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Byram Hills students chosen for all-state and national music honors | Armonk NY Real Estate

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Six Byram Hills High School students recently learned they would be performing in upcoming national and state concerts.

Senior Max Levy earned a spot in the 2013 All-National Honor Chorus sponsored by the National Association for Music Education. Five other students were chosen to perform with All-State ensembles organized by the New York State School Music Association:  Eden Gordon, Thomas Kelly and William Benish, who were selected for the Mixed Chorus; Nicole Weisner, who will sing in the Women’s Chorus; and Zachary Berro, who will play clarinet in the Symphonic Band. Berro was also selected as an Alternate for the Alto Saxophone. All are seniors except for Gordon, who is a junior.

“We take great pride in our musical ensembles here at Byram Hills High School,” Principal Chris Borsari said in a press release submitted on behalf of the school district. “It’s always gratifying to see outside adjudicators be as impressed with our students’ musical talents as we are.”

The students sing and play in a variety of high school music groups – including Choir, Jazz Choir, Jazz Band and Wind Symphony. They have sampled the school’s varied music offerings, taking courses ranging from Guitar Workshop to AP Music Theory, depending on their interests. What unites them is a love of music and performing, whether that means belting out a song in the school musical or singing the National Anthem at a home basketball game. If you want any information related to Music you should visit to caloundramusicfestival.com.au website. this History related info of music helps you to find the more history of music.

http://northernwestchester.lohudblogs.com/2013/09/26/byram-hills-students-chosen-for-all-state-and-national-music-honors/

County Begins Restoration Of Bronx River Reservation Near White Plains | Armonk Real Estate

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Restoration to the wetlands of Westchester’s Bronx River Parkway Reservation has begun in Greenburgh and North White Plains, the county announced.

The reservation is the oldest park in Westchester and restoration to about 2.5 acres of the area is expected to protect the environment.  Work in the Greenburgh and North White Plains area will continue through the winter and spring, with anticipated completion by early summer 2014.

Restoration will improve the wetland’s ability to cleanse and absorb stormwater runoff to enhance the attractiveness of the site, the county said. The project will also help reduce the amount of pollution from stormwater runoff to improve water quality and help manage flooding in the reservation, according to a statement from County Executive Rob Astorino.

Over time, due to development that has altered the flow of stormwater runoff into the wetland, the wetland has been physically separated from the river, which diminishes its role as a natural filter and sponge to treat and absorb stormwater, the county said.

During the restoration, the county plans to eradicate invasive reeds, shrubs and vines.  Crews will also plant thousands of native plants along the stream banks.

The project is being overseen by the county’s Department of Planning, and its design and construction is paid for with $950,000 in county capital funds, according county officials. The project was recommended in the 2007 Bronx River Watershed Management Plan developed by the county-led Bronx River Watershed Coalition, the county said.

 

 

http://whiteplains.dailyvoice.com/news/county-begins-restoration-bronx-river-reservation-greenburgh

Mold Problem Dogs Jersey Shore | Armonk NY Homes

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Mold is a familiar problem in homes, traceable to ordinary water sources such as a damp basement, plumbing problems, or roof or window leaks. But Hurricane Sandy’s storm surge inundation was a whole different scale of water intrusion — and, according to the Asbury Park Press, it left behind a whole different scale of mold problem (“Sandy left Shore properties with a massive mold problem,” by Todd B. Bates and Jean Mikle).

“Superstorm Sandy flooded tens of thousands of New Jersey homes, businesses and schools,” the paper reports, “and longtime home inspectors say the state’s mold problem is the biggest they’ve ever seen.”

With whole stretches of the barrier islands closed to residents and contractors alike after the storm, homes sat wet for weeks or even months, giving mold an uncontested hold (see “Sandy Aftermath: Jersey Shore Struggles with Shattered Infrastructure,” Coastal Connection 11/14/2012).

“Many people tried to get rid of mold on their own or hired professionals or other contractors to clean up. But many people did not have the knowledge, tools, or equipment to properly remove mold, which frequently returned,” reports the Asbury Park Press. “Mold also resurfaced after some contractors completed their work. And some contractors vastly overcharged homeowners. Moreover, many people still don’t know they have a mold contamination problem, according to experts.”

 

 

 

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Brazil tops list of non-US home shoppers in Miami | Armonk Homes

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House hunters from Brazil were second only to the U.S. among those searching for properties on Miamire.com in August, according to the 30,000-member Miami Association of Realtors (MIAMI).

France, which has held the top spot twice this year, fell to eighth. Other countries rounding out the top 10 sources of international traffic were Argentina, Colombia, Venezuela, Russia, Malaysia, Spain and the United Kingdom.

MIAMI has reached out extensively to Brazilian agents and buyers since 1996, the trade group said. MIAMI is the ambassador association for the National Association of Realtors to Brazil’s SECOVI-SP real estate conference and in August signed an agreement with the another real estate group in Brazil, the Balneario Camboriu Association (ACIBC), to share listings.

