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e Carmel Police Department,along with the Putnam moment of silence for fallen Chicago Police O cer Ella O cer French was murdered in the line of duty by a

County Sheri ’s Department, the State Police, and law French on ursday, Aug. 19, at the Mahopac rehouse gunman on the night of Aug. 7. Putnam County’s moment

enforcement o cers from surrounding areas, observed a on Route 6. of silence coincided with her funeral services in Chicago.

School mask-wearing issue still in flux

District awaits word from new governor

BY BOB DUMAS week, he said, it left the mask issue up to in- Poughkeepsie are not included in the Put- for kids that are fun. We want eld trips; we
EDITOR dividual school districts. However, DiCarlo nam count,making local data unreliable.Di- want extracurricular activities.”
pointed out, when Kathy Hochul takes over Carlo said he would rather see counts based
e Mahopac School District, like many as governor this week, she is likely to man- on ZIP codes. But one mother, Lisa Savino, said parents
school districts throughout the state,remains date masks statewide,taking the decision out should have the option to keep their children
in a holding pattern on the issue of wheth- of the hands of local school boards. “I agree that there should be a mechanism home for remote learning if they fear going
er students will be required to wear masks or a trigger that lets us know if we have to to school and/or wearing masks.
when school opens in two weeks. “ e lieutenant governor said she is prob- wear masks,” he said. “I tell parents, ‘ en,
ably going to mandate masks,”DiCarlo said. if we hit [a certain number] it is back to “Why are we not being given the option
At a special school board meeting held “If I put something out there and have to [masks] optional; then, if it ticks back up, we of remote learning if my son is so petri ed
Aug. 12, the board elded questions from change it in two weeks, then it’s ‘here we go go back [to wearing masks].’” to put a mask on his face to go to school?”
parents, while Superintendent Anthony again.’” she asked. “He is being left behind because
DiCarlo expressed frustration that so far DiCarlo said the district will not return he doesn’t have the option of doing online
districts have only gotten recommendations DiCarlo said he would like to see a mech- to last year’s hybrid model, with students schooling. If he is forced to [go to school
from the state, not concrete directions. anism put in place that would either impose spending some days in school for in-person wearing a mask] he is going to have major
a mask mandate in schools or rescind it, learning and others at home for remote psychological problems.”
In Mahopac, he noted, the district had based on the reported number of positive learning.
been waiting for mask guidance from the COVID cases. at’s di cult right now, he Savino was told that these matters were
state Education Department and the Cen- said, because case numbers are counted on a “I want the kids in there every day. I want handled on a case-by-case basis and that
ters for Disease Control and Prevention county basis. Putnam patients who are sent, ve days a week,”he said.“But by September, parents could meet with administrators and
(CDC).But when guidance nally came last for example, to hospitals in Danbury and who knows? It could be a whole di erent
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OP ED

