Mahopac News 03.31.22

VOL. NO. Visit TapIntoMahopac.net for the latest news. THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 2022

Community rallies around Boutique hotel proposed
Mahopac woman struck by train for downtown Mahopac
Privately owned 24-room inn
BY BOB DUMAS Frank Ciano said his step- Hudson Line stop, Ciano said comes before Planning Board
EDITOR daughter, Hope Mantovi, 23, it’s di cult to understand ex-
was struck in the head by a actly what happened. BY BOB DUMAS structure that would be built at
e community is rallying passing train on March 17
around a Mahopac woman who while she waited on a platform “She was just sitting there EDITOR 910 South Lake Blvd.
remains in critical condition af- bench with her friends. and it kind of sucked her in,” he
ter she was struck by a Metro- said. “She was so close. I mean, Two structures currently on
North train in Yonkers on St. After watching videotape of how does that happen? It was
Patrick’s Day. the incident that was taken by an express train and it kept go- A plan to build a three-story, the property would be razed to
surveillance cameras along the ing.”
Hope Mantovi 24-room boutique hotel on Route make way for the hotel. Initially,
FACEBOOK PHOTO But, Ciano said, the conduc-
tor realized what had happened 6N (South Lake Boulevard) in the property owner had hoped
and stopped the train. Two
nurses who witnessed the ac- the Mahopac business district has to build an apartment building
cident rushed to Mantovi’s aid.
Ciano credits them with help- come before the Planning Board. on the lot but switched to a hotel
ing to keep the young woman
alive. Michael Mastrogiacomo of because parking would be less of a

Mantovi was rushed to Mastrogiacomo Engineering, challenge.
St. Barnabas Hospital in the
Bronx, where she remains in the rm designing the hotel, laid SEE HOTEL PAGE 3
critical condition.
out the preliminary plans for the
“ at is where they have a
head trauma specialist,” Ciano IMAGE COURTESY OF TOWN OF CARMEL
said. “He gave her a 1 to 2 per-
cent chance to live. But here it is A schematic drawing of the hotel and parking lot placement
a week later, and she is still alive.
But it is starting to swell again,
which the doctor said would
happen. He said it would get
worse before it got better. We
really need a miracle right now.
She is still in bad shape. But her
name is Hope.”

Mantovi, a MHS Class of ’17

SEE MANTOVI PAGE 3

THINKING OF SELLING? ZACKS
Call for a free consultation with the Hudson Valley’s top realtor!
914-282-6440
Let me help you... Need More Info?
[email protected]
LAWRENCE ZACKS, • Prep your current home for the market Scan me!
• Find your new home – anywhere in the world Services Provided
Winner of the 2021 • Turn your real estate DREAMS INTO REALITY
Circle of Legends Award Property Evaluation | Home Staging
Why wait? CALL TODAY! 914-282-6440 High Definition Photography | 3D/Virtual Tours
Custom Digital Marketing | Five-Star Service

RE/MAX Classic Realty

BUSINESS & REAL ESTATE MVFD DINNER/DANCE
CLASSIFIEDS
LEGAL NOTICES Fire Dept. installs new
LEISURE o cers at gala
MAHOPAC MUSINGS pg 15
OPINION
SPORTS

PAGE 2 MAHOPAC NEWS MAHOPAC MUSINGS THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 2022

Attention Mahopac www.mahopac.k12.ny.us, All new New members are always wel- Eighty-eight year-old self-taught
Parents students are required to register come. is month the group will artist Michael Mendel has trav-
The Staff and provide proof of residency discuss “ e Age of AI: And Our elled far and wide, capturing in

EDITORIAL TEAM In compliance with §3635 of the documents for these services.If you Human Future” by Henry Kiss- brilliant watercolors what he calls
BOB DUMAS
New York State Education Law, a have any questions,email transpor- inger. Pick up a copy of this item “the rhythm of our lives.” His
EDITOR: 845-208-0774
[email protected] parent or guardian of children re- [email protected]. at the library circulation desk. For artwork depicts the hustle and

VIM WILKINSON siding within the Mahopac Cen- Mahopac Library information, visit www.mahopa- bustle of Manhattan’s lower East
SPECIAL SECTIONS EDITOR tral School District who are at- clibrary.org, or call 845-628- Side, the serenity of Central Park,
[email protected]
tending a non-public school must Events 2009, ext. 100. the shores of Malibu, California,
ADVERTISING TEAM request transportation services pri- Watercolors by as well as the Italian cities of
PAUL FORHAN
or to April 1 proceeding the next Flo Brandon Book Group Michael Mendel Sorrento and Bovino. Mendel’s
(914) 806-3951
[email protected] school year, or within 30 days of Friday, April 1, 11 a.m. e Flo April 1-24 e Artist Travels exhibit will be on display from

BRUCE HELLER residence within the District. Brandon Book Group meets on on exhibit in the ird Floor April 1-24; visitors can view the
(914) 486-7608
[email protected] To obtain an application, visit the rst Friday of each month. Gallery at Mahopac Library. artwork during regular Library

LISA KAIN hours. For more information visit
(201) 317-1139
[email protected] www.mahopaclibrary.org, or call
CORINNE STANTON
(914) 760-7009 845-628-2009, ext. 100.
[email protected]
Feast of Films
JAY GUSSAK
(914) 299-4541 Fridays, April 1, 15, 29, 5:30
[email protected]
SHELLEY KILCOYNE p.m. Teens in grades 8-12 will
(914) 924-9122
[email protected] meet at Mahopac Library to

PRODUCTION TEAM 20th Anniversary Sale! watch a surprise movie. A
TABITHA PEARSON MARSHALL short discussion will follow the
screening. is is an after-hours
CREATIVE DIRECTOR program; food and beverages
PHOTOGRAPHER provided. Teens must arrange

[email protected] transportation home from the
GABRIELLE BILIK
DESIGNER library at 8:30 p.m. Register for

[email protected] April 1 – 9th one or more Feast of Film dates;

EXECUTIVE TEAM register online at www.mahopa-
BRETT FREEMAN clibrary.org, or call 845-628-
CEO & PUBLISHER
845-208-8151 50% OFF 2009, ext. 139.
e History and
[email protected]
Legacy of the Holocaust
Deadlines
all fine jewelry Sunday, April 3, 2 p.m. Dr. Wil-
MAHOPAC NEWS DEADLINE
THE DEADLINE FOR ADVERTISEMENTS liam Reszelbach, a child of Holo-
caust survivors, will speak about
AND EDITORIAL SUBMISSIONS FOR
(in stock) Watch Battery Special the history of this tragic time.
MAHOPAC NEWS IS THE THURSDAY He will share information about
BEFORE THE NEXT PUBLICATION DATE. $4.61 Kristallnacht, the concentration

FOR MORE INFORMATION, Excludes watches with 4 or more screws. camps, the experience of survi-
CALL BOB DUMAS AT Limit 4 watches. With this coupon. vors - many of whom came to

845-208-0774 OR EMAIL Not valid with other offers or prior purchases. America, and his personal experi-
[email protected]. Expires 4-30-22 ence of being a child of survivors.

Subscribe Tel: 914-245-3899 • 32 Triangle Center, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598 is talk is o ered in partnership
with Temple Beth Shalom, Ma-
TO REQUEST MAHOPAC NEWS www.genesisjewelers.com hopac, and Chabad of Putnam,
WEEKLY DELIVERY, CALL 845-208-8503 OR
EMAIL [email protected]. Carmel. Registration is required;
SUBSCRIPTIONS ARE COMPLIMENTARY FOR
RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES IN THE TOWN. register online at www.mahopa-
OUT OF TOWN MAIL SUBSCRIPTIONS ARE
$150 PER YEAR FOR FIRST CLASS MAIL. One Call Does it All... clibrary.org, or call 845-628-
Loose deck board? 2009, ext. 100.
PERIODICALS POSTAGE PAID AT Window or door repair?
MAHOPAC, NY AND AT Monday Evening

ADDITIONAL MAILING OFFICES. Book Group
Monday, April 4, 6 p.m. is
POSTMASTER: adult book group meets on the
SEND ADDRESS CHANGES TO
Simple picture frame install? rst Monday of each month; new
MAHOPAC NEWS AT members are always welcome.We
824 ROUTE 6, SUITE 4
MAHOPAC, NY 10541 will meet onsite at the Library

MNeawhsopac and virtually as well; this month

(ISSN 2330-1627) A DIVISION OF we will discuss “Stone Mattress,”
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY SUNRISE CARPENTRY nine tales by Margaret Atwood.
HALSTON MEDIA, LLC AT Pick up a copy of this book at
824 ROUTE 6, SUITE 4
Mahopac Library’s main desk,
MAHOPAC, NY 10541
The Sunrise Handyman is here to or call 845-628-2009, ext. 100 to
MAIN OFFICE complete that task list that just won't go away. schedule a curbside pickup. is
118 N. BEDFORD ROAD book is also available as an eBook
Spring Into Savings! on Overdrive. Contact Emily at
SUITE 100 ewierzbowski@mahopaclibrary.
MOUNT KISCO, NY 10549 org to receive a link to attend this
©2022 HALSTON MEDIA, LLC
10% OFF Your First Roof Shampoo! book group virtually.
Must mention coupon for discount Gathering of the
O er Expires 5/31/22 Gamers Club
ursdays, April 7, 14, 21, 28,

Just give us a call because one call does it all... 3:30-6:30 p.m. Come one, come
all to the gamers club at Mahopac
Service Maintenence Repairs Library. Kids in grades 6-12 can

arrive at 3:30 p.m. and enjoy a
gaming experience. Snacks and

thesunrisehandyman.com 914 248 7368 SEE MUSINGS PAGE 20

THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 2022 MAHOPAC NEWS PAGE 3

MANTOVI ly to help with the medical bills. PHOTO: CORINNE STANTON
ey are considering repeating
FROM PAGE 1 Jeanna Brown of JMB Cake Studio in Carmel with the rainbow cupcakes the bakery was selling to raise
the e ort this weekend. Ma- money for the Mantovi family.
graduate, is a student at the Par- hopac Florist is selling bunches
sons School of Design in Man- of sun owers (Hope’s favorite
hattan, hoping to become an ar-
chitect or engineer, Ciano said. ower) for $5, with proceeds
going to the family.
“She was brilliant, and she
loved to make things,” he said. Mantovi’s mother is Claudine
“She was so sweet and not like Coletti and her father is Joe
anyone else. She was always Mantovi, who owns Mahopac
having fun.” Septic. She has two stepsisters.

A special Mass was held at Even though the family has
St. John the Evangelist in Ma- gone through a divorce, Ciano
hopac on ursday, March 24, said, everyone remains close.
to rally the community’s sup-
port via prayer, which Ciano “We are a tightknit family,
said he thinks is working be- and it can be hard to get that
cause his stepdaughter is still after a divorce,” he said. “We
alive. are all close and Joe [Mantovi]
is a dynamite guy. He should
“[ e Mass] was very well- be Father of the Year. We’ve
attended,” he said. “We could spent every day at Hope’s side
use some prayers right now.” since she’s been in the hospital,
and we think she hears us and
Several local businesses are it’s helping to keep her alive.”
doing their part to rally sup-
port for the Mantovi family as ose who would like to
well. Last weekend, JMB Cake express their well-wishes, and
Studio in Carmel sold rainbow thoughts and prayers for Man-
cupcakes with 100 percent of tovi and her family can use the
the proceeds going to the fami- hashtag #hopestrong on Face-
book, Twitter and Instagram.

