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Published by Halston Media, 2021-08-06 12:33:13

The Katonah-Lewisboro Times 08.05.21

VOL. 4 NO. 2 Visit TapIntoKLT.net for the latest news. THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 2021

KATONAH-LEWISBORO SCHOOL DISTRICT

Parent group

‘SPEAKS UP’

for special-needs
students
‘It is our responsibility to create the

Calls on school district to make changes PHOTO: TOM BARTLEY conditions in which every child can
be successful, and safety is a necessary
A united group of parents
BY TOM BARTLEY appointment with the program. attends the July 29 meeting of precondition for success. We listen
CONTRIBUTING WRITER As a South Salem mother of the Katonah-Lewisboro School carefully to all concerns raised for areas
District Board of Education.
Parents of special-needs stu- an autistic 12-year-old said, “All I of potential improvement.’
ever wanted for my son is to have

dents stepped up their pressure great teachers who can support meetings,” Schi said. –Superintendent Andrew Selesnick
Katonah-Lewisboro School District
on the school system last week him and help him to develop his Selesnick, for his part, said,

to change what they call the mis- strengths.” “I’ve heard tonight how impor-

treatment of their children in e district’s top two o cers— tant it is to work together—and

KLSD classrooms. School Board President Marjorie I couldn’t agree more with that

In 90 minutes of emotion, de- Schi and School Superinten- phrase. Are there complicated have no voice,” trouped by turns July 29 school board meeting and

ance, and heartfelt pleas, a score dent Andrew Selesnick—insisted ways in which we sometimes to the microphone at the mid- July 26 meeting of the Lewisboro

of parents and their supporters they and the audience embraced have to work together? Yes, there summer meeting of the Kato- Town Board, summarized the re-

depicted children repeatedly re- a common objective, one of safety are. Doesn’t mean we don’t want nah-Lewisboro School District quests this way:

strained physically or isolated and success for all students. But a to; certainly doesn’t mean we board. • End restraints and seclusion

by their teachers from fellow number of factors including pri- don’t care.” e ad hoc parents group re- until a major overhaul is con-

special-needs classmates. ey vacy concerns “create boundaries But concerned residents, newed its call for ve speci c re- ducted at KLSD;

accused school district leadership on certain matters and how we wearing purple T-shirts embla- forms. Matthew Goglia of South SEE SPEAKS PAGE 4

of indi erence and expressed dis- are able to discuss them in open zoned, “Speak up for those who Salem, who addressed both the

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The Staff LEWISBOROTOWN BOARD

EDITORIAL TEAM Law banning new gas stations considered
BRIAN MARSCHHAUSER
EDITOR: 914-302-5628 BY TOM BARTLEY that any new lling station be vision for them.” market’s expansion plans.
[email protected] CONTRIBUTING WRITER located at least a mile from any Parsons proposed his initial But the latest iteration, a blan-
existing one.
NICK TRUJILLO A proposed ban on any new one-mile separation, replacing ket ban on gas pumps anywhere
REPORTER gas stations in Lewisboro is But Planning Board Chair Ja- 200 feet as the town standard, in town, scuttles any chance for
scheduled for a Town Board net Andersen, in a letter to Par- on May 24 after the Planning an added lling station in, say,
[email protected] public hearing next Monday, sons, said the Planning Board “is Board took up an application for Goldens Bridge. Parsons said
Aug. 9, but the Planning Board concerned with the legitimacy gas pumps at the Vista Market he took the move to forestall
ADVERTISING TEAM has already weighed in—and of this proposed amendment [to on Route 123. potential contamination of the
PAUL FORHAN said forget about it. the zoning code].” town’s water supply.
Vista residents bristled at
(914) 806-3951 Citing environmental con- Quoting from a tract that ap- the proposal for their hamlet, Most Lewisboro homes rely
[email protected] cerns, Supervisor Peter Parsons peared this year in “New York already home to a pair of gaso- on private wells or small public
proposed the townwide ban, an Zoning Law and Practice,” An- line stations. Parsons quickly systems for their water. “ ese
BRUCE HELLER escalation of his recommenda- dersen wrote that gas stations suggested the mile-separation facts make Lewisboro excep-
(914) 486-7608 tion, just over two months ago, are “essential and zoning ordi- change in Lewisboro’s zoning tionally vulnerable to any pe-
[email protected] nances usually make some pro- code, e ectively squelching the troleum tank leakages and oil
spills,” the proposed zoning
LISA KAIN amendment notes.
(201) 317-1139
[email protected] Unimpressed, Andersen told
CORINNE STANTON Parsons the Planning Board
(914) 760-7009 “recommends that the Town
[email protected] Board reject the zoning amend-
ment.”
JAY GUSSAK
(914) 299-4541 We Carry A Complete Line of Cameron’s
[email protected] BioGuard Pool Treatments Deli
SHELLEY KILCOYNE See Our Dolphin
(914) 924-9122 Robotic Vacuums! expansion
[email protected] approved
THINKING
PRODUCTION TEAM OF SELLING An 1,100-square-foot expan-
TABITHA PEARSON MARSHALL YOUR HOME? sion to Cameron’s Deli in Cross
River was approved last month
CREATIVE DIRECTOR List With Us For ONLY 30 Days by the Lewisboro Planning
PHOTOGRAPHER Call Us To Get Your Home Sold! Board.

