The Somers Record 10.08.20

Vol. 10 No. 25 Visit TapIntoSomers.net for the latest news. Thursday, October 8, 2020

7-Eleven proposed for vacant Town continues to
Chase Bank building pressure Optimum

Property owner opposes possible code change Telecommunications outages
spur search for alternative
BY CAROL REIF
STAFF WRITER providers

Somers is considering limiting

the hours that retail stores can BY CAROL REIF
STAFF WRITER
operate in its Business-Historical ist, Altice operates as “a monopo-
Somers o cials are drawing ly,” the town’s Aug. 21 complaint
Preservation district. a line in the sand on internet, said.
cable, voice and data services for
And one entrepreneur wasted residents. e task force has posted its
mission statement and details
no time telling the town exactly Last week, a new telecom- of its proposed strategy on the
munications task force updated town’s website.
what he thinks about the idea. town o cials on its e orts to
bring Altice USA (which owns According to Councilman
Donato Settanni told the Optimum) and other providers Anthony J. Cirieco, who called it
such as Verizon to the table to “a living document,”that mission
Town Board ursday, Oct. 1, hash out the numerous problems is to be proactive, to take a lead-
the community is experiencing ership role and to advocate for
that the proposed restrictions with its current set-up. reliable communication and data
services on the behalf of Somers’
feel like “a very honest attempt to In a formal complaint submit- residents, businesses and govern-
ted to the Public Service Com- ment. It is focusing on nding
stop me from being able to lease mission, Supervisor Rick Mor- a ordable alternatives and im-
rissey dubbed Altice’s response proving safety and emergency
my space.” to Tropical Storm Isaias “chaotic planning and also has called
at best.” for better coordination among
Settanni owns a small white communication companies and
“It’s a utility now and it should utilities such as New York State
building at 265 Route 202 locat- be treated as such by the PSC Electric and Gas.
and FCC,” Morrissey said about
ed directly behind e Elephant Altice at the Town Board’s work All of this will “take time and
session ursday, Oct. 1. patience” to achieve, but the task
Hotel, aka town hall. It is now erty, hopes to recon gure part of Citing the zoning code, Cross
Because alternatives don’t ex- SEE OUTAGES PAGE 31
leased by deli/catering and dry the building to accommodate a noted that retail stores “includ-

cleaning businesses. 7-Eleven convenience store. ing, but not limited to thrift,

Two years ago, one of Settan- A letter sent by its lawyer, Jody consignment and antique shops,

ni’s tenants, Chase Bank, vacated Cross of Zarin & Steinmetz, to bakeries and delicatessens” are

its spot to consolidate opera- the town last winter said it plans principal permitted uses in the

tions with another branch across to expand into the deli’s kitchen, B-HP zone.

the road in the Towne Centre at but hadn’t determined how, or In Cross’s opinion, a 7-Eleven,

Somers. Settanni said he’s been whether, to use the balance of the as a convenience store, is protect-

“desperately” trying to nd new deli’s space. ed by that language.

tenants ever since. Black Diamond does not in- While 7-Elevens sometimes

Black Diamond Equity LLC, tend to change the building’s SEE 7-ELEVEN PAGE 3
the contract vendee of the prop- footprint, Cross said.

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SEF Golf Outing

e Somers Education Foun- SEF President Glenn Hintze and wife Sue working the SEF Trustee Tom Newman ready to PHOTOS COURTESY OF GLENN HINTZE
dation held its annual Golf registration table. greet the golfers as they arrive.
Outing on September 24 at the SEF Founder and retired teacher Kay
Anglebrook Golf Club. It was Staplin and fellow retired teacher George
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7-ELEVEN toring the proposed amendment ments have needed adjustment opinion, the B-HP—being the Dym pointed out that res-
FROM PAGE 1
very closely” and intend to “ac- under “real-world conditions,” “most sensitive” type of zone— taurants—which are principal

tively participate in the town’s she noted. should have some kind of restric- permitted uses—are in a di er-

include gasoline lling opera- discussion.” Part of the zone’s “character tions on hours of operation. ent category than retail stores. A

tions, there are no such plans for and ambience” derives from the “I’m surprised they’re not in proposed amendment would not,

the Route 202 site, she said. HOURS AT ISSUE fact that retail uses in it are gen- there (the zoning code), but I Baroni said, a ect one establish-

Town code de nes delis as A 7-Eleven located near the erally limited to normal daytime think it’s a good idea,” he said. ment in the zone known to close

stores where “ready-to-eat food intersection of Routes 35 and operations hours, Dym said. Settanni told the board that, late in the evening.

products” are sold and conve- 100 in Somers is open 24 hours Right now, hours of operation as a businessman and property Councilman Anthony J. Cirie-

nience stores as places where pre- a day seven days a week. in the code governing the B-HP owner in the B-HP zone, he co wondered why an 8 p.m. or 9

packaged and grab-and-go food, According to a Sept. 17 memo zone are not addressed. “wholeheartedly” disagreed with p.m. closing would be “prohibi-

beverages and other household to the town from its director With that in mind, the Town operation restrictions. tive” for a retail store.

supplies are sold. of planning, Syrette Dym, the Board is weighing an amend- “ roughout the whole history “Oh, I don’t think it would,”

Cross argues that because a B-HP zone is designed to pro- ment that would limit retail store of Somers, as far as I could read Baroni answered. “I think what

deli has been so de ned in the tect historical, architectural, cul- hours in the B-HP zone. Dym back, there have been no restric- you’re really striving to do is (to)

code for decades and a conve- tural, aesthetic and other special has suggested operations be lim- tions. So to say that the historic control the overnight use. If you

nience store o ers a similar, if interests or values. ited to 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. nature of this zone is being im- thought 8 or 9 was more appro-

not identical, use, her clients feel However, she said, per code, “At the crossroads of Route peded by not having restrictions priate, yes, you could do that.”

a 7-Eleven would be consistent it’s also intended to allow the 100 and 202, such limited time is just incorrect,” he said. Councilman Richard G.

with “the nature, character and “reasonable” use of land and frames will support the ham- Pointing out that there’s a Clinchy said he assumed “most

purpose” of the B-HP zone. buildings as long as it is done in let rather than [the] highway neighborhood shopping center people would probably think

She also noted that the new a way that “encourages the eco- crossroads character of this area, across the street that wouldn’t be midnight was too late.”

store would be located in a por- nomically healthy, functionally a character better left for other “impaired” by the proposed re- Garrity pointed out that regu-

tion of a building that predates e cient, environmentally sound more active, non-historic areas strictions, Settanni said the move lating hours is standard for the

the formation of the historic and visually attractive mixed-use within the town,” Dym conclud- would constitute “a clear taking town. For instance, he said, it sets

zone. e B-HP provision was area of small-scale businesses, ed. of my rights and my properties.” times for trash pickups or when

added to the code in 1978; Black residences, and public uses.” e Elephant Hotel, which Baroni countered, “If there was people can cut their lawns.

Diamond found in town records e town has been “vigilant,” serves as the town government’s a particular renter” who could not “ is Town Board has been

that Lawrence Kurutz received Dym said, in its pursuit of “poli- headquarters, is located to the adhere to the restricted hours, pro-business since I’ve been on

a Certi cate of Occupancy for cies, designations and legislation” right of the proposed 7-Eleven. It they could seek a variance from the board and we look to assist,

four shops in 1960. At that time, that preserve the zone’s “historic has National Historic Landmark the Zoning Board of Appeals. not to restrain, businesses,” Su-

265 Route 202 was located in the nature.” and National Register of Histori- Councilman omas A. Gar- pervisor Rick Morrissey said.

R-40 district. However, the town has amend- cal Places status. rity Jr. asked at what hours other “But, with that said, we also have

Cross said on Monday, Oct. 5, ed and modi ed the B-HP zone Town attorney Roland A. Bar- businesses in the B-HP zone op- SEE 7-ELEVEN PAGE 31

that her clients would be “moni- when its procedures and require- oni Jr. said ursday that, in his erated.

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for over 15 years, and has con- Trans-Allegheny is far more hor- one vehicle will be serviced at a

ducted hundreds of investigations rifying; and it is this horri c back- time

of haunted houses, businesses, and ground that is the cause of so much • Residents are required to wear

properties. Join Barry as he talks paranormal activity at the facility. masks within designated areas

about some of his favorite ghost Join Barry Pirro in this fascinating • Please be mindful to observe

investigations, and answers ques- discussion about the history of the all posted signage and directions

tions about what it’s like to be a asylum, and about the ghosts who from sta

Due to coronavirus, all events Oct. 5 and 19 from 11 a.m. to real ghost hunter. Participants will continue to haunt it. For more information about

will be virtual and require regis- 12:30 p.m. It’s fall, an inspira- also have a chance to share their The Mobile Shredder at the identity theft, call the Dept. of

tration in order to receive an in- tional season to create more art. true ghost stories. Somers Library. Tuesday, Octo- Consumer Protection (914) 995

vitation to participate. To register, We can draw from nature’s colors Virtual Presentation: Hal- ber 27, 9 a.m. to noon. Concerned - 2155 or visit westchestergov.

visit somerslibrary.org or call 914- using acrylic paints, watercolors or loween - A Haunted History. about Identity eft? e Mobile com/consumer. For questions

232-5717. watercolor oil pencils. is class Saturday October 24, 11:30 a.m. Shredder is coming to Somers! about recycling, call the Recycling

Events are made possible by o ers you the time and space to -1 p.m. Have you ever wondered Now you can safely destroy un- HelpLine at 813-5425 or visit

e Friends of the Somers Li- make new artwork to express why we carve pumpkins, dress wanted personal records and docu- westchestergov.com/recycling.

brary. yourself. Judika Lieberman is a up in costumes, or decorate our ments! Documents that have per- Webinar: Social Security

Important note about the local artist, well-versed in all dis- homes with skeletons and ghosts sonal information such as name, Benefits Strategy. Tuesday, Oc-

Senior Benefits Information ciplines and will demonstrate the for Halloween? is colorful pro- address, phone number, credit card tober 27, 1-2 p.m. Do you have a

Center (SBIC): SBIC program advantages of each medium. Be gram traces the strange history number or Social Security number Social Security bene ts strategy?

coordinators are still providing a novice or expert, you’re all wel- of Halloween, from Old World should be shredded before recy- Many Americans think Social

Medicare counseling by phone come! Please have your supplies harvest festivals to our modern cling. Security is simple and straightfor-

and by email. Clients can leave a for class: canvases, paper, brushes, family holiday. Discussed in this • e Mobile Shredder is for ward. Often, it is not. Just recently,

question and their preferred con- water cup, palette, and your favor- program are the origins of the Somers residents only. the bipartisan budget act made

tact method and counselors will ite medium. en the fun will be- Jack-O’Lantern, Orson Welles’ • Paper generated by businesses, some signi cant changes to So-

get back to them within two busi- gin! Class is limited to 25 people. 1938 “War of the Worlds” ra- schools, institutions, government cial Security laws about claiming

ness days or sooner. e SBIC ho- Virtual Presentation: A Ghost dio broadcast, the rst monster or municipal o ces is not accepted. retirement and spousal bene ts.

tline information: 914-231-3260 Hunter’s Favorite Case Files, movies, haunted lighthouses and • Each resident may bring a Making a mistake when selecting

or [email protected]. Tuesday, October 20, 6-7 p.m. hotels, and much more. e hour- maximum of 4 le boxes; all pa- your bene t option can cost thou-

Virtual Workshop: Painting Paranormal investigator Barry long slideshow is illustrated with pers must be free of clips, bind- sands or tens of thousands of dol-

in Autumn/w Judika: Mondays, Pirro has been ‘hunting ghosts’ original photographs and antique ings, folders and les. lars over the course of retirement.

