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Music academy’s new location

September 27, 2013 Jason Kaplan

When it came to playing music, Mike Benninger was a late bloomer. He was 12-years-old when he discovered his uncle’s guitar in the attic and decided he wanted to learn to play. But age doesn’t matter, Benninger said.

Students reflect on national anthem

September 20, 2013 Jason Kaplan

Although National Anthem Day is celebrated on March 3, the day the “Star-Spangled Banner” officially became the national anthem, for the last 10 years Cornwall Middle School has paid homage to the song around Sept. 14, the day Francis Scott Key wrote the lyrics.

Summer theater not just for youth

August 30, 2013 Jason Kaplan

Cornwall’s youth aren’t the only ones taking the stage this summer. David Ransbottom, a 2011 Cornwall High School graduate, has been performing with Just off Broadway, Inc.

Cornwall choristers sing in Albany

August 23, 2013 Ken Cashman

The kids were on vacation, but they still practiced five musical selections for a concert in Albany.

Photos capture hungry and oppressed

August 16, 2013 Jason Kaplan

While some photographers shoot weddings, landscapes, or wild animals, Cornwall-on-Hudson resident Mary Ann G. Neuman specializes in photographing humanity.

“Brigadoon” cast has lots of stories

August 9, 2013 Ken Cashman

As Alex Hauserman looked at the script for “Brigadoon,” the lines started to come back to him.

Bubbly cast powers Mermaid show

August 2, 2013 Ken Cashman

“What’s the first Disney movie you ever saw?” Blake McGready asked the kids in his theater camp.

Ballet dancer to study in Russia

June 14, 2013 Jason Kaplan

Emma Schilling is one of only 15 dancers selected to study at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow, this summer, through the NSLI-Y (The National Security Language Initiative for Youth) Program.