HOTEL now that we are shifting to a ho- the front desk area, and [nearby] some rooms would have a door “A 24-room boutique hotel is
tel. e architecture is going to be a conference/dining area. If you between them for those who need something that has been talked
FROM PAGE 1 benchmark for this, so we really want to have some type of con- two bedrooms. about for many years in our town,”
need our [architectural] consul- ference here, there is a foldable said Craig Paeprer, chair of the
“ e property owner does own tant engaged [with the develop- wall that can close. We are hoping He said the hotel would employ Planning Board. “It’s a very di -
a couple of hotels down in Florida, ers] to make sure the building is whoever [rents this] will also stay six to 10 workers. cult piece of property to develop
so he has the experience,” Mas- designed appropriately.” at the hotel and be able to go to and I hope we can develop it
trogiacomo said at the Planning the restaurants [nearby] and actu- “ e owner is still going properly so we can get the busi-
Board’s March 23 meeting. “He Town engineer Rich Fran- ally enjoy the town.” through the numbers to see how ness we need. If ve years after,
will actually own it, like a mom- zetti said the state Department much sta he’ll need,” he said. it doesn’t work out, then we will
and-pop boutique hotel. It’s not a of Transportation will need to get Mastrogiacomo said the hotel have this white elephant. What
franchise.” involved since access and egress is would only o er a continental Mastrogiacomo said he will re- do we do with it?”
on a state road. breakfast with pastries provided turn to the Planning Board in a
e Planning Board and town from nearby bakeries and perhaps couple of months with more fully
o cials had some concerns about “ at may take some time,” eggs from a small kitchen that is realized plans.
the project and said some chal- Franzetti said. “And you will need planned for the hotel basement.
lenges must be overcome. But the New York City DEP (Depart- He also said they are still mulling IMAGES COURTESY OF
they agreed such a hotel would ment of Environmental Protec- the idea of putting in a bar. TOWN OF CARMEL
be bene cial to Mahopac if it was tion) for wastewater ows.”
operated correctly. He said the hotel would be An artist’s rendering
Mastrogiacomo displayed some midscale to upscale, comparing it of the front and rear
“ e footprint of the proposal blueprints along with an art- to a Courtyard by Marriott. of the proposed 24-
that is before [the board] now is ist’s renderings of the hotel exte-
very similar to the prior plan [for rior but acknowledged they were “ ese are not going to be room hotel
the apartment building],” said Pat preliminary sketches and would three-hour stays; this is for ex-
Cleary, the town’s planning con- undergo revisions as the process tended stays,” he told the board.
sultant. “A hotel in this location moves forward. “We are looking for people who
could be a wonderful thing for us are coming for a three-day week-
depending on how that hotel is “We still have a lot of work to end or to stay a week. People who
operated. Understanding the na- do but the biggest thing is to come are visiting family, things of that
ture of the hotel is critical to us. here and get some direction from nature—wedding bookings espe-
the board,” he said. “ ere will be cially at Villa Barone.”
“ ere are grading issues with a small lounge area with an elec-
steep driveways in and out,” he tric replace where you can sit Mastrogiacomo said all the
continued. “ ose things have to down, read, hang out. ere will rooms would be the same size and
be looked at a little more carefully be a continental breakfast area o there would be no suites, although

TRUST & ESTATES • WILLS • ELDER LAW • REAL ESTATE

LAW OFFICE OF ANDRES D. GIL, PLLC

Honor, IntegrLitAy,WCoOmpFaFsICsiEonO, aFnAd DNiDgnRiEtyS D. GIL, PLLC
Scan here
Call Us THoodnoar,yIntAegtrit(y,8C4om5p)as9si4on0, a-n1d1D1i0gnity
to visit my
website
Call us today at (845) 940-1110
ADG-LAW.com New York State Certified

973 Route 22, Suite 3, Brewster Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business

PAGE 4 MAHOPAC NEWS THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 2022

Neighbors gun-shy over plan for shooting range

Homeowners say noise from gun club has been unbearable

BY BOB DUMAS 400 trees were removed. Board the club’s construction of the town of Carmel’s noise ordi- has obeyed the cease-and-desist
EDITOR It was around this time that the the new course was illegal and nance. order since it was issued nearly
had impacted their quality of life. three years ago but is now back
A site plan amendment for club’s residential neighbors began “In 2018, when the rampant before the Planning Board in an
a Mahopac gun club to build a to complain to Carmel town of- “Originally, the gun range had shooting began again, I realized I e ort to legitimize the sporting-
14-station sporting-clay range is targets on a lower elevation that needed to nd a solution to this clays course, as well as gaining
back before the Carmel Planning cials, saying the noise had be- were surrounded with erected problem. I contacted the town improvements to the club’s park-
Board, much to the chagrin of come “intolerable in both fre- sound barriers. Members would of Somers and was told there is ing lot and some stormwater is-
some of its neighbors, including quency and volume.” Before the shoot only in one direction,” nothing they can do since the sues.
some in nearby Somers. installation of the sporting-clays they wrote. “ e club illegally sound was originating in Car-
course there was some noise, they expanded onto an area with a mel,” he said. “I then checked During the Planning Board’s
e Willow Wood Gun Club, said, but it was endurable. How- higher elevation with targets that the Carmel noise ordinance and March 26 meeting, Willow
a private, 200-member club lo- ever, the neighbors contended, have members shooting in all found that there was a [law] in Wood representatives said they
cated on 86 acres o Union Val- tree-culling removed a natural directions. In addition to taking place that placed speci c decibel were aware of the noise concerns
ley Road, is seeking o cial en- sound barrier and the new course down nearly 400 trees, all this levels for residentially zoning and were taking measures to mit-
dorsement of the sporting-clay brought shooters to a higher el- change led to much louder gun- areas. I decided to measure the igate the problem.
range that it built several years evation, which allowed the sound shots coming from the club. e sound level using my iPad as a
ago but without the requisite to travel further—all the way to increased noise pollution has sig- measuring device. Utilizing a Na- Willow Wood o cials said
Planning Board approvals and Somers, including the Heritage ni cantly diminished the qual- tional Institute for Occupational they’d hired a “noise consultant”
Zoning Board variances. Hills neighborhood. ity of life that we have worked Safety and Health app... I made a to study the issue and write a
so hard to achieve for our home recording from my property line report. ey did not, however,
Sporting clays is a sport in “ at valley is shaped like a and community. Visitors to our that is closest to my house and make the report available to the
which participants travel a course megaphone, and it funnels the home ask with bewilderment and in line with Willow Wood Gun board at last week’s meeting.
in a motorized cart, pull o at a sound right to us,” said Somers angst what that noise is. ere is Club. e sound levels that I re-
station and step into a wooden resident Graeme Cooper. “It lit- talk now in town that if the in- corded were signi cantly higher “We have a noise ordinance
cage. ree clay targets are re- erally rattles our windows like creased volume coming from the than the permitted sound levels that provides context with spe-
leased into the air and the par- artillery shells.” gun range continues, the value of pursuant to the ordinance.” ci c decibel levels, and I am sure
ticipant shoots them in the order nearby properties will likely de- your noise consultant is aware of
they’re released before moving on In 2019, the residents led a crease.” A subsequent investigation by that,” Pat Cleary, the town’s plan-
to the next station. memorandum of opposition with town o cials led to a cease-and- ning consultant, said in asking to
the town spelling out their issues In a deposition that was part desist order being issued against see the club’s report. “If it can’t be
In 2016, the club obtained a with the club and included a pe- of the memorandum, Cooper the gun club and the noise sub- shared with us, we will get our
tree-harvesting permit to clear tition with 45 signatures. said the noise created by the gun- sided. own noise consultant.”
areas around which the sporting- shots exceeded levels allowed by
clay course was built. More than In the memorandum, Ma- Cooper said Willow Wood SEE SHOOTING RANGE PAGE 6
hopac residents Beata and Zyg-
munt Pastuszka told the Planning

Do you understand
the difference between

an irrevocable and
a revocable trust?
CALL NEW YORK’S
ELDER LAW TEAM

914.948.1500

WHITE PLAINS • SOMERS • WWW.ESSLAWFIRM.COM

• Asset Protection • Elder Law • Wills, Trusts & Estates
• Medicaid Applications (Nursing Home/Home Care) • Past Chair of Elder Law Section of NYS Bar Association
• Guardianships (Contested/Non-Contested) • “Super Lawyer” In Elder Law for 15 consecutive years

Contact ANTHONY J. ENEA, ESQ.

Managing Member • Fluent in Italian

914.948.1500

THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 2022 MAHOPAC NEWS PAGE 5

Faulkner kicks off congressional campaign
Somers councilman to vie for 16th District seat

BY CAROL REIF Gerald told  jewishinsider. advantage, local Republican Com- right in Somers, and we know resentative in Washington who

STAFF WRITER com  that he thought Bowman mittee Chairman T.J. McCor- how to hold the line on taxes. basically comes from the Bronx/

could expect to do a lot of “leg- mack suggested when introducing While we do that, we provide all Mount Vernon area.”

Having already received the work” in the northern part of the Faulkner Saturday. the services that people need,” Glancing at Faulkner, he added:

endorsements of the Republican district while Gashi needs to make He’s “a guy from the Bronx he said. “Which is ne if you’re born there;

and the Conservative parties of his face known to voters in the who made his way to Somers, Faulkner, currently serving his that’s great. I’m sorry, but I think

Westchester, Putnam and Bronx south. pretty much the Westchester third term on the Town Board, the people of Somers nally need

counties, William Faulkner of- at bit of advice might also path of dreams.” ran last fall with fellow Repub- some representation in Washing-

cially launched his campaign for apply to Faulkner, a 54-year-old “ is guy has been part of licans Councilman Anthony ton from somebody who actually

Congress on Saturday, March 19, Bronx native who has lived in keeping the town of Somers Cirieco and Robert Scorrano, spends time in northern Westches-

at e Elephant Hotel in Somers. Somers since 1995. the lowest-taxed town in the who secured the supervisor’s role. ter (and) who actually knows what

Asking for support, the Somers However,being a resident of this highest-taxed county in Ameri- Democrats, McCormack SEE FAULKNER PAGE 19

councilman told a cheering crowd part of the county actually is an ca. at’s because we do things claimed, “want us to have a rep-

of family members,friends and po-

litical colleagues from home and its

surrounding communities that he

and fellow conservative Republi- Service
cans weren’t “going to be the silent
majority anymore.”

“We are going to ip the script.
We are going to tell the archliber-
als and ‘ e Squad’enough of your
ine ective and divisive politics,”

Faulkner declared, referring to the

well-known group of six progres- Stability
sive Democrats who won seats in
the 2018 and 2020 midterm elec-
tions to the United States House
of Representatives.

Among them is freshman Rep.
Jamaal Bowman (D-Yonkers),

whom Faulkner is hoping to un-

seat in the upcoming midterm Strength
elections to the state’s 16th  Con-
gressional District, which includes
Mahopac.

Somers had been in the
18th  District, which was repre-
sented by Democrat Sean Patrick

Maloney, before the state’s lines

were redrawn.

As originally con gured, the

16th District covered much of the

north Bronx as well as the south-

ern half of Westchester County, “ ey have the same values that we PASCAL COFFEE
including Mount Vernon and do,” says Dean. “ ey know who we ROASTERS
Yonkers. Now it includes Somers
among its sizable new population
of traditionally moderate voters in

mid- to northern-Westchester and are. ey’re loyal, hard working and Dean Pialtos,
parts of Putnam County, particu- they’re there for us.” President and CEO
larly the towns of Carmel and Put-
nam Valley.

Republicans have challenged the

new congressional maps, calling

them unconstitutional and blatant

gerrymandering. e state judge

deciding the case recently rebu ed e Pialtos family has been in business as Pascal Co ee Roasters for four
the GOP’s bid to delay the mid-

term elections process while the generations—that’s more than 100 years providing high quality co ee and service in the
matter plays out in court. Hudson Valley. When they needed a loan for more trucks and equipment, they chose a

Bowman, an educator and for-

mer school principal, is facing a local bank that shares their commitment to customer service: Tompkins.
primary ght in June from more-

centrist Democrats, including Yor-

ktown’s Vedat Gashi, a lawyer and

Westchester County legislator, and

Manuel Casanova of New Ro-

chelle, a former political strategist.

Just weeks into the race, a third

challenger, Michael Gerald, sus- 866-462-2658 | MahopacBank.com

pended his campaign, citing a lack
of momentum and family obliga-

tions.

PAGE 6 MAHOPAC NEWS THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 2022

Showing
support for
the library

Last month, the Friends of Ma- cio of PCSB Bank, Karen Kellogg PHOTO
hopac Public Library accepted a do- of the Friends of MPL, Michele COURTESY
nation of $1,200 from PCSB Bank. Capozzella, director of the library, OF FRIENDS
Pictured, from left, are Kelly Puc- and Robin Hulmes of PCSB Bank. OF MAHOPAC
LIBRARY

SHOOTING RANGE Board, noted that the walls behind sta- Calcagnini told the board the addition ing for its site plan amendment but plan-

FROM PAGE 4 tions 13 and 14 are overlapping wood of the clays sporting course was key to the ning o cials said more meetings are
boards and he wondered if a more e ec- gun club, which he said was a valuable as- needed to get to that stage in order to

tive material could be used. set to the community. address not only the noise concerns but

George Calcagnini, president of Willow “Is there a better product for sound at- “Willow Wood is a very small club in things such as stormwater issues as well.

Wood Gun Club, said he will make the re- tenuation than wood?” he asked. “Wa e, the sphere of sporting clubs, but it has Meanwhile, Cooper said he is dubious

port available the next time the club comes honeycomb—something that absorbs it or become a very signi cant training ground about the gun club’s e orts to mitigate the

before the board. de ects [sound] rather than echoing it all for serious competitive shooters,” he said. noise issue and become a good neighbor.