[email protected] e deli occupies one of three
CHRISTINA ROSE spaces in the commercial build-
ART DIRECTOR/ ing, which is located near the in-
tersection of routes 35 and 121.
DIGITAL PRODUCTION MANAGER
[email protected] e expansion will bring Cam-
eron’s partially into the adjacent
EXECUTIVE TEAM storefront, which was formerly
BRETT FREEMAN occupied by a physical therapy
CEO & PUBLISHER o ce, increasing the deli from
845-208-8151 1,650 to 2,750 square feet.

[email protected] e outdoor patio will be en-
larged to 580 square feet and
Deadlines enhanced with new brick pavers.

THE KATONAH-LEWISBORO TIMES As a condition of its ap-
DEADLINE proval, unanimously granted by
the Planning Board on Tuesday,
THE DEADLINE FOR ADVERTISEMENTS July 20, Cameron’s will also be
required to build an accessible
AND EDITORIAL SUBMISSIONS IS THE bathroom and three accessible
parking spaces. e second oor
THURSDAY BEFORE THE NEXT above the deli must remain un-
PUBLICATION DATE.
nished. Any improvements to
FOR MORE INFORMATION, the unused space must be ap-
CALL BRIAN MARSCHHAUSER AT proved by the town.
914-302-5628 OR EMAIL
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[email protected]

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LEWISBOROTOWN BOARD

Controversial land sales rescinded

More than 500 signatures would have put issue on ballot

BY TOM BARTLEY Opposition political candidates insisted the land be put up for

CONTRIBUTING WRITER quickly pounced on the controver- public auction, not conveyed by CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
sial, election-year transaction. Bill resolution.
On second thought, the Lew- Bongiorno, the Republican super- Andrea Rendo, Bill Bongiorno, and Allison Biddle—Republican
isboro Town Board decided last visor candidate, denounced what at night, Parsons defended candidates for Lewisboro Town Board—spearheaded a petition that
week, let’s not sell lakefront land to he called “the latest in a series of the transaction as the quicker, less received about 500 signatures to overturn the board’s votes to sell
the supervisor’s private secretary, questionable ethics” by the board. expensive way to dispose of 3.3 town-owned land.
acres that had been deemed “un-

a month-old deal that sparked And by July 26, said Bongiorno buildable” by a wetlands inspec- an action that had the backing, he mates, who will appear on the

a public outcry and a petition to and Town Board candidates Ali- tor and the town’s tax assessor. said, of Hafter. “ e June resolu- Conservative and Neighbors

force an auction of the property son Biddle and Andrea Rendo in e assessor, he said, had valued tions [to sell each lot] were in United lines as well as Republican

instead. a joint statement, a petition drive the properties at $1,500 for the conformance with long-standing in November, were not impressed

In a unanimous vote on Mon- they spearheaded had garnered 1.3-acre parcel and $2,000 for the town practices as well as applicable with those proposed steps. “ is

day, July 26, the board rescinded its 500 signatures—some 200 more 2-acre, well below the $5,000 they law,” he said. weak list of proposals,” the three

June 28 sale of two town-owned than needed—on petitions to would each fetch in the private Still,following the furor the deal said in their statement, “leaves vir-

lots on Main Street, property with force a referendum and potential sale to two South Salem couples, had unleashed, the former Plan- tually all the public objections to

Lake Truesdale rights, for $5,000 public rebuke of both sales. Hafter and her husband, Andrew, ning Board member did further this sale untouched: nothing about

each. One had been approved for In their statement after the and Amy and Daniel Ra e. research. It showed the assessment public noti cation, public auction,

purchase by Mary Hafter, con - board’s reversal of the land deal, e properties’assessments have “was never brought down and re- independent appraisal, formal

dential secretary to Town Supervi- the three said, “Last night, every uctuated over the years. Once duced, as it was supposed to have ethical oversight, or the landmines

sor Peter Parsons. member of the Town Board heard valued at $8,000 and $8,200, the been done decades ago, which inherent in the town selling town

