VOL. 12 NO. 14 THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 2023 CLASSIFIEDS 31 LEGAL NOTICES 30 LEISURE 26 OPINION 10 SPORTS 18 TOWN GREEN 4 Huskers Win Section pg 18 CHAMPS! Visit TapIntoYorktown.net for the latest news. BY SOPHIA CASELNOVA STAFF WRITER Colorful out ts, rainbow ags, and drag queens came through Yorktown last Saturday in Westchester’s only Pride march. Yorktown for Justice, a Yorktown-based social justice organization, planned and organized the march which started in the parking lot adjacent to Town Hall and landed at Railroad Park on Commerce Street. is marked Yorktown’s third annual march. Railroad Park was the home of speakers, vendors, live music and entertainment, Sunshine Awards, and activities that took place in the Pride Festival. “Yorktown for Justice was thrilled to host another march and fest where all were welcome to celebrate the beautiful diversity of and in the LGBTQI community here in Yorktown,” Marisa Ragonese of Yorktown for Justice told Yorktown News. “ is wasn’t just a celebration though. Fundamentally, Pride events are just as much protest as party.” Pride marches through Y ktown Banners cut down the night before festival SEE PRIDE PAGE 16 Kitty Ka’Boodlez performing a book reading at Yorktown Pride.
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THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 2023 YORKTOWN NEWS – PAGE 3 LAW OFFICE OF ANDRES D. GIL, PLLC Honor, Integrity, Compassion, and Dignity Call Us Today At (845) 940-1110 ADG-LAW.com 973 Route 22, Suite 3, Brewster New York State Certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business TRUST & ESTATES • WILLS • ELDER LAW • REAL ESTATE LAW OFFICE OF ANDRES D. GIL, PLLC Honor, Integrity, Compassion, and Dignity Call us today at (845) 940-1110 Scan here to visit my website BY BOB DUMAS EDITOR AT LARGE Christian Schienle has had a long and storied career in the hospitality industry. Being a chef and a restauranteur is in his DNA. Born in Vienna, Austria, his mother, and father were both involved in the world of hospitality. ey owned an inn, and his father was a sommelier and wine taster. His uncle owned a restaurant as well. “It is in our blood,” Schienle said. Schienle and his wife, Pamela, longtime Yorktown residents, have owned Nadine’s Restaurant on Saw Mill River Road since 2018. But Schienle has added another impressive component to his resume. He recently appeared as a guest judge on the iconic Food Network show, “Beat Bobby Flay.” In that show, two chefs face o against each other, using a key ingredient chosen by renowned celebrity chef Bobby Flay. e winner then goes up against Flay as they both prepare the guest chef ’s signature dish. Two guest judges then taste the dishes and pick the winner. Schienle said he is not sure why the show’s producers chose him or how they even tracked him down. “I got and phone call one day and I said ‘yes,’” Schienle explained, noting that he had heard about the show, now in its 30th season, but never really watched it, but, of course, was familiar with Bobby Flay. A car service picked Schienle up and took him to the studio in Queens where the show is lmed. “I knew who Bobby Flay was, but I didn’t know what to expect,” he said. “I wanted to see behind the scenes; it was very impressive.” Schienle said the whole experience was a whirlwind and everything happened very fast. And, sadly, the guest judges don’t get to meet Flay one-on-one in person. “ ey are very serious about it. As soon as the show is over, out you go,” he recalled. “Everyone is very friendly, but you don’t see [Flay] at all. [You’re backstage] and then you are out before the live audience. e reaction to the food is very genuine.” It’s easy to understand why the showrunners at “Beat Bobby Flay” chose Schienle to be a judge when you take a look at his resume. As mentioned earlier, Schienle comes from a long line of restauranters. He knew earlier on that it was his calling too. In 1976, at the age of 15, he took a three-year apprenticeship at the world-renowned Hotel Sacher, a ve-star luxury spa hotel in Vienna that’s famous for its chocolate cake. “It was for the front of the house,” he said. “I did all kinds of jobs, learning how to deal with customers, bookkeeping, the whole nine yards.” Military service is mandatory in Austria, and when Schienle performed his obligatory stint, the military took advantage of his culinary training. “I worked in the o cers’ mess,” he said. “I learned a lot. It was an interesting time.” Schienle said he always wanted to travel the world and when his military service was up, he heard from a friend who was living in Bermuda, which sounded pretty good to him. “I got a job there as a waiter at the Corral Beach Club, a wellknown private club, where we stayed in little bungalows on the beach with pink sand,” he said. In 1982, Schienle joined the waitsta on a ve-star rated cruise ship, which passed through New York, giving Schienle a glimpse of high-end dining in the Big Apple. He then headed back to Vienna where he worked in a series of bistros, many of them aimed at tourists in a more casual atmosphere than he was used to. “ at was a whole di erent ballgame, a di erent experience,” Schienle said. “You have a larger number of tables to attend to. You really have to move.” Schienle said that while working all these front-of-the-house jobs, he always kept an eye on the back of the house and what the kitchen was doing. “I always had a passion for cooking, and always had a good relationship with the cooking sta and asked a lot of questions,” he said. In 1984, he came back to New York and landed a job at the upscale Maxwell’s Plumb as a captain. “I worked in many restaurants in the city, all of them upscale, and eventually became a manager and a sommelier, always working closely with the kitchen,” he said. In 2018, he purchased the long-established Sel et Poivre in New York City, an upscale eatery he still owns. “We just changed a few things, sometimes you have to make some tweaks,” he said. “We did some little experiments. We added things like sweet bread, frog legs.” While running Sel et Poivre, the Schienles lived in New York City but visited Yorktown frequently. “My father-in-law lived there, and we spent every weekend up here,” he said. “We were living in Queens, and when our son came of school age, we were looking around [for a new place to live] and ended up buying his house.” Schienle said he eventually began looking around the Yorktown area for a second restaurant to buy and in 2018 he purchased Jennifer’s German Restaurant and renamed it Nadine’s, his wife’s middle name. “We didn’t know exactly what we wanted to do with it,” he recalled. “We put a little French on the menu to shake it up and see what would come out. We have very di erent kinds of food. We do a lot of wild game, di erent specials.” Customers at Nadine’s are a loyal bunch and they excitedly told Schienle they saw his “Beat Bobby Flay” episode, which is how he knew the show featuring him as a judge was nally being broadcast. “I have never seen a full episode,” he said. “When you are running two restaurants, you don’t have a lot of time to watch TV.” And even though he didn’t get to meet Bobby Flay personally, he called his appearance on the show “a great experience.” “It is all very legitimate,” he said. “ ey are not trying to trick anyone. e food [we judged] was very good, but you don’t get to eat very much—just a couple of bites. But it was fun. Bobby was very charming.” Local chef makes Food Network appearance Christian Schienle judges on ‘Beat Bobby Flay’ Christian Schienle in the dining room at Nadine’s in Yorktown PHOTO COURTESY OF CHRISTIAN SCHIENLE ‘It was fun. Bobby [Flay] was very charming.’ -Christian Schienle Owner, Nadine’s Restaurant
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Contact [email protected] or Judyth Stavans at 914-588-0958. The Bike Show Sunday, June 11, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. e Sentinel of Mohegan Lake presents e Bike Show! Free to attend. $20 bike registration. Featuring a 50/50 ra e, photo booth, cash prizes, music, food, and family fun. All proceeds will go to e Sentinel Resident Council. Located at 3441 Lexington Ave in Mohegan Lake. Genesis Jewelers of Yorktown 2023 BOOK DRIVE Thru June 10 Help support the need to read! Donate your gently used children’s books at Genesis Jewelers of Yorktown, located at 32 Triangle Center in Yorktown Heights. e 914 Cares Literacy Library provides books to families and school districts in under resourced communities in Westchester County. Every family and every classroom in Westchester deserve to have a su¥ cient supply of age-appropriate books to foster literacy, learning, and a love of reading. All books distributed are in good, clean condition and inspected by 914 Cares for ageappropriateness. e goal is to collect 1,000 books! Yorktown Athletic Club 75TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY Saturday, June 10, from 2 to 6 p.m. Free to attend! Featuring a parade route with all sports, BBQ, pizza, bounce houses, cotton candy, popcorn machine, snow cones, dunk tank, face painting, games, and live music from Yorktown’s Class Action Band! To be held on Yorktown Fire Station Field at 1916 Commerce Street in Yorktown Heights. Circolo da Vinci Circolo da Vinci, Inc. is a 501c3 nonpro© t organization founded in 1982 by local Italian and Italian-American residents. eir mission is to project and highlight the many positive contributions of Italians and their culture. In addition, the organization hopes to preserve the customs and culture of Italian heritage through informative presentations. Activities include monthly dinner meetings with guest speakers, Bocce tournament, holiday party, Person of the Year/Scholarship Journal, fundraisers, and more. is enables the organization to provide scholarships to area students of Italian descent, as well as awarding excellence in Italian language. Meetings are held on the © rst Monday of each month at Little Sorrento (3565 Crompound Road in Cortlandt Manner) at 6:30 p.m. Dinner is $45. All are welcome. Yorkville Sports Association FREE OPEN PLAY Sundays, from 8:30 to 10 a.m. Free open play get togethers for seniors (50 plus) every Sunday, except July 2. To be held all summer long at hrub Oak Memorial Park, located at 3800 Sunnyside Street in Shrub Oak. For more information, contact info@ ysaleagues.com Westchester Female Flag Football Registration is open for Summer Female Flag Football under the lights! Westchester Female Flag Football, powered by Gridiron Partners, o¬ ers a summer league for adults ( ursday evenings) and youth (Tuesday evenings) from late SEE GREEN PAGE 5 TOWN GREEN
