Yorktown News 05.13.21

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And the band played on Taco Bell hearing
adjourned again
How Yorktown’s music department adapted to the pandemic
BY BRIAN MARSCHHAUSER
BY NICK TRUJILLO EDITOR
STAFF WRITER
e Yorktown Planning Board is in no rush to approve a con-
How does a school music program troversial fast-food restaurant proposed for a busy intersection in
Mohegan Lake.
go on in the midst of a pandemic?
A public hearing on a Taco Bell proposed for the corner of Mo-
Some of the fundamental aspects of hegan Avenue and Route 6 opened several weeks ago. e hearing
picked up again Monday, but many unanswered questions remain
musical performance include many for the board, which, in the interest of promoting “responsible de-
velopment,” voted 4-1 to adjourn the hearing for a second time.
players, usually close together in the
ough Taco Bell’s supposed undesirable clientele was called
same space, using their mouths and into question by some residents at the rst meeting, Monday’s
discussion centered mostly on tra c issues.
breath to create sound together.
In 2008, the Town Board approved a four-lot subdivision. One
e COVID-19 pandemic forced of those lots was slated for a bank, but that never materialized. In
2018, the board rezoned the property to allow for a restaurant use,
music educators all over the world to paving the way for the Taco Bell application.

re-think ensemble rehearsals on the y. e original subdivision included a tra c study. Taco Bell rep-
resentatives said the restaurant use, compared to the original bank
Nancy Torrente, Yorktown’s music de- use, would not signi cantly increase tra c on Mohegan Avenue
or Route 6.
partment teacher coordinator and or-
Between March 2017 and February 2020, that intersection pro-
chestra director, was one of the count- duced 11 accidents, according to gures presented by Taco Bell.
Of those 11 accidents, most were the result of drivers “following
less educators who had to adopt to the too closely.” Another was a speeding-related accident and another
was a police chase.
circumstances they were dealt.
“So, this is not a high-accident location,” said Marc Petroro, a
Technology became a crucial aspect tra c consultant for Taco Bell.

of music education during the school Nearby residents, including Randall Duggan, said the intersec-
tion is a dangerous one, especially when motorists are turning left
year, and allowed students to feel the from Mohegan Avenue onto Route 6.

ensemble environment without being SEE TACO BELL PAGE 4

physically present. Yorktown operated

in a hybrid learning model for the ma-

jority of the 2020-21 school year, so

Torrente had a mix of students in front

of her and on Zoom during rehearsals.

“What most of us would do is have

some form of technology going in the

homes and in the classroom at the PHOTO COURTESY OF NANCY TORRENTE
same time,” Torrente said. “While we
A Brookside Elementary student learns the xylophone through
SEE MUSIC PAGE 5 remote learning.

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It’s always 4:20 at Theory Wellness. This is an inside joke to cannabis enthusiasts, who often consume
marijuana at that time of day and on April 20.

Is it a deal with the devil
or good governance?

How a marijuana dispensary funds over 20%
of a small New England town’s budget

is article is the rst in a series examining the phone interview last week. “ e irony wasn’t lost

impact of possibly having a marijuana dispensary in on me, or the hypocrisy on my daughters... e Thomas Winstanley, the 33-year-old vice president of marketing
for Theory Wellness.
the towns of Yorktown. Over the next few months, biggest legitimate fear is that normalizing pot use
PHOTOS: BRETT FREEMAN
we’ll publish articles, release a podcast, and host a sends a message to children that it’s OK. As of
The newest product at Theory Wellness is Hi5, which is a cannabis
community forum on Zoom around this topic. now, there’s no evidence either way.” infused seltzer.

But Abrahams, who feels that bars serving alco-

BY BRETT FREEMAN hol probably create more of a negative impact on

PUBLISHER his community, also had a vision for his town of

7,000 people when Massachusetts legalized rec-

Edward Abrahams understands why residents reational weed.

may be opposed to having a marijuana dispensary “When that happened, I wanted to be rst,” he

in the town of Yorktown, which has until Dec. 31 said. “It was a $3 million good idea... First thing

to opt out of permitting such an enterprise un- we had to do was come up with zoning.”

der a state law passed last month legalizing recre- Great Barrington decided that marijuana dis-

ational marijuana. pensaries should be permitted anywhere other re-

Under the law, municipalities can decide for tail stores are allowed, except within 200 feet of a

themselves whether to allow local pot shops. If a K-12 school. What Abrahams discovered is that

town opts out, it would lose out on the tax bene ts aside from some parking issues due to demand

that this new industry would generate. and the long line that was visible from the road

Abrahams can speak with authority on the top- when the rst dispensary— eory Wellness—

ic. As vice chair of the Selectboard—the govern- opened its doors in 2019, there really wasn’t a

ing body—in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, negative impact on the community.

he understands the mixed messages that Yorktown Yorktown News reached out to all ve members

leaders could be sending to the children in town. of the Great Barrington Selectboard. Abrahams

“I spent many years trying to keep [my daugh- SEE MARIJUANA PAGE 27
ters] from smoking pot,” Abrahams said in a

Page 4 – Yorktown News Half of Yorktown adults fully vaccinated Thursday, May 13, 2021

The Staff As of Sunday,May 9,43.8 percent of Westchester were fully vaccinated: TACO BELL

EDITORIAL TEAM DON’T LETCounty residents were fully vaccinated against• Crompond – 87.9% FROM PAGE 1
BRIAN MARSCHHAUSER • Je erson Valley – 45.6%
EDITOR: 914-302-5628 COVID-19, according to information provided • Mohegan Lake – 39.6% “I think that’s going to be ex-
[email protected] by the New York State Department of Health. • Shrub Oak – 42.9% acerbated as you have more tra c
and younger drivers in the inter-
ADVERTISING TEAM Additionally, 54.4 percent of the county’s section,” Duggan said.
PAUL FORHAN 967,612 residents—and 67.9 percent of 18+ resi- • Yorktown Heights – 52.8%
Additionally, the Planning
(914) 806-3951 In total, more than 17,500, or 50.7 percent, of Board questioned whether the
[email protected] ALLERGIESdents—had received at least one vaccine dose. Taco Bell can “coexist” with the
Statewide, 38.7 percent of the total population 18+ Yorktown residents have been fully vaccinated. Learning Experience, a daycare
BRUCE HELLER center that shares the parking
(914) 486-7608 is vaccinated (48.4 percent of 18+ population). Last week also marked the rst time since Nov. lot. Planning Board member Rob
[email protected] Garrigan said that “every person
e vaccination data is also broken down by 13 that Yorktown fell below 100 active cases. At its who’s going to travel to the fast-
LISA KAIN food establishment has to pass by
(201) 317-1139 ZIP code, but that data is lagging about a week peak, on Jan. 10, Yorktown reached 541 active cases. the entrance to the day-care cen-
[email protected] behind. At last report, on Sunday, May 2, the As of Sunday, May 9, Yorktown had 77 active cases. ter. So, it’s an issue. It’s an issue
CORINNE STANTON of health and safety. And that’s
(914) 760-7009 ADDSLOLOLNOWE’WRTNGLYIEEOTSUfollowing percentage of 18+ Yorktown residents –Brian Marschhauser what should always come rst.”
[email protected]
SLOW YOU Raghav Patel, the franchisee of
JAY GUSSAK the proposed Taco Bell, said his
(914) 299-4541 DOWN restaurant would be busiest on
[email protected] nights and weekends, though it
JENNIFER CONNELLY CONQUER YOUR ALLERGIES ALL SEASON LONG would have a strong lunch rush.
(917) 446-7757 He also plans on using “line bust-
[email protected] Whether you have seasonal allergies or are simply feeling under the ers” in the drive-thru line.
SHELLEY KILCOYNE weather, come in for all your urgent care needs. AFC keeps our center
(914) 924-9122 clean and sanitized to ensure your safety. “We have employees come out
[email protected] whenever the line is very long
GABRIELLE BILIK We’re open every day with extended hours to fit your schedule. with their tablets to take orders
ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE/DESIGNER to expedite the process,” Patel
[email protected] NCoONapQpUoiEntRmYenOtUs RneAedLeLdE.RGIES ALL SEASON LONG said. is Taco Bell would also
have three production lines, one
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atfocuerngesnutrcearyeo.cuorms/yaofrekttoyw. n-heights Planning Board member Wil-
CREATIVE DIRECTOR liam LaScala said he does not be-
PHOTOGRAPHER We’re open every day with extend hours to fit your schedule. lieve Taco Bell’s hours would con-
No appointments needed.
[email protected] ict with the daycare’s operations.
CHRISTINA ROSE 3379 Crompond Rd (in the BJs Plaza), Yorktown Heights NY e Taco Bell is also proposed to
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afcurgentcare.com/yorktown-heights remain open until 2 a.m., which
DIGITAL PRODUCTION MANAGER some residents said could attract
[email protected] A lifetime of love, drunk drivers. LaScala, who dis-
continued. agreed with the idea of limiting
EXECUTIVE TEAM the restaurant’s hours, was the
BRETT FREEMAN At Benchmark, we believe couples are better together. Spouses and companions lone dissenting vote to keeping
CEO & PUBLISHER who come through our doors, move in together and stay together. And we the public hearing open.
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Rich Fon, the board’s chair, said
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together, right from the start, while tailoring services and experiences to sibility to “promote responsible
Deadlines each person*. developments.” Asking questions
about the application, Fon said,
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MUSIC what they had learned. Students re-
FROM PAGE 1
cord themselves playing their pieces

with a click track or backing track

can’t technically play together, we can still provided by Torrente and submit-

play together.” ted their individual performances.

e music learning software, Smart- She stitched all the videos together

Music, has been a part of music education using Filmora’s Final Cut Pro video

curriculums for over a decade. Students editing software to create the vir-

play along to assignments and the soft- tual concert.

ware will track the notes and rhythms, “It’s not kids playing together in

marking them correct or incorrect and live time, but it’s everyone playing

giving a grade at the end. Remote learn- their part and then putting it to-

ing allowed Torrente to use it in a new gether,” she said. “It shows what is

way. With students forced to learn in a being learned and it shows what’s

one-on-one environment, SmartMusic possible given technology.”

became a powerful tool for students to e band, choir, and orchestra

bring assignments and sections of pieces have all been represented through

they needed help with. virtual performance multiple times

Torrente said that many students ex- during the past year.

perienced rapid improvement through Some of Torrente’s students be-

virtual learning by being able to hear gan to stitch their performances to-

exactly what they needed to work on in gether themselves. Four of her stu-

their playing. During rehearsals and les- dents who played in a string quartet

sons, she played the violin along with her together put together their video PHOTOS COURTESY OF NANCY TORRENTE

muted virtual students, so they can hear performances for last years spring Yorktown High School’s symphonic band performing remotely.
her model of what they should be playing concert. “We have some seriously

and where they need assistance. brilliant, scary brilliant kids with time reason as to why her students were able slight downturn, Torrente stressed that

“My students have gotten better much and passion,” she said. to succeed and grow as musicians in an the most important part of this experi-

quicker because they’re listening to them- Torrente praised the Yorktown district unforeseen school year. ence was seeing her students grow as hu-

selves, they can hear themselves,”she said. for investing in the music program and ac- e aspect of this unique experience mans and as musicians.

“Learning has de nitely changed. I think cepting the arts as an essential part of the that Torrente takes the most pride in is “You’re still learning, you’re still doing

we have learned how to get concept across school experience.“ is is a priority in this her students and sta ’s ability to adapt this together. e sense of community

and the important parts of what the kids district. We are not seen as an extra, we to any situation thrown at them and do throughout the district and in the music

need to learn given the situation.” are seen as an important part of the child’s their best under unknown circumstances. department has been strong,” she said.

As learning has changed, so has perfor- life,” she said. “ is is my 23rd year in this “Everyone just hung in there. Every- ere is a certain amount of patience that

mance. Virtual Zoom concerts, or “small district, I’ve always said I’ve never received body is doing really the best that they can has been taught to everyone. ere’s a

box concerts” as Torrente refers to them, support like I’ve received support here.” on any given day,” she said. greater good going on here, we’re taking

became prevalent as they were the only Torrente added the district’s support of Even though the total productivity care of everyone. It’s going to be slower,

way for the school ensembles to showcase the arts is nothing new, but it is a huge of the music programs may have seen a it’s going to be okay.”

