By Bill Primavera For many years, I lived in a high-maintenance house, as high-maintenance as it could be: an old – really old – early 18th century colonial, built in 1734, with very few modern updates when I bought it.
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December 2 was a milestone day for the Shrub Oak business co-owned by Mahopac resident Christina Conklin and her mother, Pat Corbi of Wappingers Falls. The name of their business changed from The Nail Garden to the TNG Beauty Full
Read MoreFor more than 60 years, Heidi’s Inn has been a familiar sight along Route 22 in Brewster. But a closer inspection reveals the longtime inn is undergoing a transformation to modernize its property. Cars that whiz by Heidi’s don’t know
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There was just a bit of irony as brand new Horace Greeley girls’ basketball coach Sarah Benischek made her debut late Friday afternoon inside, of all places, the gymnasium at Lakeland High School. After all, just over a decade ago,
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A new era for the Horace Greeley boys’ basketball program could not have started any better. Following their first coaching change in a quarter century, the Quakers opened up the 2017-18 season by winning the championship at Lakeland High School’s
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All Eyes on Prize at Ossining, Somers, Haldane – By Tony Pinciaro The 2017 season was one of the finest in the history of Northern Westchester/Putnam County region; with three Section 1 champions crowned, including Class AA Ossining, Class A Somers
Read MoreHen Hud, Somers, Put Valley Highlight List of Local Hopefuls After years of consistent production from local hoops teams in and about the Northern Westchester/Putnam Examiner region, one would be hard-pressed to sell the 2016-17 season as a banner campaign.
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Several years ago, I penned a column discussing the relative qualities and desirability of various wine bottle closures. Consumers continue to be confronted with an assortment of alternatives to the traditional natural cork. Plastic corks, synthetic corks, hi-tech natural corks,
Read MoreLongtime Kent resident Kathy Doherty is enjoying retirement by doing something she’s wanted to pursue since she was a teenager: own a retail shop. When Doherty was just 18-years-old, she worked for a retail store, Rudolph’s, and loved every minute
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By Bill Primavera – That time between Thanksgiving and New Year’s is my favorite time of year as a homeowner. Others may prefer spring when the garden is waking up, so that they can be spending time outside, or mid- or
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