Halloween cards, advertisements, All residents attending shred- Consequently, it’s a good idea to

artwork, and movie posters. der events must follow these safe- talk with experts in the eld, gath-

Virtual Presentation: The ty guidelines to protect themselves er the information you need, and

Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asy- and sta : make informed bene ts decisions.

lum: American’s Most Haunted • Residents must remain in Virtual - Teen Kahoot! Trivia.

Asylum.Tuesday, October 27, 6-7 their vehicles at all times ursdays, 3:30-4:$5 p.m. Meet-

P.M. e Trans-Allegheny Luna- • Documents should be boxed ing dates: Oct. 1, 15, 29, Nov. 5,

tic Asylum in West Virginia is and placed in the trunk/hatchback 19, Dec. 3, 17. Join us for a virtual

widely considered to be one of the of the resident’s vehicle if possible, quiz challenge using Kahoot, an

most haunted places in America. or in the back seat of the resident’s online app. Teens will compete

Etoinvgetorimwbaea?cnkt Susan Volpe Visitors have reported witnessing vehicle for small prizes in a variety of
a variety of paranormal activity, • Sta will remove the box(es) trivia categories. Topics will not
Owner/Stylist and many paranormal TV shows be announced in advance and all
have conducted investigations at directly from the resident’s vhicle teens must compete as individu-
EVERY TUESDAY the 162-year-old asylum. But as and place them in the shredder als. Registration is necessary. is
“Pay What You Want!” scary as some of the asylum ghost mechanism program is intended for teens in
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Stress-relieving dog
join DA’s office

Lewis is trained to comfort victims, witnesses

e Westchester County Dis- we do for the people of West- Lewis ready to comfort
trict Attorney’s o ce has a new chester.” those in need.
branch manager.
Lewis is a 2-year-old Lab- PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE
Lewis, the o ce’s rst facility rador retriever and his trained WESTCHESTER COUNTY
dog, is specially trained to work handler is Brian Bendish, as-
with victims and witnesses to sistant district attorney of the DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
help relieve their stress during Superior Court Trial Division.
the criminal justice process. As of Bendish took three weeks of District Attorney Anthony Scarpino with Lewis, the facility dog.
mid-September, Lewis became a specialized training to bond with
full-time member of the sta . Lewis and learn the 40 advanced told to. I really look forward to Lewis was raised and trained by donations to Canine Com-
commands to which Lewis re- seeing how his easy demeanor by the nonpro t Canine Com- panions. e cost of his ongoing
“For witnesses and victims, sponds. e training consisted will de-stress situations for our panions for Independence and care and feeding is being taken
sitting through interviews and of intensive lectures, hands-on victims and witnesses. I am really has been granted to the West- care of by private funds within
preparing for trial is a very stress- training, and multiple examina- excited to continue to integrate chester County District Attor- the district attorney’s o ce. Ca-
ful time, especially for child wit- tions in order to acquire public Lewis into the DA’s o ce and let ney’s O ce free of charge. It’s nine Companions is the nation’s
nesses, victims of domestic and certi cation.Training is ongoing, him do this important job going estimated that his two years of
elder abuse, and victims of sexual and requires strict consistency forward. I think he is just a great training and that of his handler rst and largest service dog orga-
assault,” said District Attorney and structure implemented by addition to our o ce.” costs roughly $50,000, paid for nization, training dogs for special
Anthony Scarpino. “Retelling Bendish to ensure Lewis adheres service roles since 1975.
and reliving those moments can to his trained behaviors. As part
be extremely di cult. Medical of his work, Bendish will attend
professionals have con rmed that all appointments with Lewis, is-
having a dog to comfort them, sue his commands, and oversee
whether in meetings or in court, the dog’s daily needs.
can help relieve that stress. We
are delighted to bring this extra “Lewis is an exceptional animal”
special level of care to those who Bendish said. “He is amazingly
need it most. Lewis is a great ad- calm and sweet. He is trained not
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Upcoming sewer district vote continues to draw controversy

BY CAROL REIF lion project in Lake Shenorock stormwater runo entering New in quite some time, some mem- Absentee ballots
STAFF WRITER and Lake Lincolndale are just as York City’s drinking water in bers of the Town Board have said.

ardent in their stand that there reservoir watersheds serving its Be that as it may, Supervisor Absentee ballot
application forms can
Somers o cials, having set a are too many unknowns about its residents— have alleged on social Rick Morrissey said ursday, be found at somersny.
com. Click on “Contact”
date in November for a special costs, both short- and long-term, media that iers they have posted Oct. 1, that the vote on the sewer at the top right of the
page; click on directory;
referendum on a proposed sewer and have accused town o cials of on public bulletin boards have district plan will be held from 6 click on the town clerk
section, then on the
district, continue to passionately being less than transparent. been removed by the project’s a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10,

argue that it will “vastly improve” Meanwhile, supporters of foes, altered to o er their views, at town hall.

wastewater management and wa- switching from septic systems then re-posted. Residents can cast a mail-in, or

ter quality. to public sewers–a move that e hubbub is one of the most absentee, ballot by obtaining an

Opponents of the $62.2 mil- would reduce phosphorous in heated the community has seen application online at somersny.
com, contacting the town clerk’s icon titled “Referendum
o ce at 914-277-3323 or email- Vote & Absentee Ballot
ing [email protected]. Information.” Click on
Replacing scores of All absentee ballots must be “ABSENTEE BALLOT
Allstate | State Farm | Geico APPLICATION” for a
received by the clerk by 9 p.m. printable form to mail
Policies Everyday! Tuesday, Nov. 10. to the clerk’s office.
PLEASE INCLUDE
Morrissey said in a letter post- ADDRESS.
ed on the town’s website that
property owners “have been pro-
vided every opportunity to obtain

information and educate them-

selves before the scheduled vote

on the project.”

He urged residents to be “in- to pay for the sewer system’s op-

ONE CALL… MULTIPLE QUOTES formed about the project and to eration and maintenance as well
make your opinion heard through as buy-in fees once the sewer

So You Can Get The Best Buy! We Offer Many your vote.” lines are installed within hook-
A-Rated Companies
Come See All project documents—in- up distance of their homes.

Hy Reichbach, Susan Rohrig & Carmen A. Ritter cluding the Map, Plan, and Morrissey reiterated urs-
For Experience, Knowledge and Service
Travelers • Foremost Report and project FAQs—are day that on-site wastewater
Progressive • Safeco available on the town’s website, treatment systems such as ETUs
somersny.com, Morrissey said. and ATUs—aerobic septic tanks

Aardvark Insurance Kemper • Hartford Questions also can be directed which discharge a cleaner, more
Mercury • 1st American to [email protected]. digested waste with lower con-

Once the special election has taminants into leach elds, re-

600 Rt. 6 | Mahopac NY Main Street America been held, Westchester County ducing the potential for con-
845.208.3707 • 845.225.1007 Utica Mutual must approve the the town’s tamination of water sources such
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[email protected] the a ected properties to the not approved for large-scale ap-

Peekskill Wastewater Treat- plications” such as that being

The Carmel Aardvark Insurance office is merged with the Mahopac office ment Plant. e plan would proposed in Lake Lincolndale
effective November 25, 2015.
depend on outside funding, in- and Lake Shenorock.

cluding grants. Some residents have argued

Put your According to the town, the that such systems are more af-

ease...mind at annual fee residents would pay fordable, less invasive and equally

for the sewerage is expected to e ective in pollution control.

be $1,187 at full build-out. is Citing the town engineers’

would cover, o cials have said, ndings and the county Depart-

as much as $16.2 million in ment of Health’s memos, Mor-

debt service. rissey said ursday that ETUs/

• Elder Law e debt cannot be increased ATUs are only permitted for
without additional public hear- remediation or new construction

• Wills & Trusts ings and the state comptroller’s when conventional septic systems

approval. can’t be installed.

• Estate Planning Property owners included in “ ese are the facts, despite ev-
• Medicaid Planning Phase 1 of the project initially erything else that’s going on,” he
• Guardianships would pay $591 a year for sewer said. “If you want to know what
services. e plan, town o cials has been vetted out, what has
say, would not increase assess- been in front of the comptroller’s

• Probates ments of a ected properties. o ce, what is being sent down to
But project foes charge that the county for consideration to

assurance is just semantics, as allow us into the Peekskill sewer

property owners still would have plant, it’s all there on the website.”

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Thursday, October 8, 2020 The Somers Record – Page 9

My Doctor
told me to keep
spinning my wheels

“Getting kids to run, move and play is one of
the best things parents can do.”

- Dr. Mason Gomberg, Pediatrician

With more time spent at home on devices and
fewer team sports as the new norm, it’s important
to remember kids still need to be kids. That’s
why, in addition to regular checkups, pediatrician
Dr. Gomberg recommends kids get outside and
bike, play, or take family walks to have fun and
get some exercise. Now, more than ever, it’s
important to keep your kids healthy.

To hear more from Dr. Gomberg, visit
wphospital.org/move

Keep your kids healthy this year.
Schedule their annual check-up.

Call (914) 849-MyMD or visit wphospital.org
to find a pediatrician in Westchester.

