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Two Mahopac motorists
die in car crash
BY BOB DUMAS
EDITOR
Two Mahopac residents, including a
Putnam County Sheri ’s deputy, died in
a head-on collusion Sunday evening (Oct.
25) on Route 6N in Mohegan Lake, just
over the Mahopac/Westchester County
borderline.
Yorktown police along with the Lake
PHOTO COURTESY OF HARRIET ROSENBERG Mohegan Fire Department and Am-
Lines stretch around the Board of Elections building for early voting on Monday. bulance Corp., and the Mahopac Falls
Early voters face long Fire Department and Ambulance Corp.,
lines, long waits
responded to the call at approximately 6
p.m.
Police said a 50-year-old Mahopac
man, who was later identi ed as Sheri ’s
Deputy Michael Moore, was declared
deceased at the scene. He was o -duty at Deputy Michael Moore
the time of the accident. e operator of
BY BOB DUMAS Harriet Rosenberg said she and her the other vehicle, a 56-year-old Mahopac Hudson, he joined the Putnam County
EDITOR husband, who needs to use a cane, voted
on Monday and said the lines were quite woman, was transported to Westchester Sheri ’s Department where he was as-
e rst day of early voting in Putnam long again. Election o cials eventually al-
County on Saturday, Oct. 24, was frus- lowed them to come to front of the line. County Medical Center where she suc- signed to the Special Patrol Division.
trating for some voters as lines extended
around the building and spiraled through Republican Election Commissioner cumbed to her injuries. Police did not “ e members of the Putnam County
the Board of Elections parking lot in Car- Anthony Scannapieco was in the parking
mel. lot directing tra c. release her identity pending next-of-kin Sheri ’s Department join his family in
Lines were just a long on subsequent “I asked him if all these people who are noti cation. grief,” said Sheri Robert Langley. “ Mi-
days. on line by 2 p.m. (when the polls closed
Saturday) will be able to vote and he nod- Moore began his career with the chael will never be forgotten and gave 23
Jennifer Rowe-Behun said she waited ded yes,”said Rowe-Behun.“It’s really un-
about four hours to cast her ballot on Sat- believable.” New York City Department of Proba- years serving and protecting others with
urday.
e Board of Elections building in Car- tion in 1997 as a probation o cer. In pride and integrity.”
“It’s noon. I have been on line since 9:15 mel was the only polling location in the
a.m. and still about an hour to go,”she told entire county available to Putnam voters 1998, he went on to become a police Moore is survived by his wife, Janene,
Mahopac News. for early voting.
o cer with the New York City Police and his children Jenna, Ryan, and John.
Department. In September 2003, he left Investigation into the crash is being
NYPD and became a patrolman for conducted by the Yorktown Police De-
Hastings-On-Hudson Police Depart- partment Accident Investigation Unit.
ment where he remained until his retire- Police request that anyone with infor-
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Cluster housing subdivision closer to approval
Nearly a decade in the making, project nally to get public hearing
BY BOB DUMAS subdivision re-approval. from 17.7 acres to 10.6. ant Discharge Elimination System (SP-
EDITOR Stipulations from New York City’s De- • e conventional subdivision does not DES) permits for groundwater discharge
and for stormwater.
After more than nine years since its ini- partment of Environmental Protection set aside “open space” while the clustered
tial Planning Board approval, a residential (DEP) bogged down the project. e road version will preserve 37.9 acres as open space Patrick Cleary, town planning consul-
subdivision on Baldwin Place Road (across to the property comes in from Baldwin that cannot be developed in the future. at tant, said the move to cluster housing is
from Mahopac High School) is nally near- Place Road. at drive crosses over two acreage will remain deed-restricted—forever viewed by many as being more palatable.
ing fruition,but this time as a 14-home clus- wetland/watercourses. Since the DEP al- green.
ter housing project. lows for only one such crossing, the second “It was a previously approved conven-
would have had to remain unpaved and have • e cluster will allow for 14 residential tional subdivision and it’s now a revision
A residential cluster development,or open a gravel surface. lots based on the formula in the Town Code. to cluster the plan so there is substantial
space development, is the grouping of resi- preservation of open space on the prop-
dential properties on a site in order to keep e inability to pave over the second e original plan called for 10 lots. erty,” he said. “ e presumption is there
the extra land as open space or use it for rec- crossing meant the town would not accept • e total length of road will decrease is a signi cant environmental bene t to
reation or agriculture. the road for dedication, so town road crews nearly 700 linear feet. that. It eliminates signi cant wetlands en-
would not have been able to plow and main- • Stormwater treatment for the clustered croachments that were considered for the
At its Oct. 21 meeting, the Planning tain it. at made marketing the property subdivision will meet state Department of prior application.”
Board granted the applicant’s request for a problem, project engineer Paul Lynch of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Gen-
a public hearing on the project, which will Putnam Engineering in Brewster, said. So, eral Permit 015-02, which is more stringent Cleary said the original plan had prior
be held when the board meets again next Mastrantoni decided to create a cluster sub- than the stormwater permit granted to the approvals for various elements.
month. division, moving the homes farther down conventional subdivision.
the property and eliminating the need for While the number of proposed homes has “Some of those will be preserved, others
It’s been a long and winding road for the that second wetlands crossing. increased from 10 to 14, the cluster homes will have to be redone,” he said.
development, known as Old Forge Estates, will be smaller—2,000 to 2,400 square feet
owned by Angelo Mastrantoni. Lynch said the clustering of the subdivi- vs.3,000 square feet for the conventional de- e approval by the Environmen-
sion created several bene ts: velopment. A smaller home, Lynch said, will tal Conservation Board (ECB) is one of
Back in May 2011, the property re- be more a ordable for young families. those that will need to be redone.
ceived Planning Board approval for a • It will reduce the developed footprint Town o cials noted that the project has
then-conventional 10-lot subdivision on on the property from about 12.9 acres to 6.7 approval from the county Highway Depart- e plan’s new clustered version will be
a 45.36-acre parcel. In June 2015, the de- acres. ment, but the DEC will need State Pollut- sent to the ECB while Lynch works with
veloper received his rst extension of the the town’s Engineering Department to
• e area of disturbance will decrease iron out some nal details in time for next
month’s public hearing.