A month ago, with Parsons ab- the people of Lewisboro loud and land—“mostly marshland,” Par- would have equated to $250— property to a town employee.”

staining and Councilman Tony clear: you can’t sell town land to sons had called it—lost market 1/32, approximately—of what it ey called on the board “to en-

Goncalves, the fellow Democrat a town employee behind closed appeal when the state imposed was carried at for decades.” courage public participation in the

who hopes to succeed him in No- doors, with no public knowledge environmental restrictions and the He called for three speci c ac- land sales, to put such sales on a

vember, saying no, the board voted, or independent oversight, and ex- town drew a 150-foot wetlands tions: an inventory of town-owned public agenda for input and debate

3-1, to go ahead with the private pect no questions.” bu er, Councilman Richard Skla- land, with updated assessments; a so there are no surprises, and also

sale. e vote, at the board’s rst Board members had gotten that rin said last week. But the property listing of those properties on the reconstituting the town’s nonpar-

post-pandemic public meeting, message on June 28, before their was not reassessed, he said. town website; and a Town Board tisan ethics board. Government

followed acrimonious demands vote. In a boisterous, 25-minute Sklarin, who voted in favor of review of the policy on property best-practices policies operate best

from the oor that the land be sold exchange in the Lewisboro Li- the initial sale, moved the resolu- sales. with a solid system of checks and

through an auction open to all. brary, critics of the proposed deal tion last week to rescind the deal, Bongiorno and his running balances.”

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SPEAKS ve requests are not simple,” she the U.S. Department of Educa- Alison Biddle of Cross River, who Liz Mailman, who is vice-
FROM PAGE 1
said. “I appreciate and respect that tion de nes physical restraint as has two preschool children and is president of the special-ed PTO

from your perspective they are. I’m a “personal restriction that immo- running for the Lewisboro Town as well as the mother of an au-

• Install cameras in self-con- not sure I can agree these asks are bilizes or reduces the ability of a Board, wrote, “ e idea of school tistic daughter at Increase Miller

tained classrooms where students simple.” student to move his or her torso, authorities putting their hands on Elementary School, called on

are non/limited verbal; Selesnick, in a statement early arms, legs, or head freely.” any children, and not immediately the school board to embrace the

• Provide autism-speci c train- this week, said, “We never want A 2012 report, drawn in collab- notifying the parent, is an outrage. group’s ve recommendations.

ing for sta ; any child or family to experience oration with the federal Substance In what kind of world is such an “ is is not about speci c chil-

• Assure accountability and disappointment, let alone pain, Abuse and Mental Health Ser- incident not cause for an immedi- dren or speci c teachers but about

transparency (including an im- connected to our schools. It is our vices Administration was made ate phone call to the parent? changing districtwide policies and

mediate self-review by the school responsibility to create the condi- public by the Education Depart- “What, may I ask, is possibly re-establishing the trust that has

board of two recent events); and, tions in which every child can be ment. It advised that “restraint or higher up on the ‘to-do’ list of lo- been lost,”she said.“I implore you,

• Add disability representation successful,and safety is a necessary seclusion, particularly when there cal school o cials? board members, to look at our

at KLSD’s O ce of Special Ser- precondition for success.We listen is repeated use for an individual “Seriously. I want to know.” asks and make changes.”

vices level. carefully to all concerns raised for child…should trigger a review Oksana Aronov’s son had Mailman, a Goldens Bridge

Goglia, the father of a special- areas of potential improvement.” and, if appropriate, revision of transferred into the middle school resident, challenged them to see

needs 6-year-old, called on the In addition to those who spoke strategies.” e report also urged only this year and was the student things from the parents’ perspec-

board to enact the ve points ursday night in John Jay High that parents “be noti ed as soon as restrained 34 times before his par- tive. “Imagine how you all would

swiftly.“ is board,along with the School’s library, seven others possible following each instance ents were noti ed. At last week’s feel if you were in this situation,”

superintendent, know what our weighed in with written remarks, [of restraint].” board meeting the Katonah resi- she said. “You would be terri ed

goals are,”he said.“Publicly, you’ve all presented by Goglia. Goglia opened the meeting’s dent declared the district’s special- of what may have happened to

known since June 17,” referring to “ is cannot be an us vs. them public forum by reading remarks education program “broken.” your child, you would be reluctant

the board’s meeting that night. issue,” Simone O’Connor of Vista from two mothers describing re- “And you have heard that to- to send your child back to that

“However, an argument can be said in her statement.“We need to straints and their children’s inabil- day, over and over again,” she said. school and your trust would be

made that you should have known work together.” ity to tell anyone about them. Aronov attributed what she called broken.”