In the letter to the board from Richard over the place?” “We have attracted a lot of people who are “I have no idea because they presented

Williams, a principal engineer for Insite Calcagnini said he would be glad to intensely interested in the sport. We have no calculations, no testing,” he said after

Engineering, the rm that designed the meet with code enforcement o cer Mike a lot of competitive shooters, and this is last week’s meeting. “As far as I can tell

course, he wrote that the club has stepped Carnazza, who said he would like to see an important training facility and it’s a there is no [noise] report. Why wouldn’t

up its sound mitigation e orts, such as: earthen berms installed to mu e noise real plus to the community. Sporting-clay you bring it? I don’t have a lot of faith in

• Sound barriers have been proposed for and discuss additional sound barriers. shooters need to constantly have di erent them. ey have been agrant in their dis-

stations 4 and 12; “We would be happy to get your input targets to expand their abilities because regard for the rules so far, so I don’t know

• Station 6 has been rotated; and add any barriers that are feasible to the you have to immediately assess trajectories why they would start now.”

• Station 9 has been relocated and rotated; site plan,” Calcagnini told Carnazza. and leads and di erent techniques and Cooper said he’s been in touch with Heri-

• e existing sound barriers at stations Williams, the Insite engineer, added, that’s why Willow Wood is important. tage Hills residents who have been impacted

13 and 14 have been proposed to be en- “We will meet with the sound expert and is course is designed for those who are by the noise and hopes to work with them

hanced with wing walls and roof. when we come back, we will have a full serious about the sport.” moving forward in opposing the new shoot-

Craig Paeprer, chair of the Planning report and more answers.” Willow Wood is seeking a public hear- ing range.

ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES—EXPERT HELP

• EXCEPTIONAL SELECTION OF HIGH QUALITY TILE & MOSAICS • KITCHEN & BATH CABINETS STOCK & CUSTOM
• COUNTER TOPS: QUARTZ, GRANITE & MARBLE • SHOWER DOORS & MEDICINE CABINETS • FREE DESIGN SERVICES

NO APPOINTMENT NECESSARY • 361 Route 6 • Mahopac, New York

845-628-4100 • www.samsceramic.com

THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 2022 MAHOPAC NEWS PAGE 7

ST. MARY'S ACADEMY

at
KENNEDY CATHOLIC PREPARATORY SCHOOL

Traditional

American Ideals

and Christian

Values 6th, 7th, 8th Grade

American History, STEM, Classics

Values-Based Catholic Education

KennedyCatholic.Org/St-Marys-Academy

54 Route 138, Somers, NY 10589 (914) 232-5061

PAGE 8 MAHOPAC NEWS Opinion THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 2022

OP ED On uncertainty

Learning the art I’m not an economist. Nor do I play one on down, we all discovered we were reliant largely
of patience TV. Or even on the internet. on China for ordinary, everyday prescription
But when President Biden announces medications. When Trump made a big stink

on the world stage that about over reliance on a

ahead there will be “real” LIFE, potential enemy, like usual, the
food shortages in the USA HEALTH, media largely dismissed him,

and then Larry Fink, CEO but plenty of people heard his
POLITICS message loud and clear.
BY JEAN TOCK rearview mirror and a senior citizen of Blackrock, sends around
GUEST WRITER at the wheel who could barely see
over the dashboard. Slow drivers an email to his shareholders MARA Now we are experiencing
Iwas standing at the teller’s win- make me a bit crazy when I have that the current con ict in SCHIFFREN another shortfall from
dow inside a local bank when a places to be. When my son was Ukraine will upend the world globalism that may cause
shrill scraping noise jolted me about 10 years old he used to say,
out of the quiet of my mundane “If mom had a James Bond car, she order that we have enjoyed terrible su ering around the
errand. I turned to look and I saw an would always be out of missiles.”
elderly bank customer pushing her But this particular day I thought of in the West since the end of world. We need to create a
walker across the tiled oor, metal Lisa Crecco and her bank customer.
screeching on the tile with every What if this is that same elderly the Cold War and “have lasting global economic better system for ourselves, so that we can rely
step forward. A bank employee bank customer driving right in
walked beside her as they slowly front of me? Isn’t it better that she consequences,” even I pop my head out of my on our own means when there are emergencies.
made their way to the front door. remain independent? So what if she
drives slowly as long as she drives turtle shell and start paying attention. Once again, it’s a VUCA world out there.
is disruption simultaneously lled safely. After all, I’m on my way to
me with shame for the momentary my o ce, not to a meeting with the e U.S. and allied countries are imposing VUCA is an acronym for volatility,
annoyance I felt and compassion for President, so I think it’s okay if it
this woman who had considerable takes me an extra ve minutes. sanctions on Russia for starting and carrying uncertainly, complexity and ambiguity. It’s a
di culty walking with her walker
but was still clinging rmly to her Later the same week I was gro- out this awful war in Ukraine to try to in u- term that was developed in 1987 by the U.S.
independence. cery shopping and an older woman
asked me to help her nd the eggs ence them to stop the war. It’s a bitter irony that Army War College after the Cold War ended.
e bank employee who assisted that were on sale. We scanned the
this woman to her car was Lisa refrigerated shelves together but sanctions rarely work as intended to stop wars. It’s a model used to operate successfully during
Crecco, a longtime employee of could not nd any of the eggs ad-
the bank. You read that right—she vertised in that week’s sale yer. But But sanctions generally are successful in spread- the unpredictable scenarios that emerged in
assisted the woman to her car. e our interaction didn’t end there! She
customer was still capable of driving started an entire conversation with ing economic misery and poverty to the citizens a once stable political landscape of Eastern
her own car to the bank. And Lisa me about sale items and her grocery
not only helped the customer to the budget and how she planned to not responsible for the decision to go to war. Europe after the fall of the USSR. VUCA
bank’s doors, but she also walked her request a raincheck from the store’s
all the way outside and assisted her customer service desk, and on and ey also cause reprisals. In this case, one Rus- describes circumstances where everything is
with getting into the vehicle. on and on. And I stood there and
listened. sian reprisal to the sanctions will take the shape moving and changing simultaneously. ink
I do not know Lisa except for my
interactions with her at the bank. Maybe I’m just a late bloomer of withholding needed ingredients to produce for a moment about being a soldier on the
Her gesture went well beyond what but developing patience has been
is expected of good customer service. a lifelong endeavor for me. I’m still fertilizer. Russian is a major exporter of potash, ground against unknown terrorist groups in
not great at it, but I am really trying
is is true small-town kindness, a and when I see an act of kindness ammonia, urea and other soil nutrients without Iraq and you can see why advanced planning
level of courtesy you don’t often see, like Lisa’s I feel awakened from my
and it stayed with me the entire day. self-centered microcosmic daily life. which fertilizer cannot be made. on how to react strategically in this kind of
A reminder that each time I bristle Why is it important to be patient?
at someone slowing me down when Because learning to manage your We have already experienced great in ation situations is absolutely necessary.
I zoom through my errands at New impatience will help you become
Yorker speed, I should take a deep calmer and more understanding, no from Biden’s mismanagement of the post- It is also a great way to sum up the kind of
breath and see those slow walkers. matter what irritating situation you
Really see them. may nd yourself in. pandemic economy. Now the war means that world we have lived in for the last few years.

e next day I was driving on Oh, and because one day that gas prices will continue to rise dramatically, and After years of things going according to more
Route 6 and the car in front of me elderly bank customer will be you.
was going incredibly slowly. I could this will a ect prices of everything else consum- or less regular order, all of a sudden we have
see a handicap tag hanging from the
able. On top of this, there is now the possibility heightened volatility, uncertainly, complexity

of food shortages across the world and here in and ambiguity. ere are all kinds of moving

the USA. e latter is something that used to be parts.

unthinkable to my generation. Not anymore. Every time a crisis ends and we begin to

Over and over during the last few years of think there will be a return to more or less

the pandemic, we have seen how globalism, regular order, another one begins. Because

which was supposed to make the world stronger most of us grew up in a very safe United

and lead to fewer wars, in fact makes us more States in the late 20th and early 21st centu-

vulnerable to the whims of rulers. ries, most of us have never known the kind of

Moreover, Biden is notoriously weak on the instability we are facing now.

world stage. e withdrawal from Afghanistan But now it is here.

was catastrophic to America’s reputation. But to e thing to do then, as a self-protection

Putin, it looked like an incredible opportunity measure for yourself and your family, is to start

to move forward with the attack on Ukraine he expecting ongoing uncertainty and change. Keep

had long been mulling. this in mind for the near future and plan for it.

Much of the world is now hostage to the in-

gredients necessary for fertilizer, since the global Mara Schi ren, PhD, is a writer, certi ed

market allowed Russia to dominate this sphere, functional medicine health coach, certi ed

instead of diversifying it or producing these integrative psychiatric educator and certi ed

necessary ingredients at home or closer to it. peak performance coach. You can reach her at

Two years ago, when the world began to shut [email protected].

SEEKING!

Tenants who are some of the most
successful professionals in their field!

Collaborative artisanal indoor market Scan me for
located in the heart of Putnam County. more info!

1875 Route 6 Carmel, NY | (914)338-8218
www.promenadeon6.com

THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 2022 OPINION MAHOPAC NEWS PAGE 9

April is more than just April Fool’s Day

STRONG 2) _____ and the _____. World ____Day. as it is recognized as 8) National tant than just April Fool’s Day!

LEARNING e birthstone for people born It’s followed by another seri- _____ Month, celebrating the Answers: 1) love 2) daisy and

DR. LINDA in April is the 3) _____. ous day which began in 1970, need to laugh. the sweet pea 3) diamond 4)
SILBERT On April 6, 2019, it will be 6) _____ Day. is is one of the 9) National _____ Hat month Pillow Fight 5) health 6) Earth
largest environmental groups cre- 7) Arbor 8) humor 9) straw 10)
International 4) _____ _____ ated to protect our environment. dedicated to people who work soft pretzel
Day. If you haven’t heard about outside, including cowboys

this day, go online and learn It seems natural to have it and farmers. And nally, even Enjoy April!

about this fun- lled day cel- followed by 7) National _____ though the month of October is Dr. Linda

ebrated around the world. Pretty Day on April 26, a day observed National Pretzel Month, April is

Dear Dr. Linda, amazing! to honor trees. is special day 10) National Soft ____ Month. Dr. Linda is co-author of “Why

I know you usually deal with en April becomes more is celebrated all over the world, Just taking this test on the Bad Grades Happen to Good Kids,”

educational issues such as read- serious as it approaches April 7, but on di erent days in di erent special days and items celebrated and director of Strong Learning

ing, math, SATs and study skills. 2019. at day has been set aside, countries. in April, will help your daughter Tutoring. Send your questions to

is email is not about that. starting in 1948, to celebrate 5) en April becomes silly again realize that April is more impor- [email protected].

However, it is serious because it

a ects my daughter. Her birth-

day is on April 1 and every year Red Mills
the kids tease her to the point of
tears. She’s now in third grade
and she dreads the thought of her
birthday. Do you have any sug-
gestions as to how to deal with

this? She has years to be with Convenience Center

kids in school on her birthday.
Jill

Dear Jill,

Since April 1 will always be her exoCtefonEmasisevteesers Celaoenucdrtiyo!n
birthday, you’re not going to be
able to take the term April Fool’s
Day away from her birthday that
easily. However, you can focus
on the positives associated with
April 1 and the month of April.
Eventually, the pranks, jokes and
foolishness won’t seem as impor-
tant to her because she’ll start to
associate happy and meaningful
feelings and thoughts with her

birthday and with April. Eventu-

ally and hopefully, she’ll be able

to laugh o all the silly jokes and Buy One Cof e
just enjoy the lightheartedness Sandwich PARTY PACK
of it.
BREAKFAST OR LUNCH
Talk to her about special days
in April, e.g., April’s birthstone Get 2nd
and ower. It’s bene cial for HALF OF !
all children to research facts
about the days they were born
and about the months in which
they were born. It gives children

a sense identity so critical to WITH COUPON $1399
the feeling of self-worth. is
shouldn’t be surprising to you.
Picture how you feel when you

nd out someone else has your

birthday or even shares the same Cleaning $100 OF
month. Products Case of

Here’s some interesting dates, Buy 1 Poland
items and days associated with Spring
April to share with your daugh- GET 1 Water
ter.To get started, sit with her FRE
and take this short ll-in test. EVERY DAY! WITH COUPON
See how much you both know
about the month of April. She’ll
realize pretty fast that it’s not all
about April Fool’s Day. Hint: You
might have to go online for some
of the answers.

e Silly and Serious Month

of April 575 Route 6N, Mahopac Falls • 845-628-9745
e month of April is named

after Aphrodite, the Greek god- www.redmillsconvience.com

dess of 1) _____.
e two owers associated

with the month of April are the

PAGE 10 MAHOPAC NEWS OPINION THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 2022

Wow, spring is really here!

