Meet Your Neighbor: Heather Sanderson, A.K.A The Tea Lady
28.06.11
What could be more British than stopping to have a cup of tea? When I found out that the host of Maryland Public Television's program, Afternoon Tea, lived just off of Fort Hunt Road, I wanted to meet her. Heather Sanderson a.k.a, the Afternoon Tea Lady, said she’d be putting the kettle on for our visit. We sat in a cosy spot in her kitchen as the tea was steeping. For my “cuppa,” I could choose a mug from Sanderson’s collection of mugs each commemorating a coronation, a royal wedding or royal anniversary. The tea cosy that kept the tea pot warm bore the unmistakable design of the Union Jack. And as we sipped and chatted, I discovered that Sanderson loves tea and most things British, but not Miss Pike, her old school teacher.
Sanderson has been the Afternoon Tea Lady for more than a decade. Her announcements on MPT (a PBS station) launch the string of popular British comedies, known affectionately as “Brit wit” which are broadcast weekday afternoons on Channel 22 in our arena. For more information about the programs, go to mpt.org/tea then go to tea with Heather. A native of Yorkshire, England, Sanderson is not of the stiff upper lip variety, she is witty and ebullient and says that she enjoys living in Northern Virginia. She’s also a bit of a mad cap, later donning the tea cosy to pose for pictures.
Source: Patch.com
Mahopac man charged with DWI after Thursday night crash
25.06.11
MAHOPAC — A Mahopac man was drunk when he rolled his car over Thursday night at Union Valley and Teakettle Spout roads, Carmel police said today.
Police responded to the intersection about 11 p.m. to find the driver, Steven Dorazio Jr., 23, of Mahopac, outside the overturned vehicle and his passenger, Anthony Saluto, 24, still inside the car, Chief Michael Johnson said in a release.
Saluto was pulled from the vehicle and he and Dorazio were taken by Mahopac Fire Department Ambulance to the Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla. Dorazio was treated for cuts to his arm, elbow and hand while Saluto was treated for a cut to his head.
Police concluded that Dorazio was drunk and charged him with driving while intoxicated and reckless driving, misdemeanors; as well as failure to drive right, disobeying a stop sign, unreasonable speed and traveling over a double-yellow line, all infractions.
An investigation by Officers Laura Smith and Douglas Romeo showed that Dorazio was speeding when he failed to negotiate a right turn from Teakettle Spout Road onto Union Valley Road, causing his car to strike a guard rail and roll over, Johnson said.
Source: The Journal News | LoHud.com