VETERAN APPRECIATION DAY

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Playland hosts Veterans Appreciation Day on Sunday, May 24, from 11:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

More than 4,000 veterans, service members and their families are expected to attend the event, which includes a barbecue lunch hosted by the Westchester County Veterans Service Agency, and co-sponsored by Pepe Auto Group and DeBartolo Landscaping of New Rochelle.

Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino will welcome the veterans with a memorial tribute at approximately 11:45 a.m. on the Music Tower Stage.

PUERTO RICAN MASTERS

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Isidro Infante, Paquito Guzman, Ray de la Paz, Luisto Carrion, Michael Stuart, Moncho Rivera, Miki Vimari will be performing at Lehman Center for the Performing Arts, which is proud to present live on stage the PUERTO RICAN MASTERS.

Director Isidro Infante featuring Paquito Guzman, Ray de la Paz, Luisto Carrion, Michael Stuart, Moncho Rivera and special guest Diva Miki Vimari and more on Saturday, June 6th, 2015 at 8pm.

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UNDER ARREST IN DC

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Public safety officials have finally arrested a principal suspect in the slayings of a corporate executive, his wife, their 10-year-old boy and the housekeeper inside a northwest Washington mansion.

US Marshals Service says 34-year-old Daron Dylon Wint was arrested around 10:45 p.m. Thursday in northeast Washington, DC.

He is a native of Guyana and a former US Marine, who's been previously convicted of assault and malicious destruction of property.

Suspect in Washington DC quadruple homicide arrested | http://fxn.ws/1Q0h2Fe

THUNDERBIRDS

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The US Air Force Thunderbirds are scheduled to conduct a flyover photo mission tomorrow, Friday, 5/22, from 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM, over various areas around NYC.

The event will consist of six F-16 aircraft in addition to the aircraft taking photographs. The F-16's will maintain an altitude of 1500 - 2000 feet. The aircraft will travel westbound from Long Island over the water near the south shores of Queens and Brooklyn before turning and navigating north over the Verrazano Bridge, and up the east side of the Hudson River to the Tappan Zee Bridge.

SUN OF A BEACH

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As we all know, on Memorial Day Weekend Americans celebrate and the kick-off of the summer beach season.

One NYC Beach we visited is Orchard Beach. It was created by Robert Moses in the 1930s as The Bronx's only public beach, which spans 1.1 miles and 115 acres.

Dining opportunities at Orchard Beach are limited. The promenade is failing, and while scaffolding has been constructed, there have been limited repairs. There are practically no restaurants, just concession stands.

City Images made several attempts to speak with the new NYC Parks Commissioner, but we were stonewalled.

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MEMORIAL DAY EVENTS

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St. Paul’s Church National Historic Site Memorial Day Commemorations Monday, May 25, 2015, 9 AM to 5 PM

There will be periodic tours throughout the day -- depending on visitors interest and staff availability -- telling the stories of soldiers buried in the historic cemetery, and placing flags and flowers at their graves. Living history demonstrations by the 52nd New York Volunteers, Civil War re-enactor unit, on the Green.

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C U LATER MAN

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Stars and fan are waiting for David Letterman's last TV program on CBS tonight. Steve Martin, Jim Carrey, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Tina Fey and Barbara Walters are only some of the stars spotted entering the Ed Sullivan Theater as David Letterman prepares for his final “Late Show” taping.

To commemorate Letterman’s swan song and final curtain call, here is a YouTube version of Beauty and The Beast:

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