The Katonah-Lewisboro Times 02.03.22

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School-resource officer returns to John Jay

Town Board, school board reach agreement

BY TOM BARTLEY Katonah-Lewisboro School A KLSD xture since 2016, 2021-22 academic year, which to require only $39,593 in salary,
CONTRIBUTING WRITER District last week ended their the SRO beat had been walked bene ts, and other expenses,
ongoing stalemate over funding from the start by Frank Secret, began last July. e budget was presumably an amount within
After a ve-month absence, and put an SRO—the school the retired Lewisboro police the unspeci ed total budgeted
a Lewisboro police o cer was resource o cer—back on the chief, and had cost the district said to contain money for the last spring for an all-year SRO
expected to be back this week at beat. about $60,000 a year. Secret, a presence.
John Jay High School. Lewisboro native,reportedly often school resource o cer, but that
e return came with minimal worked o the clock, minimizing Elio Moschetta of South Salem,
Police Chief David Alfano discussion by either side. First, the the impact on school nances. allocation—an unspeci ed who became a vocal critic last fall
said Police O cer Michael Town Board at its Jan. 24 meeting But when Secret stepped down as of the district’s lack of an SRO,
Smushko will ll the role through assigned a town police o cer full SRO last June, he left a vacancy amount lumped in among said he was “very pleased that it is
June. Smushko, retired from the time to district schools, Feb. 1 that Alfano estimated would cost
Yonkers Police Department, was through June. ree days later, in a about $150,000 annually to ll. some $345,000 for “contractual nally happening.”
appointed to the Lewisboro P.D. unanimous consent-agenda vote, “ e true test,” he added, “will
in February 2021. the KLSD board agreed to pay for e district, however, had services”—did not come close to be if the district budgets for the
the ve-month police presence, already won voter approval of SRO for the next scal year,which
In a two-step process, the estimated to cost almost $40,000. a $113 million budget for the covering the post-Secret expenses. will be around 150K.”
Lewisboro Town Board and
When school o cials were

unable to get the town to pick up

some of the new, enlarged price

tag, the job remained vacant when

classes resumed in September.

Paying now for the school year’s

remaining 20 weeks is expected

Mask debate rages on

Some parents call for end of mandate

BY TOM BARTLEY “ e mental, emotional, and In a half-dozen presentations, with Petraro describing her son’s of Pediatrics strongly back indoor
CONTRIBUTING WRITER social harm that we are doing to all but one by women, speakers Minecraft mask as “little more masking as a coronavirus safe-
our children by forcing them to called on Covid studies, mor- than a fashion accessory.” guard.
Katonah-Lewisboro school wear a mask to school is far worse tality statistics, and displays of
o cials heard impassioned pleas than the risk of Covid,” Daniela maternal grit as they questioned School o cials at the urs- e CDC, for its part, recom-
last week to let parents decide Rapisardi Petraro, the mother of the need for masks “full of spit day evening board session did mends all students sta , teachers,
whether their children should an Increase Miller rst-grader, and dirt.” Mothers challenged not directly address the parents’ and visitors, regardless of vac-
wear masks, regardless of any told the school board’s Jan. 27 the face coverings’ e ectiveness concerns. But both the Centers cination status, to wear a mask
state mandates. meeting. in warding o the coronavirus, for Disease Control and Preven-
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MASK court ruling, permitting the
FROM PAGE 1
The Staff mask mandate to remain in ef- Let parents be the ones to decide
fect at least temporarily. KLSD
EDITORIAL TEAM
BRIAN MARSCHHAUSER while indoors in K-12 schools. reinstated its mandate, setting what’s best for their children.
EDITOR: 914-302-5628 And the pediatrics academy, in the stage for ursday’s earnest
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urging anyone over the age of 2 exhortations. –Ashley Lemonik
NICK TRUJILLO
REPORTER to don masks, called them a “safe e only man to speak, Dr. KLSD Parent

[email protected] and e ective infection control.” Kory Stotesbery, a pediatric
VIM WILKINSON
e parents’ entreaties capped psychiatrist, called on district
SPECIAL SECTIONS EDITOR
[email protected] a whipsaw week for Gov. Kathy o cials to ignore state masking

ADVERTISING TEAM Hochul’s statewide masking mandates, which he insisted “are creasingly being ruled unconsti- have a choice as to whether their
PAUL FORHAN
mandate, which remained in ap- harming our kids.” tutional across the country.” children should wear a mask in
(914) 806-3951
[email protected] pellate court limbo as this week “ e harms, including the Only 14 states have mask school,” she said.

BRUCE HELLER began. loss of education and increasing mandates, he noted, and said Michele DuRivage of Kato-
(914) 486-7608
[email protected] On Jan. 24, a State Supreme mental illness, are something we two-thirds of New York’s 62 nah described herself as “sad-

LISA KAIN Court justice in Nassau County need to be thinking about more counties have decided not to dened”by the KLSD mask man-
(201) 317-1139
[email protected] struck down Hochul’s masking urgently,” he said. follow the governor’s stance on date, saying there was “not the
CORINNE STANTON
(914) 760-7009 edict, nding it violated the State Ashley Lemonik of Katonah masking. slightest medical justi cation for
[email protected]
Constitution. e mandate had joined the call for an end to mask Petraro, the mom who derided this.” A mask “does not stem the
JAY GUSSAK
(914) 299-4541 required anyone in the state who mandates “as soon as possible.” her son’s Minecraft mask as a spread of Covid-19,”she said,“so
[email protected]
SHELLEY KILCOYNE was not fully vaccinated to wear “ e longer it goes on, the “fashion accessory,” said it was forcing children to wear them is
(914) 924-9122
[email protected] masks in indoor public spaces. more damage that’s done to this “time to reassess whether ex- an act of cruelty for which there

PRODUCTION TEAM After the court ruling, acting generation,” she said. “Let par- traordinary measures like mask- is simply no excuse.”
TABITHA PEARSON MARSHALL
on state Education Department ents be the ones to decide what’s ing our children are justi ed.” “ ey’re breathing in their
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
PHOTOGRAPHER guidance, KLSD immediately best for their children.” In the two years since the own CO2,” DuRivage said. “ e

[email protected] eased its across-the-board mask “At some point,” Stotesbery outbreak, she maintained, vac- children handle their masks
GABRIELLE BILIK
DESIGNER requirement and made it option- argued, “we have to put our per- cines, medicines, and a weak- constantly, creating unsanitary

[email protected] al instead. sonal standards in front…and ening virus have decreased the conditions. eir masks are full

EXECUTIVE TEAM A day later, a state appeals refuse to allow orders to harm risk to children. “I urge you to of spit and dirt. e deprivation
BRETT FREEMAN
CEO & PUBLISHER court judge stayed the lower- our children, orders that are in- consider allowing families to of oxygen disrupts their ability to
845-208-8151
learn.” Like others, she urged the
[email protected]
board to give parents the option
Deadlines
CARPET of whether to mask their chil-
THE KATONAH-LEWISBORO TIMES dren.
DEADLINE
Daniela Goldman of South
THE DEADLINE FOR ADVERTISEMENTS
HARDWOOD Salem agreed, declaring, “Un-
AND EDITORIAL SUBMISSIONS IS THE mask our kids!”