Carmel has a leadership problem

BY THOM IANNICCARI me aside because of perception. in the dark. I asked her after proposed Master Plan and involved made the organization
GUEST WRITER Great chambers have an active the Jan. 6 Town Board meeting items that would aid business, look political. So, a perception
legislative group. at is what when we could get a look at a all moderated by the League of of being involved is political (in
The word politics has got- I strived for. But this board has draft. I was told maybe three Women Voters. Chairman Iorio the bad sense). When I asked for
ten a bad rap lately be- lost its vision and worries about weeks. e pandemic slowed the was agreeable, but the board an explanation, Vice Chair Carl
cause of bad politicians. o ending someone at Town process further. I would have refused. John said the board is Garofalo, Jr replied “John, no
Good policy is good politics. e Hall. My LAB partner and taken advantage of the down “scared” of the conversation. further replies or responses are
Greeks de ne politics: “… activi- friend Larry Zacks garnered time. Huh? In the past this organiza- needed on our part.”
ties that are associated with mak- high ratings from fellow business tion was always involved in such
ing decisions in groups ...” In a owners and members. Unless To move the conversation civic activities. Earlier in the e chairman has sole discre-
word—democracy. someone was whispering behind along, I discussed with the year John was given a hard time tion over who chairs committees,
my back nothing bad ever oc- Chamber board about holding a about moderating the discussion so obviously John was forced to
I joined the Carmel-Mahopac curred in my dealings with town business owners roundtable for on the town’s proposed police remove me because a Chamber
Chamber of Commerce 15 o cials. member direct input. It didn’t reform. Why is this board afraid member called, wanting to know
years ago and am dismayed at light any res around the table. I of public conversations? why I was organizing a debate.
the current Board of Direc- e Chamber website states, suggested to Michael Celestino,
tors. I became chair of probably “… a business advocacy group.” the Chamber’s executive director A Town Hall-style meet and e member’s identity was not
the rst Legislative Advocacy Anything I did was in align- that Larry, Charlie Melchner Jr., greet of the challengers was revealed. Why? Someone of
Board (LAB). Our mission was ment with that mission. My only and I would Zoom with Mc- organized. Even Supervisor Ken authority and in uence did not
“fostering goals and visions for agenda was to be sure Carmel Donough and planning consul- Schmitt and Town Board GOP want a public discourse and
a strong, vibrant, and inviting had a blueprint for this century. tant Bonnie Chapman. I came candidate Steve Baranowski had enough sway over Cham-
community.” e Chamber’s Four years ago, we presented to away from that discussion like participated. Suzy McDonough ber leadership vs. the good of
website mission includes: “… the town a report called Carmel he was interrogating me (Why was previously engaged. It was a Chamber members. It is clear
advance economic development, Vision 2020. It stated that the is that necessary? What to you success and broadcasted live on the board believes being involved
creating… pro-business commu- town had been lax in providing a hope to gain? etc.). It was an un- Facebook. in the political arena is danger-
nity…, and we’re never afraid to direction of business growth and productive and downer of a talk. ous. But shouldn’t they represent
push the envelope.” limiting commercial develop- It was a red ag that something Iorio red me for defying the business interests?
ment leaving most tax collection was di erent at the Chamber. board which said it would not
e LAB is the watchdog for on homeowners. A new Master organize a debate. ey didn’t, I I asked Iorio if he was con-
pro-business thinking at Town Plan was needed quickly. Under e meeting was held anyway. did. Let me be clear, they never cerned that the public would
Hall; signage, parking, Swan Councilwoman McDonough’s I recommended that the said I shouldn’t. view the Chamber as being ir-
Cove, and calling on the town to foot dragging and no regular Chamber sponsor a Repub- relevant in its future. His answer:
create a new Master Plan with status reports, we are still wait- lican primary debate with six Perception is dangerous “I do not care.”
urban revitalization. ing. Even Town Board members candidates vying for three seats because it’s an interpreta-
chastised her for keeping them on the Town Board. It would tion—something made up. ey To date they have no LAB re-
I am disappointed how board get a public discussion on the thought the optics of a highly placement for me. It is not a job
Chairman John Iorio tossed visible committee chair being
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Past perfect

