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North Salem News 05.13.21

North Salem’s only weekly newspaper mailed to every home and business.

Vol. 7 No. 8 Visit TapIntoNorthSalem.net for the latest news. Thursday, May 13, 2021

Lowest school tax levy
increase in five years

Voters to decide budget May 18

BY ABBY LUBY $1,462,406; the total state aid to the dis- PHOTO: CAROL REIF
CONTRIBUTING WRITER trict will be $2.9 million. Foundation Aid
for next year will most likely be spent on The state DOT changed the weight limit for the bridge on Route 116.
e North Salem Board of Education purchasing a 66-passenger school bus and
unanimously approved a $45.9 million a new handicap van. e new bus will cost A bridge too far gone
budget for the 2021-22 school year. the district $120,000; the new handicap
van is $62,452. e Foundation Aid does BY CAROL REIF Transportation set a weight limit of 16
e proposed tax levy of 1.26% is the not include the $770,101 the district re- STAFF WRITER tons, or 32,000 pounds, for the small,
lowest school district tax levy increase in ceived as part of the federal American Res- concrete span on Route 116. It carries
cue Plan and it has until 2023 to spend the A North Salem bridge has deterio- tra c over the Titicus River and is lo-
ve years and meets the state tax levy cap. total amount. rated to the point where it’s been deter- cated just west of Hilltop Drive near the
e estimated revenue from the property mined vehicles of a certain size should New York-Connecticut state border.
Voters will also cast their ballots for a no longer be crossing it, town o cials
tax levy is expected to be $40.2 million, second proposition for a $6.9 million Ath- said last week. Previously the bridge had no weight
around $500,000 more than last year’s tax letic Fields Improvement Project which
levy. includes a new synthetic turf eld and four Last spring, the state Department of SEE BRIDGE PAGE 20
unisex restrooms on the MS/HS campus,
e $45.9 million budget proposes a enabling the project to be eligible for state
spending increase of 2.11%, or $947,047, aid because of the additional facilities for
over last year. e board’s goal for next year’s spectators at the outdoor elds and gyms.
budget was to maintain low class sizes and It would enable improvements for drain-
focus on mental health activities. e public age, regrading of playing surfaces, repairs to
hearing on the approved budget was held the track and miscellaneous improvements
last week; there was no public comment.  to the eld at Pequenakonck Elementary
School. e district has claimed that the
e largest portion of the budget is 76%, out-of-pocket cost to taxpayers is negligible
or $34.8 million, to cover salaries for teach- because funding is timed to coincide with a
ers, programs for students with disabilities, retiring existing debt and taxpayers would
computer-assisted instruction, counseling/ not see an increase in their tax bills. 
psychological/social work services, health
services, co-curricular activities/Interscho- SEE BUDGET PAGE 20
lastic Athletics, district transportation ser-
vices and employee bene ts.

New York State Foundation Aid for
the next scal year is expected to be

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Thursday, May 13, 2021 Your Neighbor North Salem News – Page 3

Paul Giamundo Brian Lange Jaime Roche

Meet the Board of Education candidates

e following candidates will be running for the two available seats on the North Salem Board of Education. Board members serve three-year terms.  e annual budget vote and board
election will be held from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, May 18, at the Pequenakonck Elementary School gymnasium.

PAUL GIAMUNDO BRIAN LANGE JAIME ROCHE
Giamundo is currently a member of the Board of Edu- Lange has been a lifelong resident of North Salem Roche began her career in the eld of mental health

