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'Today' Show's Hoda Kotb Announces Exit To Spend Time With Kids At Suburban NY Home 'Today' Show's Hoda Kotb Announces Exit To Spend Time With Kids At Suburban NY Home
'Today' Show's Hoda Kotb Announces Exit To Spend Time With Kids At Suburban NY Home After more than five years as co-anchor, "Today" show fixture Hoda Kotb says she will be leaving to spend more time with her family in the suburbs. The 60-year-old Kotb announced her upcoming exit from NBC's "Today" during the show on Thursday morning, Sept. 26, saying on the show that she realized it was time "to try something new" during her 60th birthday celebration in August.  "I remembered standing outside looking at these beautiful bunch of people with these gorgeous signs, and I thought, 'This is what the top of the wave feels like for me.' And I thought it can't get better…
Popular Bagel Shop To Open New Location In Hudson Valley Popular Bagel Shop To Open New Location In Hudson Valley
Popular Bagel Shop To Open New Location In Hudson Valley Three years ago, during the COVID-19 pandemic, a Hudson Valley couple came up with the unique idea of stuffing their favorite foods into homemade bagels. Well, a few years later, that idea—now Moonrise Bagels in Ulster County in Woodstock—has been so successful that the couple has been featured on the "Today" show, and their "yummy" New York-style bagels are shipped nationwide through GoldBelly. It wasn't easy and involved a lot of hard work, but they made it happen, and now they are opening a second Moonrise Bagels in Dutchess County in Poughkeepsie on Saturday, July 20.  The first …
Taylor Swift's Relatives Include This Iconic Poet, Ancestry Reveals Taylor Swift's Relatives Include This Iconic Poet, Ancestry Reveals
Taylor Swift's Relatives Include This Iconic Poet, Ancestry Reveals From one “tortured poet” to another: the uber-famous Taylor Swift is related to another famous wordsmith, who happens to be from Massachusetts. Taylor Swift, the internationally-loved pop star who recently announced her upcoming album “The Tortured Poets Department,” was discovered to be related to iconic poet Emily Dickinson, NBC’s TODAY Show announced on Monday, March 4. According to Ancestry, who revealed the star-studded lineage to TODAY, Swift and Dickinson are both descendants of a 17th-century English immigrant, who was an early settler in Connecticut, in the Hartford County t…
Popular Shop Known For Stuffed Bagels Set To Open Second Location In Hudson Valley Popular Shop Known For Stuffed Bagels Set To Open Second Location In Hudson Valley
Popular Shop Known For Stuffed Bagels Set To Open Second Location In Hudson Valley Bagel lovers will soon have a chance to sample one stuffed with all kinds of fillings including pizza, chicken parmigiana, or even a Reuben when a cult favorite opens a second shop in the Hudson Valley.  Moonrise Bagels, which opened its first shop in Ulster County in 2021 in Woodstock, announced its stuffed bagels have been such a success that it now plans to open a Dutchess County location in Poughkeepsie.  The new hotshot bagel shop that was featured on the Today Show, and can even be shipped across the country through Gold Belly will be located within the Hudson Heritage Deve…
Breaking: Charlotte Sena Found Days After Apparent Abduction At NY State Park; Suspect Arrested Breaking: Charlotte Sena Found Days After Apparent Abduction At NY State Park; Suspect Arrested
Breaking: Charlotte Sena Found Days After Apparent Abduction At NY State Park; Suspect Arrested This story has been updated. Missing 9-year-old Charlotte Sena has been found safe days after apparently being abducted in broad daylight at a state park in New York, capping off an intense, 48-hour police search that garnered national attention. Click here for a new, updated story: ID Released For 47-Year-Old Suspect Charged With Kidnapping Charlotte Sena At State Park In NY In an update just before 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 2, New York State Police said Sena has been located and is in good health, and a suspect has been arrested. Earlier Report: 'Hearts Are Broken': Moreau Lake State Par…
Al Roker Lauds Eatery In Our Neck Of The Woods As ‘Best New Restaurant’ Al Roker Lauds Eatery In Our Neck Of The Woods As ‘Best New Restaurant’
Al Roker Lauds Eatery In Our Neck Of The Woods As ‘Best New Restaurant’ America’s weatherman Al Roker was all smiles during a trip to a new restaurant in our neck of the woods. The longtime Today Show presenter took to Facebook on Saturday, April 29, to heap praise on Columbia County eatery Shadow 66, located in Ghent at 47 Old Post Road. It welcomed its first diners on Thursday, March 23. “Congratulations to @astrid_sunshine and her hubby, Patrick on opening the best new restaurant in @columbiacountyny @shadow66restaurant,” the 68-year-old Roker said.  “The decor, the food, the service: #manifique.” Congratulations to @astrid_sunshine and her hubby, Pa…
COVID-19: Hudson Valley's Savannah Guthrie Rushes Off TODAY Set After Testing Positive 3rd Time COVID-19: Hudson Valley's Savannah Guthrie Rushes Off TODAY Set After Testing Positive 3rd Time
Covid-19: Hudson Valley's Savannah Guthrie Rushes Off Today Set After Testing Positive 3rd Time Popular TODAY show host Savannah Guthrie had to leave the set early on Tuesday, Feb. 28, after testing positive for COVID-19, according to NBC News. Guthrie, who lives in the Hudson Valley in Dutchess County, took a rapid COVID-19 test while the show was on the air after saying she didn't feel well. She did not appear again after the 7:30 a.m. hour after testing positive for the third time, NBC News said. Co-worker Sheinelle Jones, who was sitting beside Guthrie, gave an update to viewers and said on Twitter: "So, as soon as we found out, she rushed home to rest up. So Savannah, …
Graduate Of College In Westchester County Nominated For 2 Grammy Awards Graduate Of College In Westchester County Nominated For 2 Grammy Awards
Graduate Of College In Westchester County Nominated For 2 Grammy Awards A graduate of a college in Westchester has been nominated for two major Grammy Awards.  Samara Joy, who graduated from Purchase College in 2021, has been nominated for both Best New Artist and Best New Jazz Vocal Album for her second album, Linger Awhile, according to an announcement by the college from Wednesday, Nov. 16.  Joy is known for introducing a younger generation to jazz standards through her albums and on Tik Tok, where she has over 196k followers, according to Purchase College officials.  Additionally, in February 2022, Joy appeared on the TODAY show perform…
'You're On Live Television': Today Show Surprises NY Man On National Good Neighbor Day 'You're On Live Television': Today Show Surprises NY Man On National Good Neighbor Day
'You're On Live Television': Today Show Surprises NY Man On National Good Neighbor Day An upstate New York man got the surprise of a lifetime when he answered a knock at the door and found himself on live, national television. Rensselaer County resident Ernie Mann, age 75, opened the door to his City of Rensselaer home Wednesday morning, Sept. 28, and was shocked to find a camera crew from the Today show accompanied by two dozen cheering neighbors. Moments before the big surprise, Today correspondent Donna Farizan explained to viewers that Mann’s longtime friend, Amy Mooney, had nominated him for National Good Neighbor Day. Farizan then proceeded to knock on Mann’s front do…