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2020 Your Neighbor MAHOPAC NEWS PAGE 3
Mahopac alumnus pens pandemic book for children
‘When the World Stayed Home’ steps up for a teachable moment
BY BOB DUMAS
EDITOR
When the pan- member feel- but it does so by teaching. Julianne Reis Kaylee Viets
demic hit some seven ing an overwhelming sense of e reader learns about the virus
months ago it cre- gratitude toward those who de- itself, and how to be safe via mask spreading it to other wanted to write a book and start-
ated chaos in the way voted their time to help others wearing, hand washing and social people in our family. ing thinking, what would I write?
we led our daily lives. at the height of this crisis. ey distancing, as well as the reasons I showed [the idea] to Kaylee and
Some of us were unex- inspired me to create a children’s behind staying home, and the “I see patients after she thought it would be amazing,
pectedly driven down book about the coronavirus pan- careful process of reopening. e they have been on a so we started working on it virtu-
a new vocational path. demic.” book contains themes of creativ- ventilator,” Reis con- ally.”
Distillers began making Alongside a fellow speech- ity and strength in community tinued. “We evalu-
hand sanitizer; dress- language pathologist and art- and highlights the importance of ate them after the Reis signed on with Dorrance
makers started turning ist, Kaylee Viets, Reis began to giving back. breathing tube comes out. I Publishing, a vanity-book pub-
out facemasks. piece together the book, “When “We hope that our story helps found it wasn’t just the elderly lisher based in Pittsburgh.
the World Stayed Home.” Viets children better understand and [being impacted]. ere were
Julianne Reis (maiden lives in West Harlem, where she cope with the pandemic, as well some born the same year I was “It was super-exciting,” she
name Norden) grew up witnessed the rapid and dramatic as feel appreciated for their own and that was alarming. I was said. “I was so inspired, and I
in Mahopac and gradu- transformation of New York City role in overcoming major chal- stressed and wondering, “Could thought that this is was one way
ated from Mahopac High as subways emptied, streets qui- lenges,” Reis said. that be me?” we could pitch in and help. It was
School in 2004. She’s em- eted, and stores shuttered. Reis said the height of the Eventually, they learned their a huge accomplishment.”
ployed as a medical speech- “She illustrated the book with pandemic was a very di cult PPE was e ective and the hospi-
language pathologist in thoughtful acknowledgement of time in her household since they tals became less crowded. Reis said her 4-year-old, Ari-
New York City. Her hus- the urban experience of children, were the parents of young chil- “It used to be they were com- anna, loves reading and provided
band also works there as a inspired by the glimmers of hope dren who could be vulnerable to pletely lled but now we are bet- helpful feedback about the book,
physician. displayed around the world as we the virus. ter able to manage them,” Reis which has a target audience of 3-
came to terms with the idea of “We didn’t know a lot about said. to 10-year-olds.
“In March, as the corona- staying apart at home,” Reis said. the disease at rst – how it was But the impact of the disease
virus quickly overwhelmed transmitted or even if our per- was going well beyond the hos- “I would read it to her and she
New York, our lives changed e book, of course, deals sonal protection equipment pital walls. Parents had to nd would answer the prompt ques-
quite abruptly,” Reis said. “My with assuaging the fear kids ex- (PPE) was e ective,” she re- a way to explain to their young tions in the book,” Reis said, not-
husband and I both worked di- perienced during the pandemic, called. “We were nervous about children just what was happening ing that Arianna learned why
rectly with COVID-19 patients and why things were changing so some businesses closed and some
in the ICUs.” dramatically. stayed open at the height of the
“We have a 4-year-old daugh- pandemic.
And it was that experience that ter and just before the lockdown
led her down a trail she never it was her fourth birthday,” Reis “She wanted to write thank
thought she’d have the opportu- recalled. “Her party was can- you letters to everyone at the ice
nity to travel. Reis, a mother of celled and all her activities were cream store for staying open,”
two, became a children’s book cancelled, and, for her, that was Reis added with a laugh. “We
author. She was inspired by the huge. And I knew my daugh- called her quality control. ere
kindness and altruism she saw ter was not the only one whose is a page that talks about giving
exhibited by New Yorkers and life has been disrupted. I always back and she said she wanted to
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Nightmare Circus coming back to Mahopac
Homemade event brings Halloween chills in COVID-safe environment
BY BOB DUMAS thing up again? So, we fell in PHOTO COURTESY OF DOMINIC CAPPELLETTI
EDITOR love with the holiday all over
again. It became an obsession. Snots the Clown is ready to greet the guests at the Nightmare Circus.
e COVID-19 pandemic We loved scaring kids again!”
has been a true horror show
because it’s real. But for folks e Nightmare Circus start-
seeking some fantasy frights for ed small, but has grown expo-
Halloween in a virus-safe envi- nentially each year, with more
ronment, the Nightmare Circus rooms, more actors, more scares.
haunted house event is coming
back to town for the spooky sea- e event combines anima-
son. tronics and live actors. ere
are two new rooms (tents) this
Nightmare Circus has been year, including a more-festive
a pet project of Dominic Cap- one reminiscent of a county
pelletti and his dad who began fair funhouse replete with Day-
building the display three years Glo paints and a classic rock/
ago on the front lawn of their disco soundtrack. In fact, the
home at 24 Sycamore Road in Cappellettis have a sponsorship
Mahopac. deal with the Day-Glo Color
Corp., which supplies them with
Cappelletti said that he and the paint. e other tent is the
his dad shared a mutual love for more-traditional dark scare ex-
Halloween and when he was a perience.
kid, they would create spooky
Halloween displays around the “Every year is totally di er-
property. But after Cappelletti ent and every year it has grown,”
grew older and moved away, the he said. “ ere is a signi cant
tradition stopped. amount of new stu we will be
building.”