ON hopes up, there’s more rain at myself using wit and guile. For instance, my cat said something the other day that made me
ASSIGNMENT the end of the rainbow. lean closer and really listen. She
opened her mouth and meowed
RICK March is supposed to come but nothing came out, and I
MELÉN “in like a lion” and go “out like have to say I was intrigued. I
a lamb.” But with the vagaries mouthed the words, “What?”
Yes, it feels like spring, of climate change the whole with no sound, and she did it
but IS it? We’ve had a month is being lionized like again. is went on for longer
lot of bait-and-switch never before. It’s like someone than you’d expect, but at least
regarding spring this year. We fed March a raw carcass at the we had a conversation. Who
get a 70-degree day, I put away end February, and we’re su er- knows where it might lead? Try
my winter coat and gloves, and ing from the bitter aftertaste. to stand out from the pack if
BOOM, like Lucy jerking the It’s more like a wolf in sheep’s you want to put a little spring in
football away from Charlie clothing (OK, now I’ll stop). your spring.
Brown’s foot, it’s gone again.
Crocuses are unreliable. ey’re But I hear that this time My wife says it’s really spring
so eager, they’d come up in spring is nally here, and this time because woodpeckers
January if they thought they do you know who I heard it are out pecking in the morning.
would be adored. And like that from? Frogs. Frogs never lie, I understand there are times
guy who talks REALLY low and they’re croaking away in when you feel like you’re bang-
and REALLY fast at the end of the pond out there, trying to ing your head against the wall,
a car sales ad to give you a dose attract a mate. And yet, they’re but to do it ON PURPOSE
of bad news after you got your all saying the SAME DAMN so fast that you’re essentially
THING. If I was trying to im- playing 64th notes with your
press a member of the opposite face doesn’t seem like a well-
sex (and these days it’s harder thought-out plan to me. Why
to tell which ones are oppo- don’t they pull the worms out
site) I would try to distinguish of the ground like everybody
else? If the thought just never
2021 was a occurred to them then they are
CRAZY YEAR! not on the evolutionary fast
track.
We can help make your taxes less crazy.
I work in television, and I
845-628-5400 can tell it’s spring because the
programs that were “America’s
SFGtaxes.com | [email protected] Most Talked-About New
Shows” in the fall have disap-
824 Route 6, Suite 4 | Mahopac, NY 10541 peared and not one American
has talked about it. An-
Securities o ered through Cantella & Co., Inc. Member FINRA/SIPC. Cantella and Co., Inc. does not provide tax, legal or accounting advice. other sign that the season has
This material has been prepared for informational purposes only, and is not intended to provide, and should not be relied on for, tax, legal or changed is the initiation of
Daylight Savings Time. is is
accounting advice. You should consult your own tax, legal and accounting advisors before engaging in any transaction. where we set the clocks ahead,
I lose an hour of sleep and
two sets of tennis the next day.
Why is Daylight Savings Time
wasting my time in the middle
of the night instead of during
the day? Why not set the clocks
ahead one hour just when “Fox

SEE MELEN PAGE 12

THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 2022 OPINION MAHOPAC NEWS PAGE 11

Secret societies

READING, this brief chapter in my past. elected by her peers to serve a was a member of DeMolay, join- Masonic Lodge No. 999. e
WRITING & e fraternal (men only) six-month term.” Wearing long ing in March 1920 at age 19! building is now home to a Ko-
CHOCOLATE white dresses symbolized “purity rean church.
organization of Freemasons, the of the soul, heart, and mind.” I According to my Google
KIM largest worldwide secret society, am not making this up! research, the Masonic Temple Kim Kovach remembers watching
KOVACH began in the 13th century from on Bell Boulevard was built as reruns of “ e Honeymooners”
the guilds of stonemasons and e Masonic youth group for a three-story structure in the where Ralph Kramden and
When I was growing up, cathedral builders in the Middle young men 12-21 years old was neo-classic style with white col- Ed Norton were members
I remember wearing Ages. In 1717, an association of called DeMolay. ese teen boys umns outside the front entrance. of the Racoon Lodge! www.
my Brownie and Girl Masonic lodges was organized wore long capes as part of their Completed in 1923, the building kimkovachwrites.com
Scout uniforms a few times. My in England. e purpose of these attire at meetings. Walt Disney was originally home of Bayside
mom was not a “joiner.” She Masonic groups was to “improve
didn’t belong to any groups or morality, build character and Mamma Rosa Thank you
organizations. On a few occa- provide a course of self-improve- Gift Certificates for your continued
sions, Mom told me that Brown- ment to make better men out of
ies was canceled or Girl Scouts good men.” are the support during
was “closed” just because she Perfect Present these difficult times
didn’t want to drive in inclement e Masons used secret hand-
weather. shakes and passwords to identify Year-Round! ITALIAN CONTINENTAL CUISINE
Masons from non-Masons. e
After moving back from Flor- symbol of “the square and the Now Taking Reservations For Easter Sunday & Mother’s Day
ida, I felt like a stranger entering compass” is a popular design on
ninth grade at JHS 194. My best Masonic rings. (Serving Special Holiday Menu)
friend, Irene, had transferred to
a private school. So, my mother Besides the Masons, lots of Every Week is Restaurant Week at Mamma Rosa!
decided that I should join an fraternal organizations our- 3-Course Lunch Special $25.95 & 3-Course Dinner Special $35.95
afterschool group for young girls ished in the United States.   e
that met twice a month at the Benevolent and Protective Order • Gluten Free Pasta and Menu Items Available
Masonic Lodge on Bell Boule- of Elks was founded in 1868 as • Private Party Rooms Available• Reservations Recommended
vard in Bayside, Queens. a social club in New York City.
Shriners International (formerly 252 Route 100, Somers 10589 • 914.232.8080 • www.mammarosaristorante.com
e group was called the Tri- known as the Ancient Arabic Open Tuesday-Sunday for Lunch and Dinner • Closed Monday
angles and girls had to wear long Order of the Nobles of the
white gowns and white shoes as Mystic Shrine) was established • Savings • Service 600 Rt. 6 | Mahopac NY
the o cial “uniform.” Dressed as in 1870. e Knights of Colum- • Satisfaction
pint-sized brides, we sat inside bus, a Catholic fraternal service
the huge room of the Masonic organization was founded in Aardvark Insurance
temple for the bi-weekly meet- 1882. e Moose Lodge frater-
ings. In addition to the white nal organization was founded
gown and shoes, Triangle girls in 1888. Kiwanis International
had to pay dues and be spon- was founded in Detroit in 1915.
sored in writing by an actual Women were accepted into the
member of the Masons. Great Kiwanis in 1987.
Uncle Joe in Ridge eld, Conn.
signed the form to get me into In the 20th century, the
this group. Order of the Eastern Star was
the Masonic group for women.
Several decades later, I had
forgotten about my short-lived e Triangles was formed in
foray into a secret society. e New York State for young ladies
white gown, the boring meet- between 10 and 21 years old.
ings—I had to learn more about According to the internet, this
“character-building, service-
oriented sisterhood was presided
over by a young woman called
the Beloved Queen who was

Katherine AllsPtRaoeteplil|caDSicoSteniHa’nsttOCgeEPaslFvLlcaOaoenCrrr8Amey0Ls0d!#o|afGye!ico We O er Many
Barile Bellantoni A-Rated Companies

kateb.remax.com Adirondack • +AARP Hartford • Chubb
Foremost • Hanover • Kemper
Mercury • Main Street America

NatGen • Progressive • Safeco Travelers
Utica Mutual • Utica First

We Also offer Pet Insurance

Make every listing a miracle listing. ONE CALL… QUICK MULTIPLE QUOTES
Call or Text 914-804-1775
So You Can Get The Best Buy!
NY Lic. Real Estate Salesperson | RE/MAX Classic Realty 
293 Route 100 Suite 207 | Somers, NY 10589 | 914-243-5200 Call Us Anytime

Sue Rohrig & Joann Servillo @ 845.208.3707

PAGE 12 MAHOPAC NEWS OPINION THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 2022
AdvertiseWith Us
When you advertise with Mahopac News, you are reaching
thousands of households and businesses throughout Mahopac,
Mahopac Falls and portions of Carmel. To advertise or to place
a classified, call Brett Freeman at 845-208-8151 or email
[email protected].

Classic Realty

Licensed Real Estate Broker
Each Office Independently Owned and Operated

Grace Vinciguerra

Lic. RE Associate Broker

3 Heritage 202 Center,
Somers, NY 10589
Toll Free: (800) 981-7093
Cell: (914) 629-0236
[email protected]

Has been ranked among the NATION’S top agents Milk bottles and bread baskets
on the REAL Trends list of
WHAT WAS placed in the bottle would might have needed a loan if it
“America’s Best Real Estate Agents.” I THINKING? separate the cream from the were up to us kids!
milk. Mom would pour the
No gimmicky promises...just results! RUTHANN heavy cream into a mixing ose sounds and smells
SCHEFFER bowl, add some sugar and were part of a simpler almost
musical vocal group whip it to the right consisten- magical way of life where the big
Readers of my generation cy. “Mmmm good” on Dad’s questions of the day might be:
playing an eclec�c mix of favorites, old and new will remember when milk favorite strawberry shortcake “Should I whip the cream and
and bread were deliv- or chocolate pie. make a chocolate pie for des-
[email protected] 914-248-5135 ered directly to our homes. My More than likely, the Du- sert?” or “Should we purchase
younger readers will get a gan’s/Krug’s bakery truck a co ee cake just in case Aunt
join Lauren, Colleen and Rick and bring a li�le glimpse of what life was like would also arrive at our home Marie and Uncle Larry stop in
harmony to your next event! “way back then” and share in our the same day milk was deliv- for co ee?”
nostalgia. ered. When the driver brought
NOTICE TO the huge basket into the Did you enjoy our short trip
NEW YORK RESIDENTS As an 8-year-old kid, I can kitchen, the smells were tan- back in time? I pray and thank
remember early mornings when talizing as was the total image the Lord for these memories
Homeowner Funding enables families to make necessary I’d hear the comforting clink of of the contents: loaves of fresh and I thank my brother Jack
energy efficient home repairs who: empty milk bottles as the deliv- bread, boxes of donuts, co ee and sister Roe for their ideas/
• ARE UNABLE TO PAY CASH FOR NECESSARY HOME ery man from Emmadine Farms cakes, fruit pies and all kinds memories that I have forgot-
carefully lifted them from the of mouth-watering cookies.  ten. Between the three of us,
REPAIRS. milk box—a wood and steel box Now, if Mom wasn’t going to I think we can create columns
• CANNOT AFFORD HIGH OR ADDITIONAL MONTHLY with a lid—and replaced them bake, she had to buy something that will give you as much plea-
with bottles of fresh milk. sweet—she and Dad each had a sure as it gives us to remember
PAYMENTS. sweet tooth that had to be satis- these events. Of course, I may
• HAVE BEEN TURNED DOWN FOR FREE STATE OR e top of the milk bottle ed. Of course, we kids eyed step on my soap box once in a
was shaped like a tulip and held the cookies and most times, while, but that’s what I can do
GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS. heavy cream. Emmadine sup- Mom would purchase a box for when the spirit moves me.
REPAIRS INCLUDE: plied us with a stopper that once us. We’d make suggestions, but
Mom made the decisions—we Live a life of love, good health,
ROOFING • SIDING • WINDOWS • DOORS & MORE... safety and treasure your memo-
ries. God bless!
up to$25,000 [email protected]

NO Money Down NO Equity Required MELEN ets of cold weather in various in the car, and people at the
places that you wouldn’t expect, beach look so much better with-
QUALIFY TODAY: (800) 736-9629 FROM PAGE 10 and in other places it’s cozy out a down parka. You may love
or visit NYImprovementFund.com warm. If I had that little dial it, and you may not, but spring is
and Friends” is about to start? that I have in my Dodge Dart
Approved applications will have the work completed by a quality repair crew provided by: HOMEOWNER FUNDING ere is legislation afoot to that’s half red and half blue, I nally here. Just ask a frog. And
bet I could get it just right. And while you’re at it, give him a
make Daylight Savings Time a while we’re at it I’d also like little kiss. You never know... you
permanent thing, which means those buttons that point the heat might get yourself a handsome
that I’ll permanently lose two either at my face or at my feet, prince, although most female
sets of tennis. Why not move or both. frogs would tell you that this
the clocks ahead four hours so method is hit or miss, at best.
that it’s still light out at mid- My friend Paul hates spring
night and I can get a suntan because to him, it means sum- Join Rick and No Options
under the cover of darkness? mer is on the way. But if that’s this Friday at Pete’s Saloon in
the case he should love summer Elmsford, April Fool’s Day at 9
I, for one, am happy to thaw because it means fall is on the p.m.!
out because during the winter way. I’m all in favor of the warm Look for Rickster Melen on
I can never get the temperature weather, I don’t have to put on Facebook! Say hello at: rlife8@
of my house exactly the way shoes, my co ee doesn’t get cold hotmail.com.
I want it, like I can in my car.

ere always seem to be pock-

THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 2022 OPINION MAHOPAC NEWS PAGE 13

EasteUr WncliethG!

