Georgette Gouveia

Georgette Gouveia

A 2020 YWCA White Plains & Central Westchester Visionary Award winner and a 2018 Folio Women in Media Award Winner, Georgette Gouveia is the author of “Burying the Dead,” “Daimon: A Novel of Alexander the Great” and "Seamless Sky" (JMS Books), as well as “The Penalty for Holding,” a 2018 Lambda Literary Award finalist (JMS Books), and “Water Music” (Greenleaf Book Group). They’re part of her series of novels, “The Games Men Play,” also the name of the sports/culture blog she writes. Her short story “The Glass Door,” about love in the time of the coronavirus, was recently published by JMS. Read WAG’s serialization of “Seamless Sky” here. For more, visit thegamesmenplay.com.

June 2022

A college in full

Iona College’s commitment to a well-rounded education has earned it kudos for innovation and a 32% increase in enrollment over three years. Now the college is creating a new home for its NewYork-Presbyterian School of Health Sciences on its Bronxville campus, formerly the site of Concordia College.

June 2022

Keeping the powerful in check

In and out of court, before juries or judges alone and on appeal, Jeffrey D. Buss of Yonkers-based Smith, Buss & Jacobs LLP has taken on the complexities of everything but business fraud to environmental and real estate law. As general counsel for the Riverbay Corp. – as Co-Op City on the Pelham Bay side of the Bronx is formally known – he has once again helped refinance the middle-income housing development’s mortgage to the tune of $621.5 million.

June 2022

Seeing the big picture

More than doubling its number of screens and with a focus on film, education and community, The Picture House Regional Film Center is poised to capitalize on movie theaters’ comeback.

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Honoring those who gave and those who serve

Maria Regina High School’s first-ever marching band is participating in White Plains’ and Ardsley’s Memorial Day Parades and Ceremonies Monday, May 30, which is both the traditional date on which Memorial Day was commemorated and the date of the official observance this year. Courtesy Maria Regina High School.