“We lost sight of it,” Cappel-
letti said. “ en, one day a few Cappelletti said the family
years ago, we were sitting around struggled over whether to hold
feeling creatively uninspired and the Nightmare Circus during
we thought, why not set some-
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Mahopac Inn reopens after losing liquor license
Bar was shuttered for not following COVID protocols
BY BOB DUMAS “We are doing the best we the total number of liquor li- ‘We were out of compliance and
EDITOR can and I’m grateful for the as- censes suspended statewide dur- made the corrections.
sistance [from the state] to x ing the coronavirus pandemic to
After two weeks, the Mahopac this,” he said. 238. In total, 1,362 charges have I think they might be making it
Inn is back open after its liquor been led against bars and res- worse than it sounds.’
license was suspended for not Anthony said that guests are taurants for violating coronavi-
following state COVID-19 pro- required to wear masks unless rus-related rules. Businesses that - Marc Anthony
tocols. they are seated at a table and eat- do not meet these regulations Co-owner, Mahopac Inn
ing and drinking. e tables are face nes up to $10,000 per vio-
Gov. Andrew Cuomo an- now marked with yellow tape, so lation, while egregious violations tracked increased spread, and states, the bar was packed with
nounced earlier this month they remain socially distanced as can result in the immediate sus- these suspensions should serve patrons, including 10 to 30 who
that the state had suspended required. pension of a bar or restaurant’s as a reminder that we will take were standing at any one time,
the liquor licenses of 21 addi- liquor license. action against those who cal- consuming alcohol, and walking
tional bars and restaurants due “We were out of compliance lously put New Yorkers in harm’s freely throughout the premises
to “egregious violations of pan- and made the corrections,” An- Cuomo has made clear he’s way.” without facial coverings. Inves-
demic-related executive orders” thony said. “I think they might serious. “Rules are only as good tigators observed a second bar-
and Mahopac Inn was on the be making it worse than it as enforcement, and as we have Liquor authority investigators tender without a facial covering,
list. sounds.” ramped up checks on bars and went to Mahopac Inn on Oct. 2 and at no time witnessed sta
restaurants, compliance has in- following complaints of social- even attempt to enforce social
e Inn’s co-owner and op- Anthony said that during the creased, creating a safer envi- distancing violations. eir re- distancing.
erator, Marc Anthony, told Ma- shutdown, the Inn went through ronment for everyone,” the gov- port indicated that they were
hopac News that the restaurant/ a thorough disinfection process ernor said. “A small number of seated at the bar with patrons 2 SLA investigators warned
bar had fallen out of compli- and that it is being maintained. business owners still don’t think feet away on each side and served the Inn in early July regarding
ance and that he’s worked hard He said no cases of the corona- the rules apply to them, even in by a bartender with a facial cov- social-distancing protocols and
with the State Liquor Authority virus have been traced to his es- focus zones where the state has ering pulled below his nose. In- the requirement that all employ-
(SLA) to be able to reopen. tablishment. vestigators noted approximately ees wear facial coverings.
30 patrons were present, with
ese new suspensions bring four standing and drinking Anthony said everything is in
while listening to a band. Less compliance now and he doesn’t
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2020 MAHOPAC NEWS PAGE 7
Keegan cited again for unfair campaign practices
Byrne’s opponent challenges ruling, says she will le ‘formal exception’
BY BOB DUMAS Committee’s earlier ndings, is- the Committee’s ndings both on not recognized for what it is by the formal exception to the Commit-
EDITOR sued on Oct. 1, regarding she and Facebook and in quotes that were Committee. tee’s ndings and looks forward to
Byrne. provided to the media,” including working with the Committee and
e Westchester Fair Cam- Mahopac News. “In today’s terminology, that is all of the communities in the 94th
paign Practices Committee, the e Committee’s earlier ruling called ‘gaslighting’ and, unfortu- Assembly District to address the
non-partisan campaign watchdog found that Keegan had engaged in “ e fact that a subsequent mis- nately, it is all too often used by the problems of voter disenfranchise-
group founded by the League of unfair campaign practices by shar- leading post was issued and given Far-Right (or so called ‘Alt-Right’) ment and unfair campaign pro-
Women Voters in 1991, issued an- ing and promoting an image on so- to the media by my opponent is ex- to attack political opponents and cesses and to nd meaningful ways
other nding of unfair campaign cial media that Byrne claimed gave tremely disappointing,” Byrne said. erode the credibility of institutions to promote voting.”
practices against Assemblyman “a false and misleading impression “It is a shame that our opponent that promote democracy (such as
Kevin Byrne’s opponent, Stepha- [he] refused to condemn a racist chose to ignore the ndings of the the Committee). Predictably, By- Byrne said there is no such thing
nie Keegan last week. attack” that occurred in Carmel Committee and proceed with a rne immediately used the errone- as “formal exception.”
earlier this year. Byrne’s campaign baseless, misleading attack. I thank ous ‘ ndings’of the Committee for
e Committee determined further complained that by pro- the Committee again for its con- campaign fundraising. “A ‘formal exception’ doesn’t ex-
her recent actions were “unfair” in moting an image featuring the as- sistency and fairness.” ist to my knowledge,” he said. “She
response to a complaint from By- semblyman next to an image of a “ e Fair Campaign Practices was found to commit another
rne’s campaign and because of the truck with a “F*** Black Lives”sign Asked to comment on the sec- Committee has now issued three unfair campaign practice.If she
“clarity” of Byrne’s complaint, the a xed to it created “the false and ond ruling by the Committee, the ‘ ndings’ without fair hearings, wants to try and le one against
Committee found no hearing was misleading impression that the as- Keegan campaign released this including one nding where no me she can, but it won’t stick be-
necessary. semblyman is somehow associated prepared statement: hearing was held at all and one cause there’s nothing there. Our
with racist behavior.” hearing where the [Keegan][ cam- campaign’s fundraising email did
is most recent nding stated “Today we must speak up about paign was not told ahead of time not name the Committee or the
that Keegan violated the Commit- at initial Oct. 1 ruling found the misuse of the Westchester that a Republican Party represen- unfair campaign practices. is is
tee’s principle that “the candidate that “the juxtaposition of Mr. By- County Fair Campaign Practices tative would be participating in just nonsense.
will not abuse the Westchester rne’s picture next to a truck with Committee by [Kevin Byrne]. he the Committee’s decisions but no
County Fair Campaign Practices the words “F*** Black Lives” vio- has repeatedly sought to weap- Democratic Party representative “Ms. Keegan has now demon-
Committee process in order to lates the Committee’s principle onize the Committee’s ndings would have a voice. e Commit- strated a pattern,” Byrne contin-
obtain a political advantage. e that “ e candidate will not use or in violation of the very principles tee has the best of intentions but ued. “Her continued lashing out
Committee considers … misrep- condone any campaign material… the Committee promotes. By- has simply not been able to act at the Committee and me is both
resentation of its ndings to be an that misleads the public.” ere rne sought to mischaracterize with fairness. It is not equipped to ugly and dishonest. I will remain
unfair campaign practice.” was no evidence provided that Mr. Stephanie Keegan’s call for Byrne navigate the complexity of racist focussed on meeting and speak-
Byrne “was in any way associated to denounce racism and the hate- ‘dog whistles’ and ‘gaslighting’ used ing with our neighbors, listening to
e Byrne campaign com- with the truck pictured”. ful racist events in our community. by the Far-Right and Republican them and nding ways to improve
plained that Keegan posted an Byrne’s twisting of the facts to dis- partisan operators today. our state. I encourage her to learn
opinion piece on Facebook in e most recent nding found guise his embrace of “both-sides” from this experience and do the
which she misrepresented the that Keegan had “misrepresented false equivalencies on racism was “Stephanie will be submitting a same.”
