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Newark Boys Chorus School Announces Closure Newark Boys Chorus School Announces Closure
Newark Boys Chorus School Announces Closure It's curtains up for the Newark Boys Chorus School. In a letter sent to donors and supporters on Tuesday, Nov. 7, the school announced it is temporarily ceasing operations due to lack of funds. The tuition free school was founded in 1969 and educates boys in grades 3 to 8. The chorus has performed on six continents and at venues like Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the White House. A GoFundMe fundraiser was launched over the summer and raised at least $21,000, with the Horizon Foundation promising to match donations.  The school had set a …
Community Rallies To Save Newark Boys Chorus School Community Rallies To Save Newark Boys Chorus School
Community Rallies To Save Newark Boys Chorus School For more than 50 years, the Newark Boys Chorus School has been an institution in the city. Now the community is trying to ensure it stays that way. A fundraiser has been launched to help save the Newark Boys Chorus School, which is facing financial difficulties. As of Friday, June 30, more than $21,000 has been raised. The campaign, which began last month, is close to hitting its goal, the school said. The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey said they are matching donations made during June. The tuition free school was founded in 1969 and educates boys in grades 3 to 8. The chorus has perform…
Man Found Dead In Sag Harbor Worked With NYC Opera, Became Chef Man Found Dead In Sag Harbor Worked With NYC Opera, Became Chef
Man Found Dead In Sag Harbor Worked With NYC Opera, Became Chef A man whose body was found in a Long Island cove has been identified as a former employee of the New York City Opera and a chef who had a lifelong passion for music. Keith Viagas, of Sag Harbor, died on Saturday, Aug. 6, from drowning near his home in Sag Harbor Cove. He was age 63. Viagas grew up in Franklin Square, attending both John Street School and H. Frank Carey High School, where he appeared in musicals, according to his obituary. His late father, Anthony Viagas, was a jazz musician, and Viagas lived in a home filled with music.  "At one point Keith would be pl…
Handyman Claims He Threw Away Forest Hills Mom's Sex Videos After Murder Handyman Claims He Threw Away Forest Hills Mom's Sex Videos After Murder
Handyman Claims He Threw Away Forest Hills Mom's Sex Videos After Murder A handyman who allegedly killed New York mom of two Orsolya Gaal said he did so because she gave him HIV during their two-year affair, the New York Post reported. David Bonola killed Gaal, age 51, of Forest Hills, Queens sometime after midnight on Saturday, April 16 in her Tudor-style home over the end of their sexual relationship that was on and off again for some two years, NYPD officials said. During his arraignment on Tuesday, May 10, the one-time family handyman also said he threw her laptop into the Hudson River because it had sex videos of the two of them on it, the Post reported. A…
Report: Suspect Left Evidence Behind At Home Of Forest Hills Mom Found Dead Report: Suspect Left Evidence Behind At Home Of Forest Hills Mom Found Dead
Report: Suspect Left Evidence Behind At Home Of Forest Hills Mom Found Dead Updated story: Suspected Lover In Custody In Brutal Killing Of Stay-At-Home Mom, NYPD Says As police continue to investigate the death of a New York mom whose body was found stuffed in a duffel bag with some 58 stab wounds, sources say the killer left a piece of evidence that is being tested for DNA. Orsolya Gaal, age 51, was found around 8 a.m., Saturday, April 16, in Forest Hills, Queens, by two walkers in the area after a blood trail led to her home at 72-24 Juno St., said the NYPD. NYPD officials have declined to offer information on the case, but high-ranking law enforcement sour…
Report: Forest Hills Mom Waited At Bar For Someone Before She Was Murdered Report: Forest Hills Mom Waited At Bar For Someone Before She Was Murdered
Report: Forest Hills Mom Waited At Bar For Someone Before She Was Murdered Updated story: Suspect Left Evidence Behind At Home Of NY Mom Found Dead, Report Says A New York mom of two stabbed to death and then stuffed in a duffle bag near her home in Forest Hills, Queens reportedly waited at a bar for someone before she was killed. Orsolya Gaal went to Lincoln Center in the evening on Friday, April 15, sources told PIX11. After leaving, Gaal is said to have gone to the bar in her neighborhood to meet someone, the news channel reported. She reportedly spent about 45 minutes at the bar before leaving alone.  Gaal's body was found around 8 a.m., Saturday, A…
Victim Of Fatal Westchester House Fire Was A Popular Teacher, Former HS Athlete Victim Of Fatal Westchester House Fire Was A Popular Teacher, Former HS Athlete