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PAGE 6 – YORKTOWN NEWS THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 2023 BY SOPHIA CASELNOVA STAFF WRITER fie commuters of Commerce Street donated a total of $3,892 for the Yorktown Relay for Life. On May 19, members of Yorktown’s Relay for life upheld the “Paint the Town Purple” tradition and stood in the road with purple buckets to collect donations from motorists passing by. fie road was literally painted purple the day before by Highway Superintendent Dave Paganelli, American Cancer Society Representative Kate Corsitto, Relayer Jim Poulin, Town Clerk Diana Quast, and Town Supervisor Tom Diana. Yorktown’s 2023 Relay for Life event will take place on June 10 at Jack DeVito Veterans Memorial Field. To register for the event or learn how you can participate, visit relayforlife.com. Paint the town purple! BY SOPHIA CASELNOVA STAFF WRITER fie Yorktown Athletic Club (YAC) is celebrating its 75th Anniversary on Saturday, June 10 with a parade and a party. fie parade will start at around 1:30 p.m. at the Grange Fair Grounds on Moseman Road and will march down Hanover Street to the Firehouse on Commerce Street. From the parade, the party begins on the eld located behind the rehouse at 2 p.m. “Everybody has been so supportive of this event and YAC and it makes you feel better about what you do as a volunteer when you get the feedback and support from the community like we have,” said Jim Pugliese, Vice President of Operations for YAC. fie party, which will run until 6 p.m., is completely free for the town and will have food, bounce houses, games, activities, dunk tanks, and live music by Class Action Band. “We are super proud to have a great relationship with the current town supervisor and town board, as well as past members and supervisors, Yorktown Parks and Recreation and the Yorktown Central School District,” said Pugliese. Pugliese told Yorktown News that many former YAC athletes have gone on to play Division 1 sports and have played in national championship games, including this year’s lacrosse national championship of Duke vs. Notre Dame where brothers Keith (Duke) and Jose Boyer (Notre Dame) faced o¢ against eachother. “I truly believe that sports in youth and young adults gives them direction, gives them structure, gives them motivation, gives them condence, and YAC is very proud to be like a feeder for the high school programs and beyond,” said Pugliese. YAC is completely comprised of volunteer positions, from coaches and board members, to commissioners. Pugliese thanked Yorktown Police Chief Robert Noble and the Yorktown Police Department for their support in providing roadblocks for the safety of the parade, thanked the re department for letting them use the eld, and thanked the Yorktown community for all of their support for the past 75 years. YAC celebrates 75th Anniversary ASSISTED LIVING PROGRAM COSTS ARE COVERED BY NYS MEDICAID AN ASSISTED LIVING COMMUNITY 3441 Lexington Ave Mohegan Lake, NY 10547 WHERE LUXURY MEETS AFFORDABILITY | (914) 600. 1430 | sentinelalf.com |
THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 2023 YORKTOWN NEWS – PAGE 7 Underhill Farm cares deeply about Yorktown’s future. Get the facts at UnderhillFarmsYorktown.com. Paid for by Underhill Farm Underhill Farm: Benefits, Amenities and Revenue That Yorktown Needs! If Underhill Farm is not approved, NO $13 million. NO intersection solution. NO parks and recreation donation. NO parking for the senior center/parks and recreation building. $13 million in property taxes paid by Underhill Farm over 10 years. The property generated no property taxes, for decades, as a school. $1,238,000 invested by Underhill Farm to reconstruct the accident-ridden, trac-jammed Route 118/Underhill Avenue intersection into a five-times-faster, state-of-the-art, pedestrian-friendly intersection that’s far safer than existing conditions. Underhill Farm will be donating property necessary in order to make the required improvements to the intersection. Trac generated by the full buildout of Underhill Farm will be less than 5% of total trac at the intersection, while Underhill Farm will contribute more than 50% of the construction cost. Yorktown residents’ cost contribution will be passive, in the form of phased, partial short-term future tax abatements totaling approximately $610,000. That amount is oset by the new property tax revenue generated by the project: approximately $13 million that Underhill Farm will pay over the next decade. $1 million to save and restore the Underhill mansion – which reputable consultants agree is the property’s only historically significant structure – to its original elegance. It will have a restaurant, retail space and oce space. The mansion will be the centerpiece of a park-like walkable area, including trails and a restored pond, all open to the public. 148 housing units, including senior-friendly townhouses, condominiums and apartments. It’s no secret Yorktown needs more housing, especially for seniors. Applications will be welcome from everyone, however. $225,000 donation commitment from Underhill Farm to Yorktown for parks and recreation activities. The Town Board legally and publicly adopted a resolution supporting this pledge, which is being provided even though Yorktown’s town attorney and Planning Board attorney assert that Underhill Farm has satisfied all requirements to waive any regulatory fees. 30 parking spaces made available by Underhill Farm for a building to house a planned senior center and Parks & Recreation Department. The building is a vital community need that cannot be built without that parking. 27 crashes at the Underhill Avenue-Route 118 intersection since 2019 (as of Spring 2023), showing the importance of fixing this dangerous intersection where it’s only a matter of time before someone is killed. 13.4 seconds, the time that’s five times faster for eastbound motorists on Underhill Avenue to get through the Route 118 intersection after Underhill Farm’s investment and solutions (It’ll take 67.2 seconds if no improvements are made.) 10.7 housing units per acre at Underhill Farm, with the densest part of its project is adjacent to existing higher densities and commercial uses. To the north, Beaver Ridge Apartments have 19.8 housing units for every acre. The Rochambeau community to the south has 8.7 housing units per acre. The shopping district to the east is zoned for more than 20 units per acre. Underhill Farm is substantially investing in our community to amplify economic opportunity, pride, tax revenue and quality of life.
PAGE 8 – YORKTOWN NEWS THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 2023 Library hours: Monday- ursday 9:30 a.m.-8 p.m.; Friday 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday 9:30 a.m.-5 pm; 914- 245-5262; [email protected], website: www.yorktownlibrary.org ALL TOGETHER NOW! Adult and teen summer reading starts on June 10. Are you ready for the summer? Ready to have some fun? Well, summer reading is not just for children. At Hart, we o er adult and teen (grades 6-12) reading programs and we are starting it on June 10 with a visit from bestselling author, Jamie Brenner. Hey, Teens! For every book you read, you will automatically receive a ra e ticket for prizes ra ed o on Aug.18 at 2 p.m. at our Make Your Own Ice Cream Sundae Party! Teens can also participate in exciting programs planned such as an Introduction to Babysitting workshop, a Teen Driver Safety program, a sci- writing workshop, Co ee tasting with Starbucks, and more! Visit our homepage on the website to participate or stop by and see Ellen, our teen librarian to get started! Teens aren’t the only ones to have fun this summer - adults will get a ra e ticket for every book read and be entered to win prizes. Adults can submit reading titles online and create an account by visiting our website or picking up a paper log at the reference desk. During the summer months, attend all or one of our popular and fun adult programs such as chair yoga, paint and sip night, and many others. Check out the calendar and register as soon as you can, spots go fast! CALENDAR Programming Key: (A) Adults (Y) Young Adults (C) Children. Visit the library website (yorktownlibrary.org) calendar page for more information. Register online except for drop-in programs. FRIDAY, JUNE 9 (A) Mah Jongg (Drop-in). 12:30- 3:30 p.m. (A/Y) One-on-One Teen Tech Help (Drop-in). 2:30-4:30 p.m. SATURDAY, JUNE 10 (A) Summer Reading Kicko with special guest author Jamie Brenner. 2 p.m. MONDAY, JUNE 12 (A) Mah Jongg (Drop-in). 10 a.m. - 1pm. (C) Rock and Roll for Little Ones (Drop-in). Children of all ages. 10:30 a.m. (A) Earring Making Workshop. 6 pm. TUESDAY, JUNE 13 (C) Learn through Play (Dropin). Ages 0-5. 10 a.m. (A) Medicare Counseling. 10 a.m. (A/Y) Oneon-One Teen Tech Help (Dropin). 2:30-4:30 p.m. (A) Scrabble, Backgammon & Adult Coloring (Drop-in). 2:30-4:30 p.m. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14 (A) It’s a Mystery to Me Book Club. 10 am. “Guest List” by Lucy Foley. (C) Stories and Rhymes (Drop-in). Ages 3-5. 10am. (A) Canasta (Drop-in). 12:30-2:30 p.m. THURSDAY, JUNE 15 (A) Quilting & Needlework (Drop-in). 10 a.m.-NOON. (A) Book Group for Men (women welcome). 2 p.m. “Seven Brief Lessons on Physics” by Carlo Rovelli. (C) Lego Free Build (Drop-in). Ages 5 and up. 5:30 p.m. (A) Up All Night Book Club. 6:30 p.m. “ e Good Daughter” by Karin Slaughter. POPULAR NON-FICTION LAST MONTH 1. “Spare” by Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex 2. “ e Light We Carry” by Michelle Obama 3. “ e Wager” by David Grann 4. “ e Nazi Conspiracy” by Brad Meltzer 5. “I Swear: Politics is Messier than My Minivan” by Ketie Porter Our Children’s Summer Reading Kick O is on June 23. Hart Library Corner Cheers to the Yorktown High School Band for their participation in the town’s Memorial Day parade and ceremony! Band members performed the Star-Spangled Banner and Taps during the ceremony, and provided patriotic music as the procession marched from Town Hall to Jack Devito Memorial Field. Star Spangled Band-ers! PHOTO COURTESY OF TRACEY LONGO
BY SOPHIA CASELNOVA STAFF WRITER fi e Yorktown Chamber of Commerce’s Spring Market and Car Show was held Sunday, April 30 at the Jefferson Valley Mall. Originally planned to be outside, the event was held indoors due to rain. Attendees enjoyed live entertainment, vendors, and food trucks. fi ere were also activities for kids including face painting, dancing, and crafts. Chamber of Commerce holds Spring Market Live entertainment at the Spring Market Jason dancing to “Baby Shark” in the kids zone Alexis Speckman of The Bubbly Pony making cocktails PHOTOS: SOPHIA CASELNOVA Greg Jannacone and Lauren Sanders with the Moss Mom vendor booth selling art Food truck draws a crowd despite the rain THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 2023 YORKTOWN NEWS – PAGE 9 A True Historic Dining Experience SERVING NORTHERN WESTCHESTER SINCE 1926! AMERICAN CUISINE OUTDOOR DINING AVAILABLE • DINE IN • TAKEOUT • PRIVATE EVENTS • CALL FOR RESERVATIONS 9149624090 • 673 Croton Heights Rd, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598 • www.peterprattsinn.com Wednesday – Sunday • Serving Dinner 5PM-9:30PM
118 N. BEDFORD ROAD, SUITE 100 MOUNT KISCO, NY 10549 ©2023 HALSTON MEDIA, LLC Letters to the editor and op-ed submissions may be edited. The views and opinions expressed in letters and op-eds are not necessarily those of Yorktown News or its affi liates. Submissions must include a phone number and address for verifi cation. Not all letters and op-eds will necessarily be published. Letters and op-eds which cannot be verifi ed or are anonymous will not be published. Please send your submissions to the editor by e-mail at [email protected]. For more information, call the editor at (914) 302-5830 BRETT FREEMAN, PUBLISHER TOM WALOGORSKY, EDITOR TABITHA PEARSON MARSHALL, CREATIVE DIRECTOR Editorial Offi ce: (914) 302-5830 [email protected] PAGE 10 – YORKTOWN NEWS THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 2023 In the lifetime of those Americans over 82 years of age there have been 3 awful dates in their history December 7, 1941 September 11, 2001 and January 6, 2021. In each case the way of life of the United States was under attack. and although we rallied to each the scars are still there. In the same time frame 1 day stands out as a symbol of the unity of the American nation June 6, 1944 On that day always referred to as “D Day” the greatness of this nation was apparent e working patriotism of business and labor manfactured an endless supply of equipment, weapons, planes and ships for an invasion e great wartime leadership of a Democrat, Franklin D Roosevelt, guided our strategy and the tactical leadership of later Republican President General Dwight D Eisenhower made the biggest naval operation in history a great success. (As an aside, future New York Yankee great and a personal muse of mine, Lawrence Peter Berra a/k/a “Yogi” watched the whole operation from aboard a naval ship and might have said “Hey, Hitler, It ain’t over till it’s over”) At no time in our nation’s history has