cation and has been on the board for 16 years. He is a re- where he was a K-12 student. He was a student liaison and community service after obtaining a master’s degree
tired school teacher with a master’s degree in education, and to the Board of Education in 2015-2017 and an Eagle in social work from Hunter College in 2002. Her passion
continues to teach in a private school. Giamundo was also a Scout in North Salem’s Troop 1. Lange is a graduate for helping children and their families led to work in both
counselor, special education teacher and director of a crisis of Baruch College where he made dean’s list and was public and private school settings as a school social worker,
hotline in lower Westchester. Currently, he is self-employed president of his college dormitory in his freshman year.  various mental health organizations and eventually to be-
in the area of construction services. He has been an active gin her own private psychotherapy practice. In pursuit of
participant at all monthly meetings of WESTPUT (West- “North Salem is facing a facilities crisis within a more integrative and holistic treatments for her clients,
chester/Putnam School Board Association), where current communication crisis,” he says. “Dangerous water qual- she became a registered yoga and meditation teacher
topics facing local schools are discussed. He has attended ity along with terrible elds and sports facilities have through OM Yoga in 2009. Roche used her knowledge of
special presentations on topics such as education law, men- made the district at risk of continual declining enroll- the mindful arts in her work, o ering mindfulness-based
tal health, budget issues/development, advocacy and has ment, marking an existential threat to us all. At the social skills to children and teens and mindfulness-based
attended meetings with local senators and assembly mem- same time, many residents that I speak to have little stress reduction to young adults. Recently she became a
bers. He has regularly attended board conventions. For his knowledge of what’s happening  with these problems certi ed Parent and Educator Coach through Tournesol
work in these areas he has received three awards from the and don’t know how to get more informed. I have lived Kids and currently works as a family coach, facilitating so-
New York State School Board Association: the 2012 School in North Salem since age 5 (my family moved into cial skills in groups and seeing clients privately.
Board Achievement Award; 2014 Board Excellence Award town because of the quality of the schools) and I be-
and 2016 School Board Mastery Award.He constantly net- lieve that in order to keep our community vibrant and Roche is a co-founder of PQ’s rst Farm To School
works with local board members on current issues. desirable we need to remediate these facilities issues Committee, helping to educate students about the foods
immediately and keep the community well-informed they eat and connect them to local farmers and the foods
For years Giamundo coached youth softball and basket- every step along the way with coordinated messaging they grow.She is the newest member of the town of North
ball programs in North Salem. He is also a former presi- over Facebook. I also plan to emphasize grant writ- Salem’s Recreational Advisory Board.
dent and an active member of the North Salem Lions Club, ing during my time on the board so that we don’t leave
which does charitable work and o ers $5,000 in scholar- any money on the table. I believe in a spirit of dialogue “I believe that the most important issues facing the
ships yearly to North Salem graduates. He is raising his two between the board and the community,  which I have Board of Education right now have to do with commu-
grandchildren who currently attend PQ. already begun through a poll of district issues that  I nication and transparency,” she says. “Board members are
have been promoting through Instagram and Facebook public servants and therefore are responsible for actively
“Certainly improved and timely communication is an on- (Instagram @brianfornorthsalem, Facebook @Brian listening to the needs of their communities and helping to
going process, but the most pressing concern now is men- Lange). In summary, my platform involves improving
tal health,” he says. “ is is an area of concern yearly, and I facilities, transparency, communication  to the com- nd ways to meet those needs. Right now the community
can report a recurring topic at our monthly area meetings munity, grant writing and student engagement. North strongly feels it needs more from the district in terms of
and with our meetings with legislators. I am part of these Salem is going to need energy and innovation to make communication and as trained social worker, I believe I
continuing conversations and I keep reporting back to our it out of the pandemic and modernize itself for the 21st have the skills necessary to help meet those needs. As a
school board and administrators on this topic. My personal century, and I am champing at the bit to do just that. social worker, I have strong and e ective communication
experience in years of teaching and as director of the crisis I urge every single eligible resident to vote on May 18. skills as well as the ability to identify the needs of my com-
hotline a ords me better background and understanding Not only is the composition of the board on the ballot, munity and work collaboratively with others to develop
in the mental health area. My history of 16 years on the but also a budget of over $45 million!”  strategies to meet those needs.” 
board confronting this issue has been of great value. I have
also been a member of the district Mental Health Commit- Abby Luby and Tom Walogorsky contributed to this report.
tee. ese past months have placed additional stress, anxiety
and depression on parents, students and teachers. Return-
ing to full-time instruction has actually added to and not
diminished concerns in this area. I share deep concern and
involvement in this area.”

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The Staff Ruth Keeler David Nasaw will discuss his a.m. - 3 p.m. northsalemny.org
Memorial Library book “ e Last Million: Eu- Artist’s and Crafty youth, 20
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TOM WALOGORSKY e Keeler Library is open for World War to Cold War.” Pro- and under, will be selling their CAMP
EDITOR: 914-302-5830 limited browsing, computer use, fessor Nasaw has had a outstand- handmade art, including paint-
[email protected] and reading! For more informa- ing career as an historian and is ings, photographs, jewelry, ber Registration is now open
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Most of our programs are on Wednesday, May 19, from 11 morial Library. and make great memories with
(914) 806-3951 ZOOM. Send us an email if you programs such as archery, swim-
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BRUCE HELLER we will send you a link to click on, CHILDREN hiking. Counselor-in-training
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[email protected] anne D’Amato, local resident Tuesday, May 25, from 11 - are also available for teens. Learn
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CORINNE STANTON by Rainbow Rowell. e library Wednesday, May 19, from getting constant feedback. is Democratic
(914) 760-7009 has copies to check out. We talk program is appropriate for chil- Committee
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Thursday, May 13, 2021 North Salem News – Page 5

