Driving time from Peekskill to West Point is approximately 20 minutes. Bus. Short Line Bus offers daily bus service from the New York City Port Authority, near Times Square in midtown Manhattan, to the West Point Visitors Center; one-way trip takes 1 hour 40 minutes and costs approx $15.
Lifetime Achievement Award for Alfred Brendel One of the 20th century's greats, the 85-year-old Austrian pianist makes ears perk up even after the end of his concert career. Now he's being recognized for his lifetime achievement by Germany's ECHO Klassik.
Christine Cavanaugh, who lent her distinctive voice to the title pig in Babe, Chuckie Finster on Rugrats and Dexter of Dexter's Laboratory, died December 22. She was 51. British rocker Joe Cocker died December 22 after a battle with lung cancer, Sony Music said in a statement. He was 70. Norman Bridwell, the creator of Clifford the Big Red Dog, died December 12 in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, according to his publisher, Scholastic. Bridwell was 86.