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Bruce Apar

Mayor of PennySaver Community, Host of Community Affairs TV Shows
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Arts & Entertainment

Mom & Pop Culture Phone It In (in Ossining-Croton-on-Hudson Patch)

There's a good reason people would rather text than talk.

Family

Happy Another Day (in Ossining-Croton-on-Hudson Patch)

For a Son who lost Mom at a very young age, Mother's Day is a rude reminder to again ask "Why?" and reflect on what might have been.

Local Connections

Mom & Pop Culture Dance Bandstand (in Ossining-Croton-on-Hudson Patch)

The American Bandstand man was a master of detail who produced great entertainment like Clarkwork.

Patch's House & Home

Mom & Pop Culture Go Site-Impaired (in Ossining-Croton-on-Hudson Patch)

Bruce Apar's satirical look at how the Westchester County Board of Legislators' Democratic majority is brazenly using a government website as a political action committee cudgel to attack opponents.

Arts & Entertainment

Mom & Pop Culture Go Rogue (in Ossining-Croton-on-Hudson Patch)

Meet Mom & Pop Culture, long-married media junkies who don't always agree, and that's a good thing for those of us eavesdropping on their comical conversations.

Sports

One Cool Coach (in Ossining-Croton-on-Hudson Patch)

Jerry Costa is a self-taught youth baseball coach who dispenses life coach wisdom to make sure players and parents alike know the score.

History

Happy New Year! (in Ossining-Croton-on-Hudson Patch)

The bygone days of genuinely witty April 1 pranks have yielded to witless online attacks by nameless twits who give the world All Fools' Day 24/7.

Family

March Gladness

"Dreams do not come easily, but if you stretch enough, nothing is out of reach," said Harrison Apar, a teenage dwarf who might as well have been describing March Madness.

Arts & Entertainment

From 'Gershwinner' to Homegrown Drama

Whether you like your theater light and musical, or probing and stark, there's a stage worth visiting the next couple weekends.

Arts & Entertainment

Bruce Apar's "I've Seen this Movie Before"

Retailers don't put other retailers out of business. Customers (or lack thereof) put retailers out of business.

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