THURSDAY BEFORE THE NEXT Goldman, with two children
PUBLICATION DATE.
at Meadow Pond Elementary
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CALL BRIAN MARSCHHAUSER AT REFINISH School and another at John Jay
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[email protected] HARDWOOD children have the lowest risk of
FLOORING Covid, yet they have been sub-
jected to the most draconian

measures. Our children are suf-

fering for a disease that they are

CERAMIC TILES at low risk for.”
She compared mortality rates

showing that causes other than

AREA RUGS Covid posed more-lethal dan-
gers for children.

Violet Aniello, noting that

“the risk of dying from Covid is

WINDOWS ’N BLINDS almost zero for children,” asked,
“Since when is it ethical to bur-

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generation to protect the other?”

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How Lewisboro, Connecticut was almost a reality
Centuries of territory disputes shaped the borders of New York and Connecticut

BY NICK TRUJILLO colony. e rst attempt to set an o - A 1799 map of Connecticut showing the Oblong (black border added)
STAFF WRITER cial boundary came with Governor Peter
Stuyvesant’s treaty with the Connecticut company, the proprietors who had been the 1731 agreement, and in 1878, Con-
Lewisboro, Connecticut? It sounds colony in 1650, but the agreement was
like a mistake someone not familiar with not sanctioned and never o cially set. given all this land by the land grant, so necticut again contested the agreement.
northern Westchester would make after
brie y looking at a map, but it was almost New Amsterdam became New York they made their money by selling all this e boundaries were o cially agreed
a reality in the over 200 years of terri- following the English invasion in 1664,
tory disputes between the Dutch and the which led to the second Anglo-Dutch land.” upon on Dec. 8, 1879, with Connecticut
English, and then New York and Con- war, and boundaries set by Connecticut
necticut. land surveyors in 1683 and 1684 allowed William Truesdale (who Truesdale gaining access to the oyster bays along the
the colony to include the oyster bays
e Oblong is a two-mile-wide, along the Long Island sound and the Lake is named after) and Samuel Tuttle Long Island Sound. e agreement was
60-miles-long strip of land that de nes southern land that makes up modern-day
the southeastern border of New York Greenwich, Stamford, Darien, and New are thought to be the rst two men to passed in 1880 and approved by Congress
State, starting about 20 miles east of the Canaan. is created the Oblong as a
Hudson River in Lewisboro and ending trade of equivalent lands was needed and attempt to live in the area in 1720, al- on Feb. 26, 1881, putting an end to over
at the southwestern corner of the Mas- in 1700, King William III of England le-
sachusetts border, running alongside state galized the deal, giving the towns of Bed- though they were unsuccessful in estab- 200 years of border disputes.
highway Route 22. e entire hamlets ford and Rye to New York which was not
of Lewisboro and South Salem as well a popular decision with the townspeople. lishing a town. Koehl credited Parks and Recreation
as part of the Waccabuc hamlet are in-
cluded in the Oblong. Also known as the “ ey belonged to the Congregational e Van Cortlandt family, a power- Supervisor Dana Mayclim with push-
Equivalent Lands, the Oblong was given Church, which was basically the state re-
to New York in exchange for the area ligion in the Connecticut colony, whereas ful Dutch political family in the 17th ing her to hold a program on the history
that makes up Connecticut’s panhandle here in our area, the Presbyterian Church
to settle territory disputes, de ning the was the mainstay,” Koehl said. “In Con- and 18th centuries, was awarded a royal of the Oblong and how it a ected the
shapes of both states and the town of necticut, your government o cials were
Lewisboro. elected. In New York, they were appoint- charter land grant by King William III land of Lewisboro. In 2021, while many
ed way back then. ey liked having that
Lewisboro Town Historian Maureen autonomy.” to Van Cortlandt Manor, 86,000 acres people were homebound due to the Co-
Koehl gave a virtual presentation to at-
tending community members through Koehl said members of the towns at- of land that makes up much of northern vid-19 pandemic, Koehl held a program
a Parks and Recreation program, telling tempted a few armed insurrections and
the history surrounding the creation of tried paying taxes to Connecticut to cir- Westchester. In 1732, much of the land that highlighted each of the six Lewis-
the Oblong through the centuries of land cumvent the state borders, both of which
disputes, beginning at the earliest stage were unsuccessful. In 1725, a survey be- was divided into 150- to 300-acre parcels boro hamlets. She found that despite be-
of the European exploration of America gan to o cially draw the borderlines
in 1609, when English explorer Henry between New York and Connecticut, be- and sold as farmland, helping de ne the ing well-attended, the programs mainly
Hudson of the Dutch East India Com- ginning at the Byram River and ending
pany arrived. at the Massachusetts border, marked by shape of Lewisboro. ey were o cially contained people from the respective
heaps of stone every two miles. e sur-
“It started when all these European vey was completed and rati ed in 1731, included in Lewisboro in 1788, when hamlet.
countries started nding a place to colo- and the border stood uncontested for
nize in the new world,” Koehl said. “ e over a century. New York State o cially drew borders Her aim with the Oblong program is
Dutch were basically here to make mon-
ey. ey were here with their di erent During this time, the town of Lewis- for each town. to educate people from all corners of the
commercial operations.” boro, then known as Salem, began to take
shape. Koehl said, according to town re- In 1855, Connecticut reopened the town on the history of how Lewisboro
Both the Dutch and English partici- cords, the rst instance of an organized
pated in the pro table beaver fur trade Salem town meeting was in 1747 and the border survey and appointed its own came to be. On Nov. 7, Koehl held her
when they arrived in America and de- heavily forested area started its earliest
developments. commissioners to mark the state’s pa- rst program on the Oblong in-person at
ned borders and trading posts in their
new colonies throughout the rst half of “Basically, all of the land that became rameters, but no signi cant discrepancies the Lewisboro Library, and hopes to be
the 1600s. e two nations went to war Lewisboro was part of the land that was
three times from 1652 to 1672 in the given to the group called the Ridge eld with the 1731 boundaries were found. able to continue to tell the story of the
Anglo-Dutch Wars, so early borders were Proprietors, and they got thousands and
often ignored and not enforced with the thousands of acres,” Koehl said. “ ey Five years later, New York appointed a disputed lands in 2022, virtually or in
English and Dutch kings and governors were land speculators, so if you wanted
each laying claim to the area between to move out of Ridge eld, you could buy commission to set new markers based on person.
New Amsterdam and the Connecticut your hundred acres from the holy land