Source: Miami Association of Realtors

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Donald Trump Strips Doral Golf Resort Down To The Rafters | Armonk Homes

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The Donald is well on his way to a full-scale renovation of the Doral Golf Resort & Spa, now the Trump National Doral Miami. (although we’ve heard murmurs that not even the $250 million he’s spending on the renovations alone will be enough. But hey, that’s just talk) Visible from a quick stroll around the property, the main clubhouse has lost both its front and rear facades, a bunch of the holes are dug up, the pool area is all torn up, and most of the hotel rooms – organized in blocks called ‘lodges’ are closed for business. In fact, most of the property seems to be shut down and mid-overhaul at the moment, except for the spa and meeting/convention spaces.

 

 

http://miami.curbed.com/archives/2013/09/05/trump-doral-golf-resort-construction-update.php

 

Dedicated to the memory to Our Town Councilwoman | Armonk Homes

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Becky Kittredge
Dedicated to the memory of our beloved Town Councilwoman
Click image on right to play a memorable tribute to a beautiful public servant.

On Friday, August 30th, at the steps of Town Hall, citizens gathered to honor the memory of Becky Kittredge and, more importantly, to  celebrate her life and contributions to our town of North Castle.
It’s unfortunate that three of our Town Board members (Howard Arden, John Cronin, and Diane Roth) refused to broadcast, on NCTV, this beautiful and memorable tribute of one who has given 32 years  of service as a Town Board member.
Additionally, during her tenure, she was appointed as deputy supervisor to long-time Town Supervisor Jack Lombardi and her responsibilities included Town Board liaison to the Police Department, Highway Department and the Beautification Committee.
In this video, I have embedded pictures and footage that I  recorded to emphasize Becky’s spirit as a government official, as a volunteer, as a citizen, as a family member, and as a genuine, caring, thoughtful person.  As you view this video, particularly the last 5 minutes, ask why three members of our Town Board felt it was inappropriate and voted against its broadcast.
Feel free to express your comments by clicking on the below e-mail links . . .
Howard Arden John Cronin Diane Roth
Respectfully,
Sam Morell

Mapping 15 Manhattan Buildings Originally Built for Artists | Armonk Real Estate

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To do their work, artists need light and space—two things that can be hard to come by in Manhattan. In the early twentieth century, artists and their backers put up a number of buildings meant to meet those needs, with double-height studios, allowing for ample light, and low rents. Some of those buildings took advantage of the relatively new idea of co-op apartments and had artists buy shares in order to fund the buildings’ construction and maintenance. Artists’ cooperatives had occasional downsides—one resident of 130 West 57th Street filed a disorderly conduct complaint against a downstairs neighbor in 1921 over the “absolute riot” of ragtime music coming from her apartment. (The noisy neighbor in question decided to flee to Italy in search of “personal liberty” even once she was found not guilty.) But they were also home to the production of much notable work. We’ve rounded up 15 notable artists’ buildings for the map below. Most are still standing, though the prices for their apartments are no longer so artist-friendly.