ON properties in Katonah, condemn ognize American independence invent something useful like an it. See you on the 28th!
ASSIGNMENT them, and ood the entire town and cede the territory east of “easy open package” that’s easy to
to build the Croton Reservoir. the Mississippi. It was Jay who open. Or a self-driving exercise Join Rick and No Options at the
RICK cut France out of the negotia- bike. Or a binary computer code Katonah Concert in Memorial
MELÉN e townspeople bought their tions to forge a more favorable with only “ones” in it. If I ever Park at 6 p.m. ursday, Aug. 26,
houses back at auction, jacked deal, possibly because he was go down in history, I’m unlikely for some rock and roll, and with
I’m not writing about a con- them up and moved them along angry that they had not invented to come back up. But I do know Trillium at Bailey Park in Somers
cert in Bailey Park in Somers soaped rails pulled by horses to champagne yet and he was SO one thing: People who fail to at 5 p.m. Aug. 28th! Look for
just because it’s going to be their current locations. ere are looking forward to it. learn from the past nd out the Rickster Melen on Facebook! Say
fun. I’m not mentioning it just photos of these original “mobile” hard way that there’s no future in hello at [email protected]
because I happen to be playing homes, residents living inside Here below Bailey Park are
in it. It’s not a shameless plug them during the trip. is was an some of the several hundred
since I do feel a certain amount inconvenience if you happened acres once owned by Gerard
of shame. By the way it’s at 5 to be running away from home, Crane in the 1800s. He was an
p.m. Saturday, Aug. 28 I’m not because you had to run at least as entrepreneur who became suc-
trying to get you to come to park fast as your house was traveling cessful in the menagerie busi-
that evening just to say hi to me behind you. ness, acquiring exotic animals
(although that would be nice). and exhibiting them on tours.
Or the time a receding glacier One was an elephant called
e purpose of this column is dropped a huge boulder onto “Little Bet,” sold to him by
to point out that this event is four other rocks about 10,000 Hachaliah Bailey, who also
brought to you in part by the years ago in North Salem, where owned the famous namesake for
Somers Historical Society, and it has sat balanced ever since. the Elephant Hotel. ey say an
history is important. It’s a good thing it didn’t land elephant never forgets, but I can’t
in the middle of the road, or remember why. Another is the
I’m a great lover of history, tra c could have been snarled rhinoceros for whom the reser-
since I’ve been living in the past for centuries. Whenever I see a vation visible along Route 202
my whole life until just this glacier coming, I get the hell out near Heritage Hills is named.
very moment. I used to write a of the way, as I prefer to remain Here on this park’s land, os-
column about the beginnings of unbalanced. You can check it triches were trained to race with
Westchester County called “His- out along Titicus Road, but keep riders upon their backs. Back
torical Laughter,” and I think it’s your eyes peeled, because history then a collection of unusual and
a great idea to nd out about the often repeats itself. I know it did dangerous beasts was a lucrative
town you live in. Wherever it is, when I had to take it again in business, and the precursor to
it has a story. And some of them summer school. the modern circus. e closest
are real doozies. thing we have to that today is
What about the time found- the United States Congress.
Like when the New York City ing American statesman John
Water Commission needed new Jay went to Paris with Benjamin Before our concert the El-
sources to supply the burgeoning Franklin and John Adams to ephant Hotel will be open for
population and used the doctrine mediate the peace treaty after tours to learn about him and
of “eminent domain” to buy up the Revolutionary War? You can other historical gures. Who
knows? One day you could go
nd out all about it at the John down in history. Maybe you’ll
Jay Homestead in Katonah. He
demanded that the British rec-

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A town with room to grow

OF HUMAN area. I must admit that I’ve never accident coming out of Cherry uneasily on Lake Mahopac. e ion, it shouldn’t be. Nor should
INTEREST attended a Town Board meet- Lane. Hallelujah, Chery Lane is unmotorized never get enough beautifying the lake shore be a
ing, nor do I watch them on going to be one-way. Better late respect. Why not create a safe
LORENZO television. e only thing wrong than never for parallel parking zone? First make a lane for boats rst concern. Why dress up a
GARO with Mahopac, and possibly this and wider sidewalks, too. I try coming in and out of Macdonald corpse? Forgive me for sounding
whole woebegone country, is to avoid driving through town. Marina and then restrict motor- glib. I don’t mean to sound that
I’m old enough to remem- that its’s lled with complacent My doctor tells me to watch my boats and jet skis from coming way. What I really mean is… if
ber when you had to get people like me, who never make blood pressure. Honestly, I’m into Hotel Cove. So, shoot me, people are sinking up to their
up o the couch to change their voices heard. looking forward to going back it’s just a thought. thighs in muck and sludge in the
the television channel. I think to town. lake as it is today, what kind of
we were better o back then. Despite my negligence, or Dredging was discussed. It’s shape will it be in 50 years from
Too much remote can make rather because of it, it was grati- Kayakers were well-repre- worth noting the di erence be- now? I know the cost of dredg-
you neurotic. For example, one fying to see townspeople who sented at the meeting. ere are tween muck and sludge. Sludge ing and maintenance seems
night I made up my mind to care getting involved in what’s still unanswered questions about is the stu on the bottom of your prohibitive. But which is worse,
surf through every one of the going to take place downtown. where the new kayak launch will fuel tank. Sadly, there has always being assessed a small amount
983 channels on my box to see if Town is going to look radically be, how wide, the staging area, been too many motorboats on a year in taxes, or d dead lake?
there was actually something on di erent in the years to come. etc. One woman brought up her Lake Mahopac. And now the Property owners are assessed a
worth watching. I don’t know if concerns about safety and the lake is paying the price. few hundred dollars every year to
it’s a matter of having too many e hamlet of Mahopac had a enforcement of rules for motor- support the library’s $3 million
choices, lousy programming, or 30-year growth spurt, but the boats and jet skis. at brought All lakes are destined to die. budget. Maintaining the lake
a fault in me, but I couldn’t nd downtown area failed to keep back memories of my brother e question, same as with would be a fraction of that.
anything. up. e town has looked pretty and I canoeing out to Canopus the planet, is this: What are
much the same for the 60-plus Island and getting swamped. A we willing to do to keep them I once heard someone say
I felt desperation creeping years that I’ve lived here. I lot of times it was done inten- from premature death? An that they built the town of
in. And then I stumbled on a think if you asked some of the tionally. We could hear the guys endangered lake, due to climate Mahopac in the wrong place:
Carmel Town Board meeting. old timers if they’ve ever had in motorboats laughing at us. As change, can take mere decades to It had no room to grow. I don’t
Residents were stepping up to or witnessed a fender bender I recall, our middle ngers got die. I’m sure the health of Lake believe that. A town can grow
the mic to o er input on the in town, most would say they a workout. Of course, the police Mahopac is important to every in foresight and wisdom. It can
renewal of Mahopac’s downtown have. My mother cried the day boat was never around. at’s member of the Board, as well grow its economy and promote
she came home with a big dent a big lake, hard for one boat to as the people who came to the culture and beauty. And now, if
in the front fender of our new patrol. I imagine that kayaks, meeting and spoke out. you will excuse me, I’m going to
car. We told her that it wasn’t canoes and motorboats still mix But the No. 1 priority of the go practice my parallel parking.
her fault. Anyone could have an Board is parking. In my opin-