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GOLDENS BRIDGE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire chief offers ice safety tips
Use caution when venturing onto frozen reservoir, ponds, lakes

It’s the time of year that lo- door winter activities. Perhaps ea’s picturesque ponds and lakes. that ice conditions cannot be

cal residents, and others from it’s an ice- shing excursion on But before you pack the shing judged solely by appearance or

down county and New York the Muscoot Reservoir, or ice- gear, lace up the skates, or wax thickness.

City, are drawn to Northern skating, snowshoeing, and other the hockey stick, a local rst- Although non-running waters

Westchester’s resources for out- recreational activities on the ar- responder who has seen many tend to ice over more rapidly, ice

recreational outings turn into doesn’t freeze uniformly, which

emergencies is o ering some means that thickness can be un-

advice. even. According to the DEC,

“Even when below-freezing ice could be thin and weak in

temperatures are consistent, certain locations, for example,

it doesn’t automatically mean where feeder streams enter and

that the reservoir is safe for exit ponds and lakes. Clear ice

ice- shing, or a pond is safe for over running water is about 20 PHOTO: GBFD
ice-skating or walking across,” percent weaker, while slush/
said Chief Albert Melillo of the gray/white ice is approximately Goldens Bridge firefighters in an
Goldens Bridge Fire Depart- 50 percent weaker. Conserva- ice-rescue training drill on a local
pond

ment. “Ice may form quickly tionists say that many lakes and help rst-responders determine

when temperatures plummet, ponds also may contain spring your exact location. “If you fall

but it takes more time than you holes and areas of currents that through the ice, don’t panic.

might think for ice, for example, make thickness unpredictable Call out for help and sound the

to reach the minimum four- and create dangerous thin spots. whistle or air horn to attract at-

inch, new clear-ice thickness Melillo said that before head- tention,” Melillo said.

that certain experts and the New ing out onto the ice, consider the • Wear a life jacket – if you

York State Department of Con- following precautions: fall into the water, the life jacket

servation (DEC) recommend • Have a gameplan that in- should keep you at the surface

for ice- shing.” cludes telling someone where and could provide insulation

Melillo said the pond in Lew- you are going and when you ex- against the e ects of the icy cold

isboro Town Park is monitored pect to return. water. “In addition to your life

on a daily basis by the Lewis- • Don’t go alone – venture out jacket, the air trapped in your

boro Parks and Recreation De- with at least one other person so clothes can provide warmth and

partment, which requires the ice that if one of you gets into an keep you a oat, so don’t shed any

to be seven inches thick before emergency situation, the other clothing. Medical experts say

opening it to ice-skating. “If can call 9-1-1. that it takes about 30 minutes

warning signs of ‘No Ice-Skat- • Make sure everyone on the for clinical hypothermia to set

ing’ are posted, it means that outing has a fully charged cell- in,” Melillo said.

town o cials have deemed the phone. • Carry a set of ice picks and

thickness of the ice as unsafe for • Familiarize yourself with rope, which could help you sur-

any type of on-foot activity,” he your surroundings so that you vive—and possibly help in self-

said. “Don’t ignore these warn- could describe to the 9-1-1 dis- rescue—until rst-responders

ings.” patcher the point of entry and/ arrive. “While kicking your legs,

According to the DEC, new or the name of a road. use the ice picks to pull yourself

clear ice on still water should be • Wear a whistle or pocket upwards out of the water and

a minimum of four inches thick air horn around your neck in onto the ice surface. But don’t

for ice- shing and other on-foot case there is no cell service so stand once you’re out of the wa-

recreational activities. But con- that anyone who is nearby could ter; instead, lay on your stomach

servation experts also caution hear your distress signal, and to to distribute your weight evenly,

then roll toward the shoreline

in the direction you came from

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Cup of memories It’s not easy being green

