Happy New Year! Welcome to 2022. Another year begins with the month of January. But where did this month get it’s name from? January is named after the Roman god “Janus”. He had two faces so he could see the future and the past. Much like how we are looking into the new year and…
All this weekend we’re closing out the year by counting down the 50 biggest songs of 2021! The Star 99.9 Duchess Restaurants Shooting Stars End of Year Countdown. If you missed the first run of the countdown you can catch the replays at the times below: 12/31 4pm 1/1 10am & 4pm 1/2 8am & 2pm Here…
It was a great year for good news. Despite all the crazy headlines inundating our feeds constantly, if you look for the good you can always find it. Here are my top 10 Tell Me Something Good stories of the year. Click each headline to read the blog post. Remember, you can listen for all…
This week I have tickets to RiseNY. Which lets you soar over the city’s iconic skyline on an exhilarating, flying ride that suspends you 30 feet in the air while traveling through every borough and season from high above the Big Apple. Play at 4pm to win. Here’s today’s question if you missed it: Q:…
Even when your team isn’t having the greatest season you can still be positive and help others. Like Jets rookie QB Zach Wilson. Who seems like a really nice kid an this story confirms it. Christmas morning Zach Wilson was out to brunch at a diner in new York with his family when his waitress…
The Times Square ball has lit up NYC on New Year’s Eve at midnight every year since 1907. There has only been two times in history when it didn’t. Both happened during the World War II light restrictions in 1942 and 1943. Times Square had to remain dark on New Years Eve and there was…
This week I have tickets to RiseNY. Which lets you soar over the city’s iconic skyline on an exhilarating, flying ride that suspends you 30 feet in the air while traveling through every borough and season from high above the Big Apple. Play at 4pm to win. Here’s today’s question if you missed it: Q:…
There are very few things that can make everything better. A great home cooked meal is one of them. A woman from New Milford named Danielle Weisberg understands this more than anyone. She has been baking lasagna for families that are going through hard times. Any time she hears of someone going through a crisis…
Before celebrating with champagne toasts, confetti, noise makers, resolutions we won’t keep… people used to say farewell to the previous year and welcome the new one by ringing actual bells, often in churches. Decades before people stood in Times Square for hours without going to the bathroom to watch the ball drop, crowds of people…
All week I have tickets to Daughtry at Mohegan Sun Arena on Saturday February 12, 2022. Listen every day at 4pm to win. Here’s today’s question if you missed it… Q: Nearly six million dollars are spent during the holiday season on THIS A: Ugly Christmas sweaters. Photo credit: Getty Images