Couple launches 2016 calendar featuring stories and photos of local breast cancer survivors On Sunday, Feb. 22, local residents Kathie Austin, owner of Kathie Austin Photography, and Tom Mattingly, owner of Matting Leah Publishing Company, joined a group of breast cancer survivors and their families for a group photo at …
Included will be a torchlight memorial parade, skiing for boys and girls scouts and the Spring Rally Calling all scouts. Mount Peter Ski Area, with lots of help this year from Mother Nature as well as its extensive snow-making capability, is reporting ideal conditions. The entire mountain, with a snow …
Perhaps it was the picture-perfect weather or the increasing notoriety, but by all accounts the 30,000 to 35,000 estimates for the 26th annual celebration of Applefest last year on Sunday, Oct. 5, needed to be revised upwards. The Warwick Applefest 2014 Committee just reported that in its most recent accounting, …
Members of the Warwick Valley Rotary Club have long supported Winslow Therapeutic Center’s Healing with Horses programs with financial and volunteer efforts. Winslow provides therapeutic horseback riding for more than 500 children with mental and physical disabilities and partners with Helen Hayes Hospital in Haverstraw for additional rehabilitation programs. Warwick …
One thing is certain. The water will be cold. At 2 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 15, the Warwick Valley Humane Society will host its first “Polar Plunge” fund-raising event for its shelter’s homeless residents. The event, somewhat similar to those New Year’s Day polar plunges held at Coney Island, will …
Shari McAtee-Caruso began her fitness journey while attending high school in Indonesia and teaching group fitness classes. Upon returning from Indonesia, she acquired her bachelor’s degree in exercise physiology and her master’s in administration. Her passion for exercise is what has made her successful. With more than 32 years in …
The Nationwide Insurance Company’s President’s Award recognizes the top three to five per cent of its exclusive agents for excellence in multi-line and financial production. Nationwide, founded in 1925 as the Farm Bureau Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, is now a Fortune 500 company, owned by policyholders, and offering a full …
Buy local efforts, plus coordinated events, made downtown the place to shop Although it was a short season due to a late Thanksgiving, the consensus of downtown Warwick merchants was that “Home for the Holidays” was another big success. “We had a great holiday season and a very good apple-picking …
The new three-room sun-drenched suite is designed to create an inviting atmosphere and uplifting experience. Last Thursday, Dec. 4, Mayor Michael Newhard and members of the Warwick Valley Chamber of Commerce joined owner Laura Mignone and members of her team for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the recent expansion and …
Last July, Jamie Hannoushe and her cousin Joseph Hannoushe celebrated the grand opening of their new restaurant, the Hawelo Mediterranean Grill, a Middle Eastern specialty restaurant, at 160 Windermere Ave. in Greenwood Lake. Jamie Hannoushe, a resident of Greenwood Lake, was born in the United States but her parents emigrated …