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Peekskill Musician Takes Listeners Around The World On New Album
PEEKSKILL, N.Y. -- To listen to Daisy Jopling's new CD, you might need your passport.
Jopling, a Peekskill violinist who grew up in England, released "Awakening," on Friday, her first CD of original compositions from Fleur de Sons Classics. The album spans the world of music featuring spirituals, pop, reggae, funk, Irish folk, and even Argentine tango. She performed the album live last September at Paramount Hudson Valley.
Though Jopling is known for her violin, listeners can expect to hear a string orchestra and even a beatbox.
“It took me years of working on myself to gain a n…
Country Star Blake Shelton Gives Boost To Somers Couple, Accident Victim
A Westchester couple got the best Christmas present they could've hoped for Thursday.
Lindsay Baker of Somers and boyfriend Jonathon Daniels of Peekskill (both Somers High grads) are huge country music fans, and had tickets to see country star Blake Shelton in September. The tickets were to celebrate Lindsay's 23rd birthday.
A week prior to the concert, Daniels was badly injured in a motorcycle accident, and suffered two collapsed lungs, one punctured lung, brain bleeding, a lacerated liver, kidney, and spleen, as well as injuries to his neck, back and shoulders.
Daniels spent 15 days in t…
12-Year-Old Dutchess Actress Gets Royal Treatment In New Nickelodeon Show
DUTCHESS COUNTY, N.Y. -- Akira Golz, a 12-year-old Southern Dutchess resident is the voice behind the new Nickelodeon show, "Nella the Princess Knight."
The animated show, geared to the preschools set, airs Monday, Feb. 6 at 10 a.m. The series centers on Nella, an unconventional 8-year-old who possesses the royal qualities of a princess, like compassion and grace, while also embodying the courage and determination of a brave knight.
Whenever a problem arises, Nella embarks on daring quests to save her kingdom through her unique ability to transform from a princess into Nella the …
Dutchess Restaurant Gives Family With Autistic Child A Special Night Out
LAGRANGEVILLE, .N.Y. -- For Katelyn Bronzi, whose brother has autism, her only birthday wish was to have a family night out for dinner.
Because of her brother Stevie's autism, the family, which lives in Lagrangeville, had never been able to go to a restaurant before.
"He has impulsive behaviors so going out in public places can be disastrous for us," said Nicole Bronzi, Stevie's mother.
Bronzi, Stevie's mother, had read that Coppola's Restaurant in Hyde Park was part of the Autism Supportive Environment program, which is run by the Anderson Center for Autism where Stevie gets t…
Somers Firefighter, Returning From Marines' Tour, Honored With Escort
SOMERS, N.Y. – As a big, tough Marine, Somers resident Jack Foley had to be prepared for anything. But he wasn’t ready for the rush of emotions he felt during his recent homecoming.
The 2012 Somers High School grad, who was driving home from California, was surprised at the town line by a convoy of firetrucks.
In one of them was his 17-year-old sister, Bridget, a fellow firefighter.
With lights flashing, the trucks escorted the 22-year-old past the Granite Springs Firehouse where a gigantic American flag had been hung and on to his family’s home in Lincolndale, where they were met by his e…