Let Uncle Giuseppe’s do the cooking this Easter, so you can
spend less time in the kitchen and more time with your family!

Visit us at UncleG.com 3/17/22 10:19 AM
or Scan QR code to order

3-25-22-Yorktown-Papers 9.5x12.5.indd 1

PAGE 14 MAHOPAC NEWS THUR

Hailee Casella, Debbie CIntyre, Karina Linehan and Dawn and Bob Andren Dorothy Lapore, Joe Munch and Julius Ellison, ex
Michelle Deagan of Freeport, Long Island

Second Asst. Chief Kyle Trillas and Cap
gift as out-going chief assigned to the c

Chiefs awards presented to the top responders for 2021. from left, Kieran Sullivan, Elena Nikisher, Rosemarie Nikisher, Robert
Kick, William Nikisher, Jack Zencheck, Dawn Stasiak, Tim Stasiak, Joesph Nikisher, John Nikisher, Louis Scagnelli.

Albano Agency CALL US
TODAY!
INSURANCE & REAL ESTATE
845.208.7071
INSURANCE
We have contactless service
Automobile Weekend appointments available
Business
INDIVIDUAL Tax Returns • CORPORATE Tax Preparation
Homeowners ACCOUNTING Services • BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
Life & Casualty
160 Bryant Pond Rd., Mahopac, NY 10541
BROKER CARL L. ALBANO REALTORS® [email protected] | TaconicTaxPros.com Back row: Second Asst. Chief Kyle Trill
Lt. Justin Morelli; front row: Ex-Chief Ja
Residential Nikisher, Vice President Robert Kick
Rental Lease
Development MNeawhso
Commercial

@ALBANOAGENCY WWW.ALBANO.AGENCY MLS

(845) 621-1000
566 ROUTE 6, BUILDING #2, MAHOPAC NY 10541













THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 2022 MAHOPAC NEWS PAGE 21

My Community Bulletin Board
RDAeuFnFmOtapRlssDt!eArBLE
Service: 914-669-9679 CCARIRTOINNGE
Auto Sales: 914-485-1195

Fax: 914-669-9685

6 Dingle Ridge Road - North Salem, NY 10560 845-533-5262

meccanicshop.com

GOLD • SILVER • DIAMONDS
WATCHES • COINS • FURS

WE BUY PAINTINGS • FULL ESTATES

The Buying Service
We simply pay more!

Contact Barry

914-260-8783

[email protected]

Tiffany Wigs

22 Triangle Shopping Center BUYING ONLY Items for sale?
Yorktown Heights Call us!
SILVER • JEWELRY • COINS
914-245-5800 CLOCKS • COLLECTIBLES
845-628-0362 50WE BUY: GOLD • STERLING
MAJOR MEDICAL INSURANCE ACCEPTED • PAINTINGS • BRONZES •
Free Consultation • ANTIQUES • ETC.

www.ti anywigs.com CALL FOR APPOINTMENT years!

e: ti [email protected] • Hours: Tues-Sat 10-4 • Appointments Preferred BUYING COMIC BOOK
COLLECTIONS!
One tsimerevCiucoseuepeooxnncleyop.ftfCesarungbnosooctdrbipuetniuotsinleDfdeeeicnse.cmMobnuejsurtn3mc1tei,on2nt0iow2n2it.choVauanplyiodnoftoahrteatrinmcyoeunopefownsaoler.offer. TOP PRICES PAID!
Honest and Reliable, 30+ years experience.
Local Collector/Seller (Westchester/Putnam)

Call or text: 917-699-2496 • email: [email protected]
Hope to hear from you! Thanks!

DENTAL Insurance

from Physicians Mutual Insurance Company.

Call to get your FREE Information Kit

1-855-225-1434
dental50plus.com/nypress

Isasntibmacoltuiueladtsr.etsAohcfitsfhceeerip.nPtsCaauenrrrtcatieicnfiicpcgeaauttasienroagClinc2(ti5ietn0aetAdGioA(fn:IoD.Dr: TeCohs2niigs5en0saiEnpt;esePudcAr)ifia: PncCrc2ooe5vf0ifpdeQoer)lr;isciIsnya/sncnueodrrtatPniarficevcevaaeiPtlneaotblioilvcefeytiBPnhe1is5nC0eOtfiy;(ptGcseAa.R:llCiPdo11e5-n8r0t.0aGP0cAr-to;9duN6us9Yc-: f4tPo7n1r85o10ctoNoamYrv;parOlieelKsatp:beoPledn15edi0ntaOfaioKllsrl;
TN: P150TN); Rider kinds B438/B439 (GA: B439B).
6255

BACKED BY A YEAR-ROUND
CLOG-FREE GUARANTEE

1E NATIO EXCLUSIVE LIMITED TIME OFFER! Yocuor ubludsbineehssercea. rdCall Brett Freeman at 845-208-8151 to find out how.

N’S TTER GUA
GU
FINANCING THAT FITS YOUR BUDGET!1TH 15% & 10%
Promo Code: 285RD OFF OFF
1Subject to credit approval. Call for details. SENIORS &
YOUR ENTIRE MILITARY!
PURCHASE*
WE INSTALL
+ 5% OFFTCOALTLHEERSFIORNSTLY50!** YEAR-ROUND!

LIFETIME
WARRANTY

CALL US TODAY FOR 1-855-478-9473
A FREE ESTIMATE
Mon-Thurs: 8am-11pm, Fri-Sat: 8am-5pm, Sun: 2pm-8pm EST

*aCLHtLiFgiSioc0coeLene1rnBn#n0ct#s6shyIeeR7o1#c#070so03e302n01501dw8780uR0h962ce4o592tge91qiRds02Duet9OaragR8aliP1ei6stfiL6tgyori.na#LmsOtit#1crioon0ea1nne7nt7it#8osh6ce3no41o#6#u43u57pV2Ht8doH1--R5n1o00e596o9pg012r9ei111s5tre4t23rshL99ati4o0tcoi6ue0ofnsngeRsL#uheiect#HogeteliInds7Crst.6.rge0N5au#66toa4io2r9oLnd79bi#0sc0le5ii5Pgnn1aAs3R2t0e2i0eo6#11gn950i53s3e0t8aArs13nat4idtmLi5SoirucaneeLfft#ceinoocsCevglke1ann#l2Hsiizde7ILeC#2Efd2oA4L9LrF1iecF13aReN5fyneFW4egsilaeit8sLre#t2.irrc25aea*Jt2Zns*i2osOt2nehLff9##iec-eHeC“9r#n19v1sL23aei73rcl#ia28edt3nWea0LsdtVeicRt#p0eiem5rng2o6si7efs9ee0t1#ors52afs11tieo6i2oLsn98nit4cai3#me4l4lny534asi6tLnee6Li#sc9ioteca2Wnenl0nllsyeC9esd-1e#228#gT92uhR926te9e12teg880leri-20sHagt90dr1u40ai7an2tirg2WodNnLcAsa#oicysUnessPstBnaCeuusI6m#me4H#6e7iIn0r52C36ArLRe2m2ipe0c3eeog03rnir0sit9sc4tinrea70a#.g73”-

Increase referrals and name recognition. Advertise in the Mahopac News Bulletin Board and reach over 7,000 USPS delivered mailing addresses every week. Call 845-208-8151 today!

PAGE 22 MAHOPAC NEWS Sports THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 2022

BOYS LACROSSE

Indians jump out of gate with wins
over Greeley, North Rockland

BY SKIP PEARLMAN think they’re ready to be one of

CONTRIBUTING WRITER the top teams in the section.

“Degnan will run our of-

Last year’s Mahopac boys la- fense,” Bota added. “He’s a smart

crosse team had a strong spring, player, and a great lefty attacker.

reaching the Class B playo Viglucci is also stepping into a

semi nals, before losing to top- big role, and Koch is young, but

seed Rye, and closing with an he’s done a lot already, and we’ll

11–5 record. need his contributions. Jacobellis

But third-year Coach Jon Bota has looked good so far, and our

returns a seasoned group, and the defense has improved. Dodd is

Indians want more. looking very good, and Callahan

e team will be without All- has also stepped up.” Indians All-
Section senior
Section goalie Brett Crecco, and e Indians opened their sea- captain Sean
Massett (14)
standout defender Vin Bastone son last ursday at home, domi- moves the ball
across midfield
and LSM John Nolan. nating Horace Greeley, 19–2. in the ‘Pac’s
season-opening
Leading the list of returning Harney led the o ense with win over Greeley.
Senior captain Mike Harney had four goals in Mahopac’s
players are All-Section senior four goals and one assist, Degnan season-opening win over Greeley.
Senior faceoff man Chris Evans (1) gets stick-checked in
captains Mike Harney (A) and and Rettberg each had a hat- last week’s win over Greeley.

Sean Massett (D). Also return- trick, Koch, Viglucci and Evans

ing are All-League senior faceo each had two goals, and Jacobellis

specialist Chris Evans (M) and had nine saves in net.

junior Jake Degnan (A), along e Indians went on to defeat

with juniors Michael Rettberg North Rockland, 12-8, Saturday

(A), Gavin Viglucci (M), Jack at home, after trailing 5-4 at half-

Elliot (LSM), and sophomores time.

Dan Koch (M) and John Kear- Vigulcci’s four goals and two

ney (M). assists led the Indians, Degnan

New players to watch include scored two goals, Koch had a goal

junior keeper Tommy Jacobellis, and handed out three assists, and

junior defenseman Liam Dodd Rettberg and Degnan each had

and senior defender Ryan Cal- two goals.

lahan. “North Rockland is a very

“Our captains know how to good team with a very good fa-

go about their work and be an ceo guy,“ Bota said of the Raid-

uplifting presence on the team,” ers. “In the second half we got

Bota said. “ ey do a great job some good opportunities, and we

keeping the guys focused on had better shot selection.

team goals. ey’re great human “I like the way we’ve started in

beings, and leaders, and they’ll be our rst two games,” Bota added.

great captains.” “I want to focus on our work,

Bota believes the team has the what we’re doing, and not oth-

experience to make this a special ers. Focus on our own game plan.

season. Our two captains really stepped

“I think they understand the up in the rst two games, Dodd

ow of the game better, and we’re has been big, and Viglucci has

better prepared for battles with also played well.”

the top teams,” Bota said. “We Mahopac was slated to visit PHOTOS: SKIP PEARLMAN

were young last year, but these Fox Lane today ( ursday) at All-League junior attacker Jake Degnan (19)
had a hat-trick vs. Greeley, including a goal
guys are now stepping up, now 4:30 p.m., and Byram Hills Sat- on this shot.

they’re a little more mature. I urday at 1 p.m.

Join e Chamber
The Greater Mahopac-Carmel Chamber of Commerce is a COST EFFECTIVE way to

GROW YOUR BUSINESS by taking advantage of

NETWORKING, ADVERTISING, SPONSORSHIP, VOLUNTEERING

and becoming more involved in your COMMUNITY. Like Us & Follow Us

CALL or EMAIL today: 845-628-5553 | [email protected]

Visit Our Website: www.MahopacCarmelOnline.com
692 Route 6, Mahopac, NY

THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 2022 SPORTS MAHOPAC NEWS PAGE 23

GIRLS LACROSSE

Girls return talented
lineup, searching
for playoff success
BY SKIP PEARLMAN
I believe we PHOTO: SKIP PEARLMAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER Bene (D/M), and juniors Gianna Rispoli
can also win (D), and Riley Massett (A), and sophomores
After losing to No. 3-seed Ursuline in the Gia Perrillo (D) and Juliana Mangione (M).
a league rst round of the Class B playo tournament,
title and and nishing at 9-8 last spring, this year‘s New players to watch include sophomore
play with Mahopac girls lacrosse team is anxious to goalie Kayla Westcott, and junior backup
the best in make a deeper post-season run. keeper Bella Syku, along with juniors Han-
the section.’ And rst-year coach Christina D’Amore, nah Harney (A) and Katie Watts (A), sopho-
who has coached the JV for the last 10 years, more Adriana Pranzo (M), and freshman
-Coach Christina and takes over for 10-year vet Jim Lieto, be- Erin Harney (M/D).
D’Amore lieves the team can go far.
“I’m de nitely excited to be with the varsi- “Avery, Ava, Audrey, Nicole, and Ally can
Senior captain Avery Przymylski ty girls this season,”D’Amore said.“We’re re- all provide scoring,” D’Amore said of her of-
ally looking forward to a great season. I think fense. “And on the defensive end, Mia and
we have a strong and talented team. I’ve been Grace will hold it together. ey have great
with a lot of them for some time, and the communication skills. And I have con dence
bonding and the heart is there. I think our in both keepers. at’s a tough position, and
strength lies in our diversity; they work very I think they’ll be great.”
well together, and communicate well.”
D’Amore believes the team is ready to
is season’s team will be without All-Sec- compete with top teams. “Our goal is to get
tion honorable mention picks Gigi Geno- to the playo s, get to the nal, and win,”
vese (M) and Taylor Jennings (G), as well as D’Amore said. “I believe we can also win a
standout defender Carly Ravoli. league title and play with the best in the sec-
tion.”
Guiding this year’s group are returning
captains Eva Jennings (senior, All-Section, Mahopac opened their season Saturday
M), and Avery Przymylski (senior, All-Sec- at home, hosting Byram Hills, but the game
tion, M), and new captains Audrey Colucci was suspended due to inclement weather,
(senior, A), and Grace Witt (junior, D/M). with 20:16 remaining in the second half, with
the score tied 8–8.
Also returning are seniors Nicole Panny
(All-League, M), Ally Savino (A), Mia Del Play is set to resume Friday. e Indians
also host Putnam Valley on Saturday at 11
a.m.

