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Caron Music Award Named for Thomas Moran

By Mary Gallagher, Assistant Editor
August / September 2019

August 1, 2019 by Leave a Comment

John Greed addresses the gathering. (Photos by Samantha Nandez and Vladimir Weinstein, BFA.com).

Caron Treatment Centers' annual NYC gala. ℘℘℘ Caron Treatment Centers, an addiction recovery center, hosted its annual NYC gala dinner at Cipriani 42nd Street on May 8, 2019, and renamed its prestigious music award for the late Thomas J. Moran, business leader, philanthropist, and much-loved member of the Irish-American community, who passed away in August 2018. “Tom was a … [Read more...] about Caron Music Award Named for Thomas Moran

From “Giving It Up” to “Getting Rid of It”

By Ruth Riddick, Contributor
August / September 2016

August 10, 2016 by 1 Comment

One family’s journey from addiction to recovery. Casey Duffy will not be mistaken for anything but Irish – the lightly graying hair is clearly that characteristic red, and he has the prized hail-fellow-well-met manner. Long established in Pennsylvania, his family hails from both the south and west of the old country. Nor will you mistake Casey for a drunk. He got rid of that … [Read more...] about From “Giving It Up” to “Getting Rid of It”

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June 28, 1861

Australian explorer Robert O’Hara Burke, born in Co. Galway, died on this day in 1861. Burke, who had migrated to Australia in 1853 after a short military and police career, and was appointed to lead the Victorian Exploring Expedition in 1860. He partnered with William John Wills as surveyor and the party set out with the goal of discovering a south to north route through Australia. Burke was inexperienced in bushcraft, and ultimately the expedition failed with the death of seven members including himself.

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