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Families drove around town finding Academic achievements
treasures in the Lewisboro Library’s
Historic Hamlet Hunt. Look for more John Jay High School has announced complishment is all the more impressive
photos in an upcoming issue. that Liliana Carey and Jonathan Frantz as students negotiate these most uncer-
are National Merit Scholarship Semi - tain and surreal times in their young lives.
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE LEWISBORO LIBRARY. nalists for 2021.
Over 1.5 million juniors in about
“ eir accomplishments are a testa- 21,000 high schools entered the 2021
ment to the high personal standards they National Merit Scholarship Program
have set for themselves and the com- by taking the 2019 Preliminary SAT/
mitment and perseverance necessary National Merit Scholarship Qualifying
to achieve this level of distinction,” said Test (PSAT/NMSQT), which served as
Principal Steven Siciliano. “We also con- an initial screen of program entrants. e
gratulate their families and their teachers nationwide pool of Semi nalists, repre-
as all student-success is nurtured through senting less than one percent of U.S. high
these critical relationships. school seniors, includes the highest-scor-
ing entrants in each state.
Dr. Siciliano highlighted that the ac-

Historic Hamlet Hunt PHOTO COURTESY OF JJHS

e Lewisboro Library held its com- while enjoying the beauty of Lewisboro. Jonathan Frantz and Liliana Carey are National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists for 2021.
munity event, Historic Hamlet Hunt, Along with the booklet, children received
on Sept. 13, where families were invited a small treasure chest to collect gold coins,
to hunt for historic treasures. Eighteen and booklet stickers in every hamlet. ere
treasures of Lewisboro history were was a ra e for a treasure chest for every-
highlighted in a self-guided driving tour one who completed the tour. e Historic
around the six hamlets of the town. Par- Hamlet Hunt was a fundraiser for the
ticipants picked up a treasure booklet and library, with Houlihan Lawrence as the
followed the directions to learn the history event sponsor.

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The Staff Murderer of 2 Lewisboro moms in 1977 granted parole

EDITORIAL TEAM Hearing transcript: Convict ‘didn’t like women’
JODI WEINBERGER
BY TOM BARTLEY Board to turn him loose. Now “ at day at the house, I ex- unfolding nightmare from which
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BRIAN MARSCHHAUSER shot to death Bonnie Minter, 32, revenge for the way I was treated In an upstairs bedroom, where
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In addition, COVID-19 pris-
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seeing a dramatic spike. In New

York, one study reported, 17

prisoners had been fatally in-

fected by mid-September. Asked

whether coronavirus concerns

had played a role, the correc-

tions spokesman did not directly

respond, saying only that board

members “must follow statutory

requirements.”

At 68, Ayala appears to have

dropped his gunman’s swagger

and adopted the countenance of

a chastened convict.

“I take responsibility for my

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BEDFORD Town hopes for strong turnout in sewer vote

BY TOM BARTLEY If approved, the new, non-contiguous to sell the project to the homeowners who two parcels or more, however, still get only

CONTRIBUTING WRITER sewer district would follow Phase I’s busi- would pay for it. one vote).

ness district sewerage in downtown Kato- A week later, at an afternoon work ses- New York City, with an important stake

Bedford town o cials were continuing nah and along Route 117 in Bedford Hills. sion, Burdick repeated his call for advo- in maintaining the quality of its reservoir

urgent get-out-the-vote preparations this at installation was approved in a 2017 cacy, saying, “I feel strongly that we ought water supply, is bankrolling most of the

week—not for the presidential election, referendum. to be encouraging people to vote ‘yes.’ It’s estimated $13 million price tag for Phase

but for next month’s sewer referendum. e unusual Monday session followed in the interest of the property owners who II sewers. Other sources will pick up most

e Town Board scheduled an unusual Town Board sewer discussions at the Sept. are in the sewer district.” He recalled a of the remaining costs, but district property

Monday work session speci cally to con- 8 meeting and a special Sept. 15 work ses- “conversation about that at our last town owners would still have to retire a bond put

sider sewers, a topic that also was likely to sion, all convened via Zoom. board meeting.” at $175,000 by the town’s sewer consultant,

arise at the board’s regular Tuesday meet- At the Sept. 8 meeting, Supervisor “Because we can’t go door to door the Ken Kohlbrenner, an engineer with Wood-

ing. Chris Burdick discussed the list of quali- way we did for the 2017 referendum,” ard & Curran of White Plains.

