Event Photos and Party Pictures: On the Town (June 2014)

: On March 13, Troy Savings Bank Music Hall held its annual Spring Swing Gala, which honored the Community Foundation at Troy’s Franklin Plaza. Brittney and Lisa Fane pose for the cameras at the event
Photograph by Timothy Harrison Raab

: On March 13, Troy Savings Bank Music Hall held its annual Spring Swing Gala, which honored the Community Foundation at Troy’s Franklin Plaza. Amber Merrell and Jason Hosier bust a move on the dance floor

: The Wallkill River School received the Creative Placemaking Award at the Orange County Citizens Foundation annual conference, which took place at Orange County Community College on March 28. Foundation director Nancy Proyect (second from left) is flanked by Wallkill River School board member Domanie Ragni (far left), director Shawn Dell Joyce, and board member Wendy White Troncone

: Close to 300 guests were on hand for the Benedictine Health Foundation’s Sample, Sip, and Savor event, which was held at Scott Dutton Associates in Kingston on March 28. Funds raised at the party will benefit the Rosemary D. Gruner Memorial Cancer Fund and Oncology Support Program. Julie and Todd Jordan pose alongside Amy and Bob Ryan

: Close to 300 guests were on hand for the Benedictine Health Foundation’s Sample, Sip, and Savor event, which was held at Scott Dutton Associates in Kingston on March 28. Funds raised at the party will benefit the Rosemary D. Gruner Memorial Cancer Fund and Oncology Support Program. Thomas and Jennifer Yozzo and Chris Moyer of Hudson Valley Distillers in Clermont display some of their spirits to be sipped and savored

: On April 1, staffers at the Walkway Over the Hudson announced plans to attempt to set a Guinness World Record for the “world’s longest handshake relay” on June 1. On hand for the press conference are (from left) Dutchess County Tourism Executive Director Mary Kay Vrba, Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro, Ulster County Executive Mike Hein, and Walkway Executive Director Elizabeth Waldstein-Hart

: The 20th anniversary of the Love-Gently Benefit Dinner — held at Painter’s Restaurant in Cornwall-on-Hudson on March 25 — raised more than $7,000 to support Safe Homes of Orange County and victims of domestic violence. Orange County Executive Steve Neuhaus is surrounded Kellyann Kostyal-Larrier, Safe Homes executive director; benefit dinner cofounders Jess Robie and Leah Robinson Heckles (far right); and Jacqueline Murray, who served as organization board president at the time of the first Love-Gently event

: The Professional Women of Putnam celebrated their fourth year at the Terrace Club in Mahopac on March 18. Allison Pataki, New York Times best-selling author and daughter of former Governor George Pataki, was on hand to sign copies of her novel, The Traitor’s Wife

: The United Way’s Women’s Leadership Council hosted its Power of the Purse fund-raiser at the Roundhouse at Beacon Falls on March 21. The evening featured a silent auction of new and vintage purses. Patricia Diness, a founding member of the Women’s Leadership Fund, and Power of the Purse cochair Rachel Diness-Tourtellot were all smiles at the event

: The Northern Dutchess Hospital Foundation held its Taste of Rhinebeck event on April 8. More than 500 attendees explored downtown Rhinebeck while sampling food and drink from 25 restaurants, spirits shops, and specialty food stores. James Chapman of the Rhinecliff Hotel and Restaurant displays that establishment’s People’s Choice Award for Best Appetizer

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