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Longtime Yorktown resident fights for retirees’ rights

BY JESSICA JAFET retire, corporations were In 2003, for example, corporate governance makes

CONTRIBUTING WRITER faced with the facts of all the group won a share- for a healthier Verizon, which is

the costly promises they holder mandate against bene cial to all stakeholders, ac-

As a young married couple, had to keep—so there was Verizon’s board that cording to Cohen.

Jack and Ilene Cohen would an erosion over the years called for a vote on any He and his board are commit-

come up from Yonkers to visit of health bene ts and executive severance ted to championing the rights

the Yorktown area parks. ey pensions.” agreement that exceeds of retirees and their surviving

liked it so much that in 1971, Standing up to corpo- 2.99 times the execu- spouses, ultimately to safeguard

they decided to move to York- rations and advocating tive’s annual pay plus promised bene ts and protect

town to raise their family and for fellow telecom retirees bonus. is type of vic- them against what he calls cor-

have been here ever since. became Cohen’s focus as tory was the rst in the porate accounting gymnastics.

During those years, Jack Co- he dedicated himself to 100-year history of the In this pursuit, even more proxy

hen worked mostly at NYNEX, the Association of BellTel former Bell System. proposals will be presented at

one of the so-called seven “Baby Retirees, Inc., a non-prof- And in 2008, the Ve- Verizon’s annual shareholders

Bells” that were formed as a re- it organization for which rizon board agreed to a virtual meeting in May.

sult of the U.S. Justice Depart- he is currently serving proposal by the Associ- e father of a grown son and

ment’s antitrust breakup of the as chairman. Now cel- ation of BellTel Retirees daughter is not the only ghter

system of telecommunication ebrating its 25th anniver- to require the company in the family. His wife, Ilene,

companies known as “Ma Bell.” sary, the group includes to give shareholders an is a survivor of ovarian cancer

In 1994, Cohen retired after 26 134,000 members from Jack Cohen PHOTO COURTESY OF JACK COHEN opportunity to vote on and has worked since 1996 as
executive pay, referred to a volunteer coordinator at Sup-
years, having worked in sales, as across the country.

a business o ce manager and as e e orts of the asso- as “Say on Pay.” port Connection, the breast and

an expense budget sta manager. ciation to secure the earned ben- “We have a four-pronged Such issues still irk Cohen to- ovarian cancer support organi-

“When I retired, I started to e ts of former employees keeps approach: diplomacy, proxies day. zation in Yorktown.

become interested in the fact the 77-year-old Yorktown resi- (proxy votes are used by share- “ e CEO of AT&T retired Cohen re ected on how he

that the retirees kept getting dent quite busy. e group’s ac- holders when they want some- in 2020 after being at the helm views the struggle of anyone

their bene ts eroded,” Cohen tivism has helped to change vari- one else to vote on their behalf for 13 years—he retired with a who is looking for security in

said. ous state laws in order to protect on a particular company matter), $64 million package that gives their golden years, be it a retired

“After World War II and the retirees, has brought cases to the legislation, and litigation,” Co- him $274,000 per month,” Co- union worker or someone from

Korean War, a lot of corpora- steps of the Supreme Court, and hen explained. A central target hen said. “In the midst of news management.

tions wanted to entice skilled has scored victories against large for the organization is to hold reports of people waiting on line “We all have the same wor-

people with bene ts and pen- corporations through the share- corporations accountable for ex- for boxes of food, the optics for ries—about our pensions, about

sions and all kinds of goodies holder proxy process. eir work ecutive pay practices, including a shareholder has got to be bad; our health bene ts—we are all

to get them to work for them; was instrumental in changing the often-excessive severance the optics are ridiculous.” rowing in the same direction

after a few decades, when those corporate governance multiple agreements known as “golden Correcting practices like com- now,” he said.

people were ready to cash in and times. parachutes.” pensation excesses and poor

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BY BRIAN MARSCHHAUSER If allowed to acquire the land, Walling virtual community presentation from 7 Hope Not Handcuffs
EDITOR said, his family would leave it as undevel- to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 19, with
oped green space. Jacy Good and Steve Johnson from e Yorktown Police Department
Chances are, even the most knowledge- “Hang up and Drive”. has partnered with Hope Not Hand-
able Yorktown residents don’t know where “ e piece of property has become a cu s, a program of Tri-County Com-
Meadowcrest Court is. dumping ground for landscapers and is Good and Johnson are nationally munity Partnership Inc., which helps
currently full of tree branches, garbage, recognized public speakers and advo- people with substance-use disorders
Only one home is on Meadowcrest leftover construction garbage and mount- cates for cell-free roads. Since Good’s
Court—not to be confused with neigh- ing piles of leaves,” he said. miraculous recovery from the 2008 nd viable treatment options.
boring Meadowcrest Drive—a planned crash, caused by a distracted driver, that How the program works: Anyone
cul-de-sac that was never developed. e However, as noted by Councilwoman permanently impacted her family’s lives seeking help for a drug or alcohol ad-
undeveloped property is owned by the Alice Roker,“It’s really not as simple as the and left her partially paralyzed, they diction—with the exception of people
town, creating an unusual looking right- town asking you for a price.” have worked tirelessly to educate the wanted for violent crimes or level 2 or
of-way that extends in a circular pattern country about the dangers of cellphone 3 sex o enders—can come to Yorktown
from the roadway toward the home owned e plat showing the cul-de-sac was ap- use behind the wheel. Police Department and ask for help.
by Stephen and Anne Walling. proved by the town’s Planning Board, said e o cers on duty will reach out to
John Tegeder, the town’s planning director. Register for free at: bit.ly/askjacy. Hope Not Handcu s, which will dis-
e sole residents of Meadowcrest To dispose of it, he said, the land must be patch an “angel” (volunteer), who will
Court appeared before the Yorktown abandoned and a new lot must be formed. Summer Movies help the person get into a treatment
Town Board on Tuesday, April 27, hoping center.
to buy the property from the town. Tegeder said he did not know how this Yorktown’s summer mobile movie To become an angel, or to learn more
situation happened, but he surmised that nights will return this year with four information about the program, visit
“ e town of Yorktown has no use or the Wallings’ home was likely the rst hopenothandcu shv.com or call 833-
need for this small lot, which has been left built in a planned development. e en- lms at two locations. 428-4673.
neglected by the town for decades,” Ste- suing homes “did not avail” themselves of e mobile movies will be held on
phen Walling told the board. the cul-de-sac, choosing instead to con- Yorktown Lions
nect their driveways to Ferncrest Drive or May 13 and June 10 at the Je erson Golf Outing
Walling said he has been maintaining Clearview Street. Valley Mall parking lot and on July 8
the town-owned property by cleaning and August 12 at Jack DeVito Veter- e Yorktown Lions Club’s Mulli-
litter and performing some landscaping “It should not have happened,but some- ans Memorial Field. e events are gans and Margaritas Golf Outing will
work. “So, I have trespassed a little bit,” he thing along those lines did,”Tegeder said. sponsored by NewYork-Presbyterian be held on June 7 at Somers National
said, jokingly. Hudson Valley and the Yorktown Lions Golf Club.
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LHS junior speaks out on underage drinking

Lakeland High School junior successes and barriers related to un- there are always people out there

Katie Mulgrew took her message derage drinking. willing to support you and create

against teen drinking to a wider stage, Mulgrew, also a member of the other opportunities for you.”

participating in the countywide Stu- Westchester Coalition for Drug and Students, she said, don’t need alco-

dent-Led Town Hall on Underage Alcohol Free Youth Leadership Task hol to enjoy themselves.

Alcohol Use. Force, appreciated the chance to hear “A lot of people think you need to

For the virtual town hall, held on from students in other school dis- drink to have fun at parties,” she said.

April 21 by the Westchester Co- tricts. “You can go and hang out with your

alition for Drug and Alcohol Free “I learned that there are a lot more friends or go see a movie or go to the

Youth, Mulgrew talked about the role kids than I thought who are inter- park and play sports. e alcohol is

she plays at school to help prevent ested in helping prevent underage not what makes it fun; it’s the people

underage substance abuse. A member substance use,” she said. “Sometimes, you choose to spend your time with.

of the school’s SADD Club, or Stu- it feels like we are the only ones doing Finding a good group of friends is the

dents Against Destructive Decisions, this work.” most important thing.”

Mulgrew was interviewed with two Kaitlyn Marshall, the student as-

other students for a recorded segment sistance counselor at Lakeland High is article was written by Lakeland

that aired during the town hall. School and co-adviser of SADD, said Central School District.

“We acknowledged that our clubs Mulgrew did a fantastic job at the

at school play a really big role,” she town hall. Katie Mulgrew
said in a recent interview. “We make “She’s a shining light,” Marshall

sure to encourage our friends to join said. “She was poised, very mature

these clubs because when you see a and had nothing but important

lot of people joining them, it makes things to say about what SADD is

you think, oh this could be something doing and her role on the task force.”

good for me. en a lot of people get Mulgrew said the SADD club en- ‘ e alcohol is not what makes it fun; it’s the people
the message and understand that they courages students to nd alternatives

should be doing whatever they can to to alcohol. you choose to spend your time with. Finding a good

help their friends avoid drinking.” “ e main message is that alcohol

Along with student speakers from isn’t the only thing you can turn to,” group of friends is the most important thing.’
11 high schools in the county, West- she said. “We have plenty of alterna-

chester County Executive George tives within the school district. If you –Katie Mulgrew
Latimer and Westchester County don’t want to reach out to somebody
Lakeland High School
District Attorney Mini Rocah spoke here, there’s always somebody in your

at the event, which featured com- life, whether it be a friend, a trusted

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e eternal con ict Coronavirus, we’ll miss you

