THE father of inspirational photographer Tim Caraco has revealed in a final conversation hours before his son’s untimely death that he had expressed how happy he was. In a moving tribute at yesterday’s packed funeral for the 29-year-old, his dad Alex said “Timo” called at 5.39am two Sundays ago, hours before his fatal motorbike accident. […]
Alvin Epstein, a classical stage actor and director who appeared in the Broadway premiere of “Waiting for Godot” and went on to become widely known for his mastery of that and other plays by Samuel Beckett, died on Monday in Newton, Mass. He was 93. His cousin Rachel Bratt said the cause was pneumonia. In […]
CLOSE Elmwood Elementary School in Monsey Angie Ortiz wins the Story Pirates and Random House national contest. Ricky Flores, [email protected] Buy Photo Elmwood Elementary School student Angie Ortiz, 11, from Spring Valley, has won a national writing contest through Story Pirates and Random House Kids which was announced at the school on Dec. 5, 2018.(Photo: […]
A prominent divorce attorney, James J. Sexton, has said that social media is a prime factor behind broken relationships. Sexton says the need for online sharing plays a role in more than a handful of divorces in today’s society. It’s all captured in his book, “If You’re in My Office, It’s Already Too Late,” which […]
Robin Robertson is an acclaimed poet who has won all three of the Forward poetry prizes. His latest work, The Long Take, a narrative poem, is set in the years immediately after the second world war. The story unfolds in New York, San Francisco and, most importantly, Los Angeles, and follows Walker, a traumatised D-day […]
As the weather gets colder, one of our favourite things to do is curl up with a cup of tea and a good book. After all, whether you can’t get enough of mystery novels or tales of romance, there’s nothing quite like a good book, is there? Enter Books and Charms, an Irish subscription box that […]
CLOSE Author/Illustrator William Joyce concludes Guardians of Childhood series with “Jack Frost: The End Becomes the Beginning.” Wochit Buy Photo William Joyce has a new children’s book called “Jack Frost: The End is the Beginning”. (Photo: Henrietta Wildsmith/The Times)Buy Photo It’s been decades in the making, but the mission is complete. Last month, William […]
In the wedding world, you’ve got to think ahead. Since you’ll most likely be planning your big day months ahead, you’ll of course want to stay on top of what’s trending in wedding dresses and decor. But it’s not a bad idea to also have the latest fitness trends on your radar. Luckily, ClassPass has […]
Stories for young children abound on the shelves of the Southern Pines Primary media center, but a very long and remarkable chapter in the story of the library itself has come to a close. For 16 years, Diann Fortune and Mary Jane Leck have read stories aloud to rapt audiences, thrown celebrations each time Dr. […]
“Fear of change,” says Sara Bliss, author of the new book “Take the Leap: Change Your Life, Change Your Career.” Bliss sat down with Yahoo Finance and shared some of the common themes she discovered while interviewing 65 people for her book, all of whom successfully reinvented their careers on the path to finding […]