On Sunday morning, What wonderful stories were Like many in our com- they choose to. competitive auction would inter-
I was sitting at the revealed! We are all creatures of munity, I received a letter est any power producers. It did.
kitchen table eating habit and have strong prefer- recently jointly signed by When I was on the Bedford Constellation New Energy won
Westchester Power and the town the contract with a rate of 10.2
of Bedford. Town Board, we were one of the cents per kilowatt-hour for power
Westchester purchased from renewable sources.
my breakfast crumb cakes and ences for the cup or mug that Power is a rst communities in the region to
program created ey also provide an option for
drinking my holds our by Sustainable sign on to xed-rate power from traditional
Westchester, sources at 8.7 cents per kWh.
co ee while morning cof- which is a not- IN CASE such plan. e After reading the letter, I was
for-pro t created YOU plan I voted all set to mail in my opt-out card
looking out of READING, fee or tea. by a consortium MISSED IT for guaranteed when I decided to look at my cur-
WRITING & of towns in that whatever rent electric bill. I was surprised to
the windows Since our Westchester to support environ- see my cost has been rising steadily,
at the snow CHOCOLATE writing class mental initiatives on behalf of their like just about everything else, for
member communities. the past couple of months. e
covering the KIM is over Zoom, DON green power most recent rate was 9.6 cents per
is letter explained that if I did SCOTT option com- kWh. at standard rate changes
ground and KOVACH many writers nothing, my electric rate was about daily and clearly it uctuates.
to jump 45 percent compared to
the blue sky actually held the 12-month average NYSEG munity mem- at rate is 37 percent above the
has been charging its residen- 12-month average. It has been as
re ected on up their cof- tial customers for the past year. bers would high as 10.4 cents in the last 30
Naturally, that raised an eyebrow. days. So, as the NFL referees say,
the icy surface fee mugs like be opted into “after further review,”choosing a
e initiative that gave rise to this renewable option at a xed rate of
of the pond. As I took a sip of Show and Tell before reading move is called Community Choice would have to select a “green”elec- 10.2 cents seems like a pretty good
Aggregation (CCA). CCA is a deal these days, all things consid-
co ee and placed the mug back their personal stories. Jackie program that automatically opts a tricity producer, also known as an ered. With in ation raging, a xed
community’s residential ratepayers rate price for just about anything
on the coaster, I realized that I held up a beautiful bright red into a “Green Power”purchas- energy service company or ESCO, seems like a good deal. In this case,
ing program. At last count, 27 being “green”might be easy since I
have been drinking out of my demitasse cup and saucer. She other communities in Westchester who would guarantee a xed rate don’t have to do anything to par-
County, through their respec- ticipate—it’s just complicated.
favorite co ee mug since 1979! said that a few years ago, her tive municipal governments, also per kilowatt-hour at or below the
participate. Don Scott is a former Bedford
Immediately, my mind was husband purchased an espresso previous 12-month average charged town councilman and president
CCA is a way for communities of the Katonah-Lewisboro Board
lled with memories. I remem- machine. He became the family to support green power by choosing by NYSEG. It sounded like an of Education. He’s also served as
bulk purchase electricity generated a member of the Katonah Fire
ber browsing in the housewares barista every morning. Jackie’s from renewable sources on behalf economical way to support green Commission, Bedford Wetlands
of their residents. Customers, if Commission, and Bedford
department at Macy’s in Herald husband makes her a cup of they’re paying attention, can ll out power. Communications Committee.
a form to opt out of the program if
Square as a newly married espresso and serves it in that red Fast forward to today and the

young woman. I saw a display of cup and saucer. situation is quite di erent. Ram-

chunky colorful stoneware mugs Deb held up a pink travel pant in ation and a tumultuous

with animal designs. I bought mug. She wrote a cute story energy market have made an

one mug with elephants on it for about the adventures of her already complicated program even

myself and one mug with lions travel mug—rolling down the more so. It became clear that West-

and leopards on it for my new driveway, falling overboard and chester Power was not going to be

husband. I had always liked el- oating in the lake, etc. Cynde able to obtain a green power bid

ephants. My husband’s birthday held up her stained Dunkin at or below the 12-month average

was in August—a Leo—thus Donuts cup and travel lid. She for the typical residential ratepayer.

the lions. told us that every morning she Westchester Power was forced to

My elephants co ee mug is drives to Dunkin Donuts to let the program lapse, and everyone

the perfect size and weight to pick up a co ee and by the time was put back into their original

easily carry a hot cup of cof- she pulls into the parking lot at NYSEG program while they went

fee to the kitchen table. e work, her co ee has spilled over back to the drawing board.

elephants design has not faded the side of the container and e new plan was to raise the

over time. Now that I study the onto her coat and car. “ e lids rate to a maximum of 10.2 cents

design more closely, it looks like never t!” Cynde told us with a xed rate for the next year for 100

a family of whimsical elephants laugh. percent green power and see if a

standing in a eld of apples. A Tony told us the story of his

decorative band of strawberries favorite morning co ee mug. Crunch

circles the mug just below the He showed us the chunky

rim. Apples and strawberries and white mug with the name of a Istepped on a Cheerio…
again.
elephants? I never noticed that steakhouse restaurant in black My teeth clench, my body and I am going to miss these
tenses, and I literally want to days, but to enjoy it all can’t be
before. letters. “I’ve never been to this scream. the goal. GUEST
CORNER
I have moved several times restaurant,”Tony told us. “My Over a Cheerio. Instead, I work on nding
How did I become this per- something to enjoy every day. I KIM STOLL
since that rst apartment on wife will kill me if she nds son? I was determined to “enjoy purposely recognize the good.
every moment, it goes fast” as Could be a win with my kid, one Kim Stoll empowers women to
East 76th Street. I still have the out where I got this mug.” Of everyone recommends, and here of their new accomplishments, nd joy in every day and build
I was… getting angry over a a fun outing, or even my own a life they love through positive
mug with the lions on it, too. I course, we were all anxious to Cheerio. growth in learning to shake o habits in mindset, tness, and
the mess and not get angry about smart nutrition. Virtual coaching
didn’t keep the husband. Where hear more.Tony con ded that e repetitive nature of the cheerios on the oor. en I available. Coachkimstoll@gmail.
stay-at-home mom life and the celebrate it. com
did the time go? last year his neighbors were lack of accomplishment are the
hardest for me. While I believe e days are long, but the years
On Monday morning, I moving away and left cardboard everyone; this is going by fast, feel short. Let’s be intentional
about nding joy in each day.
asked my adult ction writing boxes at the curb.Tony spotted

students to think about the cup the white mug in one of the

or mug that they drink out of boxes on his daily walk.“It’s my

each morning. I asked them to favorite mug now!”