such unity and purpose been on display one can only hope that we can one day soon return to that same American spirit Writer’s Note: anks so much to Sergio Esposito for reading my poems at the Town Board Meetings while I battle a bout of annoying pneumonia. John F. McMullen is the Yorktown Poet Laureate. D Day JOHN F. MCMULLEN YORKTOWN POET LAUREATE Fight for independent parties and candidates Dear Editor, On Feb. 5, I announced my candidacy for Yorktown Town Council and endorsement by the Reform Party. After considering the two major parties and interviewing with one of them, I decided that voters clearly are yearning for a di erent voice that can only come from an independent person and party that are not beholden to the major parties (Democrats and Republicans). In my quest to run a viable campaign for Yorktown Town Council, I met with and found signi¡ cant encouragement and support from many Yorktown residents and businesses. I especially was encouraged by those residents who were not a¢ liated with either major party (independent voters) and who make up approximately 40% of registered voters in Yorktown. In analyzing the requirement for my candidacy as an independent, I discovered that I was required to procure 837 signatures (5% of all registered Yorktown voters) in a 30- day window. I concluded it was highly unlikely that I would be successful. Sadly the two major parties get to start their petition process 30 days earlier than independents and require just 5% of their registered voters (Republican 407 and Democrat 485). In addition, the risk of having signatures challenged and disquali¡ ed was far greater for me than those of the two major parties. Common sense would have you conclude it was designed this way. Yes, and if you have concluded as I have, it was certainly by design of the two major parties to hold power. Feel free to contact me to discuss changing the political landscape to enable viable third-party candidates to successfully get on the election ballot. I can be reached at 914-874-4347 or [email protected]. I’d like to sincerely thank all those who encouraged me and o ered their support. -Bob Giordano Yorktown Lax laws, not guns, responsible for violence Dear Editor, Give me a break, Steven Feinstein (“Gun Shop in Yorktown gives tools to demented individuals,” May 25, Page 10). Just who are these demented individuals? Do you know what is entailed to obtain a license here in Westchester? People like Feinstein also think that signs that declare an area is “Gun Free” stops anyone from entering that “zone” with a ¡ re arm. In fact, the majority of shootings were in these zones. e main reason that we have all these shootings is that when arrested, they are released in their own custody instead of keeping them in jail. People in possession of a loaded weapon when committing a crime should not be allowed bail and if bail is required, it should be set high. Lawmakers, this is not rocket science. is is one more example of the “catch and release system” that has been so popular in recent years. anks to the governor, the state assembly, the state senate and our wonderful attorney general for the last so-called crime prevention bill - the not so “Safe Act.” In closing, when was the last time you saw an AK-47 shooting anyone? We can also thank all those who sit on the parole board. Criminals belong in prison. ey should serve the time with no breaks for “good” behavior. Instead, they are released early and go out and commit more crimes. e proof of that is seen each and everyday. If you want to reduce crime, hold them to the sentence they were given. Add an additional 10 years to the sentence if they use a loaded ¡ rearm in the commission of a crime. at would be added to the time served and would have to be served, no ifs, ands or buts. Last but not least, bring back the death sentence. Too many law enforcement personnel are being gunned down by people who don’t respect the law. -Francis T McVetty -Yorktown LETTERS SEE LETTERS PAGE 11
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Nobody cares more about this town than Sergio Esposito Dear Editor, I have known Sergio Esposito since high school and I am not surprised that he is our councilman. My friend has not changed in 30 years and is the same kind, caring, respectful, dedicated and involved person he has always been. Did you know that in his “spare time” and aside from his long-standing career in information technology running his computer business, being our councilman and running around promoting and helping everyone in town, he also coaches a Little League baseball team between the ages of 8 and 10. Sergio doesn’t even have children that young anymore. I typically stay out of the political fray, but when I read the letter to the editor (“Gun Shop in Yorktown gives tools to demented individuals,” May 25, Page 10) lled with false, disparaging remarks regarding Sergio, I just could not understand why someone would use a national political issue to attack our local councilman who has done and continues to do so much good for all of us in this town. I challenge anyone to nd an individual who cares more about the people of this town than Councilman Sergio Esposito. Keep up the great work my friend. -Peter Palumbo Yorktown Discourtesy of the floor Dear Editor, I appreciate the article written by Sophia Caselnova in the May 25 paper that highlighted the continuing conversation regarding the Underhill Farm project (“Courtesy or discourtesy of the oor?” Page 6). It is disconcerting that the town supervisor acted to disrupt comments that were critical of the project, and did so in a way to have a chilling eect on the discussion. I’m also somewhat surprised that none of the other Town Board members objected to this, although I am heartened to hear that a resident of the town did. Despite the contentious nature of the project, and the ongoing attempts to adhere to the town motto of Progress with Preservation, I am hopeful that everyone involved will be able to fully participate in a civil manner, even when that participation becomes political and residents eventually render their votes for representatives that best support their ideals. -Mark Dey Yorktown Underhill Farm is an opportunity for muchneeded senior housing Dear Editor, According to the most recent U.S. census, about one out of every ve Yorktown residents is age 65 years or older. is is a higher percentage of the population than Westchester County, New York State, and the country as a whole. As you have heard, many long-term residents of the community can no longer maintain the houses that they have lived in for decades. We need housing options – including, in my opinion, the residences that will be available in the Underhill Farm development. e planned units in this development would be ideal for those seniors in need of downsizing and who also want to remain connected to our community - and in many cases their families - in a new, pleasant, and more comfortable setting. e developer – Unicorn Contracting – is planning on creating a parklike setting at Underhill Farm to complement the new housing. I think it would be wonderful for seniors to be able to step outside, stroll the grounds, sit by the pond, shop at the stores, and eat at the restaurant. And, best of all, the development would be right next to a new senior center that Unicorn Contracting is helping to make possible with the allotment of 30 parking spaces on its property dedicated for use by the center. is is a prime opportunity to give our senior community a quality, attractive, and comfortable residential development option – something that our town truly needs. -David W. DeNapoli Senior citizen and Yorktown Heights resident Underhill Farm project good for seniors Dear Editor, It is no secret that it is di¢cult for older couples or single seniors to nd suitable housing in Yorktown, where they enjoy the company of their friends and their neighbors, their churches and familiar shopping close to home. Not to mention, they paid their taxes in Yorktown for many, many years. Having served on boards and committees in Yorktown for over 50 years, I understand the di¢culty in navigating the many local laws and remaining within the guidelines. However, people are living longer thanks to the advancements of medicine and we as a responsible town should not force seniors out of the town due to scarcity of housing options. Our boards should evaluate the local laws to conform with the current needs of our community. Seniors are encouraged to make sensible decisions for their future. According to their personal circumstance, downsizing is an option for physical and nancial reasons, or to avoid isolation. e Underhill Farms project is an example of a solution to the housing needs of seniors, where 70-plus units will be set-aside for 55 and older. e seniors will provide much needed customers for local businesses. Seniors shop locally and do not drive during the peak commuter times. Incorporating green building practices, the project was designed by a LETTERS FROM PAGE 10 SEE LETTERS PAGE 12
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No appointment needed. world renowned architect to t the growing needs of Yorktown’s senior community. e campus will include public walking trails, a pond and open space. When making a decision on this project, please give serious consideration to the seniors that could bene t a great deal. e project will help revitalize our downtown. -RoseMarie Panio Chairwoman, Yorktown Senior Advisory Committee Underhill Farm o ers much needed change Dear Editor, It is always easy to nd people opposed to change. ey will throw everything at the wall and see what sticks. is irresponsible behavior is without regard for people that have built solid reputations and track records. In the case of Unicorn Contracting Corp., and their plans for Underhill Farm in Yorktown, a few outspoken residents, opposed to change, have made false and misleading claims about a company that has earned our trust. We know Unicorn. In addition to successful projects throughout the region, they added the Caremount buildings on Hill Boulevard and Kear Street to our community. Underhill Farm o ers much needed and positive change for Yorktown. is includes seniorfriendly housing, 118 units, part of a total of 148 townhouses, condominiums and apartments. Additionally, Unicorn will dedicate 30 new parking spaces for our new senior center, which cannot be built without the approval of Underhill Farm. e project also has new plans to address longtime tra c issues at Underhill Avenue and Route 118. It is time to drown out the negative and misleading noise, and pay attention to people that we have already come to respect. Let’s keep our ears open as Underhill Farm progresses with its process in Yorktown. - Andy Walsh 60-year resident and neighbor to Underhill Farm Proud of being anti-gun Dear Editor, Jay Kopstein is a frequent letter writer who gets agitated whenever a concerned parent, grandparent or citizen expresses their concern about gun violence in America (“Feinstein is an anti-gun ideologue,” June 1, Page 11). I nd it disturbing that a town councilman owns a gun shop in the center of town regardless of his rights to do so. How many times have we turned on the TV news to hear that the newest mass shooter has purchased his weapons legally and locally? Kopstein suggests that everyone who passes a comprehensive background check is good to go, will never su er from radicalization or a mental illness down the road. Do you think the parents and grandparents of the children murdered in Sandy Hook or Uvalde care what caliber the bullets were? I am a rst responder and healthcare professional. Yes, I am anti-gun and proud of it. You do not have the right to tell me I have to live with the gun violence in America because of some archaic amendment that was written centuries ago when muskets were all the rage. -Steve Feinstein Yorktown LETTERS FROM PAGE 11 OK, it’s truth-telling time, people. I don’t have a polygraph handy, so your candor is strictly on your honor. Have you ever forgotten the birthday or anniversary of a family member or signi cant other? All responses to this self-incriminating query will be kept strictly con dential and will not become part of your deep-state government record – until such time as we deem it necessary for national security. If you answered in the a rmative (meaning that you have forgotten a celebratory date), fear not. Rest assured that you are in, if not good company, a lot of company. Survey says that more than eight in 10 people “have forgotten their anniversary at some point in a relationship” (guilty as charged here). SAVE THE DATE ere’s a caveat to that stat. “Most of the forgetting,” says survey-taker Social Discovery Group (parent of Dating. com), “happens to couples who are still dating as opposed to those who are married.” Of the respondents who forgot an anniversary, more than 80% were men. at’s a real shocker. Hey, listen, we’re all entitled to forget even a milestone occasion on occasion, and the forgetee can be expected to forgive the forgeter, right? Not always, says this survey. Almost seven in 10 said they would – get this – “temporarily or permanently break up with their signi cant other if they forgot a relationship Happy anni-what?-sery Celebrating that thing we did back then BRUCE APAR BRUCE THE BLOG SEE APAR PAGE 13