would end in a ood. But unlike religious If you wanted to sell your Westchester
home last year, you were in for a nice
MY leaders who promote the rapture, she MAN surprise, as real estate prices in the area
PERSPECTIVE was speci c: she picked Dec. 21, 1954. OVERBOARD skyrocketed. If you then went to buy a
She further announced that her followers house in Florida, you were in for a rude
JAMES would be saved via a spaceship. University RICK awakening, as real estate prices in the
MARTORANO of Minnesota professor, Dr. Leon Festinger MELÉN area skyrocketed. A weird cocktail of
COVID calamities have been a godsend
(anticipating a bright and sunny Dec. If a few people can get just a little in some industries and made a ghost
smarter than they seem to be at the town of others.
22, 1954) saw a wonderful opportunity moment, pretty soon this pandemic
is going to be a wistful memory, and we What are the long-term e ects of
Humankind has, from its begin- to study cognitive dissonance by sending are going to be nostalgic about it, maybe not being able to be yelled at in person
nings, experienced a struggle even a little misty-eyed. by the boss? It loses its bite over Zoom
between the irrational and ratio- researchers to in ltrate Martin’s group of with a bad internet connection. “Sorry,
“believers.” Surely, I jest, but jest a minute, now. Mr. Chidewell, but I only heard every
ere is no way to minimize the per- other word. Did you say my work was
Approaching the world through the sonal horrors of this plague, especially woefully horrendous or notably stupen-
to those who have left behind loved dous? And while I have you, I need to
nal approaches to understanding reality. lens of an irrational worldview does have ones, those who have lost loved ones, submit a bill for my ink-jet cartridges.
and those who have caught the disease No, sir, I did not say ‘pink pet par-
e former has triumphed so often that consequences. In Martin’s case, her fol- themselves. People who have lost their tridges.’” ose days may be coming to
homes and livelihoods will be holding an end.
I wonder how the species ever survived. lowers quit their jobs, gave away their the door open for the coronavirus when
it nally leaves. What are the long-term e ects of
A brief examination of history reveals, for possessions, and prepared for their journey But there is no denying that there cats on corporate Zoom meetings? “I
have been good things that have come got so used to having my cat around
example, that most signi cant attempts at to another planet. When thankfully the out of a world in lock-down for well during our weekly Zooms, that I’ll be
over a year. For instance, one estimate bringing him to our live meetings now.
scienti c breakthroughs have commonly world did not end it became clear that from a climate-monitoring group is that He’s an emotional support cat,” I share
global emissions of greenhouse gases with the group. “Wow, so he helps you
been thwarted by forces that have a vested the prediction was false. In the immediate fell by 5.5 percent during the pandemic. get through the day?” And I reply, “No,
e gure is much greater than it seems, actually it’s the other way around. If I
interest in promoting their favored point aftermath, Dr. Festinger’s in ltrators were caused by fewer people driving to work- don’t emotionally support him, he wets
places that were shuttered, and of course my morning paper and puts a damper
of view. able to document the response of Martin’s fewer people going to greenhouses. Spe- on the news. He’s getting better—as you
cies of animals that haven’t been seen for can see, he has knocked everyone’s pens
We all are aware of the more famous followers. e failure of the prediction did years are coming out of the woodwork o the table, and I think you’ll all agree
during this unusual time. Hoping to that when I use the laser pointer, he
cases like the torture of Galileo, or the resonate with a small number of devotees reverse that trend in our own home, I’m will make our sluggish sales this quarter
thinking of installing more woodwork. seem much more fun.”
execution of Socrates, but the suppression who reasonably began to doubt the entire I am one of six Melen children, and
we have never in our history interacted e air is heavy with drama, fear, and
of rationality is far more pervasive than just premise of Martin’s belief system. But all together as siblings as we have in expectation, like a reality show with
the past year. Every two weeks we get Kardashians in it, only with realer reality.
a handful of famous instances. Most of the Festinger’s study revealed, sadly, that those together for a Zoom meeting, where Will people remember how to work a
we recount the trials and tribulations water cooler? e bar we used to go to
world’s population labors under the mysti- who had su cient social connections with of growing up in an underprivileged around the corner after work is under
neighborhood in Chappaqua. We retell new ownership—will they nally x the
cal explanations that are gladly provided by other members dramatically increased both all the old stories, like the one about toilet? Gone will be the days when you
how I stole a Briggs and Stratton engine can go to the refrigerator during work
their purveyors. their attachment to the bogus beliefs and from the cement mixer of a local builder hours, and the half a candy bar you put
to put on my mini-bike. In all honesty, in there yesterday will still be there today
Do you recall a very funny movie from to their proselytizing e orts. it’s possible that the cement mixer went because your wife won’t eat anything bad
faster. Or the one about my sister’s good for you. Which reminds me, I left some
years past called “ e Gods Must be Although many Dec. 21 doomsday fortune in breaking her leg on a make- Chinese food in the fridge at work on
shift ski slope at the high school, only March 12, 2020. I hope it’s still good.
Crazy”? An occupant of a private plane believers remained, professional charlatans to have the star quarterback whisk her We’re embarking on a new “new nor-
o the slopes in his arms. During the mal” now, which means that I am going
discards a coke bottle which lands amid an learned an important lesson from Martin’s call, my sister Anne’s cat crawls onto her to have to embark on a new abnormal.
shoulder and starts eating one of her
isolated and uncivilized tribe. Out of this failed prophecy: predict whatever you want, ears. It’s cute, but she only heard the left Join Rick and Trillium at 6:30 p.m.
side of the mini-bike story. Friday, May 21, at Black Rock Kitchen
experience, a religion based on the coke but never give a speci c date. So, if you are in Croton-on-Hudson for some socially
distanced outdoor dining and music! Look
bottle falling from heaven emerges. As a psychic and you tell someone “you will for Rickster Melen on Facebook! Say hello
at [email protected].
funny as that may sound (and the movie is unexpectedly come into a large sum of

hysterically funny), once embraced, a preset money” do not give a date. Eventually, the

framework on the makeup of the world target will acquire some money and it will

brings with it an often-resilient emotional “ t” the prediction, or they will forget the

attachment. prediction altogether. But because you gave

We used to label it ignorance, but no date, it will never be disproved.

today we call it cognitive dissonance. It is As you can see, today’s manifestation of

the avoidance of con icting information irrationality, QAnon, is not a new phenom-

because it makes us feel uncomfortable. enon. It follows in an old tradition of bogus

In science, it is often posited that what and dangerous beliefs extending back as far

makes a theory reliable is whether it can be as history has been recorded.  I remember

disproven or not. But many of the nonsen- arguing with Marxists in college who, no

sical world views polluting our planet (like matter what the evidence, would frame

QAnon) are de ant expressions of group any new fact to t their world view.  In the

identity and not susceptible to rational face of evidence challenging their premises,

analysis. Just last year a political candidate they seem to become more entrenched.

for a major o ce claimed his opponent, if Not surprisingly, Festinger suggested that

elected, would “hurt God.” I am not sure to have a belief system that will double

that such a claim is metaphysically possible. down in the face of predictions that proved

On the other hand, given its structure, I false you must have several conditions.

am equally in the dark on how it would be Prominent among them are an irrational

disproven. But thankfully some outrageous commitment to an evidence immune

claims can be disproven. conviction and social support.

In 1954, Dorothy Martin, a follower of Many of today’s QAnon faithful sincere-

Scientology who claimed to communicate ly believe the crazy theories and have made

with higher beings (guardians from the SEE MARTORANO PAGE 13

planet Clarion) predicted that the world

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Thursday, May 13, 2021 OPINION Yorktown News – Page 11

Vote for students, and is currently a PhD LETTERS Assemblyman future generations to enjoy.
Marisa Ragonese candidate. She is also a mom and endorses Along with the restoration of
an active PTA member at George owner of the shopping center. Underhill
for Lakeland Washington Elementary. Please Adding commercial develop- the main Underhill family home,
School Board vote for Marisa Ragonese for Farms project the developer explained that he
Lakeland Board of Education on ment to the historic Soundview seeks to expand new housing op-
To the editor, Tuesday, May 18. property is just plain wrong. It To the editor, portunities by further utilizing the
Marisa Ragonese is exactly makes absolutely no sense. I recently toured the former property’s potential and replacing
Jennie Sunshine other deteriorating buildings that
who we need on the Lakeland Looking forward, if the prop- Soundview Preparatory School no longer serve a functional pur-
Board of Education. She has over Yorktown Heights erty is going to be developed, property in Yorktown to learn pose. e vision of new sidewalks
16 years of experience mentoring it should be developed ONLY more about an exciting project providing public access to the
teens at a teen center she started Soundview for residential use, with care and proposal that seeks to put the property’s pond, roadside upgrades
in Astoria, Queens, and then later property should respect for its history, as well as property back on the tax rolls, help to mitigate existing tra c con-
as a director for a county-wide with far fewer units, so that more preserve a valuable piece of local cerns, and new tax revenue is an
civic engagement program for not be in of the property can be left as history, increase housing oppor- exciting opportunity for the people
Westchester’s teens and preteens. overlay zone open space. A signi cant lessen- tunities for seniors, provide public in Westchester.
What separates Ms. Ragonese’s ing of density would additionally access to open space, and mitigate
mentoring style from the rest To the editor, soften the disastrous impact of tra c impacts along Underhill Ten years ago, our state lost two
includes her ability to encourage e proposed Yorktown an overwhelming increase in traf- Avenue and Route 118. House of Representative seats in
and empower students. She is Congress. New York State recently
speci cally skilled and passionate Heights Overlay District that c on an already overburdened e property is home to the completed its census resulting in
in cultivating leadership skills, would allow both commercial and roadway. Remember, Underhill historic Underhill family house. our state losing another Congres-
critical thinking skills, self- residential development on the Avenue is the rst major gateway I joined my friend and former sional seat. In the 1940s, New
advocacy skills and con dence in same property makes sense for into the town of Yorktown, not colleague, Yorktown lifer,Terrence York State had 45 seats. After
young people, which we know is the Yorktown Green Shopping only from the Taconic State Park- Murphy for a tour of the Under- next year’s election, New York will
key to their individual success and Center but not for the historic way, but from the Croton Metro hill house, which is a truly beauti- only have 26 seats serving in our
happiness in life. As a mother of Soundview property. Yorktown North train station. Underhill ful old building. We also walked nation’s capital. We need to get our
two, and a volunteer and mentor Green is part of the business Avenue is currently a tra c along the property and viewed taxes and spending under control
of young people myself, I know district. e Soundview property nightmare during peak periods of some of the site plans. at all levels, but we also need to
just how important and impera- is in a residential neighborhood the day. A high-density develop-
tive these skills and focuses are. and most certainly is not part of ment will only make it that much I understand there’s been some nd new creative ways to provide
Further, Ms. Ragonese holds a the business district. worse. concern expressed about the his- new housing opportunities, par-
BA from NYU, a master’s degree toric nature of this building and its ticularly for our seniors who may
from Rutgers, has served as a e continuing decline in the e Town Board should future. I’m thrilled the developer be looking to down-size so they
graduate fellow and research demand for brick and mortar remove the Soundview property made it clear he is committed to don’t have to move to more a ord-
assistant, taught graduate-level retail space makes replacing York- from the proposed Yorktown invest resources to not only keep able states.
town Green’s long vacant com- Heights Overlay District and this beautiful building intact, but
mercial space with apartments a allow it to be developed under to restore it to its full potential for As a former member of a town
win-win for our town and for the its current zoning regulations.
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OP-ED

Growth depends on infrastructure

BY ILAN GILBERT and drainage systems under- we began critical work on the capacity will our sewer and has increased my appreciation
GUEST WRITER ground. failing Mohegan Lake retain- water supply systems require? for proper maintenance and
ing wall. Various culverts on How much additional power planning.
In order for Yorktown to To do it right, we need to Veterans Road and Hill Boule- and bandwidth must the utili-
thrive, we need to grow. make wise decisions now as we vard were identi ed for repair, ties provide? How do they im- All state and local infrastruc-
Our population in 2010 consider signi cant changes to and grants were sought to pay prove availability? Which roads ture require maintenance and/
was 36,095 and in 2019 it was our zoning that are meant to for them. But these infrastruc- need more than patching? or replacement in order to sup-
36,269—virtually unchanged facilitate our growth. ture projects were intended just port growth and ensure safety
(according to the census and to catch up, to keep us cur- ere are proposals to permit due to wear and tear.
town data). We need to con- Infrastructure on the federal, rent and operational. I gained more exible zoning for devel-
tinue growing the population state, and local levels is the invaluable knowledge and opers, but we need the sup- e key to Yorktown’s
and the businesses that support watchword of our times. experience about our existing porting studies completed on growth and revitalization
our residents. When you have infrastructure, and I under- our future infrastructure needs, projects is e ectively balancing
de ned borders and limited During my term as York- stand the need to continue before we even consider those the needs for vital development
open space, growth requires town town supervisor, I led the critical maintenance but to also proposals. with the residents’ quality of
revitalization, especially when e ort to make much-needed execute a needs assessment. life. With our knowledge of
you recognize that the core infrastructure improvements in Since leaving the o ce of the infrastructure, zoning and
infrastructure was put in place the town, including repaving, As a former town supervisor, supervisor, I have been named permitting processes, and the
in the 1960s when the popula- new generators for our public I know that much more work is a commissioner on the New needs of all hamlets considered,
tion was around 16,000. works buildings (town hall and needed going forward, espe- York State Bridge Author- we can proceed with projects
the highway garage) for emer- cially if the town intends to ity, which oversees the ve that will help our town grow
To revitalize Yorktown and gency storm strengthening, and expand businesses and increase bridges including the Bear appropriately.
make it a thriving community new roofs on the badly aged rental apartments and other Mountain Bridge north to the
relies on repairing or replac- town hall, police department/ housing to move out of stagna- Rip van Winkle Bridge, along I look forward to using our
ing the visible and invisible courthouse, and water depart- tion. with the Walkway over the signi cant fund surplus and the
infrastructure. is includes ment buildings. Additionally, Hudson. Bridge infrastructure newly committed federal funds
the roads, communications, we improved playgrounds, It’s time to properly study maintenance and growth are to improve our current infra-
water towers, and power above completed the Granite Knolls our infrastructure needs. continuously monitored and structure and to properly plan
ground, along with the water, Sports Complex, and repaired Where are the tra c bottle- future needs are considered and budget for our future needs.
sewer, communications, power, our tennis courts. I secured the necks and dangerous intersec- to determine future actions.
grant money for revitalizing tions? How much additional Being a bridge commissioner Ilan Gilbert is a former town
Railroad Depot and Park, and supervisor (2018-19).