for months, because many of us She noted,“Asking for account- “Our kids are the most vul- the program’s failures to “grandi- Candidate Biddle, the Cross

have had one-on-one talks with ability and transparency is a basic nerable population because they ose indi erence to children who River mom whose remarks were

the superintendent,” Goglia con- request. Having to ght for ac- cannot communicate or express are in special education.” read into the record, was not

tinued. “So, none of these asks are countability and transparency is themselves,” Victoria Orlik, a Selesnick would disagree. “We the only political presence at the

a surprise.” shocking.” South Salem mom with an autis- assure every member of our com- meeting. Among the onlookers in

While acknowledging that Other Goglia-delivered re- tic, mostly nonverbal 12-year-old munity that when signi cant con- the library were Lewisboro Town

“change is hard,” he advised board marks touched on points ad- boy, pointed out.“ ey cannot tell cerns are brought to our attention, Board member Jane Crimmins

members, “If you cannot, or will dressed by most of the evening’s us how their day was; we rely on we take them seriously, we investi- and Bedford Councilwoman El-

not, bring change, you need to speakers. ey included the cen- their teachers for the answers.” gate appropriately, and we report len Calves. Crimmins, facing o

tender your resignations.” terpiece of parental concern: stu- In an incident earlier this year out appropriately,” the KLSD su- vs. Biddle this fall, is the mother

Schi , the school board leader, dent restraint. that galvanized parent outrage, perintendent said in his statement of three KLSD students. Calves, a

later called at least a few of the Neither KLSD nor the parents’ a middle-school student was put this week. “When warranted, we supervisor candidate, is the moth-

goals tougher to achieve than par- group has speci cally detailed in restraint more than 30 times have taken and will take the ap- er of both a John Jay High School

ents might believe.“Some of these how students are “restrained.” But before his parents were noti ed. propriate and necessary actions.” grad and current student.

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Lewisboro Police Blotter

e following items are from the the same time and to place cones Association reported that their accused of stealing mail from

Lewisboro Police Department and on one side of Indian Hill Road kayak was missing from the lake. a South Salem home’s mailbox,

are only a portion of the calls to which so that two-way tra c is not e association con rmed the including a $1,000 check and

the department responds. Please be interrupted. kayak was registered, but said a package with a $60 pair of

aware that these summarizations TREE BLOCKING the registration sticker must shorts. A person who lives in

represent only one perspective. In DRIVEWAY. July 20, 2:55 have fallen o some time prior the home was sitting in his

most cases, attempts will not be p.m. – A Goldens Bridge to May. e kayak was then sold vehicle on the street when

made to contact the accused nor homeowner who had been away by the association at an auction. he reportedly witnessed the

will pursuits be made to publish for about nine months returned e buyer of the kayak was theft take place; the employee

additional information or updates. home to nd a tree had been vacationing in Massachusetts allegedly took the items from

For those reasons, the names of those cut down and was blocking his but said it would be returned at the mailbox and put them in

involved are usually withheld. only driveway. NYSEG, which the end of August. the rear bed of this company’s

has been working in the area, TRESPASSING. JULY 26, truck. e person exited their was reported stolen from a car

STOLEN MAILBOX. July removed the tree. 3:22 p.m. – Police investigated car and removed the package parked at Lewisboro Town

19, 12:25 p.m. – A Goldens CHILD LOCKED IN a report that people were from the truck. He then alerted Park. e car’s rear passenger

Bridge resident reported that his CAR. July 21, 8:24 p.m. – A trespassing at Waccabuc’s his mother and father, who side window was shattered. e

mailbox was stolen sometime police o cer was on patrol in Castle Rock. e responding exited the house and confronted car was parked in a small lot in

between July 17 and July 19. e Lewisboro Town Park when he o cers found six people at the the employee. Afterward, the between the baseball eld and

mailbox, described as “not in was agged down by a resident property. ey were advised that employee removed the remainder pool complex entrance. While

good shape,” was being held in whose child was locked inside they were trespassing and left of the mail from the truck. e investigating the incident, police

place by a bungee cord. of the car. e o cer was able without incident. ey were told Lewisboro Police Department found a second car that had

ILLEGALLY PARKED to open the car door without that if they returned, they would contacted the pest control been broken into. Similarly, the

CARS. July 19, 5:25 p.m. – A causing any damage. be arrested. company, which said it was going second car’s front passenger

full slate of youth lacrosse games DECEASED DOG. July MAIL THEFT. July 28, to re the employee in question. side window was shattered,

at Fox Valley Park resulted in 23, 7 a.m. – Police were alerted 11:30 a.m. – An employee of THEFT FROM CAR. Aug. and a pocketbook was reported

an over ow of cars parked on to a dead dog on Route 35. e a pest control company was 1, 12:25 p.m. – A pocketbook missing.