Turf war

Voters to determine fate of athletic eld project

BY ABBY LUBY fundraisers to ease cost, noting, 7 school board meeting, Freeston, whose two children are active in building. 
CONTRIBUTING WRITER “Katonah-Lewisboro did a bang- addressed the declining enroll- school sports. In her letter to the e new eld would accom-
up job with community fund- ment, said the expected student editor also published in North
e North Salem School Dis- raising when they built their turf enrollment for 2021-22 is 1,013 Salem News, she wrote, “I know modate soccer, lacrosse, eld
trict has proposed an Athletic students, the lowest since 2003. all too well the pitiful eld op- hockey and a practice area for
Fields Improvement Project that eld. Many other school districts According to studies, projections tions they [students] have. Most baseball and softball.
would cost the district $6.9 mil- around the country have done the estimate current enrollment in the springs, our elds cannot be
lion. same. Why can’t we?”  North Salem School District will opened safely until mid- to late Merriman indicated that team
decline from the current 1,013 stu- April, putting our teams weeks sports are integral to the school
at proposition will appear on Without the turf eld propo- dents to fewer than 900 in 2028.  behind in terms of outdoor prac- community. She wrote, “On May
the May 18 ballot along with the sition, Gordon suggested, school tices.” 18, it’s not just about the athletes,
tax levy for the 2021-22 school taxes would go down next year. e highlight of the district’s it is about our school community
year and names of candidates “Why take on such a large ex- proposed project is the installa- Merriman stated that an arti- as a whole. School spirit sets the
running for seats on the Board of pense when school taxes are al- tion of arti cial turf eld on the cial turf eld with good drain- tone for all students, parents, and
Education. If the turf eld project ready extremely high?” West Campus Field and Tomp- age would generate fewer game the greater community.”
is approved, the district would se- kins Field at the middle school/ cancellations and the 300-seat
cure a bond to be paid back over In his March 24 budget pre- high school. KSQ Design, the bleachers “would also give all stu- At the public hearing on the
17 years.  sentation, Superintendent Ken district’s design team, promotes dents and parents a place to come budget last week, there was no
Freeston explained why the proj- synthetic turf over natural turf, together as a community and public comment on either the
e all-weather turf eld proj- ect was timely.  or grass, because arti cial turf is show their Tiger Pride.”   budget or the proposition. If the
ect has become a polarizing is- safer and resists wear-and-tear. turf eld project is approved,
sue for district residents, many of “We have a bond falling o e proposal includes LED excavation and removals are ex-
whom have posted their objec- and this is a good time to bring But in his aforementioned let- eld lighting for nighttime events, pected to be completed by the
tions on social media. In a letter a new bond on so that the bond ter, Gordon cited studies which ADA pedestrian access paths, summer of 2022; the entire proj-
to the editor published in North spending is level,” said Freeston. dispute those claims, writing, lighting from building to eld, a ect is expected to be complete in
Salem News, John Steele Gordon, “Because we are replacing exist- “One study found that 82% of perimeter security fence and ball the fall of 2022. 
for one, said he sees the $6.9 mil- ing debt, the out-of-pocket cost to NFL players prefer to play on stop netting. Also planned is an
lion bond as a burden on taxpay- taxpayers is negligible.”  real grass.” electronic score board, a conces- e annual budget vote and board
ers. Gordon criticized  the school sion area and new gender-neutral election will be from 7 a.m. to 9
board for not having community Some district residents argue Among those in favor of arti- restrooms attached to the school p.m. May 18 at the Pequenakonck
the bond is too big, especially in cial turf is Suzanne Merriman, Elementary School gym.
light of the district’s shrinking
student enrollment. At the April

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North Salem School District Budget Vote
Athletic Fields Improvement Project

Taxpayers will not see an increase on their tax bills due to the fields improvement project
Stop the unsafe and unplayable field conditions resulting in injuries and our teams having to forfeit

Avoid the cost of busing our athletes to other athletic fields due to our current field conditions
Give all students and families a place to come together as a community

Improvements to Tompkins Field and repairs to PQ Field, upgrades to the Tompkins track
Additional bathroom use for fields and gyms

For more information visit www.northsalemfields.org
Paid for by North Salem Youth Lacrosse Association

Page 6 – North Salem News Thursday, May 13, 2021

North Salem considers solutions to water woes

BY CAROL REIF e new Maximum Con- Daniel Road, Sunset Drive, Al- en- gure bill. Chris Burdick and state Sen.
STAFF WRITER e town has hired an engi- Pete Harckham to see whether
taminant Levels, or MCLs, are ice Road, Park Lane, Ridgeway the lawmakers could nd seed
Found to be in violation of new neering rm to help determine money for the $30,000 experi-
state drinking water regulations, 10 parts per trillion (ppt) for Avenue and Westview Avenue. the town’s next move. In the ment.
North Salem is facing signi - meantime, Lucas has reached
cant infrastructure upgrades. PFOA/PFOS and 1 ppt for It also supplies Waterview Hills out to the state Department of e resin canisters last for
Health about possible alterna- about two to four years. One
Last summer, Albany an- 1,4-Dioxane. and Salem Hills, two rehab and tives. engineer told the town it would
nounced strict new standards need two; the other said six.
for certain contaminants in Municipalities operating health care centers on Route 22 One solution is to install an
public water supplies that tar- ion exchange treatment system, “But, regardless, it’s not a
get what are known as “forever public water supplies had to in Purdys. which is similar to what the million dollars,” Lucas told the
chemicals,” speci cally per- Sunset Ridge well employs to board.
start testing for the chemicals e Sunset Ridge district al- remove uranium. e canisters
uorooctanoic acid (PFOA) are 2-by-5-feet and cost be- Lucas is also exploring the
and per uorooctane sulfonate this year. ready is equipped with a system tween $5,000 and $8,000 apiece. possibility of getting a $1 mil-
(PFOS), which embed them- lion federal grant should the
selves in the environment and North Salem operates four that removes uranium from the Ion exchange treatment sys- experiment fail, and has been
build up in the bodies of living tems contain resin, a highly in contact with U.S. Rep. Sean
things. It also set the maximum municipal water districts: Sun- water. porous material. ere are two Patrick Maloney and U.S. Sen.
level of 1,4-Dioxane, a likely categories of ion exchange res- Kirsten Gillibrand.
carcinogen. set Ridge (serving 95 residences Activated carbon lters have ins: anionic and cationic. ey
act like tiny magnets, attracting Lucas said that the odds of
e substances, which have and two nursing homes), Can- been the most studied and ac- contaminants and keeping them getting the grant were “prob-
existed for decades, can be found from passing through the water ably not extremely high.” Ma-
in products such as nonstick dlewood Lake (54 residences), cepted way of removing PFOs, system. e former has been loney has about $18 million to
cookware, certain food packag- found to be the most e ective in distribute for water protection
ing and re ghting foam. Croton Falls (95 residences and but the 8-by-16-foot tanks the removing PFAs. in his district, he said, and there
are likely far larger municipali-
businesses), and Salem Acres lters come in are too large for Lucas said that if the town ties in need.
successfully pursued the ion ex-
(43 residences). Each district the district’s current treatment change treatment for PFOs, it Lucas also has been confer-
would be a pilot concept that ring with o cials in Bedford,
has two or three wells. facility. To accommodate them, could end up being approved for Lewisboro and Somers, which
use by other New York commu- face similar PFOS/PFOA con-
e PFOs found in the water the building would need to be nities. tamination problems.