describe this object and then

write down all of their thoughts Kim Kovach nds story writing

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It’s a small world

MUSINGS: have a tall glass of cold milk. to try, hoping that this did not I thought. When I returned my confusion, since I did not
PAST AND While we ate, the elderly constitute a promise. the next fall to begin my senior really know this young man.
PRESENT gentleman sitting beside us year, I heard nothing more from We were having a great time
started a conversation. After We continued our trip to him. I often wondered what he at the frat party when he an-
MARILYN A. a few words about the trip, he Washington, and enjoyed looked like, and how he was nounced, “Well, here comes
PELLINI kiddingly said to me, “Won’t ourselves thoroughly, regret- enjoying school now that he your surprise.” Yes, you guessed
it be nice when you can drink ting only that I must return would be an upperclassman. it! It was the fellow I had
When I was a college co ee, too?” to school all too soon. I never traded letters with a couple
sophomore, I found gave this encounter on the A couple of years later, of years before. He was a real
myself deluged with When you are 19 and still train another thought for many through a strange series of sweet guy, and both he and my
six exams on the rst four days look like 9, this can almost weeks. One evening as I took coincidences, I was to receive date were so eager to tell me
of the testing period. ere was be an insult. Since the gentle- o my jacket, I found the slip answers to all my questions, and just how they discovered they
one consolation for this rigor- man had boarded the train in of paper in my coat pocket with be made aware of just what a both knew me.
ous schedule, however, and that New York, I did not hesitate the Brown student’s informa- small world it really is.
was a wonderfully long mid- to mention to him that in his tion. I casually mentioned this It seems that they had gone
semester break. home state, at that time, I was rather strange encounter on the e spring following my out jogging together and were
old enough to consume alco- train to my roommate and a few graduation, I received a birth- discussing the party that com-
Since I had not planned holic beverages. He quickly friends who were gathered in day card from a friend of my ing evening. My date said he
any exotic vacation for this apologized, and then asked my room. “Oh,” one squealed, mother’s. I knew I should was taking a girl who had gone
expanse of free time, I decided where I went to school. I told “Let’s all write to him together.” thank this woman for being so to the University of Rhode Is-
to take a trip with my mother him that I attended the Uni- In the letter, I recounted the thoughtful, but since I seldom land. Next question was rather
to Washington, D.C. to see the versity of Rhode Island, which story of meeting his dad’s friend saw her, I decided to call her on obvious, “What’s her name,
sights and visit relatives. Mom prompted him to ask if that was on my train trip. I told him the phone. Her son answered, maybe I know her, because I do
always had a fear of ying, so anywhere near Brown Univer- about my stay in Washington and told me she was not home know exactly one gal who went
I thought we would feel more sity. I explained that it was not, and a bit about my school. I just then. He and I had a short, to that school.” When my date
comfortable taking the train. but that my home was only two was ever so careful not to ask friendly conversation, and
We left Providence, R. I. in the blocks from Brown. a single question, feeling that surprisingly the following week nally told him my name, there
morning, and by noon we had “l wonder if you would do me there would then be no need for he called me to ask me to a was a dead silence, and then a
already passed through New a great favor,” he asked, explain- a reply. e other gals composed party at his fraternity. He was shaky, hazardous voice replied,
York City. ing that the son of his best a paragraph each, but truthfully a senior that year at Brown. “I know you will not believe
friend was a freshman at Brown, what does one really have to say He sounded awfully cute on this, but that is the one girl I
We now decided to go to and seemed to be having to a complete stranger? the phone, so I accepted even know from that college.”
the dining car for a bite of trouble adjusting to college life though I was one year older
lunch. Mom ordered co ee as and being away from home. “If I He did write back, however, than he was. As soon as he By the end of that very
her beverage, and I decided to give you his address, would you and he and I continued a casual picked me up, he informed me special evening, my longtime
get in touch with him?” I agreed correspondence for the rest of that he had quite a surprise in curiosity had nally been as-
the school year. at was that, store for me. You can imagine suaged and replaced with a real,
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Library is heart this was a very nalve statement LETTERS tion. I trust that when this hap- movies . As always, we open all
and soul of made by someone who has not pens, she will join the rest of our of these events to the commu-
Lewisboro seen the overwhelming involve- research and volunteer activities. town in loving and appreciating nity and have had both members
ment every day and support In addition, through serving as the library and its dedicated sta . and non-members participate.
To the editor, from all of us—especially, for library trustee, I can tell you I am We have done many activities
e Lewisboro Library is the example. at the Library Fair in in awe of the amount of work Peter G. Rose as joint e orts including spring
the fall. and dedication that Library plantings and all of these have
heart and soul of our town. Its Director Cynthia Rubino and South Salem been easier because the library
support and funding by the town Timi Parsons her sta put in day after day. can handle publicity, registration
of Lewisboro is crucial to help- Library spending and o er information for com-
ing maintain this library as an South Salem ey are the people that indeed should not be munity members to borrow after
integral part of our lives. A town make the library the “heart of questioned the event.
without a vibrant library is one Money well spent this town.”
that lacks spirit and strength and To the editor, We have a book club that was
energy. It is the center of life, To the editor, e “proof is in the pudding” It was with great sadness hosted at the Library and even at
bringing together many people I am writing in response to when more than one hundred times on Zoom.
who would not have otherwise volunteers come out each year when I returned this week to
met each other. It brings books the Jan. 13 article regarding the to put together the Library Fair, nd that nancing our outstand- Although I can appreciate
and reading and all myriad of Lewisboro Library and a ques- residents generously donate scal responsibility, I believe this
subjects to life for children and tion posed by brand-new Town items to Attic Treasures and the ing Public Library was being is an area left to the experts. e
teens and adults. It is a meeting Board member Andrea Rendo Silent Auction, and much of the questioned. Since arriving here Director is more than respon-
place. It is a cultural center. We (R) at her rst board meeting town enthusiastically attends this in 2010, I have always found this sible conducting library business.
are all “members” of this undeni- regarding the town’s contribu- community event to help fund a welcoming place and the sta Her attention to detail and to
ably important town institution. tion to the library’s budget. Ms. the library. e fair serves as the extremely helpful and supportive e ective communication is most
Rendo questioned the large major fundraiser for the library of programs for the community. appreciated by all who work with
I do not mean any disrespect, portion of that money going to as the town of Lewisboro only her. Now let the Director and
but I was horri ed to learn that a salaries and bene ts and felt that provides a portion of the neces- rough the sta , I was able to her sta do their job since what
Town Board member questioned those monies did not bene t the sary funds. nd out about the many groups they are doing is a service to the
the town’s nancial support of town’s people. to join (the Volunteer Fair). community.
the library. I can only hope that I sincerely hope that Ms.
I have lived in this town some Rendo as a new Town Board e Garden Club has found Rose Bonanno
50 years and have been involved member is inquisitive and has the Library a great site for meet-
with the library through my the gumption to learn more ings, a help in nancing speakers, Pound Ridge
about this indispensable institu- a way to host, select and obtain

February happenings in Bedford and beyond

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Welcome to “News & as I write this month’s “Fun Our friends at Grand Prix working away at my desk, so spectacular, and the excitement
Notes,” where we look and Funky February” edition of NY in Mount Kisco have thanks to my fellow columnist and energy and showmanship
at the happenings “News & Notes.” recently opened up a number of Lize Lubbe’s column last week, brought by the fantastic cast
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Roses are red, violets are blue, District Social Mount Kisco. revitalize myself in 2022. My after time, for more information
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More than a coach

