CLASSIFIEDS 39 LEGAL NOTICES 37 LEISURE 29 OPINION 10 SPORTS 22 TOWN GREEN 4 GRADUATION SECTION INSIDE! Congratulations Class of2024! SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT TO JULY 3, 2024 LT PHOTO: TABITHA PEARSON MARSHALL RT PHOTO: BRIAN MARSCHHAUSER VOL. 13 NO. 2 Visit News.HalstonMedia.com for the latest news. JULY 3 - JULY 24, 2024 Hundreds turned out for the fourth annual pride celebration in Yorktown Heights on Saturday, June 29, which featured a march through downtown, speeches, and performances. There were also various vendors, crafts for kids, information tables, and LGBTQ+ and ally speakers. Organized by Yorktown for Justice, the event celebrates the LGBTQ community and drew people from Westchester and Putnam counties, along with local officials Councilman Sergio Esposito, Supervisor Ed Lachterman, Assemblywoman Dana Levenberg, Senator Pete Harckham, and Westchester County Legislator Vedat Gashi. —Sophia Caselnova Yorktown celebrates Pride Month with a march and festival BY EMILE MENASCHÉ EDITOR With the July 23 special election for a seat on the Yorktown Town Board approaching, voters have been denied the opportunity to see the candidates argue their positions after Republican nominee Donna Diana decided not to take part in a tentatively scheduled debate with Democrat Susan Siegel. Democrats claim Diana “pulled out” after agreeing to face Siegel. Republicans say it came down to scheduling. “As a result of several logistical issues, the Yorktown Republican Town Committee (YRTC) will be unable to schedule a candidate debate between Donna Diana and Susan Siegel for the July 23 special election for Yorktown Town Council,” the YRTC said in a press statement. GOP committee Chair Kevin Byrnes said the issue was finding time at the Yorktown Stage, which has hosted live-streamed debates in front of an audience for many of Yorktown’s regular and special elections—most recently when Supervisor Ed Lachterman (R) Diana won’t debate special election foe Siegel Dems say Republican ‘backed down’; GOP blames scheduling SPECIAL ELECTION Read an exclusive interview with Town Board candidates Donna Diana and Susan Siegel starting on page 6. SEE DEBATEPAGE 32 Come See Us At Our New Location! PUTNAM WINDOW TINT AUTO , COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL WINDOW FILM Follow us on Instagram 1065 Route 6, Mahopac, NY 10541 • Paint protection film • Vehicle lettering • Full Service vehicle wraps • gift cards available Over 35 in Business Years
PAGE 2 – YORKTOWN NEWS JULY 3 - JULY 24, 2024 SUSAN SIEGEL for Yorktown Town Board Special Election July 23rd IT TAKES KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE TO GET THE JOB DONE. Hold the line on taxes End unnecessary tax giveaways to developers Resident friendly planning and development Address growing traffic issues Encourage solar energy while limiting clear cutting of trees Support a stronger Ethics Law with an independent Ethics Board 4 4 4 4 4 4 A VOTE FOR SUSAN IS A VOTE FOR CHANGE! • I’ll push for results instead of, “We’re working on it.” • I’ll work to develop a REAL PLAN, with priorities, to upgrade our crumbling infrastructure. • I’ll only discuss issues that affect our taxes at open meetings, not in closed-door, secret executive sessions. Election Day July 23 Early Voting July 13 - 21 susansiegel4yorktown.com susansiegel4yorktown Paid for by Susan Siegel "I will always advocate for YOU because YOU are the fabric of our community." SUSAN’S ROAD MAP FOR YORKTOWN’S FUTURE
JULY 3 - JULY 24, 2024 YORKTOWN NEWS – PAGE 3 BY KATE WATSON CONTRIBUTING WRITER In the late 1800s, a priest named Father John McEvoy traveled between Shrub Oak and Yorktown Heights, ministering to the small crop of registered Catholics who had emigrated there. There were no modern highways or thoroughfares to cover the extensive area of the newly founded parish, so he served his congregation by carrying communion to them on horseback. Father McEvoy’s efforts paid off as the Catholic population outgrew his home delivery services. At the turn of the century, a modest wooden church called St. Peter’s was constructed so parishioners could meet for worship and Mass. That church became St. Patrick’s of Yorktown Heights, a congregation that celebrated its 125 anniversary just last year. The current pastor, Msgr. Joseph Giandurco, may not be riding through town on his trusty steed, but he continues the tradition in other ways—saddling up week after week to cover a vast amount of ground. In addition to St. Patrick’s, the monsignor serves as pastor at the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish in Shrub Oak. Over the past century, the parish has had time to develop a storied reputation. Even amid the Great Depression, the determined congregation completed construction on a large stone structure that could meet their needs in 1933. That stone church still stands at the corner of Hanover Street and Church Place, and it is the meeting place for one 9:45 Mass every Sunday morning. At its initial dedication, the stone church had a name change from St Peter’s to St. Patrick’s, and the congregation has been called that ever since. Just three minutes down the road is a newer building that the St. Patrick’s congregation currently calls home. Made of modern brick, this building was dedicated in 1984. High ceilings and modern wooden pews give the 800-seat sanctuary an air of gravitas. Its detailed stainedglass windows depict St. Elizabeth Seton and St. Damien of Molokai, among others. Msgr. Giandurco has been assigned as pastor since the summer of 2016. He was installed in the position by Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the archbishop of New York. Before becoming the pastor at St. Patrick’s, the monsignor’s 37 years of ministry have included earning degrees in moral theology and canon law in Rome, an appointment to the esteemed academy for papal diplomacy at the Vatican, an assignment as associate Catholic chaplain at Columbia University, many years of service as a professor and dean at St. Joseph’s Seminary, and much more. During his extensive time in Rome, Giandurco served Mass with then-Pope, now Saint John Paul II, whose very image now hangs in a stained-glass window in St. Patrick’s. “When you study in Rome, you have these opportunities you really wouldn’t have otherwise,” Giandurco said. It makes sense that a pastor like Giandurco, with an extensive resume, would be selected to lead a church as rich in history and community influence as St. Patrick’s. With over 4,800 families in the parish, the church grounds host a preK-8th grade Catholic grammar school, a Knights of Columbus chapter, volunteer groups, Bible studies, bereavement groups, and multiple other ministries. When asked when he first felt a calling to the priesthood, Giandurco recalled growing up in Port Chester and his early years spent in a Catholic middle school. That’s where he first saw a chalice up close. He said he went home and decided to lead his siblings in a pretend Mass. It was one of the first hints that a vocation serving the spiritual needs of others might await. Congregants said that warmth, humor, and careful attention to current events are the signatures of Giandurco’s homilies. He stays connected to what’s going on in the world where his parishioners live, and he doesn’t pretend that life is uncomplicated. In a weekly bulletin addressed to the congregation, the monsignor will allude to everything from global catastrophes to doctrinal controversies, ending his note with always ending with “sincerely, in Christ.” “I try and bring [these] things into, not only my homilies and the bulletin but into my conversations with people sometimes, people who are struggling,” Giandurco said. “My experiences definitely [inform] the way that I am as a priest and as a pastor.” It’s a level of care and compassion that his congregation has come to admire. John Stedman, a longtime parishioner and sacristan at St. Patrick’s, said the pastor’s passion is “infectious to those who work and volunteer in the parish with him.” Stedman noted that, in addition to greatly enjoying chocolate, the monsignor places a high value on spending time with friends The century-plus legacy of St. Patrick’s Church Msgr. Joseph Giandurco helps carry on iconic church’s traditions St. Patrick’s Parish Council of Yorktown membrs Terry Lanza, John Corcoran (president), Suzanne Sblendorio, and Farah Biggs pose with pastor Msgr. Joseph Giandurco at the 2024 parish picnic. PHOTO COURTESY OF ROBERT DIPRATO PHOTO: KATE WATSON SEE CHURCH PAGE 37
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Subscriptions are complimentary for residents and businesses in the town. Out of town mail subscriptions are $150 per year for First Class Mail. JULY 3 - JULY 24, 2024 427 Birdsall Drive •Yorktown Heights, NY, 10598 [email protected] (914) 214-8322 • www.termonnstables.com The 8.7 acre, private property in Westchester County features two custom barns, multiple grass paddocks, dry lots, a 100’ x 180’ outdoor ring, an outdoor training track, and an equine swimming pond. Full-Care Board Private Lessons Horsemanship Classes Training Programs Monthly Clinics Summer Day Camp Birthday Parties Learn Or Improve Your Riding Skills. Develop Safe Horsemanship And A Strong Partnership With Your Horse. GOVERNMENT AT WORK TOWN GREEN EV Car Show The Yorktown Climate Smart Communities (“CSC”) Task Force and Yorktown100 will cohost an EV Car Show at Jack DeVito Veterans Memorial Field in Yorktown from 5 to 7 p.m. on Sunday, July 14. The event offers those interested in learning more about EVs a chance to talk to owners and see their cars up close, with owners there to answer questions about their cars, The car show is the opening act for that week’s edition of the free summer concert series. Bring a blanket or lawn chair and stay to enjoy family fun, food trucks, and great music featuring Bon Jovi tribute band Don Jovi. The music starts at 6 p.m. Rain date is July 28. If you’re already an EV owner who would like to show off your vehicle, contact sadw@optonline. net to get registered. Join the Chorus The Golden Apple Chorus invites women of all ages to Sing Through the Summer with its a cappella barbershop chorus. Join them on Tuesday evenings, July 9 through Aug. 20, and learn two songs to perform with the chorus at the Yorktown Lions Concert on Sunday, Aug. 25. The Golden Apple Chorus is a women’s a cappella barbershop chorus and a member of Sweet Adelines International. This award-winning chorus has been entertaining audiences in Westchester County for more than 50 years. Rehearsals are Tuesdays, July 9- Aug. 20 at 7 p.m., at the Mount Pleasant Town Hall, Tower Room, 1 Town Hall Plaza in Valhalla. RVSP by email to [email protected] to reserve your spot. Family Movie Nights Yorktown’s Parks and Recreation Department will again host its annual movie nights on Jack DeVito Veterans Memorial Field this summer. “Barbie” will return to the series on Friday, July 12 at 8:30 p.m. The other two movie nights are on Fridays July 26 and Aug. 30. All showings begin at sunset. Summer Concert Series The Yorktown Lions will present the organization’s 29th annual free Sunday summer concert series at Jack Devito Veterans Memorial Field (the corner of Commerce Street and Veterans Road) with upcoming dates on July 14, July 28, Aug. 11 (all starting at 6 p.m.) and Aug. 25 (5 p.m.). The concerts are free, and everyone is invited to attend. Bring your chairs and some snacks. Food trucks will be available. Guests are urged to bring nonperishable goods, which will be donated to local food pantries. yorktownlionsclub.com. Blood Drives The American Red Cross (ARC) and the New York Blood Center (NYBC) report a critical need for blood donations. Here are some opportunities in the area. Upcoming blood drives include: Monday, July 8- Crystal Hall Somers Community Center, 34 Hillandale Road, Yorktown Heights, 1 p.m.-7 p.m. (NYBC) nybc.org/donate-blood. Monday, July 15, July 29 - Jefferson Valley Mall, 650 Lee Boulevard, Old Virtual Reality (2nd floor next to Forever21) noon-6 p.m. (NYBC) Friday, July 19 -Town of Carmel Town Hall, 60 McAlpin Ave, Mahopac: 10 a.m.-2 p.m. (ARC) Hilltop Farmstand Hilltop Hanover Farm’s Farmstand will be open from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., every Thursday to Sunday through November. The farmstand offers a diversity of the farm’s high-quality produce (along with other items for local vendors) and accepts cash, checks, Apple Pay, major credit cards, and WIC, SNAP, FMNP, with a 50 percent discount to those paying with SNAP and FMNP benefits. Hilltop Hanover Farm is located at 1271 Hanover St. in Yorktown Heights. For questions, call 914-862-5050 or visit hilltophanoverfarm.org. Town Board Tuesdays, July 9, 16, 7:30 p.m. Town Hall, 363 Underhill Ave. Conservation Board Wednesday, July 17, 7:30 p.m. Town Hall, 363 Underhill Ave. Recreation Commission Thursday, July 25, 7 p.m. Town Hall, 363 Underhill Ave. Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) Thursdays, July 25, 6:30 p.m. Town Hall, 363 Underhill Ave. SEE TOWN GREEN PAGE 9
JULY 3 - JULY 24, 2024 YORKTOWN NEWS – PAGE 5 • Donna is a 35-year resident of the Yorktown hamlet of Shrub Oak • Donna was married for 30 years to late Town Supervisor Tom Diana • Donna and Tom raised two daughters, who were educated in Lakeland Central School District • Donna is a former small-business owner of Comfort Heating, Inc., where her people skills benefited customer relations VOTE DONNA DIANA SPECIAL ELECTION Vote Tuesday, July 23, 2024 A VOTE FOR DONNA DIANA IS A VOTE FOR YOURSELF Paid for by Friends for Donna Diana THE PEOPLE’S CANDIDATE FOR TOWN COUNCIL Who Is Donna Diana? • Donna is a people person who loves to listen, ask questions and work toward consensus because no one person has all the answers • Donna wants Yorktowners to tell her what they think and what they want for our town • Donna is a passionate advocate for public safety (Tom Diana had a long career in law enforcement) • Donna is a doer for whom no job is too big or too small • Donna is devoted to volunteerism, community service and quality of life in our community • FUN FACT! Donna dressed as a reindeer for the community Christmas Tree Lighting In other words, Donna is one of you.
