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Westchester Resident Is Sanitation Worker By Day, Singer By Night
MAMARONECK, N.Y. -- By day, you'll find Michael Rivers working the sanitation shift in Larchmont/Mamaroneck, but by night -- and even on his shift -- you can find him humming or singing a tune.
That's because his real love is music, primarily soul and R & B. In fact, the Mamaroneck resident is in the midst of recording his second album at Warehouse Music in Mount Vernon. His goal is to get The Rivers of Truth, which contains a variety of styles, released by October or November. (His first album, Try To Work It Out, was released in 2014.)
Rivers, who plays a little keyboard and guitar bu…
New Rochelle Filmmaker Rediscovers The Dad He Never Knew In New Film
WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- New Rochelle native John Palomino is screening his first film, "Man of the House," at the Pelham Picture House Saturday, May 6.
The short movie was filmed in and around New Rochelle and Mount Vernon, with nods to Mamaroneck, to mirror exactly what happened to him 24 years ago when his father, a New Rochelle firefighter, committed suicide, leaving behind him, then age six, and his one-year-old sister.
"The script and casting were important, but the areas we shot in were just as important or even more so," explained Palomino. "I wanted the …
Westchester Fourth-Grader Wins Earth Day Poster Contest
SOMERS, N.Y. -- You can't change the past, but you can change the future.
Such is the mantra of Julia Schmidberger, a fourth grader at Somers Intermediate School who came up with the slogan and put it to paper, entering her project in Senator Terrence Murphy's 2017 Earth Day Poster Contest for grades K-6.
Schmidberger's entry, which also encompassed the contest's theme, "Reduce, Reuse and Recycle," was chosen as this year's winner.
"Congratulations, Julia, for creating a poster that truly captured the message of this year's contest," said Senator Murphy. "All of…
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