Indian Hill Road. In total, 52 dog was smaller in size, brown

cars were parked  on both sides in color, and did not have a

of road, resulting in just a single collar. e dog was brought to

lane of tra c. e issue persisted South Salem Animal Hospital.

when the o cer returned about Attempts were made to locate a

an hour-and-a-half later. e possible owner.

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BEDFORD PLANNING BOARD TOWN CROSSING

Cell tower shortened by 10 feet To see your event here, email KLT@
halstonmedia.com.
BY BRIAN MARSCHHAUSER arm.”To hear Vicente explain it, a T-arm the pole will continue at future Bedford
EDITOR is a steel arm that runs horizontally to the Planning Board meetings. Government at Work
pole, on which antennas are placed.
A cell tower proposed to be built at Chase CEO gets approval • Monday, Aug. 9, Lewisboro Conserva-
Bedford’s wastewater treatment facility “ at’s going to signi cantly reduce to build ‘field house’ tion Advisory Council, 6 p.m.
on Haines Road will be reduced from the amount of steel up there and the vis-
150 feet to 140 feet, according to plans ibility, in our opinion,” Vicente said. Jamie Dimon, a Bedford resident and • Monday, Aug. 9, Lewisboro Town
presented to Bedford’s Planning Board the CEO of JPMorgan Chase, is con- Board, 7:30 p.m.
last month. Once again, the suggestions were structing a new building on his 33-acre
warmly received by Bedford’s Planning property that will be used for swimming, • Tuesday,Aug.10,Bedford Town Board,
e 10-foot reduction was the result of Board. squash, and other leisurely activities. 7 p.m.
a months-long discussion with Verizon
and AT&T, the tower’s two proposed “ is town is committed to provid- e so-called 7,325-square-foot “ eld • Wednesday, Aug. 11, Lewisboro Sus-
users, said Manny Vicente, president of ing decent cell service to its residents,” house” will include a pool, a half-basket- tainability Committee, 7:30 p.m.
Homeland Towers. Courtney-Batson said. “So, I think in the ball court, a squash court, and a yoga area.
long run, despite the fact that it doesn’t • Wednesday,Aug.11,Lewisboro Archi-
Deirdre Courtney-Batson, chair of the always seem that way, we are all trying to e plans were approved Monday, July tectural and Community Review Council,
Planning Board, was appreciative of Vi- head toward the same ultimate goal. I ap- 26, by the Bedford Planning Board. 8 p.m.
cente’s e orts. preciate your willingness to work with us
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Looking to reduce the pole’s visual has been preoccupied by its merger with the building will have a dense shading
impact as much as possible, Vicente said, Sprint. system. When not in use, the eld house Parade
he’d prefer to paint the pole brown rather will only have low LED security lighting.
that disguise it as a faux tree. “ e tree is e pole would be equipped with 5G e South Salem Fire Department’s
going to increase the pro le and actually infrastructure, Vicente said, but “whether A neighbor requested the Chase CEO Carnival and Parade will return next week
bring more attention to it potentially,” he the carriers decide to use it that way or continue to permit their use of a trail that for four nights at the re department
said. not, that’s up to them.” cuts through Dimon’s estate. Engineers grounds (1190 Route 35, South Salem):
for the project said the trail will be relo-
Additionally, he recommended against At the July 26 meeting, the Planning cated outside of the fence line. • Wednesday, Aug. 11, 6-10 p.m. (Parade
installing a large platform near the apex Board declared itself lead agency in re- kicks o at 6 p.m.)
of the tower, which would have allowed view of the project, declaring that it will “I think that’s quite reasonable and
workers to more easily service the poll. not have any signi cant adverse environ- quite neighborly,” said Courtney-Batson, • ursday, Aug. 12, 6-10 p.m.
Instead, he proposed what is called a “T- ment impacts, allowing for an expedited Planning Board chair, shortly before the • Friday, Aug. 13, 6-10 p.m.
review at the state level. e review of project won unanimous approval. • Saturday, Aug. 14, 5-10 p.m.