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Do you trust the polls?
LIFE, vored the Democrats in nearly the scourge of Trump. One him—like a sub-intelligent, politic of Trump’s win in
HEALTH, every election, including 2000, wonders if any of these people out of control toddler whose 2016. Recall all those crying
POLITICS 2004, 2008—which Obama recalled their basic history over every word is a lie, which they and screaming people on Nov.
won handily but the polls were the last few decades. Joe Biden believe they must protect the 8, 2016, including several
MARA still o —and 2016. Polls have was always being obnoxiously public from. news announcers on major
SCHIFFREN also been biased to the left in brash or plagiarizing and drop- channels! Which in turn led
other countries with signi cant ping out early from presidential As Karl Rove stated in to Barack Obama and Joe
Do you trust the presi- elections, such as the UK and elections. the Wall Street Journal last Biden, among others, setting
dential polls? Israel, both of which I follow. week, “ e animus of report- up a form of bloodless coup
I don’t. And I have An old interview of Biden’s ers and their outlets toward to be sprung on Trump after
good reason. So now, in 2020, when I dating back to the ’70s— soon Mr. Trump is gobsmacking.” his inauguration in 2016. All of
look at the way the presidential after he was elected to the Sen- which is still being cleaned up.
Since I have been watching polls have trended for the last ate for the rst time—makes it is is not the least bit of an
elections more closely, starting few months, I have not given plain that the desire to be pres- exaggeration for anyone pay- So, given the givens, I am
in 1996, nearly half a cen- them as much heed as others. ident has always been burning ing the least bit of attention. going on the record to say
tury now, the mistakes in the Besides, I think that Donald a hole in old Joe’s heart and It has frequently gobsmocked that I think Trump will pull
presidential polls have always Trump kind of likes the come- driving him. Hard. It’s sad me! o another victory this year.
favored the Democrats. Which from-behind outsider, underdog that some people can never At the moment, the momen-
is to say, that they are always persona. Sure, it would have give up the dream and settle Rove also spoke about the tum favors him.
weighted to the Democrat been far easier to glide into back to enjoy the pleasures of polls, saying, “Polling is bro-
side. victory, riding on a crest of a life, of which there are many, ken: e golden age … is over. I am also hoping that the
booming economy but where particularly with the level of It is now far more di cult election will be decisive and
I watched this in 1996, when is the dramatic narrative arc renown he already had at- and expensive to poll.” He not caught up in days and
Bob Dole was running against in that that keeps you riveted tained as vice president for added, “Campaigns increas- weeks of dispute afterwards,
President Bill Clinton. Dole until election day and possibly eight years. ingly rely on modeling as a but we shall see.
lost, of course, but by less than beyond? substitute for polling, using
the polls predicted. I wondered Back to Trump. Even big data to de ne each voter’s Who do you think will win
then for the rst time how e truth is, Trump will nev- though he has been the presi- predisposition and then run this year?
much of an invisible advantage er be the conventional favorite: dent for nearly four years now, simulations. It sounds so
did months of positive polls a long-time politician, protect- he continues to be a disruptor scienti cally precise. But it Mara Schi ren, PhD, is a
give Clinton—in terms of en- ed by the major media, the way and have much of Washing- isn’t.” writer, certi ed Functional
ergizing his base and depress- Joe Biden is in this election. ton’s conventional political Medicine health coach, certi ed
ing Dole’s. It’s so odd that the media they culture and the major media And we have known for a Peak Performance coach and
have chosen Joe Biden, of all against him. One only has to long time that it is not pre- psychological tness specialist. You
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OP-ED
Black and blue lives both matter
Editor’s Note: Yorktown Councilwoman my life matters, and up until a couple of Matter.” Not only do I just support it, I lenged me and others for not providing
Alice Roker read this statement at the Town weeks ago, I didn’t know how much it wholeheartedly support it. My father was residents with a greater picture of Yor-
Board meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 6, shortly mattered. Someone attempted to harm a police o cer; his “Black Life” and “Blue ktown’s history. I explained for that, we
after the board unanimously approved a me because of something he thinks I Life” mattered tremendously to me. My would need additional funding, but that
resolution supporting police o cers and other said at a board meeting. My daughter, uncle and cousin who are currently po- I, along with my former records clerk,
rst responders. It is being republished here Courtney, and my son, Gregory—their lice o cers in Massachusetts, their “Black would volunteer to help make that a re-
with her permission. lives matter, too. Lives”and “Blue Lives”matter. Every man ality. We have started looking at some of
and woman who works for the Yorktown the articles written by Linda Kiederer
BY ALICE ROKER Many of you have heard me speak Police Department, their lives matter to about Yorktown when she was a mem-
GUEST WRITER about the talk that African American me, not only because I sit on the Town ber of the Yorktown Historical Society.
parents have with their teenage son. It’s Board, but because I know them. We are going through old minute books
Anyone who knows me, under- a talk that parents now have to have with and looking at ways to get more infor-
stands that I will always support their daughters. If you are stopped by Over the summer, I was proud to see mation out to the public without costing
a resolution that supports the the police, put your hands on the steer- young people march and say Black Lives the town additional money.
men and women of the Yorktown Police ing wheel if you are in a car, or raise them Matter. Although many adults came
Department. I know many of them. In above your head if you are walking. is to listen, I wish many more would have I was disappointed when Yorktown
fact, I have sworn many of them into of- is a talk that no one living in the United come. ey were not promoting some for Justice was not provided a seat on the
States in 2020 should have to have, but radical agenda. What they had to say Coalition on Community Safety & En-
ce. we do. boils down to a few simple words: “Treat gagement. ese are people from di er-
Unfortunately, there are far too many everyone equally.” How radical is that? ent walks of life, but they have one thing
people in our community who seek to And I do not support defunding the in common: they are Yorktown residents.
divide us. ey say, you cannot possibly police. From sitting where I do, as a mem- ey spoke about people who they say I believe their agenda is simple: treat ev-
support “Blue Lives Matter” while, at the ber of the Town Board, if it were possible, were not treated equally. ey questioned eryone equally. e other members of
same time, support “Black Lives Matter.” they would get additional funding from the wisdom of the school districts in Yor- the Town Board may disagree with me,
To that, I say, “Yes, I can.” me. I believe that every dollar the police ktown for their lack of diversity in our but that is the beauty of the country we
I support Black Lives Matter because department is given goes to good use. schools. live in: America.
