Event Photos and Party Pictures: On the Town (March 2012)

: Author, TV personality, and hostess extraordinaire Martha Stewart, and Morrison Heckscher, chairman of the American Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, were honored by the Olana Partnership during its 2012 Frederic E. Church Award Gala at the New York Public Library on January 18. The Church Award is a celebration of art, landscape, and culture

: Kingston’s Benedictine Health Foundation held its 42nd annual Winter’s Eve Gala in December. On hand at the party were (from left) David Lundquist, president and CEO of HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley; Sister Mary Feehan, O.S.B., chairperson of the Benedictine Health Foundation; honorees Phyllis Parikh and Dr. Marc Tack; and Bernard A. Feeney, III, president of the foundation

: New officers and directors were installed by the Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors (HGAR) at a January event held at Tarrytown’s DoubleTree Hotel. HGAR is comprised of the former Westchester-Putnam Association of Realtors, the Rockland County Board of Realtors, and the Orange County Association of Realtors. In attendence were (from left) HGAR CEO Richard Haggerty; Krissy Keegan of the Greater Hudson Valley MLS in Nyack; Coldwell Banker New City’s Adam DiFrancesco; Coldwell Banker Regional VP Laurie DiFrancesco; and Nancy Kennedy, HGAR president

: Emergency room nurse Stephen Lepak (second from right) and Director of Food and Nutrition Services Marc Uhrik (right) received Star of the Year honors at St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital’s annual year-end celebration. Congratulating the honorees are SLCH board chairman Douglas Hovey (left) and hospital President/CEO Allan E. Atzrott

: Held in January, Westchester Community College’s annual President’s Forum featured a panel discussion on “The Arab Spring — Prelude to Democracies or Dictatorships?” Taking part in the dialogue were (from left) Leslie Gelb, former New York Times correspondent and assistant secretary of state under President Carter; WCC Vice President Robert Schlesinger; former National Security Advisor Elliott Abrams; discussion moderator (and president of MacNeil/Lehrer Productions) Lester Crystal; Dr. Carole Hankin; and college President Joseph Hankin

: Warming up at the New Paltz Regional Chamber of Commerce’s January After-Hours Mixer are (from left) Lisa Martinez, Craig Shankles, and Shari Kanner. The get-together was held at McGillicuddy’s Restaurant and Tap House in New Paltz

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