LUCKY DAY — Tara O’Grady performed traditional and original songs with Irish themes on March 15 as part of the Music at St. Mary’s series in Cold Spring. She was backed by her Black Velvet Band: Daniel Kelly (piano), Charles Frommer (saxophone, clarinet) and Trifon Dimitrov (bass). (Photo by Ross Corsair)
REVOLUTION 250 — In preparation for Putnam County’s celebration of the 250th anniversary of American independence, Tourism Director Tara Keegan (left), former Gov. George Pataki, County Executive Kevin Byrne, philanthropist George Whipple, Putnam History Museum Board President Mark Forlow and County Historian Jennifer Cassidy met in Carmel to begin planning. Pataki, Whipple and Forlow are Philipstown residents. (Photo provided)
IRISH ALL-STARS — Putnam Executive Kevin Byrne (left) and Legislator Bill Gouldman greeted Ireland’s consul general to New York, Helena Nolan, at the annual St. Patrick’s dinner hosted in Albany by the American Irish Legislators Society of New York. Byrne (bagpipes) and Gouldman (drum) also performed. (Photo provided)
FREE-THROW CHAMPS — Anthony Lopez of Beacon this month won the Elks Hoop Shoot state championship for boys ages 12-13, hitting 23 of 25 free throws. He is shown with Mike Zanzarella and Joe Green of the Elks. Meanwhile, three Philipstown students (below) — Alivia Amato (age 10), Jack Fitzgerald (14) and Cormac Cotter (9) — advanced to the downstate level in the Knights of Columbus Free Throw Competition. (Photo provided)