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FORGET ME NOT Here’s a good one: Slightly more than half of those surveyed said they arranged a celebration for a milestone date – such as an anniversary – but, as it turns out, the other person was clueless about exactly what the date represented. I guess you always could say you’re celebrating the anniversary of the other person’s forgetfulness (that could be a daily celebration). If you have lemon, make lemonade. Birthdays fared better than anniversaries in the Dating.com survey. Only 43% overlooked a partner’s birthday in the course of a relationship. What about familycentric “holidays” such as Mother’s Day and Father’s Day? Of the respondents who are parents, 37% did not plan a celebratory event. e reasons given, quite understandably, have to do with busy work schedules and childcare. When it comes to honoring the materfamilias and paterfamilias, it’s fair to say that the happiest people on the second Sunday in May and third Sunday in June each year may not in every case be a mother or father, but do own a restaurant – or stock in a greeting card company. Bruce Apar is a journalist, community volunteer and actor who can be reached at bruce@ aparpr.co or 914-275-6887. APAR FROM PAGE 12 S hortly after I changed career direction from philosophy professor to public defender, I took a weekend trip to Boston to visit my brilliant college and graduate school philosophy professor, Dr. Robert Neville. Rather than going directly to his home in Milton, he asked me to join his Boston University graduate class’ end-ofyear wine party. I was delighted. When I arrived and after Dr. Neville introduced me to his class, I happily mingled with his students who themselves were on a career trajectory I had recently abandoned. My rst inquiry was about the subject matter of the class. Was it ethics? Metaphysics? Epistemology? No. No. No. e class was about the philosophy of time. Until that moment, I hadn’t given much thought to the concept of time. Back in 1978, my idea of “time” centered around prison terms my clients faced for serious criminal charges. Obviously, Dr. Neville’s focus was quite di erent. Several tantalizing conversations that evening opened my eyes to the fact that time is an essential, sometimes controversial topic spanning a multitude of disciplines. From that day forward, all questions related to the concept of time garnered my intense interest. A decade later, my intellectual appetite was wetted once more by the publication of Stephen Hawking’s “A Brief History of Time.” In his book, Hawking suggested that time was like an “everlasting tapestry” stretching from past to present to future. Hawking saw time as a quantity rather than a process, as an “emergent property.” In his view, the notion of past, present and future represents a subjective idea, like the concepts of here and there. He further posited that time began with the Big Bang, before which time did not exist. Now fully invested, I didn’t stop with Hawking’s book. As I read more and more on the topic, I realized that other physicists embraced an alternative scenario in which time has always existed, the ¡ ow of time making up the most fundamental entity in the universe. Under their theory, our experience of time as an evermoving moment of the presenttense is not an illusion, but the way the world works. e laws of physics can change over time. e only aspect of the universe that’s timeless is time itself. As a culture, we have always been fascinated with time. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s short story, “ e Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” the main protagonist is born an old man and gradually grows younger as time passes. In Lewis Carroll’s “ rough the Looking Glass,” Alice is amazed that the White Queen lives in both directions of time. We are continually bombarded with books and movies centered on time travel. But we, unlike the White Queen, have no such luck. e arrow of time (as physicists like to call it), points only in one direction: from past to present to future. at things happen sequentially is a brute fact deeply ingrained in how we view the world. We talk about “forever” and “eternity” as if we are somehow immune to the vagaries of the passage of time, but these are comforting fantasies that help us cope with the fact that time cascades forward at an unrelenting, unforgiving pace. Our bodies experience time in the form of periodic processes — breaths, heartbeats, electrical pulses, digestion and rhythms of the central nervous system. We possess, in a real sense, complicated interconnected biological clocks. And, as Mona Lisa Vito hilariously states in “My Cousin Vinny,” these fi e arrow of time SEE MARTORANO PAGE 14 JAMES MARTORANO MY PERSPECTIVE
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But why does time proceed in only one direction? Most physicists agree that the reason that time points one way only is entropy. What on earth is entropy? Our modern de nition was provided by a brilliant Austrian physicist, Ludwig Boltzmann, in 1877. He envisioned entropy as a measure of the number of possible microscopic states of a system in thermodynamic equilibrium. If you’re scratching your head, I will join you. Put more simply, entropy measures how disorderly a system is. erefore, a highly organized system has a high degree of entropy while a disorganized one exhibits a low one. Most scientists believe the universe started with a high degree of entropy (before the big bang), being hot and dense. After the big bang, it expanded dramatically while displaying a low degree of entropy, being cold and dilute. If you’re still ba ed, you’re not alone. Imagine poor Ludwig. He was so taken aback by his own work that he hung himself while on vacation while his wife and daughter enjoyed a swim. In a rather bizarre twist, his formula for entropy (S = k log W) is chiseled on his tombstone. In what I see as a stunning development, in the eyes of most physicists, the distinction between the xedness of the past and the pliability of the future doesn’t exist. ese scientists generally believe that microscopic rules of nature run equally well both forward and backward in time. In other words, if, somehow, we were to comprehend the exact state of the universe (we are not there yet but someday perhaps) and all the laws of physics, the future as well as the past would be rigidly determined. Simply put, as this theory goes, if scientists could possibly know the precise state of every particle of the universe, they could deduce the future as well as the past. It’s an interesting idea, but one I absolutely cannot embrace. It’s been quite a long time since my visit to Dr. Neville’s graduate class. Over the intervening years, my own research on the concept of “time” has taken me to topics as diverse as thermodynamics, quantum mechanics, special and general relativity, information theory, cosmology, particle physics, and quantum gravity. Along the way, I have struggled to resist my temporal chauvinism. I am so used to the arrow of time proceeding forward that I have trouble conceptualizing time in any other fashion. As things stand today, even after years of reading up on the topic, I have not uncovered any de nitive answers about the reason why time points in only one direction. e good news is that the question of time has become a hot topic. In the realms of physics, mathematics, biology, psychology, computer science and even the arts, more and more people are taking the issue seriously. Recently, interesting new ideas have been advanced from quantum cosmology and string theory on how the universe may have begun and what may have preceded it. e hope is that the torch of scienti c inquiry, which trailblazers like Galileo, Newton, Einstein, Hawking, Boltzmann, and others so brilliantly carried, will be picked up by a new generation of scientists. It is they who must move us forward towards answers to ancient questions about the past and the future. I would love to be around to see it. MARTORANO FROM PAGE 13 BY MARIA & MASHA EF ACADEMY STUDENTS Unfortunately, sometimes children are faced with not-so-adolescent problems, which not even the most mature adults typically experience. More than a year ago, the lives of all Ukrainian teenagers were shattered by Russian violence, and they were forced to ght for survival, literally and guratively, at a very young age. Few were able to escape from the tragedies at home, and some of those refugees have taken shelter and education at EF Academy in ornwood. Being so far away from home, these students now live a double life: they spend their days listening to the news to stay informed on events happening at home, while simultaneously trying to receive an education in the United States. In the autumn of 2022, EF Academy student Maria from Dnipro in Eastern Ukraine felt helpless as she watched shelling increase in her hometown. “I couldn’t sleep at night and experienced terrible anxiety,” Maria said. “I checked the news every hour.” As the situation worsened, Maria took her personal wartime experience and derived a plan to support her home country. One sleepless night, she came up with an idea based on the capabilities of a 16-year-old girl in a foreign country helping children in the motherland. Her e orts were targeted to those who were not only located there, but physically injured by Russian aggression. While studying at EF Academy, Maria met three other Ukrainian students, and together they created an awareness taskforce. e mission of the taskforce, rst and foremost, is to inform and educate the greater community about the warfare. eir messaging is to show War in Ukraine impacts several local teens SEE EF ACADEMY PAGE 15
THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 2023 OPINION YORKTOWN NEWS – PAGE 15 Contact ANTHONY J. ENEA, ESQ. Managing Member • Fluent in Italian 914.948.1500 WHITE PLAINS • SOMERS • WWW.ESSLAWFIRM.COM • Asset Protection • Elder Law • Medicaid Applications (Nursing Home/Home Care) • Guardianships (Contested/Non-Contested) • Wills, Trusts & Estates Past Chair of Elder Law Section of NYS Bar Association “Super Lawyer” In Elder Law for 16 consecutive years When did you last update your last will and testament and power of attorney? CALL NEW YORK’S ELDER LAW TEAM 914.948.1500 EF ACADEMY FROM PAGE 14 the real truth, not a fabricated version found on television or the internet. Passionately, they expressed countless times that the war cannot be downplayed; otherwise, it will continue to rage on with no repercussion. e taskforce created a two-part appeal to EF Academy’s student body with this in mind and crafted a video demonstrating what is really happening in Ukraine. e video showed a rst-person POV of the events and disproved Russia’s claim to be “saving” Ukraine, an argument the taskforce is actively trying to invalidate. e second part of their appeal included a presentation with key points and vital calls-to-action, directed towards the next generation of leaders – students of EF Academy and beyond – that would guide them in raising awareness. e taskforce created trust by being vulnerable and shared their own personal stories. It was a di cult but necessary decision to demonstrate how intensely Ukrainians are su ering and emphasized the importance of halting invasion. “Education on the e ects of war should not stop with us,” Polina, from Chernihiv, Ukraine, tells us. ese students are using this war as the framework in an e ort to prevent repeating the past – that is, preventing more wars from occurring. On that stage, in front of all their peers and teachers, these Ukrainian students showcased their tears, anger, sadness, and for a moment at the end – happiness, after hearing all the supportive applause and cheers. During this moment, they felt heard, and they felt seen. Maria, Polina, Masha (from Kyiv, Ukraine), and Artem (from Odessa, Ukraine), note that it was painful to speak about such signi cant events that are taking place in their lives right now, but they are thankful to their peers who shared tears. ese students followed up their awareness campaign with a fundraiser for the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Children’s Clinical Hospital. is hospital provides medical treatment and obstetric care to over 21,000 patients in need of intensive care from the entire eastern part of Ukraine, the area that was most a ected by the Russian violence. e four students raised $1,650 on their own, which was used to purchase quality medicine to be distributed among their emergency department and ICU. is donation has already proved to help in saving the health and lives of Ukrainian children who have su ered from the horrible trials of war. You may ask, why are Ukrainians are still talking about this? Masha exclaims, “[it’s] because in the 21st century, war is still being normalized culturally, and because of the normality, such cruelty still exists and will continue to exist throughout nations. Every Ukrainian – every human being – who was a ected by this war, wants to spread awareness about the crimes against humanity that are going on in our homeland right now.” e taskforce urges us all to consider consequences not only for Ukraine, but for the entire world. More attention needs to be given to war, not only to stop this one, but to prevent future ones. Future ones that may occur in any home country. “Let’s not ignore the situation in Ukraine and let’s not normalize war,” Masha continues. “Let’s stand together and work towards a peaceful resolution. Remember, every small action counts, and it can make a big impact on the lives of those who are struggling.” To make a contribution on your own, you can visit one of these foundations to donate and learn how you can get involved: • Prytula Foundation • United 24 • Zelenska Foundation • Come Back Alive Foundation • Razom fi is piece was written by EF Academy students Maria and Masha and edited by EF Academy Marketing Manager Alexandra Jareck. I t is OK to love yourself right where you are and still want change. Our culture is focused on body positivity and acceptance right now, which is such a great thing. However, we should not let ourselves slip into learned helplessness. It’s important to be proud of who we are right now, but also recognize the areas that aren’t healthy and aren’t serving us and pursue change. Work to generate contentment in your heart while working towards what you want and who you want to be. Kim Stoll empowers women to ff nd joy through at home ff tness, healthy nutrition plans, positive habits and mindset. Virtual coaching available. [email protected]. Pursuit of health without shame KIM STOLL GUEST CORNER
AGE 16 YORKTOWN NWS THUSDY, JUE 8, 2023PAGE17 Off cials nattdane wre Nw York StateSenator ete Harckham ssembywoanDan Leveneg, Lgislaor VdatGahi,Ton Clrk Dian Quast,andforer NwYor Stte ongressman Mndaire Jones. Harckham, Levenberg, and Jones gave speeches at the festival. “We are also here to say to our young people, our LGBTQ young people, ‘you are perfect,’” Harckham said. “You are beautiful and we love you, and I know it may be tough to drown out the haters, but please remember the voices of love and acceptance and those of us who embrace you. Again, we say collectively, ‘you are beautiful, you are perfect, and you are loved.’” Harckham also presented Yorktown for Justice with a proclamation. Jones spoke about personally belonging to the LGBTQ community, his intersexual identity, and told attendees to note who was and was not present at the event, including who replaced him in Congress. In addition to the dignitaries who spoke, many members of the Yorktown community shared their insight and experiences. Speakers included Rabbi Robbi of Temple Beth Am, Sabbi Gale-Donnely (student of Walter Panas High School), Anthony Calbi, Daks Armstrong, Julia Whelan and Josh Weiner of Yorktown High School, Stephen Crochiata, Rabbi Shoshana Leis of Hebrew Congregation of Somers and Pleasantville Community Synagogue, and Emiliano Juarez (White Plains High School). In Armstrong’s speech, he acknowledged the dignitaries who were present, and those who were not. “I want to acknowledge our town board... oh wait, they’re not here,” said Armstrong. e absence of members of the Town Board was heavily referenced throughout the event. “At a time when civil rights and liberties are under attack virtually everywhere in our country, it’s clear to me that our local leaders, for the most part, are not present at events or functions that strive to defend and protect our civil liberties as Americans and that sentiment extends to our town board and to our local school district leaderships, building level leadership, and our Republican Westchester County leadership,” Armstrong told Yorktown News. “If our leadership is not going to stand up for us and defend human civil liberties it becomes our responsibility as citizens to stand up and lead ourselves.” Live music and performances were put on by Westchester Spirited Drummers, DJ Super Jaime, guitarist David Goldstein, I.Den.t.T, and local teen band Anonymous. ere were also Drag Show performances by Drag Queen Kitty Ka’Boodlez and Sasha “ e Glamazon” Renee. ere was also a bilingual book reading held by Kitty Ka’Boodlez. Controversial views surrounded the drag performances in town, especially with the festival being held in a town park this year rather than at the Yorktown United Methodist Church on Crompond Road as it was last year. e controversy didn’t stop the screaming cheers from attendees, though. e Sunshine Awards are given to honor someone in the community who shines a special light and shares their love and hope for a better world, according to Ragonese. e awards are named after the inaugural recipient, Jennie Sunshine, who is an active member of Yorktown for Justice and supports the LGBTQ community. Joe Ascanio won an award for his role in Yorktown for Justice and his help with planning, executing, and advertising events. Jenna Jaramillo, a board member at Yorktown for Justice who strives to educate, support, and bring awareness to the community and people who struggle with mental health, won the other award. “It’s so awesome to watch Yorktown Pride grow and evolve every year,” Rachel Frederick of Yorktown for Justice told Yorktown News. “It couldn’t happen without everyone willing to show up in so many di erent ways. anks to the volunteers, organizers, speakers, performers, vendors, faith organizations, non-pro t organizations, supportive legislators, the attendees, and everyone else. Happy Pride!” Yorktown for Justice is still seeking donations. People who want to donate can do so at https://yorktownforjustice.betterworld.org/donate PRIDE BANNERS CUT On Monday, June 5, Yorktown News became aware that the banners hung in Railroad Park prior to the event to inform the public of the upcoming festival were cut down. Yorktown for Justice estimates that the banners cost approximately $100. Yorktown for Justice said they con- rmed with the Yorktown Parks and Recreation Department that they were not the ones who cut down the banners. Parks and Rec con rmed with Yorktown News that no one from the department, or the Highway Department, took them down. e banners were hung high enough that to cut them down, someone would have needed a step stool and scissors, according to Ragonese. She added that the ties and some of the grommets were left behind. Jim Martorano, Superintendent of Parks and Rec, told Yorktown News that he saw the banners hanging at the Railroad Park Basketball Court on Friday, June 4 at approximately 5 p.m. “It’s unfortunate that some people in the community want to prevent LGBTQ and allied people from knowing about and gathering in Yorktown to celebrate love, acceptance for all and the beauty of diversity,” said Ragonese. “It’s unfortunate that some people are so angered and threatened by inclusion e orts that they want to erase them and make us disappear. It simply did not work. It will never work.” e incident was reported to the Yorktown Police Department on Monday. PRIDE FROM PAGE 1 Avery Doell getting a face painting Yorktown High School students selling Pride bracelets at the festival L to R: Quinn Seagrove, Max Seagrove, Luna Sherman, Kitty Ka’Boodlez, Amy Seagrove, Sandy Seagrove, and Kristi Lubahn Assemblywoman Dana Levenberg speaking at Yorktown’s Pride Festival Sasha the Glamazon performing at the Pride festival Sabbi Gale-Donnelly giving a speech at the festival Emiliano Juarez speaking at the festival Attendees marching down Route 118 Attendees marching on Underhill Avenue PHOTOS: SOPHIA CASELNOVA Service... Integrity... Compassion www.YorktownFuneralhome.com • (914) 962-0700 • [email protected] 945 East Main Street, Yorktown, NY 10588 Family owned and operated We began with a mission to celebrate life and serve families. There is much peace to be found here, and we invite you to find yours. Explore more. Take a tour. 