CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. -- When's the last time you got to shop and do good?Fantastic Finds, an upscale resale shop at 400 King Street in Chappaqua's Talbot’s shopping center is hosting a grand re-opening celebration on Saturday, Sept. 16, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.All proceeds from sales benefit Support Connection, Inc., a 501 (c) (3) Westchester not-for-profit that provides free, year-round ...

September always feels a bit like the new year in a way -- with back to school and back to a routine, it's the start of life afresh And that means lots of newcomers to the Westchester dining scene. Here's a recap of some of the restaurant openings you may have missed as well as a preview of what's to come. Feel free to add any we've missed to our Comments or on Facebook.Aesop's Fable, ...

The Emmy Awards are Sunday, Sept. 17 but one local resident already got his gold statue.Purchase College Professor Dave Grill just received his fourth Emmy Award for lighting Lady Gaga’s Super Bowl Halftime Show in the category of "Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction For A Variety Special."The associate professor of theatre design/technology, a Mahwah, N.J. ...

Freak shakes and gourmet cakes are coming to Armonk.The space, at 380 Main St., will soon turn into a Willy Wonka-like confectionery of chocolate, candy and creative milkshakes -- known as freak shakes -- sometime around Columbus Day weekend (think Oct. 7 or 8).Hilary Assael, a self-taught baker, is opening the shop -- aptly named Sugar Hi -- with her twin sister, Elissa Weinhoff, after ...

Lyndhurst Mansion in Tarrytown serves as the backdrop for contestants on an upcoming episode of Lifetime's Project Runway. The reality show, hosted by model Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn, focuses on fashion design with contestants competing against each other to create the best clothes. Designs are then judged, and one or more designers are eliminated each week. In the episode airing ...

You know how you hear your grandparent's stories over and over but then one day you finally listen and realize there's something incredible there?In a way that's what happened to Yvette Manessis Corporon. When the Yonkers resident first wrote "When the Cypress Whispers" in 2014, a novel about the deep bond between an American woman and her Greek grandmother, she wove in the ...

Want to hear a powerful performance?Head to Tarrytown's Pierson Park's Band Shell Friday, Sept. 15 at 6 p.m. where Singer Bianca Muñiz will be belting it out. The Sleepy Hollow resident, an alumnus of the Lagond Music School in Elmsford, is a two-time cancer survivor. She got ovarian cancer at age 11, was in remission for years and then was diagnosed with breast cancer at 22.But instead ...

Zachys Wine & Liquor, a longtime fixture in Scarsdale (73 years!) has expanded to Washington, D.C.According to The Washington Post, the new Zachys is a 17,000-square-foot warehouse created for wine sales and storage, tastings, classes, corporate meetings and office space.The store opened in July but will celebrate its grand opening later this month.Go to www.zachys.com/ for more ...

SOMERS, N.Y.– When's the last time you knew someone whose photo landed on a U.S. postage stamp?Westchester residents can meet -- and hear from -- Somers resident Bonnie Sue Rauch on Celebrate Somers day. The community event, on Saturday, Sept. 9, is taking place at the Towne Center, 325 Route 100 and will include a host of activities.Head to the post office first (110 Market Plaza) from ...

A passion for giving back has helped catapult a two- month-old Fairfield, Conn.-based spirits company into the limelight -- and onto liquor store shelves.Valor Spirits, founded by Mamaroneck native Alex J. Plitsas and Alex Mackiewicz, who grew up in Shelton, Conn., are all about donating 10 percent of their company's net profits to first responders and veteran charities.They're also all ...