By LaChanze as told to Michael Gioia Playbill In 2001 LaChanze lost husband Calvin J. Gooding in the 9/11 World Trade Center attacks. Twelve years later, the Tony Award winner for The Color Purple — newly single following a split from second husband Derek Fordjour — began a new Broadway journey in If/Then, a musical […]
By Shawn Boburg The Record WAYNE — Kathleen Hopkins, a Wayne Valley High School graduate, has received the $4,000 Paul Acquaviva Scholar-Athlete Memorial Award. The scholarship, in memory of 9/11 victim Paul Acquaviva, was the 13th given annually to a senior who excels in both academics and athletics. Hopkins, a co-valedictorian at Wayne Valley, played […]
By Maria Alvarez Newsday The largest class of bomb-sniffing anti-terrorist German shepherds trained to work for the MTA graduated Friday. Each of the 19 dogs, who bear the names of New York’s fallen heroes, received a badge with a collar and full color guard honors at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority ceremony at Grand Central Terminal. […]