Local cheerleaders head to Disney World

Will compete in international competition

Phoenix and Reign, two cheerleading of Sports Complex (April 28-May 1) is the pete on the Phoenix and Reign teams. PHOENIX: Raquel Procious, Meghan
teams that train out of Extreme Force All- season-capping goal for many competitive REIGN: Mia Caldarella, Kate Conk- Stephens, Gina Valente, Maggie Brown, Pe-
Star Company in Mahopac, have been se- all-star teams. e Summit Championship, nelope Sgueglia, Gabby Delgado, Angelina
lected to compete at one of the nation’s most founded by Varsity All Star in 2013, will lin, Alyssa Delgado, Julianna Greco, Lilah Raimo, Lilah Greco, Sophia Rivera, Julianna
prestigious cheerleading competitions, the celebrate its 10th anniversary in 2022, and Greco, Rachel Lerman, Lexi Liaskos, Kai- Greco, Alexis Warren, Amanda Kearns, Isa-
Summit Championship. will showcase more than 1,500 teams and tlyn Lopez, Julia Martin, Lucy Monness, bella Depole, Jamie Genario, Vanessa Arun-
24,000 competitors from around the globe. Nikki Moran, So a Poandl, Angelina Rai- dell, Aciara Brown, Lexi Liaskos, Ainhoa
e Summit Championship, held at Walt mo, Anna Troyano, Gina Valente, Daniella Tedorov
Disney World Resort’s ESPN Wide World Many cheerleaders from Yorktown com- Verni, Alexis Warren, Catherine Yost

Team Team
Reign Phoenix

PAGE 24 MAHOPAC NEWS thtahnaknsk! s! 118 N. Bedford Road, Suite
100, Mount Kisco, NY 10549.
LEGAL NOTICMEMahSaohpoapcaNceNwesws You can contact us at 845-208-
0774 or email mahopacnews@
haTlsHtoUnRmSDedAiYa,.cMoAmR.CH 31, 2022

