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Horror Lit in Westchester

Horror Lit in Westchester

Brian Pineiro, Impact Staff November 7, 2018
What about in literature? Can that same fear, dread, or dismay be replicated through text? The short answer? Yes.
Paranormal Activity In Yonkers and Westchester

Paranormal Activity In Yonkers and Westchester

Brian Pineiro, Impact Staff November 6, 2018
The paranormal is much more real and terrifying. Especially when it is so close to home to many of us.
My Doorman Origin Story: Part I

My Doorman Origin Story: Part I

Brian Pineiro, Impact Staff November 5, 2018
Never really cared about being a doorman or concierge either. “I don’t wanna wear one of those penguin suits,” I use to think to myself.
Happy Halloween From the Building!

Happy Halloween From the Building!

Brian Pineiro, Impact Staff October 31, 2018
"Lastly, while they are not tenants of the building, the niece and nephew of one of my tenants who live right down the block make their way to the building. I notice them coming in from the outside cameras. One looks shiny and puffy. The other? Not so much"
The Super-useless Man

The Super-useless Man

Brian Pineiro, Impact Staff October 22, 2018
Last, and certainly least, we have that little recloseable polypropylene baggie which I am accustomed to seeing marijuana in, but not this time. It is filled with the extra parts that rarely get used. Essentially meaning that baggie is useless. That baggie is my Superintendent.
Party Time in The Building

Party Time in The Building

Brian Pineiro, Impact Staff October 15, 2018
Now when I sit down to write these weekly columns I already know what topic I will be tackling days in advance. Jotting various moments and memories before focusing in on what will make the final cut, but not today.
The Overnight Shift

The Overnight Shift

Brian Pineiro, Impact Staff October 8, 2018
"She proceeds to go in for a kiss and out of instinct I put my hand in her face looking like the trophy awarded to the best college football player yearly."
Maturity in the University

Maturity in the University

Brian Pineiro, Impact Staff October 4, 2018

Earlier this year, Mercy College was awarded a $30,000 grant by The Charlotte W. Newcombe Foundation through the foundation’s Newcombe Scholarship for Mature Students Program for the 2018-2019 academic...

Brian Primetime Pineiro

The Afternoon/Evening Shift

Brian Pineiro, Impact Staff October 1, 2018
Whether it's the bottom of the ninth, two outs of a tied baseball game, the two minute warning in the fourth quarter of a highly competitive football bout, or “the last two minutes of any professional basketball game” according to Wanda of the Fairly OddParents, that is where the greats separate themselves from the good.
The Morning Shift

The Morning Shift

Brian Pineiro, Impact Staff September 24, 2018
As a concierge/doorman there are three main shifts throughout any given work day and I have had the pleasure (displeasure?) or working all of them at some point during my “journey” as a doorman. Today we focus on the beginning, the morning shift. Better be a morning person if you plan on taking this Herculean task or if not, you better have an acquired taste for caffeine.
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