“CHEERS!” to longtime Orangeburg resident, Marsha Kumitz, born the first week of January 1948. Marsha loves animals, but especially her cat Midnight. Marsha is a retired school teacher, was born in Brooklyn and moved to Orangeburg in 1959. Below are some fun facts about Marsha’s birth year – The popular orange snack Cheetos were first […]
My lifelong love affair with Korean BBQ began in my college days. I was at UMass Boston, and my best friend, Ali, was at Columbia. I’d visit him on long weekends, and his Korean roommate, Kwon, would entice us with stories of his native cuisine. One late Saturday night, after a little too much fun, […]
With holiday travel, seasonal illness and winter weather expected to strain the blood supply, New York Blood Center (NYBC) is urging New Yorkers to donate blood now, before winter shortages intensify and hospitals face increased demand. Blood donations nationwide typically drop by more than one-third during the winter months, even as trauma care, cancer treatment, […]
A life measured in nights, not miles Over more than twenty years, one traveler crisscrossed the globe with little more than a carry‑on and a laptop, keeping score not by frequent‑flier miles but by hotel nights. The itinerary spanned major business centers in North America and Europe, surf towns and islands in Southeast Asia, manufacturing […]
Not every Valentine’s Day needs to end with a marriage proposal. Sometimes love means diamond earrings that catch the light during dinner. Or a tennis bracelet she can wear to work every day. Or that pendant that sits perfectly at her collarbone. Americans spent $6.5 billion on jewelry last Valentine’s Day, and here’s what most […]
When she started her job as Music Director for the Nyack School System in 1925, 19-year-old Gertrude Goldstein must have had mixed emotions. She herself had graduated from Nyack High School just four short years earlier, and with Nyack’s then small-town atmosphere, she must have already known everyone – the students, the teachers, and the […]