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Longtime Westchester County Association Chairman Bill Plunkett Dies Longtime Westchester County Association Chairman Bill Plunkett Dies
Longtime Westchester County Association Chairman Bill Plunkett Dies Beloved lawyer Bill Plunkett, who served as chairman of the Westchester County Association and was also an integral part of several other important institutions, has died.  Plunkett, a longtime resident of Tarrytown, died on Sunday, April 16 at the age of 82, according to his obituary. Born in Buffalo in 1940, Plunkett graduated from Archbishop Stepinac High School in 1958 and went on to attend the College of the Holy Cross and the New York University School of Law, earning his law degree in 1965.  He then went on to start a law career and began the successful firm Plunkett …
Westchester Secret: Pablo Picasso Was Here Westchester Secret: Pablo Picasso Was Here
Westchester Secret: Pablo Picasso Was Here Who knew that an art collection rivaling the Metropolitan Museum of Art can be found in the basement of a Westchester home? We're talking Picasso and Modern Artists Henry Moore, Alexander Calder, and Louise Nevelson. And it's all inside the lower level of Kykuit, also known as the John D. Rockefeller Estate, a 3,400-acre site in Sleepy Hollow. The residence was constructed for Rockefeller and his family in 1913 and is very much an ode to an artist’s heart with Italian-styled gardens and Beaux-Arts architecture.  The National Historic Landmark housed four generations of Rockefellers includ…