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Homegrown appetite for at’s shy
restaurant delivery apps
It’s a summer- READING, Within weeks,
time tradi- WRITING & 18 more monster
tion for many CHOCOLATE gold sh were found.

families to go to the e photo of one

How many of you ers, as they “typically eke fair. e rides, the KIM enormous gold sh,
reading this out margins of just 3-6 carnival games, and KOVACH the size of a football,
have used one of percent gross sales,” says
those take-out delivery ILSR. Post-pandemic, the aromas of fried was posted on the
apps, which felt more there’s also a lot less of
BRUCE dough and cotton internet.
THE BLOG
candy draw in the Giant gold sh

crowds. have been spotted in lakes in many

like a necessity than a BRUCE them now than there was e thrill of riding a tall Fer- other states including Indiana and

convenience during the APAR before Covid struck. ris wheel or loop-de-loop spinning New York. Authorities in Canada,

cloistered months of the ILSR has issued a ride combines with the shouts at the Europe, and Australia also report

pandemic? report titled Special games of chance and the squeals of problems with gold sh invasions in

According to research Delivery, by Kennedy children clamoring for ice cream or a fresh water lakes and ponds.

service Sense360, that Smith, that alleges “ e glow necklace. According to Eric Fischer, aquatic

portion is 25 percent, meaning one in four big food delivery apps are killing local Who hasn’t watched as a young invasive species coordinator for the

of you has ordered meals through Door- restaurants.” at harsh assessment whets teen tries to win a giant stu ed Indiana Division of Fish and Wild-

Dash, Uber Eats, or GrubHub, to name the appetite for the study’s meat and pota- animal for his girlfriend? Who hasn’t life, when people dispose of unwanted

the most prominent brands. toes main course, which is that “dozens of heard an exasperated parent trying to gold sh into ponds, “they can stir up

ere are other delivery apps, but that locally owned services are proving there’s console a small child when a balloon the sediment, they can reproduce, and

trio reportedly eats up more than 90 per- a better alternative.” ILSR, which pro les drifts away or a newly acquired souve- they can even cause the native sh to

cent of meal deliveries ordered through an 20 of those alternatives, estimates there nir toy breaks? be crowded out.”

app, with a combined market value for the are some 50 entrepreneurs nationally who When did the bright idea to give “When people dump aquariums,

three companies of $98 billion, according have created their own delivery apps. away actual live gold sh as carnival they can introduce diseases, they can

to the Institute for Local Self-Reliance prizes begin? How is handing a living introduce aquarium plants that thrive

(ILSR.org). SCORCHED EARTH, ANYONE? breathing creature in a plastic bag and change the habitat of the lake

e big delivery apps also eat up a siz- I hasten to add a word here about my of water a good prize? If the poor they’re put in,” said Fischer. Gold sh

able portion of each transaction that is experience over the years reading material gold sh survives the hot car ride have the ability to grow bigger in

made through their system. If your takeout issued by the Institute for Local Self- home, then the exhausted parents larger environments like ponds, lakes

bill is $30, the restaurant you ordered Reliance. While it admirably pursues with have to search for a bowl or container and reservoirs.

from might clear $20 (if not less) of that missionary zeal its tagline of “building to house the frightened little gold sh. When pet gold sh are released into

sum, because 30 percent or more of what local power by ghting corporate control,” While the tired, sticky children have natural bodies of water, they can grow

you pay is served on a silver platter to the it also takes a scorched-earth position in to be bathed and put to bed, someone to gigantic sizes, uproot native plants,

delivery app for taking and delivering your demonizing anything that isn’t organically, has to drive across town to nd sh contribute to poor water quality, and

order. It’s not as if the app is buying and purebred local in nature. food for the new houseguest. become invasive, resulting in the

preparing the food or paying for bricks- Maintaining a healthy balance between When Goldie or Freddy or Nemo depletion of native sh species.

and-mortar overhead. A restaurant that locally grown commerce and corporate is found oating lifelessly in the bowl Authorities in Canada estimate

uses their service still is on the hook for in uence is one thing; espousing that all of water the next morning or a few that close to 50 million gold sh may

all that. corporate in uence is destructive is a pro- days later that week, a discussion inhabit Lake Ontario. e popula-

vincial form of economic xenophobia. A about life and death is needed. Or tion explosion of giant gold sh has

DIFFERENCE OF OPINION lot of what ILSR analyzes and proposes, perhaps, another drive across town impacted the numbers of frogs, sh,

Of course, the rationale is that a res- in order to build local self-reliance, would to buy a replacement gold sh for turtles, and salamanders in the water.

taurant partaking of DoorDash or any of engender more attention and advocates if the gold sh prize that no one really For those pet gold sh owners who

the other apps is presumably generating the organization took o its blinders and wanted in the rst place. purchase the correct tank, lter, food

revenue it would not otherwise have, and acknowledged that not all things corporate What happens to all of those tiny and accessories for their little prize,

so should be grateful for the services. But, should be cursed as anti-populist. carnival gold sh once the kids lose carnival gold sh can live up to 20

again of course, not everyone sees it that For example, in the scorched-earth sec- interest? According to the internet, years or more. According to the inter-

way. tion of ILSR’s “Special Delivery” study, we residents of Minnesota have recently net, the longest-lived carnival gold sh

e delivery app simply is a middle- learn that “ e oversized fees that Wall been reminded not to dump their was won from a fair in Yorkshire,

man that, says ILSR, does not so much Street-supported apps charge…are just unwanted gold sh into local lakes and England, in 1956. at lucky gold sh

create value for the restaurant as extract one of their predatory tactics.” ponds. Giant gold sh, measuring up lived contentedly in his aquarium for

value from it. at’s another way of saying ILSR’s gratuitous use of “Wall Street- to eighteen inches long and weighing 43 years!