Victim Of Fatal Westchester House Fire Was A Popular Teacher, Former HS Athlete The victim of a fatal house fire that broke out earlier this week in Westchester is being remembered as a popular teacher and former high school athlete. Roberto Eric Pallas was 33.  The fire broke out in the Village of Mamaroneck at around noontime, Sunday, Nov. 7 in the basement at 518 Walnut St. A 2006 graduate of Rye Neck High School, where he played both tennis and basketball, he received a Bachelor’s degree from Hofstra University in 2010.  He had worked in customer service as a supervisor for Tommie Copper in Armonk. He then became a teacher who taught English to element…
TRIBUTE: Renowned Bergen County Irish Dance School Founder Susan Daly Stanek Dies TRIBUTE: Renowned Bergen County Irish Dance School Founder Susan Daly Stanek Dies
Tribute: Renowned Bergen County Irish Dance School Founder Susan Daly Stanek Dies Susan Daly Stanek, the founder of a popular Bergen County Irish dancing school, died on April 27 surrounded by her family, her obituary says. Services were held April 30 Born in Dublin, Stanek began dancing when she was three years old and traveled the world in a touring group, her bio on the JIG Factory website says. Of the countless condolences that poured in, many noted that Stanek went out of her way to make children feel special, cared for and included.  Posted by Susan Daly Stanek on Thursday, January 7, 2021 Stanek moved to the U.S. in 1986 and, while living in Manhattan, continu…
Here's Where To Sign Up For Piano Lessons If You Are An Essential Worker In Fairfield County Here's Where To Sign Up For Piano Lessons If You Are An Essential Worker In Fairfield County
Here's Where To Sign Up For Piano Lessons If You Are An Essential Worker In Fairfield County For those essential workers needing a creative outlet in Fairfield County, free piano lessons are about to begin. Did you know playing the piano takes away the pressures of daily life and can improve your mental health? So says research published by the National Institute of Health.  A remote piano program for essential workers will begin this weekend, offered by a Greenwich-based nonprofit organization run by Fairfield County piano teacher Felicia Feng Zhang.  Zhang is well known in the region as a piano educator and music advisor. She teaches piano through her school …
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11-Year-Old Classical Pianist From Fairfield County Says Music Takes Him To 'Different World' 11-Year-Old Classical Pianist From Fairfield County Says Music Takes Him To 'Different World'
11-Year-Old Classical Pianist From Fairfield County Says Music Takes Him To 'Different World' Beethoven. Chopin. Haydn. Mozart.  Eleven-year-old Fairfield County pianist Cary Wang of New Canaan has a musical repertoire so long that when you get to the end, you've forgotten where you started.  Cary made his piano debut at the age of six with Claude Debussy's Le Petit Nègre at Carnegie Hall in December 2015 and hasn't looked back.  He's gone on to win first prize in national and international piano competitions, and, in December 2018, he won a competitive Manhattan School of Music Annual Concerto Competition — the youngest performer in the 10-to-13-year-old age group — w…
Franklin Lakes Teen Is World Champion Irish Dancer Franklin Lakes Teen Is World Champion Irish Dancer
Franklin Lakes Teen Is World Champion Irish Dancer Erin Poppe of Franklin Lakes has only been Irish dancing for seven years and she's already among the best in the world. The 13-year-old became the Ridgewood Jig Factory's first World Champion last April, when she won the Cumann Rince Dea Mheasa (CRDM) World Championships for her age group in Dublin. In the past year alone, she placed second at the national competition Rince Tuatha Nua (RTN), second at the RTN New England Championships, and third at the RTN Mid Atlantic Championships. But dancing isn't just about winning for Poppe. "No matter what is going on in my life, when I dance it m…
Is Eastchester Sandwich Heaven? It Is Now, Thanks To Yonkers Chef Is Eastchester Sandwich Heaven? It Is Now, Thanks To Yonkers Chef
Is Eastchester Sandwich Heaven? It Is Now, Thanks To Yonkers Chef Yonkers resident Louis Brindley is just 25 and already making stuff dreams are made of. At least sandwich dreams. His Eastchester eatery, Mason Sandwich Company which he started with his brother George in March 2016, has been turning heads -- and winning tastebuds -- since first opening its doors. Mason Sandwich -- which bills itself on its website as "not your average sandwich spot," --  features about 16 sandwiches, three salads, and an assortment of "plates" -- ancient grain bowls, mac n' cheese, wings and other platters, none no more than $12. (Most items are in the …