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Appliance killer, qu’est-ce que c’est?

four toaster ovens, three co ee a complete dinner for you, as does the job it was built for. So, oor.
well as wash your car, give you
TRACY makers, three refrigerators, two a manicure, and groom the dog for those of you who are similarly When your teenager’s clothes
is beyond me, and yet they exist,
vacuum cleaners, two ovens, or so I’ve heard. Personally, if I appliance challenged, I give you: come out of the dryer, they are
could just get my oven to cook a
BECKERMAN two dishwashers, and a couple chicken without drying it out, I Ten Rules for Determining toddler sized.
would consider that a good oven.
of washer/dryers. Fortunately, When You Need a New Appli- Your grandmother remem-
Having talked to my friends
though all of this, I still only about all this, I have discovered ance bers cooking on a stove just like
that about half of them have the
had one husband, although same appliance issues that I do. e oven runs on kerosene. yours… when she was a child, in

after the fourth toaster oven, I e other 50 percent do not, but e company that manufac- the old country.
that’s because they don’t cook or
As most of you who have wouldn’t have been surprised if clean or do laundry. So, on the tured your refrigerator went out Your stove is actually older
read this column for upside, they don’t any have appli-
a while know, I have he moved on to a new wife who ance problems to contend with, of business 60 years ago. than the one your grandmother
wasn’t a serial appliance killer. but they also don’t have clean
underwear. All told, I’d say it’s a When the appliance repair- cooked on in the old country.
In my mother’s day, appliances fair trade.
man comes over to x something, If you feed your vacuum
I, myself, have sometimes had
a checkered history with ap- were made with a lot more care trouble guring out when to he looks at your appliances and cleaner after midnight and get it
retire an appliance that no longer
pliances. ere are some that and they would usually outlive laughs hysterically for 15 minutes, wet, it turns into a Gremlin.

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KOSBERG I enjoy talking to people and boundaries, especially with the
learning about their lives. I men I dance for. It feels good
FROM PAGE 10 meet people from all over the to be able to say “no” in a safe
world and get to hear their take environment where I’m pro-
and I’m working on a college on life. And I love to dance. tected from anyone who doesn’t
degree. Stripping gives me a Pole dancing is fun, it’s healthy, respect me.
flexible schedule to do my work, it’s athletic, and I’m really good
hang out with my son, and go at it. It’s been 51 years since I’ve
to school. It gives me indepen- seen Margaret. I wonder if
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Visitations put on pause Health Dept., Cornell Cooperative team up
at Putnam Hospital
Making backyard composting easier and more a ordable

Backyard composting is an easy that normally retail for $80 to $100. shredded newspaper.” Once assem-