Now, let’s talk about “Blue Lives Yorktown for Justice similarly chal-
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Skating on the moon with Harry and Mimi
OF HUMAN family to stay home. “Why,” he penchant for skipping school. Harry quibbled over the term. diary about the weirdness of
INTEREST asked his mother, “should we He asked Harry what he “Semi-suicidal… maybe.” being in love, how at night the
go from where we’re happy to wanted to do with his life.” Not crickets sounded happy, and so
LORENZO where we’re unhappy?” Harry knowing what to say, Harry “Harry, that’s a distinction on. On the dream side of the
GARO begged his mother. “Please, burst out laughing. without a di erence. I think we page, Mimi and Harry went
mama, let’s all stay home.” must err on the side of caution.” ice skating. Skates appeared
We were talking about “Nothing!” Harry nally an- magically on their feet. ey
life on other planets Of course, Harry’s mother swered. Naturally, the psychia- “I’m still here, aren’t I, Roger?” opened the cabin door, instead
when Harry had an reminded him that if she and trist got angry and threw Harry “So far, Harry. So far.” of a lake, they were standing on
absurd notion. Suppose alien his father stayed home the out of his o ce. Roger discovered that Harry the moon. e couple waltzed
beings are already here. If they family would starve and have had been a pious child, his across the moon, feeling as if
could gure out how to travel no clothes to wear. But Harry “ ere isn’t anything wrong imagination easily stimulated by they had been there before.
to Earth from 20,000 light didn’t see anything wrong with with you,” he said, “except that religious iconography and lives
years away, Harry reasoned, they starving. ey could all die you’re a wise guy.” of the saints. “Harry,” he said at e next morning, Harry
could gure out how to enter together. It’d be fun. the end of one session, “I think told Mimi about the dream and
Earth’s atmosphere without be- But Harry knew better. A few you may be on a misguided Mimi said, “Harry, don’t you
ing detected. Any sensible parent would years later, Harry, drowning in a search for God.” remember? We did skate on the
have dragged Harry out the sea of angst, confessed the truth “You mean, I almost jumped moon last night!”
“All they’d have to do,” Harry door to catch the school bus. But to his brother: “I’m lost, and I out a window because I was
said, “is atomize, neutralize the Harry’s mother compromised. can’t understand why everyone looking for God?” Harry complained to Roger.
iambic force eld and poof, She allowed her son to stay else isn’t. I must be going crazy.” “Exactly, Harry.” “Being in love is terrible, the
they’re walking down Fifth home on days when he seemed As part of his therapy, Roger highs, the lows, the constant
Avenue, nobody the wiser.” particularly distraught. It’s not “You’re not going crazy, asked Harry to keep a diary. need.”
hard to imagine, then, how with Harry,” said Harry’s brother. On one side of the page Harry
is conversion led to suspi- such permissive parenting, Harry “You’re just an idiot.” recorded what he did during “Harry, normally, that phase
cions about Harry. Maybe he’s grew up to be a spoiled existen- the day, on the other, what he is supposed to pass. Harry, you
an alien? Harry won’t commit to tialist. By 12th grade, he hardly “Oh, yeah?” Harry shouted. dreamed at night. One day, after don’t have to jump out a win-
being human, but he’s so alien- ever went to school. What for, he “Suppose I go upstairs and reading Harry’s last entry, Roger dow to nd God.”
ated, he might as well be from thought? We’re living in a pur- jump out the bedroom window. said, “Harry, you never told me
another planet. poseless, godforsaken universe. about Mimi.” “Or ice skate on the moon?”
Not surprisingly, he eventually en what will you say?” Harry and Mimi were still “Harry, now that’s progress.”
It all began when Harry, an needed help. “What are you waiting for?” in the honeymoon phase, no With time, Harry was better
up-and-coming philosopher, Harry got halfway out the warts on either nose, yet. ey able to understand the “highs
refused to attend the second Harry’s high school principal window before his brother spent idyllic weekends in a and the lows.” But if you asked
grade. He wanted the whole made an appointment for him hauled him in. e very next cabin overlooking Candle- him today, he would tell you
to see the school psychiatrist. day Harry, at his father’s urging, wood Lake. Harry wrote in his that his life was over at 21, the
found help. night he and Mimi skated on
e psychiatrist looked over “You’re suicidal,” Harry’s the moon.
Harry’s failing grades and his psychotherapist, Roger, said at
the beginning of their second
session.
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LETTERS
Tilly Foster open Extension of Putnam County, helped expand the open house at runs through Oct. 31, encouraged
house a grand which partnered with the county the county’s showcase farm into so the crowd to wander around the
and sponsored the event that much more. farm’s 199 acres, with more than
success brought more than 650 fami- enough space for social distancing.
lies out to Tilly Foster for a cel- Of course, there were cider and
To the editor, ebration of Putnam’s down-home donuts, but the event also high- For those of you who missed
Pumpkins, apples, llamas and community spirit and the farm’s lighted CCE’s many commu- the event, there’s always next year.
sprawling natural beauty. nity programs, including the 4-H In the meantime, come to Tilly
conceptual art, if you were lucky Youth Program and the Master Foster, check out Tilly’s Table
enough to be at the Open House CCE proposed the idea as a way Gardner’s new Pollinator Path- restaurant, take a self-guided tour
at Tilly Foster Farm in Brewster to give 4-H volunteers a venue for way, which will keep our county of the farm, the sculpture show
on Saturday, Oct. 17, you know community outreach after this blooming. and the breathtaking views of the
how perfect a fall day can be. summer’s 4-H Fair was cancelled Hudson Valley hills.
due to coronavirus, but the group’s e outdoor sculpture show
I want to thank Executive Di- wonderful network of volunteers hosted by Collaborative Concepts, MaryEllen Odell
rector Stefanie Hubert and her which opened in September and
sta at the Cornell Cooperative County Executive
BYRNE legislators from across the do matter. I have always been election. businesses, get back to some
nation meet and share ideas. up front and honest about how I care deeply about our semblance of normal life, and
FROM PAGE 10 I vote and why, as well as my do more to ensure the public
at doesn’t mean members plans and ideas for the future. community and our state. health and safety of every New
in uence an impending election. embrace every idea supported Putnam County is where I Yorker is protected. I have
Bernie’s farce continued by ALEC. For example, unlike I’m a proud Republican, but have called home my entire been honored to do this job for
my political opponent, I have a I’ve never been a rubber stamp life. My wife, Bri, and I are nearly four years. With your
when he attempted to smear strong pro-labor record and am for any political party or power raising our 5-month-old son support, I would be honored to
and defame the American honored to have already been structure. I’m an independent in Mahopac because we want do it for two more.