the apps are picking the pockets of their supported” in that context is smugly close to four pounds, have been dis-

restaurant clients rather than putting dismissive of big business as a whole. covered in Keller Lake in Burnsville. Kim Kovach decided to write about

money in those pockets. e restaurants’ SEE APAR PAGE 9 Initially, 10 giant gold sh were giant gold sh for her 175th weekly

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APAR delivery costs to customers, rather than asking PALLADINO BUILDING
restaurants to forgo a cut of their revenue.” INC.
FROM PAGE 8
Another approach is delivery services that are
‘A BETTER ALTERNATIVE’ membership- and subscription-based that “charge
Where the ILSR “Special Delivery” white paper restaurants a at monthly fee.”

really delivers, however, is in its well-researched en there are delivery plans that simply charge
pro les of 20 “locally based restaurant meal restaurants a lower commission “because [the local
delivery services “that are proving,” as ILSR says, delivery apps] don’t have to repay venture capital
“there’s a better alternative.” or meet stockholders’ hefty revenue expectations.

ere’s an independent delivery service in ey simply have to cover their costs and earn a
Hawthorne, N.J., with the great (and eminently modest pro t for their owners.”
franchisable) name of Foodie Taxi (foodietaxi.
com). It’s the brainchild of a couple who were go- Speaking of expectations, as ILSR also points
ing to open a co ee shop—until they learned that out, the total revenues of those big, bad “Wall
the big restaurant apps are “charging an exorbitant Street-supported” apps—whose nancials still
amount of money.” bleed red ink—are “projected to grow by 59 per-
cent by 2025.”
Instead, the co ee shop couple pivoted to create
Foodie Taxi, It charges restaurants a 10% commis- At the same time, at least one of the non-Wall
sion, while customers pay a at $3.99 delivery fee Street-supported apps pro led by ILSR appears
(which was suspended during the pandemic). to be out of business.

To manage deliveries, Foodie Taxi uses a So, say what you (or ILSR) will about Wall
dispatcher software program called DriverLogic. Street; there’s no doubt it’ll be around a while,
ILSR reports that the service has more than 20 investing in new ideas that promise long-term
restaurants on its roster. growth and willing to absorb losses in the short
term to get there.
A MENU OF MODELS
ILSR o ers a menu of business models to And what of the Main Street delivery apps
valiantly trying to ght o the Wall Street apps?
categorize its pro les of the homegrown delivery
apps. It remains to be seen how sustainable it is for
Main Street to live o the scraps that fall from
ere are co-op delivery services, where a Wall Street’s silver platter.
percentage of pro ts at year-end are distributed to
the restaurants and drivers. Bruce Apar is a writer, actor, consultant, and
community volunteer. He can be reached at bruce@
ere are services that “push all or most of the aparpr.co; 914-275-6887.

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Prostate Cancer: The News is Good

Modern advances in everything
from diagnosis to treatment

Ask the Doctor Q: Am I at risk for prostate cancer? high risk, robotic surgery to remove the prostate or
A: Approximately 15 percent of men develop prostate some form of radiation is advised. Robotic surgery is
Warren Bromberg, MD, FACS cancer – one to two out of 10. Its prevalence increases performed under general anesthesia with a few small
Chief, Urology Division with age. Risk factors include family history, obesity, incisions, an overnight stay in the hospital, and return
Co-Director, Institute for Robotic and smoking, a diet high in animal fats, and being of to normal activities in a few weeks.
Minimally Invasive Surgery African-American descent.
Northern Westchester Hospital Recent advances in radiation allow treatment to be
Q: What symptoms should I look out for? administered daily for just one to four weeks. SpaceOAR
Learn more about Dr. Bromberg, How are men diagnosed? hydrogel may be temporarily implanted between the
visit nwh.northwell.edu/Bromberg A: Most men with early-stage prostate cancer have prostate and the rectum before radiation to reduce the
no symptoms. The only way to detect the disease in side effects of treatment.
The care and safety of our community its earliest and most treatable stage is though a
during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) test. The higher the Q: What about the possible side effects of
is our top priority. We have put maximum amount of PSA in a man’s blood, the greater the prostate surgery that many men worry about
safety measures in place to prevent likelihood prostate cancer is present. Through the PSA most – incontinence and erectile dysfunction (ED)?
exposure to the coronavirus by anyone test, we are nding earlier and less advanced prostate A: While national rates for post-surgery incontinence
who comes to the Hospital for emergency cancer. As a result, far fewer men develop the advanced are 10 to 20 percent, rates at NWH are one to two
or scheduled care. Don’t delay care. Please stage of the disease with metastasis (spreading). At-risk percent. As for ED, nerve-sparing surgical techniques can
continue to wash your hands, wear a men should start getting tested annually at age 40; preserve the crucial nerves needed for normal sexual
mask, and practice social distancing. all others should be screened annually from ages function in the majority of cases. But if ED occurs, the
50-70 and then selectively thereafter. good news is, it’s treatable.