BY BOB DUMAS Practices. way to reduce household trash, save Compost bins can be ordered online bled, the decomposing organisms

EDITOR In a prepared statement, money and improve the environ- at the health department website. get to work.To learn more about the

Nuvance Health o cials said ment. In as little as 10 minutes a (Visit www.putnamcountyny.com/ basics, get a copy of the quick-start

Nuvance Health, owners the goal is to ensure a healthy week, kitchen scraps and yard waste recycling.) guide for composting at: putnam.

of Putnam Hospital, has put and safe environment for all can be turned into a useful soil ad- According to Jane Meunier, who cce.cornell.edu/gardening/compost-

a temporarily pause on visita- patients, sta and essential dition and a garden can be enriched works at the health department and resources. Finished compost can

tions for all its hospitals as a visitors during the COV- without chemical fertilizers. ere coordinates solid waste manage- then be used in ower or vegetable

patient safety measure in the ID-19 pandemic. is no one way to do this. But now ment, an estimated 20 percent or gardens. Mixed in with soil, or laid

wake of an uptick in COVID “ is is a very important the Putnam County Department more of household garbage is food. on top like mulch, compost provides

cases. e measure was put in way to limit the risk of pos- of Health and Cornell Cooperative “Moving this food waste out of the nutrients for plants and improves the

place last week. sible exposure to COVID-19 Extension of Putnam are joining garbage and into a backyard com- texture of the soil.

Besides Putnam Hospital, to you, your loved ones and together to make it easier, o ering poster not only reduces household For those who would rst like to

Nuvance also owns Danbury the community,” said Stephen residents easy-to-follow instructions trash, but it also protects the envi- see composting in action, there is

Hospital, Norwalk Hospital Meth, chief experience o cer and a reduced-price Earth Machine ronment in multiple ways,” Meunier an opportunity to visit and view the

and Sharon Hospital in Con- for Nuvance Health. model compost bin to boot. said. “On top of a reduction in fer- Earth Machine and garden on the

necticut; Northern Dutchess Recent data shows the esca- “If you have ever considered back- tilizer use, there are lighter loads western perimeter of the building

Hospital in Rhinebeck; and lation of positive COVID-19 yard composting and didn’t know for garbage collection, less energy at 1 Geneva Road, home to Cornell

Vassar Brothers Medical infections in local communi- where to start, we are here to help— needed for incineration, and lower Cooperative of Putnam, the health

Center in Poughkeepsie. ties. Nuvance o cials said to make it easier and more a ordable levels of greenhouse gases coming department and the motor vehicle

ere are exceptions for they urge community mem- for you,” said Jen Lerner, a longtime from food waste that would end up department. Here employees are

special patient populations bers to vaccinate against CO- Cornell Cooperative educator and in a land ll.” composting lunch food scraps. e

and extenuating circumstanc- VID-19 to stop further spread experienced composter herself. “A Personal home bene ts include lovely ower and vegetable garden,

es, which include patients un- of the virus. quick-start guide for composting is odor-free trash and cost savings for found just o the DMV parking lot,

der 21, neonatal intensive care “We know that visitors and available on our website and we are trash bag purchases. is nourished by the rich compost cre-

units, maternity departments, loved ones play an essential happy to answer any questions that “Composting is not di cult,” ated in the Earth Machine. ose

end-of-life patients or people role as partners in healing and may come up. Composting is good added Victoria DiLonardo, recy- with questions can email putnam-

with physical, intellectual, de- wellness,” said Meth. “ at’s for the environment and your pock- cling educator at the health depart- [email protected] or call

velopment or cognitive dis- why this visitation policy will etbook, because you don’t need to ment. “It involves balancing ‘greens,’ 845-808-1390 for the health depart-

abilities. be reevaluated regularly and spend money on expensive fertilizer.” ‘browns,’ and moisture. Greens are ment, or 845-278-6738 for Cornell

e visitation policy up- removed as soon as conditions e health department, working kitchen scraps like fruit and vegeta- Cooperative extension.

date includes inpatient hos- allow.” with Cornell Cooperative, is o er- ble peels, co ee grounds, eggshells,

pital units, emergency depart- e visitation policy can be ing the Earth Machine compost and dry grains, as well as green yard Article courtesy of Putnam County

ments, ambulatory services, found at www.nuvancehealth. bin for sale at a reduced cost of $65, trimmings. Browns include dried Health Dept.

and Nuvance Health Medical org/coronavirus. compared to similar compost bins leaves, small twigs, sawdust and

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ROSE York City Police Foundation NWH Wellness Garden gives
FROM PAGE 21 back in time of COVID
and the FDNY Foundation.