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AGE 16 YORKTOWN NEWS – THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 2023 PAGE 17 O cials in attendance were New York State Senator Pete Harckham, Assemblywoman Dana Levenberg, Legislator Vedat Gashi, Town Clerk Diana Quast, and former New York State Congressman Mondaire Jones. Harckham, Levenberg, and Jones gave speeches at the festival. “We are also here to say to our young people, our LGBTQ young people, ‘you are perfect,’” Harckham said. “You are beautiful and we love you, and I know it may be tough to drown out the haters, but please remember the voices of love and acceptance and those of us who embrace you. Again, we say collectively, ‘you are beautiful, you are perfect, and you are loved.’” Harckham also presented Yorktown for Justice with a proclamation. Jones spoke about personally belonging to the LGBTQ community, his intersexual identity, and told attendees to note who was and was not present at the event, including who replaced him in Congress. In addition to the dignitaries who spoke, many members of the Yorktown community shared their insight and experiences. Speakers included Rabbi Robbi of Temple Beth Am, Sabbi Gale-Donnely (student of Walter Panas High School), Anthony Calbi, Daks Armstrong, Julia Whelan and Josh Weiner of Yorktown High School, Stephen Crochiata, Rabbi Shoshana Leis of Hebrew Congregation of Somers and Pleasantville Community Synagogue, and Emiliano Juarez (White Plains High School). In Armstrong’s speech, he acknowledged the dignitaries who were present, and those who were not. “I want to acknowledge our town board... oh wait, they’re not here,” said Armstrong. e absence of members of the Town Board was heavily referenced throughout the event. “At a time when civil rights and liberties are under attack virtually everywhere in our country, it’s clear to me that our local leaders, for the most part, are not present at events or functions that strive to defend and protect our civil liberties as Americans and that sentiment extends to our town board and to our local school district leaderships, building level leadership, and our Republican Westchester County leadership,” Armstrong told Yorktown News. “If our leadership is not going to stand up for us and defend human civil liberties it becomes our responsibility as citizens to stand up and lead ourselves.” Live music and performances were put on by Westchester Spirited Drummers, DJ Super Jaime, guitarist David Goldstein, I.Den.t.T, and local teen band Anonymous. ere were also Drag Show performances by Drag Queen Kitty Ka’Boodlez and Sasha “ e Glamazon” Renee. ere was also a bilingual book reading held by Kitty Ka’Boodlez. Controversial views surrounded the drag performances in town, especially with the festival being held in a town park this year rather than at the Yorktown United Methodist Church on Crompond Road as it was last year. e controversy didn’t stop the screaming cheers from attendees, though. e Sunshine Awards are given to honor someone in the community who shines a special light and shares their love and hope for a better world, according to Ragonese. e awards are named after the inaugural recipient, Jennie Sunshine, who is an active member of Yorktown for Justice and supports the LGBTQ community. Joe Ascanio won an award for his role in Yorktown for Justice and his help with planning, executing, and advertising events. Jenna Jaramillo, a board member at Yorktown for Justice who strives to educate, support, and bring awareness to the community and people who struggle with mental health, won the other award. “It’s so awesome to watch Yorktown Pride grow and evolve every year,” Rachel Frederick of Yorktown for Justice told Yorktown News. “It couldn’t happen without everyone willing to show up in so many di erent ways. anks to the volunteers, organizers, speakers, performers, vendors, faith organizations, non-pro t organizations, supportive legislators, the attendees, and everyone else. Happy Pride!” Yorktown for Justice is still seeking donations. People who want to donate can do so at https://yorktownforjustice.betterworld.org/donate PRIDE BANNERS CUT On Monday, June 5, Yorktown News became aware that the banners hung in Railroad Park prior to the event to inform the public of the upcoming festival were cut down. Yorktown for Justice estimates that the banners cost approximately $100. Yorktown for Justice said they con- rmed with the Yorktown Parks and Recreation Department that they were not the ones who cut down the banners. Parks and Rec con rmed with Yorktown News that no one from the department, or the Highway Department, took them down. e banners were hung high enough that to cut them down, someone would have needed a step stool and scissors, according to Ragonese. She added that the ties and some of the grommets were left behind. Jim Martorano, Superintendent of Parks and Rec, told Yorktown News that he saw the banners hanging at the Railroad Park Basketball Court on Friday, June 4 at approximately 5 p.m. “It’s unfortunate that some people in the community want to prevent LGBTQ and allied people from knowing about and gathering in Yorktown to celebrate love, acceptance for all and the beauty of diversity,” said Ragonese. “It’s unfortunate that some people are so angered and threatened by inclusion e orts that they want to erase them and make us disappear. 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PAGE 18 – YORKTOWN NEWS THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 2023 BY MIKE SABINI CONTRIBUTING WRITER Yorktown hosted the Section 1 championships on Tuesday (5/30), in what felt like a lacrosse Super Bowl. Appropriately, the top-seeded Huskers had a Super-Bowl like performance versus No. 3 Mahopac, coming away with an 11-5 triumph in the Class B nal. e win gave Yorktown, the No. 6 ranked team in the Class B state poll, its 41st sectional crown in its legendary history and rst since 2017. “ is all started my sophomore year. It was awesome just playing in the sectional championship. Obviously those two times; sophomore, and junior year, it didn’t go our way,” said Yorktown senior captain Justin Meyreles. “Senior year, come back, take this thing, it feels awesome. It feels unbelievable, it’s an unmatched feeling.” Husker second-year head coach Tim Schurr, a 1980 Yorktown graduate, said winning the sectional title is an indescribable feeling. “I have been part of lot of these, and to be here was great,” said Schurr, who won three sectional crowns coaching at John Jay-Cross River. Andrew Weissman (3G, 2A) gave Yorktown a 6-4 halftime lead by scoring a goal with just three seconds left in the second quarter. “Honestly, I knew we had a short time,” he said. “So Michael Du y (1A) had the ball, No. 11, he had it in his corner. He had the heads-up play and threw it to me down eld because I cut to him. I caught the ball, felt the defender on my back, just swept across, and put a ve-hole on the goalie.” Yorktown’s Connor Fastiggi scored 1:24 into the second half before Mahopac answered with a goal of its own, with 2:20 remaining in the third quarter, cutting the Huskers’ advantage to 7-5. Before Mahopac could get any momentum, Chad Bowen (15-20 faceo s) came up clutch for the Huskers by winning the ensuing draw. “It was just a huge thing to win for me, and I take that personally,” he said. He credited Yorktown face-o coach Colin Houlihan for putting himself in position to win it. “He wanted to motivate me, and he really did help me. Without him, I do not know what I would do. We train every practice and got the job done.” Bowen’s face-o win ignited a 4-0 run that sealed the sectional title. Gianluca Marchini, o an assist from Weissman, scored before Weissman registered a goal with just 5.3 seconds left in the third quarter, giving Yorktown a 9-5 lead. “It was a great play called by Coach (Jeremy Guski, o ensive coach),” Weissman said. “We were running a two-man from the side, so he was playing me on my top side. So I just took underneath, and just expected what’s expected. Just if I got hit, I got hit, I knew I was going to score the goal.” Jack Duncan (1A) scored, courtesy of an assist from Weissman, in the fourth quarter, with Aidan Boyle scoring the nal goal of the game for Yorktown. Ryan Vogel (2G, 1A), Ryan HUSKERS BRING TITLE BACK TO YORKTOWN Constantine named All-American Yorktown defeated Mahopac 11-5 in the Section 1 Class B championship game. PHOTOS: ROB DIANTONIO The Huskers’ Ryan Vogel fi res a shot from his knees. Yorktown’s Andrew Weissman fi res a shot as Mahopac’s Nolan Keenan defends. BOYS LACROSSE SEE LACROSSE PAGE 20
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BY MIKE SABINI CONTRIBUTING WRITER Section 1 champion Yorktown rallied from a 5-1 halftimede cit but fell just short to Section 2 champ Bethlehem Central 7-6 on Wednesday (5/31) in the state Class B regional semi nal at Schuylerville High School. “Being down to that team just made us work harder,” said Yorktown’s Alex Scialdone. “We all wanted that win, not for ourselves, but for us as a team. We came such a long way this season and we are so happy to accomplish what we did. We had momentum to get us back into the game. We all just looked at each other and knew we were going to put it all out on the eld.” Yorktown coach Heather Raniolo was pleased with her team’s e ort. “Unfortunately, the game didn’t go the way that we wanted it to. I am proud of the girls’ resiliency to ght back, but we fell short by one.” Yorktown scored the last three goals of the game, with the nal goal of that run being scored by Scialdone. “It was a great assist by So a Boucher. She started the play that allowed us to get us to a closer score (7-6).” Scialdone (2G) said that goal came about because of the Huskers’ great teamwork. “It felt great, but we knew we had to get back to the circle for the next play, we knew we needed to tie up the game.” Kaitlin Regan, Scialdone, Nicolette DeBellis, Emily Ward, Gianna Altimari, Maggie O’Donnell, and Maeve Ryan made up a special Husker senior class that will be missed. It was a senior class that helped Yorktown (14-6) win its rst sectional title since 2017, and 12th in its glorious history. “It was sad that we lost, and it was even more sad knowing that we as seniors will not be able to put on a Yorktown jersey ever again,” Scialdone said. “It meant so much to be a part of the team this year, and every year I was here.” Scialdone, who will be playing next year at Clemson University, was very happy she got to wear the Huskers’ uniform. “I came over from Putnam Valley for Yorktown Lacrosse and I could not be happier. e friendships and memories are unforgettable, and this is a team that will never be forgotten. I wish all the younger girls good luck and I cannot wait to see what they accomplish.” One of those girls is sophomore Brie Gaccino (1G). “Last night’s loss was de nitely not what we expected, but it left us with even more motivation for next season. is spring set the standards for everyone because we all learned and realized that by playing together as a team, that gets us to win. Next season, we expect nothing less and even more than what we accomplished this season. ough we are losing many seniors this season, we have people who are willing to step up and work just as hard as they did so we can win for the team, our coaches, and for Yorktown.” Ava Cunneen (2G), Reileigh McEnroe (1G), and Maggie Appelle (5 saves) also contributed to the Huskers’ e ort versus Bethlehem Central. “What a season,” Raniolo said. “ e growth that we made from last year to this year has been amazing to see. e girls put in work to be better every day. ey have a lot to be proud of. ey brought a section championship back home to the Y. is is a season that we will never forget. We thank the seniors for their leadership and commitment to the program.” Yorktown season ends in regionals Huskers’ furious rally falls just short Yorktown’s Alex Scialdone left it all on the line in her fi nal game as a Husker. FILE PHOTOS: ROB DIANTONIO Yorktown’s Sophia Boucher. Yorktown’s Brie Gaccino and the rest of the nonseniors are looking to make it even farther next season. GIRLS LACROSSE PAGE 22 – YORKTOWN NEWS SPORTS THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 2023 We all wanted that win, not for ourselves, but for us as a team. We came such a long way this season and we are so happy to accomplish what we did. Alex Scialdone Yorktown Lacrosse Senior
THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 2023 SPORTS YORKTOWN NEWS – PAGE 23 MY BROTHER VINNY WALK/PARTY USSTORAGECENTER, MOHEGAN LAKE NY 2,000+ Veteransserved ...and counting with your help! USSTORAGEC Early birds welcome starting at 10am BY MIKE SABINI CONTRIBUTING WRITER Yorktown senior William McCarthy placed rst in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (10:00.47) at the state quali er at Su ern Middle School on Saturday (6/3). “William ran a great race,” said Yorktown coach Keith Smith. “He looked very strong and beat his own personal best time by 15 seconds, punching his ticket to the state championships. His time broke the school record of 10:01.4 set by Manu Kumar in 2010.” McCarthy said coming in as the No. 7 seed, it felt amazing to nish rst. “I was coming into the race feeling competitive. Initially, the goal was to break the school record, but in the process, I realized I had a chance to win it all and took advantage of that.” Determination throughout the spring put McCarthy, who will run cross country and track and eld at St. Bonaventure University, in the position to take home the gold and qualify for States. “ e entire season I was struggling with the 3,200,” McCarthy said. “I could not nd the same success and con dence as I had in winter. I ran steeple for the rst time early in the season and thought it was interesting. I felt that I had a lot more room to improve and resorted to it late in the championship season. I was getting more and more e cient each race and started to focus more days of the week to hurdling.” e state championships will be held Friday (6/9) and Saturday (6/10), at Middletown High School. “ is is my rst ever state meet, and I’m incredibly excited,” McCarthy said. “All of the hard work is done, the most I can do it rest up and get some hurdle reps in the week leading up.” Jake Wilson (shot put, third place, 41-4), Michael Ryan (110-meter hurdles, eighth, 17.01), and Jules Vano (shot put, seventh, 31-3.25) also stood out for Yorktown. Ryan and Vano competed on ursday (6/1), with Wilson going on Saturday (6/3). Day 2 was postponed from Friday (6/2) to Saturday (6/3) because of violent storms, which hurt Lakeland/Panas. “ e team did not have a lot of state quali ers this year,” said Lakeland/Panas coach John Benvin. “ e postponement of Day 2, as well as a few injuries, limited the people who competed. But those that competed did very well.” Some of the Rebel highlights included Lily Day, nishing eighth in the 800-meter run, Alana Myke placing sixth in the high jump, and Chris Zippelli earning a seventh-place nish in the 110-meter hurdles. Yorktown’s McCarthy headed to states Breaks school record in 3,000-M steeplechase FILE PHOTO: ROB DIANTONIO William McCarthy will be representing Yorktown at the state meet this weekend. TRACK & FIELD
PAGE 24 – YORKTOWN NEWS SPORTS THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 2023 BY MIKE SABINI CONTRIBUTING WRITER For 2017 Yorktown graduate Jose Boyer, it was a dream come true when his No. 3 Notre Dame squad defeated No. 1 Duke 13-9 in the NCAA Division 1 championship game at Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field on Memorial Day Monday (5/29). It was the rst national title won by the Fighting Irish (14-2) in men’s lacrosse. e game, which was televised by ESPN, drew 757,000 viewers, the most for a men’s lacrosse championship game since 2007. e telecast included Yorktown graduate Paul Carcaterra, a 1995 national champion and All-American midelder at Syracuse, acting as a sideline reporter. “It’s honestly hard to put into words,” said Boyer, a graduate student. “It’s everything I have ever worked for, and to nally see it come to fruition means everything. I’m so fortunate to be a part of special group that was able to achieve our ultimate goal.” What made the game even more signi- cant was that Boyer faced his brother Keith, a 2021 Yorktown graduate, who is a sophomore defenseman for Duke (16-3). Both Boyers were All-Americans while playing for the Huskers. “It was such a weird experience playing in a national championship against Keith,” Jose said. “Given how quick the turnaround was from Saturday (seminals) to Monday, I found myself not fully appreciating how memorable the moment would be for both of us, but also our family. I’m sure it was very stressful for my family, but I think it was nice knowing one of us would get a championship before the game even started. ere’s not a doubt in my mind he will be back in that position.” Keith said that it was a surreal experience being able to play against his brother in the championship game. “It was always our dream to be playing on Memorial Day weekend. To live out that dream with him on the other side will be something I will never forget.” What made the event extra special was all the prominent people who came out to watch it, including Notre Dame football coach Marcus Freeman. “It’s crazy to see all these really important people within the university supporting us every step of the way,” Jose said. “Coach Freeman ¡ew in for the seminal game, then came back for the championship on Monday. He has a million obligations, yet still nds time to support us, which just goes to show you a lot about his character.” Both Boyers received support from the passionate Yorktown fans that made the trip to Philadelphia. Trips to the men’s lacrosse Final Four have long been a Memorial Day weekend Husker tradition, especially the last three years. e previous two seasons, the Husker faithful got to cheer on 2018 Yorktown graduate and Maryland All-American defenseman Brett Makar, in the title game, the latter which the Terrapins won. Makar now plays for Atlas, in the Premier Lacrosse League. “e Yorktown support means a lot to me,” Keith said. “I have been to the Yorktown tailgates growing up, so to be on the other side of it with their support was really special.” What was also special for Jose was playing in front of Liam Entenmann, named the Most Outstanding Player of the 2023 NCAA Championships, who is considered the best goalie in the country. “Liam is so dedicated to his craft, which is why I think he’s so great. He’s the best goalie I have ever seen, yet he does not ever stop getting better and nding ways to improve. I do not think there are enough accolades out there to show his greatness.” Keith is condent that his Blue Devils can win one more game and achieve ultimate greatness next season. “Losing in the nal game this year will denitely motivate my teammates and I next season. We got a taste of what it feels like to play in the Final Four and the championship game. Next season will be another opportunity to compete.” Jose and Notre Dame win first title Boyers clash in NCAA title game Jose (left) and Keith Boyer at Notre Dame on April 8, a game won by the Irish 17-12. PHOTOS COURTESY OF DR. JOSEPH BOYER Jose (left) and Keith Boyer taking it all in at the national championship game at Lincoln Financial Field on Memorial Day Monday (5/29). MEN’S LACROSSE
THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 2023 SPORTS YORKTOWN NEWS – PAGE 25 BY MIKE SABINI CONTRIBUTING WRITER Senior rusher Samantha Moscati was the leading tackler for the history-making Lakeland girls ag football squad, which won the rst ever Section 1 Division II title game, 6-0 against Brewster. Moscati, who was named a captain for Lakeland’s last two games, led the Hornets with 121 tackles, 97 coming from behind the line of scrimmage, including one safety. At times, Moscati also played outside receiver on the oensive side of the ball. HOW OLD WERE YOU WHEN YOU STARTED PLAYING FLAG FOOTBALL, AND WHAT GOT YOU STARTED? I just started playing ag football my junior year of high school. When I heard Lakeland was starting girls’ ag football, my friends and I immediately signed up. I had never been given a chance to play the sport before, so I decided to take on something new and exciting. WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE PART ABOUT BEING ON THE FLAG FOOTBALL TEAM AT LAKELAND? My favorite part would have to be the girls on the team. We all got along so well and that was shown on the eld. How well we worked together and how much we supported each other made the team unforgettable for me. WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE TEAM ACTIVITY THAT YOU SHARE WITH YOUR TEAMMATES? My favorite team activity I shared with my teammates is after the section nal, when we all went to McDonald’s to celebrate. WHO HAS BEEN YOUR BIGGEST ROLE MODEL OVER THE YEARS, AND WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED FROM THEM? My biggest role model I have had over the years has to be my older sister ( Juliana Moscati). Growing up, I have always looked up to her. I have watched her always work hard towards her goals until they are accomplished, and she inspires me to do the same. TELL US ONE THING ABOUT YOURSELF THAT NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW. Something about myself that not a lot of people know is that I have always wanted to go skydiving. DO YOU PLAN TO CONTINUE TO PLAY FLAG FOOTBALL IN COLLEGE? Right now, I am not 100 percent sure if I want to play ag football in college, but I am considering either club or intramurals. DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU WANT TO STUDY IN COLLEGE? In college I plan on studying civil engineering. I chose this because being in the engineering eld provides a lot of opportunities. I also have always loved to be hands-on and to problem solve. Civil engineering seemed like a great t when it came to what I want to do in the future. WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE PRO SPORTS TEAM? My dad is from Long Island, so he is a big Islanders fan. Growing up, he took me to a lot of Islanders games, so they have always been my favorite team to watch. WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE MUSIC TO LISTEN TO WHILE WARMING UP FOR A GAME? Warming up for the games, we always had a playlist to get all the players pumped up to play, so fast paced and upbeat music was always my favorite to listen to. BEST PLACE TO EAT IN YORKTOWN? e best place to eat in Yorktown has to be Bobos Cafe. My friends and I always go there for lunch. e food is so good, the sta is always welcoming, and it’s a great place to sit and eat. IF YOU COULD HAVE ONE SUPERPOWER, WHAT WOULD IT BE? If I had to have one superpower, it would be to y. It would be cool to see everything from a dierent perspective. IF YOU COULD PICK ONE PLACE TO VISIT ON VACATION THAT YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN TO, WHERE WOULD YOU GO? If I can pick one place to visit, it would be Italy. My ancestors are from there, and it would be fun to experience the scenery, food, and atmosphere. WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE FOOD TO EAT BEFORE A GAME? Before games, I would always go to JV Bagels and get a plain bagel with cream cheese and Gatorade for the game. WHAT’S THE GO-TO APP ON YOUR PHONE? My go-to app is TikTok. I love watching creative and funny videos when I’m bored. FOR A YOUNG ATHLETE GROWING UP IN THE LAKELAND DISTRICT, WHAT WOULD YOU TELL THEM ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE OF BEING PART OF THE FLAG FOOTBALL TEAM, AND WHAT MAKES IT WORTH IT? Being a part of the girls ag football team was one of the best experiences I have ever had. e sport itself is competitive and is so fun to play. For Lakeland, my coaches inspired and encouraged me every single day to be the best player I can be. Young athletes should denitely go out for the team because they will walk away with amazing memories and a forever family. Hornet rusher a tackling machine FILE PHOTO: ROB DIANTONIO Samantha Moscati recorded 197 tackles this past spring for the champion Hornets. ATHLETE samanthaSPOTLIGHT moscati
