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NO.6
Town-wide scavenger
hunts help ease
quarantine monotony

Mahopac families nd creative
way to have safe, educational fun

PHOTO COURTESY OF NICOLE STERN/FACEBOOK BY BOB DUMAS “We originally designed it for
EDITOR our kids to get them out of the
A message for Mahopac house and o their electronics in a
Cooped up for days due to the way that was safe during the pan-
Nicole Stern and her son, Mike, 10, created a special message for their fellow coronavirus pandemic, some Ma- demic,” she said. “I mentioned it
Mahopac residents with some chalk art on the street in front of their house. hopac families have found a way to a few friends who then wanted
to beat the cabin fever. ey go to join. ey mentioned it to a
e two were looking for sometime safe and fun to do outdoors during the self- hunting. few others and before we knew
quarantine and wanted to spread a little positivity. it, we had 40 families participat-
Actually, they hunt for objects ing. No one had to leave their
and landmarks as part of a town- own cars—they only had to take
wide scavenger hunt. It’s been a a sel e with the objects as they
way to get out of the house, have found them and text them to me,
some competitive fun, all while so I could check them o my list.
maintaining the necessary social
distancing. e rst family to post a picture
of each item was the winner.”
e game was the brainchild of
Eric and Vicki Luczkowski who Some items on the list includ-
have three kids who have a lot of ed a statue of a historic gure,
pent-up energy. a tombstone, a pizza place not
named after a person, someone
“We organized the socially dis- on a bike, a boat and an out-of-
tant Around Our Town Scaven- state license plate.
ger Hunt and had the rst one on
Sunday, March 22,” Vicki Lucz- “It was an awesome time. Par-
kowski said.
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Pop-up food bank serves 800 families

Runs out of food in less than two hours

BY BOB DUMAS and they were working together.” Volunteers get busy unloading boxes PHOTOS: BOB DUMAS
EDITOR e Hudson Valley Food Bank hadn’t

With many food banks unable to func- worked in Putnam before, so Sayegh came
tion during the pandemic, the United Way on board to help them coordinate with
of Westchester and Putnam, in conjunc- county o cials.
tion with Community Cares and Putnam
County, gave out more than 5,000 pounds “We worked on logistics to get it out
of food through the Food Bank of the to Putnam County residents,” she said. “I
Hudson Valley to families a ected by the reached out through the county executive’s
coronavirus pandemic last ursday (April administration—started with the Depart-
2) at a pop-up event. ment of Social Services and the Depart-
ment of Senior Resources. ere were so
  In addition, volunteers delivered food many conference calls, so much behind
to seniors and the immune-compromised the scenes.
throughout the county.
“ e food itself came from Hudson
“It was fantastic,” said County Legisla- Valley Food Bank,” she continued. “Dur-
tor Amy Sayegh, Mahopac resident and ing the [coronavirus] outbreak, they said
founder of Community Cares. “We had they wanted to expand to Putnam County.
to shut down early because we ran out of Faith took that on for them. ere is a real
food. We served about 800 families, in- need here. Some food pantries have closed
cluding 165 seniors from the [county] Of- down, so there is increased demand.”

ce of Senior Resources. Any meal we can Another pop-up food bank is being
provide without [seniors] leaving home is planned for some time in the near future
to their bene t.” at the same location, the Donald B. Smith
campus at 100 Old Route 6 in Carmel.
Sayegh collaborated with Faith Ann Keep an eye on the United Way’s Facebook
Butcher, chief impact o cer of United page or check with the school district to
Way, on the project. e two are both
members of the Greater Mahopac/Car- nd out when.
mel Chamber of Commerce and have “ e food bank will let us know,” Sayegh
worked together before. said. “ ey have to get their deliveries, and
we are told [by county o cials] that the
“We have worked on a lot of things to- same spot will work for the residents of
gether,”Sayegh said.“For this, the Hudson Putnam County. ey have to be the rst
Valley Food Bank contacted United Way, priority.”

Cars line up at
the food bank as
volunteers scamper to
get things ready.