in two wells in Sunset Ridge expanded. Toward that end, Lucas said “Hopefully, we’ll come up
he talked to state Assemblyman
exceed the 10 parts per trillion Sunset Ridge would need at SEE WATER PAGE 19

(ppt) set by the state. Supervi- least one lter as well as a “back-

sor Warren Lucas said last week up,” Lucas told the Town Board

that one tested at 17 ppt and the on Tuesday, April 27.

other at 23 ppt. As a result, Lucas said, the

e district incorporates town could be looking at a sev-

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Hammond will be holding “Twilight
Hours” on select evenings this summer.
The Hammond Museum and Japanese Stroll Garden is set
to officially reopen on May 15.

Hammond Museum set to reopen PHOTOS COURTESY OF HAMMOND MUSEUM

Events this season will include garden tours, art
exhibitions, and special presentations.

BY CAROL REIF veau Road, which was closed all last aquariums, zoos, and botanical gar- members of the Asian Brush Artists tions, including pop-up programs,
STAFF WRITER year because of the pandemic, will dens – could increase capacity to 50 Association. e next group show are planned and will be posted on
celebrate its o cial reopening on percent. – Voices: I Remember -- opens on its website.
Its cherry trees are blossoming. Saturday, May 15, from 12 to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 5.
Curious folks are starting to peek e haven  was established in General admission is: adults, $8;
longingly through its wooden gates Special events include a garden 1957 by the late artist and inven- ere will be something new to seniors (65 plus), $6; and students
at its lily pad-covered pond and me- tour, viewing the current art exhibi- tor Natalie Hays  Hammond, who enjoy this season: “Twilight Hours.” (with ID), $6.
andering pathways. tions, story time for children, and saw it as a place where Eastern and
Even the frogs – whose chorus demonstrations of the tea ceremony, Western cultures could thrive to- e museum and garden will be Admission is free for members
of croaks has been unusually enthu- ikebana or Japanese ower arrang- gether, promoting global awareness open on select evenings. and children under 12.
siastic this spring -- seem to know ing, and Tai Chi, a type of martial and understanding.
that something good’s about to hap- art. Because of continuing CO- Admission for Twilight Hours is:
pen at the Hammond Museum & Everyone’s “eager and delighted” VID-19 safety measures, all classes adults, $15; seniors (65 plus) $12;
Japanese Stroll Garden in North Local musical group Chuck’s to be able to welcome guests back, and programs will be held outside and students (with ID), $12.
Salem, says executive director Eliza- Candy Store will perform. says Hammer-Munemura. on the Hammond’s patio – or in the
beth Hammer-Munemura. main gallery with the doors open. Admission is free for members
Gov.Andrew Cuomo announced e Hammond had a “soft” Occupancy will be limited, masks and children under 12.
e arts and nature venue o De- last month that low-risk, indoor opening on Wednesday, May 12. must be worn, and social distancing
and outdoor arts and entertain- requirements followed. For more information, call
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Happily
Ever
After

LETTERS Cornered!