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PAGE 8 – YORKTOWN NEWS JULY 3 - JULY 24, 2024 BY SOPHIA CASELNOVA STAFF WRITER The Yorktown Central School District held a School Partner Recognition Night to thank volunteers in the academic community. The presidents of the volunteer organizations in attendance were invited to the June 10 board meeting to speak of their accomplishments this year. They discussed various events and fundraisers that were held throughout the schools. “Our district is so fortunate to have so many wonderful volunteer organizations such as yourselves for the betterment of our school district,” Superintendent Ron Hattar said. “This evening we’ll be honoring groups as part of our School Partner Recognition Night to be able to formally and publicly acknowledge and honor the outstanding work of so many wonderful volunteers.” Organizations that were recognized were the District PTSA, the YHS PTSA, First Nighters, Alliance for Safe Kids, SEPTA, Aramark, YHS Science Research, Brookside Elementary School PTSA, Mildred E. Strang Middle School PTSA, Mohansic Elementary School PTSA, and the Crompond Elementary School PTSA. “It’s one night out of the year that is so important to the board of education, so important to our administration,” said Hattar. “You all in the audience spend so much of your time, the very little time that you have, volunteering in the schools, so this is a night that we can press pause and say thank you to you and acknowledge you for everything that you do for our school district and most importantly for our children.” Yorktown BOE holds School Partner Recognition Night BY SOPHIA CASELNOVA STAFF WRITER A public hearing has been set for the Housing Choice Voucher Program’s five-year plan for Thursday, Aug. 8. The voucher program’s mission is to serve the needs of varying low-income families in the Public Housing Agency’s jurisdiction while also listing the goals and objectives to be used in measuring its success. Eligibility for a housing voucher is based on the total gross annual income and family size. According to the Yorktown Section 8 Office, the family’s income cannot exceed 50 percent of the average income of the county or metropolitan area. By law, 75 percent of vouchers must go toward applicants whose incomes do not exceed 30 percent of the average. Yorktown’s application waitlist is currently closed due to the demand for housing assistance. The hearing will be at the Yorktown Town Hall during the scheduled Town Board meeting, starting at 7:30 p.m. Other public hearings Another public hearing is scheduled for July 16 during the Town Board’s meeting to get feedback on the proposed rezoning application from Toll Brothers, Inc. for the construction of 118 age-restricted townhouses at the 50.5-acre property at 2302 and 2448 Catherine St. There will also be a public hearing on the stormwater management, wetland, and tree permit application from Teatown Lake Reservation for the placement of Geotubes used in the dewatering of dredged sediments. Public hearing set for Section 8 housing program Let Us Know About Your Athlete’s Accomplishments Coaches and parent volunteers should send an email to [email protected]. We aim to give coverage to all athletes, but we need your help. We welcome high resolution photo submissions, write-ups and any information that will help us publish a great section for the community. The sports deadline is the Sunday before the next publication. All youth and recreational sports items should also be submitted to the same e-mail address by the Sunday before the next publication date. Deborah Glatz 845.206.1215 (m) Real Estate Salesperson | [email protected] | DeborahGlatz.com • 2023 Top Producer Coldwell Banker Yorktown Heights Office • International President’s Circle Award Winner – Awarded to Top 4% of all CB Sales Associates Internationally • Ranked Among Top 1% of All Agents in Westchester & Putnam Counties Lower Hudson Valley Regional Office 366 Underhill Ave., Yorktown Heights, NY 10598 MOVING AMERICA Owned by a subsidiary of Anywhere Advisors LLC. Unmatched Expertise Expert Market Analysis Strategic Marketing Skilled Negotiation Swiftly & Seamlessly Contact me today whether you are Selling or Buying to Unlock the American Dream of Home Ownership!
JULY 3 - JULY 24, 2024 YORKTOWN NEWS – PAGE 9 Chabad Jewish Center Shabbat The Chabad Jewish Center of Yorktown (2629 Old Yorktown Road, Yorktown Heights) runs Shabbat services weekly on Saturday mornings. Traditional services, with contemporary messages. Community Kiddush luncheon to follow services. The Chabad Jewish Center also holds many general and holiday events and programs throughout the year. For more information, and to RSVP, visit ChabadYorktown. com, or call 914-962-1111. Car Shows at Jefferson Valley Mall Join the Trans Ams and Camaros of the Hudson Valley every Tuesday night at 6 p.m. in the parking lot of the Jefferson Valley Mall (600 Lee Blvd.). Showcase your American muscle cars while checking out others from throughout the lower Hudson Valley. Networking Breakfast The Yorktown Chamber of Commerce hosts a monthly networking breakfast at the Mohegan Lake Diner, 1880 E. Main St., Mohegan Lake (Route 6) on the first Wednesday of every month starting at 7:45 a.m. The next event is scheduled for Wednesday, July 10. Cost is $20 for members/ $25 for nonmembers. Register for an annual chamber membership at the event and breakfast is on the chamber! Learn more at yorktownchamber.org. Knights of Columbus Knights of Columbus Fr. John LaFarge Council 4012 of Yorktown recently collected and delivered over 10,000 lbs. of food to three local pantries, volunteered at Special Olympics events involving 500 athletes in Somers and Mahopac, and is participating in Earth Day Yorktown cleanup activities. Knights organized the delivery of hundreds of St. Patrick’s Day cards to our veterans at the Montrose VA Hospital and gave financial support to many local charities. Dedicated to the principles of charity, unity, fraternity, and patriotism, Council 4012 seeks like-minded Catholic men over the age of 18 to join the Knights of Columbus. For information go to KofC4012.org contact Andrew Amenn (andrew_f_ [email protected]), or join online at KofC.org; click the “Join Us” button and enter 4012 in the “Preferred Council” window. TOWN GREEN FROM PAGE 4 The Yorktown Community Players Theater Works will host auditions for a staged reading of the romantic comedy, “For Better.” The play, written by Eric Coble and directed by Melinda O’Brien, is meant to be performed by six actors; three to four women and/ or two to three men. One of the actors will be a parent of two characters. Casting for the stage reading is non-traditional, meaning race, ethnicity, gender, or other factors are not considered since they are not essential to the development of characters. “I am looking forward to casting for this very funny, light comedy,” O’Brien said. “I’m excited to direct it and bring it to YCP at our new location in Croton-onHudson. I also look forward to meeting the interesting people who come to audition.” The actors will be portraying the story of Max and Karen, a couple getting married. Separated by distance due to their careers, “For Better” is a “hilarious farce” highlighting the satire of people’s overdependence on technology and gadgets in the modern plugged-in world of email, text messaging, and camera phones. Auditions and performances will be held July 16 and 17 at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Hudson Valley, 2021 Albany Post Road, Crotonon-Hudson. For more information or questions, email YCPTW59@gmail. com. —Sophia Caselnova Community Players to hold rom-com auditions Stage managers Emmy Schwartz and Nan Weiss and director Melinda O’Brien/PHOTO COURTESY OF MELINDA O’BRIEN Having some fun in the sun can be good for you, but it is important to protect yourself from the sun’s ultraviolet (UV) rays. 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We felt the topic about battery farms would be of interest to our Yorktown readers. Additionally, Gina Arena, who is Sen. Harckham’s opponent in the upcoming State Senate race, wrote the adjacent column, part of which responded to Harckham’s piece below. Publishing Arena’s piece would have been out of context without also publishing this piece. I t’s time to set the record straight on the 116-megawatt battery energy storage system proposed for a 93.5- acre parcel of land in Mahopac on the Carmel-Somers town line. The Union Energy Center project, which, at the time of this writing, was set to be discussed at a June 19 Carmel Town Board public hearing, has caused residents considerable consternation. Dozens and dozens of upset residents have contacted my district office to voice their concerns about this project and the feeling they were shut out of the process by Carmel officials. The persistent interjection of partisan politics into the situation, however, has added to the challenges that I have faced in addressing the real worries of homeowners while offering support to the municipalities involved. Despite my repeated declarations of respect for the autonomy of the Town of Carmel Planning Board and its decision-making processes on local zoning, Republicans at all levels of government have sought to take partisan advantage of the issue and fabricated wildly outrageous claims and lies purporting to the contrary. Here is the problem: the Town of Carmel has been without an updated comprehensive master plan for more than two decades. That makes the Carmel board responsible for this quagmire; for the board members to blame the Covid-19 pandemic on the lack of an updated master plan is disingenuous at best. As it stands, the current Carmel master plan allows for the planning board to okay this project. At a recent Carmel Town Board meeting, it was erroneously noted that the state had overruled local zoning for the placement of cell towers, and that Gov. Hochul would do the same for the battery energy storage project—even though there is no basis in law for her to do so. A town board resolution in opposition to the state’s oversight on where to place renewable energy facilities, like wind and solar farms, was a diversion, as it had no impact on a stand-alone energy storage system. Meanwhile, Congressman Mike Lawler and Assemblymember Matt Slater poured gas on the fire by issuing a joint press release with my opponent declaring victory for home rule after my legislation enabling the Office of Renewable Energy Siting (ORES) to help communities with battery energy storage system proposals was pulled back, its enacting clause stricken, because the bill’s language was made invalid by the new state budget, which gives this responsibility now to the Public Service Commission. Although my opponent has no clue on the subject, the two lawmakers should have known better, as they ignored the bill’s intent to help in situations exactly like this in Carmel, Somers, Putnam County, Westchester County and New York City (because of the reservoirs). The bill would seek input from neighboring municipalities, something the constituents from Somers say is missing from the process. No consideration was given in this press release as to why having the state’s professional and technical input could benefit the decision-making process. Indeed, this project is a prime example for why a regional solution should at least be discussed: it simply gives a voice to neighboring residents. In this case, the homeowners in Somers have every reason to decry this particular process. Also, it is important for state legislators to weigh in on a state process. As chair Setting the record straight on battery farm PETE HARCKHAM SENATOR Editor’s Note: The column below is in part a response to Sen. Pete Harckham’s adjacent column, which was first published on June 20 in Mahopac News and The Somers Record. S uburban communities have been under assault by New York State and the federal government for several years now, and some of our Democrat legislators have outright embraced the effort. From 2008-2017, The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) worked to dissolve local zoning in seven Westchester communities, which they outrageously labeled “racist” for having single-family zoning, much of it a quarter acre. The feds, and the local elected leaders who bowed down to them, refused to acknowledge that local zoning determines where projects can be built in towns and villages, not who can live there. (It’s worth noting that Westchester is the most diverse county in New York State outside the five boroughs of New York City, something we can be proud of.) Then, in 2022, State Sen. Peter Harckham, one of HUD’s kowtowers, tried to pull another fast one on his constituents. Harckham sponsored legislation to effectively erase local zoning laws in Westchester and Putnam communities near train stations. Under Harckham’s bill, multi-family buildings could be erected as-of-right in quiet residential neighborhoods in Putnam and Westchester, threatening their resources, character and traffic patterns. Extraordinary organic blowback convinced Harckham to pull his measure. Now, Harckham is at it again, this time by working to give New York State authority over local communities in placing massive energy facilities. Harckham seems to believe that progressives in Albany, like him, know what’s better for our communities than we do. We only live here. I mention Harckham by name because he refused to use mine in an attack on me recently published in these pages. The subject was the proposal to build the largest battery farm in America in the Mahopac-Somers-Carmel area, which I and thousands of my neighbors adamantly oppose. That opposition caused Harckham to take a step back, this time saying he’s supporting a “temporary” moratorium on the project. We all know what “temporary” means in New York. Harckham and his progressive allies in Albany are making a habit of advancing projects against the will of everyday New Yorkers. The disastrous $15 Congestion Pricing Tax proposal, for example, which Harckham supports, just wasted more than half a billion dollars in taxpayer funds for license plate readers that will likely never be used. Gov. Hochul, with Harckham’s full support, buried congestion pricing in a budget bill to avoid public debate. Once again, they knew better, and it cost us. It doesn’t stop there: Also in 2022, Harckham threatened to cut off all state funding for local public schools with mascots he deemed offensive. He walked that one back, too. He also supported the natural gas ban on new residential construction in large swaths of the state. Albany knows better than new homeowners, it seems. Harckham knows better than car owners as well. Under a law he backed, all new vehicles in New York have to be electric by 2035, regardless of whether people want or can afford them. I won’t even go into his plan to bring socialized medicine to New York, other than to note that Harckham’s legislation would abolish private health insurance in the state and increase personal income tax rates from 6.65 percent to 18.3 percent for those earning $150,000 per year or more. Pete knows best, just as he did in legalizing marijuana without adequate safeguards in place. The result is thousands of illegal pot shops across the region selling completely unregulated products. I’m running for State Senate to represent the everyday, common-sense residents of Westchester, Putnam and Rockland who actually know a thing or two about their hometowns. Gina Arena is running for State Senate in New York’s 40th District, which includes parts of Westchester, Putnam and Rockland counties. Home rule protects us from Albany GINA ARENA GUEST COLUMNIST SEE HARCKHAM PAGE 11