BRUCE been a saint’s throne. His admirers “freak accident,”as he called it, two surprising, given the kaleidoscopic coaching, teaching, speaking, and
THE BLOG and supporters are legion. days later brought 1,000 people connections he had made, an out- always showing up, he impacted
to Depew Park in Peekskill for a growth of his irrepressible person- everyone around him and beyond.
BRUCE Matthew H.“JoJo”Moore prayer vigil. As a Deacon of First ality. at tight-knit support sys- His dedication to his family,
APAR passed Jan. 17, 2022, from compli- Baptist Church in Peekskill, where tem—going all the way back to his friends, students, and strangers
cations due to his spinal injury. he also taught Sunday School, his fraternity brothers at the Gamma alike has left a profound imprint on
In his youth, Matt Moore was devout faith was a major reason he Mu chapter of Alpha Sigma Phi at all of us. We are forever grateful to
known as “JoJo.” e nickname LASTING IMPACT and his family—wife Marguerite University of Charleston in West this remarkable man for allowing
was given to him at birth by His coaching of wrestlers in (“Peggy) and daughters Marissa, Virginia—has held fundraisers us to be part of his legacy that will
his grandmother, who thought the Westchester and Putnam coun- Melanie, Michelle, Meaghan— over the years to help with medical live on for generations to come.”
newborn’s shock of hair resembled ties—at Peekskill, Walter H. Panas, persevered through the unthink- expenses.
the stylish cut known by that name. and Putnam Valley high schools— able ordeal. eir extended family e Hope for Youth Founda-
is the stu of legend. He was a includes Cortlandt Hook and Lad- “Doctors never thought he’d tion is establishing a scholarship
In adulthood, Matt Moore beloved coach who made a lasting der, where Matt was a volunteer. make it this far,”Peggy Moore in Matt Moore’s name. In lieu
became known as an inspirational impact on and o the mat in the told me the other day.“He was of owers, donations to fund the
motivator and paragon of courage lives of his wrestlers. One of his POSITIVE ATTITUDE an amazing guy. He never com- scholarship can be sent to P.O.
whose quadriplegic paralysis from Peekskill grapplers, Kendall Cross, A glance at his Facebook page plained. I don’t know how people Box 8, Buchanan, N.Y. 10511. For
a Rugby injury somehow seemed went on to win a gold medal at the re ects the love and esteem that endure without faith and hope more information, visit hfyf,org.
to lift him rather than disable his 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. Coach gravitated to the man with an and God. ere was one point
Moore was inducted to the Section incandescent halo that illumi- where I said,‘You guys have to stop e family is planning a public
ghting spirit. 1 wrestling hall of fame in 1997. nated his soul. Chappy Manzer, a bringing food, we have no place to memorial service at Peekskill’s
Despite being immobilized His 1989 Peekskill team won prominent Peekskill businessman put it.’ en Dr. Swanson, the vet, Depew Park that it hopes will take
below the shoulders, con ned to the Section 1 championship, with and philanthropist who was the who had two boys on the wrestling place on June 17, which would
a wheelchair, he taught physical two members of the team nish- last Section 1 champ coached by team, showed up at the door with a have been Coach Moore’s 75th
education and health for more than ing as undefeated section champs. Moore, wrote,“He was a coach, a standup freezer.” birthday. A video of the Jan. 22 pri-
three decades. He did a lot of other en, in September 1991, every- mentor, and a friend. He taught vate funeral service can be viewed
things too after the accident, his thing changed for him, his family, me to never give up. I still use [his] MAN OF MANY WORDS at youtu.be/yARYeLmh1cQ.
faith never agging, always serv- and his far-reaching fan base. saying, positive attitude produces As his obituary says,“Matt was a
ing as a source of inspiration for While in a game for the White positive outcome. I would not be man of many words who also lived Bruce Apar is a writer and actor,
others, who looked up to him in a Plains Rugby Club, where he where I am today if it weren’t for through his actions that exempli- who is appearing this March in the
wheelchair that might as well have played 20-plus years, Moore col- some of the lessons Mr. Moore ed everything he stood for and M&M Performing Arts production
lided head- rst with a teammate, taught me.” shaped the lives of thousands of of Arthur Miller’s e Price at
crushing a vertebra of his spinal people. He was a champion in Lyndhurst in Tarrytown. He can be
cord in the neck. e community that coalesced every way. His faith in the Lord reached at [email protected]; 914-
What speaks volumes about around Matt after his calam- Jesus Christ is what sustained 275-6887.
Matt Moore the man is that his ity was both remarkable and not him through many trials. rough

It isn’t all bad

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social media, cellphone about two young sh swimming ing a heart attack by delivering a their home. You place a handwrit- isn’t all bad.
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Oskar Lombardi

PHOTOS: RICH MONETTI

SKIING
Jowhinns JaaBYRICH
gay/MONETTI
inNCONTRIBUTING WRITER

aosaid.
trTtLast year, John Jay/North Sa- Clocking at
hlem/Somers took the sectionals 26.32, she only did her
huSon both the girls and the boys second run one-hundredth of
nadelside,and the expectations are still a second faster, but Martin also
er mhigh in 2022. So, two meets in likes to have a rst safe run in

and the record has remained un- her back pocket. “It’s like feel-

Riblemished. ey took their rst ing out the course, and when
dgmeet last week, and on ursday, you got a rst solid run,” she
eJan. 27, the combined team n- said, “it’s always nice to go all
ished rst at under Ridge ver- out in the second.”

sus Fox Lane, Scarsdale, Byram at said, Oskar Lombardi of

Hills, and Hen Hud. John Jay followed the same pro-

e nal score based on the gram and put the entire moun-

top four nishers for each school, tain in the rear with his rst-

John Jay/North Salem/Somers place nishing time of 26.72.

had everyone’s number. Mia “I de nitely skied the second

Bourla’s sixth-place nish was run more aggressively, because

the high mark for the girls, and the slope was more grippy, and

just behind, Amelia Sheridan of I knew what to expect,” Lom-

Somers took seventh. “ e team bardi said.

looks really strong this year,” e captain of the team, he’s

Sheridan said. “We have a bunch having a good time, and revels in

of returning girls who just killed helping his teammates achieve

it last year, and we’re hoping to success. “Everyone on the team

come out on top again.” gets along so well, and it’s just Emma Klares

A 25.16, she hung back a bit a blast to be able to guide the

with her opening time of 25.89. team and see how well they do

“After a rst safe run, you give in all our races,” Lombardi said.

