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Skip Pearlman

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Skip Pearlman is an award-winning photojournalist who has been photographing and covering news, sports and features in Westchester, Putnam and Dutchess counties for three decades, and currently resides in Dutchess County.

Skip was formerly a photographer and reporter at Daily Voice.

Skip Pearlman's Contributions

Lifestyle

Amore Ristorante Brings Authentic Italian Cuisine, Artisan Pies To Mahopac MAHOPAC, N.Y. -- There are a lot of things Amore Ristorante Pizzeria owner Sergio Ragosta wants you to know about his restaurant, the Mahopac location just opened on Sunday. But the most important can be summed up quickly. The food is authentic Italian, and the Neapolitan style pizza - with all fresh ingredients, and cooked in a wood-fired stove - is an experience all its own. Amore's just imported, handmade, Italian Neapolitan wood-fired pizza oven is a work of art, centered in a showcase-like location for customers to gaze at when they enter or exit the restaurant. The best part? Pizza…

by Skip Pearlman

11/02/2016

Lifestyle

Ghosts And All, Smalley Inn Has Been Carmel Mainstay For Over Century CARMEL, N.Y. - Carmel's historic Smalley Inn is a place where generations of Carmel residents grew up. It's where they had their first beer, and was probably their first neighborhood hangout to ring in adulthood. With its central location, Smalley's is also the go-to spot for class reunions, drawing old friends back to the familiar walls, decade after decade. Opened in 1852 by James Smalley, the inn -- and much of the town -- was rebuilt after a fire in 1924, and then the inn somehow survived the great fire of the early 70s that claimed a number of neighboring Main Street businesses. Tony …

by Skip Pearlman

10/31/2016

Lifestyle

Superheroes, Villains, Princesses Step Out In Yorktown For Halloween Parade YORKTOWN, N.Y. --- Ghouls, goblins and ghosts, Mutant Ninja Turtles, Power Rangers and just about every superhero you can think of - including firemen and policemen - came out to play Saturday in Yorktown. There were also some pretty nasty monsters walking the streets. In what has become a Yorktown Heights tradition of over half a century, hundreds of families came out in full costume for a Halloween parade and fall carnival at Jack DeVito Veterans' Memorial Field and Track. The event was sponsored by the Yorktown Lions Club, Yorktown Parks and Rec, and Rexall. Everything at the event was…

by Skip Pearlman

10/30/2016

Sports

Previously Unbeaten Brewster Football Team Bows To Somers In Semis BREWSTER, N.Y. - The No. 3 seed Somers High football team hit the road Friday night to take on second-seeded Brewster in the Class A semifinals, with a ticket to the Section 1 championship game on the line. In the end, it was the Tuskers (whose boys soccer team just won a sectional title, and girls team also reached the final) who derailed the previously unbeaten Bears, 42-35, earning a spot in next Saturday's 7 p.m. championship game at Mahopac High, where they'll face No. 1 Yorktown, an easy winner over Rye. The offense of Somers (8-1) proved too much for Brewster to handle, with the vis…

by Skip Pearlman

10/30/2016

Schools

Brewster High Grad Horler Comes Home, Thrives In Role Of Principal BREWSTER, N.Y. -- Daily Voice sat down with Brewster High School's Nichole Horler as part of our ongoing spotlight series on area high school principals. Nichole Horler is back home, and loving it. Horler, a 1984 Brewster High graduate and a four-year field hockey standout, returned to her alma mater July 1, becoming the school's principal and immersing herself in what she called 'a surreal experience.' Horler, who resides in Middletown, got her education after Brewster at Dutchess Community College, SUNY New Paltz and Long Island University. Before coming to Brewster, Horler spent four ye…

by Skip Pearlman

10/29/2016

Sports

John Jay High Girls Soccer Team's Season Ends In Playoff Loss To Somers CROSS RIVER, N.Y. -- After a one-goal loss and a tie vs. Somers during the regular season, the John Jay High girls soccer team knew they could play with the two-time defending sectional champion Tuskers. And the fifth-seeded Indians scored first in Friday's Class A semifinal at Somers. But the top-seeded Tuskers took over in the final 15 minutes of the game, scoring twice to earn a 4-2 victory and move on to their third consecutive championship game. Georgia Mraz and Caroline Touzeau each had a goal for John Jay. The loss closed a successful season for Jay at 10-5-1. "It was tough,&…

by Skip Pearlman

10/29/2016

Sports

Somers Rides Into Third Straight Sectional Girls Soccer Final SOMERS, N.Y. -- Top-seeded Somers scored twice in the final 15 minutes Friday at home to defeat fifth-seeded John Jay 4-2 and put the Tuskers in their third straight sectional championship game. Somers is scheduled to play the Pearl River/Eastchester winner in the Section 1 Class A championship game Sunday at Yorktown High at 4 p.m. Somers, 15-2-1, got what turned out to be the game-winner off a set piece with just under 15 minutes to play, with Ali Kalayjian booting home a pass from Melina Couzis to snap a 2-2 tie. The momentum from the score saw the Tuskers right back in the Indians' en…

by Skip Pearlman

10/29/2016

Schools

Helping Kids Grow, Find Niche, Is Thrill For North Rockland Principal Gill THIELLS, N.Y. - Daily Voice sat down recently with North Rockland High's Dr. Mike Gill, as part of our continuing spotlight series on area high school principals. Like most other principals we've spoken with, North Rockland High's Dr. Michael Gill has a passion for the students at his school - not only the daily the interactions, but the ability to touch, and affect, so many young lives. Gill, who resides in Garnerville with wife Colleen, and daughters Emily (freshman) and Julia (a seventh-grader), grew up in Valley Cottage, attending Albertus Magnus High School. He went on to attend Roc…

by Skip Pearlman

10/28/2016

Lifestyle

New City Favorite Napoli's Pizza Has Been Serving Up Slices For 21 Years NEW CITY, N.Y. - Chances are, if you went to Albertus Magnus or even Clarkstown South High Schools - or live in the area - you've had a slice from Napoli's Pizza. The pizzeria has been a Rockland County staple for 21 years, serving up all kinds of tasty pies, as well as a full menu of Italian food. Staff pointed to Napoli's Buffalo Chicken, Chicken Francese and their special Philly Cheesesteak pizzas as being among the most popular pies. "The Buffalo Chicken definitely flies out of here all year round," Napoli's Doug Conway told Daily Voice. "The Philly Cheesesteak is a stu…

by Skip Pearlman

10/28/2016

Schools

Staff, Students, Family Make Clarkstown South High Special For Tarantino WEST NYACK, N.Y. -- Daily Voice visited with Clarkstown South High School's Debra Tarantino recently, as part of our ongoing spotlight series on high school principals. Clarkstown South High Principal Debra Tarantino beams when she starts to talk about the parts of the job that she loves. And like so many principals Daily Voice has spoken with, what drives Tarantino is seeing the fruits of her work: the kids. Growing, learning, reaching, achieving. Tarantino grew up in Orangeburg, and attended Tappan Zee High School, where she was a diver on the swim team. Her education also included ti…

by Skip Pearlman

10/28/2016

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