LEGAL NOTICESLLEEGGAALL NNOOTTIICCEEYSScoocuoruuYbldludosubbinreeeaYYshhoosdecceuurceoorrra.euubbrlld.uuddssbbiinneeeesshhsseerrcceeaa.. rrddCall Brett Ftorefienmdaonuatth8o4w5.-208-8151MHMPNmNNSNmone0oThheerneooOaernbehhi002huu00NmeeeeEhohnprsarNaa8aesslAmmhtydv3oooaobbt55wwww22aerdoohohhttADmoa-oh,eoy/uttontnnmm0he88l,,llssssNooooJo1tauoo,oflltroouupuctencr7ioiDUUuY-,,e998ppesosoreriiruceabnrrepttasarlxttsip7DeBBgnniise...sv-aaienhyrgldyteootscEmmasYn4apiesnateOAaaaTSiiScctfgeeisnoudneottp.nnInRdtiovechu.RhriilnneaaeuahiSNfpderbeunlluCCednssfY,soreeoucei,eeeniiagb-eNSrwinFmmasbC  14BAA  aauIS  C  A B aT TpHP C   R n D Aa ellp11owybtooyygaatn ruesswwUGcndecrmoNnss4,no hhiiuoeorodnupidtlyyoeuerahdsoaTSShs cttpnthseebiasmisuCCemsyandt55deetsbssurycrtdpd7ubsa@ttscMnahn,nha,iOtebi,,.sYttnbosewigtianmeceeeooo@@altahlH:giorlraeooNs.’isap&&emieptucufreinSS0oSdcntoetcateeoedirh:rictscpN Cieuuuomrrottepterldhsesaedevssi0hhaiPCnrcsCtnrooeTeciMeaaMMt.rl16oaoeaeuosEnlhmirrnbaOhsopisdrndaePtlssauaemsesgMaaadLtnoapetmm5mlIonpsittpbrFb:lrlietrhtdleartc–e:an,akemtnfltTscAaa,,ernaeoittomrwoslli3 wlaahhek.leahdchsie-a:ssleed ilrtihoaew,aoamsctIptgneeoe33aoaLhhsn cn lnieroerCanmcedlndtnaoaiiie tyttS tMaDfEnlmthyhditrtsaogolnrrm pul dnrewoomoo33nnnr.Lr’yhymSloyohleoaiE5ngaTtetheossnoptso,,eteaontaonMh2pii:usotgbaddhhppnn nLari44ine.was:bteiint,,mvonefona76rfpt2ntfa8 L7snpIrah-teWeeerluaboedraahgemmlCoahSSniyyiaofgpsNNs0gBCie1pntiRr6edseSTRRa4ttiedn.)rllhrefleccirfoCTtcopaltqeeohe,wlelmBeingtoaaHYYoseeeawMkHieLeceeFcsuWo5oondsnaocsnroe2pcunhsdagrirotrgsswodddavlEhlOimsAmauuw,eei&a0Ac-tetapaetatoesdntetawepavesekipiihRntNecdrtAs2wmsLttirdnaantelrcReisrenedd.eeeDeieodhtoyd,2EdtmLlj1epnHelt..psodrpahYucH,oMnnr etreiBiMO.estupoL ont0e-haaiasiPftatsnBi2nsecwbYnhl2oDuMLSBH so2DuLMtaSHBfhnalWnao1FtiaC/llule ,At7lmia,lessay detf/t,hksf/dif1CR0TiTshnaten GeM6Wt aOhsOeie2r6r2tTgnN reNEeiaeeEhbpSpe5rhNaoNPNos 1oarhyelAlA0Idd3aar3 AWagnmmBICealanVer6rTda pnnpoeUGAtBDeADoOaeLpLSpfsMohaeeepooaOim oh//toToanbTpdsSittMshbhnPdeleMopEdy dn0RdsauNuUM0CYBhNtedTeJu1Jteop1xhtopr-ddlnruuhBail uolfeToo rcepucheoycnvueaacrrmeLReNr r,NriDauiDYnuc.eYbeloesppE7a8apc8pbtCu anapea-isrcerldobb,ocaewnbLIeidoeorlbertelme aCtMftlWbPtsdet,DCneulhDrvICeguLgAgrl se.Avsmsle.s-r7sniia-omihehieyilayneIoLlltorntbim,s EcnfsrEmtgwchMtsleatleTldNcnCiioasnosLnhaou-tl teOAelratOcAEeas4ceeeMehiotsrssCu.tdoeeMirdpe moocoti.o.aIe IoRmacoRrrihsoir1tauclCaiht pyesop,rRosRhospio telteyanhhlremniVism spSiOa.aSariNfNstrNfstta.Olaepdostns4dthnkas.ke opsuabNfsffln-an1 aadoiatiohlnooP,,sa seeuahyanmiTs-oa-teftsSnsCSdScFnh,nyenFesatOoe eeamhaCteTrrcnsFanrooooeouehaoocAan i SriA,smsRcUasiGcUdddGrchcnbinc,ehecd2lrNslN oSodwuoesoooddooaedr,oml,dtmwcdTBaeafIescd pDiApBmeipvebeplbA,Natesee..ie0OemndsdNss ttpsoCncrurucwNnrpnbNtenraN1t,ioInle ,nh0ecaMYSpeLoap11emopMsCeh2SifP8Lm,dc,aeooYhSOnplYi:1lSb2sNgtPLtnmePm nmiChurdneeaeeewtpoaealHYelHnnePvsabrrtNUyleNn ododruoEshvYaweyenscxaCrrpd-dirn7ihuuaaf8oi0nu1euoA0n4r2Ueeedyei dYieerwroo2dcotlPocslidmfdayrchmsaaEaaoetvcse.etewuEireweiipogAranveu,ditasmveab tsneCMePm0ooSSapppihL1LeMach2seYe1f8eCato,cC-si ncllodtobbr7anObwl lp0ce8ien8om5tPeoaaaNTfcdrsetmonsEose,stEpetsoLossre/s,.tenwlThaeo hh hihovcxleuaRnNtbrbti1rdaouoaiatt.Dea.,gexh-Y3rp-ddrmern7cnuuhraad2ek4 0wslaN1eunel0oll4rntwodedznmwlorid:r r1oM:rNP,t.iOrcmocttNt-,iawt-Imesfmfete o,ordraaiiaaellwytopcaaemootoeado0tilpeApoceANeuNaeTusaom0C02soe bettoYardoometoessorn-istdllodaodbboV7anir3hba,eueheset0of8ee85iamMM1oiaNTcflit Lbwoo4rrltsTssrsemlrttlphOihhYh5hpsevaospppomusn8nhfaoieseuao,iit ersionIfasnnhhwrnnilm7.swlarmnnrs rsllse4a0saptneeAEoi.stllrrnt.iTotdctm0ta,dstoCsCa d4YiasionEem,ycmsttRoy-awt-okirearDe4,lhndDlliigfauuor,lnsnmooraho o-er2hica saaawosnmreesinc4sNtmea1n0o2messooeeudmyadssL7tmmLdoidTc5hiSBiorcoR:Stseeb otTsogr8actLww5n.aet5MnsS1.-OeosroopstarOpmtcla.l,1hi0na igb nwphhosbtoepppuaou8s h@Astcccre0i:e8nieic:gaiR5hhiun7.eow4a4wnndduateLhtrsb i0seLlE.ry.hiaentIdmEaeteasa:sahtvaoeoTen:dnoenin-.ofs7foa0oa7a2sir oFiNsaaee,oneiamffsNpaOneee-5eonrn,h–lLaadaahsolmWNi.a4mWl0Ipmh1nfaaAoi snseeu5ndv-oa7lCs..mmidToelcmCB.tseiNNslnatu8scGnIlnentdndneNe5Bni2lcp .llrBnitCdcfotdRttn,ceRc4dteUcgad2wpddcpvoluascSnde,tccTcanClhpYe nniencilN7i5l@ssponuDslT4oebddoaPLoYfhebtAttiiuca-hascpthdalp4. veoendadoleimas-foblmr,yaaee1AaroaCocCocdoeeishsrmvawtdtaclueeenRei,a r:nwa0iielaloymEuteFScmt0eaFecpoaodoesasen7nMdv-nr@fn..ueemCl8ei1.ooKtsoAoNN dt ocaaptehsmes1sndyeP uneocbcrnel,wwreaiachitdtnFIsnnteLparsrtUm rfoan2porddlc.LecxetnAcolhrMlon8Onldesyeilhd@O7irselri4Nu,mt, PLY,ess ntbdeitooib ipnaums..tireCot4eeoasnoxeoesnNpalsmlesifn0srbswar,ysaeeuowrOc odoislaopostvs.aipwopftccinnarnw0iisssleNtlsCmcNotecwreo-Ni LN:@[email protected] dimaactro-2hpmleRsEtvtslsltRslplsuoec do tEBey5kwweaaSipibY5niueN8uasnwesooidcnhuidihoRecnyteolrheealyat s8lubptiltelri4mTt1eossoR1daYe1iTeOoirrasetsls..Crsr oe5oaNpolaYlei0fsSiaaYnsBhhsaiueturtcieee-ydMoasl t-M.lndnmmaosr1enrr8tccnebf,r rssweosptxhieilssmootetowess-eie@/ihsmn1esiieAd2Oc.a aerT0oC0tlolaphsltrpAecl#ciwTdoctBeeSn-oi1rsehaTs2stNbn8nuasaBtsoo8a,Btyndvcnr5teolrsactt9bt.us:otsnln“t1sdssRL-rosyroiASyrrt1aoFast10FatC..aitK nw0/eleaI0/geonhhaiuerAb9eteleAooesyhseNninsmmoshat#1r,ttierptteoeEisC1eoWmate0eSnFesast@.Le.tindotsfd1f0ry10FC0stSalnXo5lslhdasMecade8.2c-dcerolrseehaoadsot8phnhaaiat,yrddlrTs5nT5sasceebtAOtY1tYnlalndEs5l-eds5cr4oea5vraa1a..ad1i8Ndnw1alrew,Eovilto,7jraeoltFl-AonNaoinnahsi4nateMnateEmas1mmdeBaIeT.CBeaI“stC8Semndi1ln in5n6Rfd6r0radF0taoneldsMSd2ol. te1TcnnyuotOacOaphr1MoadpitscstcrddlfseFe8faIoeYtmYit ienaldTgyP oly0idc04ot4A6OrpodTerhmdTfaew,trLovluoon0aooltrmFedynenat@raonas-hnaB8btisprdeoLiNoEdrLN8e,lrdeli.hr7.orlraioiaelo15iPSdAloytpfeutt1pneunrNnyouptit,l,arened5esecstlrdinfeeeeeriIoeMeomPo-M4iietePrted,Psoomyea4Lp-bLperhttmeDfurntrrnNuu-myt0oaetmdyenb@lrbwbpr8ebf4tiiw#gddyTfPbWb2ssTMEAncNcM1amSpagir2osdrNeeoNeoO5afraudoutii-yaioeaaloO5iSadboyfetbtrCrtoCt iteesDe5eolei6ipneeahtcoahheriomaodo-ee4ase9ate0rrucuu0icsoyinm0ersytryeaerpdbi-mnFltea uaende-maaeafaeOObl4aeweiauppd.se4.mpimeo@pydeu.t.xr2fs.trfccibl5af.l5eawd2ti -sy8oPglds4imbrnsicdo.ahhihetelssselsdS..i.edvSrtenacscouwoaaasa19rTaTiti0ltmtm:i-8,nAisE,auAcssa-eosereys.ooosa antedSssSp6@spyenoorLdNs7ClFA( pfwl,r,licpii.IeI2”ea8oUSsn Rd,ibs9dnlrsedAsseslpppm...eiC-alrClsr0iBrNl.erNuhrrno1r0e1Ootraehsaeicer:oB1pS:11-oeitmnvtMdpeae.ribaataatC1s(nytgfbro2bdiotrEobmraEssdvs-18h8hA-ARecesYNsoYsi2aiSei2ay.4lvrccciv.tvt.o2n@cngte2meaIiotle0ielceitesehplrowpPiiTaetoiYendeeoa/eoi/ne”Lnlodn6efbc10nltstCatNNtl8aaeakdwhdiasd Oe1dsrf1iytief)tLnfieenlina l.ypyan3sioetSneotrnisssllt1n4pf,eed,eeeuagyhoyTnfCt:4SR4wvedrTOedOiCnBteafafdwueirieltlspssongri5SwwynCulioCbnccoPtetaoeaHS.b.tCgA,Sg,ixFsolidosvshe lrochbauawgraegwrw-t,rmigultANlPssatpNb2atoTeacom@niaeiUo8eeg8gioe2musDAys.naconrntoaSciin0rucrIa YfpDsfYsunl.dlnp.snmtibniNO5ts5mpr0eVhtfhanuaudns2rrltypotlMt iseteeaoouCrbceFeeepsiystatht1Et.I-osN-8lc2lamaoardmattmTceclchtnetelbtltalaeoFoandih1iMbfMeFNa,lg-epuntpeealt-hmvtiiEdedsiad-agtLsL0slAyacihfo2epdsere8.edeoe3da,dhrrouiUuistTPFNmccAfWthyS1rSSNrMsNtraPCeeDapespt1tekcyaeae2uwGrehhhydneeeLh.lwLn(rronf1tod1feoo1rtool3rahtlom0EhiuuuiLo,ee-aeeewhwa8oocliosonstadsnespTaahopieraissaSdeaodEtf1mNPScsMpcyTsEu2emdpie5CnmCo5lPatFmyPAWc1fTcNMNtNhtrSSrSsr5L4dTuua8ooibbn5e.towwwa,tasrssu,rlo,,fmhootlroohhhteoheeeoh/meatc/thaoONtaT4hhoovuars0rtioluCmlraanmo1itfol0ehduuudmP.-sntte-emmmNu4oeeesanhnoadfn4aSaaS’oadeeserlslssauuahsshc.raeasssAnRooiobmnoaasmETPNccSMp1syuuStTtStbwmrdUticplKeouu5Keouw)ti8dfpolubibie5eeoagwwwLneseagmenysvt5lUhihgtaot,arooOam9sYooohseetshfohorrie1itcTthoappshouSriivuraors0ruSulScnbeadthrrh.ttenn.dinersntie.edr4rxmmymeuts4fbsnhasidas4aiame1sleosoismemi-ssslelIpun1hEddm1riin.oolomfna0oaapuoo,pucltfrvunbi1vp1tisptNyeiTloouut5eNe2Swoooosspmgsdifednard,gm9epekvodevtd5hiho1,eppo9s1SdfSrSii1iIpimpsao5iaoaucr5cihriirari00Ea0stl@nbeetuthruucehttitSnpaiNinnrl.tee4rx0wcyt1estcatbenhafusihsde1sszae.ooeseoa0Ya-iedtYyoo,ii.n8noeeaa0aeptoobcelu4hsiopen4pmttydrostee2,deeobuooosN.mugsNdhaeyCrd,92epod81idhitSo1ayetlppns1facdcdcsScSti0anenlcicoihrrmebt0beensoe@etMuueitpt:mnnrllmr0b0l1otYNauhsb.otaee.Na8M-noaeaa0aeaidtsitdfo,l8neabwev8tebetneud,:hiopbmrmoaNd8Wsoa,dbiu2uioNhllus81siohtTSlowaayellnnlaenticcnceo.sYctvii0amnieniteoeMSmenteb4eeoerscsl Mlsn1samNcmrtblioeuNsdahubrotea8iM-neaeaweaviBestduldtnblobgwvsetnfd,taeBlirma@N8Wtoa5aodhioi5oalwuubeoseteoo.taTourwalrntlentittneo.tv,nineaeomiteNacfTtieMSsssnrsocsllsn1stnparoNceat-uo1tieunsddahBrsmudulrrhnttirewvisBehbulydbtnbiooMt.egtso@stdefitotaeBli@teoea2odoeheseid5apoarwsuaebedoeteoo.taoursbMnamr1Bbhtettp,nsIuneeottebilKfosnpststmnbmoi.dtnproCSMOpoaVCaASNNNSCJ0ClCp0CNpSOOCSoBopUIpaC10PN1pSpsoodC1wCneo8dmeauo01ethfanantdBorsmdswaultuhntotaor1UpUMteliNtsdhebyibli1aMth.ets@sdoeeie-roeeeOysgggoS1232eo31etffffnifurraraeuraIahoeoeseSSOSnOeudfapr.r4soooooronEoooooooacamadwrrr8ChhCrdoFsbMnasmdVEeeooopolKf0widsICuttoabaoirelK.fopagggtnpteee5---t2tmtsbMSSSrdOraeiidcde.ydtfynahuyncdonsdiHemeostmmtlumuutNNNrnt,goChoWfatpavlnt5rdoLL2scohtuitono-oApDUpMtccct210eclitflnsdedai-laoaiiiaivhapinnnssaaa4rpf2gae-.hrifrdaoeepeysietttmSrt.uemecccicftannnsgaaheaeo,hmMefoabrhri.UU0y:alcsaoNhuYYY8aeeeerbdd191teFp-oaoknisaaaStRapppeklSKafetnnnttasnwidt9oa8gtAlbesteaoidrl/tduleeeeeyuMdattteidhdehnetif2vynahuycdtd2eceo7Jsspc,ogCmssso-stntp...mlsel,lrdtttsslvcorblTTioen:rayyy1waaamiiiaH.s.hoood1raa-aP.oopoaigea/asyoalvsfgassshrieeefzzzaoC.ppie’mrO.msssmesmo20seaooatcaheMeeo0bhrreeriOOOdoooopan...SNsooRII.unnnabdtpPnflP@BdncfffBRFa1rnteahhh5riiesoaaauntiAxfauOO2tstwedhSirireyu-1htnoeehentoOlCsle:fff,tfdMoooSSSysupcorHmlo-yyyer8ascaaattmei,lsifffrbLLLoeraLuiuotttooomtaRr0eYhaonaae.po1ooiezaadlro1r’soar4oSosfffgSlNeNN’lriiismsmoFFFFgmplsfffNseodgggcdLsSSSdpUahndoNNcoiiiR.iiic-oooLNNrrhouuui2fld(((aceaEedesidoealnmmmticccaxaupwnh,iBeppkNiLLLpupseesoooooNNNe8otoaaaYLli.SSsle,Ue11uieNNNSrCascnnnemlllf-stYlStoBaoDYtadeeeeY.aonaaeptddd.ntcd’LLLlieusooionrrrreiiiasdCd1ChlersssiiiY3msnN1AtdYYY:rtsooihSdnnnecnd0stYYYtttmmm.tmiiMUa1nddL,fffseSeln.kolCCCareess,6elllspkeeeseestcotin1ka3mmmiiii..Ongrsss5iiiooospCteA.Y1alllhypLsotdeesae(((LaFv.PF.cddddaaaaaleeeervs)))idddofi2atddttt2ASSSeedatccclotli.12hdrNCboaaa::fig.nTn,Ottttttddd.kouuutAueMrdn5Areeeci0tiiiendoicgaaairSSSsiiiLLLeiSn2otttiiiloAAri.ieaI/noooSo.etepppselllessst6ec2dgtvfNtttpaoerFnliiiwwwi8NNNnugSLmmm1nnsSfdiiinnaaannncAnpppo.iiidUooos3laeeeeoooiisggoge.rGlBLo,nrntcNbbbyyiiiYYYlgmGtfd1rrrr.nnnnaaatttennnLehmooonnnromLsaPwoooCtsIemioohhhrtiiiBaN)))PeuYenyyysill:::llllTaaaffffLtomewwwtccccaaoiiiuofooit:eoooeeutttecleuPPPYSSStmItttaCVNPaWoiobbbcoleeewwoiyyyrmNufhoeeehhh5esnnntppa:artrdptuuueeeokIsssSceeeefn.nEyppdddooolns3f(fVihm7GCdoatttSlacccsssluu222autiduAhWyaoommmnnnsss0AeNaosrrrRAaaLalilt000rScaaiaiintttrsneeeaaaeeei1nrttoclSef.ssooosinoYt222ygesNettrrrmmmtttti4:NtHcwn222aaavvvoe:glbY2A8el8eee:rrr---Ynneeyyy0).dddnt44s2sy...55iWaMbAabcfdT--nrahdteea22efdeamfbaWAbiTcMdaemtpacpSsihaTNsfbb1SodSbLtMeipoft8eCoMacYLiMe8mpfaoPLs01hhep1pSSee202eLPSifocMeaSp8mahseppLe0nntosdorohhennovoapuohheerndtybeerahuhaieaa0ouuoeexuompr-dd4rn7euuheaax0rpdd-1uenruhua048euephu08f4radseeerraaarere.moomfrmfaaareaammobtyeeeiMTtbdcSabtN1sSsbSomphLppeifemovpftftlotl8oobpuamitbte5meowbt-siellodobbo7na-sib5lodeobbtnna08bbsdoss85dro-ohocNfaT-tAh8sthe5hehtNfcTapttooassehvtasehhhtepuvohhehrvenrnymbruhhyaeiaa0ruttuTlnerramrm4haree4-ramner4ellrntaodphtlun8emllr8arntsosdeirmm-svooaiares,rdcem.oo.omttto-owto-eematet,-uwt-dmeoiie,,ofdnliimmoooeoorbttygeeomomoovec2etflrtloohbNeae0ti2tee5n-ooe0e2sssweettiodhossirdp5eee-iro,besds9roaM1otAi1Vshheht1pvprpoesoaosrcmhieolsruarimteplionoappia@purp8hsmnsrppeyuti8huttseTailuiranehhra07swtannhhha7isw-as0noep.s4sre.ia0sotl1ro.trissaiaemt-svsintaasradsaoo.t.ooose5avasrta0ta5uomeaonrh,ffnlrhnf-frlrtgdtaaaono-sc2ia4rmahsamriamtt4NoYtnsmrn-seeuess7tsmmieeuidhTo8chnBa7impteshidTei-irs8,tces9n1et8rfineciVnTret.n1nvprpe.iesteccccietfrut1gtscglen10ionaa@gooussonntrccdcntouseeticccmuiira5tns0uist4idd5dthisbo4ddoepeDhbeseidhuaeat,d1roeah-adveoedhtoraev-ooado.ee8asn-ovaa0tdasddaseteinhmoaiaeriiheemfnle,d8tauaeonnm,,maermi0armramtNNYt0nirnsnv-s..8fv-emhnaog,c.si..rehNNemwiyitrr.ssNlnt1ntrfdsieetnuctTrnenennudcetnieeeeiccattfaUnsgglen02npeddxcsoc2eopMnddcn1lnhcnveneieni7hmadntnnseiel7yodoLPtYrspaoobotNiwLPYeDeyduei,aeaed-aegndhgresfnbrr,yea8neesbsaPsdwrl,iyosdtdsetysnvaetoasiwisveariewa8ieruw0iinia,rwe0iritreaio5eNoritaeeemn7sue@Dseuy7lfelo@g,costKsrcdoaawlwyrotshmhdlacnsshmtuoeu.actshesuwweueadcieieeplweinsaeiaDpmngyennnexscxfinMtfiad1lls8vlitnbiliadel8ril4du1emlyia.otei4-rpassobmretNdwcMssnyonse..degoas.ebdsoBlg.lyeeiouastostrlsBleuercscsPsswmlistsdturioyatnee.etrsuate.rccnoi@[email protected]’-diD@hneuOyl...eaeocOo.ccawaeehmescstpSdtloo.soatdhpotslBelnatdodBeeplN8uarpDnpsmooryNn8uascobxtcnuolardaasntolabruiatifduu1nta.i.-FhreRldlceManoiroraiuondhsodcnrraeastebhsBsva.yurnmtnthhBaeaiueecMolnmthhsietidieiosneeernmmosuu1trtnom@rs1llrpttenirlsepoetsFeisdsesaonotees.do’dilsdi..eimihorcicCaeilromaeslstChtteclSdleoehoclecmenooantirsceahrdeseotrseanKrlafnprtc,banaydbtabtu5ydts@ac5bctadtsc,iiekbftollnion..serFhal-lseaseoroiu-hasea..ncaeaialtnhwah.llsoveiarnnmiwokleeMroltatilddiosarintlNinhcutientesheslletlenEteine1etwesmTaEsdeieia1cFmnsAteeedonaolsdttneuhemumrniheiFitiasnasisltFdtttasMnelneaeesMnmmcoenironafdphaoKtalfaitttchcsbaadtilabtsdntdmla@hsechtdtrae,iYektenltalnd.lernmaolluafddceoaerlocoiomdeschodtl’dthlaoyd,wadiv.lokaowloaovllaFeodsanaoailFdnoasoonanscnaoenassesoelsnaitensewTduSciasicFdA8pndolaitrodhulsomirdrreapinsersiraeRoSdlenatye1efndmln.nwlyutnnfhnedhyauartthtdtrttnsaccersrstrddtsfnedtnrredmoahfeoehrmeioieorrmiuilPemoouf,Pa4eouocaobiiomsdhapmerhmm’efpyerhtrmSsf.eonautlroo0otamedyemnfao@ostgrmdnosodyoe@nro8obstonimte8biptuSiciaoprdepioeaNeendroreusorodruprnomialocilepR5isiaoylfoeytiefo.yfewltotatideheeotetu5ernenrleinnntlereioaenieeaweeo-4iwoterrro-4uerseom,ysedoaumoaapbibyaedasatpsmmtbeesoYuteSsen.u-moaeandmaamfbolsgwobllnpp4gniemxhiididtr2dsrrrsrNen5dafadrd5ftuiaanr-ydmotticitlp-ydsordbr.tabrdei.tyee,tusbeentseentceeeecataes9aoiaait0tdiaytia-stnsi-asonYaa.eendeaaaaysladasged@xhsiydtyncic.dian8ttsrsn.dniyl,dtblt......sstoity-aeysn.d
tamped envelope if you’d like information, caAlTl tChAeReMdEitLorTOaWt N HALL information, call Brett Freeman
our photo retur ned. coMmpalyh8wo4ipt5h-a2Sc0ecN8t-ioe0nw717s043F.(ail) laenrds103(d) at 845-208-8151. paragraph rule top