A MEMBER OF THE MONTEFIORE HEALTH SYSTEM

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Brought together by words A way to ease
boredom!
THE an acrostic. She and I have had color or religion or even their
SEASONED many email talks since then. political choices. WHATWAS room. I turned left instead of
CITIZEN Anthony also felt moved to write right and went down the ight
a beautiful acrostic which we, of Gayle was also one of many ITHINKING? of stairs head rst. My folks
ADRIENNE course, shared with you. ‘old movie’ a cionados who took me to the emergency
KAVELLE yearned for the wonderful RUTHANN room where my wrist was “set”
Mary and Rosemarie were acting and interesting plots in SCHEFFER and a plaster cast was put on
Writing is my life. I both as nostalgic as I was about cinema produced in the ‘30s,
don’t just want to Lord & Taylor and the other ‘40s, and ‘50s, and Alice joined going from my hand, up the
write, I need to write. stores we grew up with. me and others who love watch-
It is a force that proves my ing feral animals and birds. arm and over the elbow. In
existence, not only to others but Adrienne (a namesake) felt
to myself. at’s why my Reader touched by the poetry about my I’ll end this partial list of our Growing up in White short, my wing was clipped!
Family is so important…they son as did Gianna, and Jo Ann Family with Jane, a very loyal Plains, there were
make me real! It is only through expressed great empathy with reader who just wanted me to mostly boys in our All the neighborhood kids
feedback that writers know if my revealed feelings of anger know how much she enjoyed and parents signed the cast
they are reaching people with and impotence. our column. I say ‘our’ because and made a fuss. I quickly
their words, strung together like it is as much yours as it is mine.
precious pearls, each one knotted Karen identi ed with my Although we have no physical neighborhood. ey formed became bored, couldn’t do fun
into place by a thought or deed thoughts on overcoming contact, our minds and hearts
that must be expressed. adversity and nding strength are brought together and held baseball teams and played on things. I was a spectator at our
and two of our Reader Family there by an invisible chain of
I’d like to thank some of my named Ellen spoke of their love words intertwining and weaving a nearby street, always on the ball games. After a few weeks,
Reader Family whose lives I have of writing. One of the Ellens us closer to people we may never
touched and whose lives have also spoke of aging and how we meet than to some we have lookout for cars and the local the doctor removed the elbow
touched mine. What sometimes must learn to accept a new way known forever.
starts out as a comment about a of life. police who chased them away. section of the cast. I nally
column grows into a back and I love hearing from you…
forth email conversation where Gayle and Maddalena both sometimes it even ‘makes my I was a tom boy--loved had freedom of movement and
we reveal more of ourselves to spoke of sharing thoughts and day’, but just reading and enjoy-
each other. being kindred spirits and I’ll ing my column makes you a to play baseball, climb trees, looked for things to do to ease
never forget how Doreen said member of my Reader Family
I rst heard from Judy when she’d lend me her soap box if I and I promise to keep writing as roller skate down hills, ride my the boredom. I read, played
she took my challenge to write ever needed it! long as you keep reading.
bike—and the only girl allowed board games with my brother
Rick and Harry were both Contact Adrienne at: ergosum1@
very outspoken about bias and comcast.net to play on the boys’ team. My and our friends, but what I
how we must judge people for
who they are and not by their brother’s friend said I had a needed was some excitement in

wicked pitch and could strike my life. What could I do?

out many on the opposing One day the boys were play-

teams. In fact some of these ing baseball in our driveway—

teams didn’t want to play our we didn’t have nerf balls then;

team! we used a regulation softball

During the summer when I and wood bats. Now this was

was ten, I broke my right wrist. a very dangerous thing to do

I had awakened during the SEE SCHEFFER PAGE 14
night heading for the bath-

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LETTERS OCPLEERAANT-IUOPN rs Litter Task COLPEEARNA-TUIPON

Force
H elp
Kept in the dark I am disgusted with the way we Some
Clean
have been treated. is is not for our

To the editor: bene t, it is for the Town’s bene t to Keep So mers

I live in Lake Lincolndale and am raise taxes, bring in new people who

supposedly one of the “chosen” ones want bigger homes and then expand SOMERS ANNUAL FALL

that have a grant of $10 Million dol- on them. is is not why we moved

lars to start the sewer system. We did to these communities. We wanted the TOWN-WIDE LITTER CLEAN UP

not ask for this and this would have simple life, country living, no hustle

gone through without the diligent and bustle. We do not want a White SaKteeup Srodmears y, October 17th, 2020*
*Rain Date 10.18.2020*
work of some of the residents of Lake Plains atmosphere.

Shenorock and Lake Lincolndale At the meetings, the residents are Clean
Some
questioning this fraudulent proposal. given only 3 minutes to bring up cor- Help
Force
We have been kept in the dark. It is rections and questions and the Town Pick up your litter clean-up supplies

like a cloak and dagger episode to get Board members had carte blanch. is (OSorrmas LneitgrtseerTbToaawskgnsH, gallol:veSsa,tusradfeatyyOvcetsotbse, rpi1c7k,e2r0s)2a0t

information and get the truth. ings is unfair, undemocratic and not ac-

are being told to us in bits and pieces. ceptable. e best part is when Mike

roughout the meetings we have O’Keefe said that LLPO Board was from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

been told by the Town Board lawyer in favor of the sewers (when in fact

that we cannot have absentee ballots. not everyone was). at was inexcus-

Not allowed for this situation. Mean- able and it is not his right to sway

while many other towns in New York the vote his way. Especially if people VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

allowed them. Well, a resident contact- were on the fence about the sewer TO REGISTER: [email protected]

ed the Commissioner of Elections and system. ey may think O’Keefe must The following supporters have been instrumental in helping the
Somers Litter Task Force continue to Keep Somers Clean and Beautiful
they contacted the Town Supervisor know what he is talking about so vote

and we can now have Absentee Ballots. yes.

e residents are the ones doing all the Toni Lee

research, checking gures, bringing up Lincolndale Resident

errors at the meetings, which then the

Town Board takes credit for.

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Enjoy the View

JUST When Kim was older, we would were serving. With the addition Fun Facts by Jo Ann
JO ANN challenge her to nd and count all of my new grandson, Drew, we
the red trees. In Putney, Vermont will be leaf peeping . He will be Beside the normal red, yellow and orange fall foliage, there is also
JO ANN we would visit Basketville and nine months old and we look purple and brown. Peak foliage lasts about two to three weeks.
FRANCELLA Santa Land, where Kim could forward to starting him on this
mingle with baby goats and feed adventure. • Sugars trapped in the leaves Along with this season comes
What could be better them grain from her little hands. are responsible for the vivid colors: fall folklore. I hope you will
than driving through As the years passed, we took Kim But, what about all that glorious Shorter autumn days trigger enjoy some I remember from my
the country in fall and to visit the University of Vermont color? ere are just some situ- chemical changes in deciduous childhood.
enjoying the view? My family and near Lake Champlain. We made ations where I simply choose to trees (trees that shed their leaves
I have been taking an annual fall the most of our Vermont trips. accept without delving any deeper. annually), causing a wall of cells “Of autumn’s wine, now drink
trip to Vermont for the past 40 I feel that way about Santa Claus to form between the twig and your ll; the frost’s on the pump-
years in October so we could enjoy Our family decided to forego and I always felt that way about leaf stalk, then causing the leaf to kin, and snow’s on the hill”
the autumn colors. any vacations this past summer. fall foliage. But, I nally want fall o the tree. As the wall cells
We simply didn’t want to have to to know why and how a fall leaf multiply, they seal o the supply “If, in the fall of the leaves in
Kim was just learning how to sit at a pool or a beach wearing changes color so I can answer my of nutrients and water, trapping October, many of them wither
walk and we would spend our days masks or not be able to enjoy our grandson when he asks why the simple sugars in the leaves. e on the boughs and hang there,
driving to and walking around favorite restaurants. But, it’s fall leaves are so many di erent colors combination of reduced light, it betokens a frosty winter and
Burlington, Vermont and then again and this year will present and why some are red, while oth- lack of nutrients and no wa- much snow”
down to Manchester, oohing and some challenges. We love Ver- ers are yellow or orange. ter kills the chlorophyll which
aahing at the yellow, red and or- mont, wrapping ourselves in heavy ‘greens’ the leaves, causing other “Trees snapping and crack-
ange leaves all along the way as we sweaters and feeling the cold on Here’s what I found out: pigments to appear. ing in the autumn indicate dry
took in the beauty of the season. our faces after a long, hot summer. • Not all leaves turn vivid colors weather”
We made our usual reservations in fall. • Yellow and red pigments are
at a beautiful B&B and made sure • Lack of daylight, temperature in the leaf all summer, but are So, I can think about the entire
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Thursday, October 8, 2020 The Somers Record – Page 13

A light in the
shadow of the

pandemic

Law O ces of Joseph J. Tock
continue to fight for their clients

Joseph J. Tock in his COVID-safe conference room with plexiglas creating safe spaces at the table.

BY BOB DUMAS says business is starting to pick up. as onerous as having to take the train ve matters—an estate and two real estate
EDITOR
“ ere were fewer arrests (and just less days a week.” transactions,” said Vincent Colarco. “In

action in the criminal justice system) over e increase in wills, trusts and probate all cases, Joe and his team handled all our

Joseph J.Tock has fought more than his the past six months,” he said. “We were clients,Tock believes,is due to the pandemic. needs in a most professional, e cient and

share of legal battles over three decades of basically closed through Memorial Day, “People have become more aware of courteous manner. ey really represent

practicing law, but his biggest challenge but since then we have had paralegals themselves, more aware of their families the best standards of their profession and

to date might be ghting through the working at least three days a week and and more aware of their future,” he said. we consistently felt that they were fully

coronavirus pandemic to continue to in 2021 I think we will be back to full “ ey’ve had time to think and time to supportive and always there for us.”

provide his clients with the advocacy they strength.” focus on their families and I think they Adrisse Brandt said she was impressed

need during these di cult times. Tock said since the pandemic has are making good decisions as far as getting with the way the rm responded so quickly

e virus didn’t stand a chance. waned somewhat in recent weeks in this their legal and estate documents in order.” to her online request for help.

