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USA Today
01-05-2025
- Business
- USA Today
Home designed by Winged Foot and Bethpage clubhouse designer goes up for sale
Home designed by Winged Foot and Bethpage clubhouse designer goes up for sale Country club living takes a residential turn at a French Norman home in Montclair, New Jersey, designed by famous golf course clubhouse architect Clifford C. Wendehack. Tucked off a quiet lane in Montclair's Estate Section, the four-bedroom, five-bathroom home listed in April for about $1.7 million has a restrained elegance, said Ann McCarthy, the listing agent with Prominent Properties Sotheby's International Realty. The home, built in 1929, features arched entryways, porthole windows and original exterior details, including a gargoyle. "This is a home you'd actually live in — not just admire," McCarthy said. "Every corner feels usable, lovable and beautifully considered." Set behind a cobblestone drive, the house features a drastically sloped slate roof atop a base of brick and stone. The main level has a sunken living room with wood-beamed ceilings and a wood-burning fireplace as well as a solarium with backyard access. A formal dining room with arched windows and a gas fireplace connects to a butler's pantry and kitchen with an eating nook. A family room and full bath complete the main floor. The home's original owners were Frank H. Davis, a Detroit-born investment broker active in Montclair civic groups, and his wife, Lilian Earl Davis, who served as secretary of the town's first Planning Board and its former tuberculosis association. According to the Montclair Times, the home was built at an estimated cost of $38,000 to match a design created by country club clubhouse specialist Wendehack. Wendehack, a local architect with a home in Upper Montclair, designed clubhouses including U.S. Open venues Winged Foot Golf Club and Bethpage State Park in New York, Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus and Mountain Ridge Country Club in West Caldwell. Not just a designer, Wendehack wrote extensively on clubhouse design, including in his 1929 book "Golf & Country Clubs," which featured many of his projects. Wendehack approached his work with a Beaux-Arts foundation and, according to the book, believed historical forms should be adapted for modern use. He called clubhouses 'modern temples of sport' and, like the skyscraper, saw them as truly American architectural forms. Whether designing a clubhouse or a home like this one, Wendehack favored heavy gables, deep fireplaces and stone construction that conveyed permanence. He also saw these places as respites — spaces where Americans found rest, camaraderie and a connection to nature. Those themes carry over into 7 South Mountain, which places all four bedrooms on the second level. There is a two-room suite with a gas fireplace, full bath and Juliet balcony. The primary bedroom shares a bath with a fourth bedroom, now used as an office. The lower level includes a recreation room, wine room, full bath, laundry area and storage. The home also has central air and an attached two-car garage. Included in the National Register of Historic Places, 7 South Mountain is also known in local records as the Close House, in memory of Donald P. Close. An owner of the home in the second half of the 20th century who died in 2008, Close was a Wharton School graduate, a sports and luxury car enthusiast and Bronze Star recipient in World War II who launched his career in finance with IBM in Newark. In 1992, after decades working for Fortune 500 companies, he founded Pembroke Close Management Group, an executive consulting firm based in New York City.
Yahoo
03-04-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Where did the West Virginia pepperoni roll originate?