Troublesome Turf? Enviro ll arti cial turf elds ladies! We cornered them another unsuspecting couple.
are advertised as cooler but re- Again, they enjoyed the con-
To the editor, search by the National Center for WHAT WAS for a good half hour, talking versation as much as we did.
e sand pellets in the base, En- Health Research indicates that I THINKING? about family and anything
these elds are still at least 30-50 RUTHANN else that came to mind. You may ask about our
viro ll, are not sand like on a beach degrees hotter than natural grass. SCHEFFER But the beauty part of this younger sister, Roe. When
— they are silica sand. OSHA “capture” was that mom and the three of us are together,
classi es silica as a hazardous ma- Do you want your children the conversation ows and
terial. e American Academy of playing on a carpet of toxic daughter were just as eager to we even talk over each other.
Pediatrics speci cally recommends chemicals? However, Roe doesn’t initiate
avoiding it on playgrounds. share their stories as we were. a conversation with strangers
When inhaled, silica dust can If you care about the earth and as her sister and brother do.
cause cancer and silicosis (hard- pollution, why would you even It is no secret that my ey were an added bonus to Believe me, we don’t gossip.
ening of the lungs through consider lling a eld with plastic brother Jack and I love to We reminisce and the memo-
in ammation and development grass? We need to reduce our con- talk. our trip to Julian. ries ow along with much
of scar tissue). Tiny amounts are sumption of plastic. e turf and Whenever I visit Jack and laughter. Our family knows
dangerous. Standards exist for in ll of a single deconstructed eld that if you con de in Roe, it
occupational exposure, but so weighs about 40,000 pounds. Patti, a trip to the Mission at is safe to say that con dence
far silica sand is unregulated in will never be shared.
recreational settings. What message are you sending After all, where would some San Juan Capistrano is always
to your children? Is the opportu- We never run out of things
While the vendors claim the nity to play a sport for a few more of my columns come from if on my agenda. I love visiting to say, and if we can happily
silica is contained inside a plastic hours a year worth polluting our bring others into the conver-
coating, the Enviro ll warranty air, water and earth? Shouldn’t I couldn’t tell my stories? Of the chapel, the rooms where sation, it’s a gift and makes a
says that on average only 70% of we be teaching our children to be heart feel good.
the pellets will remain encapsu- stewards of the earth — to think course, coming from a large Spanish soldiers slept and
lated. Sun and the forces from globally and act locally? is is a Visiting with family was
playing on it breaks down the time to be planting trees to capture family and having four very smelling the beautiful and the main purpose of my trip.
plastic coating releasing the silica carbon rather than cutting them We had one-on-one talks,
into the air and into the lungs down. adventuresome sons indeed unusual roses growing in the catching up on our lives, and
and bodies of our children. feeling the love that comes
We need to x the eld we have. adds to the pot! research gardens. e Mission from a close-knit family. Add
e plastic grass has PFAS’ e town just built another eld. this to the mix: quietly sitting
(forever chemicals) and other How many do we need for a small During one of my trips to is lovingly cared for by a vol- together on the patio in the
toxic chemicals that with wear community of 5,000 and a school warm sun surrounded by
turn to dust and are inhaled by enrollment that is projected to fall California, Jack and I decided unteer community group. is bushels and pots of owers
children as they play and also each year through 2030? and plants in all colors and
pollute our air, water and earth. Moreover, the $5 million cost we’d take a trip to Julian in San was our next trip a few days sizes, watching the dog-
for this toxic turf eld is obscene. gies chase around the yard,
e wells at PQ are contaminat- It is actually more when interest Diego County. I’d been there after Julian. listening to the hens cluck-
ed with PFAS. Are we risking payments and disposal are factored ing back and forth to each
contaminating the high school in. Why not save the $5 million before and loved the smell of Jack and I explored the dif- other and the vividly-colored
wells and neighbors’ wells? and reduce our taxes or use it on birds chirping around the bird
something more useful rather than apples as we entered the town. ferent buildings, and of course feeders. It just doesn’t get any
Children are uniquely vulner- on something so destructive. better than this!
able to harmful exposures from is time, we’d walk around, stopped in to browse through
arti cial turf surfaces. is is due Sincerely, Contact Ruthann at
to a number of factors includ- Amy Rosmarin have lunch and pick up a de- the gift shop. As we were [email protected]
ing children’s rapidly developing Former Councilwoman
organ systems and immature North Salem Climate Smart lectable apple pie to enjoy later leaving the shop, he spot-
detoxi cation mechanisms. Community Leadership Team
with Patti. ted two older women taking

ere was a general store pictures of the fountain with

that caught our eye and we its softly falling water and

decided to explore. It was like surrounded by colorful ow-

going back in time. Beautifully ers and plants.

set up with barrels of candles, “Watch this, Sis.”

cookie cutters, packages of He walked over to the la-

sweet smelling spices, denim dies and asked them if they’d

clothing hanging from deco- like him to take their picture

rative hooks, kitchen aprons in front of the fountain. ey

and matching pot holders. giggled and said they’d love

You name it, it was there. As it. Ever the good guy, Jack

we browsed, we came across a took several pictures of them

lovely young woman and her all the while talking about

mother. We smiled, said “hi” the Mission, etc. Guess what?

