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Tens Of Thousands Raised For Seriously Injured 16-Year-Old Struck By Car In Dobbs Ferry Tens Of Thousands Raised For Seriously Injured 16-Year-Old Struck By Car In Dobbs Ferry
Tens Of Thousands Raised For Seriously Injured 16-Year-Old Struck By Car In Dobbs Ferry Community members are coming together to raise tens of thousands of dollars to help a 16-year-old boy who was seriously injured while crossing a busy intersection in Westchester. The outpouring of support was prompted by an incident on Monday, March 4 at around 7:45 p.m., when 16-year-old Jacob Klugerman was struck by a cab while crossing the northbound Saw Mill River Parkway in Dobbs Ferry at the Lawrence Street intersection.  Earlier Report - 16-Year-Old Seriously Injured After Being Struck By Cab On Parkway In Dobbs Ferry   Klugerman a high school sophomore from…
'Peach At The Beach' Music Festival Coming To Atlantic City This Summer 'Peach At The Beach' Music Festival Coming To Atlantic City This Summer
'Peach At The Beach' Music Festival Coming To Atlantic City This Summer A Pennsylvania music festival inspired by the Allman Brothers will be coming to the Jersey Shore this summer. The Peach at the Beach will be held at Island Waterpark at Showboat in Atlantic City on Saturday, July 13. The festival was announced in a Facebook post on Wednesday, Feb. 21. The event will replace the annual Peach Music Festival that has been held in Scranton, PA, since 2012. "While the Peach Music Festival takes a pause this year, we’ve found a perfect place to gather the Peach community in Atlantic City!" the Facebook post said. "The theme of this event is reconnecting with fri…
Massive Music, Surfing Festival SeaHearNow Returns For Another Year In Asbury Park Massive Music, Surfing Festival SeaHearNow Returns For Another Year In Asbury Park
Massive Music, Surfing Festival SeaHearNow Returns For Another Year In Asbury Park A music festival known for high-profile rock acts and surfing fun is returning to Asbury Park in 2024. The Sea.Hear.Now Festival said it will return for its sixth year, according to an announcement on its social media accounts posted on Thursday, Jan. 18. The two-day festival is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 14 and Sunday, Sept. 15. A concert lineup has not been finalized yet. "We can't wait to see you back in Asbury Park for our best year yet," the festival posted. SEA.HEAR.NOW RETURNS — September 14-15, 2024! 🏄‍♂️ We can't wait to see you back in Asbury Park for our best year y…
Ditch Device, Jam Out: Phone-Free Music Festival To Be Held In Greenville Ditch Device, Jam Out: Phone-Free Music Festival To Be Held In Greenville
Ditch Device, Jam Out: Phone-Free Music Festival To Be Held In Greenville An upcoming music festival in the region encourages attendees to leave their phones behind and soak in the tunes. In Greene County, the third annual Over Yondr Festival returns to Greenville on Friday, June 16 through Sunday, June 18. The gathering, set on a farm in the foothills of the Catskills, is described on its website as being “somewhere between your best friend’s house party and a music festival.” Notably, it is also a phone-free event. Attendees’ cell phones are secured in “Yondr” pouches and can only be used in designated areas. View this post on Instagram …
Fyre Festival II Is On, NJ Fraudster Founder Says Fyre Festival II Is On, NJ Fraudster Founder Says
Fyre Festival II Is On, NJ Fraudster Founder Says Lovers of bland cheese sandwiches rejoice! Fyre Festival II is finally happening, so Billy McFarland says. Which means it's probably not happening. McFarland, who was raised in Short Hills, tweeted on Sunday, April 9: For those who don't remember, Fyre Festival I, organized by McFarland and Ja Rule was a massive debacle.  What was supposed to be a planned music festival and luxury weekend on the Bahamas promoted by social media influencers ended with guests sleeping in shoddy tents, served bland cheese sandwiches and being the subject of epic schadenfreude by bemused onlookers relishing ev…
John Mayer Set To Headline Bridgeport's Sound On Sound Festival John Mayer Set To Headline Bridgeport's Sound On Sound Festival
John Mayer Set To Headline Bridgeport's Sound On Sound Festival Bridgeport native John Mayer is coming home to perform during this fall's Sound On Sound music festival. Set for Saturday, Sept. 30, and Sunday, Oct. 1 at Bridgeport's Seaside Park, festival officials said Thursday, Jan. 26 that Mayer will headline the festival.  Mayer is the first performer to be announced for the 2023 lineup that draws thousands of fans. The rest of the lineup will be announced on Tuesday, Feb. 14, festival officials said. The news comes on the same day that Mayer announced his first-ever solo tour on social media: "I began my career on stage with only a guitar and…
Boston Calling 2023 Lineup Revealed Boston Calling 2023 Lineup Revealed