About 5,000 pounds of food was Amy Sayegh, left, and
given out in less than two hours. Faith Ann Butcher, at
the pop-up food bank

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The Staff In lieu of our regular Mahopac Musings Mahopac Library Closing Street or from the Bikepath.
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EDITOR: 845-208-0774 by the coronavirus. through April 19 and will probably extend Donald B. Smith Conservation Area in Pat-
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State forgives Mahopac School District paperwork error

BY BOB DUMAS art-Cousins for their willingness to incorpo- administrators, the Board of Education, and building projects. In addition, the district would
EDITOR rate Mahopac penalty forgiveness into the Sen. Harckham to rectify the situation,” said no longer be eligible for $2.7 million of funding
budget,” said Harckham. “ is would not School Superintendent Anthony DiCarlo.“Our promised by the state for the projects.
A paperwork faux pas made by Mahopac have happened without their willing part- approach has been to prepare for the worst,hope
School District o cials nearly a decade that nership. In this incredibly stressful economic for the best, and communicate transparently Harckham noted that when the state
would have cost taxpayers nearly $6 million climate, the burdens on school districts and with the community every step of the way.” changed the application process in 2011 for
in lost state aid has been forgiven. taxpayers are even more pronounced, and so school districts applying for building aid there
I am pleased to have helped in this regard.” DiCarlo said he was delighted with this was some confusion, and several districts sub-
e district discovered the error regarding outcome, which unburdens the taxpayers mitted applications with errors. Because the
a capital improvement project last year and Harckham said the Mahopac schools and positions the administration to build monetary penalty for Mahopac’s error was
self-reported that certain paperwork had were unfairly singled out for paperwork mis- a budget for next year and the near future signi cant enough to force the district to se-
never been led. e district was then at risk takes made nine years ago. that both supports the needs of the commu- riously reconsider spending priorities in the
having to return millions of dollars in state nity and ensures the caliber of education to upcoming years, and possibly cut sta or pro-
aid it had received for the project and would “ e nancial penalties were going to end which the community is committed. grams, Harckham introduced legislation that
be barred from receiving any more funding. up a ecting taxpayers, students and district would grant the district forgiveness.
administration who were not even in the “I thank the senator for his partnership
State Sen. Pete Harckham and Assembly- district when the mistakes occurred,” the and his commitment to seeing this situation “In this case, two wrongs were de nitely
man Kevin Byrne both help craft bills last year senator said. “Getting this right for Ma- through to resolution. is is a great day for not going to make the situation right,”
that would have forgiven Mahopac’s debt; hopac residents was a big priority for me.” Mahopac,”DiCarlo said. Harckham said.
however, Gov. Cuomo vetoed that legislation.
e forgiveness provision was negotiated Last year, the Mahopac School District e Mahopac school’s forgiveness bill was
On ursday, April 2, Harckham an- by Harckham into the Education, Labor sought forgiveness for administrative errors passed by the state legislature in 2019 but
nounced that this time he was able to suc- and Family Assistance Article VII Legisla- during the 2011-12 school year that led to in- vetoed last November. Harckham promised
cessfully place into the 2020-21 state budget tion (ELFA) section of the 2020-21 New correct information being submitted for eight the district he would keep up the ght and
a provision that forgives the school district York State Budget. capital improvement projects that received state re-introduced the legislation this year. Dur-
for the administrative error. funding. Upon learning that the errors made, ing the deliberations on the state budget,
“From the moment this administrative er- the district also was noti ed that it would have Harckham was in Albany and able to get the
“I want to sincerely thank Gov. Cuomo ror was identi ed and we self-reported it to the to repay $3.1 million it has received so far for necessary provision added to the ELFA.
and Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stew- state, I have been working closely with district

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Our unsung heroes Worries, hopes and prayers
in the new normal
For the past two months, Amy’s alarm HERE
has been going o at 5 a.m., six days a AND During a hike this past Saturday PUBLISHER’S
week. Her rst move upon awakening NOW! with my wife and kids, we MEMO
is to reach for the thermometer to check her witnessed the new normal.
e strange actions to distance BRETT
temperature. After spending the last six years BERNIE ourselves from other hikers didn’t seem FREEMAN
as an emergency room physician down in the KOSBERG strange to each passerby who appreci-
city, Amy is all too familiar with discerning ated the wide berth we allotted them on problems during this period, potentially
the trail. with alcohol or dangerous drugs. As I
the symptoms between a virus and a bad cold. step back and thank God for my loving
e physical distance we allotted family, I wonder how many people are
It’s damp and chilly in the basement them was also matched by the emotion- stuck with the wrong “others” and su er
al distance. Normally, my wife builds an abuse during this time. Or how many
as Amy rolls o the cot into which she’d paredness: Are my goggles on tight enough? instant rapport with total strangers, and people will ignore odd symptoms totally
before this pandemic, it would not be unrelated to coronavirus and avoid the
opped down, exhausted, just six short hours Is doubling a standard-issue mask going to unusual for her to strike up a long con- doctor as cancer or something similarly
versation built upon a common interest, dangerous goes undiagnosed until it’s
ago. It’s been almost a month since she protect me, considering there are no N95s such as our love for dogs. too late?

