NY's Chuck Mangione, Jazz Star, 'King Of The Hill' Recurring Guest, Dies
An iconic jazz musician has died in his upstate New York home, according to reports.
Chuck Mangione died on Tuesday, July 22, according to a family statement. The 84-year-old's death was first reported by the Democrat & Chronicle, a newspaper in his hometown of Rochester, NY.
Mangione's family said he "peacefully passed away in his sleep" at his Rochester home. He was most well-known for the song "Feels So Good," along with the 1977 album with the same name.
The flugelhorn and trumpet player was born on Friday, Nov. 29, 1940. He began music lessons at age 8 and play…
Melina Frattolin Death: Dad Drowned 9-Year-Old In NY Before Claiming Abduction, Police Say
Authorities released a cause of death for a 9-year-old girl believed to have been murdered by her father in upstate New York.
Melina Frattolin died from asphyxia due to drowning, and the manner of death was ruled a homicide, New York State Police revealed Tuesday, July 22, citing an autopsy report.
Frattolin was found dead in a shallow part of a pond in Ticonderoga on Sunday morning, July 20, nearly 12 hours after an AMBER Alert was issued out of Essex County, as Daily Voice reported.
Her 45-year-old father, Luciano Frattolin, of Montreal, initially claimed a possible abduction, police sai…
Canadian Trucker Caught With Meth Hidden In Pineapple Shipment On Route 17 In Mahwah: Police
A Canadian truck driver was arrested earlier this week after police discovered methamphetamine hidden in his tractor-trailer, officials said.
Officer Nicole DiPasquale was on routine patrol around 11:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 11,, when she noticed a tractor-trailer struggling to maintain its lane on Route 17 North, Mahwah Police Capt. Guido Bussinelli said. Officer DiPasquale conducted a motor vehicle stop and spoke with the driver, who was later identified as Dominic Perras, 47, of Canada.
Perras, who claimed he was transporting pineapples from Wilmington, DE to Montreal, had outdated docume…
Westchester Native, Ex-Olympian Caitlyn Jenner Visits NY In Support Of Trans Athletes Ban
Caitlyn Jenner, a former Olympian and media personality, paid a visit to Long Island to publicly back a recent executive order banning transgender women from participating in women’s sports.
On Monday, March 18, the former Olympian, who came out as a trans woman in 2015, held a press conference alongside Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman in support of his polarizing transgender athlete ban.
The executive order, which went into effect on Thursday, Feb. 22, prohibits the Nassau County Parks & Recreation Department from issuing permits to female teams that include transgender women, …
Sleepy Hollow Singer Puts Life Experiences To Music
She's only 23 but in a way, she's lived a lot of lives.
Now, Bianca Muñiz is taking those experiences and putting them to music: The Sleepy Hollow resident -- and two-time cancer survivor -- has her first full-length album, "For You" set to debut in summer, 2018.
It's dedicated to her longtime friend, Miles Applebaum, who she met at Lagond Music School in Elmsford when they were 15-years-old, and who passed away in 2014.
She credits Applebaum, in fact, for turning her onto different kinds of music, many of which can be heard in her recent works.
Her style is described as “Avant…
