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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.

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Sports

Putnam Comes Out To Play At Kiwi To 'Zip Away Cancer' CARMEL, N.Y. - Area residents came out to Kiwi Country Day Camp Saturday to enjoy an afternoon of zip-line riding, jumping pillow bouncing and all-around fun in the sun - all to benefit the American Cancer Society, and Relay for Life. "This is the Zip Away Cancer fundraiser for the Relay for Life of Somers and Mahopac," Relay for Life Specialist Tracey Walsh told Daily Voice. "All proceeds go to the American Cancer Society to fund research, services . ... We've got a beautiful day, a lot of people are here already, and everyone is having fun - and for a good cause." Upcoming events inc…

by Skip Pearlman

04/19/2015

Lifestyle

Big Turnout As Yorktown Athletic Club Holds Spring Kickoff YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y. - The Yorktown Athletic Club held its annual spring kickoff picnic Saturday at Fireman's Field, with YAC teams from all sports turning out to enjoy food, games and an afternoon of fun in the sun. "We have this event every year to kick off our spring sports season," Maria O'Connell, YAC Treasurer said. "We invite all the families who participate in all Yorktown Athletic Club Sports," she added "We have a wonderful turnout today - it's beautiful weather, and we're expecting about 1,000 people. "We give out free lunches, there are free bounce houses - it's an oppo…

by Skip Pearlman

04/19/2015

Sports

Pleasantville Stays Unbeaten With Close Win Over Irvington PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. -- The Pleasantville High boys lacrosse team, fresh off a huge win over two-time sectional champion Bronxville, rallied for a 6-5 victory Friday over Irvington in what was a close game all the way. Josh Della Puca had a hat trick for 9-0 Pleasantville, and scored the game-winner with 2:47 remaining. Carson Cerrito, Dillon Marley, Louis Lustenberger, Andrew Brennan and Jake Scarpoli each had a goal for Irvington, which fell to 3-3. Oscar Marchi made six saves for Pleasantville, while Josh Schultz had 14 saves for Irvington.

by Skip Pearlman

04/18/2015

Schools

Winners Announced In Westchester App Development Competition At Pace PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y -- Winners of the Westchester Smart Mobile App Development Bowl were announced Friday (after the top 30 teams spent two hours presenting their work to the judges) in an award ceremony at Pace University. The awards ceremony featured remarks by Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, and William J. McGrath, senior vice president and chief operating officer of Westchester campuses. For the past two months, students have been working on developing mobile apps to help patients with Alzheimer’s disease and Dementia. The competition's grand-prize winner was the family…

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Lifestyle

Big Turnout For Hudson Valley Food, Wine Experience MAHOPAC, N.Y. -- The 17th Annual Hudson Valley Food and Wine Experience - featuring food and wine tasting, a silent auction and raffle drawing - drew a big crowd Wednesday at Mahopac's Villa Barone Hilltop Manor. Proceeds benefit the Putnam/Northern Westchester Women’s Resource Center (WRC), a nonprofit organization providing services to the community. The general public was invited to enjoy a tasting from some of Hudson Valley’s restaurants, wineries and artisan food and beverage producers. Music was provided by Anna Ostrofsky and students of the Westchester/Putnam Youth Symphony.

by Skip Pearlman

04/17/2015

Events

Stepinac High School Honors Alumni, Partners At Fundraiser WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- Archbishop Stepinac High School’s 2015 Trustees Awards reception - honoring distinguished alumni, community and corporate partners who have supported the school - was held Thursday at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. More than 400 distinguished guests, including Father Thomas Collins (Class of ’79), Stepinac’s president, gathered to congratulate the Trustees Awards honorees. Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino joined the gathering to congratulate the honorees and to present Stepinac with a proclamation. Prominent attorney William F. Plunkett, Jr. (Class of ’58) …

by Skip Pearlman

04/17/2015

Sports

Rye Hangs On To Edge John Jay In Baseball CROSS RIVER, N.Y. - Rye High ace George Kirby was pitching a gem Thursday at John Jay -- taking a no-hit bid into the bottom of the fifth before surrendering a hit -- in what ended up being a 4-3 Rye win. But when Kirby's pitch count got to 96, Garnets Manager Mike Bruno knew he had to go to the pen - with his team up 3-1 at the end of five. The Garnets' bullpen allowed a potent John Jay lineup to tie the game in the sixth, but Rye scored what turned out to be the game-winning run on a bases-loaded balk in the top of the seventh, earning a 4-3 decision to remain unbeaten. Ryan Anders…

by Skip Pearlman

04/17/2015

News

Labor Unions, Community Groups Rally In Danbury For Higher Wages DANBURY, Conn. - Danbury Rising, with the help of OccupyDanbury, staged a rally Wednesday at the Danbury Public Library in support of a movement dubbed "Fight for $15 and a Union." Mary Consoli, president of the Danbury Nurses' Union, was one of the speakers in attendance at the Wednesday rally. "We're here as a group to support the national 'Fight for $15,'" Consoli told the Danbury Daily Voice. "This is a group of unions and community organizers who have come together - calling ourselves the Danbury Rising - to support events. "Right now we're supporting the 'Fight for 15' because …

by Skip Pearlman

04/16/2015

Lifestyle

Crowd Turns Out In Patterson To View 'Transparency & Transformation' PATTERSON, N.Y. -- The exhibit "Transparency & Transformation" opened Sunday at the Front Street Gallery in Patterson, and the turnout was strong on what was the nicest day yet this spring. The current show features the work of artist Heather Lenz and iPhone photographer Mary Ann Glass, the two winners of the gallery's Third Annual Juried Show. "On the surface, they're very different," said gallery owner Jeremy Wolff. "Heather is an oil painter, works on very large boards, with very complex layers, which take months and months to put down. Mary Ann Glass works with an iPhone, and us…

by Skip Pearlman

04/13/2015

News

Putnam Swimmers Freezin' For A Reason, To Fight Cystic Fibrosis MAHOPAC, N.Y. -- They were Freezin' for a Reason Saturday in Mahopac. A good reason. A huge crowd turned out at Sycamore Park for the ninth annual Freezin' for a Reason event, where participants are sponsored to jump in the freezing water, with all proceeds going to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Swimmers lined both docks and the shoreline on Sycamore's Long Pond, despite a cold wind and cool temperatures, and on signal, all jumped in. Their exit from the water was quick. But the purpose was served. "Amazing," was organizer Christine Stack's description of the day. "People in …

by Skip Pearlman

04/13/2015

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