BRIARCLIFF MANOR, NY and CROTON-ON-HUDSON, NY – June 3, 2021 —Currently in its 23rd season and past recipient of the Arts Westchester Organization of the Year Award, Taconic Opera invites you to the world premiere performance of an original oratorio composed by the company’s director, Dan Montez: Esther. All performances will include professional lead singers, the Taconic Opera Orchestra and …
Taconic Opera FREE Chamber Performance in Mt. Kisco: Whimsical Birdsong: Masters of Impression
Featuring piano, violin and vocal, and a world premiere violin sonata MT. KISCO, NY — May 8, 2021 — Currently in its 23nd season and past recipient of the ArtsWestchester Arts Organization of the Year Award, Taconic Opera will be showcasing three exceptionally gifted musicians in a challenging and beautiful concert program, Whimsical Birdsong: Masters of Impression. One performance only …
Westchester County Board of Legislators Approve Bankruptcy Court Settlement Containing Improved County Controls and Financial Terms in Management Contract with Standard Amusements
WHITE PLAINS, NY — April 13, 2021 —The Westchester County Board of Legislators, by a vote of 13-4, approved a bankruptcy court settlement with Standard Amusements regarding the management of Playland. The settlement was negotiated by Westchester County and Standard Amusements, terms of which were previously approved by the bankruptcy court. The agreement gives Westchester wCounty significantly improved terms compared …
Westchester County to Hold Virtual Job Fair for Playland Park Positions
ARDSLEY, NY — February 8, 2021 — Awaiting guidance from New York State on amusement park operations, the Westchester County Department of Parks, Recreation and Conservation is hopeful Playland Park in Rye will reopen this summer and is preparing to staff up with a virtual job fair. County Executive George Latimer said: “Although we do not know definitively that we …
By ANNIE LANZILLOTTO
The Town of Greenburgh In Search for a Diverse Group of 14 of the Brightest, Most Creative, Hard Working, Goal Oriented High School Students to Join the Zuckerberg Institute and the Town of Greenburgh for a 3-Months Post Pandemic Task Force
By Greenburgh Town Supervisor PAUL FEINER
Students Selected for Pilot Project Will Work With Local Businesses and With Silicon Valley Business Executives GREENBURGH, NY — December 6, 2020 — This past summer Greenburgh Town Clerk Judith Beville, Town Attorney Tim Lewis, Commissioner of Planning Garrett Duquesne and I sponsored an exciting internship program for students. Among the speaker: Randi Zuckerberg, sister of Mark Zuckerberg. Between 2005 …
By Greenburgh Town Supervisor PAUL FEINER
John Bailey, White Plains CitizeNetReporter Publisher/Editor, Michael Edelman, Political Analyst/Pundit, Yonkers Seniors Who Attend The Coyne Park/Bernice Spreckman Senior Speak to Their Unmitigated Concerns on Westchester On the Level – Monday, November 2, 2020 from 10am-12Noon EST
Listeners are Welcome to Participate When Staying On Topic. The CALL-IN number for Guests and Listeners is 347-205-9201. Listen to this broadcast “Live” or “On Demand” via the Internet … http://tobtr.com/s/11835955 PALM BEACH GARDENS, FL, WHITE PLAINS, NY and YONKERS, NY — November 2, 2020 — The broadcast opens with White Plains CitizeNet Reporter Publisher/Editor John Bailey on hyperlocal concerns: …
Westchester News and Notes: The Counting My Nickels Edition
By MARK JEFFERS
Welcome to “News & Notes,” where we look at the happenings here in Westchester County… BEDFORD HILLS, NY — October 8, 2020 — Maybe I should clean our couch more often…I found over two dollars in change the other day, I rushed over to the matching chair, but had no luck, so after checking all the other pieces of furniture …
By MARK JEFFERS
Regal Cinemas to Temporarily Shutter All U.S. Movie Theaters Beginning Thursday, October 8, 2020
By HEZI ARIS
Regal Cinema New Roc, 33 LeCount Place, New Rochelle, NY 10801 Regal Cinema Yonkers, 2548 Central Avenue, Yoners, NY 10710 NEW ROCHELLE, NY and YONKERS, NY — October 5, 2020 — Cineworld Group PLC, a British firm, Regal’s owner, is the second largest movie theater chain in the nation is suspending operations at all of its locations as of this …
By HEZI ARIS
Film About Kenneth Chamberlain, Black Man Killed by Police, Wins Top Prize at Urbanworld Festival
CHRIS GARDNER
Summary: ‘The Killing of Kenneth Chanberlain’ was among the winners announced Sunday September 27, 2020, to close the 24th annul Urbanworld Film Festival. David Midell’s The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain — a ripped-from-the-headlines film about Kenneth Chamberlain Sr., a Black veteran with bipolar disorder who was killed during an encounter with police in 2011 — has won the top narrative feature prize …
CHRIS GARDNER