All bidders General Municipal Law relating
collusive must of the to non-

Your ad 
bidding anMd waahivoepr aofcimNmeuwnistyFaiglalienrsst criminal prosecution. 
CCccaallllooBBrreeuuttttYllFFtddorroeefieenmmudbbaaonnrueeaatttah88ohh44wd55.--ee2200r8r8--ee8811..55113 Ap6B T pC10hrriodooM,ensp2MetATpor0naoNces2vcwAcaD2ettllnlpiAoDbvoiBepTernoetOomcBwAauRsiaedrmvhydYedeaenprneolelnrurftbjS2mPccPS2metsheestoeo-ehe0e0cr,raabaammetononmn88hihnhMaddddTom-m-,d,aool00alourocoipupunhf7k7brwooororsasaetsoi77dernnggdptctco44arastfeieiaonenhfev“v..acsfpepB8ereeeYYnte,C:rwrwIeO3oodnDueueadN0ssWcssusu”rrY@@mpeeAsspNrara-aMhehwlarrE1urCClececatdai0sRirl-aalelvlllehh5eessbs4ellbos4llaattaair:eerdo1oa3atassrirrin.n0nshttvteteiisieetemtmtoT8P8laayslryeaphdMe44eetttetppa5h5dod,aonrenMi-ie-prdaaftsuruAou..ientgrnnpupnuhidrrttomteiyaalsttbydeot2ivoea1terhrto,er.ser af2johU0CBMYChBYM0U.eit 0suoooc7a7atnanaooe2ahagtuul7l7iicii2esshhlthltnanq4el4ectcatnooCuaCFootytypraayteopopir1a1annfrnCinCs1yrdareaaSmScmcto0o-naciecceac,ot,tb:udyueenoo0mmnSSNiN.drUrUyd0d nnasoottaeaeilit,pt,Alaampmsscwaiwai3o3lblMe..occcsisemiem33rnndtt,toorrtfa4i4siaauausssesmmit.n,ra,hshs RRelli.t.nNoNoono hnaaoodcgcppYecYtutuaaeaaat8C8tt11ottbeeccee4a400iannstddr22nh5555meede00-ta-a88wwe2o2o22Btt99lssn00,,iTa@[email protected],

to find out how.   pobiSaLbaiSL nn eerbhibi hhrr tytyoo aott oahoah  yyutun  ouuo ,o ,rrttn  e  eeruerua  tti  vnhnhrrll  YnYii  effgege  nndooe e r a aees  ,s,suu  aggiia  pwpwgg  neerr  reeh  hhhmynm  cM cM bb.ee  oi i eeSooat at u  hhiinn r relllnl  ssee  tetemnm  c,,r  rkkdss  ewwo  oiinn  ttttm  mumee’’  oooos s sdd  ewwee n n a addna  nn e eiit  ntnt  ss s ag g   t                                  MbTSsdbMTSbd    uhhyeaea  pp  aab e eftfte  ohoeheoo  m-  ssrr.o.o  mrr  eeppiV V ppttt  aoo  aassatat  rhh i rrrrecc l tts s DeDe ss tsNi N iot t unene  ddyyee  lse e aatee w wccps  xxBaa d doos tsotya Addaal lrpp iininillOcct ssiinnuu snnndh hrbtbt@deeeeoeSehhillefnisispeeffccrtofoohaoassoSSrrfehhtfrftuuoiimtoTooohrnnoduunnaeddw,lltddaTaTinooyyonowwfnnCBCaorlemarrkeEd l   ditorial Submissions
Specifications may be obtained at the Office of the Town Clerk, at the above address, beginning March

THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 2022 LEISURE MAHOPAC NEWS PAGE 25

CLUES ACROSS 23. Tan 48. Doctor of Education 11. Pure
1. Hillsides 24. Empire State 49. One quintillion bytes 12. LSU football coach
6. A way to ingest 25. Where golfers begin (abbr.) 14. Unbroken views
9. Large number 28. For each 51. Overcharge 17. Fathers
13. Southeastern Minnesota 29. Muslim inhabitants of 52. Sailboats 20. Part of a race
city the Philippines 54. Indian musical patterns 21. Hairstyle
14. Cronies 31. Bird genus 56. Predisposition to a 23. Fifth note of a major
15. Having sufficient skill, 33. Popular Dave Matthews condition scale
knowledge Band song 60. Share a common 25. Body art
16. Supplements with 36. Domesticates boundary with 26. Amounts of time
difficulty 38. “Boardwalk Empire” 61. Wide 27. Designed chairs
17. Former VP nominee actress Gretchen 62. Skin disease 29. Sensational dramatic
Palin 39. Asian antelope 63. Monetary unit of Samoa piece
18. Cambodian monetary 41. One who takes apart 64. Source of the Blue Nile 30. Arrangement of steps
unit 44. Kin 65. Instrument 32. Classifies
19. Where coaches work 45. Dresses 66. Red deer 34. Young child
21. Secret political clique 46. Says something about 67. Unidentified flying object 35. Oh, no!
22. A type of lute you (abbr.) 68. Bar or preclude 37. Astronomical period of
about 18 years
CLUES DOWN 40. Not or
1. Flying insects 42. Poke fun at
2. Strong alcoholic 43. Consisting of roots
spirit 47. “__ Humbug!”
3. Old 49. A way to remove
4. Moves in slowly 50. A confusion of voices
5. Symbol for tin and other sounds
6. Having certain 52. Keyed instrument
appendages 53. Varnishes For puzzle solutions, please see
7. Expression of 55. Unpleasantly sticky theparamountrehab.com
sorrow or pity substance
8. Type of hormone 56. Unable to hear
(abbr.) 57. A short erect tail
9. One with an 58. Indicates interest
unjustified mistrust 59. Flow or leak through
10. Hebrew calendar 61. British thermal unit
month 65. Iron

To solve a sudoku, the numbers 1 through 9 must fill each row, column and box. Each number can
appear only once in each row, column and box. You can figure out the order in which the numbers will appear by using
the numeric clues already provided in the boxes. The more numbers you name, the easier it gets to solve the puzzle!

Prepare your favorite foods with nutrition in mind

Beloved dishes and comfort etables more delectable. But with fryer uses heat and air (convec- more than 680 calories and 53 placing mayonnaise with a thick
foods share some common ele- that crispy coating and juicy inte- tion) to mimic the results of deep grams of saturated fat per cup Greek yogurt as the base of the
ments, notably their avor and rior comes the addition of fat and frying with little-to-no oil. o of recipes that call for heavy dressings. Greek yogurt adds live
ability to quell hunger pangs. calories from the oil. Healthline cream, according to EatingWell. and active cultures that can im-
However, those creamy mac- says a small baked potato con- DITCH THE CREAM com. prove gut health, and the yogurt
and-cheese recipes or bu alo tains 93 calories and 0 grams of ick and tasty dishes like fet- also will cut down on the calo-
wings also may share some less fat. e same amount of French SWAP MAYONNAISE OR SOUR ries and fat in the recipe. Greek
savory characteristics, including a fries contains 319 calories and 17 tuccine alfredo involve the use CREAM FOR GREEK YOGURT yogurt also can be used in onion
lack of nutrition. grams of fat when fried. of cream. Using low-fat milk or vegetable dips for snack plat-
that’s thickened with our or Potato salads and cole slaws ters.
Various popular dishes are Air fryers can simulate the cornstarch instead of cream can are prized for their creamy and
made from ingredients that are bene ts of deep frying without make such dishes a little health- tangy avors. ese sides can COOK WITH THE RIGHT
high in saturated fats and calo- the negative side e ects. An air ier. ickened low-fat milk trims be made more nutritious by re- PANS
ries. In fact, Nutritionix, a nu-
tritional information reporting Cast-iron, nonstick or enamel-
company, indicates the average coated pans and skillets require
one-cup serving of homemade less oil or butter while cooking to
macaroni and cheese measures prevent foods from sticking. at
in at 510 calories, with 29 grams translates into roughly 120 fewer
of total fat and 16 grams, or 80 calories per tablespoon of oil.
percent of the total daily recom-
mended value, of saturated fat. TASTE BEFORE SEASONING
Replace salt with other herbs
Certain foods also may be
cooked through less healthy and spices that can add avor
techniques, such as frying. But without extra sodium. In addi-
rest assured that being t and tion, always taste the recipe be-
healthy doesn’t mean having to fore adding more salt, as it very
give up on tasty comfort foods. well may be ne without it, sug-
Just about any recipe can get a gests Harvard Medical School.
healthy makeover. Consider these
cooking tips that can make popu- Tweaking recipes can make it
lar dishes a little more nutritious. possible to enjoy your favorite
foods without sacri cing nutri-
USE AN AIR FRYER tion.
Frying makes everything from
is article was provided by Metro
chicken to fries to sliced veg- Creative Connection.