moved down there to protect her family. Af- available? My gown and helmet are so But no more. Our children were I nd myself thankful that my
instructed to not pet the dogs, as we 94-year-old grandfather died last June
ter a quick “bath”with Clorox wipes, she does peppered with infection, I wonder if I’ll be don’t know what germs may be lurk- and avoided the isolation and misery
ing on their fur, nor do we want to he would have had to endure from a
this two times each day coming and going, able to strip them o at the end of my shift unknowingly infect a vulnerable person disease that would have certainly killed
ourselves. him had he contracted it.
she dresses quickly in a clean pair of scrubs, without becoming infected. My daughter
Instead, we moved quickly past the I am thankful for my church and my
grabs a couple of cans of high-protein shakes is getting married in June; will I be there to strangers, paying extra attention to pastor’s reassuring sermons and our life
every unusual clearing of the throat or group that prays together over Zoom
from a case by the back door, and heads out walk her down the aisle?” cough, and semi holding our breaths. every Tuesday night. Our life group was
My wife was very anxious each u supposed to go on hiatus during the
for her half-hour drive to the medical center. Phyllis is a retired Army nurse, recently season before this virus attacked our weeks leading up to Easter, but we all
society. So, in many ways, coronavirus agreed that we needed to connect now
It’s been weeks since Amy saw her widowed, who came back to New York represents her worst nightmare, as more than ever.
she attempts to assert control over an
husband and 4-year-old twin girls up close. to help combat the coronavirus. Bored at enemy that is tough to control without I am thankful for people like my
putting ourselves in a total bubble. friend (and in many ways a brother)
Tears come to her eyes as she wonders out home in Arizona and, increasingly anxious Jonathan Schneider who has connected
I thank God that I have three hu- with me daily and has helped my busi-
loud, “Will I come out of this pandemic about the relentless caseload of coronavirus man beings on this planet that I can ness navigate this crisis.
touch. At one point during the hike,
alive, and, if I don’t, will I just become a patients needing care in New York, she re- I held each of their hands, and I was I am thankful for Mike Bucci, who
consciously thankful for it. But I worry over the past two weekends has led
faded memory?” sponded to Gov. Cuomo’s plea for volunteer about the people who are sheltering in epic virtual bingo games as the ultimate
place alone. How are they getting by? family diversion and as a way to sup-
Frank is a respiratory therapist and nurses and physicians. Do they perhaps really need help with port local businesses. is past Saturday
daily activities that is simply not readily night, he hosted about two dozen fami-
nurse practitioner at a large city hospital in Phyllis knows full well from her experi- available during this crisis? Are they lies – probably about 100 people – over
able to nd vital human connection in Zoom, and gave us something fun to do
Central Queens, one barely keeping its head ences in Iraq and Afghanistan that this the absence of physical presence? as a family.

above water. Conditions are getting worse mission will be lled with endless shifts and Each evening, after a long work day I am thankful for so many readers,
with all the Covid-related stresses on the vast majority of whom I’ve never
by the day. sleepless nights and often terrifying condi- top of all the usual ones, I try to calm met, who have generously opened
my own nerves about our economic un-
“We are in desperate need of ventila- tions. She’s also aware that, at her age, the certainty, sometimes admittedly with an SEE FREEMAN PAGE 9
indulgence I might otherwise discipline
tors and respirators,” he reports, “and we’re virus could kill her. So, before leaving, she myself to skip. And I wonder how many
people will develop stress-induced
running out of medications needed to keep organized her bank accounts and passwords,

critical patients comfortable while they’re automated her monthly bills, and gave her

on the machines, knowing that few of them sister power of attorney and a copy of her life

will survive. insurance policy.

“I’m incredibly proud of the sta —all of And, medical professionals are not the only

them—and I know that so many feel the heroes.

same way,” he continued. “It’s like running As millions of us stay home, frightened

into a burning building each day, and every- and intent on limiting our exposure to the

where you turn there’s a ame that needs novel coronavirus, there are many others

stamping out. e camaraderie among my serving on the front lines of this deadly

colleagues, among everyone who works here, outbreak, willing to risk their own well-being,

is incredibly uplifting. All of the people I and, possibly, that of their families, in order to

work with at all levels are showing up and serve us. Every catastrophe has its everyday

doing their jobs.” heroes—people who sacri ce to care for us—
“I’m not nalve,” said Sasha, a 60-year-old and this pandemic is no di erent. EMTs,

anesthesiologist who was assigned to the pharmacists, police o cers, re ghters, food

emergency room at his community hospital service workers, bus and train operators, mail

when all elective surgeries were postponed. carriers, home health aides; I could go on

“I know what it is to be an emergency and on. All unsung heroes, all helping us to

room physician with this tsunami going on survive this crisis.

around me. I interned at Lincoln Hospital e least they deserve is our deepest ap-

when the South Bronx was ‘on re’ in 1970s. preciation and a big ank You when we see

I think constantly about my personal pre- them.

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