CLARKSBURG, (WBOY) — Most West Virginians know that the pepperoni roll was created by Italian Appalachians in north central West Virginia, but the recent creation of the Pepperoni Roll Trail is bringing up some friendly debate about the specifics. The Clarksburg Visitors Bureau announced what it is calling 'the official pepperoni roll smackdown,' a debate on the origins of the pepperoni roll. 'The Marion County CVB and the Clarksburg Visitors Bureau are throwing down their rolls to settle the epic debate: Where did the pepperoni roll originate?' According to the West Virginia Department of Tourism, the first commercial pepperoni roll was created by Giuseppe Argiro, an emigrant from Calabria, Italy who had worked at a 'Clarksburg-area' coal mine, but the bakery where he sold the pepperoni rolls, what is now Country Club Bakery, is located in Fairmont. New program lets you earn prizes for trying different pepperoni rolls in West Virginia Country Club claims that it is still 'selling the original and best pepperoni rolls in the state of West Virginia. However, it's not the only place that claims to be the first. Chico's Bakery in Morgantown claims that the recipe was originally invented by its founder Julia Chico in 1925. It widely is believed that the wives of coal miners in the area were making versions of pepperoni rolls long before Country Club started selling them, so there is no definite answer on exactly who came up with the idea. Even with some question on where they actually started, Marion County claims ownership, with a sign outside of Country Club Bakery erected by the West Virginia Humanities Council and William C. Pomeroy Foundation reading: Pepperoni RollWest Virginia delicacy created by Italian families in Fairmont to feed local coal miners, Variants now popular statewide. Now, near 100 years later, pepperoni rolls are sold at bakeries across the state, but still most prevalent in the north central region. Your favorite pepperoni roll could be illegal under new food dye ban The West Virginia Pepperoni Roll Trail has 15 stops, including Country Club Bakery, where people who download an online passport can check in to win prizes. Stops are mostly in Harrison and Marion counties, but the Donut Spot in Buckhannon is also on the list. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
23-03-2025
- Yahoo
Hudson drone operator hopes Derry discovery brings closure to family of missing woman
Mar. 23—To find a woman missing in Derry since 2020, family and friends of Amanda Grazewski needed someone with a particular set of skills. That person just happened to be Jenness Keller of Hudson, owner of Sky Dog Aerial Thermal Imaging. He had used his drones before to help map dozens of acres where Grazewski might be, but this time, they gave him a specific task — look in the water near the Hoodkroft Country Club's golf course. He obliged and a couple of days later, based on a tip from Keller, Derry Police, the New Hampshire State Police Major Crimes Unit, and Fish and Game officers found human remains Thursday in one of the areas of interest he pointed out. The state's Chief Medical Examiner's Office and forensic anthropologists have not confirmed the identity of the remains, a process that could take several months, but Keller said he was happy to be involved in what could potentially provide closure for Grazewski's loved ones. "Well, it's everything. It's, you know, it's really the reason why I did it for the last two years," Keller said Friday. "I got the equipment, I've got the time, and I'm not far away. I went in with zero expectations and hoped to be surprised. We got lucky, and now I'm ecstatic. It's fabulous." Last week marked the five-year anniversary of Grazewski's disappearance. She was last seen at a home on Birch Street, where she had been staying with a friend. Grazewski was 23 years old at the time and had left her friend's home early in the morning without her purse, cellphone or belongings on March 17, 2020. Since then, Derry detectives have continued the search, along with family and friends. All told, thousands of hours have been logged looking for her, using police dogs, drones and conducting grid searches in several parts of town, Derry Police said. Finally, a tip Wednesday's tip was the first substantial break in the case. It came about after Courtney Elizabeth, who runs the Finding Amanda Grazewski group on Facebook, asked Keller to focus on the wetlands near the golf course. "Courtney called me up and said, 'I keep hearing check the water, check the water,'" Keller said. Keller mapped the area and ended up with 900 to 1,000 images. By combining the high-resolution images into a mosaic, the result is pictures that are accurate within a half-inch, Keller said. On Sunday night, Keller and his wife found six points of interest and after zooming in, it looked like there was a body in one of the pictures. "So, I went and flew to the different spots and there was one that looked like a person lying on their side with their legs bent slightly and a right arm bent in the silt and sediment," Keller said. On Tuesday and Wednesday, Keller shared what he found with Derry Police. High-tech search Keller started using drones about four years ago after working for 40 years as a software engineer for BAE Systems and the Department of Defense, working with anything from robotics to laser to electronic warfare. He said he's mostly helped look for lost dogs, cats and even a parrot. "I found a horse on top of a mountain once. That was one of my highlights," he said of helping a family in Claremont. "The people who owned the horse started to cry. It was really nice to reunite them." Last week's discovery in Derry was the first time he's helped find a human. Nearly five years to the day police and loved ones started looking for Grazewski. dpierce@