Legislative Exchange Council endorsed by over 35 di erent thinker and have worked hard him to have every opportunity
(ALEC). ALEC is “the labor, business, healthcare, to develop a reputation as we had as children, and more. [Assemblyman Kevin Byrne
largest nonpartisan, voluntary police, and rst responder someone who will work with I want that for every other represents the 96th Assembly
membership organization organizations. Bernie’s anyone. at’s how I’ve gotten family, as well. District. He is up for re-election
of state legislators dedicated unsubstantiated innuendos so much done, and that’s why and faces Democratic challenger
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Understanding the traditions we celebrate
STRONG what Celtic meant. e evening and you don’t wear them after long for you to nd out why we with the pat answer, “Because I
LEARNING continued like that. We went Labor Day? Why do we celebrate celebrate Halloween? To begin said so.”
from one new fact to another. We certain holidays on certain days? with, perhaps you were told, but
DR. LINDA all learned a lot. didn’t listen or process what was Whatever you have learned,
SILBERT ink about your family rules as said, or just forgot. With that or will learn in the future, will
My question is, and it really you grew up. Why did your par- said, assuming that it was never probably have little or no e ect
Dear Dr. Linda, concerns me, why did my wife ents insist on certain things and taught to you, why didn’t you on how you’ll celebrate Hal-
Our three kids love, love, love and I have so little knowledge of your friend’s parents based their think of asking, “Why?” loween, but at least you and
the reason we celebrate Hallow- rules on something foreign to you? wife and your children will have
Halloween. In fact, my wife and een? It’s not going to change our Many things we do simply make e parents and teachers who knowledge on your side. And it
I do too. I’m an art teacher and lifestyle or how we celebrate it, but no sense if we ask the question, pass on knowledge from one can never be taken away from
my wife’s a fourth-grade teacher, how did we miss learning about “Why?”as your daughter did. generation to another may nev- you.
and we spend much of October something for over 40 years? And er have asked “why” either. And
decorating our classrooms. We why didn’t we ever ask anyone? If In most cases, when a tradition your grandparents and great- However, knowledge alone,
really go way out decorating our not for Amy asking, we still would begins, it is based on something. grandparents may never have without understanding can be
lawn and house. It’s become a be just as ignorant. Curious what questioned the “whys.” Why dangerous. It behooves us all to
tradition for everyone in our town you think. ere is a speci c reason for it, didn’t they? Perhaps it never ask, when we acquire knowledge
to drive by to see our Halloween but as the generations go by, the came to mind. Or maybe they or our children come home
display. Jaime and Jan reason sometimes changes or is came from homes and cultures from school or college with a
Dear Jaime and Jan, simply forgotten. However, the in which questioning things new wealth of knowledge, will
e other evening my wife was not encouraged. ey were we bother to investigate why
and I and our kids had a lengthy ere are so many traditions we basic custom continues taught to follow what the adults things are the way they are?
discussion as to why we love it follow without questioning why and eventually it just told them to do. I’m sure many And how will the answers to
so much. en Amy, one of our we follow them. For example, becomes tradition. of you can remember adults “why” a ect what we do going
9-year old twin daughters, asked why is it a tradition for some answering your questions why forward?
why we celebrate Halloween. My that you don’t wear white To answer
wife and I didn’t have an answer. shoes before Memorial Day, your ques- “Any fool can know. e
All we knew was that Oct. 31 tion, why did point is to understand.” Albert
is Halloween. Our 13-year old Einstein
pulled out his phone and asked, it take so
“Why do we celebrate Hal- Dr. Linda
loween?”We found out that it
was an ancient Celtic festival. Dr. Linda is co-author of
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Maloney comes to Mahopac for social justice rally
Putnam Progressives held a proximately 50 people, including at the home of Putnam County climate change, the protests have passed had the Republicans
Rally for Democracy and Social Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (NY- Democratic Committee Chair following the Parkland school and their allies maintained their
Justice in Mahopac on Sunday, 18), with more turned away to Scott Reing, and Putnam Young shooting, the #MeToo move- Senate majority.
Oct. 18, in an e ort to energize adhere to New York State’s CO- Democrats Treasurer, Kei Reing, ment, the protests to end DACA
local Democratic and progressive VID-19 protocols, with many who reside in Mahopac. and family separation, and the “We would not have done that
voters in anticipation of the Nov. others watching remotely via live 2020 uprisings for racial justice had the Republicans been in
3 election. stream. Maloney told attendees that around the Hudson Valley and charge,” Harckham said.
events like the Women’s March the nation have helped him to
e rally was attended by ap- e rally was held outdoors in 2017, the movement to curb keep hope that “people of good New York State Assembly can-
conscience would not just roll didate Stephanie Keegan (D-94)
PHOTO COURTESY FOR PUTNAM PROGRESSIVES over in the wake of the 2016 elec- highlighted the need to make
tion.” Putnam more welcoming to peo-
Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney speaks at the Rally for Democracy and Social Justice last week. ple who presently feel silenced.
Maloney expressed his admi-
ration for the local organizers of “We need to live in a commu-
the Black Lives Matter protesters nity where more than just a small
in Putnam and around the Hud- group of brave young people feel
son Valley. like they can come out and stand
safely on the street,” Keegan said.
“We do not accept the cyni- “It’s so important that we learn
cal choice between public safety from people who are afraid to
and racism,” he said. “We know speak now.”
that we can support good cops
who do good work, but we can Baila Lemonik, one of Putnam
also acknowledge that there has Progressives’ founders and coor-
been wrongdoing and systemic dinator, urged democrats to run
injustice.” in local races.
State Sen. Peter Harckham “We need to show that we are
(SD-40) recalled the many recent not afraid; that together we are
successes of a Democratic New united, and we will be a force to
York State Senate, from common contend with,”she said.“Activism
sense gun reforms to ensuring and politics go hand in hand.”