JULY 3 - JULY 24, 2024 OPINION YORKTOWN NEWS – PAGE 11 Lower Hudson Valley Regional Office | 366 Underhill Ave., Yorktown Heights, NY 10598 Pauline Angrisani Call or Text For All Your Real Estate Needs 845.664.4579 (m) International Diamond Society Award Winner Real Estate Salesperson | [email protected] | www.paulineangrisani.com Helping Plant Your Roots IT IS AN EXCITING TIME TO SELL AND A CHALLENGING TIME TO BUY!! LET ME TAKE THE GUESSWORK OUT OF IT FOR YOU. MY LISTINGS ARE ALL IN BIDDING WARS, GOING WAY OVER ASKING & MY CREATIVE OFFER STRATEGIES, WIN THE HOUSE FOR MY BUYERS! CALL ME TODAY FOR A NO COST, NO OBLIGATION CONSULTATION of the Senate Environmental Conservation Committee, I was instrumental in ensuring that a different energy project did not proceed because it would have impacted wetlands and prime farmland. To date, I have communicated to the Carmel Planning Board (in April) that it should engage in a “robust public engagement process” regarding East Point Energy’s proposed Union Energy Center project, which has resulted in the upcoming public hearing. Additionally, I have publicly supported Carmel’s proposed moratorium on siting a battery energy storage system while it considers more comprehensive local regulations. That’s trying to be helpful. Elected leaders don’t always have to agree on policies and certain issues, but we damn well better work together when it counts. Politicizing each and every issue possible continues to be a model of failure. The Carmel Town Board’s resolution about the state’s oversight on where to place renewable energy facilities, like wind and solar farms, struck me as both unhelpful and diversionary. The Norwegian company behind the Union Energy Center and NYSERDA have done little to explain or educate what a battery storage system is, whether it is safe and what environmental impact it may have. This is all the more reason for elected officials, municipal leaders and other stakeholders to work responsibly together and find a resolution to this challenging issue. State Sen. Pete Harckham (D-40) was elected to the New York State Senate in November 2018, and re-elected in 2020 and 2022. New York’s 40th Senate District includes the towns of Carmel, Kent, Patterson and Southeast, and the village of Brewster in Putnam County; the town of Stony Point in Rockland County; and the city of Peekskill, the towns of Bedford, Cortlandt, Lewisboro, New Castle, North Salem, Somers and Yorktown, the towns/ villages of Mount Kisco and Ossining, and the villages of Briarcliff Manor, Buchanan and Croton-on-Hudson in Westchester County. HARCKHAM FROM PAGE 10 Editor’s Note: We published every letter received before layout began for the July 4th holiday edition, which went to press early. Minor edits were made to conform with the spirit of keeping our pledge to publish only positive endorsements in our last edition before the special election. Only one letter was completely omitted, as it was entirely personal attacks against one of the candidates with claims that could not be verified. Our next edition will hit mailboxes on July 25, after the election. For breaking news inbetween editions, visit News.HalstonMedia.com. Silence of the school board after antisemitic act is deafening Dear Editor, Although Yorktown Schools Superintendent Dr. Ron Hattar knew about the hateful slogan and discussed it in a letter dated June 5, the incident was not widely known in the community until your article was printed in Yorktown News (“Yorktown HS yearbooks printed with anti-Israel slogan,” June 20, Page 1). Unfortunately, this is not a one-off. When my daughter went to French Hill School, the principal refused to allow the Jewish kids to have a lighted menorah next to the lighted Christmas tree. The high school principal also refused the Jewish students’ request to have a lighted menorah next to the lighted Christmas tree. In both instances, the thensuperintendent of schools immediately and publicly intervened and overruled the principals. According to the article, school officials said that they cannot comment, as a matter of law, on whether or not the student was disciplined. I am not sure about the law, but I believe the discipline can be discussed without naming the student. If the student is a graduating senior, the student should have been expelled prior to graduation or barred from the graduation ceremony. The faculty advisor(s) and editor(s) also have some responsibility. Have they been disciplined? The silence of the school board is deafening! If the offending student is heading off to college, have letters of recommendation been rescinded? Finally, has Dr. Hattar referred the incident to law enforcement for investigation as possible aggravated harassment with a possible hate crime endorsement? An investigation must be conducted by law enforcement to determine motivation and intent. The investigation cannot be conducted by the school district, which will only result in a “circlethe-wagons” as a CYA maneuver. I do not believe that this is “a teachable moment.” I believe that this incident requires significant discipline and possibly a criminal referral. -Jay Kopstein Yorktown Heights What will become of Yorktown’s Underhill Mansion It’s sad to see how the once regal Underhill Mansion has on its face been left to deteriorate into something that looks like a falling apart boarded up haunted house. How has this been allowed to happen? How does the current apparent state of disrepair factor into Unicorn Contracting’s master plan, especially now that the mansion is without landmark protections. Does this dilapidated outward appearance in any way LETTERS SEE LETTERSPAGE 12
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This devastation looks like the aftermath of a battle scene out of a civil war era “Gone With the Wind” movie. Unicorn Contracting has erected a 6-foot fully screened steel fence surrounding the property. It’s for pedestrian protection, but the screens now keep what’s going on with the development out of view if you drive past. When they ultimately remove the fencing, what will be left of Underhill Mansion: a fully restored 19th century architectural treasure serving as what the developer called the property’s crown jewel or something more along the lines of a 21st century vinyl clad multipurpose McMansion surrounded by 148 housing units in a treeless lot? -Stephen Brown Yorktown Donna Diana embodies the qualities needed to be a councilperson Dear Editor, In reply to a letter in the June 20 Yorktown News (“GOP’s previous criticism of Mirchandani makes Siegel the perfect candidate for the Republicans,” Page 14), I wanted to make a correction to the author’s premise. Mirchandani was running for Town Supervisor. I have stated many times publicly and have shown by my actions that volunteer boards and/or the Town Board should be the starting point for someone without municipal experience who wishes to be the Town Supervisor. In fact, the first time I ran for office, I had little municipal experience, but I was a resident with fresh ideas. I thought the Town Board was an appropriate starting point for me, as I felt that the ideas of the incumbent who was running were detrimental to Yorktown. This was based not only on the one year she served as a councilwoman, winning the seat in a special election, but as her two years that she served as the Supervisor. This candidate that the public voted down in favor of me was Susan Siegel. Some of the qualities needed to be a councilperson are listening to the constituents, being able to see and balance multiple point of views, a knowledge of the town and the organizations in the town, honesty, making the decisions that you feel are the best solution for the town, and finally an absolute love of Yorktown. These are qualities that Donna Diana embodies. That is why Donna Diana will have my vote on July 23. -Ed Lachterman Yorktown Supervisor Susan has courage to disagree with her colleagues Dear Editor, If you’ve ever watched a Town Board meeting, you know that what Yorktown needs--now more than ever--is a fifth board member who will be an experienced and independent voice. What it doesn’t need is a fifth member who will vote in lock step with her four colleagues. Yorktown needs Susan Siegel. I might not agree with all the positions Susan will take on the Town Board over the next three years (I don’t always agree with my wife), but I do know that her votes will be grounded in facts, the law, and what she believes will be in the best interests of Yorktown and a majority of its residents, not a special interest group or developer. As a long-time Yorktown resident, former supervisor and councilwoman, Susan has the pulse of the community. She listens. What Susan’s opponents like to call her negativity, I see as a positive, like her ability to ask probing questions, her openness to considering different approaches to solving problems, and her efforts during two previous times on the Town Board to reach compromises when compromises were doable and made sense. But most of all, I appreciate her courage to openly disagree with her colleagues. Independence, criticism and outspokenness aren’t negatives. They’re positives. -Peter Cleary Yorktown Heights Donna Diana is kind, compassionate and cares Dear Editor: I’m writing this in support of Donna Diana’s candidacy for the Yorktown Town Board. I feel that she would be an excellent choice to fill the vacant seat. I think she would represent the needs and concerns of the people of Yorktown as she is a long-time resident of our town. She is kind, compassionate and cares about the future of our town and citizens. -Lorraine Marone Yorktown Heights Susan Siegel is the right choice for Yorktown Town Councilwoman Dear Editor, There is only one candidate for the Yorktown Town Board who has the experience and the know-how to be ready to do the job from Day 1, and that is Susan Siegel. Susan Siegel was a Yorktown Town Supervisor and a Town Councilwoman. Those positions alone give her unparalleled experience, but there is more. For years, Susan has been attending every Town Board and Planning Board meeting, frequently speaking at Courtesy of the Floor, taking meticulous notes, and sharing her legendary knowledge with the people of Yorktown via her blog and LETTERS FROM PAGE 11 SEE LETTERSPAGE 13
JULY 3 - JULY 24, 2024 OPINION YORKTOWN NEWS – PAGE 13 FOR ALL YOUR PLUMBING, HOT WATER HEATER & GAS NEEDS 845.628.3924 • beeandjay.com Happy 4th of July! RED WHITE & BLUE SAVINGS! TAKE $100 OFF ANY WATER HEATER/WATER SOFTENER INSTALLATION. 1964-2024 60 Years of Excellence email newsletter. Yorktown News has even given her a column in its paper so that her vast knowledge of the town business can be shared with even more people. Through multiple administrations, Susan Siegel has tried to make sure that our elected officials are held accountable for the decisions that they make for our town. When information is not forthcoming from the Town Board, Susan is there to ask the questions that need to be asked. When the Town Board makes decisions that she feels are not right for Yorktown, she is not afraid to speak out against those decisions, and give detailed justifications for her concerns. When people read her column, her blog, or her email newsletter, they learn so much about what is truly going on with the Town Board and the Planning Board. Whether the topic is taxes, development, traffic, infrastructure, garbage, and so much more, Susan Siegel knows the laws, the history of what came before, and what should be done in the future. That is why I am supporting Susan Siegel for Yorktown Town Council. -Marcia Stone Shrub Oak Donna Diana was the power behind a successful throne Dear Editor, Donna Diana has the experience that is needed to represent the needs and wants of the people of Yorktown. As the wife of the late Town Supervisor, Tom Diana, she is running for the council seat to keep his legacy alive. She was co-owner of Comfort Heating, and was involved with administrative functions, and most importantly, she was dealing with the public on a one-to-one basis. As Donna says, “…to properly shape policy you need to know how to relate to people and talk WITH them, not AT them.” Donna has lived in Yorktown 35 years with her husband and two children in Shrub Oak. She has been the power behind a successful throne. She vigorously worked behind the scenes running three campaigns for her husband who was elected every time. She also volunteered much of her time as district leader, building the patio for the Sons of the American Legion, painting the 9/11 Memorial in Shrub Oak, is a founding member of Yorktown Against Heroin, a volunteer for Ride-Connect and attending and participating in many Yorktown events. My favorite is when she dressed as a reindeer at the tree lighting ceremony that her husband initiated. Clearly, Donna Diana was, and is, directly involved with the people of Yorktown and developed a relationship with them worthy of being elected to the council seat. She is a good listener, respectful, honest and approachable and will make decisions that will serve the common good. Vote Donna Diana, the candidate in touch with the people. -Jo-Ann & Brian Sillik Yorktown Heights Donna Diana was Tom’s campaign manager, confidant and right hand Dear Editor, The important vote small towns have is always the local elections. Every vote cast for town boards, planning boards, zoning boards, ethics boards, architectural boards, school boards, etc., funnel up to the county, city, state and federal level, but the first level vote impacts us on the town level, where we have local power; we know the candidates and they know the voters. Donna Diana is running for the Yorktown Town Board, qualified by having worked to get her husband Tom elected to the board many times, and then under her guidance he ran for and won the Supervisor’s position. She was his campaign manager, confidant, the right hand that always knew what the left hand was doing. Her 10 years as his “go to” partner gave her the knowledge of a council person, and extended to his election in November 2023 to Supervisor of Yorktown, which unfortunately was brought to a screaming halt due to Tom’s death three days after his first official Town Board meeting. This brought her life to an unexpected heart wrenching traumatic change. Knowing how much Yorktown meant to him and how much he meant to Yorktown, and after a long period of thinking about this, Donna decided to run for the Town Board to continue his legacy by winning and continue the goals he started to accomplish with his years of experience that she shared with him. The local election is a power election that we the voters have. The candidates know what you want and ask for; they also know we the voters have the power to put them in office or remove them in the next election. That concern is only feared on the very basic local election. Don’t give that power away. Your vote for Donna Diana for Town Board is your power. Use it. -Jeanne Troiano Yorktown Heights LETTERS FROM PAGE 12 Editorial Submissions Press releases and high-resolution photos should be submitted to Yorktown News by the Thursday before the next publication date. Submissions can be emailed to [email protected].