and commented on some of We spent another 15 minutes

the unusual items for sale. Poor shooting the breeze with

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Coronavirus, we’ll miss you

MAN in lock-down for well over a to put on my mini-bike. In all heard every other word. Did you ality show with Kardashians in
OVERBOARD year. For instance, one estimate honesty, it’s possible that the say my work was woefully hor- it, only with realer reality. Will
from a climate-monitoring cement mixer went faster. Or rendous or notably stupendous? people remember how to work
RICK group is that global emissions the one about my sister’s good And while I have you I need a water cooler? e bar we used
MELÉN of greenhouse gases fell by 5.5 fortune in breaking her leg on a to submit a bill for my ink-jet to go to around the corner after
percent during the pandemic. makeshift ski slope at the high cartridges. No, sir, I did not say work is under new ownership-
If a few people can get just school, only to have the star ‘pink pet partridges.’” ose will they nally x the toilet?
a little smarter than they e gure is much greater quarterback whisk her o the days may be coming to an end. Gone will be the days when
seem to be at the moment, than it seems, caused by fewer slopes in his arms. During the you can go to the refrigerator
pretty soon this pandemic is people driving to workplaces call my sister Anne’s cat crawls What are the long-term ef- during work hours, and the half
going be a wistful memory, and that were shuttered, and of onto her shoulder and starts fects of cats on corporate Zoom a candy bar you put in there
we are going to be nostalgic course fewer people going to eating one of her ears. It’s cute, meetings? “I got so used to yesterday will still be there to-
about it, maybe even a little greenhouses. Species of animals but she only heard the left side having my cat around during day because your wife won’t eat
misty-eyed. Surely I jest, but that haven’t been seen for years of the mini-bike story. our weekly Zooms that I’ll be anything bad for you. Which
jest a minute, now. ere is no are coming out of the wood- bringing him to our live meet- reminds me, I left some Chi-
way to minimize the personal work during this unusual time. If you wanted to sell your ings now. He’s an emotional nese food in the fridge at work
horrors of this plague, espe- Hoping to reverse that trend in Westchester home last year, support cat,” I share with the on March 12th 2020, I hope
cially to those who have left our own home, I’m thinking of you were in for a nice surprise, group. “Wow, so he helps you it’s still good. We’re embarking
behind loved ones, those who installing more woodwork. as real estate prices in the area get through the day?” And on a new “new normal” now,
have lost loved ones and those skyrocketed. If you then went I reply, “No, actually it’s the which means that I am going
who have caught the disease I am one of six Melén chil- to buy a house in Florida, you other way around. If I don’t to have to embark on a new
themselves. People who have dren, and we have never in our were in for a rude awakening, emotionally support him, he abnormal.
lost their homes and liveli- history interacted all together as real estate prices in the area wets my morning paper and
hoods will be holding the door as siblings as we have in the skyrocketed. A weird cocktail puts a damper on the news. Join Rick and Trillium on Friday,
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Dryer, dryer, pants on re

that to the dryer. volved in but knew he would get
dragged into anyway.
TRACY Two days after we moved in,
BECKERMAN I went to do my rst load of “Just run it again,” he said.
laundry. e washing machine “I did. But it stopped after
two minutes because it thought
performed its duties in a it was done. Or maybe… it just
wants me to think that it thinks
very professional way. en I that it’s done.”
He shook his head. “Try a dif-
threw the small load into the ferent setting.”
I nodded and turned the
dryer and set the timer for 50 dryer to “Cotton Dry” instead of
Iam well known in these parts minutes. But when the timer Timed Variable” which had a set
for my unresolved appliance went o and the green light 40-minute time it would dry for.
aggressions. I have killed one changed to red and the window But two minutes into the cycle it
microwave, three toaster ovens, said, “complete,” I went to pull stopped and said, “complete.”
“Argh!!” I roared. “ is
one co eemaker, and a garage out the clothes, and they were dryer stinks. It will not dry these
clothes!”
refrigerator. Well, actually, my car still wet. Not damp. Not wettish. “Maybe it’s broken.”
“No,” Im pretty sure it’s just
killed the garage refrigerator. But Wet. I shook my head and reset laughing at me.”
While I ranted some more,
I guess I am complicit because I the timer. Two minutes into the my husband got up o the couch
with a sigh.
was driving the car. cycle, the dryer timer went o “Here, let me try.”
I stood back while he exam-
In my defense of these crimes, again. And of course, the clothes ined the vent and the hose and
the di erent settings.
in most cases, the appliances were still wet.

were near the end of their lifes- “ e dryer is messing with

pans and were just looking for an me,” I said to my husband. “ e

excuse to die… three days after sensor is telling the me the

the warranties expired. clothes are dry but they’re not.

Anyway, when we moved into e dryer is a liar!” “It looks ne,” he nally what that means?”
declared. He set the timer and “I’m more charming than
our new home, I was excited be- My husband gave me the went back to the couch to sit
down. Forty minutes later I you,” he said.
cause the landlord told us all the look he always gives me when checked on the clothes and they “No. It means you get to do
were completely dry.
appliances were new and should I’m on some kind of household the laundry every week.”
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Thursday, May 13, 2021 SPORTS North Salem News – Page 17

Sister act
Cat and Becky Senatore team up
for Tigers softball

is season, North Salem soft- it. ere are a lot of teams and due to Covid, last year’s spring

ball has become a family a air. student-athletes that aren’t able season could not take place,

Among the many newcomers to have a season this year so I’m meaning that the team could

to the team this season is fresh- really grateful. is season we not learn how to play with each

man Becky Senatore, who is now haven’t had a lot of time to pre- other. erefore, we are playing a

catching for her older sister Cat, a pare before games started. We big game of catch up and trying

senior and veteran pitcher for the have a young team, and a lot of to gure each other out. I believe

Tiger squad. Cat Senatore has the girls haven’t played at the we can do it. Playing this new

been a member of varsity soft- higher level so it is de nitely a position, I hope to improve my

ball for four years, and will attend learning experience. I’m trying to skills and knowledge of play and

Monmouth University in the fall focus on making the best of the be even better for next season. I

where she will major in business given situation since it is my last also hope that I can help give Cat

marketing/management. From a year. I want to look back at this a great softball season before she

young age, Becky Senatore fol- season and be able to say that I goes o to college.

