Dewey Martin

Dewey Martin, drummer for the short-lived but long-resonating rock band Buffalo Springfield whose career after the group split never ignited like those of his former band mates Neil Young and Stephen Stills, has died. He was 68. He was found dead Sunday by a roommate in his Van Nuys apartment, longtime friend Lisa Lenes said Thursday.

"It's a great loss," Micky Dolenz, drummer for the Monkees, said Thursday. Dolenz said he became close friends with Martin in the late '60s when both were working in and around Hollywood. "We never worked together, we just hung out a lot. We went to shows together at the Whisky and the Troubadour. He was a great drummer -- it's a well-known fact. And he was a really nice guy."

Martin was one of the founding members, along with Young, Stills, singer-songwriter-guitarist Richie Furay and bassist Bruce Palmer, of Buffalo Springfield, a key progenitor of country-rock music. The group existed for just two years and recorded only three studio albums before disbanding amid rising tensions and musical ambitions of the band's talented but explosive leaders.

Sarah Fisher

Sarah Fisher, daughter of Steven and Barbara Fisher of Warwick, was named to the dean’s list for the fall 2008 semester at Saint Michael’s College in Colchester, Vt. To qualify, students must earn a grade point average of 3.4 or better for the semester. Fisher is a senior English literature major at the liberal arts, residential Catholic college located in the Burlington area of Vermont.

Kiowa Pratt-Gordon, a 2007 graduate of Warwick Valley High School, has been named to the dean’s list at SUNY Albany, where she is a sophomore double majoring in English and Theatre, with a minor in Women’s Studies. Kiowa will be appearing in the University’s spring production of “Antigone” and operating the light board for “Jesus Took the A-Train.” Accepted to teach in the Women’s Studies Teaching Cooperative, she teaches Feminism 101. Kiowa is the daughter of Marga L Gordon.

Cheryl Ann Stokkeland of Chester was named to the dean’s list for the fall 2008 semester at Mount Saint Mary College in Newburgh by earning a GPA of 3.62. She is a junior getting certified 1-6 with middle school extention majoring in math. The following students were named to the dean’s list for the spring 2008 semester at the State University of New York College at Plattsburgh

Krysten Ritter

Krysten Ritter will play Carol Rhodes in the spin-off, which will debut on May 11th during a flashback sequence in the second-to-last episode of Gossip Girl this season. Carol Rhodes is the older sister of Lily (who we know as Serena’s mom Lily van der Woodsen in Gossip Girl); Carol takes in her younger sister when she moves out of her family home.

Carol Rhodes is the “outcast” sister who lives in LA. The Rhodes family is very wealthy and lives a posh lifestyle - something Carol and now Lily have shunned. Lily, still a teen, will have to shift gears from private school life to that of a public school girl. So far we don’t know any of other actors or the title of the new Gossip Girl spin-off.

Veronica Mars and Gilmore Girls alum Krysten Ritter has been tapped to play Lily's troubled older sister, Carol, in the offshoot, which chronicles the teen years of Kelly Rutherford's alter ego.Described as sweet but a bit of a disaster, Carol is an actress who's constantly making bad decisions in life and work. Lily ends up moving in with Carol after a falling out with mom and dad.