PAGE 14 – YORKTOWN NEWS OPINION JULY 3 - JULY 24, 2024 What’s more American on the Fourth of July than flag-waving, fireworks, barbecue, and … movies! In that spirit of ‘76, I thought it would be appropriate to suggest some movies about our nation’s history and movies not about our history but take place on the Fourth of July. These 10 selections serve as a sampler of what’s out there, to whet your appetite. [Credit to Wikipedia, funboy.com and today.com for helping with my research.] Born on the Fourth of July (1989) A sprawling anti-war drama starring Tom Cruise that is adapted from the autobiography of Ron Kovic, a Vietnam veteran and wounded warrior who was paralyzed in battle becomes an outspoken and eloquent critic of the war after his exasperation in dealing with an unresponsive Veterans Administration. Harriet (2019) Featuring an Oscarnominated title performance by Cynthia Erivo, this bio-pic of the abolitionist Harriet Tubman tracks her escape from slavery to her heroic liberation of hundreds of slaves via the Underground Railroad. Revolution (1985) If this British historical drama set in New York during the Revolutionary War is unfamiliar to you, it’s likely because it did a belly flop. Still, it’s included here for sentimental reasons – as a respectful tip of the hat to recently deceased Donald Sutherland and because it also stars Al Pacino, who’s always interesting to watch even when not much else around him is. National Treasure (2004) Watch Francis Ford Coppola’s nephew (Nicolas Cage) steal the Declaration of Independence in a “treasure hunt through American history that’s as educational as it is exhilarating.” [Funboy. com] Independence Day (1996) Starring amateur prizefighter Will Smith, this disaster movie about “aliens attacking Earth and humanity bandin together” is “the ultimate 4th of July barbecue but with spaceships and a much bigger budget.” [Funboy. com] Hamilton (2020) Yes, the Broadway phenomenon from LinManuel Miranda that features Alexander Hamilton and other founding fathers rapping also is a film on Disney +. Jaws (1975) This landmark summer blockbuster is directed by a 26-year-old prodigy named Steven Spielberg. The screen adaptation of Peter Benchley’s bestselling novel, which takes place on the Fourth of July, terrorized real-life beachgoers for years beyond its theatrical release. John Williams’s bone-chilling score features what is arguably the most recognizable main theme in Hollywood history. Even the iconic tagline struck fear in sunbathers: “Just when you thought it was safe to get back in the water.” Lincoln (2012) Steven Spielberg’s film, which follows the final four months of The Great Emancipator’s life, picked up a dozen Oscar nominations. Its heart and soul is the acting genius of Daniel Day-Lewis, whose uncanny portrayal of the 16th president earned the British thespian his third Best Actor triumph. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) James Cagney’s unique stature in the pantheon of movie greats can be summed up by noting that the actor whose fame was built playing tough-as-nails gangsters won the Best Actor Oscar as legendary song–and-dance man George M. Cohan (composer of numerous patriotic standards, such as “Your’re a Grand Old Flag” and “Over There”), who was born on the Fourth of July. 1776 (1972) It helps to be a Broadway musical fan to appreciate this light-hearted and quite tuneful take on the signing of the Declaration of Independence, but it also makes a serviceable American history lesson. Spoiler (not): the birth of our nation was fraught with political factions lurching at each other’s throats. Ah, yes. The more things change … Get in the spirit of ‘76 with a viewing party BRUCE APAR BRUCE THE BLOG Photo Submissions Photos submitted to Yorktown News need to be a high-resolution image. Images that are submitted at a low resolution cannot be published. Submit photos to Yorktown News by the Thursday before the next publication date. Submissions can be emailed to [email protected]. Russell Girolamo Jr. Stephanie Girolamo Burke Jennifer Thorp Auto | Home | Business | Life (914) 962-9777 www.girolamoagency.com WE ARE MOVING. As of July 1, 2024, come visit us at OUR NEW LOCATION 253 ROUTE 202 SOMERS, NY 10589 914.455.2158 SpirelliElectric.com • [email protected] Specializing in residential & commercial services. Licenses in Westchester, Putnam CREATING CUSTOMERS FOR LIFE Family Owned—Over 40 Years Experience! Light up your summer • Outdoor Lighting • Smart Home Setup • Electric Car Chargers • GENERATORS AND ALL OF YOUR ELECTRIC NEEDS! $25 OFF Service Calls When You Present this Ad First Time Customers Only
JULY 3 - JULY 24, 2024 FOCUS ON ELDER LAW For many years my clients would tell me that they regretted not having purchased longterm-care insurance (“LTCI”) when they were younger, could afford it and were insurable. While it is true that hindsight is 20-20, having LTCI does not guarantee you will have a need for it as you age. For example, you could pay the premium for a LTCI policy for 25-30 years and pass away in your 90s without ever having received the benefits from the LTCI policy. Unless one has purchased a hybrid LTCI policy (one which has both a death benefit and a longterm-care benefit), LTCI is a lot like having auto insurance. It is only useful if an individual goes into a nursing home, needs home health-aide assistance and is unable to perform two out of five activities of daily living. There is certainly a population of individuals that have this need and use their LTCI to its full extent, but there is also a large portion of LTCI policies purchased but never utilized. I can personally attest to this as both of my parents, with my encouragement, purchased LTCI over 20 years ago and religiously (but not happily) paid the premiums. My father is now 92 years of age and needs some limited assistance with activities of daily living. He is using his policy to assist with his care costs, but if the coverage is not used in full, which it likely will not be, the remaining benefits are lost. If you don’t use it, you lose it! Alternatively, if one purchases a hybrid policy (which combines the benefits of long-term care and life insurance into a single policy with a single monthly premium), if long term care benefits are needed, the death benefit can be used during the insured’s life to pay for same. Then, upon the insured’s passing, whatever amount of the death benefit remains is available to go to the beneficiaries named on the policy, like a traditional insurance policy. Far from a use it or lose it planning tool! Unfortunately, these hybrid policies were not an option when I assisted my parents in purchasing LTCI over 20 years ago and may be more expensive than traditional policies depending on the applicant’s age, health and insurability. In this day and age, I see the real value of a traditional LTCI policy when used as a buffer against the five-year look back created by a nonexempt transfer of assets for Medicaid eligibility purposes: also known as a gift. Consider this scenario: husband and wife transfer their home and/or non-retirement liquid assets to a Medicaid Asset Protection Trust (MAPT), thus creating the five-year lookback period for nursing home Medicaid eligibility, and at or about the same time they purchase LTCI policies that will provide them with significant coverage during the five-year lookback period they created. Once the lookback period has expired and the assets in the MAPT are protected for Medicaid purposes, the husband and wife can (if they wish) stop paying the premiums on the LTCI and let the policy lapse. Since the assets transferred into the MAPT are now protected for Medicaid purposes, the husband and wife have now limited their exposure to the cost of long-term care and have also provided themselves with insurance coverage if they had become in need of nursing home coverage during the five-year look back period. Additionally, it should be noted that if one has a large IRA/401k and/ or Qualified Annuity, the face value of the retirement account is protected and not counted for Medicaid eligibility purposes. Medicaid will, however, count the required minimum distribution (RMD) as available income for eligibility purposes. As such, funding qualified retirement funds is another way of sheltering assets from the cost of care, as they are exempt for Medicaid purposes and the income they generate can be used to pay for the cost of care. The cost of long-term care is on the rise. The average cost of 24/7 home care and nursing home care is between $180,000 to $220,000 per year in Westchester and surrounding counties. As such, preparing for these future costs is imperative and requires one to be proactive and consider all options, including long-term-care insurance and transfer of assets for Medicaid purposes, in advance of one needing the care. As with many challenges in life, advance planning is critical! Anthony J. Enea is the managing attorney of Enea, Scanlan and Sirignano, LLP of White Plains, N.Y. He focuses his practice on Wills, Trusts, Estates and Elder Law. Anthony is the Past Chair of the Elder Law and Special Needs Section of the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA), and is the past Chair of the 50+ Section of the NYSBA. He is a Past President and Founding member of the New York Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA). Anthony is also the Immediate Past President of the Westchester County Bar Foundation and a Past President of the Westchester County Bar Association. He is also fluent in Italian. He can be reached at 914-948-1500 or at a.enea@ esslawfirm.com. Long-term-care insurance is not the only way to pay for the cost of long-term care! IMAGE: ADOBE STOCK ‘The average cost of 24/7 home care and nursing home care is between $180,000 to $220,000 per year in Westchester and surrounding counties.’ -Anthony J. Enea Managing Attorney of Enea, Scanlan and Sirignano, LLP ANTHONY J. ENEA GUEST CORNER YORKTOWN NEWS – PAGE 15
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Sometimes you don’t realize what a profound impact a person has had on your life until you engage in a little solemn introspection, look back, and realize, hey, they weren’t that nuts after all. I met Jon in the summer before seventh grade, so I guess he falls under the high school category. He had a brother named Thom and always joked that Thom stole his “h.” My best friend, George, invited Jon to the neighborhood to hang out. (I’ve written about George before. As kids, we ran a lemonade stand together; as an adult he escaped the Twin Towers on 9/11.) Anyway, I wasn’t sure how I felt about this invitation. Who was this interloper? Well, let me tell you who he was. His dad had been named executive director of YMCA Holiday Hills Conference Center. The place was about 100 yards from my house. It featured a huge lake for swimming, fishing, boating and canoeing. It had six tennis courts and a couple of basketball courts. It had horses for riding and trails for hiking. In the winter, there were toboggan runs. Could a kid ask for a better place to grow up? Jon arrived for his visit and told us he and his family moved here from Potosi, Mo. Never heard of it? That’s OK. No one has. We thought the best way to invite Jon officially into the fold was to play a game of Wiffle ball. We went over the ground rules with him (hit it over the telephone wires that ran from the pole to the house and it’s a home run) and handed Jon the bat. He held it like it was some type of deadly viper poised to attack. He grabbed it by the handle but with his hands flipflopped in the wrong places. I showed him the correct way and then he put the bat on his shoulder and stood directly on home plate (a Frisbee). I sighed. The telephone lines were in no danger that day. But Jon turned out to be an affable guy and smart as a whip, which I liked. We became fast friends and suddenly Holiday Hills with all its perks and amenities became my backyard. In the summer, I joined the tennis league, and in the winter, we went ice fishing on the lake using homemade rigs. What Jon lacked in athleticism and sports knowledge, he made up for with music. He was an accomplished piano player by ninth grade and played in the orchestra pit for most of the school’s musicals. While we were all rockin’ to Zeppelin, Floyd, and Tull, Jon was practicing Mozart and Chopin. This instantly made him more interesting. Up to that point, I’d never given much thought to politics. I was in eighth grade. I had no idea how any of it worked and didn’t really care. (Sometimes I miss those days.) But Jon did. And he was about to indoctrinate me. This was the early ’70s when the Vietnam War was raging pointlessly on. The battles for both civil rights and women’s rights were at the fore. People had been assassinated. Woodstock was happening. I didn’t know it then, but Jon’s parents were intellectual liberals and embodied every cliché conservatives hate about them (often referring to them pejoratively as the “elites”). Jon’s mom made granola from scratch. I had never seen the stuff before—homemade or otherwise—and it looked appalling to me. It looked like bird food. She also taught yoga classes... in the ’70s! She didn’t use goats though. Back then it was just the mat and the downward dog. Jon’s dad wore sports coats with leather patches on the elbows and smoked a pipe! (the perfect portrait of an elitist academic). And they even drove a Volvo! Damn hippies! The list of indignities goes on and on. Jon was the first one to clue me in on Nixon and his shenanigans. It led me to discover Woodward and Bernstein, the two Washington Post reporters who blew open the Watergate case, and inspired me to seek a career in journalism. Jon got me all hopped up about George McGovern, who was the Democrat running against Nixon in 1972. Our class held a mock presidential election. Nixon won 78-4. Jon, me, and our mutual friend Jennifer voted for McGovern. We never figured out who the fourth vote was from, but I like to think they are still out there fighting the good fight. Our little mock vote was emblematic of the actual election in which Nixon won in the greatest landslide in presidential history. McGovern only took one state—Massachusetts—and the District of Columbia. However, we (and probably that fourth voter too) took smug solace two years later when Nixon resigned in disgrace in the wake of the Watergate scandal. Jon wanted to get T-shirts made up that said, “Told You So!” Eventually, we graduated high school, and all went off to college. A few years later we reunited, and Jon told me he had some news to share. How granola and Volvos changed my life BOB DUMAS OUT OF MY HEAD SEE DUMASPAGE 17