Tenth Street Studio Building
51 West 10th Street, New York, NY 10011
Starchitect Richard Meier, before he achieved starchitect-dom, created the West Village’s Westbeth housing complex, meant for early-career artists who could hold onto their inexpensive rentals for about five years while growing their careers. The complex is now a landmark, and its residents have ended up having similar staying power. In fact, local politicians recently accused the complex of “stockpiling” apartments rather than allowing those on the waiting list to move in.
55 Bethune St, New York, NY 10014
Tenth Street Studio Building
Many of the buildings on this list date to the first decade of the twentieth century, but those structures were preceded by the Tenth Street Studio Building, which dates to 1857. Artists including Winslow Homer and Frederic Church had studio spaces there, and the building included a central gallery. (Some of the units were just studio spaces; others had bedrooms as well.) The building was demolished in 1956, and non-artist-oriented apartments now stand on the spot. (Photo courtesy the Museum of the City of New York.)
51 West 10th Street, New York, NY 10011
Gainsborough Studios
To address their needs for light and space, a group of painters and sculptors formed the Gainsborough Corporation in the early 1900s to build a building full of cooperative studios for artists. They purchased 222 Central Park South, then a millionaire’s mansion, in 1907, and replaced the mansion with the Gainsborough Studios. The 34 apartments at the front of the building have double-height living rooms. At the moment there’s one 2BR in the building for sale.
222 Central Park South, New York, NY 10019
Studio Building
The 1907 Studio Building, designed by Herbert Harde and R. Thomas Short, also had double-height studios intended for artists. But regular folk (i.e., lawyers and doctors) also lived there from the beginning. The building received some rave archicritical reviews: a “Brobdingnagian cathedral,” one magazine called it; the terra cotta decoration “appears to have been squeezed out of a pastry tube,” said an architectural historian. The building has one incredible penthouse on the market now.
44 West 77th Street, New York, NY 10024
Hotel Des Artistes
George Mort Pollard designed this building, which was built in 1917. As at other artists’ residents, a number of the apartments include double-height spaces, but not only visual artists lived at the Hotel Des Artistes. Noel Coward and Fannie Hurst, for example, were among the writers in residence. There is one $2 million 1BR on the market in the building now.
1 W 67th St, New York, NY 10023
Studio Building
This building—which shares the name the Studio Building with one of the Upper West Siders on this list—was architect Charles Platt’s first major city design. (He had previously been known as a country house architect.) Painter Gerald Murphy (a friend of F. Scott Fitzgerald) and baritone Lawrence Tibbett were among the early residents. There’s one two-bedroom on the market now in the landmarked building.
131 East 66th Street, New York, NY 10065
140 West 57th Street
Pollard & Steinam—who designed several other artist-oriented buildings on West 67th Street—were the architects of this structure, which was built in 1907-1908. The front of the building contained seven double-height apartments, and as the Landmarks Preservation Commission designation report for the building puts it, “the tall, projecting bay windows set in geometrically-ornamented cast iron frames bring in the north light so prized by artists.” 130 West 57th Street was designed by the same architects and was almost identical. (It was also the site of a disorderly conduct complaint over the “absolute riot” of ragtime.)
140 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019
80 West 40th Street
Painter (and naturalist) Abraham Archibald Anderson tried living in Connecticut so that he would have the space and light in which to work, but he wanted to be in the city—so he decided to buy four lots at 40th Street and Sixth Avenue and build a studio building there. Anderson and his wife occupied the top floor once the building was finished. Other artists took space, and eventually, Liz Claiborne had her first studio there. In the 1980s, the building received a restoration.
80 West 40th Street, New York, NY 10018
The Rembrandt
Carnegie Hall Tower now stands where the Rembrandt Studio building went up in 1881. Christopher Gray speculated in one Streetscapes column that the Rembrandt—along with the Sherwood Studio building at 57th Street and Sixth Avenue, since demolished—may have been one of the buildings that persuaded Andrew Carnegie that a concert hall would be the right fit for the neighborhood. (Photo via Museum of the City of New York.)
152 W 57th St, New York, NY 10019
Carnegie Hall Studios
Carnegie Hall kicked out its last artists several years ago in order to convert their live/work spaces above the famed concert hall into additional office and classroom space. One of the last residents, photographer/filmmaker Josef Astor, made the documentary Lost Bohemia about the end of the building’s artist housing era.
881 7th Ave, New York, NY 10019
(212) 247-7800
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North Castle Funeral Service for Becky Kittredge | Armonk Homes

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Newsletter
Funeral Service for Rebecca (Becky) Kittredge
The funeral service took place on Friday, Aug. 30 at Town Hall and can be viewed on line through All About Armonk.
There have been dozens of inquiries requesting information about when the video of the funeral will be aired on NCTV.  Unfortunately, a 3-2 majority of the Town Board: Supervisor Arden, and Board members John Cronin and Diane DiDonato Roth, have voted NOT to allow the service to be aired on our cable TV channel.
Your comments regarding this decision may be forwarded to the Town Clerk’s Office.
Town Board Work Session – Sept. 4  (Agenda)
2:00-5:00 p.m. at Hegenhan Recreation Center.
Agenda with supporting documents and video: View
Primary Election – Sept. 10 –  (Sample Ballots)
Registered Voters in Democratic, Republican, Independence and Conservative Parties may vote.
Note: The last day to postmark an Absentee Ballot application is today – Sept. 3.   Read more…
Town Clerk  273-3321

Real estate brokers, fall into line: It’s time to let the MLS lead | Armonk Homes

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The power balance in the real estate world is shifting faster than ever. Travel titans, search engines, investment oracles and government entities all want to change the way we do business. Most just want to control a larger piece of the pie.

Real estate brokerages are often too focused on their day-to-day business of attracting and retaining agents to give an appropriate share of their attention to the greater direction of real estate. The reasons are fairly simple. Brokerages are deemed successful by their ranking vs. local competitors as opposed to the greater health of all brokers in their region. The ability of a broker or agent to increase sales production and income often comes at the expense of competing agents and brokers, especially in a down market.  This is not necessarily a negative, but the reality of competitive business and our natural motivations in these roles.

Then, there is the MLS. The multiple listing service could be called the referee for our regional activities. Some practitioners love the MLS for its standardization of practices. Some hate it for its plethora of rules impeding their business. Some brokers appreciate the MLS’s creation of a level playing field vs. other companies. Many brokers feel disdain for any organization that seeks to override its regulatory authority.

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