While continuing to advise and guide region and there has been a slow and Tock said no matter what the client “Mr. Tock called me himself to advise

his clients through their legal struggles, controlled return to normalcy, he’s noticed seeks, his rm has a full sta that’s able to me on how to plead for my teenage son’s

Tock and his team at the Law O ces of a signi cant uptick in two areas of the law accommodate them. third speeding ticket in less than a year,”

Joseph J. Tock in Mahopac have made in which his practice specializes: real estate “We have been working quite vigorously she said. “I found his price reasonable and

their o ces as COVID-proof as possible. and wills, trusts and probate. on estate administration,” he said. “And his advice sound. He delivered beyond

“In terms of the physical o ce, we have “In the last six weeks or so there’s we have done some real estate closings expectations.”

plexiglass all around the paralegal stations, been a tremendous increase in real estate virtually by sending documents a day or As the courthouse in Carmel slowly

and we have plexiglass in our conference transactions, both buyers and sellers so in advance to the title companies and begins to reopen, Tock had praise for the

room,” Tock said. “We are extremely and, of course, we represent both,” Tock the banks. But we have had some closings legal industry for the way it has operated

COVID-safe in this o ce. We have said. “People are coming to northern right here in the o ce and we have client during the pandemic.

certain sanitary rules and are wiping down Westchester and Putnam County from the consultations right here as well. Again, “ e court clerks and court o cers have

all the phones, all the doorknobs, all the city. Plus, interest rates are historically low, masks required, social distancing.” been tremendous at facilitating safety and

mats on the table. We are spending extra which is really advantageous, especially for But it’s not just real estate and wills and I am very proud to be part of the Putnam

time to make sure our building is clean and rst-time homebuyers.” trusts that Tock’s team specializes in. ey County legal community because of that,”

safe for our sta , clients and colleagues.” Tock said that the exodus from the city also o er results-driven criminal defense he said. “And the state Bar Association is

But if clients are still concerned about was spurred by COVID, but also because representation for people charged with keeping our members alert and aware of

coming in, Tock said the rm had done more and more folks are working from DWI, drug o enses and other crimes, as all the changes that are going on [during

plenty of online consultations and will home and don’t have to live in the heart well as personal injury representation after the pandemic.]”

continue to do so. of New York anymore to be close to their automobile accidents and other traumatic, Now, Tock says he is optimistic for a

“We have engaged in Zoom jobs. life-altering events. complete return to normalcy next year.

consultations and have done a number of “People are now able to work remotely, Tock’s former clients will testify how “I think by January things will improve

Zoom court appearances,” he said. so they don’t have to live within an hour good he and his sta are at what they do. and hopefully 2021 will be a much better

e courts closed down in March, but of New York City,” he said. “If they can “We’ve been a client of the Law place for all of us than 2020 has been,” he

are slowly beginning to reopen and Tock work at home three days a week, life is not O ces of Joseph Tock for three separate said.

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SCHEFFER play. I couldn’t hold a bat, but your wrist. What are we going say boys will be boys, but you’ve enjoyed going to their games,
my plaster cast was the perfect to do with you?” She had seen changed all that. Your wrist is rooting for them and giving the
FROM PAGE 10 substitute. Standing at the everything from the kitchen smaller kids a hug when they’ve
plate, cast and ball connected window. ne and the cast will come o been disappointed in their perfor-
as our dining room window was and I got a hit. in two weeks; please be patient mance. On a trip to Florida years
ahead in “left eld.” Once, dur- After my apology and promise and don’t cause your parents ago, I went to a game ve nights
ing a game, I hit a ball through As I got to rst base, I heard a not to be so thoughtless, etc., we any more grief,” he said with a in a row to watch my grandson,
the window and on to Mom’s scream. Out came Mom, shak- visited the doctor to make sure I twinkle in his eye. Matt, Jr. and his winning team. I
table where it landed right in the ing her hands at me. “What in hadn’t re-injured my wrist. He became their “Honorary Grand-
middle of her centerpiece! On God’s name are you doing? Are looked at me, shook his head e love of baseball has been mopps.” What an honor!
this particular day, I decided to you crazy? You could re-break and said: “Normally, I would part of my family right down the
line to my grandchildren. I’ve

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Freezer nds

READING, sandwich on his paper plate. Steve Jenne stored in the freezer, the cake will not be ed up paper in a container in the freezer.
WRITING & saw his opportunity and grabbed the harmful to eat but the avor will most is literally and guratively “freezes out”
CHOCOLATE chewed sandwich, hopped on his bicycle likely be diminished. Food safety ex-
and peddled home to show the unusual perts recommend asking the caterer or a that person from your life.
KIM souvenir to his mother. trusted friend to wrap the top layer of the
KOVACH wedding cake (or a thick slice) in plastic Kim Kovach enjoys learning about life’s
Mrs. Jenne wrapped the chewed wrap and then in a layer of aluminum oddities. www.kimkovachwrites.com
Idon’t have any food in my freezer. My sandwich in a plastic bag, placed it inside foil, sealed inside an airtight container,
freezer currently contains two empty a glass apple sauce jar and popped the jar and then kept in the refrigerator until
ice cube trays and a gel ice-pack for into the family’s freezer. It has remained the couple can bring the cake
unexpected sports injuries. frozen ever since. Over the next sixty home to be placed in the
years, Steve has moved to other towns freezer later on that evening.
But not everyone’s freezer is quite in Illinois but always brings his special
so boring. I recently read a news item sandwich souvenir and pops it into the Another odd thing that
about a man in Illinois who has kept new freezer in a container marked, “Save, people store in their home
the remnants of a sandwich chewed by don’t throw away.” freezers is taper candles which can
Richard Nixon in his freezer for the last burn longer and have fewer drips
sixty years! While keeping someone else’s dis- when taken out of the freezer.
carded food is not a common item to Don’t want your expensive
Steve Jenne recognized an opportunity dark color designer jeans
to grab a one-of-a-kind memento when nd in a home freezer, the tradition of to fade? Fashionistas claim
he was a fourteen year old Boy Scout. On freezing a piece of wedding cake has that dark jeans can be
a September day in 1960, vice-president been around for years. According to the stored in the freezer in-
Richard Nixon made a campaign appear- internet, the tradition of married couples stead of washing them too
ance at a cookout in the small town of keeping the top layer of the wedding cake often. It sounds disgusting,
Sullivan, Illinois. Steve and his Boy Scout in the freezer to eat on their rst wedding but placing smelly jeans in
troop served as an honor guard for their anniversary is for good luck. e custom the freezer is supposed to
guest speaker that day. is supposed to have started even before kill o bacteria. Don’t for-
refrigeration when wedding cakes were get to defrost them before
Before the speeches began, Nixon made from liqueur-soaked fruitcakes. e wearing!
was invited to have lunch at the picnic sugar and alcohol content helped to act
tables set up nearby. According to Steve as preservatives so that the couple could Better than giving your
Jenne, Nixon took a couple of bites of a enjoy the cake on their anniversary or to frenemy the cold shoulder
barbeque sandwich, commented on how celebrate a rst child’s christening. is the tradition of writing
tasty it was, and then left the half-eaten someone’s name on a slip
Freezing a slice or two of wedding cake of paper and placing the fold-
for one year is a lovely symbol, but not
necessarily a gustatory treat. If properly

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Time to learn about October

STRONG remember learning his songs in en, in the rustic hollow, ern hemisphere is similar
LEARNING elementary school. At hide-and-seek they played, to October in the northern
hemisphere?
DR. LINDA If you’re older than 60, which e party closed at sundown,
SILBERT songs do you remember? If And everybody stayed. 8. On what date is Colum-
you’re between 40 and 60, which Professor Wind played louder; bus Day observed?
Dear Dr. Linda, songs do you remember? If you’re
Last October, you included younger than 40, which songs do ey ew along the ground; 9. e birthday of the Statue of
you know? And then the party ended Liberty is on October __.
a poem about October. My In jolly “hands around.”
daughter teaches middle-school “Oh, Susannah” Also, share this quiz about 10. What famous holiday is
English and I told her about it “Camptown Races” October with your daughter. on October 31?
because it’s lled with examples “Swanee River” ere may be something in there
of personi cation. Would you “My Old Kentucky Home” that she’d like to use in one of her 11. October 18 is National
mind including that poem in “Jeanie with the Light Brown lessons. ______ ________ Day, to
one of your columns again this Hair” How Many Fun Facts Do honor cakes that are made in
October? I’ll cut it out this time. “Beautiful Dreamer” You Know About October? little cup shapes and are
1. Who wrote the poem, “Oc- not vanilla.
Retired English teacher OCTOBER’S PARTY tober’s Party”?
Dear Retired English teacher, By George Cooper 2. October in Spanish is 12. October in Ital-
October gave a party; _______. ian is _______.
It’s with pleasure that I once e leaves by hundreds came... 3. October 4 is Nation-
again share the poem “October’s e Chestnuts, Oaks, and al_______ Day, a day to talk Answers: 1) George
Party” by George Cooper. As I about the di erences among Cooper; 2) Octubre; 3)
mentioned last year, it is one of Maples, people, including race or ethnic- Diversity; 4) Teacher;
my favorite poems for children. And leaves of every name. ity, age, disabilities, language, 5) Bullying Prevention;
e Sunshine spread a carpet, culture, appearance, or religion. 6) Fire Prevention—it
George Cooper lived in New And everything was grand, 4. October 5 is World commemorates the Great
York City from 1840 to 1927 Miss Weather led the dancing, Day, a day to honor teachers. Chicago Fire of 1871. 7) April;
and was well known for translat- Professor Wind the band. 5. October 7, is World ______ 8) October 12; 9) October 28;
ing lyrics from musical works _______ Day, a day to have a 10) Halloween; 11) Chocolate
written in a variety of languages, e Chestnuts came in yellow, discussion about bullies and the Cupcake; 12) Ottobre
such as German, Russian, Ital- e Oaks in crimson dressed; people they bully.
ian, Spanish and French into e lovely Misses Maple 6. e week of October 6-12 is Happy October!
English. He also wrote the lyrics In scarlet looked their best; _____ ______ week, when kids Dr. Linda
for more than 200 songs set to All balanced to their partners, learn about how to prevent res.
music by Stephen Foster. Many And gaily uttered by; 7. Which month in the south- Dr. Linda is co-author
e sight was like a rainbow of “Why Bad Grades
New fallen from the sky. Happen to Good Kids” and
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an object that someone with the virus has just handle. Is the u vaccine effective?
While COVID-19 is more aggressive, symptoms appear Each year, scientists monitor flu activity worldwide to
to be somewhat similar to the u – fever, cough, sore throat, determine which u strains are likely to cause illness, then
runny or stuffed nose, body aches, headache, fatigue and concoct a vaccine to match. Some years they get it right;
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the key points of difference include loss of taste and match, If you do get the u, you get a much milder case.
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mistakenly attribute your symptoms to the u, you could those you love.
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Back in the saddle

knew, I couldn’t stand up to men could arrive, bust down my to the dog and held the other continued to praise the dog.
bathroom door, and carry me end in my hands. I pulled on He wagged his tag furiously
nish the job. o the toilet. it ever so slightly and the dog
pulled back. I pulled harder and walked toward to me. en
TRACY Now, it’s one thing to e husband option looked and then he pulled in his direc- he walked around me to the
BECKERMAN throw out your back in an like it would probably be a bet- tion backing up to get better toilet paper, and just to show
impressive way, like lifting ter choice. traction. As he backed up and me up, he grabbed a square.
I held on, he pulled me into a
a car o a trapped child, or Still, there was one other standing position. And then he ate it.
person in the house who could
hurling yourself into the air help me. Well, not person. A “Monty!” I yelled. “You did If you’d like to nd something to
canine. I thought, if Lassie it! You saved me! You’re such a laugh about every day, come join
in Pamplona to avoid getting could rescue Timmy from a good boy.” I grabbed onto the my Lost in Midlife community
well, couldn’t Monty rescue me shower ledge for support and on Facebook at facebook.com/
gorged by a running bull. from the toilet? groups/lostinmidlife.
It used to be that my biggest But when you throw your
bathroom issue was sitting back out reaching for toilet pa- I whistled for the dog and he
down and realizing there per, it’s not something you really dutifully came trotting into the
was no toilet paper. Or that the want to advertise. bathroom, thinking, perhaps,
there might somehow be a
toilet paper was hung under in- And yet, here I am. treat in it for him. I wasn’t sure
how to enlist his help, since
stead of over. It certainly wasn’t I should mention that I used his vocabulary of commands
consisted of “sit,” “come,” and
that I might end on the oor to have back issues when I was “stay,” and did not include,
“help mommy get o the
with a midlife-induced, toilet- younger, and I was lugging kids toilet.” As he sat there waiting
patiently, I silently cursed my-
paper-related, back injury. around on my hip all the time. self for not having the foresight
to include this command in his
It’s not like the toilet paper But I haven’t had a problem training.

