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Celebrating Christmas at West Point with John Tesh

Monday, December 12th, 2011
by MJ Hanley-Goff on Playing Around

One of the most famous names of our decades, thanks to ten years as host of the popular Entertainment Tonight magazine program, and a successful

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Revisiting the Roxbury Motel, Roxbury, NY

Tuesday, November 15th, 2011
by MJ Hanley-Goff on Living Around

I’d been to this contemporary and cozy and fun motel once before, about three years ago, right after it opened. I was wowed by its

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Tracking the Ghosts in the Boscobel Manor

Sunday, October 30th, 2011
by MJ Hanley-Goff on Living Around

The EMF detector used for measuring electromagnetic fields has a series of lights, from white to hot red, only about the size of a gumdrop.

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Sir Elton Plays Bethel Woods

Wednesday, September 7th, 2011
by MJ Hanley-Goff on Playing Around

The hottest ticket in the Hudson Valley was last night’s Elton John concert at Bethel Woods Centre for the Arts. This reporter, still weary from

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Jacquelyn Mitchard’s Second Nature: A Love Story—
A Young Woman’s Emotional Search for Identity

Saturday, September 3rd, 2011
by MJ Hanley-Goff on Reading Around

Syndicated columnist, Jacquelyn Mitchard became a household name in 1996 when Oprah named her debut novel, The Deep End of the Ocean as her first

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Voca People—Talented Aliens Sing Earthly Songs

Monday, July 4th, 2011
by MJ Hanley-Goff on Playing Around

Billed as Blue Man Group meets Glee!, the off-Broadway show Voca People is actually B-52’s meet the Coneheads. Energetic musicians meets wise-guy aliens. Huh, you

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Book Expo 2011—Celebrities Tout Their Stories

Sunday, May 29th, 2011
by MJ Hanley-Goff on Reading Around

“Hi, I’m MJ Goff a writer from Woman Around Town, winner of five New York Press awards.” “Hi, I’m MJ Goff from the website, womanaroundtown.com,

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The Woods—A Relaxing Hudson Valley Retreat

Thursday, March 31st, 2011
by MJ Hanley-Goff on Living Around

There are many varieties of retreats. Some involve a lot of movement: going from workshop to workshops all in the name of learning wonderful techniques

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