LGBTQ+ equality and passing
the Child Victims Act, which Local band e Monkey-
extends the criminal statute of Town Milk Spillers performed
limitations for child sexual abuse protest songs by Patti Smith and
crimes – none of which would Bob Dylan.
Article courtesy of Putnam
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CIRCUS be held on two nights: Friday, Oct. the door. All contributions will be
FROM PAGE 5
30, and Halloween on Oct. 31. donated to the ALS Association
Cappelletti said the times are still to raise awareness of amyotrophic
the pandemic, but they knew there being worked out but will likely be lateral sclerosis, aka Lou Gehrig’s
wasn’t much for kids to do dur- 7 to 9:30 p.m. on Friday, and 7 to Disease.
ing one of their favorite holidays, 11 p.m. on Saturday night. He rec- Cappelletti said this is likely the
thanks to all the cancellations, and ommended visiting their website, last time Nightmare Circus will be
they believed they could make it www.nightmarecircus.com, to get a free, amateur event. Next year,
COVID-safe. the latest updates. they hope to turn professional,
ey’ve set up some rules and Nightmare Circus is free, but move to a larger location and
guidelines for this year’s event. they will be accepting donations at charge an entry fee.
1. One group will be allowed to
walk through at a time.
2. All guests will be required
to wear facemask coverings and
maintain social distance at all times.
3. Guests must be a minimum
of 6 feet apart while waiting in line.
4. ose experiencing a fever or
u-like symptoms are discouraged The cast of last year’s
Nightmare Circus will
from attending. feature a glow-in-the-dark
component this year.
“We will have 6-foot boxes
PHOTOS COURTESY OF
marked on the ground where the DOMINIC CAPPELLETTI
groups stand in order to control The cast of last
year’s Nightmare
social distancing,”he said.“What- Circus looking pretty
nightmarerish.
ever group you came with is who
you go in with. When one group
gets toward the end, we will let
in the next group. It will mean a
slower wait time, but we want to
be safe. Hand sanitizer and masks
are required.”
Cappelletti said his performers
who wear masks as part of their
costumes will wear medical masks
underneath. ose who just wear
face paint will wear medical masks
over top.
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Mahopac pair face felony burglary charges in Yorktown
BY BOB DUMAS on Saturday, Oct. 10, they re- with a metal pipe causing physi- the were placed under arrest. e defendants were arraigned
EDITOR ceived a call at around 6:25 p.m. cal injury. Police also alleged Hartman was charged rst- before Yorktown Justice Gary
to investigate an assault com- that the other defendant applied Raniolo. Hartman was released
A pair of Mahopac residents plaint. After the investigation, pressure to another occupant’s degree burglary, a class B felony, after posting $10,000 cash bail,
are facing felony burglary and police alleged that the defen- throat and choked them. and with second-degree assault, and Ahearn was release after
assault charges after police said dants—Danielle Hartman, 25, a class D felony. posting $2,500 cash bail. A tem-
they broke into a Yorktown and Michael Ahearn, 29, both By the time police arrived on porary order of protection was
home and attacked the occu- of Mahopac—entered the home the scene, the suspects had al- Ahearn was charged with issued on behalf of the victims.
pants. without permission and struck ready ed, but shortly afterward rst-degree burglary, and with
one of the residents in the head turned themselves into York- criminal obstruction of breath-
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PAGE 22 MAHOPAC NEWS Sports THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2020
BOYS SOCCER
Mahopac plays well, settles for tie vs. Patriots
BY SKIP PEARLMAN Dimas Agustin-
CONTRIBUTING WRITER Mendez tries to
control the ball at
e Mahopac High School boys midfield vs. John Jay.
soccer team played one of its bet-
ter games last Friday night at home, Mahopac’s Nick Biagini
but the Indians still had to settle for makes a run in Friday
a 2-2, double-overtime deadlock night’s 2-2 double-
against John Jay of East Fishkill. overtime tie. Biagini
scored both Mahopac
Despite Jay controlling much of goals.
the early possession, senior captain
Nick Biagini broke free and put the Mahopac’s Mario Bunjaj looks to control an air ball.
Indians on the scoreboard in the Joey Colatruglio elevates to send a
seventh minute of the rst half, and ball across midfield.
the explosive Biagini gave Mahopac
a 2-0 lead in the 24th minute, con- PHOTOS: SKIP PEARLMAN
verting a pass from Brian Merlino.
e Patriots got one back before
the half to cut into the lead, and tied
the game in the second half.
Mahopac coach Chris Mulhol-
land was pleased with his team’s ef-
fort against a strong opponent. “I’m
really proud of how we played in
that game,” Mulholland said. “John
Jay is a really good team, and we
held the lead better than we have.
I think it could be a turning point
from some of the tough losses we’ve
had.”
Mulholland pointed to solid
performances from Biagini and
his keeper Nick D’Antona, who
stopped nine shots on goal.
“It was great Biagini was nally
able to get some goals,” the coach
said. “He’s been unlucky, but really
took advantage of his opportuni-
ties. And Nick [D’Antona] had a
phenomenal game in goal, he really
kept us in it.”
e Indians couldn’t get any of-
fense going the prior Wednesday in
a 3-0 loss to Carmel at Mahopac
high school.
D’Antona stopped four shots on
goal for the Indians in the loss.
“ at was a tough loss, not one of
our better performances,” Mulhol-
land said. “We were pushing near
halftime, and gave up a bad penalty
and they scored a goal. en they
got another nice goal, and the third
one came with nine minutes left in
the game.
“We had a penalty kick and
missed it, and we got opportunities
but couldn’t nish,” Mulholland
added. “We couldn’t get anything
to break our way. Marco Chousa
at center mid eld has been playing
great all season, and he gave us a
good game.”
Mahopac was scheduled to visit
Arlington B on ursday (Oct. 29)
at 4:30 p.m., and the Indians host
RCK Saturday (Oct. 31) at 11 a.m.
e Indians are at Carmel on Mon-
day (Nov. 2) for a 6:15 p.m. game.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2020 SPORTS MAHOPAC NEWS PAGE 23
FIELD HOCKEY Indians senior
captain Krista Dietz
Mahopac
picks up (right) and senior
steam, Tatiana Moran (left)
rolls over accounted for all four
John Jay, goals in Mahopac’s
Arlington two wins last week.