was halfway across the room in a dozen years, so this really en it hit me—maybe I
could make it a game. e one
or necessitated some kind of threw me, in more ways than thing he really liked to play
was tug of war. And this dog
Simone Biles-style gymnastic one. Still, I wasn’t thinking had such a rm bite, he usually
won. So, I grabbed a nearby
move like a front handspring, about that when I found myself hand towel and gave one end

Arabian ip, with a half twist locked in the sitting position in

tear-a-square dismount. No, a great deal of pain. My pri-

the toilet paper was hung mary thought was, “OW!” My

directly next to the toilet. e secondary thought was, “How

only issue was it was hung on the heck do I get up?”

the left and I am a righty, so Since my husband wasn’t

I had to turn ever-so-barely, home, I started to wonder if I

ever-so-slightly to grab it with would be stuck in this position

my right hand. until he got back at the end

And that’s when it happened. of the day, or if I was going to

I felt a pull and a twinge in have to suck it up and called

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Blurred immunity

MAN overcharged her for taking them the odds are of getting the dis- no national database for reliable bene t to them. ere are people
OVERBOARD out. Everything was made of ease from touching an infected information about the e ects still running around touting the
plastic so that you could learn surface as opposed to someone of the coronavirus. It’s because charms of hydroxychloroquine,
RICK how to perform plastic surgery breathing on me. I’d like to know everyone in government is so even though doctors have said
MELÉN and be the darling of your if people who are asymptomatic concerned about optics that they a hundred times that it has no
mom’s friends when you grew and contract the disease again are afraid to report the truth. proven bene t with covid.
Let me be perfectly clear: up. My medical career didn’t after their immunity wears o
I’m not a doctor, I didn’t work out but I’d like to play will be asymptomatic again. I’d I just got my u shot today- Experts warn how easy it is
play one on TV, and I doctor with you now. like to know dumb-sounding it’s free at CVS. Most doctors to catch the coronavirus. But in
didn’t even play doctor with the things like, if I blow a fan agree that it’s more important New York we’ve learned how
nurse down the street when we Everyone’s doing it. One sideways while I’m talking to than ever to get your u shot this easy it is NOT to. I never heard
were little. Actually I do re- unfortunate by-product of inept someone, will it blow all the little year to avoid confusion of symp- the words “hand hygiene” used
member having a “doctor’s kit,” leadership that undermines covids away from both of us and toms. If you nd you’re short so often, but it makes washing
which had several items in it. science and disregards experts out the door into the garage? of breath, have no appetite and your hands sound really gross.
It had a small plastic hammer is that people start to feel that have a fever, it could be the u or My own hands have some
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sister’s re exes with by hitting they start making up their own. some accurate science on the be in love. If you get the u shot one hand washes the other.
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check if you still had a heartbeat with their own idea of what is decisions, something I probably be very happy together. You can experts say you should do. I’m
after your little sister grabbed safe and what is not during a should do more of. ere is a sta- give me a ring to thank me, and talking about the people who
the hammer and hit you over pandemic. Is it safe to go to a tistic in baseball known as “Value I’ll certainly wear it proudly. know what they’re talking
the head with it even harder. restaurant? If no one there has over Replacement Player,” or about. Not the ones who say
And it had little pince-nez covid-19 you could still be killed VORP. If I have a slide rule I What is the status of medical that they are geniuses, but the
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so you could see what you were sword sh, so nothing is com- I replace you. And after you’ve ered patients and corticosteroids are, and yet when they say
doing, but you couldn’t smell pletely safe. Can I go to church been replaced with a guy worse have shown promise during what they say it’s obvious that
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David Letterman and Big Bird recently u

CAROL REIF ter getting into a snit with his cranky Uber tate in North Salem in the 1990’s. Former how fruits and veggies are grown.
STAFF WRITER driver. “Late Night/Late Show” band leader and Scenes from Showtime drama “Billions”
sidekick Paul Sha er lives in nearby Bedford.
What do a tuxedoed talk show host, an Letterman, after introducing himself, have also been shot at the Hardscrabble
eight-foot two-inch tall bright yellow an- pauses for a second “for the virtual applause Meanwhile, back at the Emmy shoot, Let- Road farm.
thropomorphic canary, and bug-eyed tourists to die down” before giving a shout-out to terman hails a hay-laden pick-up truck.
from another galaxy have in common? Kimmel and “Cheers” actress Shelley Long, How do you like them apples?
his co-host in 1986. Retrieving an envelope from the driver,
North Salem as a backdrop. he announces the winner… “Last Week To- ANCIENT ALIENS
Noted for its bucolic vistas, and conve- “I think the kids are doing a great job. night with John Oliver.” While the Queens studio that produces
niently located about an hour north of Man- Keep up the good work,” he says, peering up
hattan, the town is catnip to lm, television and down the road for a way to hitchhike out “Congratulations everybody. anks. Sesame Street is just 53 miles from North
shows, and advertising location scouts. of Dodge. Good night,” Letterman says, nimbly hop- Salem, the town has had—some believe—
And it doesn’t hurt that the bushy-bearded ping up on the truck open tailgate before visitors from far, far away.
star of its most recent brush with the famous “By the way, Regis, I checked, you’re in the exiting for parts unknown.
happens to call the horsey haven home. montage buddy. ank you sir.” Well,from as far away as California at least.
In the last two years alone, North Salem BIG BIRD In 2019, folks from Prometheus Studios in
has set the scene for a New York State Lot- (Regis Philbin, once called “the hardest In August, North Salem’s Harvest Moon Los Angeles lming for the History Chan-
tery commercial, a History Channel show, working man in show business,”died in July.) nel show, “Ancient Aliens” honed in on an-
several “Sesame Street” episodes, and, most Farm & Orchard was also awash with big other local legend—the Balanced Rock.
recently, the pasture-side presentation of the Reaching into his pocket,Letterman yanks stars … LITERALLY big stars.
Emmy Award for “Outstanding Variety Talk out a stack of index cards scribbled with his e 60-ton boulder perches on three
Series.” one-liners from the 1986 Emmys. Bobbing along through the apple trees smaller rocks on the side of Titicus Road.
Literally a comedy vehicle for funnyman could be spotted one of the most-beloved Geologists say its an “erratic”that was depos-
David Letterman, the bit was lmed on “1986, what a great looking crowd—so characters of the PBS children’s series “Ses- ited by a glacier during the last ice age.
ursday, Sept. 17, just a few days before the many stars, so much cocaine. Is this the Em- ame Street,” which was lming several up-
72nd Emmys aired. mys of the Mets locker room?” coming episodes. e source of endless fascination, it is also
In the bit, Emmys host Jimmy Kimmel been thought by some to be a Celtic ceremo-
introduces the 73-year-old TV personality, “1986. Neil! (Diamond) Where’d you go It would be hard to miss him. Big Bird nial stone.
writer, and producer as “ e Pride of India- for that spray tan, Chernobyl?” stands 8 feet, 2 inches tall and has bright yel-
napolis.” low feathers and endearing googly eyes. In its “ e Druid Connection”episode, the
Letterman, rocking a black face mask and “1986. Oliver North and Angela Lansbury show postulated that ancient Druids could
the tuxedo he wore as host of the award show have a new show for CBS this fall. It’s called e human-powered Muppet even had have traveled to the Hudson Valley centuries
‘Trading Arms for Hostages, She Wrote.’” his own trailer. ago and brought with them the beliefs and
three-plus decades ago, is unceremoni- technical know-how of their extraterrestrial
ously dumped on the side of With each wry delivery, Letterman ings “We had a great time. Imagine getting mentors, aka the “Shining Ones”of Irish my-
Norton Lane af- the card away to the sound of glass break- picked for the shoot?” said farm manager thology.
ing, one of his running gags when hosting Kevin Covino.
NBC’s “Late Night with David Letterman” Some believe the Balanced Rock was the
and CBS’s “ e Late Show with David Let- It was an even bigger thrill for Harvest energy source behind a rash of UFO sight-
terman.” Moon to have its own Farmer Todd, aka ings in the 1980s.
Todd Stevens, sing songs and pluck a banjo
en, in a nod to his penchant for self- in the show. Whether it
deprecating humor, Letterman intones:
“Quality comedy is timeless.” Stevens is known for helping local school-
children learn where and
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used North Salem as a lm set for TV shoots

ever lured otherworldly visitors, the rock star vate property; $750 a day when it’s on public to manage; but Harvest Moon’s, only two, Lucas didn’t have a problem with guring
certainly has drawn lots of attention. Besides lands. because it took place on the farm’s own prop- out a better way to handle short-notice situ-
the History Channel, it’s been featured in erty. ations.
“Weird New York,” a guide to local legends Councilman Martin Aronchick, saying he
and peculiarities. was ne with Hlushko’s “exercise of discre- e town had three weeks’ notice from In general, however, he admitted that it
tion,” still thought the code could use a bit of Harvest Moon. at allowed it to work out didn’t make “a whole lot of sense” to come to
SHORT NOTICE “tweaking”so the town could deal with future any possible “kinks” because of the COV- the board for permission after something has
e ursday, Sept. 17 Letterman shoot license applications “in a more e ective way.” ID-19 requirements, Hlushko said. happened.