it everything you got,” Sheridan Luke Spieler was just behind

said. in third, eighth-grader James

Of course, the cold was no Bysshe was fourth, and Chris

bother. “ e feeling you get, the Marchini took sixth place. But

satisfaction after a successful run, falling out of the top four was

there’s nothing like it,” Sheridan not a problem for Captain Zach

said. “Hearing the cowbells and Purdey.

the cheering from your team- “For me, skiing is one of the

mates, nothing compares.” most important aspects of my

Daniella Dziedzic of John life. So, to be out here skiing

Jay got her share of the noise in with my friends after a stressful

eighth place and so did her class- day at school, it’s a great way to

mate Paige Martin. “Our team is relax and have fun,” he conclud-

super supportive, and we always ed the evening. Paige Martin Luke Spieler
cheer each other on,” Martin

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HOCKEY

John Jay has tough week

Wolves lose three before beating Carmel

BY RICH MONETTI cruise inches wide, and then clanked the

CONTRIBUTING WRITER crossbar before going into the locker room.

So as might be expected, o ense began

Entering the week with a 7-3-1 record, on defense. Dylan Rogers made one of his

the Wolves hoped to keep their pack roll- 34 saves, and MacDonald took the cue.

ing. But they lost 5-2 at Clarkstown on Taking the puck all the way up ice, the for-

Monday, Jan. 24, and fell 4-3 in overtime ward did a whirlwind around the goal, and

versus Scarsdale on Tuesday. So, John hit Mendicino on the turn. e forward

Jay hoped to get back on track and deal unleashed, and John Jay had a tie at 14:05.

BYSNS a second straight loss on Friday But then the penalty boxes got a work-

evening. A victory was not to be, and an- out. John Jay had occupancy rst with

other loss forced the team to sit out the Walter Oestreicher and Whelan getting

snow in wait of next week. whistled at 13:45 and 12:10. Rogers stood

e rematch against the combined tall nonetheless, and before the goalie PHOTO: RICH MONETTI
Brewster/Yorktown/Somers/North Salem could catch his breath, MacDonald went
team began with plenty of end-to-end ac- to the box for interference at 11:48. Scott MacDonald skates against the BYSNS on Friday, Jan. 28. He leads the Wolves with
tion. e shots on net were scarce until 15 goals and 13 assists.
Another shortage forcing the John Jay

both teams were hit with penalties. De- penalty kill to dig in, Oestreicher’s crucial period. under ve minutes remaining, Oestreicher

clan Whelan was whistled for interference clear paved the way for a Wolf power play Still, the momentum carried the other danced past the blue line. With a step, he

at 12:45 and Jonathan Graham returned at 9:23. Unable to break through on the way after intermission. Nullett found Mi- lifted the puck over the shoulder of Wing-

the favor 52 seconds later. advantage, John Jay could not overcome chael D’Erasmo, and at 15:22, BYSNS eld, and it was a 4-3 game with 4:49 left.

However, John Jay did not take advan- Kenny Irving’s four-minute major at 6:31. had a 3-2 lead. ings didn’t get any easier for the

tage of the even up. Hart Nullet took as- Two minutes later, Daniel Luis set up John Jay kept up the pressure nonethe- BYSNS goalie, either. e best chances

sists from Owen Cunningham and om- Cunningham with 4:19 left in the second. less. Anthony Protomastro’s weave past came right out front for DeNoia and Pro-

as Eberhardt at 11:28, and BYSNS was on A 2-1 lead for BYSNS, the penalty box the blue line yielded a shot ying high tomastro. But Wing eld was able to hang

the board. came calling next. Dylon Filmer went o at 14:32, and Oestreicher put one on Ty on and knock John Jay’s record down to

e early de cit did not have John Jay for a cross-check at 2:06, and John Jay Wing eld two minutes later. 7-6-1.

deter, and pressure kept the BYSNS de- cashed in. PJ DeNoia held the puck to the But BYSNS would breach the goal line. e Wolves rebounded two days later

fense pretty busy. Michael Mendicino left of the goal, and pausing the defense, Jacob Gasparini hit Callahan Du and the against Carmel, winning 8-3. MacDonad

twice tipped shot attempts over the cross- he got the puck over to Colman Rice, who Bisons had 9:59 to hold a two-goal lead. led John Jay with 4 goals and 1 assist, im-

bar, Scott MacDonald had a slap shot found the net with 17 seconds left in the Still, John Jay kept at it, and with just proving the team’s record to 8-6-1.

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GIRLS BASKETBALL

John Jay drops a nailbiter vs. Yorktown Wrestlers
go 1-2 on
Ends week with win over North Salem the week

BY RICH MONETTI
CONTRIBUTING WRITER

e John Jay wrestling

irteen games into the season, team had a down week on

John Jay again found themselves a the dual meet schedule by go-

win shy of .500 before their home ing 1-2. On Tuesday, Jan. 25,

game on Tuesday, Jan. 25. e the Wolves fell to Arlington

Wolves took on 5-5 Yorktown, and at home by a score of 39-28.

the shots would just not fall. But Pins were registered by Joe

the girls hung around right down Gabriele and Will Kershner.

to the buzzer. However, the ending en on Wednesday, John

followed suit, and the last shot did Jay lost to Fair eld-Warde,

not fall either. 42-27, and Spencer Had-

Shannon Nolan launched from PHOTOS: RICH MONETTI lock, Jake Kern, and Peter
Cipriano had the pins. But
the corner with eight seconds re- Ava Kelley Mia Puccio the Wolves were able to break
maining, and going o the rim,

John Jay fell 39-36. 4:36. Miranda Martin got the ball third by playing small ball. e big Severino, Brennan answered with through on ursday with a

Nolan did get the game’s rst into Annabel Brennan underneath, hit a cutting Brennan underneath, a three to close to 33-30. 54-22 defeat of White Plains.

points, though. From just past and she made one of two from the and her layup got John Jay within Four minutes remaining, York- e falls went to JoJo Kern,

half-court, Mia Puccio spotted line. two. town got separation again. Sever- Deven Comstock, Spencer

the guard underneath, and Nolan Still too early to be generous, an Pulling even was another matter, ino got to the line on an attempt- Hadlock, Austin Omin, Jake

made the easy layup. errant Yorktown pass put Jess Mar- and two layups by Severino put the ed put-back, and Judge buried a Kern, and Luke Cusato

