The Cosmos and Cupcakes for Causes event held on June 4 at Anthony’s Pier 9 in New Windsor saw contestants competing for the title of Cosmo and Cupcake King. Carlo Citera, Alan Watts, Lynne Ryan, and Gennaro Pecchia judged the competition, which benefited the Greater Hudson Valley Family Health Center, the Miles of Hope Breast Cancer Foundation, and the Littman Cancer Center at St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital
The Columbia County Historical Society held its 19th annual First Columbians Gala on the lawn of the Vanderpoel House of History in Kinderhook on June 8. Pictured is Society board member James Ivory (left) and Chris Terrio, who won the 2013 Academy Award for best screenplay for the film Argo
The first annual David Butler Memorial Golf Tournament was held at James Baird State Park in Pleasant Valley on May 11. More than 100 players helped raise upwards of $9,000 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. The event was hosted by Teri Rhodes-Butler, who lost her husband David to leukemia in 2012. Pictured are players Ken Potter, Sean Cary, Tom Cary, and Joe Dullea
Bob Larsen, Barbara Rubin, and Janet Condon-Krieger attended the Stone Ridge Library Benefit on May 19 at the Lifebridge Sanctuary in High Falls. The event, which raised funds for the library, featured live music and a silent auction
On June 24, the Walkway Over the Hudson broke ground on the construction of a 21-story elevator that, when completed, will connect the Poughkeepsie waterfront to the pedestrian park. On hand to mark the occasion were (from left) BCI Construction President Michael Benson; Poughkeepsie Mayor John Tkayzik; NY State Bridge Authority Executive Director Joseph Ruggiero; State Senator Terry Gipson; and Walkway Board Chairwoman Sally Mazzarella
The United Way of Westchester’s Day of Golf Outing and Dinner took place at Westchester Hills Golf Club in White Plains on May 20. Golf committee members Angela Brock-Kyle and her husband Bernard Kyle were on hand at the event
On June 26, Vassar Brothers Medical Center received a Silver Medal of Honor for organ donation and transplantation from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. From left, Samar Khan, Christine Simon, Donna Krog, Carol Wilson, Kate Griffey, Theresa Graham, and Marie Pierre-Louis celebrate; this was the second time the hospital has received this award in the past three years
The Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck celebrated the opening of its new outdoor area, the Pines, as well as the receipt of an anonymous gift of one million dollars, on May 23. Board member Ellen Honig (left) presents longtime volunteer Natalie Lun with the center’s annual service award
Guests learned some unusual American history facts at the “How to Get Tipsy in the 1800s” demonstration of historic cocktails at Boscobel House and Gardens in Garrison on June 29. Boscobel’s Executive Director Steve Miller chats with Maureen O’Connor, Alexis O’Connor, and Shari Savoy, costumed members of the New York Metro Region’s Jane Austen Society of North America
More than 150 people gathered in Archbishop Stepinac High School’s gymnasium on June 21 to honor faculty member Don Larkin for 50 years of work at the school. High School President Father Thomas Collins (left) and Westchester County Deputy Executive Kevin Plunkett, a Stepinac alum, present honoree Larkin (center) with a plaque
The Youth Leadership Program of the Chamber Foundation of Dutchess County recently donated $500 to the Saint Francis Hospital Military Wellness Center. Program attendees Melody Fan, Tyler Ericson, Kayle Mesmain, Marissa Zuccardo, and Zachary Gacer posed for a photo with hospital Vice President Patricia Prunty (third from right) to mark the occasion
Northern Dutchess Hospital celebrated its 2013 Starlight Ball with dinner and live music at the Dutchess County Fairgrounds on June 8. Enjoying the evening are (from left) Dr. Maureen Terranova, Dana Page, Rob Dyson, and Kelly Libolt