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Thursday, May 13, 2021 OPINION Yorktown News – Page 13

Dryer, dryer pants on re MARTORANO

FROM PAGE 10

TRACY en I threw the small load into and said, “complete.” a signi cant emotional commitment to the cause. ey
BECKERMAN the dryer and set the timer for 50 “Argh!!” I roared. “ is dryer have given money, gone to rallies, and in some instances
minutes. But when the timer went even su ered ridicule and rejection from family and
Iam well known in these parts o and the green light changed to stinks. It will not dry these friends. Unlike Martin’s followers, their ability to dodge
for my unresolved appliance red and the window said, “com- clothes!” rational inquiry and maintain a set of beliefs immune
aggressions. I have killed one plete,” I went to pull out the clothes, from rational attack is buoyed immensely by one criti-
microwave, three toaster ovens, one and they were still wet. Not damp. “Maybe it’s broken.” cal factor: the internet. e internet provides a haven for
co eemaker, and a garage refrigera- Not wettish. Wet. I shook my head “No,” I’m pretty sure it’s just anyone willing to look for fellow travelers who espouse
tor. Well, actually, my car killed the and reset the timer. Two minutes laughing at me.” the same belief system. In addition, sadly, there are
garage refrigerator. But I guess I into the cycle, the dryer timer went While I ranted some more, my several irresponsible media networks, commentators, and
am complicit because I was driving o again. And of course, the clothes husband got up o the couch with politicians who are more than willing to entertain and
the car. were still wet. a sigh. promote outrageous, irrational, and dangerous notions.
“Here, let me try.” Alarmingly, there is no limit to the extent to which
In my defense of these crimes, “ e dryer is messing with me,” I stood back while he examined these speculations will go: Sandy Hook shootings never
in most cases, the appliances were I said to my husband. “ e sensor the vent and the hose and the dif- happened, political opponents are cannibals, murderers,
near the end of their lifespans and is telling the me the clothes are dry ferent settings. or worse, etc.
were just looking for an excuse to but they’re not. e dryer is a liar!” “It looks ne,” he nally declared.
die… three days after the warranties He set the timer and went back to e challenge of our era is not unlike the predica-
expired. My husband gave me the look the couch to sit down. Forty min- ment humans have faced throughout millennia. We, like
he always gives me when I’m on utes later I checked on the clothes our ancestors, desire to know the world and what our
Anyway, when we moved into our some kind of household rant that and they were completely dry. place is in it. We are tempted to answer these ques-
new home, I was excited because he did not, under any circumstanc- I glared at him. “What did you tions by embracing wholesale belief systems which o er
the landlord told us all the appli- es, plan to get involved in but knew do di erently than me?” a comforting explanation to life’s riddles. Whether it is
ances were new and should work he would get dragged into anyway. “Nothing. Maybe it just likes me a religion, a nonsensical notion, or a political doctrine,
perfectly. better.” the consequence is often the same, the abandonment
“Just run it again,” he said. I nodded. “OK. So, you know of rational inquiry. If this tendency always triumphed, I
Unfortunately, no one told that to “I did. But it stopped after two what that means?” dare say we would still be living in caves, if we were alive
the dryer. minutes because it thought it was “I’m more charming than you,” at all. e lesson for all of us is to continuously question
done. Or maybe… it just wants he said. the evidentiary basis of what is presented to us as truth.
Two days after we moved in, I me to think that it thinks that it’s “No. It means you get to do the It is that very process that has always drawn me to the
went to do my rst load of laundry. done.” laundry every week.” study of philosophy. e only hope for our species is not a
He shook his head. “Try a di er- spaceship that will never come nor the worship of a coke
e washing machine performed ent setting.” For more Lost in Midlife, sign up bottle that fell from the heavens but rather the use of our
its duties in a very professional way. I nodded and turned the dryer for my brand-new Lost in Midlife brains in testing what is real and what is imaginary. All
to “Cotton Dry” instead of Timed Newsletter! It’s got blog posts, book you have to do is summon the courage to question. It is
Variable” which had a set 40-min- giveaways, and more. Just go to that simple.
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In praise of teachers

STRONG thank you for your many years make a long-lasting contribu- without learning the addition including college professors?
LEARNING of teaching. National Teacher tion to everyone’s lives. Even and multiplication facts taught What were the names of
Appreciation Day, also known though most adults can only to you by a teacher. In addi-
DR. LINDA as National Teacher Day, takes think of ve or fewer teachers tion, you likely didn’t move on your K through 6 teachers?
SILBERT place on the rst Tuesday of the who a ected their lives, it was to higher mathematics without Did anyone of those teachers
all the teachers together that those teachers teaching you
Dear Dr. Linda, rst full week in May each year. helped each adult learn to read, the basics of algebra, geometry, in uence your life?
I want to remind your read- e idea to honor teachers write and do arithmetic, the trigonometry, and calculus. Which teachers in high
basic skills needed to go on to
ers that May 5 was National on a particular day each year become educated adults. With all this said, your school and middle school—or
Teacher Appreciation Day. began in 1953 when Eleanor thoughts may have wandered junior high school as it was
As a retired teacher, I want to Roosevelt persuaded Congress Of course, parents play a crit- to a teacher that embarrassed called years ago—had a posi-
personally thank the teach- to proclaim National Teacher ical role in a child’s education, you or criticized you—a tive impact on the direction
ers that worked so hard to do Day. In 1980, Congress de- but the structure of learning, teacher that instead of helping your life went?
their job during the pandemic. clared March 7 of every year the subjects, and topics taught you, damaged you along the
When I was in the classroom, it to be National Teacher Day. from one grade to another is way to reaching your potential. Did you ever have a profes-
was di cult enough to teach 24 However, it was the National the direct result of individual Unfortunately, those hurt feel- sor in college that in uenced
to 30 rst graders how to read, Education Association that mentors, called teachers, who ings don’t go away, just like the what you do today?
but I can’t even imagine what proclaimed that Teacher Day follow a curriculum established negative remarks said by a par-
it was like over Zoom or in the would be on the rst Tuesday by other educational profes- ent or another signi cant other If they’re still around and
class, wearing masks. So, thank in March. en in 1985, the sionals. during your precious formative you know where they are, tell
you for all you do. As a former National PTA proclaimed that years. Even though you didn’t them.
teacher, I can truly appreciate Teacher Appreciation Week Re ect where you are today. forget it, you probably moved
the hard work you put in this would be the rst full week of Take a second and think about past it, and can remember a And, since the number one
past year. May. And, then the NEA Rep- the skills and knowledge you teacher or two who in uenced teacher in most children’s
resentative Assembly voted to have acquired. How did it you and helped shape your life lives—especially about life and
Mrs. D. make the Tuesday of that week happen? You may say from a by motivating and encouraging the things we don’t formally
Dear Mrs. D., National Teacher Day! book I read, but you acquired you. o er in the classroom—are our
the skill to read that book from mothers, that’s one more reason
ank you for your email and Why was it so important your rst-grade teacher. e How many teachers can you to thank them for their ongo-
to these people to establish a same is true for math. You can’t think of that actually made a ing support and love.
special day to honor teachers? move into higher mathematics positive di erence in your life,
If you think about it, teachers Dr. Linda

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Preserving land is crucial

LORI ENSINGER reach these targets. Here in protected in perpetuity. And Land trusts typically protect country. e size of land
GUEST WRITER Westchester County, we have a the areas most in need of open land in two ways. ey can parcels here are much smaller
strong history of conservation space tend to have the least acquire the title to a property than the thousand-acre tracts
As part of a global push to to build upon and the “30x30” undeveloped land available to by either purchasing it or ac- our colleagues protect out
avoid the harshest im- plan o ers a bold call for us to protect. cepting it as a donation from a west. For example, Westches-
pacts of climate change act to protect the land before landowner. Another method is ter Land Trust has protected
and to slow species extinc- it is too late. Who will drive the massive through the use of a conserva- nearly 9,000 acres in our 32
tions, President Joseph Biden conservation e orts behind tion easement, which allows years, but that is comprised of
committed his administration According to the United the “30x30” plan? To reach the landowners to keep their land 260 separate projects. Our re-
to an ambitious conservation States Geological Survey, the plan’s targets, we cannot rely while ensuring it is preserved. gion’s land protection achieve-
goal—to protect 30 percent U.S. has conserved about 26 solely on federal, state, or local A conservation easement runs ments might be accomplished
of U.S. land and coastal seas percent of its coastal waters governments to do the heavy with the land and is a volun- on a smaller scale, but they
by 2030. e science behind but only about 12 percent of lifting. Nonpro t conservation tary, perpetual legal agreement will be no less important to
the plan demonstrates that 30 its land. In Westchester, we groups, such as land trusts, between a property owner and the overall goal, and they will
percent is needed to sustain estimate that just under 20 will play an important role. a land trust or government rely heavily on private land-
and protect roughly 75 percent percent of our land is pro- Collectively, land trusts have agency, which permanently re- owners taking action to piece
of the species on earth, slow tected, although this protected already preserved an astonish- stricts certain land uses (such together a mosaic of protected
climate change by storing land is not evenly distributed ing 60 million acres across the as development) that would land. Westchester Land Trust
carbon in soil and plants, and throughout the county. is U.S. To put this in perspective, damage important ecological and other conservation orga-
protect communities from cli- statistic may seem surprising that is an area larger than the characteristics of the property. nizations stand ready to guide
mate change-related extreme because parts of Westchester entire National Park System, and assist these landowners
weather events. feel very open and free from or the states of New York, With limited funds available in being part of the “30x30”
development. But it is impor- New Jersey, Connecticut, Mas- to purchase properties, land solution.
e plan is referred to as tant to realize that the land sachusetts, Vermont, Rhode trusts adopt conservation plans
“30x30” and, as a country, we that is undeveloped today is Island, and New Hampshire to guide them in prioritizing ere is no doubt that the
have a lot of work to do to not necessarily conserved or combined. which lands to protect for the “30x30” plan is one of the
greatest positive impact on the boldest conservation commit-
ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES. surrounding ecosystems and ments we have seen in recent
EXPERT HELP. community. Properties that ex- decades. For many in the con-
pand corridors by connecting servation sector, Biden’s pledge
existing protected parcels are o ers overwhelming valida-
often a high priority for pro- tion of the importance of our
tection. Land is also evaluated mission. His administration’s
for its climate resiliency—does announcement con rms that
it bu er communities from we are at a conservation cross-
coastal ooding? Provide road and it is time to take bold
shade trees in densely popu- and strategic steps to protect
lated areas? Have wetlands or our natural resources for the
woodlands that store carbon? residents of Westchester today,
To ensure adequate access to and all who will come after us.
the many bene ts of living
near nature, land that is in Lori Ensinger is the president
communities that have been of the Westchester Land Trust,
historically excluded from the a regional conservation
conservation movement are organization based in Bedford
of high priority and will be a Hills that has preserved
key part of the “30x30” success nearly 9,000 acres since its
stories of our future. founding in 1988. For more
information on conservation
Land conservation looks options for your property, visit
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It Was A Phrase

BY JOHN F. MCMULLEN by Charles Bukowski
GUEST WRITER and read my rst poem in
since graduating from college
John F. McMullen is the poet laureate forty years before
of the town of Yorktown.
But it took reading this line
It was in 2006 at I saw to get me to write my rst
this wonderful line in a poem Cashing A Check
column in a motorcycle and then at the advice
magazine*: of a friend
entering it in a contest
e mind writes checks that and winning third prize
the body can’t cash”.