Yahoo
10-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
BNP Paribas Open: La Quinta's Makenna Jones falls in second doubles match
Well, the run for La Quinta's Makenna Jones came to an end Sunday. The 27-year-old doubles player, whose parents run the tennis program at Rancho La Quinta Country Club, lost her second match with McCartney Kessler at the BNP Paribas Open, 6-2, 6-3, against Su-Wei Hsieh and Shuai Zhang inside a packed Stadium 5 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. Jones, who lived with her parents in La Quinta last year while rehabbing from a torn ACL and meniscus in her right knee, received a wild card entry into the women's doubles draw. In a pitch to get the wild card, she said that the tournament might sell a few more tickets if she were playing. Turns out she may have been right. While a crowd of about 400 watched Jones and Kessler beat American Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Marie Bouzkova of Czechia inside Stadium 6 on Friday, the size of the crowd more than doubled Sunday inside Stadium 5. Fans cheered Jones and Kessler on, some waving signs, but the magic of Friday's match wasn't there, as the pair of Americans faced one of the top doubles teams in the draw. Su-wei and Shuai are seeded fifth and will move on to play Jelena Ostapenko and Ellen Perez, the fourth seed. Jones had no illusions that making a run to the finals at Indian Wells would be easy. She said Friday, after her win, that it's a tough draw because it's one of the biggest tournaments of the year. Still, she also said that she wanted to show that she can play at this level and do something with the wild card that she received. It's fair to say that she did. "Coming back from my injury," Jones said, "I didn't know if they'd care to give me a wild card. I wasn't expecting anything. I just felt super grateful that they did that and it was a really cool moment to do that with everyone supporting." This article originally appeared on Palm Springs Desert Sun: La Quinta's Makenna Jones loses in second Indian Wells doubles match
NBC Sports
05-02-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
The move that helped get local Frankie Capan III into the WM Phoenix Open
Seeking a sponsor exemption into this week's WM Phoenix Open, Frankie Capan III wrote the customary letter to tournament officials. Once Capan's letter hit his inbox, Chance Cozby, executive director of The Thunderbirds, who run the annual PGA Tour stop at TPC Scottsdale, emailed the Phoenix native to let him know how impressed he was. No one, Cozby told Capan, had ever sent in a four-page letter. 'For me, that was kind of cool,' said Capan, who was among the sponsor invites selected. 'But I didn't try and add unnecessary information. I just kind of wanted them to learn a little bit about me and my past.' Capan was born in Minnesota, but he spent a large chunk of his childhood about 15 minutes up the road from Scottsdale, where his parents, Frank Jr. and Charlynn, still live. He practiced mostly at the Country Club at DC Ranch and attended high school at nearby Northwest Christian School, capping his prep career by shooting 59 and winning the state individual title at Omni Tucson National. (Around that time, Capan teamed up with buddy Ben Wong to capture the 2017 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball.) When Capan was in elementary school, he served as a Phoenix Open standard bearer for Phil Mickelson, Bubba Watson and Bill Haas. And before that, he and his two sisters, Elle and Erica, participated in the area's junior version of the People's Open, the Itty Bitty Open, where top finishers were later celebrated at TPC Scottsdale during the big tournament. 'I just wanted to highlight that a little, and then just all the relationships that my family and I have formed in the valley,' Capan added. 'Other than that, mainly just kind of updating him a little bit about how the last couple years have gone for me and just given him a little bit of insight into my golf career so far.' Capan, who split his college career between Alabama and then Florida Gulf Coast, starred on the Korn Ferry Tour last year, posting seven top-10s, including a victory, along with firing a 58 at the Veritex Bank Championship. He's a rookie on the PGA Tour this year, making three straight cuts to begin the season, though he didn't qualify for the WMPO on his number due to the limited field size (120 players) and high demand from fully exempt members, hence the need for the sponsor invite. Capan birdied the par-3 16th hole on Tuesday. The stands were a little empty, he says, but he's also aware that won't be the case come Thursday – and he's ready for it. 'I have a lot of confidence in my game and what I'm able to do with the golf ball to where I think at the end of the day we're all really just entertainers,' Capan said. 'This weekend might be a little different. That's probably not why 500,000, 700,000 people are here. But for most golf tournaments, that's really what it is; it's entertainment. 'I think that's sometimes where I thrive.' Sleeping in his childhood bed and some home-cooked meals by mom certainly won't hurt either.
