Orangetown
Orangetown, NY · Lifestyle
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Madam C.J. Walker: How a St. Louis Washerwoman Built a Hair Care Empire
In 1900, the US census listed Sarah Breedlove as a laundress in St. Louis, a job that sometimes paid her as little as $1 a day (National Archives). Less than two decades later, as Madam C.J. Walker, she ran a hair care company with thousands of sales agents, lived in a Hudson Valley mansion designed by a Black architect, and was described at her death as the richest Black woman in the world (Indiana Historical Society, Snopes, citing the New York Age).
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Jersey Families Have Gathered Around The Brick Ovens At Kinchley’s Tavern In Ramsey For Generations
Some kids in Ramsey learn to ride a bike, tie their shoes, and order a thin-crust pie, roughly in that order. One longtime fan first came to this tavern at about age eight and is now close to seventy, and the pizza has stayed loyal the whole time. The place...
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westchestermagazine.com
A Rye Native Returns to Open RéUnion Bakery & Coffee
Most mornings, owner James Kim is at RéUnion Bakery & Coffee by 6:30 a.m., adjusting the grinders and checking the espresso extractions before a single pastry comes out of the oven. Kim left Rye for California in 2006. He came back this year, after about 13 months of construction, to open a bakery and coffee shop a short distance from where he grew up — his family moved to the town in the mid-’80s. The business soft-opened in October, and Kim says a grand opening is planned for Thursday, November 19.