A “yes” vote on the referendum would ed property owners who can vote in the Burdick said, “it’s going to be phone calls.” Homeowners on Ashby Place and parts

create a Phase II sewer district, encom- Oct. 19 balloting. He suggested that board Pursuing a strong turnout, Burdick of e Terrace, Valley Road, Bedford Road

passing 94 homes in downtown Katonah members contact potential voters to solicit looks to match a town o cial—elected or and Edgemont Road also would pay about

as well as businesses along Railroad Av- support for the sewer plan. appointed—with every eligible voter. e $580 annually, plus an initial hookup

enue and multifamily units in Bedford At least two board members, Bobbi “partner”o cial would eld a voter’s ques- charge, to take advantage of the proposed,

Hills. Only the owners of those properties Bittker and Kate Galligan, pushed back, tions (for example, if two people own one more environmentally safe method of

will vote on the referendum. saying they were not comfortable trying property, they each get a vote; owners of wastewater disposal.

PAROLE “I exploded, I wanted to get revenge for Ayala said he was on drugs when he my life,” he said. “And I ran by the word
the way I was treated when I was a kid.” raped and murdered. of God and I understood how important
FROM PAGE 4 it is to take responsibility for the crimes
He expressed empathy for the survi- “I was using cocaine and heroin and that I committed and treating women the
such a brutal attack, Ayala said,“I got to the vors. I was drinking,” he said. Still, he didn’t way they are supposed to be treat[ed], like
point that...I didn’t like women.” blame substance use for his actions. a human being.”
“ ose kids, they go on, they got to get
He blamed, without providing speci cs, some professional help to overcome the “I’m responsible for the crime,” he told Apparently assured by those kinds of
his treatment “by my mother, when I was experience that I put them through and the board.“I made the bad choice of using declarations, the Parole Board decided to
12 years old.” He was also “rejected” by his it’s horrible. e husband coming home drugs. It’s no excuse.” give Ayala one more chance, something
sister, he said, and his wife “was cheating and nding that he don’t have a wife no he never gave Sheila Watson and Bonnie
on me with somebody else.” more because of me, the horrible decision Ayala insisted he had found religion. Minter.
that I made.” “I went and I got involved in church.
at day at the Watson house, he said, It gave me a positive direction, journey in