prompted a discussion by the Town Board Deputy Supervisor Peter Kamenstein While the Emmys thing had dropped last “I guess it was so we’d know about it,”
last week about the timing and handling of understood where Aronchick was “coming minute, organizers worked with police to Lucas said.
local lming licenses. from,” but said he was fearful of doing any- keep any activity to the side roads.
thing onerous that could “discourage” folks
e application was properly led with the from lming in North Salem.
town clerk, but the board didn’t see it until
its Tuesday, Sept. 22 meeting. ( e Emmys Lucas, noting that extra income for the
aired Sunday, Sept. 20) town is nothing to sneeze at, added: “We
just got paid $750 for this for not doing too
In past short-notice situations, the event much.”
has already happened before the board has
had a chance to meet. e Westchester County Tourism & Film
O ce recently asked North Salem for its
Clerk Maria Hlushko told the board that take on lming in town.
she had alerted the highway superintendent,
police chief, building inspector, and supervi- Hlushko said she explained that the town
sor. wasn’t fond of anything that closes down
roads or disturbs nearby residents.
Production companies pay the police di-
rectly for helping with tra c and keeping “But it it’s held on private property and we
looky-loos away. can notify the owner rst, then the
Town Board would most likely be
“If they haven’t spoken to the interested,” she told the county.
chief nothing moves forward,” Letterman’s shoot required four
Hlusko said last week. police o cers

e town gets $500
a day for lm-
ing on pri-

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Yorktown resident’s
company supplies
COVID-19 drug to
President Trump

Antibody cocktail produced by

Westchester-based Regeneron

Pharmaceuticals

PHOTO: METRO CREATIVE CONNECTION Editor’s Note: is story was last going to make a lot of people
updated Monday, Oct. 5. Please come to the same conclusion
REGN-COV2, is in clinical trials. It was given to the president through a “compassionate-use mechanism,” check tapinto.net/towns/yorktown now, and this mechanism called
said Dr. George Yancopoulos, chief scientific officer of Regeneron. for additional updates that occur compassionate use, which is sort
after Halston Media’s print of this emergency mechanism
Understanding the deadline. for individual IND (Investiga-
Effects of Aging tional New Drug) by the FDA.
BY BRIAN MARSCHHUASER You have to go through the
Presented by Dara Steinberg, MS, OTR/L Regional Director Fox Rehab EDITOR FDA and grant this. It’s not
a mechanism that can handle
Dara Steinberg will explain the Join us for a FREE President Donald Trump, who more than a handful of patients
normal aging process, including Educational Webinar tested positive for COVID-19 at a time. And so, we—not
changes in muscles and bones, Thursday, October 15th on ursday, Oct. 1, has received “we” at Regeneron, but “we”
and how these changes affect an antibody cocktail produced in concert with society and
one’s posture, walking, balance, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. by Westchester-based Regen- regulators like the FDA, had to
endurance, flexibility and strength. Learn eron Pharmaceuticals. decide whether this drug should
about common disease processes such To Register be made more broadly available
as arthritis, cardiac conditions and chronic e monoclonal antibody through mechanisms that exist
pulmonary diseases. When normal aging 914-236-4666 cocktail, REGN-COV2, is in like this emergency-use autho-
is combined with a disease process, the TheArtisWay.com/Salem clinical trials. It was given to the rization and so forth. And so,
effects on daily activities, loss of function president through a “compas- there is going to be a lot more
and the resulting changes in a person’s Sponsored by: sionate-use mechanism,” said pressure on us and on regulators
quality of life can be significant. But, there Dr. George Yancopoulos, chief to consider that now and gure
is hope! Dara will discuss simple things that scienti c o cer of Regeneron. out whether that should happen
people can do to help improve functional or not.
ability and reduce their risk of injury or falls. e Yorktown resident spoke to
Halston Media on Friday, Oct. You sound pretty con dent
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you’ve probably heard of con- ling, on average. On average, in
valescent serum, you’ve heard similar types of patients, which
of steroids. None of these were is the data that we released,
able to show that they can we could rapidly reduce virus
reduce the virus in patients. We levels, which I believe has to be
showed that in the patients with a good thing, and we could also,
the most virus who are presum- for example, speed up people
ably at highest risk, we could, improving and alleviating their
in a few days, reduce virus by symptoms. So, what we an-
about 99 percent, which is nounced, at least for these kinds
pretty breakthrough. of patients, on average, it takes
about two weeks for them to al-
at, with trends and clinical leviate their symptoms, and we
endpoints, that got obviously a cut that in half, which is really
lot of people’s attention, and it substantial.
clearly got the attention of the
president’s medical team. So, So, the hope is that [Presi-
they are pretty sophisticated dent Trump] would respond
people; they made their assess- like how we think the patients
ments, and they looked at the were responding in the trial.
bene t-risk and they said, “We And honestly, it’s early stages.
want to gure out how to get
this available to the president.” e reason why it’s not ap-
proved is these are considered
ere is this compassionate- early and preliminary data.
use mechanism that’s allowed…
It’s going to create some dif- SEE REGENERON PAGE 24

culties for us now because,
unfortunately or fortunately, it’s

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PHOTO: METRO CREATIVE CONNECTION REGENERON what’s going on in President
Trump right now. What we do
Lovin’ These Colors FROM PAGE 22 is we, for the last 20-plus years
now, we’ve been pioneering
Any service ese would not, under nor- technologies that have allowed
with Kerry mal circumstances, other than us to make the best sort of
an emergency situation, be antibodies that the body can
$10 OFF considered enough for approv- make to ght a virus. But we
Kerry’s new hours: als. So, they’re not de nitive. can make them outside of the
Fridays body and we can grow them
10AM-1PM We didn’t initiate this or in these bioreactors that we
anything. A physician has to do in Rensselaer, New York,
Social distancing remains our #1 reach out and get approval for where, for example, Yorktown
priority for all of our clients. emergency-use authorization residents like Danny Donatelli
for a single patient through (manager, biotech production)
The Hair Wharf the FDA, and the FDA and are involved with actually mak-
regulators have an opportunity ing this cocktail up there. He
20 Valley Road, Katonah • 914-232-7271 • to issue a broader emergency was a Yorktown High School
use beyond for just individual student who went through
patients, so that’s where we are the Yorktown Science Honors
right now. program and he’s now one of
our key people working on this
For me, I’m obviously project.
con icted. I can’t be the one
making the decision here. But We can make them in these
I probably do know the sci- big bioreactors that, if you’ve
ence and the data as well as been to a microbrewery, you
almost anybody in the world, see these steel tanks. It’s very
in terms of both this disease similar. Just bigger type things
and therapeutic alternatives. than that. And then we purify
And, I gotta say, if it was me them, and then we give them
or a loved one—I said it when back to you. So, it’s like giving
we released our data—I’m not you an immune response in a
the one who should be making vial.
the decision, but if you ask me,
I would take this drug and I So, the notion is it’ll replace
would give it to a loved one. or substitute for or supple-
ment your own antibodies and
And one of the reasons is the your own immune response.
side e ects, and this is really And, as we’ve shown in our
pretty benign. Like, vaccines initial clinical data, it looks
have potentially serious side like, particularly for patients
e ects and so forth; you don’t who are not doing a good job
have that with these recom- mounting their own immune
binant monoclonal antibod- response, it can really acceler-
ies. So, I think, and obviously ate the clearing, the getting rid
the president’s team and the of the virus. As we all know,
FDA in this case said that the older people, people with risk
bene t-risk is such that it’s factors, those are the ones
warranted. who don’t do as good of a job
mounting immune response.
Was he the rst person to
receive this drug outside of at’s why they’re at greater
trials? risk of losing this race, and we
can help equalize it by boost-
No. Using the same exact ing the immune response, by
mechanism, this compassion- essentially giving you immune
ate-use mechanism, we have response in a vial.
already made it available to
very small numbers of patients Are you getting updates
before. And they used the from the White House?
same mechanism that other
physicians and patients got it Basically, due to patient
approved for their individual con dentially, we have not
cases, as well. released any information
whatsoever. We just con rmed
In layman’s terms, how does that we did indeed make our
this cocktail work? monoclonal antibody cock-
tail—there was a misprint
By now we all know, when in the White House release.
you get any infection, you get It’s not a polyclonal antibody
a virus. ere is a race. ere cocktail, it’s a monoclonal anti-
is a race between the virus body cocktail—but all we did
multiplying and taking over was con rm that, yes, we did
your body and maybe causing supply the antibody cocktail
serious harm and killing you, and that, as they described, he
and your immune system mak- received an infusion of it and
ing these antibodies, which so forth. But, obviously, we’re
will bind to and neutralize and not going to comment (about)
kill the virus. So, it’s a race anything else on his health
between your immune sys- status or anything else.
tem and the virus. And that’s

Thursday, October 8, 2020 The Somers Record – Page 25

OBITUARY

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COVID-19 contact tracing app launches in New York

BY CAROL REIF contact tracing,” Cuomo said. NY website, knowing about po- never disclosed. e mobile app is voluntary
STAFF WRITER “Testing is to identify a person, tential exposure allows people If they test posi- and anonymous.
so you can isolate and quarantine to self-quarantine immediately,
Health experts agree that con- that person and then nd the get tested, and reduce the poten- tive for COVID-19, COVID Alert app users must
tact tracing is an important connections from that person, tial exposure risk to their family, a public health rep- explicitly choose to turn on expo-
weapon in the battle against the and that’s contact tracing.” friends, neighbors, co-workers resentative from sure noti cations—and can turn
spread of COVID-19. and other. the local health de- it o at any time, the state said.
New York has 15,000 people partment will call as
Now there’s an app for that. contact tracers, or, as the gover- Once alerted about an expo- part of the states’ contact e user’s identity will never,
New York and New Jersey nor called them, “disease detec- sure risk, users are encouraged tracing programs and ask the app said, be revealed to any-
on ursday, Oct. 1, both an- tives.” to contact their doctor or the if them is they are willing to one and it will never collect,
nounced the launch of “COVID state Health Department hotline anonymously notify their “close transmit, or store any personal
Alert NY,” a program that alerts e new technology-based 1-833-227-5045. contacts”by uploading your app’s information.
iPhone and Android phone us- strategy is just one more tool in anonymous close contact codes.
ers when they’ve come in close the toolbox, he added. Here are the basics of how it It is available in English, Span-
contact with someone who tested works: Each day, the app will com- ish, Chinese, Bengali, Korean,
positive for the coronavirus. e app is free and available to pare their list of close contact Russian, and Haitian Creole.
“Close contact” is de ned as anyone 18 years and older who As individuals go about their codes to the list of codes asso-
within six feet for at least 10 lives, works, or attends college in day, the app will use Bluetooth ciated with positive COVID-19 Said State Health Com-
minutes. New York and New Jersey. Low Energy technology to sense app users. If there’s a match, they missioner Dr. Howard Zucker
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, in any “close contact”—other app will get an Exposure Alert, along
announcing the launch ursday, It can be purchased through users who are within six feet of with appropriate next steps to ursday: “New York state has
called the app “really creative and Apple’s App Store and Google them for more than 10 minutes. stay safe and prevent community led the nation in our pandemic
smart.” Play. spread like self-quarantining and response, and we are thrilled to
He added that he thought it When the mobile app senses getting tested. augment our already robust con-
could “make a big di erence.” Pennsylvania and Delaware al- a close contact, their phone will tact tracing program with this in-
“Testing is only as good as your ready have regional COVID-19 exchange a secure random code e apps never reveal the iden- novative technology to keep New
alert networks. Connecticut is with the close contact’s phone. tity of the COVID-19 positive Yorkers safe and their privacy
expected to launch one in the individual. maintained.”
coming weeks. e user’s location, name or
personally identi able data are e new technology “comple-
According to COVID Alert ments” the work of the depart-
ment’s contract tracing teams
SCHNEIDER and “will speed up the process
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ers to take the simple steps to
for your download the app today.”
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e app, which took “a lot of
time and e ort” to develop, “is
proof that New York can accom-
plish anything when its political,
business, and community leaders
come together,” Samuels added.