lowed in her sister’s footsteps as left everything that I could out

a pitcher, only recently moving to on the eld. Ultimately, I want HOW HAS COVID IMPACTED

catcher to ll a need for the Ti- everyone on the team to have fun. YOUR TRAINING OVER THE PHOTO COURTESY OF BECKY SENATORE
gers defense.
Becky: Heading into the PAST YEAR? Cat and Becky Senatore are teammates for the first time in their
e Senatore sisters recently spring season I am excited and careers.
spoke with North Salem News Becky: Due to Covid last
anxious. I am excited to get back year not many people got to play

about the spring softball season to playing softball, as I was not spring sports, and not practicing

and sharing the diamond with able to last year. I have also been for one season can truly impact to focus on individuals so a lot up the nets and hit into them,

one another. looking forward to being able play. During Covid, Cat and I has to be done on your own time. and then I would make her catch

to play with my sister for years. would go outside and throw and Over the past year I’ve luckily for me. I kept making the joke

HOW DO YOU FEEL However, I am slightly nervous try to keep our arms ready and in had my sister and parents that that she needed to learn how to

HEADING INTO THE SPRING because I have never played the shape but nothing can compare were willing to practice with me. catch but I didn’t think it would

SEASON? WHAT DO YOU catcher position before and to to playing a real game. In the beginning of quarantine actually happen. ere’s also the

HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH THIS jump right into a varsity level is Cat: Covid has de nitely im- last spring my sister and I did a new aspect of wearing a mask

YEAR? a little nerve-racking. It is also a pacted every sport this year. With lot of batting and pitching prac- SEE SISTERS PAGE 18

Cat: I’m just hoping to enjoy little tough this season because the shortened seasons it is harder tice in our yard. We would put

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CLUES ACROSS 26. Ballplayer’s accessory 44. Scatter 13. Food
1. Large, flightless birds 15. Swiss river
5. Lifts and moves heavy 27. You get one at the beach 45. Basics 17. Fleet
objects 18. Taxi
10. Hyundai sedan 28. U.S. founding father 48. Part of a door 21. Working class
12. Wear away by erosion 23. More (Spanish)
14. Arranged alphabetically 30. W. Australia indigenous 50. Indicates silence 24. High schoolers’ test
16. Top prosecutor 27. Large heavily built goat
18. __-de-sac: Short dead- people 52. Moved quickly on foot antelope
end street 29. Murdered in his bathtub
19. Digital audiotape 31. Amounts of time 53. Monetary units 32. Tease good-naturedly
20. Linguistics pioneer 34. Morsel
22. Singer DiFranco 33. Put on the shelf 55. A place to crash 35. Cause persistent
23. Arms of the sea resentment
25. Near-reach weapon 35. Russian dynasty member 56. Many subconsciousses 36. A radioactive element
(abbr.) 39. Perform in a play
37. City along the Elbe River 57. Group of countries 40. Witty remark: Bon __
43. A great place to kayak
38. A peninsula between the 58. About line of latitude 44. Conclude by reasoning
46. In an unfavorable way
Red Sea and the Persian 63. Female follower of 47. Complex of nerve
tissues (abbr.)
Gulf Bacchus 49. Machine for making
paper
40. Actor Damon 65. A dentist can treat it 51. Feline
54. Yugo’s hatchback
41. __ King Cole, musician 66. Dull brown fabrics 59. Check
60. Press against lightly
42. Company that rings 67. Int’l nonprofit 61. Wind-pollinated plants
62. __compoop
receipts 64. Commercial

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8. Grandmothers

9. Entertainment

legend Sullivan

10. Steam bath room

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SISTERS IS THERE ANYONE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE
FROM PAGE 17
TO RECOGNIZE FOR HELPING YOU FIND

SUCCESS EITHER ON OR OFF THE FIELD?

Becky: I would like to recognize Coach Mit-

while playing. Personally, I don’t mind the mask but telstadt for not getting mad and having patience

once I put my pitching mask on it gets a little dif- with me when I mess up or do something wrong.

cult to talk. It’s just a lot going on but I’ve found He just tells me the correction and I try again. I

ways to make it work. also would like to thank him for spending extra

time with me after practice helping me improve.

HOW DOES IT FEEL BEING ABLE TO SHARE Cat: Softball has changed my life. I remem-

THE SOFTBALL FIELD WITH YOUR SISTER? ber walking into practice the rst day freshman

Cat: I’ve actually never been on a team with my year terri ed. I was so shy and nervous. From the

sister so this year is a totally di erent experience. outside Coach Mittelstadt was very intimidating.