Not as memorable perhaps It was not really a big deal
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Jackie Robinson is a credit to Now
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Town officials plant a tree on Yorktown Town Hall reopened to The Roma Building parking lot was
library grounds. the public on Monday, May 3. repaved last week.

Arbor Day Town Hall Resumes Roma Building
Walk-in Services Parking Lot Paved
Yorktown celebrated Arbor
Day on Saturday, May 1, by Yorktown Town Hall resumed walk-in ser- At long last, the parking lot at the
planting a pin oak at the John vices for the public starting Monday, May 3. e Roma Building has been repaved.
C. Hart Memorial Library. public can receive walk-in service from 8 a.m.
to noon, Monday through Friday. Visitors to In 2013, the removal of gas tanks
e tree planting also marked all town facilities must submit to a temperature created large holes in the middle of
the 10th year that Yorktown screening and they will be required to answer a the Roma Building’s parking lot.
has received a Tree City USA COVID-19 questionnaire.Town o cials’safety About three years later, the town
designation from the Arbor precautions include the installation of plastic took legal action. ough the holes
Day Foundation. barriers at counters. Yorktown departments will were lled, the parking lot remained
continue to hold virtual conferences for anyone unpaved and unstriped—until last
who is not comfortable with in-person visits. week. e action comes more than
four months after the town served
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violation.
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PHOTO: BRIAN MARSCHHAUSER PHOTO: BRIAN MARSCHHAUSER

Nadine’s Restaurant used the fee waiver The intersecton of Route 118 and Downing
last year to open a beer garden that Drive, where pedestrians come off the trail.
accommodates up to 100 guests. “It
Dangerous Intersection
basically saved my restaurant. Nobody
wanted to be inside,” said Christian At the April 20 Town Board meet-
ing, Ilan Gilbert, Democratic candidate
Schienle, owner of Nadine’s, who kept for town council, said the intersection
the beer garden open all winter. “The of Route 118 and Downing Drive is a
way we built the garden was a big hit dangerous one, especially given that a
trail connecting FDR Park to the North
in Yorktown. I think this is going to be a County Trailway was just completed in
trend that will stay.” that area. “We’re encouraging people to
utilize that connection, but it’s not a very
Outdoor Dining Extended safe crossing over there,” Gilbert said.
Councilwoman Alice Roker agreed,
PHOTO COURTESY OF THOMPSON & BENDER Yorktown o cials will again waive calling it an “accident waiting to hap-
fees for summer outdoor dining permits pen.”Town Supervisor Matt Slater, not-
Yorktown officials celebrate the to help local restaurants and bars recover ing that is a state road, said the town is
reopening of Veterans Road on April 19. from the pandemic recession. Last year, exploring solutions to several dangerous
the Town Board sought to help local intersections in town.
Veterans Road Reopens restaurants survive pandemic restric-
tions by waiving the permit fees and
In mid-April, Veterans Road o cially by allowing outdoor dining in parking
reopened following a 14-week closure. lots and on sidewalks. Yorktown issued
23 permits last year to restaurants and
e work completely replaced the culvert many of those businesses will resume
that carries Veterans Road over the Hal- outdoor dining as the weather warms.
locks Mill Brook. e Veterans Road re-
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Lakeland’s Melody
Rubino catches a
strike-three pitch

thrown by Stella Bale.

Ava Knopf at the plate

VARSITY ROUNDUP

Bale, Servedio hurl no-hitters

Yorktown baseball and softball stay unbeaten

BY MIKE SABINI and never fails to disappoint,”Ma- Ketcham 1-0 in 9 innings, when plate for Lakeland. Servedio threw her rst career
CONTRIBUTING WRITER varsity no-hitter with 14 strike-
tusiak said. “I can always count on Matusiak doubled and scored on Yorktown Softball outs in Yorktown’s 11-0 triumph
Lakeland Softball (8-0) against Byram Hills.
(4-1) her because I know how hard she a throwing error in the top of the
YORKTOWN 15, JOHN JAY “It was awesome, such a great
LAKELAND 7, GREELEY 0 works.” ninth. CROSS RIVER 2 feeling,” Servedio said. “I’m so
Thursday, May 6 (Lakeland thankful for my teammates, espe-
Matusiak, Ava Knopf, and Mel- Bale (1-hitter, 16 strikeouts) Tuesday, May 4 (John Jay High cially Lainie Ornstein, my catcher,
High School) School) who called a great game.I’m grate-
Lakeland defeated Horace ody Rubino are Lakeland’s seniors. registered her 100th career varsity ful for my defense who was stellar
Yorktown defeated John Jay- all day,especially Alyssa Buck ( rst
Greeley, 7-0, on senior day, as ju- strikeout when she struck out the Cross River 15-2. base), who made a great catch to
nior Stella Bale threw her second close out the game.”
no-hitter of the season,third in her LAKELAND 1, KETCHAM 0 rst batter in the game. It took Lainie Ornstein (3-4, sac bunt,
career, and missed a perfect game 4 stolen bases, 1 RBI, 3 runs), Servedio went 4-4 with 4 RBI,
on a strikeout wild pitch in the Saturday, May 8 (Roy C. Ket- Bale just 50 1/3 innings to earn Adrianna Albano (3-3, 2 sac ies, 3 runs, a homer, and a double at
second inning. 3 RBI, 1 run), Alyssa Buck (3-3, the plate.
cham High School) that milestone. 2 runs, RBI), Olivia Salveggi (2-
“It felt so good to throw another 5, double, 3-run homer, 3 RBI, 2 Ornstein (2-3, 5 SB, 2 runs,
no-hitter,” said Bale, who struck Lakeland defeated Roy C. Shannon Scotto went 2-4 at the runs), Charlotte Constantine (3- RBI), Albano (1-3, 2 runs, walk),
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in my team behind me and they PHOTOS: BRIAN MARSCHHAUSER (1-2), Olivia Fasce (RBI), Lauren Constantine (2-3, 3 RBI, 2 SB),
make throwing a no-hitter that Strauss (1-2, 2 walks, 2 runs), Piehler (1-3, RBI, double) Jen-
much easier.” Lakeland’s Stella Bale, right, is all smiles during her no-hit Hailey Moran (2-2, 2 runs, 3 RBI, nings (1-2) and Moran (1-2, run)
performance against Horace Greeley. 2 walks), and Emily Piehler (1-4, also played a part in the victory.
Lakeland rst baseman Hannah run) all contributed to the o en-
Matusiak went 2-3 with a 3-run sive outburst. YORKTOWN 18, HORACE
home run, a double, and 3 RBI GREELEY 3
with teammate Ryleigh Melendez Breanna Vo (2 innings, 4 strike-
going 2-3 with 2 runs. outs), Maya Servedio (2 innings, 5 Saturday, May 8 (Horace Gree-
strikeouts), and Alyssa Buck (3 in- ley High School)
“Having a good day at the plate nings, 5 strikeouts, 2 earned runs)
today, especially on senior day, felt did the job on the mound for Yor- Yorktown beat Greeley, 18-3,
amazing,” Matusiak said. “We re- ktown. propelled to win by the hitting of
ally bonded as a team, which made Ornstein (3-4, 3 singles, 3 runs, 2
us even stronger.” YORKTOWN 11, BYRAM HILLS walks, 2 RBI, 4 SB), Albano (3-6,
0 2 RBI, 2 runs, SB), Salveggi (3-5,
As for playing behind Bale,Ma- double, 4 runs, 2 RBI), Vo (1-1, 2
tusiak couldn’t say enough good Thursday, May 6 (Yorktown runs, walk), and Constantine (3-5,
things about her. High School)
SEE VARSITY PAGE 21
“Stella is an outstanding pitcher

Thursday, May 13, 2021 SPORTS Yorktown News – Page 21

VARSITY Lakeland defeated Horace Greeley, YORKTOWN 13, GREELEY 6
7-2, paced by Torres (2 for 3, 2 RBI, Friday, May 7 (Horace Greeley High
FROM PAGE 20

inside-the-park homer), Kowal (1 for School)

RBI, 4 SB, 2 runs) and pitching of Vo (4 2, triple, 2 RBI), and Anthony Zeccola Yorktown led 8-0, on their way to a

innings, 4 strikeouts), and Buck (3 innings, (double, RBI). 13-6 victory against Horace Greeley.

4 strikeouts). Adam Picardi, the winning pitcher, and Sica registered the win on the mound

Anthony DeCesare pitched 3 innings while Nick Cortino (2-2, double, homer,

YORKTOWN 19, BEACON 0 each with Ramos closing out the game. 2 runs, 3 RBI) led Yorktown o ensively.

Monday, May 10 (Yorktown High “It’s our approach,” Cortino said. “In

School) LOURDES 4, LAKELAND 1 practice we get a lot of reps and Coach

Servedio threw a ve-inning perfect Saturday, May 8 (Lakeland High School) CJ (Riefenhauser) always stresses to us

game with 11 strikeouts in a 19-0 triumph Lakeland fell to Lourdes 4-1 with that if we look to go up the middle and

against Beacon. Kowal going 2-3. the other way good things will happen. I

Servedio (3-4, 3 doubles, 3 runs, 4 RBI), focused on letting the ball get deep and

Salveggi (2-2, double, homer), Moran (2- ARLINGTON 2, LAKELAND 0 my hands did the rest.”

2, homer), Constantine (3-5, 3 runs, RBI, Monday, May 10 (Lakeland High Warden also homered for Yorktown,

SB), Ornstein (2-4, HBP, walk, 4 runs, 2 School) which scored at least 10 runs in its fth

SB), and Piehler (2-3, BB, 2 runs) did the Lakeland lost, 2-0, in a combined no- consecutive game.

job o ensively. PHOTO COURTESY OF DAVID ZASLAW hitter by Arlington, with White hurling a “We have been working for this sea-
complete-game in the loss. son since the winter,” Cortino said. “We
Lakeland Baseball (2-3) Yorktown’s Nick Cortino (left) celebrates have a really deep team with a lot of
his home run with Aidan Holmes in a 13-6 Yorktown Baseball (6-0) talent. We all have bought into coach’s
LAKELAND 14, BEACON 0 win at Horace Greeley. philosophy of hitting the ball to the op-

Tuesday, May 4 (Lakeland High School) YORKTOWN 10, JOHN JAY CROSS posite eld and it has carried us. e boys

Lakeland won its rst game on its “ e all-around team e ort we got was RIVER 4 getting rowdy on the bench helps just as

brand-new turf eld with a 14-0 victory amazing,” Mulhern said. “Ray did great on Tuesday, May 4 (John Jay High School) much. Getting the pitcher o his game

against Beacon. the mound and Devin (Diaz) looked great Yorktown beat John Jay-Cross River, and hyping up our guy at the plate really

Joe Torres had 3 hits while Jason Portel- catching him. e combination of Ray’s 10-4, led by Jon Sica (2-3, 4 RBI), Brett goes a long way.”

la (double, 1 RBI), Frankie Kowal (double, pitching with the way we were hitting the Warden (3-4, 2 RBI), Tyler Pugliese (2-

RBI), and Mike Mulhern (double, 5 RBI) ball through the whole lineup top to bot- 3), Jon Munoz (2-2), and Kevin Weitman YORKTOWN 6, LOURDES 2

registered 2 hits apiece for Lakeland. tom brought the energy we needed to win.” (5 innings pitched, 1 earned run). Monday, May 10 (Granite Knolls Park)

“It felt amazing playing that rst game “ at energy and intensity that we Weitman scattered 6 hits, struck out

on the new turf, and felt even better to get brought is exactly what we’re going to keep YORKTOWN 13, BYRAM HILLS 3 9 and allowed just one earned run and

a win on it,” Mulhern said. “I know a lot of bringing to help lead us to more wins just Thursday, May 6 (Granite Knolls Park) two walks in a complete game win vs.

us have been waiting a long time to play like that home opener,” Mulhern added. Munoz (3-4, 3 RBI), Stephen Haglund Lourdes, for his third victory of the sea-

that rst home game.” (2-3, RBI), Sica (2-3, 2 RBI) and win- son against no losses.