JULY 3 - JULY 24, 2024 OPINION YORKTOWN NEWS – PAGE 17 LOCATIONS: Baldwin Place • 44 Route 118 • (845) 628-7900 Croton Falls • 1 Center St • (914) 769-3206 Find out why Joe Ferone of Proper Service needs to be YOUR Go-To Automotive Service Center! YOUR FAMILY CAR CARE CENTER For over 100 years of combined auto experience, Joe Ferone and his sta of Proper Service have been serving the community, creating relationships and building a remarkable company with an amazing team JOE FERONE, owner of employees! His news was that he had figured out he was gay. I wasn’t sure how to react at first. Growing up in a tiny town, he was the first gay guy I was actually aware of. (A few years later, that changed!) But the way I looked at it was like this: This was the same guy I’d known for 10 years. He was still smart, funny and engaging. Nothing had really changed. This new piece of information didn’t mean a damn thing. And why should it? And then it all kind of made sense to me. Jon was a very good-looking guy. In high school, he had girls hanging all over him and never took advantage. He explained to me how difficult and confusing his journey of self-discovery had been. He wavered back and forth over his sexuality and what it should be, and it took a while for him to become comfortable with himself. His story moved me, and all these years later it continues to inform my position of LGBT rights and inclusivity. Jon was able to find a life partner and they’ve been together for nearly 40 years. He became an urban planner and did a lot of key work on Battery Park in New York City. (He loved/loves Manhattan!) We don’t stay in touch like we used to, but we do occasionally contact each other via Facebook. Now and then he will post a picture of a building because, I assume, he admires the architecture. He also, for some reason, likes to post pictures of birds. Things like herons and cranes. There is never any explanation. Just a picture of some random bird. Sometimes I will comment, “Nice bird.” He ignores me. Jon never preached to me, saying believe in this, believe in that. He just talked and I absorbed. All these years later I still embrace many of those same values, those same political points of view. Though I never owned one, I still kind of like Volvos. But as for granola? Oh, that’s a whole other story. Bob Dumas is editor at large for Halston Media. He has long grown weary of presidential politics but recently heard that organic granola could help with digestive issues. So, there’s that. You can write him at dumas@ halstonmedia.com. DUMAS FROM PAGE 16 At the start of his first year in private school, Pete Cormier, a skinny low man on the totem pole freshman, took a stand, closer to a leap of faith, for what he believed was right. His stand began at the Cormier dinner table in 1968. Pete complained to his father, the writer Robert Cormier, about being tasked to sell chocolates for a school fundraiser. His father, no lover of authority, gave him permission not to participate. For the next few years, in his spare time while working as a newspaper editor and columnist, the senior Cormier stayed up late turning his son’s unheralded act of defiance into a best seller, “The Chocolate War.” The book follows a smalltown high school freshman who refuses to sell candy for his school’s fundraiser. The aggrieved school headmaster then sets loose the hounds. By the end of the book, its idealistic hero is beaten, ostracized and left just as alone as ever. Published in 1974, the book found a wide audience with young people who were already disenchanted with the Vietnam War and the way their elders were running the country. Many battles were being fought. Reproductive rights, civil and gay rights, but the most important battle, arguably the battle from which all human rights proceed from, was the one fought by Pete Cormier and the character in his father’s book: the right to question authority. “The Chocolate War” spurred book-ban challenges across the country. The book was condemned for its “locker room” language (I have heard far worse from soccer moms) and “depressing” tone. A teen stands up to authority and gets beat-up and chased out of school. The people who are supposed to protect him and be his friends attempt to destroy him. It is a depressing story and who knows how it ends? The Declaration of Independence does nothing but question and restrain authority. Its radical proposition, “all men are created equal,” is easily the most anti-authoritarian proclamation ever made and, of course, the bane of authoritarians large and small. In most cases, the book was reinstated. Cormier spent months responding to challenges. He invited interviews with educators and corresponded with critics on both sides. But in the late 1980s, a parent from Panama City, Fla., whose child attended Mowat Middle School, objected to the book’s “morbid” and “depressing” tone. The book was immediately pulled. This in return prompted a group of English teachers, who had spent years getting rid of outdated textbooks and were trying to find titles that would get their students interested in reading, to take a stand against book banning at their school. Then things got scary. A reporter covering the story found the front door to his house set ablaze, after publicly revealing that there were invalid signatures on the petition supporting Pete Cormier’s lonely stand for freedom LORENZO GARO OF HUMAN INTEREST SEE GAROPAGE 18
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PAGE 22 – YORKTOWN NEWS JULY 3 - JULY 24, 2024 BY MIKE SABINI CONTRIBUTING WRITER The Hudson Valley Summer Field Hockey League kicked off its 23rd season at Putnam Valley High School on June 26. Putnam Valley will be hosting the first half of the season due to construction of a new track at Lakeland, with Lakeland hosting the second half of the league campaign, which ends on Aug. 1. “The league has lasted so long due to the support of local coaches and the desire of players to continue to play in the offseason to improve their game and get ready for the fall season,” said the league’s director and founder, Lakeland coach Sharon Sarsen. Sarsen’s teams have won 23 sectional titles and 13 state championships. “Playing year-round in general is a key to success,” Sarsen said. “But this summer league in general and our 7v7 format allows players more ‘touches on the ball’ and more individual offensive and defensive play. We also have great programs and players that participate each summer and provide daily challenges.” Lakeland has two teams each in the varsity and JV divisions. “Summer league is flexible and we have players playing as much as possible,” Sarsen said. “Also, summer league has served as a great opportunity to invite new players and involve them in our program.” There is also an open division and new this summer a youth division, thanks to Somers coach and Lakeland 2012 graduate Shannon Scavelli-Connolly, an AllAmerican forward and three-time state champion Hornet, who went on to a decorated career at the University of Michigan. Her Tuskers have one team in the varsity division and two in the JV division. “She planted a seed, and I said, ‘you’re right, let’s do it,’” Sarsen said. “We also HVSFL league kicks off 23rd season 7v7 summer program offers offseason opportunities to veterans and young players Lakeland coach Sharon Sarsen founded the HVSFL to give players a chance to develop during the offseason. PHOTOS: ROB DIANTONIO Lakeland’ Gold’s Gabby Goldstein, seen in 2023 action, scored five times in Gold’s 10-0 win over John Jay-EF. FIELD HOCKEY SEE HVSFL PAGE 23 Lakeland alum and Somers coach Shannon Scavelli-Connolly is heading up the summer league’s youth program.
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PAGE 24 – YORKTOWN NEWS SPORTS JULY 3 - JULY 24, 2024 BY MIKE SABINI CONTRIBUTING WRITER Those competing for Lakeland, Lakeland/Panas, and Yorktown did a great job on the field this spring, and for their efforts were rewarded with numerous honors. Lakeland Baseball: Ramzi Done (AllLeague), Logan Crilly (AllLeague, All-Section Honorable Mention), Ryan Done (AllLeague, All-Section), and Anthony Frobose (All-League, AllSection, League Pitcher of the Year). Flag football: Nicole Ljuljic (All-League, All-Section), Haley Santucci (All-League, All-Section), Gabby Santini (All-League, All-Section), and Samantha Del Ponte (All-League). Softball: Nicole Mautone (AllLeague, All-Section), Amanda Cohen (All-League, All-Section Honorable Mention), Liliana Aguire (All-League), Jenna Yazzetti (All-League), and Madi Panos (All-League). Boys tennis: Abhilash Jagannathan (All-League). Lakeland/Panas Golf: Max Fitzgerald (AllLeague), Michael Antonucci (All-League), Aidan Neville (All-League), and Connor Shelley (All-League). Boys lacrosse: KC Bryan (All-League, All-Section), Jack Jimenez (All-League, AllSection), Cayden Turner (AllLeague, All-Section, Section 1 Sportsmanship Award), Bubba Baumeister (All-League, AllSection, Senior All-Star Game), Thomas Kuney (All-League, Senior All-Star Game), Will Moore (All-League), Kyle Gallagher (All-League, Senior All-Star Game), Riley Sand (All-League), CC Savastano (All-League), Dom Lemma (All-League), Zach Magarelli (All-League), Anthony Farroni (All-League Honorable Mention), and Brian Schiller (Section 1 Sportsmanship Award). Girls lacrosse: Brooke Pizzarello (All-Section First Team, All-League), Clare Warren (All-Section Second Team, AllLeague), Kate Astrab (All-Section Second Team, All-League), Lilly Whippo (All-League), and Isabel Kocaj (All-League Honorable Mention). Girls track and field: Riley Scott (All-League), Lily Day (All-League), Jilian Cinquina (All-League), Eden Picardi (All-League), Hannah Arbid (All-League, All-County), Alana Myke (All-League), Serenity Jeffcoat (All-League), Melanie King (All-League), Yayira Vassell (All-League), Brianna Burdett (All-League), Margaret Keating (All-League), Charlotte Sabert (All-League), Layla Collazzo (All-League), and Ondine Gourdon-Luckenbill (All-League). Local athletes rack up honors Lakeland’s Anthony Frobose was named League Pitcher of the Year this spring. Yorktown’s Reese Bruno made All-League and All-Section. Lakeland/Panas’ Lily Day earned All-League honors this spring. PHOTOS: ROB DIANTONIO SPRING AWARDS SEE AWARDSPAGE 25 BUYING ONLY 845-628-0362 WE WILL COME TO YOU! 53 WE BUY: YEARS! Gold • Sterling Silver Jewelry • Coins Paintings • Bronzes Clocks • Collectibles Antiques • ETC. Items for sale? Call us! made of. George Lucciola, Agent 1885 Commerce Street Yorktown Heights, NY 10598 Bus: 914-962-3030 [email protected] elping out roud to ommunity tarts with ghbors who care. That’s what our town is made of. 1201196 State Farm, Bloomington, IL George Lucciola, Agent 1885 Commerce Street Yorktown Heights, NY 10598 Bus: 914-962-3030 [email protected] State Farm® has a long heritage of helping out in the community. That’s why I’m proud to support Yorktown Youth Sports. Get to a better State® . e of. George Lucciola, Agent 1885 Commerce Street Yorktown Heights, NY 10598 Bus: 914-962-3030 [email protected] g out o yho That’s what our town is made of. 1201196 State Farm, Bloomington, IL George Lucciola, Agent 1885 Commerce Street Yorktown Heights, NY 10598 Bus: 914-962-3030 [email protected] State Farm® has a long heritage of helping out in the community. That’s why I’m proud to support Yorktown Youth Sports. Get to a better State® . Community starts with neighbors who care. That’s what our town is made of. State Farm® has a long heritage of helping out in the community. That’s why I’m proud to support Yorktown. Get to a better State®.