Not impressed, Yorktown’s Erisa tin on the run, and she hit Puccio Huskers up 26-21. Even so, John three to gain a 39-31 lead with –Rich Monetti

Krasniqi began to make her pres- in stride to pull within seven. Jay kept pace. O the rebound, 1:26 left.

ence felt. She took a baseline pass O the other way, Puccio again Nolan led the break for two of Still, John Jay wasn’t letting
to the hoop, fed Melissa Severino made her mark on the boards by Brennan’s 18 points, and Ava Kel- Yorktown out of the building Advertising Deadline
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run with a three, but the Huskers refused to give up on the play. Puc- though. e center’s two put- 35 seconds remaining, the guard date. Advertisements can
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BOYS BASKETBALL

John Jay beats Ardsley in comeback victory

BY RICH MONETTI missed the reverse layup but Will Sanz PHOTOS: RICH MONETTI
CONTRIBUTING WRITER was able to muscle the put Liam Lynch
back to close the half at 27- Logan Baumgartner
In a non-league game ver- 23.
sus Ardsley on Monday, Jan.
25, John Jay quickly found e rst two points of the
themselves behind 10-2 at third going to Belarge didn’t
the high school. e Wolves upset the rst half closeout,
did get their game going, and though. Liam Lynch’s little
by the end of the half, they dribble fake gave him an
only trailed 27-23. But the open three, and Kote fol-
lag wasn’t fully undone until lowed with two more threes
the second half. to give John Jay a 32-29 lead
at 6:01.
“I think our energy picked
up to start the third quarter,” Not getting any more
said Coach Tyler Sayre. “We separation yet, Baumgartner
rebounded the ball better, had two layups to maintain
which helped us to get out, a 36-34 lead. at is until
run and get some shots in Kote signaled the sea change.
transition.” A play set on rewind all year
long, the senior stood in
Even so, the shots still had wait of Baumgartner’s pen-
to fall, and Andy Kote was etration, and Kote lofted the
the main Wolf getting the three for a 42-36 lead.
drop. Going 5 for 11 above
the arc, the forward hit a Of course, Baumgartner is
number of crucial triples in also pretty friendly with his
the second half, which al- other big man. After Sanz
lowed John Jay to come away had a tip-in with 52 sec-
with a 66-62 victory. onds remaining, Baumgart-
ner spotted Sanz making his
After Jackson Garcia move to the basket on the
scored a nifty reverse layup to inbound. He lofted a perfect
gain the 10-2 lead, John Jay alley-oop in for Sanz to close
got their feet on the ground. the third at 45-36, and the
Will Sanz went to the line for resulting rise from the crowd
two, Ryan Corelli got the ball also got one out of Sayre.
ahead to Logan Baumgartner
for the layup, and Sanz’s spin “It was a breakout game
move in the baseline closed for Will Sanz,” Sayre said.
the rst with a 12-8 de cit. “He was super aggressive,
rebounded the ball well, and
Kote then got John Jay to played physically and con -
14-12 with a jumper at the dently around the rim o en-
foul line. But accumulating sively.”
some highlight reel moves of
his own, Justin Wachen made Sanz stayed on a roll to
John Jay’s comeback look like enter the fourth, too. Receiv-
it might be a mirage. A re- ing in the paint, Sanz found
verse layup and a mid-air ad- Lynch for three, and after a
justment at the rim extended Kote miss, Sanz got the put-
the lead to 18-12. back plus one to extend to a
10-point lead. Not to be done
A little give-and-go from upfront, Kote rst stepped
Ryan Phelan and Frank Be- back and then stayed away. A
large to maintain at 22-16 two and another corner three
didn’t bode well, either. Kote gave John Jay a 56-43 lead
would have none of that, with 5:45 left in the game.
though. Just crossing the
half-court line and taking the Ardsley didn’t give in,
pass from Baumgartner, he though. A three by Garcia
didn’t hesitate above the arc and layups by Jaime Rifas and
and cut the lead in half with Gent Sinanaj cut the lead to
3:21 left in the half. 57-50. So, Sanz stepped in.
He got the pass inside and
Undeterred, Phelen an- dropped two to stop the run
swered right back from three, with 1:41 remaining.
and Wachen got the lead
back to six with a stop and ree late threes by Belar-
pop. irty- ve seconds left ge and Garcia kept the game
in the half, John Jay would alive, but John Jay was able
still take the momentum into to close the deal on the foul
the second half. Liam Lynch shooting Kote, Baumgartner,
getting some breathing room and Sanz.
on Wachen’s failed steal at-
tempt, he hit Baumgartner at Unfortunately, John Jay
the foul line, and the defense could not build on the victo-
converging, the forward hit ry and fell 72-58 at Lakeland.
a cutting Sanz. e forward
e Wolves are now 10-5 on
the season and 4-3 in league
play.

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tional IRA and your 401(k) or “required minimum distribu- from your current employer’s LOCAL
similar employer-sponsored tions” means exactly what it 401(k) or similar plan, though
plan. Each year, your RMDs sounds like – you must take at you’ll still have to take them NEWSPAPERS?
are determined by your age and least that amount. If you with- from your traditional IRA.
account balances. is year, the draw less than your RMD, the
life expectancy tables used by amount not withdrawn will be Changes to the RMD rules
the IRS are being updated to taxed at 50%. So, in one sense, don’t happen too often. By
re ect longer lifespans. is your RMDs take away some of being aware of how these new,
may result in lower annual your freedom in managing your lower RMDs can bene t you,
RMDs than you’d have to take retirement income. But now, and becoming familiar with all
if this adjustment hadn’t been with the lower RMDs in place, aspects of RMDs, you may be
made. you may regain some of this able to strengthen your overall
retirement income situation.
If you’ve started taking exibility. (And keep in mind
RMDs, what does this change that you’re always free to with- is article was written by
mean to you? It can be a draw more than the RMDs.) Edward Jones for use by your
positive development, for a few local Financial Advisor, Judi
reasons: Of course, if you don’t re- McAnaw, a resident of Katonah.
ally need all the money from She has an o ce at 332 Route
RMDs, even the lower amount 100, Suite 300, in Somers. Judi
may be an issue for you – as can be reached at 914-669-5329.
mentioned above, RMDs are
generally taxable. However, if
you’re 70 1/2 or older, you can

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