All Ages

Join Ms. Gina and volunteers from Dobbs Ferry to learn about the lunar new year as it’s celebrated in China and Korea, read some books, and make tiger lanterns for the Year of the Tiger!

Email dobchildref@wlsmail.org, call (914) 693-6615, or stop by the Children’s Room to get the Zoom link.

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Cornelius Vanderbilt began operating his own ferry in NY Harbor at the age of 16. He would work from dawn until dark. His tiny business would grow into a massive steamship company, and Vanderbilt would undercut his competitors by pricing his services so low that he would drive them out of business. Eventually he built a railroad empire from New York to Chicago and the First Grand Central Station at 42nd St.

Register here!

Lecturer Rick Feingold teaches American Business History at Bergen Community College.

Cosponsored with the following libraries: Chappaqua, Dobbs Ferry, Hastings, Lewisboro, New Rochelle, Ruth Keeler and Tuckahoe.

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Virtual Launch Party with two Authors: Jeff Bens’ Mighty Oak is now out in paperback; and Tyler Wetherall’s No Way Home: A Memoir of Life on the Run is now out in hardcover.

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SAVE THE DATE!  MORE INFO SOON

You can watch all the previous FerryCon 2021 events —> HERE

(note there is a corresponding clickable timestamp link for each event in the video description)

for general FerryCon info go —>  HERE

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