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Skip Pearlman

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Skip Pearlman is an award-winning photojournalist who has been photographing and covering news, sports and features in Westchester, Putnam and Dutchess counties for three decades, and currently resides in Dutchess County.

Skip was formerly a photographer and reporter at Daily Voice.

Skip Pearlman's Contributions

Lifestyle

Placing A Child In Residence Is One Of Hardest Decisions A Parent Can Make STAATSBURG, N.Y. - Making the decision to move an autistic child into a residential treatment center is one of the hardest decisions a parent will make, and one Laura and Ronald Tomlins of Poughkeepsie agonized over. “I cried on and off for six months - but we knew it was time,” Laurie told press members at Anderson Center for Autism's recent Media Day, coinciding with Autism Awareness Month (April). Only those who have actually experienced it can understand the journey a family goes through. Laurie said it was "completely exhausting" trying to raise the couple's son, Ronnie. Fr…

by Skip Pearlman

04/03/2017

Lifestyle

ACA Teachers Tap Into Organizational Skills That Change Student's Life STAATSBURG, N.Y. - When Michael came to the Anderson Center for Autism, he was just 8 years old. Now an Anderson graduate resident at age 22, Michael holds down two jobs, including a full-time position in the kitchen at the Anderson Center, and has also participated in the Special Olympics. Key to Michael's progress was tapping into his outstanding organizational skills, and one way was through his ability to remember dates. He has a number of calendars with birthdays of everyone he meets, and when he sees them he always remembers their birthday. This little 'game' is something that draws …

by Skip Pearlman

04/01/2017

Lifestyle

Poughkeepsie Underwear Factory Celebrates Revival As Art, Community Hub POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. - Poughkeepsie celebrated the Grand Opening Thursday afternoon of the Poughkeepsie Underwear Factory - a long vacant property that will now be home to affordable housing, artists studios, and commercial spaces. The Grand Opening included tours of the building's three floors, snacks from the Poughkeepsie Open Kitchen, a look at North River Roasters coffee (on the first floor), visits with resident artists, and a look at the studio and one-bedroom apartments in the space. Hudson River Housing headed the seven-million dollar rejuvenation project, which also features the Mid…

by Skip Pearlman

03/30/2017

Lifestyle

K104 Cupcake Festival Leaves Fishkill, Eases On Down Road - To Beacon DUTCHESS COUNTY, N.Y. - Fishkill had its cake. Now Beacon will be eating it. The wildly popular K104.7 Cupcake Festival, which has been held on Main Street in Fishkill for all of its five-year history, is moving to Beacon this year and will be held Saturday, May 6, from 1 to 5 p.m. Fishkill residents have already started to voice their displeasure on Facebook group pages about losing one of the best events of the year. Daily Voice has learned that when K104 made this year's request for the venue, Fishkill Village Police requested a change of site - as an alternative to closing down Main St…

by Skip Pearlman

03/30/2017

Sports

Dutchess Football Players China Bound To Play In Global Ambassadors Bowl DUTCHESS COUNTY, N.Y. - Four Dutchess County high school football players are about to take the trip of a lifetime. Nick and Michael Mastroeni, two brothers from Rhinebeck High School, and Rory Foley and Joe Flaccavento, of Trinity-Pawling, are headed to China to play for Team Stars & Stripes, representing their country in the ninth annual Global Ambassador's Bowl. The Global Ambassadors Bowl traces its origins back to Japan in 2008 and has taken high-school aged travelers and mentoring coaches to Europe and Asia to expand their appreciation of the world, make new friends and play footb…

by Skip Pearlman

03/28/2017

Lifestyle

Poughkeepsie Marine Enlists Kickstarter To Make WWI Short Film POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. - After four years as a Marine that included two tours overseas, Tyler Mendelson has a healthy respect for - and a first-hand understanding of - the sacrifices soldiers make to protect our country. For the past two years, Mendelson has been developing an idea for a short film about World War I, and now he's trying to make it a reality - with the help of a Kickstarter campaign. Mendelson is a Poughkeepsie resident, a 2010 Arlington High graduate, and a member of the Admirals' 2009 Section 1 championship football team. He was stationed in Afghanistan in 2012, and in the Mi…

by Skip Pearlman

03/27/2017

Lifestyle

Hudson Valley Residents Protest Animal Use At Circus In Area A group of Hudson Valley residents turned up at the Hudson Mid-Hudson Civic Center in Poughkeepsie on Friday to protest animal use by Garden Bros. Circus, which was staging three shows at the venue. Group organizer Natalie Kikel and about a dozen protesters held signs claiming animal abuse by Garden Bros. and other circuses and handing out info from PETA on the topic. Literature included sworn statements from former circus animal handlers: "In White Plains, when Pete did not perform her act properly, she was taken to the tent and laid down and five trainers beat her with bullhooks,&quo…

by Skip Pearlman

03/26/2017

Neighbors

Owner Searching For Rico The Maltese, Missing From LaGrange Rico, a five-pound male Maltese, has been reported as missing from Hill View Circle in LaGrange. Rico was last seen at noon Thursday on Smith Road in LaGrange, and was wearing a hot pink sweater. The blue-eyed Maltese is friendly, but will run if chased. Please contact JoAnn at 845-380-6314 with any info.

by Skip Pearlman

03/25/2017

Sports

Yorktown Tabs Rob Barrett As Successor To Fio Nardone As Athletic Director YORKTOWN, N.Y. - Current Port Chester Athletic Director Rob Barrett is set to take over for the retiring Fio Nardone as Yorktown Central School District athletic director this fall, Daily Voice has learned. Barrett, currently in his second year at Port Chester, attended Lakeland High School in Shrub Oak before graduating from Trinity-Pawling in Dutchess County. He went on to Post (CT) and Manhattanville College. Nardone has built a reputation as one of the area's top ADs during his 16 years at Yorktown. Nardone announced his retirement, effective at the end of this school year, recently. D…

by Skip Pearlman

03/25/2017

Lifestyle

Vintage LPs The Focus At Hudson Valley Vinyl, Set To Open In Beacon BEACON, N.Y. - In this digital age, vinyl has made a bit of a comeback, especially among audiophiles. Hudson Valley resident Chris Reisman is one of the many who loves the warm sound of a needle on vinyl, and brings his love of vintage records to Beacon this week with the opening of Hudson Valley Vinyl. "I've always wanted to open a shop in Beacon, and the stars aligned," Reisman told Daily Voice during a recent visit. "The store is in a good location, and the timing was right." Resiman took over what was Audiocult, at 267 Main Street in Beacon. But while the previous …

by Skip Pearlman

03/24/2017

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