Old Traditions. New Beginnings: Attaining the American Dream

Carmela Rizzuti Cupo, a 30-year resident of Briarcliff Manor, is an inspiration. Although a broken leg at age 83 required two surgeries and physical therapy, she dances again and participates in chair yoga. Her personal strength, resilience, and determination […] Read more »

Ossining Resident Changes Lives and Community for Good

In commemoration of her 80th birthday, family and friends of Cordelia (Cora) Silvestri gathered at the Ossining Senior Center with Assemblywoman, Dana Levenberg, and Ossining Town Supervisor, Elizabeth Feldman, who […] Read more »

Old Traditions, New Beginnings: A Hug from Heaven

February sings Valentines Day, hearts, and love. Ossining resident, Cora Silvestri, one of the Old Traditions, New Beginnings project collaborators, shares her love story and a song that feels like […] Read more »

The Shot Heard Around the World and in the Womb

On Oct. 3, 1951, despite trailing 4-2 in the bottom of the ninth inning, New York Giants’ Bobby Thomson’s three-run, walk-off home run against the Brooklyn Dodgers won the National League pennant in a […] Read more »

Old Traditions, New Beginnings – A Recipe for Christmas Joy

Ingredients:  1 Jolly Gentlemen & His Wife  1 Snowy-White Beard  1 Red Velvet Suit  A Pinch of Mischief  Add:  2 Kind Hearts  Boundless Generosity  A Heaping Cup of Holiday Spirit  Preparation: Jolly […] Read more »

Old Traditions, New Beginnings: Share a Thought, Make a Friend 

“I can rhyme a grocery list, but I can’t make a meal,” says 20-year Cortlandt Manor resident, Barbara Schore, with a laugh. The widowed mother and grandmother has had a life-long love for rhyming words. The […] Read more »

Living Through a Century: A Conversation with Valeria Masullo

Change is the one constant in life, and in the past 100 years, much has happened to precipitate change. A world that experienced the Great Depression and World War II […] Read more »

Local Seniors Embrace their Inner Storyteller 

Ice cream and baseball have long been associated with the lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer because what could be better than a brown bonnet cone or a cherry-topped sundae […] Read more »

School Holidays – What Makes the Grade?

River Town school districts have recently added two holidays to their calendars—Juneteenth, in commemoration of the emancipation of enslaved people, and Lunar New Year, an Asian holiday celebrated on the […] Read more »

Vietnamese Delegation Visits Peekskill to Study WIN’s Waste-to-Energy Technology

in Da Nang City, landfills have reached, or are near, capacity Read more »