Pleasantville resident Ken Huling had been creating animation for children’s films for a decade for The Walt Disney Company and Blue Sky Studios and he wanted a career change. “I wanted to jump into a more entrepreneurial career,” Huling recalled
Read MoreBy Bill Primavera My father died when I was a teenager, before I understood that he was more than a skilled tradesman but, rather, a true artist. A cement finisher by trade, he could do any maintenance or improvement project
Read MoreThis past weekend, as I sat at my keyboard contemplating the 616th published column of You Heard It through the Grapevine, an urge struck me to indulge in one of the topics of my previous focuses. So it is that
Read MoreBy Natalie Chun Arthur Murray Dance Studio in White Plains, one of 300 locations worldwide, teaches 21 different styles of dance including salsa, tango, waltz, rumba, merengue and swing. Owner Michael Powers said the business has been in his family
Read MoreCortlandt resident Ish Alter said last week that many similar computer consulting businesses have come and gone since 1980, but Mister Computer has thrived over the same nearly four-decade period since he opened it. Alter said entering the technology field
Read MoreBy Bill Primavera In a past column I mentioned, perhaps impetuously, that I had once lived in a “haunted” house and I would someday write about it. Just recently I received a note in the mail from a “devoted fan”
Read MoreZachary Silvestri knows every facet of running a pizzeria from first hand experience. That’s probably because since he was a teenager, he’s worked for one. And for the past five years, he’s owned Zach’s Pizzeria in Mahopac which offers a
Read MoreCelebrity wines have become highly popular in recent years. A phenomenon of the last quarter century of winemaking in the United States has been the advent and increasing popularity of wines endorsed by, or oftentimes owned and produced by, artists
Read MoreBronxville resident Taisha Gonzalez is a one-woman band at the Signature Acupuncture Studio in White Plains. She is both the owner of the businesses, which opened in January, and the practitioner of acupuncture. Gonzalez explained last week why she chose
Read MoreBy Bill Primavera Besides serving as a way to find where you live, can the name of your street influence the perception of your home and its value, positively or negatively? The thought occurred to me a while back when
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