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LEWISBORO

Cell tower plans shelved for further study

BY TOM BARTLEY Homeland Towers, which appears before that the salt dome is the right place for a PHOTO: METRO CREATIVE CONNECTION
CONTRIBUTING WRITER municipal regulatory panels on behalf of cell tower...the odds on that changing when
multiple telecom carriers, earlier this year CityScape does their master plan is remote.” Plans for a communications tower are
Action on a controversial cell tower pro- proposed a cell tower for Verizon at one of on hold.
posed for town-owned land in Cross River two Lewisboro locations. One, a 120-foot e regional study, proposed by a coali-
has been put on hold pending a study of structure behind town hall on Main Street, tion of northern Westchester communities Verizon’s “big push” today is no longer
northern Westchester’s wireless telecommu- has largely been pushed aside in favor of the two years ago, had been lying dormant until ber optics or cellular, Parsons noted. “It is
nication needs. other. at tower, a 130-footer at the salt County Legislator Kitley Covill of Katonah entirely for 5G.”
dome o Spring Street in Cross River, is fa- breathed life into it. Moreover, the supervisor noted, that push
e Lewisboro Town Board agreed in- vored by Homeland and at least two major is “not just 5G generally, but 5G in the ma-
formally at its Sept. 14 meeting to shelve, carriers. Parsons thanked Covill, saying she jor cities, where it makes sense. So there is a
at least for now, Homeland Towers’ applica- “pushed it through the county, and the real possibility that by waiting for this master
tion on behalf of Verizon Communications Parsons said he thought there was little county is funding this master plan for a fee plan we will end up with a master plan but
Inc. to build a tower beside the salt dome o chance that the regional study would reject of $190,170. It’s not a cheap plan.” no progress. at said, quite honestly, I think
Spring Street in Cross River. the salt-dome site, calling the odds of that we need to wait for it.”
“remote.” He said the study will take about four
Meanwhile, consulting rm CityScape months.
will carry out the $190,000 regional study, His assessment came in response to a
which is county-funded and Bedford-co- suggestion by Councilman Tony Goncalves “I’d love to say it will be ready by February.
ordinated. CityScape will examine demand that Homeland at least conduct a “balloon But quite honestly, granted the way these
for wireless telecom in Lewisboro and a test” while Verizon’s application was on things go,it will be more like March or April
half-dozen nearby communities—Bedford, hold. In such a test, a balloon is oated at before it’s complete and delivered.”
North Salem,Somers and Yorktown,among the proposed tower’s height, demonstrating
them—then draw a master plan to meet how high and how visible it would be from Castelhano supported a halt in consider-
their requirements. multiple locations. ation of the salt-dome site, noting,“We have
some [coverage] gaps...where we overlap
While the project is scheduled to take four “We could ask them to do that,” Parsons with other towns, like Bedford. So it would
months, realistically the work likely will not said of the balloon test. “But I have some be very helpful to see where this other com-
be completed before March or April, Super- conscience about asking them to spend pany [CityScape] regionally would want to
visor Peter Parsons told the board. Still, he their money—they’ve already spent, what, a see towers go.”
said,“Quite honestly,I think we need to wait couple of hundred grand? How much more
for it.” do we want them to spend before we can Parsons saw at least one potential danger
o er them a reasonable chance of it going in a delay: e money now earmarked for a
Councilwoman Jennifer Castelhano forward?” Lewisboro cell tower could be diverted to
agreed, saying the town “can’t really go for- trendier pursuits like 5G, the latest genera-
ward without nding out what CityScape’s But since major telecom players “AT&T, tion of mobile networks.
input is going to be.” Homeland Towers and Verizon all believe
“ ere is no promise at all,” he said, “that
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Happily
Ever
After