Cian O. Maidin, CEO of
NearForm, the software devel-
opers, said ursday that the app
will “allow citizens to engage,
protect each other, and break
transmission chains.

According to Maidin, its pri-
vacy preserving approach has
already been “successfully rolled
out across borders in Ireland and
parts of the UK.”

For more information, visit
https://coronavirus.health.
ny.gov/covid-alert-ny.

Thursday, October 8, 2020 The Somers Record – Page 27

Point your cell phone at the QR code or go to http://bit.ly/RunforRecovery
To visit our Run for Recovery Virtual 5K Page

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TRUNK Hebrew Congregation mornings virtually with once a Whom Glory She Still Adores” HALLOWEEN 5K RUN
FROM PAGE 2
of Somers month in person outdoor les- by George Bernard Shaw and e Je erson Valley Mall will

son and fun, following all CDC “ e Lady with the Dog” by An- host a Halloween 5K at 9 a.m.

for seating on the bus will be guidelines. ton Chekhov Sunday, Oct. 25, in its parking lot.

used at a time. ey will be 6 feet VIRTUAL HEBREW SCHOOL For more information and to Oct. 30: Les Liaisons Dangereuses All proceeds will bene t the Al-

away from each other. Everyone NOW ENROLLING register visit: www.ChabadYork- Nov. 14: “Scramble!” by David zheimer’s Association. Registra-

is required to wear a mask during Hebrew Congregation of town.com or call 914-962-1111. Wiltse tion details will be released soon.

the entire trip. ere will be a Somers has opened enrollment RideConnect For more information on how Putnam Walk to End
COVID check in,including temp. for our warm, nurturing, compre- to join the Zoom readings, visit

Call – to see if you are eligible at hensive and fun Hebrew School, program eSchoolHouse eater.org. Alzheimer’s

232-0807. which will run exclusively via re- e RideConnect a program JV Mall Events Putnam County businesses and

Price: - We are asking for $10 mote learning.

fee round trip. In a loving and collaborative of Family Services of Westches- residents are invited to participate

Outdoor Seated Exercise setting, our educational director, ter has volunteers willing and able FARMERS MARKET in the Putnam Walk to End Al-

with Lori Barr teachers, rabbi and cantor connect to shop for seniors at this time. Farmers Market at the Valley, zheimer’s on Saturday, Oct. 10.

When: 10 a.m.to 11 a.m.Mon- our students and families to a rich, Ride Connect has volunteers presented by the Je erson Valley e walk aims to raise funds and

days and Wednesdays vibrant, meaningful and exciting willing and able to drive seniors Mall, will be held from 2:30 to awareness for the Alzheimer’s As-

Where: we will have chairs set personal relationship with Juda- to their medical appointments. 6:30 p.m. on Wednesdays until sociation, which provides support,

up 6 ft apart on the front lawn at ism and the practical, necessary Ride Connect serves all of West- Nov. 18. e mall is located at 650 education, and research to combat

Van Tassell house building blocks to read and un- chester and southern Putnam Lee Blvd., Yorktown Heights. For this terrible disease that a ects

Weather: all classes will be derstand the language of prayer. Counties. e number to call to more information, visit facebook. more than 40,000 families in the

weather permitting. Rain or op- To learn more about Hebrew request a volunteer shopper or a com/thevalleyfarmersmarket. Hudson Valley.

pressive heat will cancel the class. School registration, High Holiday ride to a medical appointment is Unlike previous years, when

If you are not sure call 232-0807 services and our synagogue com- (914) 242-7433. All services are HALLOWEEN TRUNK OR the walk was a large gathering at

the morning of the class to check. munity, please visit our website, free to seniors! Anyone wishing TREAT CAR PARADE Putnam Veterans Memorial Park,

Transportation: you must pro- http://www.hebrewcongregation- to volunteer for RideConnect or e Je erson Valley Mall and participants will be walking in

vide your own transportation and ofsomers.org. You can also email nd out more can also contact the Yorktown Chamber of Com- small groups at various locations

wear a mask until you are seated. questions@hebrewcongregation- us (914)242-7433 or via email at merce are teaming up with the throughout the county. It will start

Chairs will be disinfected fol- ofsomers.org or call 914-248- [email protected]. Yorktown Lions for a Halloween with an online opening ceremony

lowing each class 9532. We look forward to hearing The Schoolhouse Trunk-or-Treat from 4 to 6 p.m. at 10 a.m., and then walkers will
Saturday, Oct. 31, in the mall set out on the routes of their choice.
Wear comfortable clothing and from you!

sneakers Chabad of Yorktown Theater parking lot. Local businesses and An interactive app to o er encour-
We look forward to seeing families will participate as vendors agement and track steps is available.

everyone. Chairs will also be Upcoming Zoom readings include: decorate their trunks and hand out Sponsors are needed to help in this

arranged on the porch if you’d like CHABAD HEBREW SCHOOL Oct. 11: A Live Stream Con- candy as the families drive through e ort.To support the walk as a spon-

to visit with your friends following Join the Chabad Hebrew cert, e Music of Joni and Paul: a parade of decorations.To become sor, contact Ed Ortiz at 845-528-

the class. school for an exciting year of Jew- Performed by Peter Calo, Anne a vendor, contact Heather.Novak@ 4246 or email [email protected].

ish education and fun! Carpenter with John Lissauer washingtonprime.com. To register as a participant or make a

Classes will be held Sunday Oct. 23: “Great Catherine: donation, visit PutnamWalk.org.

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RENDERING: CREATE ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN

Drawings of the proposed grocer reveal a cream-colored building with
red awnings.

Drawings submitted
for specialty grocer

in Yorktown

Construction plans mention
Trader Joe’s

BY BRIAN MARSCHHAUSER Joe’s build-out,” reads one note.
EDITOR
“Landlord shall wire exterior

lights to Trader Joe’s,” reads an-

e identity of an unnamed other.

“specialty grocer” proposed for e 124,000-square-foot

Crompond Road in Yorktown Lowe’s home-improvement store

has not yet been revealed, but in- was the centerpiece of an ap-

formation obtained by Halston proved plan, but additional ten-

Media paints a clearer picture of ants were always expected to ar-

the mystery tenant. rive later at the Crompond Road

Renderings of the new property, which is divided into

12,500-square-foot building, four parcels. A building on the

submitted to the town of Yor- front-and-center parcel, known

ktown’s planning department formally as “Pad B,” is under

on Wednesday, Sept. 30, show a construction now and will be oc-

cream-colored building with red cupied by Starbucks and AAA.

awnings. e building would oc- Space will also be available for a

cupy the same shopping center as third tenant.

Lowe’s, which opened in 2019. Approved plans for “Pad A,”

Nothing has been con rmed. the westernmost parcel, allowed

However, in bid speci cations for a 7,600-square-foot build-

sent to potential contractors, ing. However, Breslin Realty, the

Trader Joe’s, a California-based Garden City-based developer

chain of specialty grocery stores that owns the land, returned to

that typically operates in simi- the Planning Board late last year

larly sized buildings as the one and asked for an expansion to ac-

proposed for Yorktown, is men- commodate a “specialty grocer.”

tioned nearly two-dozen times Breslin and its representatives

throughout the documents. returned to the board on Sept. 14

“ e re alarm panel shall have and had not disclosed the iden-

su cient capacity to accept any tity of the potential tenant.

additional devices or noti cation Breslin Realty also declined to

appliances required for Trader comment for this report.

Thursday, October 8, 2020 The Somers Record – Page 31

7-ELEVEN declare itself the lead agency for Bethel
the purpose of reviewing the Springvale
FROM PAGE 3 proposed amendment and meet-
ing the requirements of the State Inn
been charged with protecting Environmental Quality Review
our historic districts. We’re not Act (SEQR). Assisted Living Residence
only on the state registry, it’s on
the national historic registry. So It also referred the draft leg-
I think that’s the impetus and, as islation to the town and county
Roland said, it’s never come up planning boards.
before.”
A public hearing on it has been
e board voted ursday to set for ursday, Nov. 12.

OUTAGES Comcast’s franchise renewal con-
FROM PAGE 1
tract with an eye toward improv-

ing service and performance.

force is optimistic that, with good

coordination with other town en- CELL TOWERS Quality . Value . Respect.

tities and with the support and e task force also wants cell Are you ready for the security of
life in a friendly, welcoming community?
cooperation of other towns it can towers in the area to have ad-

be done, said Cirieco. equate power back-up under

Cirieco, Councilman William normal operating conditions and

Faulkner and Morrissey’s o ce in emergency situations. It wants

are leading the 28-member force. providers to address the gaps in

e town racked up a few big coverage and to conduct structural

wins after its electrical utility task reviews of aging towers to verify 914-739-4404 x2204

force went after NYSEG for its their safety. 62 Springvale Rd., Croton-on-Hudson, NY

frequent power outages and poor According to the task force,

customer service. It took a combi- 10 towers are located in Somers.

nation of community outrage and ose facilities are regulated by

regulatory measures to bring the the Federal Communications

company to the table. Commission as protected rights ONLINE TIMED AUCTION

According to Cirieco, NYSEG of way. However, the town has

has been “hardening” its system some control because tower own-

and has done “a great job this year ers have to renew their permits • Building Materials & Supplies • New Husqvarna Equipment
• Surplus to the needs of
restoring things and making them every ve years.

safe” after storms topple lines and Not all such facilities have gen-

poles. erators or adequate battery back-

Now Somers is hoping to re- up. Saying that Somers should AUCTION PREVIEWS: LAKESIDE ON-LINE AUCTION ONLY:

peat that success. insist that mobile network provid- Thursday Oct. 8 & ACE HARDWARE AUCTION OPENS:
Tuesday October 13th 11AM-3PM
e town, after receiving “re- ers deliver on their performance Location: LAKESIDE HARDWARE Thursday, Oct. 8th at 9AM
Bidding Closes:
lentless complaints” about Altice, promises, the task force also urged 3120 Lexington Avenue
Mohegan Lake, NY 10547 Wednesday, Oct. 14th at 1PM
set up an “escalation line,” taking the board to petition the PSC

complaints and handing them o . and FCC to improve rural de-

But, Cirieco said, that involves sign mandates for uninterrupted

“a tremendous amount of work.” power.

