Gary S. Merjian, a veteran hospitality leader with deep experience in hotel and country club operations, was recently named general manager and the first CEO of Brae Burn Country Club in Purchase, New York, which was founded in 1964. He brings four decades of luxury experience in hotel and restaurant management and corporate events to […]
ArtsWestchester’s Arts Award Celebration – held Wednesday, April 19, at Brae Burn Country Club in Purchase – was a moving affair and not just because we were lucky enough to be chosen for its President’s Award for our 43 years in covering the arts. What made it moving was to see how the 10 honorees, […]
More than 250 guests at the 80th Westchester Jewish Community Services (WJCS) anniversary gala on March 28 at the Brae Burn Country Club celebrated and honored Board members Michele Brettschneider, a Scarsdale resident, and William Shirley, a Larchmont resident. The evening was especially celebratory as WJCS, now one of the largest human services organizations in […]
For Georgette Gouveia, being honored with ArtsWestchester’s President’s Award represents more than a nod to what she’s accomplished during her career in journalism; it’s an affirmation that quality journalism still is welcomed at a time when some quarters vilify journalists as “enemies of the people” and dismiss their work as “fake.” Gouveia has been in […]
The Westchester Jewish Community Services organization will be celebrating Michele Brettschneider and William Shirley at its 80th anniversary gala at Brae Burn Country Club on March 28, at 6:30 p.m. Brettschneider serves on the WJCS Executive Committee, the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee, Children and Youth Services Committee and the Gala Committee. A graduate of […]