Words and music Climbing the walls to
nd higher ground
READING, hold hands and circle around my rst picture book biography
WRITING & and fall down at the right of “Young Martin Luther.” BRUCE at’s one way to explain the
CHOCOLATE moments. THE BLOG simple rationale behind aptly
In elementary school, I grav- titled virtual art festival Climbing
KIM My early years also in- itated towards chapter books BRUCE the Walls, co-produced by Studio
KOVACH cluded Sunday School classes about large families. I only had APAR
where I learned the words one brother and thought that eater in Exile (studiotheater-
My friend, Janice, to “Jesus Loves me this I multiple siblings sounded fun. In times of stress or anxiety inexile.com) and Hudson Valley
wrote a delight- know…” Children learn and I was a big fan of e Bobbsey or just plain limbo—quite Museum of Contemporary Art
ful personal story retain information if it is set Twins, e Five Little Peppers the trifecta, which we all can (hudsonvalleymoca.org).
about her early childhood and to music. and the All of a Kind Family relate to lately—the tortured soul
her beloved babysitter. Janice Growing up, my parents books. often looks to escape the rigors of e show’s co-curator Mara
even remembered the words played record albums on our reality by turning to art. Mills, artistic director of Studio
to a rhyming song they used stereo. I had a transistor radio Our musical tastes and read-
to sing together called, “Ta y to listen to popular rock and ing choices change over the It might be mass-market art, eater in Exile, calls it a “Covid
was a Welshman.” at got me roll hits. I remember watching years. I discovered books by the like movies or music or books or digital time capsule that asked for
thinking. What was the rst Bronte sisters and Chekhov. In games, or ne art, like paintings, artists across genres to contribute,
song I learned as a child? e Monkees TV show when I eighth grade, my record col- or niche art like poetry, or per- Working in all art genres, partici-
was in fourth grade and buying lection expanded to include a formance art, like comic mono- pating artists created work that
e answer popped right variety of artists. Favorite songs logues. re ects the emotion, meditations,
into my head. “I’m a little tea- e Monkees albums. included “Fortunate Son” by memories, family stories, nature,
pot short and stout, here is my But by fth grade, I had Creedence Clearwater Revival, Fortunately, there are artists and even re-cycling in this time
handle, here is my spout….” I traded in the “Last Train to “Spirit in the Sky” by Norman who deal with their own stress, of Covid. eir visual art, music,
learned that children’s song in Clarksville” for the Rolling Greenbaum and “Candles in anxiety and limbo by creating monologues, and poetry explore
nursery school and performed Stones. Mick Jagger, with his the Rain” by Melanie. forms of self-expression that the ways we are experiencing life
it at home for my family, com- soulful eyes and con dent double as diversions for the rest now and how we imagine the
plete with choreography! swagger was the antithesis at was the year the teen- of us. future.” e theater company’s
of Davy Jones and his TV aged neighbor across the street producer and exhibition co-cura-
I called my mom and asked band mates. I memorized the blasted Iron Butter y’s rock We look to those artists as tour tor is Jeremy Gratt.
if she remembered the rst words to “As Tears Go By” classic “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida” guides who will lead us away from
song I learned to sing as a and “Mother’s Little Helper.” late into the night. I vividly workaday worries and woes, at DEALING WITH
young child. “I thought it was at summer at ten years old, recall an afternoon at school least momentarily. DISCONNECTION
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star,” I asked my Mom if I could see when a high school student
replied Mom. “But I think the Rolling Stones in concert cranked up the volume on his ART AVOIDS THE ABYSS Mills adds that Climbing
you’re right about the Teapot at Forest Hills tennis stadium. car stereo for everyone to hear True, art is supposed to hold the Walls “was conceived from
song.” She said no. Looking back, her Led Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta a desire to create in a time of
response was good parenting Love.” up a mirror to reality, but that’s disorientation and disconnection.
It’s interesting how far back but I didn’t agree at the time. the point; creating imaginary We conceived of the project as
our memories can take us. After strolling down mem- Take a few minutes to recall worlds allows us to re ect on the a way to connect and explore a
ory lane to recall those earliest the soundtrack of your life! meaning of life at a safe remove, shift in the moment, ultimately
inking back to that nursery songs and musical in uences, without staring into the abyss looking both at Covid-19 and the
school experience, we also I decided to think back to the Kim Kovach is teaching a ve- directly. protests.”
learned the lyrics to “ e early children’s books I had en- week personal stories writing
Farmer in the Dell” and “Lon- joyed reading. e rst picture program, Life Sketches. Classes Since June, several new works
don Bridge is Falling Down.” books that I could read to my- meet via Zoom on Fridays from have been put on display each
Of course, you need a group self included “Toby Tyler at the 10:30am to 12 noon starting week—viewable on both the
of shrieking, giggly children to Circus” and “Pollyanna.” at October 2nd. Please register on
Sunday School in uence led to the Bedford Free Library website. SEE APAR PAGE 11
www.kimkovachwrites.com

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APAR dispossession, and hunger.” Trachtenberg, with an assist from viewer. You have to smile at the a video camera. When the o cers
incidental visual puns hiding in arrived, they quickly realized it
FROM PAGE 10 Climbing the Walls is a lively a photojournalist friend Todd plain sight as they cleverly zoom was a false alarm, and let the al-
in for close-ups on the logos of leged perpetrators be on their own
and colorful palette of home- Shapera. empty cartons whose contents had way, without incident.
served as the equivalent of war-
museum’s and the theater grown art forged by extraordinary As they ambled about eminent- time rations during lockdown. Like Sondheim said, art isn’t
easy.
company’s websites—with living conditions. ly walkable Pleasantville, the vid- Needless to say, no good
deed—or art expedition in the Bruce Apar is a writer, actor,
another helping of pieces due ere are original music eographers documented, as they name of an art exhibition—goes consultant, and community
unpunished. One homeowner volunteer. He can be reached at
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cious-looking couple armed with
(including a monologue by ful ballad written 50 years ago, piled at the curb for recycling.

somebody you’re reading right shadowy charcoal drawings that Each boxy assemblage prompted

now, based on a previous column, eerily evoke the artist’s loneliness, questions about, and gave clues to,

called “Distant Relative.”) kids frolicking and sheltering in how we are living now.”

e more than 40 creations the safe con nes of self-made eir eagle-eyed resourcefulness

now on display in Climbing the fortresses, a choreographed video paid o for them, as it does for the

Walls span an expansive range of paying elegiac homage to a parent

cultural experiences, human per- who perished in the pandemic, a <ccloudbe/>

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