Winning pitcher Ray White (5 innings, LAKELAND 7, GREELEY 2 ning pitcher Matt Alduino (5 innings, 2 Sica (2 for 3, 2 runs, 3 RBI) had a two-

2 hits, 5 strikeouts) and Justin Ramos (1- Thursday, May 6 (Lakeland High earned runs, 7 strikeouts) catapulted Yor- run homer in the sixth, making it 6-0 to

2-3 sixth) excelled on the mound. School) ktown to a 13-3 win versus Byram Hills. seal the win.

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BY BRIAN MARSCHHAUSER mon in the sports industry is re- we develop creative for our so- Jessie Kavana PHOTO: SPORTS BUSINESS JOURNAL
SPORTS EDITOR locating; there are only so many cial/digital channels, in-arena
opportunities in sports in a given signage, merchandise, and in- alized that this was a possible fans, and knowing that you’re
With the addition of superstars city. Because of that I found my- market digital and print advertis- career path. It’s a hustle, without a part of creating an incredible
Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, and self moving cross-country mul- ing, to name a few of our main a doubt, but there’s nothing like experience for your fans. at’s
James Harden, not only did the tiple times, taking jobs wherever responsibilities. Our team also being in a packed arena of excited what it’s all about!
Brooklyn Nets become instant I needed to in order to further my handles designing the basketball
NBA title contenders, they’ve career— rst to Kentucky, then to court and collaborates with Nike
become one of the most-watched Phoenix to work for the Suns, on uniform design and overall
teams in the league. then to Connecticut to work for identity. It’s something di erent
ESPN, before settling here at the every day, which I love. I could
As the Nets have their hands Brooklyn Nets. Being away from go from developing the look and
full trying to live up to the hype, home in a brand-new city, alone, feel of our season-long marketing
it’s Jessie Kavana’s job to make is scary yet exciting, but there campaign, to a visual for our In-
sure they look good doing it. were times where it really hit me stagram feed, to helping pick out
Kavana, a 2009 Mahopac High what a sacri ce that was. Sports paint swatches for our court, all in
School graduate, is a senior is also a 24/7 business—players one day.
graphic designer with the team. get traded, big news drops, and
depending on your role, you have What is a design of which
After Mahopac, where she to be ready to react at a moment’s you are particularly proud?
scored 1,000 points as a member notice. It’s really a grind, and I’ve
of the varsity basketball team, she poured so much into honing my Having been with the team for
continued her athletic and aca- craft as a designer over the years almost ve years, there have been
demic careers at Skidmore Col- to get to this point. To be recog- many big wins for our creative
lege. She has since worked graph- nized for that hard work and sac- group that we’re all so proud of,
ic designing jobs at West Point, ri ce and to be named alongside though I’d have to highlight the
IMG, and the NBA’s Phoenix so much talent in the industry is design of the Nets main court last
Suns before coming to Brooklyn something I’m truly proud of and year as a personal favorite. It was
in 2016. humbled by. a project that was truly a team ef-
fort and one that we were able to
e Sports Business Journal I’m sure it’s di cult to list get really creative with (it is the
recently selected Kavana as one all of your responsibilities, but
of its “New Voices Under 30.” what is your title and your day- rst court in the NBA to imple-
to-day role with the Brooklyn ment a gray tone, to connect back
e purpose of the program was Nets? What are some of the with Brooklyn’s industrial roots).
to “identify young, diverse, and projects you lead or things you It’s still pretty surreal to work on
impactful leaders, entrepreneurs, design (courts, uniforms, shoes, something of that scale and sig-
risk-takers, and disrupters who etc.)? ni cance to the team’s identity.
are reimagining the sports expe-
rience the way business is done.” At the Nets, I work on our Lastly, is working for an NBA
creative team as senior designer, team as cool as it sounds?
Kavana spoke with Yorktown and we handle all of the visuals
News about her career so far. related to the marketing of the is type of role has always
team. Taking into account the been my dream job, if I’m being
You obviously worked hard to goals of the marketing depart- perfectly honest. I can recall be-
get to where are. So, how much ment and the business as a whole, ing an eighth grader and joking
does something like the “New with friends that I wanted to
Voices Under 30” honor mean work in marketing for an NBA
to you? team someday, before I even re-

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CLUES ACROSS 26. Ballplayer’s accessory 44. Scatter 13. Food
1. Large, flightless birds 15. Swiss river
5. Lifts and moves heavy 27. You get one at the beach 45. Basics 17. Fleet
objects 18. Taxi
10. Hyundai sedan 28. U.S. founding father 48. Part of a door 21. Working class
12. Wear away by erosion 23. More (Spanish)
14. Arranged alphabetically 30. W. Australia indigenous 50. Indicates silence 24. High schoolers’ test
16. Top prosecutor 27. Large heavily built goat
18. __-de-sac: Short dead- people 52. Moved quickly on foot antelope
end street 29. Murdered in his bathtub
19. Digital audiotape 31. Amounts of time 53. Monetary units 32. Tease good-naturedly
20. Linguistics pioneer 34. Morsel
22. Singer DiFranco 33. Put on the shelf 55. A place to crash 35. Cause persistent
23. Arms of the sea resentment
25. Near-reach weapon 35. Russian dynasty member 56. Many subconsciousses 36. A radioactive element
(abbr.) 39. Perform in a play
37. City along the Elbe River 57. Group of countries 40. Witty remark: Bon __
43. A great place to kayak
38. A peninsula between the 58. About line of latitude 44. Conclude by reasoning
46. In an unfavorable way
Red Sea and the Persian 63. Female follower of 47. Complex of nerve
tissues (abbr.)
Gulf Bacchus 49. Machine for making
paper
40. Actor Damon 65. A dentist can treat it 51. Feline
54. Yugo’s hatchback
41. __ King Cole, musician 66. Dull brown fabrics 59. Check
60. Press against lightly
42. Company that rings 67. Int’l nonprofit 61. Wind-pollinated plants
62. __compoop
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MARIJUANA ever think you’d see this?’”Winstanley said. “And
he’s like, ‘No, not really.’ But he’s like, ‘Hey, you
FROM PAGE 3

know, so it goes.’”

was the only one who responded. Since that time, Winstanley said, the members

“In their rst year doing business in our town, of the Great Barrington Police Department and

eory [Wellness] paid us approximately $3 mil- the employees at his store have gotten to know one

lion in local sales tax and ‘community impact fee.’ another really well.

Our annual operating budget, not counting our “We work really closely with the Great Bar-

school assessment, is almost $13 million, so that’s rington police force. And we’ve had just this amaz-

a signi cant bump for us,” Abrahams said. “Eco- ing, amazing relationship with these guys,” Win-

nomically, it has only been a win.” stanley said.

An economic development organization in the Recently, eory Wellness made a sizable dona-

Berkshires describes Great Barrington as a vibrant tion to the police department’s K-9 unit. After the

location with more than 30 theater, visual arts, his- donation, one of the K-9 o cers brought his dog

toric and heritage venues, as well as many shops to eory Wellness to socialize with customers.

and restaurants. Great Barrington Police Chief Paul Storti con-

A majority of eory Wellness customers are rms that his department has a good relationship

from out of state, including many from New York. with the people at eory Wellness. At the time

When eory Wellness rst opened, a local that the dispensary opened in 2019, Storti was a

candy proprietor, Robin Helfand, of Robins Candy, sergeant and was put in charge of conducting a se-

handed out coupons to customers who waited on curity evaluation of the establishment.

line. “ ey are very professional,” Storti said in a

“ ey really want to be a permanent part of what phone interview last week.“ ey are well-run. It’s a

makes life good in Great Barrington,” Helfand said really, really good relationship. ey are a very good

in regard to eory Wellness. She also encouraged community partner.”

customers to not just park, purchase marijuana, and Storti said he has seen no uptick in driving in-

leave. fractions due to recreational marijuana use since

“Do a little shopping; have a bite to eat; make a the rst dispensary opened in town, but conceded

day of it,” she said. it’s tough to quantify, as it’s sometimes di cult to

omas Winstanley, the 33-year-old vice presi- detect, especially when the substance is consumed

dent of marketing for eory Wellness, remembers as an edible.

well the rst day that it opened. Recently, one of his o cers was trained as a drug

Winstanley was standing in the vault area with recognition expert, but the verdict is still out.

one of the local police o cers, several of whom But the operators at eory Wellness have every

were being paid stipends to help the new store incentive to “get it right,” as Winstanley repeated

PHOTO: BRETT FREEMAN manage the crowds. several times during an in-person visit to his store

Robin Helfand, owner of Robins Candy in Great Barrington, Mass. “ ere were just big old bags of cannabis every- last month.
Helfand took advantage of the captive audience among the long
lines outside Theory Wellness when it first opened by distributing where and he’s sitting there drinking his co ee and SEE MARIJUANA PAGE 28
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Downtown Great Barrington has more shoppers than residents. As a town of 7,000
residents, it attracts visitors for dining out, shopping, and yes, marijuana dispensaries.

MARIJUANA is often a waiting time to purchase the

FROM PAGE 27 product, and during COVID, customers
are asked to pre-order and choose a time

“If we’re going to be bringing in millions for pick-up. As in a winery or a craft beer

of dollars to a community, you know that brewery, the sta are equipped with the

there are going to be a lot of eyes com- knowledge equal to that of a sommelier or

ing back to us, but that doesn’t really alarm a bartender who can rattle o the descrip-

us,”Winstanley said.“ e more important tion of an IPA, including the hop charac-

thing is we just have to get this right. Cer- ter, aroma, avor, and level of bitterness.

tain people want you to step out of line. And as with a bank, there is a chain of

Everybody, I think, at times will look at custody of the drug that documents every

you and say, ‘ ese guys are doing some- transfer and touchpoint.

thing they shouldn’t be doing (it’s still a “We have cameras in every corner that

federally illegal Class 1 substance). But cover every single inch of the interior

that’s just not how we operate. We actu- property as well as the exterior,” Winstan-

ally want to try to do things and say, “Hey ley said.

look, actually, we’re a part of this commu- eory Wellness sells what it calls

nity. We love it here.’” “ ower,” which is the psychoactive portion

So what exactly does a dispensary like of the plant. It also sells pre-rolled joints,

eory Wellness look like and what ex- vaporizers with concentrated cannabis oil,

actly does it do? and other concentrates intended for “dab-

Some people may have the wrong im- bing,” which is another way to consume

pression. vaporized cannabis.