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JULY 3 - JULY 24, 2024 SPORTS YORKTOWN NEWS – PAGE 27 BY MIKE SABINI CONTRIBUTING WRITER After playing on Lakeland’s varsity indoor volleyball squad for six years, three-time allsection player Emily Kubicsko made a successful transition to beach volleyball in college at Jacksonville University. The transition has been so successful for Kubicsko, she’s in a position to make history in her senior campaign for the 2025 season. “Some goals I have for my senior season is to have my best season yet and help my team win more games than we have in our previous seasons,” Kubicsko said. “I also want to have a really fun last year and to continue making great memories with my teammates. A personal goal of mine is to beat the alltime career wins record in Jacksonville University’s program history since I’m only five wins away from beating the record (she has 56 wins).” Lakeland coach Steve Fallo is very proud of Kubicsko. “It means a lot to any program when one of the graduates goes on to the next level and is very successful,” Fallo said. “The players in our program can look at her accomplishments and strive to do the same thing.” How do beach and indoor volleyball compare? “The biggest difference between beach volleyball and indoor volleyball is that in beach volleyball, you have to be good at every skill in the game, passing, setting, and hitting, since you are only playing with one other person on your team, and you have to touch the ball during every point,” Kubicsko said. “With indoor volleyball, you don’t necessarily have to be good at every skill to be successful in your position.” Playing as a duo also means you have to read the game at all times. “Court awareness and being able to place the ball where the receiving team is not is key in allowing you and your partner to be able to win,” Kubicsko said. “You have to learn to be creative and find different ways to be successful.” The thing Kubicsko likes the most about beach volleyball is all the incredible people she has been able to meet because she plays the sport. “I’ve made so many close friends from playing in different tournaments on the beach and playing different colleges,” Kubicsko said. “Beach volleyball has such a relaxing and fun vibe, while competing at a high level that made me want to continue playing in college.” The best memories Kubicsko has had while playing beach volleyball for Jacksonville is traveling with her team and competing against some of the best college beach squads around. “Some of my favorite places my team has traveled to are Florida State University, Louisiana State University, and Miami Beach,” Kubicsko said. Being in Lakeland’s program gave Kubicsko a strong foundation when it came to the game of volleyball. “Playing for Lakeland’s varsity team for six seasons really helped me grow into the strong competitive athlete I am today while being a supportive and encouraging teammate,” Kubicsko said. “Playing so many different positions during my Lakeland career really prepared me to be able to adjust and find success in any position for the good of the team while playing the game I loved to play.” It’s no surprise to Fallo that Kubicsko was able to succeed at the next level. “Emily always had a goal of playing beach volleyball in college,” Fallo said. “She worked hard and was dedicated to making that goal a reality. Once she went to Jacksonville and made the team, her next goal was to be the best player she could be at the collegiate level.” Kubicsko stars on the beach Lakeland grad closing in on JU record Emily Kubicsko was a three-time allsection player at Lakeland before going on to play at Jacksonville. PHOTO COURTESY OF JACK CATLIN VOLLEYBALL
PAGE 28 – YORKTOWN NEWS JULY 3 - JULY 24, 2024 Circolo da Vinci, an Italian American organization in Yorktown, held its annual scholarship awards dinner on Wednesday, June 19, at Four Brothers Restaurant in Mahopac. Seven students were awarded scholarships of up to $1,500. The honorees are, from left, Christian Hembury (Carmel HS), Meghan Stewart (Yorktown HS), Ryan Pavone (Carmel HS) who received the James Hanbridge Memorial Scholarship, John Biondi (Mahopac HS), Joseph Biondi (Mahopac HS), Connor Reardon (Yorktown HS) who received the Thomas Dianna Memorial Scholarship and Mya Rendina (Yorktown HS). Founding member Robert Sassano was given the Da Vinci Award for his years of service to the organization. Article provided by Circolo da Vinci PHOTO COURTESY OF CIRCOLO DA VINCI Circolo da Vinci hands out scholarship awards AFC Carmel (next to Starbucks) 1874B US 6, Carmel Hamlet, NY 10512 914.380.8588 | afcurgentcare.com/carmel M-F: 8am-8pm, S-S: 8am-5pm It’s time to get physical. Don’t forget your sports or pre-camp physicals. Bring the kiddos by AFC to ensure everyone is in good health for their good times. No appointment is necessary. Simply walk in or save your spot online. AFC Yorktown (in the BJs Plaza) 3379 Crompond Rd, Yorktown Heights, NY 914.930.5550 | afcurgentcare.com/yorktown-heights M-F: 8am-8pm, S-S: 8am-5pm $100 Camp or Sports Physical AFC Carmel (next to Starbucks) 1874B US 6, Carmel Hamlet, NY 10512 914.380.8588 | afcurgentcare.com/carmel M-F: 8am-8pm, S-S: 8am-5pm It’s time to get physical. Don’t forget your sports or pre-camp physicals. Bring the kiddos by AFC to ensure everyone is in good health for their good times. No appointment is necessary. Simply walk in or save your spot online. AFC Yorktown (in the BJs Plaza) 3379 Crompond Rd, Yorktown Heights, NY 914.930.5550 | afcurgentcare.com/yorktown-heights M-F: 8am-8pm, S-S: 8am-5pm $100 Camp or Sports Physical
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The unique flavor that smoking imparts to anything from beef to poultry to seafood to vegetables is impossible to replicate with other cooking methods, which perhaps contributes to its popularity. As hosts prepare to welcome friends and family for a July Fourth barbecue, they can cook to impress with this recipe for “Smoked Beef Short Ribs” courtesy of Allen Kiezel of Fatty Butts BBQ and KamadoJoe.com. Impress July Fourth guests with smoked short ribs Smoked Beef Short Ribs Serves 3 Spritz • 1/4 cup beef broth • 1/4 cup soy sauce • 1 spray bottle • 1/2 cup water Main • 5 pounds beef short ribs • 2 sheets butcher paper • 1-1/2 tablespoons mayo Dry Rub • 3 tablespoons black pepper • 1-1/2 tablespoons garlic powder • 3 tablespoons seasoned salt 1. Remove the beef ribs 1 hour prior to smoking. This will give the meat time to reach room temperature for more even cooking and allow the rub to adhere better. Trim off any extra thick fat and silver skin from the top of the short ribs. You can remove all of the fat, but I keep a thin layer for protection and added flavor. Slather the mayonnaise evenly over the entire surface of the beef ribs. Mix dry rub ingredients in a bowl and sprinkle evenly over the ribs. You’ll want a heavy coating of the rub to help build a nice bark on the outside of the beef short ribs. The ribs are thick, so even a lot of rub won’t overpower them. 2. Preheat the grill to 250 F. 3. Place short ribs on the grill and smoke at 250 F until it hits an internal temperature of around 175 F in the thickest part of the meat, approximately 5 to 6 hours depending on the size. I recommend using a good leave-in meat thermometer so you don’t have to constantly check the short ribs. We’re looking for a nice bark to have formed before we wrap the short ribs. If your bark isn’t where you’d like it to be yet, keep smoking for an additional hour or so to help the bark form. 4. Combine the spritz ingredients and place in spray bottle. Each hour after the first 3 hours or once the bark starts looking dry, open up the smoker and spritz the beef short ribs. Make sure your spray bottle is set to spray in a light, even mist and not a direct blast of the liquid. You just want to moisten the short ribs, not soak them. 5. When the bark has formed and the smoked short ribs hit our target temperature of at least 175 F, remove them from the smoker, lay them in the center of 2 pieces of partially overlapped butcher paper (lengthwise), and then wrap tightly around the ribs. You can spritz the butcher paper a few times to help it form a tighter wrap around the beef short ribs. If you don’t have butcher paper, you can use heavy duty aluminum foil instead. Just note, the bark will be a little mushy when it’s done, as it’s not permeable like butcher paper and will partially steam it. 6. Return to the grill, insert the meat probe again, and smoke at 250 F for approximately 4 more hours. The smoked beef short ribs are done when the internal temperature is around 205 F to 208 F and the meat thermometer slides in and out like a knife slicing through room temperature butter — barely any resistance. I find that this usually occurs around 205 F, but all meat is different. Remember to take the temperature in a few places as the short ribs tend to cook slower in larger areas. 7. Remove the smoked beef short ribs from grill and keep wrapped while it rests for a minimum of 1 hour. If you need to keep the meat warmer even longer, place them inside of a good cooler for up to 4 hours. 8. Slice the short ribs between each bone and serve with the bone or slice into smaller portions and share. Enjoy!
PAGE 30 – YORKTOWN NEWS JULY 3 - JULY 24, 2024 BY SOPHIA CASELNOVA CONTRIBUTING WRITER The Yorktown Town Board has authorized the purchase of body cameras for the police department. The five-year, $478,495 contract with Axon Enterprises includes the purchase of body cameras, cloud storage, and Tasers. The body cameras are expected to be deployed this summer. Police Chief Robert Noble said Yorktown PD also purchased the Tasers because the ones currently used by the department are outdated and will be rendered nonserviceable. “Officers will now have the best to service the community as well as take care of themselves,” Noble said. The department received a discount on the body cameras and taser bundle. “In 2021, the Town Board released a Coalition on Community Safety and Engagement’s report on the Yorktown Police Department,” said Supervisor Ed Lachterman. “One of the report’s recommendations was the use of body cameras by our police officers. The purchase of these body cameras demonstrates the Town Board’s commitment to transparency and professionalism.” The report was prepared in compliance with former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Executive Order 203 requiring all local governments with police departments to perform a comprehensive review of police force deployments, strategies, policies, procedures, and practices. The Yorktown Coalition on Community Safety and Engagement arrived at its recommendations after holding six public online meetings in late 2020 and early 2021. The meetings included two presentations by Noble and two listening sessions for community partners. Dozens of community members attended the six meetings. Asked if his officers were excited to receive the body cameras, Noble said, “I don’t believe that excited is the correct descriptor.” “Who in their right mind happily volunteers to be wired for audio and video for eight to 16 hours each day?” the chief added. “That being said, as law enforcement officers, it is the world that we now live in. Close to 70 percent of law enforcement agencies in Westchester County either deploy body-worn cameras (BWC) or anticipate deploying bodyworn cameras in the next 12 to 18 months.” Noble said there are pros and cons with all body-worn camera programs. “The BWC does not capture the visual peripheries, nor track the adrenaline dumps that police officers experience during stressful calls for service,” he explained. “BWCs are not at eye level, so from the officer perspective as well as a force science perspective, it cannot be perceived as the ‘be all, end all,’ as to what occurred on a particular call for service. There are privacy issues and the program is expensive. Providing BWC discovery material will increase our workload exponentially.” Noble said the cameras will assist officers in providing enhanced evidence for most investigations, especially domestic violence investigations, as well as investigating driving while intoxicated/impaired crimes. “While BWC has been found in some municipalities to increase accountability and lower reports of police misconduct, quite honestly, we do not have those issues with the residents of our community,” Noble said. “We receive few, if any, official personnel complaints from the public regarding the treatment received from the members of the Yorktown Police Department. I find myself routinely having to answer either handwritten letters or emails of appreciation for assistance provided by my team members, rather than investigating allegations of impropriety. If we review footage and find ways to improve service to the public, we will certainly do so.” Noble said the department hopes to create a repository of positive interactions with the public and share it with its members and the community. “We have a BWC policy that was crafted as a team effort with the Yorktown Police Benevolent Association and the Yorktown Superior Officers Association, which should allow us to move forward with this program with a strong degree of trust, confidence, and professionalism,” he said. Noble said the body cam program is a “strong display” of transparency, accountability, and professionalism in the world of law enforcement. “When we participated locally in the Executive Order 203-b discussions, BWC was strongly recommended by our Yorktown committee,” he said. “We have entered into a five-year agreement with Axon Enterprises, which includes the bundling of body-worn cameras, Taser, and evidence cloud storage. 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PAGE 32 – YORKTOWN NEWS JULY 3 - JULY 24, 2024 DEBATE FROM PAGE 1 faced Jann Mirchandani (D) before the April special election for that office. “Unfortunately, the Yorktown Stage was not available to host a debate for either of the two dates we were considering,” Byrnes said in the GOP statement. “The Yorktown Stage holds summer theater camps on the stage, and they could not host the debate on those dates, or any other date, without disrupting the camp.” As a result, Byrnes said Diana “agreed to forego the debate in favor of focusing on her campaign and bringing her message directly to the voters.” Democrats have pushed back against the GOP’s contention that the debate was scrapped over scheduling and said Diana, wife of the late Supervisor Tom Diana, had agreed to debate Siegel on either July 11 or 12. In a press statement, Democrat Committee Co-chair Mark Lieberman said his party was informed there would be no debate via a text they received on Friday, June 21, and the GOP’s announcement “came as a surprise.” “As recently as June 18, Kevin told me he was waiting for Donna to decide between the two dates,” Lieberman said. “So, you can imagine my surprise at this last-minute change.” When asked about holding the debate elsewhere, Byrnes said there was no available location as suitable as Yorktown Stage. “We initially did consider other venues, but outdoors was not an option with the weather, the library is too small a room, and we already knew from another time we had a debate that certain other venues did not want political debates in their venues,” Byrnes said. “We had some other issues coming up with a date, ensuring we would have the staff to run the debate—in addition to making sure the organizer and the candidate were available. Finding a date when a moderator, timekeeper, videographer, aisle runners, etc. were all available during a month when many are on vacation was challenging. “With all that in mind,” Byrnes added, “we thought it more prudent to focus on the campaign rather than trying to find another venue, worrying about cost, and organizing a debate in a much shorter planning period than we have been accustomed to.” In May, the all-Republican Town Board voted to hold the special election on July 23, rather than wait for Election Day in November. Siegel and Diana are vying for the seat vacated by Lachterman when he won the special election for supervisor in April. In the GOP release, Diana called the inability to schedule time at the Yorktown Stage “unfortunate, but understandable” but said there was no better alternative. “Rather than scramble to find a new venue, I will focus on bringing my message directly to the voters—that I will be an independent voice on the Town Council while also trying to keep the legacy of my late husband Tom alive,” Diana said. In response to follow-up questions about her decision, Diana reiterated that scheduling was to blame for forgoing the debate and said she was focusing her energies elsewhere. “I am working on campaigning directly door-to-door with constituents,” she said. “They will continue to hear from me as I will continue to listen to the voters’ concerns. As of right now, I have been getting a tremendous response and people are excited to have me on the Town Board.” Siegel, a former Town Board member and Yorktown supervisor has been a frequent critic of the current Town Board. She was skeptical that scheduling was behind the decision. “The issue is Ms. Diana doesn’t want to debate,” she said on Saturday. “She was going to and then backed down. Venue is not the issue.” In the Democratic Committee press release, Siegel said she was “obviously disappointed” voters wouldn’t get to see the two candidates debate the issues in a live forum. “A live one-on-one exchange is one of the best ways for voters to make up their minds which candidate is most qualified for the job, and best represents their interests,” Siegel said. Siegel is a longtime columnist for Yorktown News (part of the News.HalstonMedia.com family) and has written critically of the Town Board’s actions over a range of issues. Her column has been suspended during the campaign. An earlier version of this story appeared on News.HalstonMedia. com Sophia Caselnova contributed to this article. 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Schedule of events 8:45 -10 a.m. Lake Mohegan History Tour by Boat (by reservation only): To attend, email the number of people, names, and phone number to [email protected] by July 10. 9-10 a.m. Kids’ Fishing Derby (poles and bait provided): Mohegan Beach Park, 3339 Lakeshore Drive 10:15-1:15 a.m. Paint/Create/ Color a fish or lake scene (kids and adults): Shrub Oak Lake Estates (SOLE) Beach, 3503 Mohegan Ave. 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Kids’ Games: Mohegan Highlands, 3365 Mohegan Ave. 12:45-1:45 p.m. Art on the Lake, Thai Dance, Bagpipe & Drum: Lake Mohegan Park, 3250 Lakefront Drive 2-3 p.m. Lawn Games at the Beach, Alpine Woods: Corner of Mohegan Ave. and Dale Street Article courtesy of the Mohegan Lake Improvement District Mohegan celebrates Lake Day on July 13