BY SKIP PEARLMAN
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Mahopac High School’s eld
hockey team picked up two im-
pressive wins last week, shutting
out John Jay of East Fishkill, 2-0,
after edging Arlington, 2-1, two
days earlier on the road. PHOTO: SKIP PEARLMAN
In ursday’s win over John PHOTO: TABITHA PEARSON MARSHALL
Jay, senior Tatiana Moran scored
twice for Mahopac, with the rst SCHNEIDER
goal coming o an assist from se-
nior captain Krista Dietz. Moran
added an unassisted goal with
12:33 left in the fourth.
Indians coach Dona DiMag- FINANCIAL
gio liked what she saw from her
team, which won its third game
in four tries this season.
“We were able to mix a lot of
di erent positions, because the GROUP
girls were able to control the
game,” DiMaggio said. “Jay was
knocking on the door a few times,
so when we got that second goal
that was big. It was a really good
team e ort by the girls.”
Indians keepers Katie Iarussi
made four saves, and Stephanie friendly,
Miller had one. “It was a nice job
by both goalies, and Stephanie
actually had a big save for us at professional,
the end,” DiMaggio said.
Two days earlier at Arlington,
Moran scored the game-winning sound advice
goal in the third quarter with
5:41 remaining, o a feed from
Dietz, who also scored a goal in for your
the rst.
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a really fast game, and we out-
hustled them and controlled the tax and financial
mid eld. It was a very nice job by
my girls.
“Krista had a really nice game,” situation
the coach added. “Especially on
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PAGE 24 MAHOPAC NEWS SPORTS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2020
GIRLS SOCCER
Indians roll over Ketcham, tie Jay, fall to Admirals
BY SKIP PEARLMAN
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
e Mahopac High School girls soccer team The Indians’ Hailey Indians captain Mia Klammer battles
got out-played for most of the rst half of Monday Pereira and Sofia Arenas for possession.
night’s game against visiting Arlington, but when sandwich Arlington’s
it was over, the Indians still had a competitive rst Ava Allen at midfield on Indians keeper
half and were within striking distance, trailing, 2-1. Monday night at Mahopac Madeline
High School. McCrosson gets
But two second-half goals from the Admirals ready to face
made it a 4-1 victory for Arlington, which con- Madison DeCola a point-blank
trolled play for the majority of the game. It was the secures a ball shot Monday
second time this season the Admirals have topped night, but the
Mahopac by the same score. Monday night vs. shooter sent it
Arlington. over the net.
Arlington’s Megan Stowell found herself with
some space in front of the goal, and gave Arlington PHOTOS: SKIP
the lead 7:35 into the rst half. PEARLMAN
On Mahopac‘s rst good opportunity in the
Admirals end, Indians sniper Mia Klammer took
control of the ball on the sideline, dribbled out to-
wards the middle, and unleashed a shot that beat
the keeper on the far side of the net to tie the game.
Kate Murphy put the Admirals ahead for good
with 17:23 left in the half. Arlington scored mid-
way through the second half, and again with four
minutes remaining in the game.
Indians keeper Madeline McCrossen made 17
stops.
Mahopac coach Casey Carroll said her team is
playing without some key starters, which makes
keeping up with a team like the Admirals a chal-
lenge.
“We have some girls who are coming back from
injuries, and we have a lot of nagging injuries that
girls are playing with,” Carroll said. “So right now,
we’re asking our second string to play a team like
Arlington. We need to get everyone back on the
eld, and on the same page. e girls who are play-
ing now, some of them haven’t played together.
“I do think we have the talent to get better, and
to peak and make a run at the playo s,” Carroll
added.
Carroll added that her team hurt itself with mis-
takes that can be xed.
“ ree of Arlington’s goals came o of our own
mistakes,” she said. “So, if we can x things like
that it will make a big di erence. We should have
some girls back shortly, and there are a lot of x-
able things that we have to work on, and get it
done before the end of the season, which is com-
ing quickly.
Carroll said that despite the team allowing four
goals, her back line—Maddie DeCola, Amanda
Beberman, Alyssa Chiulli, and Marissa McCar-
ney—turned in an impressive performance.
“Our back line played really well today,” the
coach said. “It’s hard to play defense for 80 min-
utes without breaking down, and tonight the goals
we gave up were on us. So, I was happy to see the
way they played.”
Last ursday in Dutchess County, Mahopac
picked up a stress-free, 5-0, victory over Roy C.
Ketcham.
Junior Aunchalee O’Brien led the Indians with
a hat-trick, including her rst career varsity goal.
Mia Klammer also scored, and Piper Klammer
had a goal and an assist. Sophia Doupis had one
assist, and McCrossen had six saves in net.
Two days earlier at Mahopac, the Indians settled
for a 3-3 tie in double overtime.
Mia Klammer had a goal and two assists, Piper
Klammer had two goals, and Hailey Pereira had
an assist.
e Indians were scheduled to visit Carmel on
Monday (Nov. 2) at 4:15 p.m.
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what was proposed on the campaign trail. your hobby into a business. Changing this goal thriving local businesses bene t eration and retain their sta s.
Still, sometime in the future, we could see may require a di erent investment strategy. Or their communities. at’s another way shopping
election-related changes that could a ect your you might change your mind about where you According to the Small Busi- local can bene t local commu-
investment strategy. For example, over the years, want to live – instead of staying in your home, ness Economic Impact Study nities. e Business Alliance
we’ve seen many adjustments in the tax rates of as originally planned, you might downsize and from American Express, an for Local Living Economies
capital gains and stock dividends, and it’s likely move to a di erent area. Your goals may change average of two-thirds of every reports that, for every $10 mil-
these rates will change again one day. When that in many ways, all of which may warrant updating dollar spent at small businesses lion spent locally, 57 new jobs
happens, you may need to look at the equities your investment strategies. in the United States stays in the are created at local businesses.
portion of your portfolio to see if you want to Here’s the key point: You’re the one electing to local community. at support at’s an important factor to
make some adjustments. make these changes. No matter what happens in can be especially valuable as the remember as the world tries
Many other changes, though, are hard to this or any other election, be sure to “vote” for the world tries to work its way out to recover from the economic
predict. It is possible that future legislation could strategies that have the potential for a winning of a global recession brought on fallout of the COVID-19 pan-
a ect speci c industries, either positively or outcome. by the COVID-19 pandemic. demic.
negatively. Such moves could also in uence the Unemployment rates rose sig-
way you look at certain investments, but if you is article was written by Edward Jones for use by ni cantly within a month of the Article provided by Metro
have a diversi ed portfolio that contains a broad your local Edward Jones nancial advisor (member World Health Organization Creative Connection
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