Boston Calling 2023 Lineup Revealed The lineup for Boston Calling 2023 has officially been released! This year's music festival will feature two headliners each of the three days fans pack the Harvard Athletic Complex from Friday, May 26 to Sunday, May 28.  Headliners include Foo Fighters, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Lumineers, Alanis Morissette, Paramore and Queens of the Stone Age. BOSTON CALLING 2023Presale starts THURSDAY 1/12 at 10 AM EST for all ticket types. Sign up for presale access here: https://t.co/i47vLH004v Important: A General on-sale will occur after the Presale if tickets remain. Plan to purchase EARLY for best…
Massive Music Fest SeaHearNow Returns To Asbury Park (PHOTOS) Massive Music Fest SeaHearNow Returns To Asbury Park (PHOTOS)
Massive Music Fest SeaHearNow Returns To Asbury Park (Photos) One of the largest beachfront music festivals in the region is gearing up for its big return to Asbury Park. Green Day and Stevie Nicks have been announced as headliners for the annual Sea.Hear.Now Festival, a two-day music event that will treat fans to more than 25 performances Saturday, Sept. 17 and Sunday, Sept. 1. The festival will run across three stages at North Beach Asbury Park and Bradley Park. Other major acts include My Morning Jacket, Cage The Elephant, Billy Strings, Gary Clark Jr., The Head and the Heart, IDLES, Courtney Barnett, and more. The North Beach Rumble sur…
Grammy Award Winner Delfeayo Marsalis To Headline Silver Spring Jazz Festival Grammy Award Winner Delfeayo Marsalis To Headline Silver Spring Jazz Festival
Grammy Award Winner Delfeayo Marsalis To Headline Silver Spring Jazz Festival The Silver Spring Arts and Entertainment District have announced the headliner for the Silver Spring Jazz Festival that is scheduled to occur next month, officials say. Delfeayo Marsalis and the Uptown Jazz Orchestra are set to headline the event on Saturday, Sept.10, from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. in Veterans Plaza by the Silver Spring Civic Building located at One Veterans Place, announced Montgomery County Government officials. The festival has previously presented two other members of the famous family as headliners of the festival, this year opting to spotlight trombonist, Delfeayo. Delfeayo …
Musikfest Resumes After Shooting Musikfest Resumes After Shooting
Musikfest Resumes After Shooting UPDATE: Authorities have released new details in a Musikfest shooting that left patrons in a panic Saturday, Aug. 13. The 10-day music festival in Bethlehem came to a screeching halt when someone fired a weapon. A 20-year-old man was shot in the abdomen and was taken to an area hospital, where he remains in stable condition, local police said Monday, Aug. 15. Police called the shooting an isolated incident, and the festival was closed as a precaution. View this post on Instagram A post shared by V. Nikitin (@veenikitin) Regularly scheduled…
NJ Rapper Fetty Wap Arrested By FBI At Citi Field NJ Rapper Fetty Wap Arrested By FBI At Citi Field
NJ Rapper Fetty Wap Arrested By FBI At Citi Field UPDATE: New Jersey rapper Fetty Wap was among six men charged with running an elaborate cross-country drug distribution ring out of Long Island, authorities announced Friday. ORIGINAL STORY BELOW New Jersey rapper Fetty Wap was among approximately a dozen people arrested on federal drug offenses at Citi Field Thursday, multiple news outlets say citing senior law enforcement officials. FBI agents apparently nabbed the Paterson native -- whose real name is William Junior Maxwell II -- at the stadium where the Rolling Loud music festival was being held. Maxwell is expected to appear Friday …
Song, Food & Fun At Blues & Views Festival In Westport This Weekend Song, Food & Fun At Blues & Views Festival In Westport This Weekend
Song, Food & Fun At Blues & Views Festival In Westport This Weekend Cool tunes, satiated tummies and smiling faces will be found on the banks of the Saugatuck River as the 12th Annual Blues & Views Festival hits Westport’s Levitt Pavilion.  Anders Osborne, Lawrence, Neville Jacobs and The Main Squeeze lead the two days of killer music, which starts Aug. 31 and continues Sept. 1—rain or shine. Also performing on the Pavilion’s stage will be Flow Tribe, High & Mighty Brass Band, Southern Avenue, The Commonheart, Kat Wright, The National Reserve, Jake Kulak and the Lowdown and Fairfield’s School of Rock. The popular JESUP JAM on the grounds of the…
Kearny Doc Extended Ibiza Trip Last-Minute Before Fatal Fall From Cliff Kearny Doc Extended Ibiza Trip Last-Minute Before Fatal Fall From Cliff
Kearny Doc Extended Ibiza Trip Last-Minute Before Fatal Fall From Cliff A physician from Kearny extended his vacation in Spain at the last-minute before plunging to his death while on a hike with his fiancée, a new report says. Daniel Sirovich, 34, and Kristi Kelly decided to go on the hike where the physician slipped and fell 82 feet to his death in Ibiza after a music festival in England was rained out, the Staten Island Advance reports. "Danny was, by far, the person with the most life that we had the pleasure to meet," according to a GoFundMe that had raised more than $51,000 as of Wednesday morning. Sirovich was preparing to start his dream job in Bos…