PAGE 26 – YORKTOWN NEWS LEISURE THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 2023 To solve a sudoku, the numbers 1 through 9 must fill each row, column and box. Each number can appear only once in each row, column and box. You can figure out the order in which the numbers will appear by using the numeric clues already provided in the boxes. The more numbers you name, the easier it gets to solve the puzzle! For puzzle solutions, please see theparamountrehab.com CLUES ACROSS 1. In a place to sleep 5. Chemical compound (abbr.) 8. A way to fish 11. Classic Linklater film “__ and Confused” 13. Legume 14. Indonesian island 15. Smooth, creamy substance 16. Arctic 17. Wood sorrels 18. Defied 20. Cattle 21. Tableland 22. Honorably retired and retaining one’s title 25. Repossession 30. Danced 31. Adult males 32. A type of section 33. Type of Japanese animation 38. Satisfaction 41. Fit 43. “Ain’t No Sunshine” singer 45. Failure 47. Israeli city 49. French river 50. Cavalry-sword 55. Nocturnal S. American rodent 56. Liquefied natural gas 57. Alicted 59. Electronic counter-countermeasures 60. Popular HBO fantasy series (abbr.) 61. Spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation 62. Large body of water 63. __kosh, near Lake Winnebago 64. Impudence CLUES DOWN 1. Payroll firm 2. Unit of transmission 3. Rockers Better Than __ 4. Bambi is one 5. Highest parts of something 6. Correct behavior 7. Batty 8. Cyprinid fishes 9. Expression of sorrow or pity 10. Site of the famous Leaning Tower 12. American rocker Snider 14. W. African language 19. Symbol to mark for removal 23. __ Squad 24. Resident 25. Federal savings bank 26. Paddle 27. Returned material authorization (abbr.) 28. One point south of due east 29. Winter melon 34. Last or greatest in an indefinitely large series 35. Anger 36. Central European river 37. First responders 39. Spanish noble 40. Persons with absence of skin pigment 41. Defunct airline 42. Small island (British) 44. The extent of something from beginning to end 45. Capital of Bangladesh 46. Dutch cheese 47. Imitates 48. A contest of speed 51. Swiss river 52. Prejudice 53. Actor Idris 54. UNLV’s are Runnin’ 58. Criticize Please print your first and last names and address legibly, sign and date (all required to continue receiving your subscription to this newspaper). YES, I wish to receive a FREE 3-year subscription to The Katonah-Lewisboro Times. YES, I really enjoy The Katonah-Lewisboro Times, and I’d like to continue receiving it for 3 years, along with a monetary contribution this year. (Please print legibly.) First (Required) (Required) (Required) (Required) (Required. Please print legibly.) Last (Required) City: State: ZIP: Name: Signature: Email: Snowbird Dates (if applicable): Date: Phone: Address: (Optional) (Optional for TAPinto E-News) Checks payable to Halston Media LLC Please include this form in your envelope. Mail to: P.O. Box 864 Mahopac, NY 10541 While we need your Full Support to keep this newspaper strong, we include the option for Basic Support because we don’t want financial reasons to get in the way of our readers receiving this newspaper. Basic Support vs. Full Support Basic Support Full Support $100 $50 $20 other OR Visit https://bit.ly/HalstonSubscribe OR Visit https://bit.ly/ HalstonSubscribe 2 TRACKS NO NEWS... 1. Clip the short form on the page 2. Fill out the information. 3. Mail it to P.O. Box 864, Mahopac, NY 10541 4. Or visit www.halstonsubscribe.com 5. Or Scan our QR Code to Subscribe. We need you to subscribe. It’s FREE & It’s Easy! is NOT necessarily good news! # Please print your first and last names and address legibly, sign and date (all required to continue receiving your subscription to this newspaper). YES, I wish to receive a FREE 3-year subscription to Yorktown News YES, I really enjoy Yorktown News and I’d like to continue receiving it for 3 years, along with a monetary contribution this year. (Please print legibly.) First (Required) (Required) (Required) (Required) (Required. Please print legibly.) Last (Required) City: State: ZIP: Name: Signature: Email: Snowbird Dates (if applicable): Date: Phone: Address: (Optional for TAPinto E-News) (Optional) Mail to: P.O. Box 864 Mahopac, NY 10541 While we need your Full Support to keep this newspaper strong, we include the option for Basic Support because we don’t want financial reasons to get in the way of our readers receiving this newspaper. Basic Support vs. Full Support Basic Support Full Support $100 $50 $20 other or visit www.halstonsubscribe.com OR or visit www.halstonsubscribe.com Checks payable to Halston Media LLC. Please include this form in your envelope. Please include the following additional papers as part of this subscription: The Somers Record Mahopac News North Salem News The Mt. Kisco-Bedford Times The Katonah-Lewisboro times
BY SOPHIA CASELNOVA STAFF WRITER fi e Yorktown Police Department kicked o the 2023 Police Week, May 14 through May 20, with its annual Cops and Cones event. On May 15, members of the Yorktown Police Department, the Yorktown Police Benevolent Association, K-9 Spar, and members of the Yorktown Community cooled o with some ice cream courtesy of Ice Cream Emergency. “Carol [Lachterman] and I were so thrilled to be able to donate our time and services to the Yorktown Police and their Cops and Cones event,” said Ed Lachterman of Ice Cream Emergency. “We have a great police force with outstanding leadership. One of the main reasons they are successful is that they are leaders in being present in our community. It is something that I feel we all should try to do when possible. It was truly a blessing to be able to be a part of it.” fi e event was held at the Yorktown Police Department Headquarters. “Scoops and smiles were innumerable,” said Police Chief Robert Noble. “fi ank you to all who came out to support our Cops YPD COOLS OFF DURING POLICE WEEK EMS Week celebrated early THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 2023 YORKTOWN NEWS – PAGE 27 SEE ICE CREAM PAGE 28 Get the most out of your lawn this summer. 50 Your First Application % OFF* Save now with *Requires purchase of annual plan. Special price is for first Lawn application only. Requires purchase of annual plan, for new residential EasyPay or PrePay customers only. Valid at participating TruGreen locations. Availability of services may vary by geography. Not to be combined with or used in conjunction with any other offer or discount. Additional restrictions may apply. Consumer responsible for all sales tax. †Purchase of annual lawn plan required forTruGreen Lawn Assessment, which is performed at the first visit. ◆Guarantee applies to annual plan customers only. BBB accredited since 07/01/2012. ©2023 TruGreen Limited Partnership. All rights reserved. In Connecticut, B-0153, B-1380, B-0127, B-0200, B-0151. SCHEDULE YOUR APPOINTMENT TODAY! 1-866-868-3284 TICKS ARE HERE. MOSQUITOS CAN BE DEADLY! CALL TODAY! ANTS • TERMITES • TICKS • MOSQUITOES SQUIRRELS • RACCOONS • BATS • MICE RATS • WASPS • BEES SPIDERS • MOLES • SKUNKS • BEDBUGS NEW SERVICE ONLY - ALL PEST AND WILDLIFE DON’T LIVE WITH ANY CRAWLING PESTS THIS SPRING & SUMMER. WE “ELIMINATE ‘EM! SpCB23 TERMITE ELIMINATION OR RODENT/BAT EXCLUSION Members of the Yorktown Police Department and Yorktown Police Benevolent Association at Cops and Cones PHOTO: SOPHIA CASELNOVA
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Purpose: Any lawful purpose NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Town of Yorktown on Thursday, June 22, 2023 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: GUZMAN #14/23 Property Address: 395 Hallocks Mill Rd Section 37.10, Block 1 Lot 36 This is an application for a renewal and enlargement of an accessory apartment in a single-family home that requires a special permit as per 300-38 of the Towns Aoning Code and a variance for the proposed apartment to be 893 sq. ft where 800 sq. ft is required per 300-38B (5) of the Town Aoning Code. NEWMAN #18/23 Property Address: 388 London Rd Section 17.17, Block 3 Lot 27 This is an application for a renewal of a special use permit for an accessory apartment. HENSON #19/23 Property Address: 2781 Hyatt Street Section: 27.10 Block: 2 Lot: 5 This is an application for a two-story addition that will require variances for a rear yard setback of 12.81 sq. ft where 30 ft is required and is on a non-conforming lot of 8864 sq. ft where 20,000 sq. ft is required as per section 300-21 and Appendi_ A of the Town Aoning Code. ALEXANDRE #20/23 Property Address: 2107 La Voie Ct Section: 37.09 Block: 1 Lot: 2 This is an application to allow a chicken coop in a front yard (yard was determined by a previous variance 80/93) that will require a variance of 30 sq. ft where 40 ft is required and a lot size of 20,226 sq. ft where 40,000 sq. ft is required as per section 300-21 and Appendi_ A of the Town Aoning Code NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TOWN OF YORKTOWN NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a public hearing will be convened by the Town Board, Town of Yorktown, Westchester County, New York on the 20th day of June, 2023, at the Town Hall, 363 Underhill Avenue, Yorktown Heights, New York 10598 at 7:30 PM, or as soon thereafter as the same can be heard, to consider amending Chapter 15 of the Code of the Town of Yorktown entitled “Building Construction Administration,” by deleting Section 15-4(B)(10) in its entirety and renaming Sections 15-4(B)(11) and 15-4(B)(12) as sections 15- 4(B)(10) and 15-4(B)(11), respectively and accordingly. 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P<)L0C NO;0C, NO;0C, 0S /,9,)Y G0=,N that a public hearing will be held by the ;own )oard, ;own of YorRtown, Westchester County, New YorR on the 20th day of 1une, 2023, at the ;own /all, 363 <nderhill Avenue, YorRtown /eights, NY at ff:30 pm oڝclocR or as soon thereafter can be heard to consider the application received from 414 Land +evelopment Corp. for property located at 3232 Gomer Street, YorRtown, NY, a 12.ffi acre site, also Rnown as Section 1ff.18, )locR 2, Lot 2 on the ;a_ 4ap of the ;own of YorRtown to authoriae the Planning )oard to process a subdivision utiliaing Fle_ibility Standards. A copy of said application is on file in the Office of the ;own ClerR, at the said ;own /all, 363 <nderhill Avenue, YorRtown /eights, NY where the same may be inspected during regular office hours. All persons in interest and citiaens shall be heard at the public hearing to be held as aforesaid. +0ANA L. 8<AS;, ;OWN CL,92 ;OWN OF YO92;OWN 4AS;,9 4<N0C0PAL CL,92 ORDER ON OUR ONLINE STORE AND PICKUP LOCALLY! BEST PRICES IN THE AREA! PICKUP HOURS BY APPOINTMENT ONLY! www.american-arms.com [email protected] 1928 Commerce St, Suite C Yorktown Heights, NY 10598 NRA Basic Pistol/Personal Protection UTAH Concealed Firearms Course Private Lessons Permit Assistance Refuse To Be A Victim™ Group and Private Classes Gun Sales & Ammunition Gun Accessories FFL Services & Transfers 914-455-4210 NO;0C, OF P<)L0C /,A90NG ;OWN OF YO92;OWN NO;0C, 0S /,9,)Y G0=,N, that a public hearing will be convened by the ;own )oard, ;own of YorRtown, Westchester County, New YorR on the 20th day of 1une, 2023, at the ;own /all, 363 <nderhill Avenue, YorRtown /eights, New YorR 10ffi98 at ff:30 P4, or as soon thereafter as the same can be heard, to consider amending Chapter 300 of the Code of the ;own of YorRtown entitled ڠAoning,ڡ Section 13(F) by amending and replacing it in its entirety with the following language: Walls and fences. ;he yard reXuirements of this chapter shall not be deemed to prohibit any necessary retaining wall nor to prohibit any fence or wall, provided that in any residence district no fence shall e_ceed fl.ffi feet in height in the front yard or 6.ffi feet in height in any side or rear yard. /owever, fence support posts whose width, measured at the fence face, comprises no more than 10 of the total linear footage of the fence may e_ceed the aforementioned ma_imums by no more than one foot. ;he height of a fence shall be the vertical distance from grade to the highest part of the fence. Where the grade is uneven from one side of the fence to the other, the fence shall be measured from the side with the lowest grade. For all fences and walls installed after the effective date of this amendment, the decorative side shall face away from the owners property. A copy of the proposed local law is on file in the office of the ;own ClerR, at the said ;own /all. You may reXuest a copy from the ;own ClerR or view it on the ;ownڝs website, www.yorRtownny.org under ;own ClerR/Pending ProQects. All persons in interest and citiaens shall be heard at the public hearing to be held as aforesaid. +0ANA L. 8<AS;, ;OWN CL,92 ;OWN OF YO92;OWN 4AS;,9 4<N0C0PAL CL,92 60 Fulton LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 12/8/2022. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 900 Pelhamdale Ave., Pelham, NY 10803. General Purpose
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