Q: What happens if prostate cancer is found? Did You Know?
A: For low risk prostate cancer (based on the
aggressiveness of the cancer) about 40% of men can With the PSA test, prostate cancer is found
begin a program of active surveillance, which involves earlier. As a result, far fewer men develop
close monitoring with PSA, exams and at times, the advanced stage of the disease with
MRI imaging. When the cancer is of intermediate or metastasis (spreading).















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Teatown Campers present
receives NWH with mural
grant for celebrating health
Nature Tales care workers
Trail project PHOTO COURTESY OF JOHN VECCHIOLLA
Campers, camp administrators, and Northern Westchester
Teatown Lake Reservation has A dozen middle schoolers from Camp Camp Summerset for Hospital leadership with the Camp Summerset mural
received an Candreva Environ- Summerset in Bedford presented Northern honoring our health
mental Foundation grant in sup-
port of its new educational initia- Westchester Hospital with a 3x5-foot “word” care workers with this beautiful artwork,” cal director, Dr. Sherri Sandel. Allison Meyers,
tive, the Nature Tales Trail. e
trail project will create a children’s mural thanking doctors and nurses for their said Catherine Manley-Cullen, Northern the art teacher at Camp Summerset, worked
program that merges literacy and
nature using book pages mounted service during the COVID-19 pandemic. Westchester Hospital’s chief nursing o cer with the campers to design a mural that would
on signs along a trail that children
can read as they hike. It aspires to e mural was created as part of Camp and associate executive director of patient beautify the hospital and let its sta know how
reach at least 6,000 kids annually
(5,000 visitors and 1,000 school Summerset’s annual Spreading the Word care services, who accepted the gift and said much their work is appreciated.
children), ages 4 to 10, and help
address the literacy learning loss project, a learning experience that helps chil- the mural will be displayed in the sta en- “ e Spreading the Word project is one in
and social isolation they expe-
rienced during the COVID-19 dren in its middle school leadership program tryway. “Acts of kindness like this go a long which our oldest students give thanks to lo-
pandemic.
express creativity through words and create way. We know our team members will enjoy cal organizations that do meaningful and im-
e project will focus on lit-
erature with a nature theme with murals for organizations that do important the mural and be honored to see that their pactful work,” said Jo-Ann Ferrigno, Camp
books like “ e Lorax” by Dr.
Seuss, “A Walk in the Forest” by work in the community. e program has dedication to the community is appreciated Summerset’s founder and executive director.
Maria Dek, “Rudy’s Bird” 5by
Mya ompson, and others being created murals for organizations that include and reciprocated.” “After a year that brought many changes to
considered for display along the
walk. e trail will include 17 to Ronald McDonald House in Valhalla, Maria e campers learned about the challenges our lives, we wanted to honor the healthcare
20 signs placed along a half-mile
to one-mile route on the Teatown Ferrari Children’s Hospital, Friends of Karen, the pandemic presented to health care work- workers and sta at Northern Westchester
preserve, with each sign represent-
ing a page of the chosen storybook. and My Sisters Place. ers during a camp visit from NWH executive Hospital whose strength and commitment to
An activity will be placed on each
sign of the trail, as well, with fun “We are so grateful to the campers at director, Derek Anderson, and associate medi- all of us never wavered.”
interactions like asking children to
Modern
ap their arms like a butter y, or comfort—
jump like a frog, adding to the in- in any
teractive quality of the project. season.

“ is project is a perfect way to The most e cient way
blend literacy and nature skills,” to heat AND cool
said Mary Haley, associate direc- the rooms you live in,
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be more involved with nature and
bring more visitors to Teatown’s
1,000-acre preserve in Westches-
ter County, New York. While the
trail is meant to be self-guided,
Teatown will o er trail-side story-
book readings by their environ-
mental educators on select week-
ends.

Teatown is an environmental
education organization o ering
programs to 20,000 adults and
children each year. It manages
over 15 miles of hiking trails on
its 1,000-acre preserve and holds
public and education programs for
families and schools as well as spe-
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