“ ere are still people thinking we’re For those who don’t want to inhale

selling drugs at a grocery store behind a smoke or vape, eory Wellness sells gum- PHOTOS: BRETT FREEMAN

parking lot,” Winstanley said. mies and chocolate infused with cannabis. Jan. 11, 2019, was the date of the first legal recreational sales of marijuana in
Berkshire County, Mass. Theory Wellness was the sixth recreational dispensary
THE INSIDE STORY Its newest product is called Hi5, which is to open on the east coast.
a seltzer that is sold in di erent avors, in-

eory Wellness is one of the most suc- cluding peach mango, lime, and grapefruit.

cessful dispensaries nationwide. It has two ere are di erent species of cannabis have a slightly purple hue and bolster a launched a 401(k) program.

recreational locations in Massachusetts plants. ere are strains called “sativa” and sweet and savory aroma. e e ects o er a e company is involved with every

and an additional location that only dis- others called “indica” and there are hybrid full-body relaxation that might border on phase of the business, including cultiva-

penses medical marijuana. It also has two plants that have percentages of both. Sa- sedating, so be prepared to kick back!” tion and farming, and it supports progres-

locations in Maine, with a third location in tiva is known to act as a stimulant, whereas eory Wellness does not permit any sive causes such as sustainability and social

Maine opening shortly. indica acts as a sedative. onsite consumption. equity. Winstanley explained that its focus

To get inside eory Wellness in Great Similar to the alcohol percentage or is on bringing cannabis out of the black

Barrington, customers must present their “ABV” (alcohol by volume), eory Well- BUDDING ENTREPRENEURS market and into the legal market, and that

driver’s license several times, including ness provides a THC percentage of each eory Wellness was co-founded by impacts how it markets its products.

once before entering the building, and an- ower. THC is the acronym for tetrahy- roommates at Colby College in Maine: “Long gone are the days of your stash

other couple of times when the customer drocannabinol, the psychoactive ingredi- Brandon Pollock, CEO, and Nick Fried- box that is kind of dirty and grody and

is inside, to ensure all are 21 years old and ent in cannabis. man, CFO, both of whom are now 32 smells like old cannabis,” said Winstanley,

older and to prevent daily purchases that On its menu at the time of this writing, years old. who is in charge of everything from media

exceed 1 ounce of marijuana or 5 grams of eory Wellness was selling ower called While seniors at Colby, they started relations to packaging and customer ser-

concentrated cannabis oil. e daily maxi- Candy OG, Smoking Mirrors, Punch their rst business, a bottle-less water vice. “We want products that you can put

mum is enforced to minimize the black Cookies, Cheese Wiz, K’Smorz, and Cake cooling and purifying system for o ce use. on a shelf that look like they belong there.

market in marijuana sales. Bomb, among others. Like many entrepreneurs of their gen- We take a lot of time to curate that.”

eory Wellness can only be described At 25.8%, Cake Bomb had the highest eration, they emphasize their progres- Winstanley said the company is “ver-

as a cross between an Apple store, a winery THC concentrate on the menu. It’s de- sive roots. ey employ 300-plus people tically integrated.” It leases land from a

or a craft beer brewery, and a bank with scribed as “an indica from Proli c Coast between all their locations, o er health SEE MARIJUANA PAGE 30
a vault. Just like in an Apple store, there Seeds. ese trichome heavy owers insurance to their employees, and just

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MARIJUANA
FROM PAGE 28
farmer in nearby She eld. ‘It really hasn’t been a problem, but take your

“Let’s create a sustainable time, as we’re making a lot of money.’
partnership,” he said. “Let’s work

with someone who already has -Edward Abrahams
the expertise and the knowledge
base. Let’s bring our cultivation Vice Chair of the Great Barrington Selectboard

insights to his farmland and let

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rest.

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harnessing the sun. And the part into the game that didn’t already “ is is not an easy industry,” said, ‘You know what? We have dispensary in Brockton becomes

of the land we have is a natu- have access,” he said, explaining he said. “People are seeing the nothing to lose, and everything cash ow positive. It also gives

ral aquifer running beneath the that it’s very di cult to get into green rush and they’re going, ‘I to gain, by helping someone new businesses $150,000 worth

soil. And we take a lot of envi- the industry because cannabis can do this.’ is is a very brutal who deserves to be in this in- of wholesale product on con-

ronmentally conscious steps like is still outlawed on the national industry. You’re not getting fed- dustry.’ So, let’s actually put our signment.

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“polyculturing,” planting laven- more likely to be prosecuted for we can’t service you because you these economic empowerment gross margin to a community

der, sage, thyme and lemon grass, drug crimes because of the color are a cannabis brand.’ And that’s or social equity candidates, they impact fund launched by Great

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SEE MARIJUANA PAGE 31

Thursday, May 13, 2021 Yorktown News – Page 31

LEGAL NOTICES MARIJUANA

LLC FORMATION NOTICE FROM PAGE 30

Gerard Place Builders LLC, Arts of Org. led with Sec. of State just kept on saying, ‘Here, take these pills.’ is guy was coming here because it was the only thing
of NY (SSNY) 3/25/2021. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent that was giving him quality of sleep.”
upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to
Phillip A. Grimaldi Jr., 245 Saw Mill River Rd., Hawthorne, NY Winstanley also remembers the time he helped a mother who was on crutches.
10532. General Purpose “I held the door for her and I walked her out to her car,” he said. It turned out that she was a
teacher in Albany who had sprained her ankle.
LLC FORMATION NOTICE “I didn’t want to take pills,” she told him.
Moving forward, Winstanley is particularly concerned about supply and demand in New York.
1127 Neill Ave. LLC, Arts of Org. led with Sec. of State of NY He noted that when Massachusetts approved the sales of recreational marijuana, there were 30
(SSNY) 4/16/2021. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon cultivation sites. After three years, there is still a supply and demand problem, he said, and it can’t
whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 270 be solved by crossing state lines due to the federal laws. Meanwhile, in New York, there are only 10
Lake Shore Dr., Pleasantville, NY 10570. General Purpose cultivation sites.
“Ultimately, you know what it’s going to do,” he said. “You all are just going to bolster the black
LLC FORMATION NOTICE market.”

L&A Distributors, LLC, Arts of Org. led with Sec. of State BURNING WORRIES
of NY (SSNY) 4/8/2021. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent In the town of Yorktown, the conversation is just getting started.
upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to Town Supervisor Matt Slater previously told Yorktown News, “I disagree with Albany’s recent
71 Stratton St., Yonkers, NY 10701. General Purpose
actions to legalize recreational use [of marijuana] and the burden it will place on local communi-
LLC FORMATION NOTICE ties.” He added that “there will be a cost every municipality will have to bear. Including but not
limited to enhanced enforcement of DUI laws.”
540 Halstead Ave LLC, Arts of Org. led with Sec. of State of
NY (SSNY) 1/22/2021. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent Winstanley noted that the emergence of recreational cannabis in markets decreases alcohol sales
upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 3 by 15 percent.
Stratton Rd., Purchase, NY 10577. General Purpose
And an invitation to all Town Board members remains open.
LLC FORMATION NOTICE “Every municipality has an invitation to a white-glove visit,” Winstanley said.
Meanwhile, the vice chair of the Great Barrington Selectboard doesn’t mind if New York moves
American Alliance of Labor Management Health Plans, LLC, slowly on this.
Arts of Org. led with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 3/9/2021. Cty: “It really hasn’t been a problem, but take your time, as we’re making a lot of money,” Abrahams said.
Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may
be served & shall mail process to Roy Barnes, 258 Saw Mill River NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Town
Rd., Elmsford, NY 10523. General Purpose of Yorktown on Thursday, May 27th, 2021 at 6:30 P.M

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work with. I recently started advertising and a combined side yard setback of 47’2” where a minimum of 80’ is required as per section 300-21 and
with them and I cannot be happier. The Appendix A of the town Zoning Code. This property is located in a    R1-80 zone. 
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Section 26.08, Block 1, Lot 49
Dawn Pade, This is an application for a new pool and deck with a front yard setback of 20’ where a minimum of 40’ is
Red Mills Convenient Store required, a side yard setback of 10’ where a minimum of 15’ is required and a combined side yard setback of
35.52’ where a minimum of 40’ is required as per section 300-21 and Appendix A of the Town Zoning Code.
Mahopac Falls, N.Y. This property is in a R1-20 zone.
 
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Property Address:      2205 Hunterbrook Rd. 
Section 36.13, Block 1, Lot 3
This is an application for a special use permit for an accessory apartment in a separate structure on the
property. The following items are applied for in a separate area variance…It will have a proposed floor area for
the apartment will be 1375 s.f. ( 39% of the main hose floor area) where a maximum of 800 s.f. is allowed,
except the area shall not exceed 33% of the main house. The proposed accessory apartment will also occupy
the 1st floor where only the 2nd floor is permitted and the height of the accessory structure will be 16’2” where
a maximum of 15’ is permitted. All requirements per 300-21,300-38(B)(1)and(5) and Appendix A of the Town
Zoning Codes. This property is located in a R1-60 zone.
 
 
GRAHAM                                                                                                      #18/21
Property Address:      2205 Hunterbrook Rd. 
Section 36.13, Block 1, Lot 3
This is an application to construct an accessory apartment in a separate structure on the property. The
proposed floor area for the apartment will be 1375 s.f. ( 39% of the main hose floor area) where a maximum of
800 s.f. is allowed, except the area shall not exceed 33% of the main house. The proposed accessory
apartment will also occupy the 1st floor where only the 2nd floor is permitted and the height of the accessory
structure will be 16’2” where a maximum of 15’ is permitted. All requirements per 300-21,300-38(B)(1)and(5)
and Appendix A of the Town Zoning Codes. This property is located in a R1-60 zone. 
 

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YORKTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, NEW YORK
 
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING, BUDGET VOTE AND REGISTRATION OF VOTERS
 
The Board of Education of the Yorktown Central School District, HEREBY GIVES NOTICE, that the Annual Meeting, Annual School District Election and Budget Vote of the residents of the
School District, qualified to vote at school meetings in the District, will be held in the Cafeteria of the French Hill School, Yorktown Heights, New York on Tuesday, May 18, 2021 for the
purpose of voting by voting machine on the statement of estimated expenses for the ensuing school year (School District Budget), for the purpose of electing two (2) members of the Board
of Education, and for voting on any propositions legally proposed. Polls, for the purpose of voting, will be open from 7:00 AM to 9:00 PM prevailing time. Promote Your Charity
  a public hearing on the proposed 2021-2022 budget of the Yorktown Central School District will be held on Monday, May S10e,n2d02u1s vairtpuraellsysarnedl/eoarsaet tahte
NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN, that
Mildred E. Strang Middle School, depending upon circumstances.  Please check the website for the virtual meeting link and/or location: Yorktown.org. yorktownnews@halstonmedia.
  com, or give us a call at 914-
NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN, that the following proposition shall be presented to the voters at the annual meeting: 302-5830.
 
CAPITAL PROJECT PROPOSITION
Shall the Board of Education of the Yorktown Central School District, Westchester County, New York, be authorized to construct improvements to the District’s buildings in the nature of
installation of air conditioning in the large occupied spaces such as cafeterias and gymnasiums, such improvements to include original equipment, machinery, apparatus and ancillary or
related work required in connection therewith, at a maximum estimated cost of $4,000,000; and the amount of $4,000,000 shall be transferred from the Buildings and Facilities
Improvements Capital Reserve Fund to the capital fund for such purpose.
 
NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN that a copy of the statement of the amount of money which will be required for school district purposes during the 2(p0r2e1v-a2il0in2Tg2otsimacdhevo) eodlrutyriiesnaegr itn(hBeYuofdorgukerttto)eewmnandyabyes
obtained by any resident of the district at each school house of the district and the administrative offices during the hours of 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM
(14) days immediately preceding the Annual Meeting, OTHER THAN SATURDAY, SDUisNtrDicAt YBuodrgHetOVLoIDteAtYo.bSeuhcehldsatasteamfoerenstsaidw,ilTl uaelssodabye, Maavyai1la8b,le20o2n1.theaNteD8wis4ts5ri,c-2ct’a0sl8lw-B8e1rbe5st1iteoF, rraeetemmanaayinlfree
association or public library within the District, and at the Annual Meeting and School
 
NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN that a Real Property Tax Exemption Report prepared in accordance with Section 495 of the Real Property Tax Law will be annexedfrtoeethmeafinna@l ahdaolsptteodnmbueddgieat.acnodm.
will be posted on the District bulletin board maintained for public notices, as well as on the District’s website.
 
NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN that petitions nominating candidates for the office of member of the Board of Education must be filed with the District Clerk at 2725 Crompond Road, Yorktown
Heights, New York no later than 5:00 PM on April 19, 2021. Vacancies on the Board are not considered separate specific offices; candidates run at large. Nominating petitions shall not
describe any specific vacancy upon the Board for which a candidate is nominated; must be directed to the Clerk of the District; must be signed by at least Twenty-five (25) qualified voters of
the District; must state the name and residence address of each signer, and must state the name and residence address of the candidate. The following vacancies are to be filled on the
Board of Education.
 
Term Name of Last Incumbent
Three (3) years, expiring June 30, 2021 Peter Bisaccia
Three (3) years, expiring June 30, 2021 Jackie Carbone
 
NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN that all propositions by anyone other than the Board of Education must be submitted with an approving petition signed by at least 38 qualified voters of the District
at least 60 days prior to the Annual Meeting.
 
NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN that voter registration is ongoing in the office of the District Clerk and that any person entitled to have his/her name placed upon the register may register on any
school day at the Business Office of the District, 2725 Crompond Road, Yorktown Heights, New York between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. up until 5 days before the Annual
Meeting.
 
NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN that any person otherwise qualified to vote, who is currently registered to vote in any general election, pursuant to Article 5 of the Election Law, or is currently
registered to vote with the School District and has voted at an Annual or Special school district meeting within the last four calendar years, shall be entitled to vote without further
registration.
 
NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN that the register prepared pursuant to Section 2014 of the Education Law, including the names of military voters who submitted valid military voter registrations,
will be filed in the Office of the Clerk, in the District Office at 2725 Crompond Road, Yorktown Heights, New York, and that the same will be open for inspection by any of qualified voter of
the District between the hours of 9 AM and 3 PM on each of the five (5) business days prior to and including the day set for the election, OTHER THAN SATURDAY, SUNDAY or HOLIDAY.
 
NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN that APPLICATIONS FOR ABSENTEE BALLOTS may be obtained at the Office of the District Clerk at the Business Office of the District, 2725 Crompond Road,
Yorktown Heights, New York on weekdays between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. (prevailing time). Such application must be received by the Clerk of the District no more than 30
days and at least 7 days before the election if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or the day before the election if the ballot is to be given directly to the voter or the voter’s authorized
agent set forth in the application, at the Office of the District Clerk. A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots shall have been issued will be available for inspection in the Office of the
District Clerk during regular business hours, 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. until the day of the vote. Any qualified voter may file a written challenge of the qualifications of a voter whose name
appears on such list stating the reason for the challenge.
 
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that Military Voters who are not currently registered to vote may apply to register as a qualified voter of the District and military voters who are registered to
vote may obtain an application for a military ballot, for the Annual Meeting on May 18, 2021, by contacting the District Clerk at 2725 Crompond Road, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598,
Telephone 914-243-8000, Ext. 18529 or email: [email protected]. The Military Voter may indicate their preference for receiving the registration application and/or application for military
ballot by mail, facsimile or email. The completed application to register and/or military ballot application must be received by the District Clerk no later than 5:00 P.M. on April 22, 2021. 
Military ballots must be returned by mail or in person and received by the District Clerk no later than 5:00 P.M. on May 18, 2021
 
 
BOARD OF EDUCATION
YORKTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
YVETTE SEGAL, DISTRICT CLERK
 
 
DATED: April 1, April 22, May 6, and May 13, 2021
 

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YORKTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, NEW YORK
 
AVISO DE REUNIÓN ANUAL, VOTACIÓN DEL PRESUPUESTO Y REGISTRO DE VOTANTES
 
La Junta de Educación del Distrito Escolar Central de Yorktown, POR LA PRESENTE DA AVISO de que la Reunión Anual, Elección Anual del Distrito Escolar y Voto de Presupuesto de los
residentes del Distrito Escolar, cualificados para votar en las reuniones escolares en el Distrito, se llevará a cabo en la cafetería de la Escuela French Hill, Yorktown Heights, Nueva York, el
martes 18 de mayo de 2021, con el fin de votar por máquina de votación sobre la declaración de gastos estimados para el año siguiente (presupuesto del distrito escolar) y con el propósito
de la elección de dos (2) miembros de la Junta de Educación y para votar sobre cualquier proposición propuesta legalmente. Las urnas, con fines de votación, estarán abiertas de 7:00 de la
mañana a 9:00 de la noche, hora vigente.
 
TAMBIÉN SE AVISA que una audiencia pública sobre el presupuesto propuesto 2021-2022 del Distrito Escolar Central de Yorktown se llevará a cabo el lunes 10 de mayo de 2021
virtualmente y / o en la Escuela Media Mildred E. Strang, dependiendo de las circunstancias.  Favor de consultar el sitio web para encontrar el enlace para la reunión virtual y/o la ubicación:
Yorktown.org.
 
TAMBIÉN SE AVISA que la siguiente propuesta se presentará a los votantes en la reunión anual:
 
PROPUESTA DE PROYECTO DE CAPITAL
¿Se autorizará a la Junta de Educación del Distrito Escolar Central de Yorktown, Condado de Westchester, Nueva York, a construir mejoras en los edificios del Distrito con índole de
instalación de aire acondicionado en los espacios ocupados grandes, como cafeterías y gimnasios, tales mejoras a incluir equipos originales, maquinaria, aparatos y trabajos auxiliares o
relacionados requeridos en conexión con los mismos, a un costo estimado máximo de $4,000,000; y el monto de $4,000,000 se transferirá del Fondo de Reserva de Capital de Mejoras de
Edificios e Instalaciones al fondo de capital para tal propósito?
 
TAMBIÉN SE AVISA que cualquier residente del distrito en cada escuela del distrito y en las oficinas administrativas durante el horario de 9:00 de la mañana a 3:00 de la tarde (tiempo
vigente) puede obtener una copia de la cantidad de dinero que se requerirá para los propósitos del distrito durante el año escolar 2021-2022 (Presupuesto) durante los catorce días (14) días
inmediatamente anteriores a la Reunión Anual, EXCEPTO SÁBADOS, DOMINGOS o FERIADOS. Dichas declaraciones también estarán disponibles en el sitio web del Distrito, en cualquier
asociación o biblioteca pública gratuita dentro del Distrito, y en la Reunión Anual y votación del Presupuesto del Distrito Escolar que se llevará a cabo como se dijo anteriormente el martes
18 de mayo de 2021.
 
TAMBIÉN SE AVISA  que un informe de exención al impuesto a la propiedad elaborado de conformidad con la sección 495 de la Ley de Impuesto a la Propiedad será anexado al
presupuesto final aprobado y será publicado en la(s) cartelera(s) de anuncios del distrito mantenidas para avisos públicos, así como en la página web del distrito.
 
TAMBIÉN SE AVISA que las peticiones que nombran candidatos para el cargo de miembro de la Junta de Educación deben ser presentadas ante la Secretaria de Distrito en 2725
Crompond Road, Yorktown Heights, Nueva York a más tardar las 5:00 de la tarde el 19 de abril de 2021. Las vacantes en la Junta de Educación no se consideran cargos separados y
específicos; los candidatos se postulan en general. Las peticiones de nominación no deberán describir las vacantes específicas de la Junta para la que el candidato o la candidata es
nominado/a; deben dirigirse a la Secretaria del Distrito; deben ser firmadas por al menos veinticinco (25) votantes cualificados del distrito, deben indicar el nombre y domicilio de residencia
de cada firmante y  deben indicar el nombre y domicilio de residencia del candidato o la candidata. Las siguientes vacantes deben ser llenadas en la Junta de Educación:
 
Término    Nombre del último o última titular
Tres (3) años, expirando el 30 de junio de 2021 Peter Bisaccia
Tres (3) años, expirando el 30 de junio de 2021 Jackie Carbone
 
TAMBIÉN SE AVISA que todas las propuestas de cualquier persona que no sea la Junta de Educación deben ser presentadas con una petición de aprobación firmada por al menos 38
votantes cualificados del Distrito al menos 60 días antes de la Reunión Anual.
 
TAMBIÉN SE AVISA que el registro de votantes está en curso en la oficina de la Secretaria del Distrito y que cualquier persona con derecho a que su nombre sea colocado en el registro
puede registrarse cualquier día escolar en la Oficina de Negocios del Distrito, 2725 Crompond Road, Yorktown Heights, Nueva York entre las 8:30 de la mañana y 3:00 de la tarde hasta 5
días antes de la Reunión Anual.
 
TAMBIÉN SE AVISA que cualquier persona de otra manera cualificada para votar y quien actualmente está registrada para votar en cualquier elección general, de conformidad con el
Artículo 5 de la Ley Electoral, o actualmente está registrada para votar con el Distrito Escolar y ha votado en una reunión anual o especial del distrito escolar dentro de los últimos cuatro
años calendario, tendrá deYroecrhkotaowvontarNsinewmássFreilgliestrros.
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Probate and its problems

GUEST sociated with the probate process. that needs to be admitted to LLP. She concentrates her practice on Committee of the New York State Bar
CORNER While legal fees may vary probate increases the risk of a Will Wills,Trusts and Estates, Medicaid Association (NYSBA), the Co-Chair
Contest. Planning, Special Needs Planning of the NYSBA Elder Law and Special
LAUREN ENEA depending on where one resides and Probate/Estate Administration. Needs Section 2020 Fall Meeting and
and the experience of the attorney When a will needs to be admit- She graduated Summa Cum Laude the Publications Committee Production
“If I have a will,I avoid pro- retained, it is not unusual for the ted to probate, not only are the from Pace University School of Law Editor for the NYSBA Elder Law
bate, right?” is is a ques- fees to be three to ve percent of bene ciaries under the Will en- and is admitted to practice law in New and Special Needs Section Journal. She
tion I hear all too often the decedent’s gross estate. Ad- titled to notice, but any distributee York and Florida. Ms. Enea is the can be reached at 914-948-1500 or at
and, unfortunately, the answer is ditionally, court ling fees associ- (person who would inherit under Sponsorship Chair of the Elder Law L.Enea@esslaw rm.com. Please visit
more complicated then yes or no. ated with probate go up to $1,250 the laws of the State of New York and Special Needs Section Sponsorship esslaw rm.com for more information.
for an estate worth $500,000 or if there was no Last Will and
Probate is the legal process greater. Testament) has to be cited (served Your ad
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has a Last Will and Testament Unanticipated expenses can being admitted to probate. is
and passes away with assets titled also arise where the court needs to presents the opportunity for a dis- Call Brett Freeman at 845-208-8151
to their name alone. It is a court appoint a Guardian ad Litem (an tributee to challenge the validity to find out how.
proceeding necessitating the ling attorney) to represent the interests of the Last Will on grounds such
of one’s Last Will and Testament of any bene ciary who is a “person as lack of testamentary capacity, HumPauntenSaomciety
in the Surrogate’s Court of the under a disability”or where a ben- undue in uence, fraud, or duress. Check out our Facebook & Twitter pages!
county where the decedent resided e ciary seeks a formal accounting A Will Contest can take years to
and the appointment of the execu- to be led with the court for court settle and the potential legal fees Cheryl has been with us
tor named in the Last Will and approval. Expenses associated and expenses are signi cantly for a long time. She’s a
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decedent’s estate. may also arise where the decedent from a terrible hoarding
owned property in a state other d) Probate is public! When situation. She would love a
If someone passes away with- than New York. one’s Last Will and Testament is quiet, patient home where
out a Last Will and Testament, admitted to probate, it is then on she can let her wonderful
a similar proceeding, known as b) e probate process can personality shine through.
an Administration Proceeding, is often take nine months to over a le and open for public view- Call for an appointment to
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not avoid probate and a probate Even after the Last Will has one’s estate, along with the chosen
proceeding would be necessary if been admitted to probate, there bene ciaries are outlined in the
there are assets held in the dece- are lings such as the Inventory of probate petition and inventory
dent’s name alone. Assets and A davit of Comple- of assets. is lack of privacy is a
tion, which are required by the su cient reason in and of itself to
e following are some of the court to be led after a speci c avoid the probate process!
reasons one should try to avoid period of time. e A davit of
utilizing a Last Will that needs to Completion cannot be led until To avoid these potential prob-
be admitted to probate upon one’s at least seven months have passed lems, the use of a trust, whether
death: and often it takes longer than that revocable and/or irrevocable,
to completely marshal all assets, should be considered as a tool to
a) Avoid the potentially signi - pay all debts, le all necessary avoid the probate process and the
cant legal fees and ling fees as- taxes, and ensure the bene ciaries potential costs and delays associ-
have received an accounting and ated with it.
their proper distribution of the
estate assets. Lauren C. Enea, Esq. is an associate
at Enea, Scanlan & Sirgnano,
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single family homes sold by agent in the Town of Yorktown. OKMLS, 2020, total volume sold by agents.