Susan Stone, Our Town:

Susan Stone has an MFA from Catholic University.  She was a principal and managing partner with Ford and Stone Associates, Ltd., a small boutique employment agency in New York city, specializing in the placement of Executive Assistants to presidents of major corporations, retiring after ten years to raise her children in Westchester County.  She is a great believer in volunteerism, and devoted many hours to mentoring bright and talented high school students in Briarcliff Manor, NY. before moving recently to Pawling with her family.

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Dr. Jeremy Stone, Peace of Mind

Dr. Jeremy E. Stone, a clinical psychologist, is an Assistant Professor of Psychology in Clinical Psychiatry at Weill Medical College of Cornell University, and Director of the Dialectical Behavior Therapy Program for Self-Injuring Adolescents at the Westchester Division of New York-Presbyterian Hospital in White Plains, New York. He resides in Pawling with his wife, Susan, and their family.

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Christine O’Neill, Theatre/Movie and Book Reviews:

Christine O’Neill has been a staff writer and voice-recorder for PPR for over two years. She has written thirteen novels, all of which are sitting cozily on her hard drive, and is studying Writing and French Language/Lit at SUNY Geneseo. She can say “to be, or not to be: that is the question” in 7 different languages and her proudest moment was getting to play Mary in a Christmas pageant last year

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Gabbie Lopez, Photographer:

Gabbie Lopez has taken photos since childhood my photos were recently hung in The Mill Street Loft in April of 2011. I plan to study editorial photography in the near future. I currently run a small photography page to show my work. Im my spare time I take photos for my school as well as the Pawling community besides taking photos really comics, watch old movies and read up on the latest tech items.

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Todd Kesseman, Heart of the Matter:

Todd currently works for Prudential Serls Prime Properties in the Village of Pawling and has been a top producer in the Putnam/Dutchess area over the last 9 years. He has lived and worked in the area his entire life.
Before his real estate career began 9 years ago he worked on the family farm in Patterson, NY.  He attended a New York State Agricultural and Technical College in 1981 where he studied plant and soil science.

Todd, his wife of 25 years, and daughter currently live in Wingdale, New York. He enjoys golf, fishing and many other outdoor activities.

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Lisa Kelsey, Stirring the Pot

Lisa (Kocaurek) Kelsey moved to New York City after graduating from California College of the Arts with a BA in Graphic Design and has been working in the publishing world ever since. Lisa has worked in the art departments of Ms. Magazine, PC Magazine, and Fast Company and is currently the Art Director at Family Circle where she enjoys dropping in to the test kitchen and sampling the tasty concoctions created by the food department. Lisa is the proud, if demented (her husband says), owner of well over 400 cookbooks as well as a sizable collection of history books on food and eating. When she is not reading about cooking, in the kitchen cooking, or eating, she likes to garden, hike, swim, watch old movies with her husband, go to rock concerts with her thirteen year old son, and make crafty things with her ten year old daughter.

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Mike Pepper, The Computer Guy

“Mike Pepper ~ Computer Guy has been making computers work for people for nearly 30 years.  He’s received awards and recognition for his developments in projects ranging from human/machine interfaces (Johns Hopkins/Tandy Corp) to book publishing systems (Yale University Press) to production systems for the earliest online and internet services.  Nowadays, when Mike isn’t on call for computer users and small businesses in the greater Pawling region, he helps his wife Annie running websites at www.Coffeerooms.com, www.ThisllWork.com, www.ArtsandDafts.com, PawlingComputerGuy.com and others including the Pawling Library’s site at www.PawlingLibrary.org.”

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Tyler Lombardo, Recording Engineer

Bio to Follow

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Patrice Passidomo, MD, All Things Human

Dutchess county born and raised!  Born 1960 in Poughkeepsie, graduated from Rhinebeck High. Started college in Pennsylvania–was training to run a medical lab– and realized I could reach further and be a doctor.  My boyfriend at the time (Paul Passidomo) was very supportive and I doubt I would have had the confidence to change my course if it weren’t for him.  I transferred to NYU, graduated with a BA in biology, minor in history, then went on to medical school at New York Medical College in Valhalla, NY.  I have two sons, now in their twenties, and am an avid hiking, music, and skiing fan.  I’ve had the privilege of practicing with Dr. Michael Grill and our wonderful staff for over 15 years.  We are all dedicated to blending the science and art of this wonderful profession.

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Natasha Panzer, Peaceful Parenting

Natasha (Schwartz) Panzer was born and raised in Pawling, New York.  She graduated from Pawling High School and received a B.F.A. from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts Dramatic Writing Program.  Natasha lived for several years in New York City where she worked for NBC News and The Oxygen Network producing live television segments.  A certified secondary English teacher, Natasha earned her M.F.A. in English from WestConn and taught ninth grade English at Arlington High School in LaGrangeville, New York, from 2004 until 2009. Natasha resides in Pawling with her husband Justin Panzer (whom she has been in love with since she first saw him walking down the hall at Pawling High School in 1989) and their two young children.  When she is not playing with trains, gardening, swinging from vines, or chasing her children, Natasha is writing.  Currently, she is working on a book about the beauty and benefit of natural childbirth.

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Tom Meyer, Rolling Along

I am a 20-year Pawling resident.  I am employed by The City of New York Bureau of Water Supply for 26 years in the Test Operations and Service Division.  We are responsible for the flow control, repairs and maintenance of all aspects of equipment assuring the safe flow of water to the City of New York.  My hobbies are classic cars, motorcycles, small engine repair, skiing, baseball  and football.  I am very active in the Pawling Little League and have coached girls’ softball for five years.

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Zach Silva

Zach is currently double majoring in Communications Studies and International Studies (focus on East Asian economy and development), also working on a certificate in Integrated Marketing Communications, at Northwestern University. He has a passionate love for music, leading to his venture into singing and playing the guitar, and eventually, pioneering the music review for the Trinity-Pawling Phoenix with the column “Sounds of Silva.” He has continued this column through PPR, along with many other features, including one on his trip to China. He has also worked closely with the station programming.

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Ben Ros

Ben Ros first started working with PPR through Trinity-Pawling’s student-run newspaper, The Phoenix, on which he served as Editor-in-Chief. Since then, he has graduated from T-P and has participated in PPR’s summer internship program, writing, recording, and editing articles for broadcast, as well as working on the PPR website. Ben studies English, Chinese, and Philosophy at Kenyon College.

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Cliff Carpenter

Cliff Carpenter’s acting career spans decades.  He has worked in Hollywood and on Broadway with such powerhouses as Tyrone Power, Burns and Allen, Anthony Quinn, Paul Muni, and Robert Preston, to name just a few.  His talents also graced New York radio during its theatrical heyday, where his voice could be heard along with those of Lucille Ball, Burgess Meredith, and James Cagney. Cliff also served as an infantry rifleman with the 102nd Division during WWII’s Battle of the Bulge.