How Old Is This Old House?

The first time a real estate agent took Ian Stewart to see the old saltbox farmhouse on a rocky hillside in Ghent, N.Y., he knew he wanted to buy it. “It got its hooks into me. I loved it. It had a warmth to it,” Mr. Stewart said. One question continued to nag at him…

Love at First Slice

When Lauren Annunziata sat down to eat pizza at her cousin’s birthday party in October 1995 at Kids N’ Action, a children’s entertainment center in Brooklyn, she had no idea that her future husband was at the same table as her. In fact, the only evidence that remains of Ms. Annunziata and Gabriel Vincent Piscione’s…

A Sunset Farewell to Summer

The Untermyer Gardens Conservancy, which restores and maintains the 43-acre former estate in Yonkers, N.Y., celebrated its 10th anniversary on Sept. 14 with a sunset party. The event honored Stephen F. Byrns, the conservancy’s longtime president, and Andrea Stewart-Cousins, the majority leader of the New York State Senate. A garden tour was followed by a…

Are Virtual Weddings Over?

When Peter Tinaglia, 44, and Andy Maliszewski, 52, proposed to each other in Maui in 2014, they figured they had plenty of time to figure out how and when they would get married. They could invite 20 people or 200. They could have a D.J. or a band. Zoom weddings and a looming pandemic were…