Lineup Of Performers Revealed For Great South Bay Music Festival Lineup Of Performers Revealed For Great South Bay Music Festival
Lineup Of Performers Revealed For Great South Bay Music Festival The Great South Bay Music Festival has a massive 75-plus list of artists that will perform on four stages so you won't want to miss it. Organizers say it's Long Island's longest running festival.  Here's the lineup: Thursday, July 18: Taking Back Sunday, Glassjaw, The Menzingers, Frank Iero and the Future Violents, Whatever We Are, Jake Incao Band A Farewell, Fire King Neptune, Ourselves and Others, Fern Dells. Friday, July 19: Slightly Stoopid, Sublime with Rome, Common Kings, SOJA Oogee Wawa, Patent Pending, The Scofflaws, Aqua Cherry, Samurai Pizza Cats, The Big Happy, Nons…
BERGENFEST: Local Teens Organize Massive Bergen County Music Festival BERGENFEST: Local Teens Organize Massive Bergen County Music Festival
Bergenfest: Local Teens Organize Massive Bergen County Music Festival Hundreds of people are expected to turn out for a music festival organized by Bergen County teens. Bergenfest is a "local concert on a global mission" with Wé McDonald of NBC's "The Voice" headlining the June 29 event. Held at the Benjamin Franklin Middle School in Ridgewood, the concert is for non-profit humanitarian organization TEEEM: The Empathetic Entrepreneur Equality Mission. TEEEM raises funds and awareness toward world-wide community needs and includes students from across North Jersey. BergenfestContributed Each high school is dedicated to a particular country: Ridgewood H…
Area Residents Among 68 Charged During Drug Bust At Music Festival In Upstate New York Area Residents Among 68 Charged During Drug Bust At Music Festival In Upstate New York
Area Residents Among 68 Charged During Drug Bust At Music Festival In Upstate New York Four residents of the Hudson Valley and two from Fairfield County were among 68 people charged during a four-day New York State Police detail that focused on the illegal distribution of controlled substances at the Disc Jam Music Festival in Stephentown, New York, east of Albany. The detail was held from Thursday, June 6 to Monday, June 10 by members of Troop G and Troop K uniform and BCI, along with the Troop G Violent Gang Narcotics Enforcement Team. State Police seized quantities of cocaine, doses of LSD, hallucinogenic mushrooms, ketamine, methamphetamine, fentanyl, MDMA, and …
'The Show Will Go On,' Woodstock 50 Organizers Say After Financial Backer Pulls Out Of Festival 'The Show Will Go On,' Woodstock 50 Organizers Say After Financial Backer Pulls Out Of Festival
'The Show Will Go On,' Woodstock 50 Organizers Say After Financial Backer Pulls Out Of Festival Hours after the backers of Woodstock 50 abruptly pulled the plug on the much-anticipated celebration of the iconic music festival, organizers claimed the show will go on as scheduled. In a statement to media outlets, including Rolling Stone, Woodstock 50 LLC said that "of course," the show would go on. “We are committed to ensuring that the 50th Anniversary of Woodstock is marked with a festival deserving of its iconic name and place in American history and culture,” Woodstock 50 LLC said in a statement. “Although our financial partner is withdrawing, we will, of course, be continuing with…
Star-Studded Lineup Will Soon Be Unveiled For Woodstock 50th Anniversary Concert Star-Studded Lineup Will Soon Be Unveiled For Woodstock 50th Anniversary Concert
Star-Studded Lineup Will Soon Be Unveiled For Woodstock 50th Anniversary Concert The wait is almost over for the lineup of performers who will perform at the official Woodstock 50th anniversary celebration in Watkins Glen. Co-founder Michael Lang, who worked with the first Woodstock, said this week that organizers are putting the finishing touches on the lineup, but feel they owe it to fans to have everything in order before making any announcements. Rumors have been circulating of everyone from Jay-Z and the Black Keys to the Imagine Dragons as being part of the lineup. Organizers will say that more than 80 artists are expected to perform at Woodstock 50, Th…
CT's First Farm Aid Concert Features Dave Matthews, Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp CT's First Farm Aid Concert Features Dave Matthews, Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp
CT's First Farm Aid Concert Features Dave Matthews, Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp Area music lovers will be turning out in a big way to help support farmers across the nation by purchasing all of the tickets in less than four hours for Farm Aid 2018 in Hartford. Featuring the likes of Willie Nelson, who founded the event in 1985 along with Neil Young, and John Mellencamp to raise awareness about the loss of family farms and to help save them by raising money, this year's event on Saturday, Sept. 22 is set to include an all-star lineup. Those slated to perform include, of course, Nelson, Neil Young, and John Mellencamp, in addition to Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds, Chris…