and environmental energy specialist; healer and feng shui practitioner of more than 20 years, describes feng shui as a study of the relationship between “the environment and human life, […]
The saying goes that food is memory. Miriam Schwartz, a resident of Congers and mother of six, will never forget her childhood memories of going to her grandmother’s house where she showed her tips and tricks on baking. “My mother was also very forthcoming, I must say. She really allowed me to experiment in our […]
Sam Sambrato, the teen librarian at Nanuet Public Library, said that her favorite childhood book that got her into reading was Ludwig Bemelmans’s “Madeline.” “When I was young, my mom was very big on reading aloud to her children. My sister’s much older than me and one day I was like, ‘Well I can read,’” […]
Little Katrina Hohlfeld was caught again. Caught staying up late past her bedtime, that is. “I was the kid that got in trouble for reading with a flashlight under the covers,” reminisced the head of teen services when discussing her inspiration to join the field. She was probably devouring the pages of the next book […]