JULY 3 - JULY 24, 2024 YORKTOWN NEWS – PAGE 33 Summer Concerts at the Library Come celebrate summer with two outdoor Thursday concerts at John C. Hart Memorial Library. Pack a picnic dinner and blanket or chairs to spread on the lawn. There will be fun games for the whole family to enjoy and ice cream for purchase. July 11 features WestRock Acoustic Duo, and on July 25 the Independence Band is back. The fun starts at 6 p.m. For inclement weather, the concerts will be moved into the community room. Keep an eye on the library’s website for more information. Calendar Highlights A – Adults; Y - Young Adults; C - Children. Please visit the calendar page of our website for more information. Register online unless listed as a “drop-in” program. Thursday, July 4 The library will be CLOSED for the federal holiday. Saturday, July 6 ART RECEPTION: Kim Gunness. 2-4 p.m. Monday, July 8 C - Woven of the World: Straw Loom Weaving. 4-5 p.m. A/Y - Earring Making. 6-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 9 C - How to Find a Fox: Storytime & Craft. 4-5 p.m. A/Y/C - Adventure Movie: The Goonies. 4-6:30 p.m. A - Convert Your Lawn to a Native Plant Pollinator Garden (Virtual). 7-8 p.m. Wednesday, July 10 A - Crafting with Maps. 6-7:30 p.m. Thursday, July 11 A/Y/C - Outdoor Concert: WestRock Acoustic Duo. 6-7:30 p.m. C - Parent Child Chess. 6:30-7:30 p.m. A - Up All Night Book Club. 6:30-7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 13 C - Smokey Bear Reading Challenge Kickoff (Drop-in). 10:30 a.m-12 p.m. Monday, July 15 C - Off the Wall: Graffiti Stencil Art. 4-5 p.m. C - PAWS to Read with Izod. 5:30-6:30 p.m. A/Y/C - Movie Night: Raya & the Last Dragon. 5:30-7:15 p.m. Tuesday, July 16 A - Chair Yoga with Lisa Thomas. 1-2 p.m. C - Bear Came Along: Storytime & Craft. 4-5 p.m. A - Travel Tips and Tricks. 6-7 p.m. Wednesday, July 17 C - The Hart Kids Book Club. 4-5 p.m. C - Dinosaur Safari with Professor Livingpebble! 5:30-6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 18 A - Mostly Nonfiction Book Club. 2-3 p.m. A - Photography 101: Composition. 2-4 p.m. C - Parent Child Chess. 6:30-7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 20 C - Green Meadows Farm: An Adventure with Animals. 11 a.m.- 12 p.m. Monday, July 22 C - Toilet Paper Roll Kaleidoscope. 4-5 p.m. Tuesday, July 23 C - Let’s Make S’mores: Storytime & Craft. 4-5 p.m. A/Y/C - Adventure Movie: Raiders of the Lost Ark. 4-6:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 24 A - Harry Houdini: A Magician Among the Spirits with Barry Pirro. 6-7:30 p.m. Weekly Drop-In Programs Rock ‘n’ Roll for Little Ones (C): Mondays 10:30-11:30 a.m. Mah Jongg (A): Mondays 10 a.m.- 1 p.m. OR Fridays 12:30-2:30 p.m. Medicare 1:1 Counseling (A): 2nd & 4th Tuesday 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Exploring Emotions (C): Tuesdays 10:30-11 a.m. Summer Stories (C): Tuesdays 1:30-2 p.m. Teen Tech Help (A/Y): Tuesdays 3-5 p.m. Music & Movement w/Lori Cohen (C): Tuesdays 6-6:45 p.m. OR Fridays 11-11:45 a.m. Stories & Rhymes w/Ms.Terry (C): Wednesdays 10-11 a.m. Bouncing Babies (C): Wednesdays 10:30-11 a.m. OR 11:30 a.m.-12 p.m. Canasta (A): Wednesdays 12:30- 2:30 p.m. YA Open Board Gaming (Y) – Wednesdays OR Fridays 3-5 p.m. Quilting & Needlework (A): Thursdays 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Song & Dance (C): Thursdays 10:30-11:15 a.m. Game On! (C): Thursdays 4-5:30 p.m. Lego Free Build (C): Thursdays 5:30-6:30 p.m. Upcoming Meetings Friends of the Library: Tuesday, July 9 at 11:30 a.m. Anyone is welcome to sit in and learn more! Library Trustee Meeting: Wednesday, July 17 at 6 p.m. All are welcome. Hours and Contacts Library Hours: Monday - Thursday 9:30 a.m.-8 p.m., Friday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. / Saturday 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Phone: (914) 245-5262, Website: yorktownlibrary.org, Email: [email protected] Hart Library Corner The Independence Band returns to Hart Library on July 25 PHOTO COURTESY OF HART LIBRARY Securities offered through Cantella & Co., Inc. Member FINRA/SIPC. Cantella and Co., Inc. does not provide tax, legal or accounting advice. This material has been prepared for informational purposes only, and is not intended to provide, and should not be relied on for, tax, legal or accounting advice. You should consult your own tax, legal and accounting advisors before engaging in any transaction. 845-628-5400 SFGtaxes.com | [email protected] 824 Route 6, Suite 4 | Mahopac, NY 10541 from other accountants and tax preparers is our ability to work with you not just on taxes, but on financials, college planning, divorce, retirement planning, changes in life planning... We don’t just process tax forms, we advise on how to handle your income and expenses in the future with personalized recommendations. We help you navigate the tax code, and in the end, help you set sound financial goals. What separates us
PAGE 34 – YORKTOWN NEWS JULY 3 - JULY 24, 2024 BY SOPHIA CASELNOVA STAFF WRITER This year’s Children’s Summer Reading Game at the John C. Hart Memorial Library kicked off last Wednesday. On June 26, more than 2,500 people went to the library between 2 and 4 p.m. to enjoy children’s activities and get their summer reading underway. Families and friends filled the library to enjoy crafts, inflatables, popcorn, explore a Mohegan Lake firetruck, and sign up for the summer reading program. Attendees also met Pete the Cat, Sonic, and Leonardo from the “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.” “We started the Summer Reading Game kickoff party nine years ago to give students a chance to celebrate summer and to sign up to play our summer reading game,” said Marca McClenon, head of children’s services. “This game encourages the children to keep up with their summer reading by logging what they’ve read and coming to the library to click prizes for their achievements.” Summer reading program kicks off at Hart Library The kids sign up for summer reading. Annalise and Ophelia serving up popcorn Mason Wasserberg and Michael Families line up to enjoy the bouncy houses Cuascut building their Lego world Kiera McGovern explores a firetruck. PHOTOS: SOPHIA CASELNOVA
JULY 3 - JULY 24, 2024 YORKTOWN NEWS – PAGE 35 BY SOPHIA CASELNOVA STAFF WRITER Lakeland High School valedictorian, Kris Dominic, and salutatorian Tala Franklin were recognized for their academic achievement at last week’s Board of Education meeting. “May your future be as bright as your accomplishments, and may you continue to reach new heights in all of your endeavors,” said Heather Novak, director of communications. Also recognized for their accomplishments were the board representatives—students who worked as liaisons between their schools and the school board this year. Lakeland High School’s representatives who graduate this year are Sohum Agarwal, Robert Mansfield, and Maeve Dineen-Herzog. Agarwal will be attending the University of Indiana in the fall and will major in finance. Mansfield is a nursing major and will study at the University of Tampa. Dinesen-Herzog will study communications, economics, law, and government at American University. LHS students recognized for accomplishments Kris Dominic, valedictorian, and Talia Franklin, Salutatorian, pictured with LCSD admin. PHOTO COURTESY OF LCSD Sohum Agarwal, Robert Mansfield, and Maeve Dineen-Herzog /PHOTO COURTESY OF FACEBOOK BY SOPHIA CASELNOVA STAFF WRITER As a part of its ongoing efforts to set tangible goals for the coming school year, the Yorktown Board of Education has cited cultural awareness and equity, student wellness, fiscal responsibility, and continuing it efforts to build ESTEAM as its areas of focus. At the board’s June 10 meeting, Superintendent Ron Hattar proposed the idea of board members coming up with smaller, more tangible goals for the academic year. Board member Michael Magnani proposed the idea of moving from the current budgeting process to a zero-based budget approach, stating that it would be an “easily quantified objective.” Trustee Lisa Rolle said that the students have a lot to say and there should be a focus on hearing from them. She said the students know what they want their schools to look like and what activities, programs, and classes they prefer. Focusing on cultural awareness and equity, board member Reshmi Bose said the guest speakers who visit the district are insightful, but there should be a subgoal of how the administration can take their messages and build them into daily school life. Trustee Catalina Tyndal said there might be a way to get more teachers in the district involved in ESTEAM who might have more niche focuses, such as drones. “Those are all great suggestions, and all suggestions that I think are reasonable and feasible for us to implement,” Hatter said. Hattar added that he liked the idea of zero-based budgeting because he doesn’t foresee the difficult financial times coming to an end soon. “I don’t think costs are all of a sudden going to decrease,” he said. “I don’t think there’s going to be an influx of state aid, so looking at our spending and scrutinizing through a different perspective and a zero-based budgeting model would be a very logical next step for us.” Hattar said he aims to return to the July 15 meeting with a presentation incorporating the ideas brought forward in the board’s discussion. Yorktown ed board continues to build goals for coming year MUST BE 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER TO PLAY THE NEW YORK LOTTERY GAMES. PLEASE PLAY RESPONSIBLY. 24-HOUR PROBLEM GAMING HOTLINE: 1-877-8-HOPENY (846-7369) Newburgh, NY RWHudsonValleyNY.com I-84 | Exit 36B I-87 | Exit 17 Earn Entries All Month Long! Saturday, July 27 • 10pm *Actual model and color may vary. WIN A 2024 HONDA ACCORD C Clark & Giordano | G Funeral Home Clark Funeral Home is now Under New Ownership Family Owned and Operated Joseph Giordano Jr., Owner/Yorktown Graduate and Resident Centrally Located in the Heart of Yorktown Oversized Chapel and Large Parking Lot We look forward to serving and giving back to the community that has been our home for so many years. 2104 Saw Mill River Road (Route 35, 118 & 202) • Yorktown Heights, NY 10598 Additional Location: Curry & Giordano Funeral Home, Peekskill 914.962.3333 www.clarkfh.com
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All we hear is, “We’re working on it.” Yorktown residents deserve to know the issues and all of the alternatives before decisions are made. Right now, decisions are clearly being made in secret. Our Town Board hasn’t even mentioned that the gas pipeline that runs through the middle of our parks, schools, and residential neighborhoods is being considered for a dramatic expansion. Donna Diana Protecting taxpayers from higher taxes; for example, pursuing outside funding through grants and other revenue streams. 2) Protecting the town’s motto of “Progress with Preservation” by infrastructure investments that both support smart growth and protect the environment. 3) Protect the vitality of our senior citizen community by maintaining and enhancing services that focus on their particular needs. Q: How would you characterize the present state of the town? Susan Siegel On the surface, all appears fine, the operative word being “appears.” The garbage is once again being collected and the roads are plowed in the winter. But if you take the time to look under the hood there are problems, problems that are or will, in the near future, negatively impact our daily lives. For example, our aging infrastructure (roads, culverts, water, and sewer lines, etc.) is crumbling. There have been 29 water breaks since January 2023. The longer we put off dealing with these issues, the more service disruptions there will be, and the more costly it will be to repair them when they can’t be ignored any longer. I believe that our elected officials should be honest with us. Explain what needs to be done, and how you plan to address the problem. Let us know, in advance, how you plan to finance which projects and in what order. Donna Diana We fortunately have a strong fund balance (cash reserve), so financially we are in excellent health. Yorktown also is blessed with hard-working town employees and department supervisors who collectively maintain a reliable and high-quality support system that effectively and efficiently serves all our residents. At the same time, there always is room for improvement, so I will in part focus on evaluating areas of town government that could benefit from a fresh set of eyes. Q: What personal projects or objectives, if any, would you endeavor to accomplish during your term? Susan Siegel As many Yorktown News readers and viewers of Town Board meetings know, I’m passionate about two issues: the importance of open, transparent town government and how board members communicate with residents. Too often we’ve been kept in the dark about issues that affect us, like the gas pipeline, or given misleading disinformation, like recent board comments about federal cell tower mandates or ethics procedures that residents had to correct. The 315 homeowners in the long-planned, and long-delayed, Hallocks Mill sewer extension district have been kept in the dark for years. And before expanding the proposed district to 650 properties in a recent grant application, the board didn’t even ask the homeowners if they wanted sewers. Donna Diana Working on Phase 2 of the newly-dedicated Tom Diana Park-Granite Knolls – “The Garden” – which will be an asset to all people including veterans, seniors, and people with disabilities. Q: Can you make one final appeal to any of our readers who may be undecided? Susan Siegel First, and most importantly, I urge you to vote in the July 23 special election. VOTE. Local elections matter. Our Town Board makes decisions that directly impact our lives. Your life. You must have a say in who is making those decisions. Remember also that in local elections, it’s experience that counts. Before casting your vote, ask yourself: Which candidate has a better understanding of how our town government functions? Which candidate will be an independent advocate for you? I have the experience and knowledge to be an effective board member from Day One. Donna Diana I will not be filling a seat on the Town Board to argue for the sake of arguing or for getting lost in the weeds of policy if it sacrifices keeping the No. 1 priority of small government first and foremost: the welfare and self-determination of every individual citizen. Policies are not an end in themselves, but a means to an outcome that serves Yorktown’s constituents in the best way possible. I am not the know-it-all type. I wish I had all the answers. But I don’t. I don’t think any one person does. The role of any councilperson is not to browbeat people by telling anyone what they should think, whether it’s constituents or other council members. Everybody who knows me can vouch for my commitment to Yorktown and its people. Those who know me also know I am not someone who just goes with the flow if I don’t agree with where it is going. I formulate and take responsibility for my own positions regarding projects, people’s concerns, and the community’s shared values. I encourage Yorktowners to tell me what they think, and what they want for our town.
