Celebrity servers pose for the camera at the Cosimo DiBrizzi Celebrity Servers Wine Dinner. Front and center: Nicholas DiBrizzi; first row: City of Poughkeepsie Mayor John Tkazyik, Nicholas Citera, Joseph Lepore; second row: David MacFarland, Carlo Citera, Patrick Rose; third row: Tony Nicholas, Tim Rychick; fourth row: Michael Barker, Patrick Page; fifth row: Frank Castella Jr., Jill Sammon; sixth row: John Rath, Frank Curcio; seventh row: Marie St. George Perillo, Sue Koval; eighth row: Gaye Mallet and Charles North
From left: High school art students Christine Batson, Samantha Elmes, Min Hee Bae, and Benjamin Chipkin — officers of the National Art Honor Society chapter at the Art Institute of Mill Street — at the 12th annual Friend of the Arts awards
Project Morry’s Spring Blast honored camps that supported the organization through its Camps that Give efforts. From left: Event committee members Karen Miller, Denise and Finbar Regan, Michelle Coleman, and event co-chair Hilary Cooper
Charles S. North (right), president and CEO of the Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce, presents the first Think Local First Community Spirit Award to Joseph Garvey, M.D., president and chairman of the board of directors of the Mid-Hudson Medical Group, at the groundbreaking ceremony for the group’s new building in Poughkeepsie
Actor and singer/songwriter Kris Kristofferson (second from left) made a rare concert appearance at the Tarrytown Music Hall on March 1. From left: Steve Lurie, president, Music Without Borders; Kristofferson; Bjorn Olsson, executive director of the Music Hall; and Karina E. Ringeisen, theater manager
Mary Robinson, the former president of Ireland, spent a day at the historic Thayer Hotel at West Point recently. Flanking her are the hotel’s general manager Bob Wilson (left) and assistant general manager Mike Dwyer
Clarkstown Supervisor Alex Gromack (left) joins Star Kids on the ice during practice for a skating exhibition, which was held at the Palisades Mall’s Camp Venture Chocolate Expo in March. Gromack was joined by (from left) former Olympic skater Kathy Oteri, local high school student Sasha Lee, and councilmembers George Hoehmann and Shirley Lasker
The Dutchess County Arts Council held its annual Arts Fund Kick-Off Breakfast on March 12. Enjoying the morning are Sue Koval and Mike Minogue of Riverside Bank, which sponsors the council