Mahopac News 1.20.22

VOL. 12 NO. 50 Visit TapIntoMahopac.net for the latest news. THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 2022

Oil spill discovered
beneath ground
at Swan Cove

Buried oil tank responsible, town will
investigate rest of property

BY BOB DUMAS the tank. We called in Optimum
EDITOR Fuel and they determined that

the tank is about three-quarters

An old heating-oil tank was full of water.”

found earlier this month buried Franzetti said Vibar

on the on the site of a planned Construction and Dutchess

municipal parking lot and passive Environmental Construction

park. Further investigation removed the tank in accordance

revealed that oil had leaked with state regulations. e

into the ground, requiring soil process included pumping the

remediation. liquid out of the tank, disposing

“While repairing the drain of the liquid, cleaning the tank

PHOTO COURTESY line at Swan Cove, buried oil and removing it at a cost of
OF LYNNE MONGON
lines were discovered proximate $5,000.
New York’s FDNY reman Mike Gauilo carries a young girl to safety
during the devasting re at East 181st Street in the Bronx last to the work being performed,” During the tank removal,
week. e re took 19 lives, including nine children. Gauilo is
town engineer Richard Franzetti Dutchess reported that the
bravest is the nephew of Mahopac resident Lynne Mongon, who works
for the Mahopac School District.She is the wife of school board told the Town Board at its Jan. surrounding soil and the
President Mike Mongon and sister of town Councilwoman
13 meeting. “ e property is the adjacent groundwater had been
local hero Suzi McDonough. Gauilo found a family on the 10th oor
of the building and led them out of the building. He carried old Chamber building that we contaminated with petroleum.
this girl down 10 ights and, at press time, reports indicate she
had survived thus far. Gauilo is a Somers resident. acquired from the [Tompkins] Following state regulations,

Mahopac Bank. Upon further Dutchess contacted the

investigation in the area, it was Department of Environmental

determined that the pipes were a Conservation (DEC) and a spill

part of an existing underground number was generated.

storage tank (UST) that serviced “We requested a proposal

the Chamber building. During from Dutchess to perform

our inspection, we identi ed the SEE OIL SPILL PAGE 15
existence of petroleum product in

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BUSINESS & REAL ESTATE 23
CLASSIFIED
LEGAL NOTICES 22
LEISURE
MAHOPAC MUSINGS 21
OBITUARIES
OPINION 20
SPORTS
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The Staff WE APOLOGIZE

EDITORIAL TEAM We extend our sincere apologies store about wearing masks. — liberal, conservative and every- contacted Mahopac News and
BOB DUMAS
to the liquor store owners located Mahopac News has no clue one inbetween — are entitled to adamantly deny that the exchange
EDITOR: 845-208-0774
[email protected] in the same shopping centers as who this “Mary” person is. We their opinions. took place. Both said that they

VIM WILKINSON the Stop & Shop in Mahopac and have no clue whether this per- But we should have been more would never speak to a patron like
SPECIAL SECTIONS EDITOR
[email protected] Baldwin Place. son is a ctitious character used careful when reviewing the piece, what was described by Kosberg.

ADVERTISING TEAM Columnist Bernie Kosberg to make a political point. And if and for that, we apologize. Ma- As a member of the small busi-
PAUL FORHAN
wrote a piece (“Angry moms, she is real, there is no indication hopac News is not Yelp, and we ness community, we can tell you
(914) 806-3951
[email protected] Jan. 13, Page 8) that described a whether this took place in Ma- studiously avoid stories about that the business owners in Ma-

BRUCE HELLER situation where a woman named hopac or Timbuktu. businesses that can’t be veri ed. hopac are among the most phil-
(914) 486-7608
[email protected] “Mary”got into an argument with We don’t fault Kosberg for writ- Here’s what we do know: both anthropic people we’ve ever met.

LISA KAIN an owner at an unnamed liquor ing the piece. All our columnists liquor store owners separately ey are the ones who sponsor all
(201) 317-1139
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CORINNE STANTON
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JAY GUSSAK
(914) 299-4541 tions and charities.
[email protected] Both liquor store owners who
SHELLEY KILCOYNE
(914) 924-9122 contacted us couldn’t have been
[email protected] nicer or more courteous dur-

PRODUCTION TEAM ing the phone conversation, even
TABITHA PEARSON MARSHALL
though they had every reason to
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
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