JULY 3 - JULY 24, 2024 YORKTOWN NEWS – PAGE 37 Saint Peter’s Catholic Church stood on what is now the site of Rexall Drug in Yorktown Heights. PHOTO COURTESY OF ST. PATRICK’S YORKTOWN. New Saint Patrick’s was dedicated in 1984. PHOTO: KATE WATSON and family, including his mother, siblings, nieces, and nephews. “People come to him with tremendous problems or suffering, the sheer investment of time and effort can be rather exhausting, but he forges on through in the sincere hope he can do good for an individual, family, or parish,” Stedman said. While the green banners CHURCH FROM PAGE 3 commemorating the 125th anniversary of the church still hang proudly in the sanctuary, St. Patrick’s actually celebrated a new milestone this past month. On June 22, a picnic on the church grounds brought more than 100 people together to dance, play, and enjoy food prepared by the Knights of Columbus as they marked the 126th anniversary of the congregation. No horseback riding priests were present, but the spirit of St. Patrick’s— that of dedication to a place, commitment to faith, and a deeply held value of family—rides on. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Town of Yorktown on Thursday, July 25th, 2024 at 6:30 P.M. or as soon thereafter as is practicable in the Town Board Room, Town Hall, 363 Underhill Avenue, Yorktown Heights, New York as follows: SHORT #12/24 Property Address: 1300 Baldwin Rd Section 47.16, Block 1, Lot 2 This is an application for a renewal of an accessory apartment that requires a special use permit as per 300-38 of the Town Zoning Code. AHMED #13/24 Property Address: 1271 Fairhills Dr Section 69.16, Block 1, Lot 10 This is an application for a renewal of an accessory apartment that requires a special use permit as per 300-38 of the Town Zoning Code. CATALIOTI #14/24 Property Address: 1543 Hanover Section 48.11, Block 3, Lot 20 This is an application for a renewal of a special use permit for an accessory apartment that requires a special use permit as per 300-38 of the Town Zoning Code. SACCIO #15/24 Property Address: 2261 Ridge Rd Section 37.06, Block 1, Lot 4 This is an application for a special use permit to allow a chicken coop that requires a special use permit as per 300-81 of the Town Zoning Code. AHEARN #16/24 Property Address: 2103 Laurel Ct Section 37.10, Block 1, Lot 9 This is an application for a renewal of a special use permit for an accessory apartment that requires a special use permit as per 300-38 of the Town Zoning Code. CONRAD #17/24 Property Address: 1225 Williams Dr Section 5.17, Block 1, Lot 22 This is an application for a variance to allow an 8 ft fence located in the rear yard where 6.5 ft is allowed per 300-13F and Appendix A of the Town Zoning Code. 76 ROUTE 6 HOLDINGS INC #18/24 Property Address: 76 Route 6 Section 6.18, Block 1, Lot 37 As per the Zoning Boards interpretation that residential districts outside of Yorktown must be considered under section 300-97(A) to determine proper setback, therefor the applicant must request a variance for construction of a new building with a 101 ft setback from a residential district that requires 200 ft as per 300-97 and 300-21 of the Town Zoning Code. MCANN #19/24 Property Address: 3701 Old Crompond Rd. Section 36.05, Block 2, Lot 71 This is an application for an addition requesting a variance for a side yard setback of 36.27 ft where 40 ft is required as per 300-21 and Appendix A of the Town Zoning Code. GHIRARDI #20/24 Property Address: 1439 Trout Brook Dr Section 48.14, Block 2, Lot 15 This is an application to legalize and already built deck that requires a side yard setback of 4.6 ft where 10 ft is required. The application also includes a legalization of a shed that requires variances for a side yard setback of 2.9 ft where 10 ft is required and a rear yard setback of 7.8 ft where 10 ft is required. All as per section 300-21 and Appendix of the Town Zoning Code. My Community Bulletin Board 3565 Crompond Road • Suite 202 • Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567 Office: 914.736.9230 ext 107 Direct: 914.788.4549 Cell: 914.659.2051 Fax: 914.930.1111 [email protected] www.asapmortgageinc.com Douglas C. Petri Branch Manager NMLS# 39875 Registered Mortgage Broker - NYS Department of Financial Services. CT - Mortgage Broker Only. Not A Mortgage Lender or Mortgage Correspondent Lender. Mortgage Broker Licensed in Florida. Licensed by the Pennsylvania Department of Banking and Securities. All loans arranged through 3rd party providers. Company NMLS # 4368, Cortlandt Manor Branch NMLS # 325538, Yonkers Branch NMLS # 1140068 INCREASE REFERRALS AND NAME RECOGNITION. Advertise in the Yorktown News Bulletin Board and reach over 7,000 USPS delivered addresses every week. Call 845-208-8151 today!
PAGE 38 – YORKTOWN NEWS JULY 3 - JULY 24, 2024 BY SOPHIA CASELNOVA STAFF WRITER The town of Yorktown has honored the memory of former resident Rob Kavovit who lost his battle with depression on March 16, 2021, at age 45. May 15 was declared Fifteen for Life Day in Yorktown honoring the life of Kavovit. Kavovit was an all-American athlete, a husband to Marion, a father to two boys, Luke and Landry, a son, an uncle, and a mentor. He played lacrosse while attending Yorktown High School and Syracuse University, where he wore the number 15. He moved to Stuart, Fla. with his wife and their sons where he worked as a physical therapist and coached high school and youth lacrosse until he succumbed to his battle with depression. In a proclamation at last month’s Town Board meeting, it was noted that there is an average of 132 suicides a day, each of which impacts at least 100 additional people. It is also written in the proclamation that “there are many people like Rob, going through life working, caring, and loving, yet suffering from depression; we must equip people of all ages to be comfortable enough to seek help without feeling embarrassed.” The proclamation was read at the meeting by Kavovit’s father, Dave. “I’d like to thank the Town Board for bringing this to us,” Dave Kavovit said. “It’s only been three years and it’s still hard.” In response to Rob Kavovit’s struggles, his family launched a grassroots m o v e m e n t called Fifteen for Life to raise awareness of mental health struggles. “Rob suffered his depression in silence,” his family wrote on the organization’s page. “This is the reality we are faced with day after day... asking questions we will never have answered, wondering if we could have done more. Wondering if we missed something that would have helped him.” Fifteen for Life provides resources to people struggling with depression with thoughts of selfharm, and has a grant program for athletes who exemplify the character of Rob Kavovit and offers various campaigns designed to raise awareness. For more information, visit 15forlife.org/. YHS grad honored with special day Community puts spotlight on mental health Rob Kavovit with his wife Marion and sons Luke and Landry/PHOTO COURTESY OF FIFTEEN FOR LIFE Notice of Formation of DLC Family Enterprise, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/31/2023. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of Limited Liability Company (LLC) upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY should mail process to DLC Family Enterprise, LLC: 3509 Stoney Street, Mohegan Lake, NY 10547. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of Focus Foam LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 08/15/2023. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 1737 French Hill Road Yorktown Heights NY 10598. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. NOTICE OF FORMATION OF BALLOONDESIGNSBYJO, LLC ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE OF NY ON 1/30/24. OFFICE: WESTCHESTER COUNTY. SSNY DESIGNATED AS AGENT OF LLC UPON WHOM PROCESS AGAINST IT MAY BE SERVED. SSNY SHOULD MAIL PROCESS TO BalloondesignsByJo, 882 HERITAGE COURT, YORKTOWN HEIGHTS NY 10598 PURPOSE; ANY LAWFUL PURPOSE Notice of Formation of BROJAS VENTURES LLC. Office: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent for profess & shall mail process to: 17 Main Street, Suite 75, South Salem, NY 10590. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of Never T, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/14/24. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of Limited Liability Company (LLC) upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY should mail process to Never T, LLC: 6 Valley Drive West, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Tack and Tweed, LLC, Art. of Org. filed with NY Secy. of State on 03/02/2024. Office located in Westchester Co. Secy. of State designated as agent upon which process may be served. Secy. of State shal mail a copy of any process against it served upon him/her to: 255 Quaker Road Chappaqua, NY 10514 (the LLCs' primary business location). LLC may engage in any lawful act or activity for which a limited liability company may be formed, which includes Pre-Owned Equestrian Equipment and Apparel Consignment and Sales. Notice of Formation of HNL GRC Consulting, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/05/2024. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of Limited Liability Company (LLC) upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY should mail process to HNL GRC Consulting, LLC: 6 Fairgreen Ct, Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of Jay Kay Sports and Collectables, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 2/12/24. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 603 E Boston Post Rd., Suite 102, Mamaroneck, NY 10543. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. Notice of Formation of Vic’s Soup Spot, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/13/2024. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of Limited Liability Company (LLC) upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY should mail process to: Vic’s Soup Spot, LLC: 265 W 1st St, Mount Vernon, NY 10550. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of Clarity Coaching With Sam, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/21/2024. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of Limited Liability Company (LLC) upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY should mail process to Clarity Coaching with Sam: 41 Mt Airy Rd E, Croton, NY 10520. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Notice of Formation of EBR Consulting LLC, filed with SSNY on June 3, 2024. Office: Westchester County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 46 Red Oak Lane, Mount Kisco, NY 10549. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER Gayle Williams, Plaintiff, vs. Vicki L Ross, Barbara A. Ross Edwards, Darlene Johnson, Charlene Johnson, Darryl Thomas, Carole Diane Prather, Eric Sanford, Melvine Turner, Lavern Hooper; Any unknown adults being as a class designated as a class as John Doe, whose true name is unknown; and any unborn infants or persons under disability being as a class designated as Richard Roe, whose true name is unknown, Defendants. AMENDED LIS PENDENS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN an action has been commenced in this Court, upon a Quiet Title Complaint by the above-named Plaintiff against the above-named Defendants to quiet title to property located in Williamsburg County. The property that is subject of the action is described as follows: All that certain piece, parcel, or tract of land situate, lying, and being in Penn Town, in the County of Williamsburg, State of South Carolina, containing seventy-two and one-half (72 ½) acres, more or less, and bounded on the North by lands of the Estate of E. J. Williams; on the East, by lands of the Estate of J. B. Dozier; on the South by lands of Eveline Williams; and on the West the run of Stoney-Run Branch; being the same tract of Land conveyed to me, the said W. B. Dozier, W.S. McFadden, Clerk of Court, by his deed dated the 7th day of January, 1937, and recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Williamsburg Comity in Deed-Book "A-23" at page 151; Also All the right, title, and interest of W. B. Dozier and to all that certain piece, parcel, or tract of lying, being, and situate in the County of Williamsburg, State of South Carolina, containing twenty-five (25) acres more or less, and bounded as follows, to wit: On the North by lands of F. L. Williams, on the East by lands of J. B. Dozier; on the South by the Estate of William Burrows; and on the West by the run of Stoney Run Swamp. TMS: 45-159-003 AMENDED SUMMONS YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to the said Complaint on the subscribers at their office at Post Office Box 11844, Columbia, South Carolina 29210, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof; exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer and defend the Complaint within the time aforesaid; the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint and judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. NOTICE OF FILING AMENDED COMPLAINT YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the original Amended Summons and Amended Complaint in the aboveentitled action were filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Williamsburg County, South Carolina, and other relief as set forth in the Amended Complaint. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN AD LITEM YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Darryl Caldwell, Esq. doing business at 140 Widewood Park Drive Columbia, SC 29223, with telephone number of 803-542-0431, has been appointed Guardian Ad Litem to represent the interest of the unknown Defendants in the above-entitled matter. ORDER OF PUBLICATION HAVING READ and filed Petition, Kenneth A. Davis, attorney for the Plaintiff herein, and it appearing that this is an action to Quiet Title to the property situated in Williamsburg County, South Carolina, and further, that the Defendants, John Doe and Richard Roe, cannot, after, after due diligence be located in said County and State. IT IS ORDERED that service in this matter be made on the Defendants, John Doe and Richard Roe, by publishing copies of the Amended Lis Pendens, Amended Summons and Notice of Filing of the Amended Complaint, Notice of Order Appointing Guardian ad Litem , and Order of Publication by publication in the “Los Angeles Daily Journal”, a newspaper in Los Angeles County, California, in “The News”, a newspaper in Williamsburg County, South Carolina, and in the “Yorktown News”, a newspaper in Westchester County, NY.
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