Together with his husband,

which are all in Manhattan. Peter R. McQuillan (retired

He ran Peter Cooper Village NYPD sergeant), Rose has

and Stuyvesant Town for a to- named numerous facilities at

tal of ve years in two assign- sites that include the New York Sta members at Northern

ments, supervising all services Botanical Garden (Bronx) and Westchester Hospital (NWH)

for 25,000-plus residents in- Fairchild Tropical Botanic gathered last week in the new

cluding holding the position of Garden (Miami). Locally, the Wellness Garden to enjoy a

Commissioner of Public Safety. couple donated the AP Farm bounty of summer produce,

“Along with his deep roots Athletic Fields to the Kato- learn how to care for plants, and

in the community, Mr. Rose’s nah-Lewisboro School Dis- taste some of the rst harvest.

business acumen, and commit- trict; a y car to the Lewisboro Vegetables from the garden

ment to public health and safe- Volunteer Ambulance Corps; will be “prescribed” to patients

ty are a welcome addition to the a theatre to the Jacob Burns who face food insecurity when

NWH Foundation board,” said Film Center; a canine truck to they are discharged. e patients

Keeva Young-Wright, associate the Lewisboro Police Depart- will leave the hospital with fresh,

executive director, operations at ment; and conserved land to organic, ready-to-eat fruits and

Northern Westchester Hospi- the Westchester Land Trust vegetables selected to meet their PHOTO COURTESY OF JOHN VECCHIOLLA

tal and president of the NWH among other projects. nutritional needs by sta dieti- Northern Westchester Hospital staff in the Wellness Garden
cians.
Foundation. Rose received his bachelor’s

Rose has served on the degree from Yale. He and Mc- However, the garden was cre- among the rst COVID-19 the hospital’s sta worked tire-

boards of numerous organiza- Quillan are residents of Cross ated to provide more than physi- cases in Putnam County to be lessly to keep the community

tions, including Jazz at Lincoln River, N.Y. cal nourishment. It also serves admitted to NWH. In the har- members well.”

Center, e New York Bo- as a sanctuary for hospital sta , rowing weeks that followed, his Northern Westchester Hospi-

tanical Garden, the New York Article provided by Northern who plant, weed, and harvest the mother was released, but his fa- tal leaders recognized that many

Public Library, and Fairchild Westchester Hospital garden on a voluntary basis. ther was put on a ventilator and sta were themselves recovering

Tropical Botanic Garden. He is e garden is the culmination spent three weeks in the hospi- from their experience with the

currently a trustee of the New of a year-long e ort on the part tal. pandemic. A Wellness, Recogni-

of Zack Couzens, who graduat- Zack, who was born 10 weeks tion and Resilience Committee

Rooney Orthodontics ed from high school this spring early, weighing only 2 pounds, 8 was formed to further support
Children & Adults
and dedicated his Eagle Scout ounces, also owes his life to the NWH providers during this un-

project to the heroes of North- care he received at Northern precedented time and the idea of

ern Westchester Hospital. He Westchester. a Wellness Garden.

and his fellow scouts, classmates, “ e hospital has given so “ e idea quickly grew be-

family, and more than 30 vol- much to my family, saving both yond helping sta ,” said Rebecca

unteers built the 27 raised beds my parents’ lives, and my own,” Martin, a committee member,

that comprise the garden. He he said. “Fortunately, everyone and the senior director of dining

also created a GoFundMe page recovered, in large part, due to services at the hospital. “We re-

that raised more than $3,500 for the extraordinary care my fam- alized that if we built a garden of

the project, double his original ily received. My hope is that raised beds, we would be able to

fundraising goal. when people look back at the grow organic vegetables for the

Zack was inspired to give back COVID-19 pandemic, this gar- community.

to the hospital because of the den—dedicated to the heroes of

care it provided for his family. Northern Westchester Hospi- Article provided by NWH

In March 2020, his parents were tal—will remind them of how

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