Noting that Altice has been e task force pointed out that

notoriously hard to contact, the public isn’t always in favor of

Councilman omas A. Garrity building more cell towers.

congratulated the task force on its Somers “will be most e ective

progress to date. as leaders in a regional e ort,”

“It’s going to be an uphill battle. it said, referring to putting its 2

You’re doing a great job,” he said. cents in on a proposed wireless

According to Cirieco, task force telecommunications master plan

members have been invited by being developed by the consulting

Altice to participate in an Oct. 15 rm CityScape.

virtual discussion of its approach e $190,000 study is being

to coordinating storm-related funded by the county.

activities, its network capabilities Other towns contributing to

and its infrastructure. the regional e ort are North Sa-

Verizon isn’t o the hook, ei- lem, Yorktown, Lewisboro, Bed-

ther, as far as the town’s concerned. ford, Mount Kisco, New Castle

One of the world’s largest com- and Pound Ridge, along with

munications technology com- county and state legislators. HUSQVARNA EQUIPMENT INCLUDING: MOWERS, ZERO TURN MOWERS, TRACTORS, BLOWERS,
HEDGE TRIMMERS & MORE! POTTING SOIL, MULCH, VALSPAR PAINT, SCREENING REPAIR
panies, its contacts have told the e county also has formed an
MATERIALS, CROWN MOLDING, BASE, CASING, KOMA PVC, CAMBRIDGE SHINGLES, TRAVERTINE,
town it doesn’t plan to expand emergency task force to address MOSAIC, SLATE TILES, MARBLE & GRANITE TILES, BAMBOO FLOORING, TREX DECKING, REBAR

Fios, its bundled internet access, the public safety leg of the issue. & MUCH MORE!

telephone and television service, It is looking for ways to improve Auction conducted by

into Somers “at this time.” radio communications for rst Visit our website to register to bid, get complete details, catalogs and terms.

According to the task force, Ve- responders and will have some www.theauctioneersgroup.com • 732-776-7222

rizon’s e orts have been directed grants “to give away,” Cirieco said.

at more densely populated areas. Hopefully, some of the pressure

However, the town wants to will land where it belongs: on the

know why the network in contig- service providers’ shoulders, Cirie-

uous neighboring towns can’t be co said Monday, Oct. 5.

expanded into heavily developed “ e Elephant Hotel is not

areas such as Heritage Hills. Altice,” he said. “We’re happy to

e task force says one of its close the gap, but that’s not where”

goals is to continue negotiating the burden belongs.

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Sports

GIRLS SOCCER

Experienced Tuskers
excited for season

New coach Hegg takes over as Saia steps down

BY ROB DIANTONIO about the masks but do say it af- PHOTO COURTESY OF KELCI HEGG Noelle DeMarinis FILE PHOTO/ROB DIANTONIO
CONTRIBUTING WRITER fects their vision when their head
is down. We have been working in Kelci Hegg, new coach of the Dahlia Pepe FILE PHOTO/ROB DIANTONIO
Paul Saia has been a staple on 15-20 minute segments with a mask Somers girls soccer team was a great relief,” Pepe said. “I can
the sidelines for Somers’ girls soc- break to hopefully replicate game speak for all of my fellow seniors two days later.Somers concludes the
cer team. After taking over as head situations. Being cognizant of play- Hegg said that the Tuskers’ in that because we were so worried week by traveling to Mahopac for a
coach back in 2014, Saia guided ers’ health and stamina has been a strength is their experience and about not having a season, this news 2:30 p.m.game on Saturday,Oct.17.
Somers to the program’s rst state No. 1 focus.” closeness as a team. was thrilling. I truly look forward to
championship. Prior to that, Saia having one last run at a section title “Coming o the run to the sec-
served as an assistant under Keenan Hegg describes herself as an “at- “ ey are friends on and o the with my SHSVS (Somers High tion nal last year de nitely sets the
Deegan. e Tuskers experienced tack-minded coach” and the team pitch,” she said. “ ey know what it School varsity soccer) family.” bar high for the team this year,”Pepe
a plethora of success during Saia’s will be changing their formations takes to be successful and will draw said. “Due to us graduating some of
tenure, but the longtime coach has this season. She hopes the Tuskers on those experiences to lead the un- Somers has a busy week to start our key players, we de nitely had
decided to call it a career prior to the can “score goals in droves.” derclassmen who have joined the the season. e Tuskers open the many spots to ll. at being said,
2020 season. team.” campaign by hosting league rival I am con dent in the ability of my
“We have 13 seniors and they Yorktown at 4:30 p.m. on Oct. 13. teammates along with myself and
Kelci Hegg, a Charlotte, North are excited to play,” Hegg said. “Se- Hegg said the No. 1 goal for the our coaches to try and bring the
Carolina native, takes over as head nior Ella Kittredge has tremendous Tuskers is “to enjoy the time we ey then travel to Walter Panas team back to the sectional champi-
coach after coaching for seven sea- speed and will look to get in behind have.” for another 4:30 p.m. league contest onship once again.”
sons at Concordia College. Hegg defenses while senior Franklin and
also played collegiate soccer at Marshall commit, Dahlia Pepe, “Given the COVID-19 circum-
Vanderbilt and then went on to play will handle many of the mid eld stances, every day that we get to be
professionally. responsibilities. Four-year varsity re- on the pitch is a blessing,”Hegg said.
turner, Noelle DeMarinis, is a force “Goal No. 2 is to win. We have all
“I’m a passionate coach, I love to be reckoned with up top but can the talent and pieces for a very suc-
the game,” said Hegg, who inherits be used in any position. Lastly, se- cessful season. e players will need
a team that went 16-3-1 last season nior Angelina Hurtado adds great to buy into the newness of a coach,
and made a trip to the Section 1 depth as well with her clinical n- a formation, and a philosophy, but
Class A nals. “It has been so much ishing.We also added several under- given my short amount of time with
a part of my life from growing up in classmen to the mix that will push them so far, they are extremely driv-
a good club, to playing at Vanderbilt, for minutes and a starting role after en and capable of competing with
to playing professionally afterward. coming back to high school soccer any school around.”
It has led me to be a very athlete- from playing in the Development
centered coach. I believe in student- Academy.” Pepe and her fellow seniors are
athletes respecting the game and all ecstatic that they will be able to ex-
the components within. Creativity Hegg noted that the graduation perience one nal season after there
with a technical and tactical-based of goalie Rachel Ross leaves a large was plenty of doubt cast on it by
game while trusting in the process hole in the defense. Senior Natalia COVID-19.
will get us those wins.” Rukaj and junior Noemi Lucciola
will battle for the starting spot in net. “Hearing that we will be able to
COVID-19 has made a major take the eld one last time as seniors
impact on the soccer season, delay- “I expect them to challenge each
ing it by over a month. ere will other throughout the season and we
be no state playo s this season. e may utilize both,”Hegg said.
pandemic has also changed the way
practices are run. Somers returns some strong de-
fenders to blend in with some tal-
“COVID has forced our hand ented newcomers who will lead their
into creating smaller group sessions back line.
focused on technical work and try-
ing to protect the players as we get “Seniors Alexa Vanga, Claudia
into larger sided play,” Hegg said. Farina, Danielle Acocella and Kayli
“ e players have not complained McMorrow will anchor a solid four,”
Hegg said. “I expect us to do well
and be able to handle most attacks.”

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Thursday, October 8, 2020 SPORTS The Somers Record – Page 33

BOYS SOCCER

Tuskers aim to return to top of Section 1

Section nalists return key pieces for 2020 season

BY ROB DIANTONIO ebrate, encourage and even greet performance and athleticism this

CONTRIBUTING WRITER one another,” said Somers coach year,” Lanzetta said. “If I was play-

Brian Lanzetta, who enters his ing against him, I wouldn’t want to

Somers’boys soccer team gradu- fth season with the Tuskers. “We guard him.”

ated 10 seniors from a squad that have had to adapt to this new norm Jake Riina, a junior, will join

reached the Section 1 Class A all while keeping everyone’s health Marques in leading the Tuskers’

championship game last season. and safety at the forefront. I think defense.

e Tuskers, who fell to Rye, 3-2, my players have done an amazing Sophomore Anthony Tucci will

in the nals, return key pieces for a job at this and we are stronger than start in net after seeing plenty of

2020 season that is unusual, to say ever.” time as a freshman.

the least. Derek Marques,a senior captain, “I feel like he will be a top goalie

COVID-19 has altered the will be the Tuskers’ starting center in the section this year,” Lanzetta

landscape for teams in Section 1. back and will be counted on to lock said.

ere will be no state champion- down the defense. Zane Bramson and Oscar Szut-

ships this season, but the Tuskers “He just committed to SUNY kowski, both mid elders, will take

will have their eyes set on another Oneonta men’s soccer, which is an on larger roles during their senior

Class A section title. Somers won excellent soccer program,” Lan- campaigns.

a section and state title back in zetta said. “Derek has all the tools Daniel D’Ippolito and Michael

2016 in Lanzetta’s rst season. e necessary to be [a LoHud] Elite Micceri are two junior mid eld-

Tuskers were upset in the quarter- 11 player: the size, the skill and the ers who Lanzetta thinks can have

nals the following season but won passion. He’s been a four-year var- breakout seasons. D’Ippolito was

another section crown in 2018. sity player and will be missed after crucial during the Tuskers’ 2019

Practices didn’t begin until Sept. this year.” playo run, netting four critical FILE PHOTO/ROB DIANTONIO

29 and the Tuskers’ rst contest, Bennett Leitner, a junior, is a goals. Junior Bennett Leitner led the Tuskers last year with 20 goals.

which was scheduled for Oct. 10 lightning-fast mid elder who can Two football players, junior Ae-

against Lakeland, was postponed score goals in bunches. Leitner led dan Hopper and senior Alex Cabo, Lanzetta said. “Our goal as a team this season

due to neither team having the the Tuskers with 20 goals last sea- will be joining the team after foot- Somers opens the season when is to remain strong and united in

minimum number of practices re- son. ball season was moved to March. it travels to Walter Panas for a the midst of all of the changes

quired. “I do not place expectations on Lanzetta has high hopes for the league contest at 6 p.m. Wednes- we are currently facing during the

“Our team is very much a my players but when all is said duo. day, Oct. 14. e Tuskers then wel- pandemic,” Lanzetta said. “Health,

big family and COVID-19 has and done, I hope that Bennett “I feel they will make a huge come league rival Yorktown for a 5 safety and performing at our best

changed the way in which we cel- feels good and con dent about his positive impact on the season,” p.m. contest on Friday, Oct. 16. are our top priorities.”

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