My sister and I actually get along really well. Out- Once I was on the team I realized that there was

side of softball I’m always dragging her shopping no reason to feel out of place. I truly owe who I am

or to Dunkin’ with me because I don’t want to go today to the players I played with, Coach Mittel-

alone. By dragging her along with me, we’ve been stadt and my family. ey all supported me 100%

able to bond and become closer over the last year. which gave me the con dence I have today. With Cat Senatore is a four-year varsity veteran.
It’s strange because it’s my little sister. Sometimes I that con dence I have been able to nd success

get nervous for her because I don’t want her to get on and o the eld. e environment that softball

hurt and I really want her to do well, but then I re- created helped me nd my personality. I just feel

member that she can handle it. During practice and so comfortable walking into anything I do because

the games we bicker a little only because we know I now know who I am. I’d also like to recognize

that we can do better. We just make snarky com- Coach Dave Dubbioso, and Coach Dan Collea

ments to each other but can handle it both ways. At for all the work they put into my personal play

the end of the day we both know that we are kid- and the program. Finally I would like to thank

ding. We can argue with each other, but once there’s my family. My mom, dad, sister, and grandma. If

a common goal we accomplish it together. it wasn’t for them then I don’t know if I would’ve

Becky: Since seventh grade Cat and I have talk- ever picked up a softball. ey have attended ev-

ed about being a sister pitcher catcher “power duo.” ery game, tournament and practice and I can never

e pitcher and catcher having a good relationship repay them for their dedication. It’s hard to think

is a crucial part of the team dynamic. Being sisters, that this will be my last season, but I’m walking

Cat and I already have that connection. With that out with so much more than I ever could have

connection already made, we understand each other imagined.

and we can work together easily to gure out what

is best for the team. As all sibling relationships, Want to nominate a student-athlete for a future

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Building blocks

BY CAROL REIF e 19th-century in uencer NSHS student
STAFF WRITER who brought the railroad to Liam Trageser

North Salem would be pleased. got a head start
Piece by piece, row by row, Issac Hart Purdy started lobby- on this summer’s
Lego contest.
miniature versions of town land- ing in 1839 for a new main line

marks are gonna grow. to go through Purdys and Cro-

e North Salem Histori- ton Falls instead of Mahopac and

cal Society is sponsoring a Lego Somers. About eight years later,

contest with the aim of giv- he granted the New York and

ing residents – young and old – Harlem Railroad the right of way

something fun to do this summer. for one dollar on the condition it

Ersatz, but earnest, architects build a depot in the hamlet for

will use the plastic toy bricks to passengers and freight.

make historic buildings such For a little inspiration, Lego

as Delancy Hall, the Lobdell contest participants can refer

House, or maybe even things like to the Historical Preservation

the famed Balanced Rock or Tit- Commission’s 2019 book “His-

icus Dam. e society will display toric Landmarks of the Town

their creations at the Ruth Keeler of North Salem, New York.” It

Memorial Library, said trustee is posted on the town’s website,

Helen Powers. It also plans to www.northsalemny.org. A lego model of the Purdys train
take up a collection of Legos for station.
folks who need them. Details are To learn more about North Salem
being worked out. history, and other activities the PHOTOS COURTESY OF
society o ers, visit www.nshs.info. NORTH SALEM HISTORICAL SOCIETY
ere’s one 17-year-old who’s

gotten a jumpstart on his project.

Liam Trageser, a North Sa- What separates us
lem High School junior, has al-
ways loved trains and history. He
combined that with his love of
Legos to build a replica of the old

Purdys Train Station, complete

with an old-fashioned steam lo- from other accountants and tax preparers is
comotive.

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BRIDGE other side. With no re hydrants on the other side. And with no trucks, so any help would likely Fire Commissioner Angelo
FROM PAGE 1 re hydrants anywhere in the come from the main station, D’Agostino reportedly has sent
anywhere in the town, big water- about 5.6 miles away. For larger out notices saying the depart-
town, big water-carrying tanker emergency vehicles, simply go- ment will have delays getting
carrying tanker trucks have to be trucks have to be used. ing around doesn’t appear to be to homes on the other side of
the solution. the bridge because of the new
limits, but the DOT determined used. e average car weighs 1.5 Last year, after re o cials weight limit.
made it clear that going around One possible alternate route,
that it was in such bad shape tons and the standard pickup, wasn’t a solution, the DOT Keeler Lane, is a paved road that School transportation folks
agreed to a temporary x. e leads to Hilltop Drive, which are likewise not happy about
that it needed to be completely about 3 tons. CFFD was allowed to take its ends on Route 116 east of the the current situation. e people
overweight tanker across the bridge. It has a stone and con- that live on Hilltop and Keeler
replaced. e limit was set to But delivery trucks can weigh bridge during emergencies as crete-reinforced bridge over the -- facing the prospect of tractor-
long as it only used the west- river, right behind e Market at trailers on their narrow country
keep its condition from worsen- 6 tons; charter buses, 20 tons; a bound lane – coming and going. Union Hall. roads -- probably aren’t either.
It also has to make sure that no
ing. loaded garbage truck, 25 tons; other vehicle is on the bridge at Daros has said that that span’s Lucas has reached out to state
the time its equipment is cross- weight rating – if it ever had one legislators Assemblyman Chris
is month, the town was loaded plow truck, 28 tons; ce- ing. – is not known. Burdick and Sen. Pete Harck-
ham for help. He has also been
noti ed that the weight limit is ment truck, 33 tons; loaded at temporary x seemed Taking a shortcut across Wal- in contact with the state DOT,
to be working, Daros said. lace Road and hanging a right which is having its engineers
now 6 tons, or 12,000 pounds. dump truck, 36 tons; and trac- However, with the new weight on Norton Lane, a narrow dirt study the river’s hydraulics to see
limits, re trucks and school byway that empties back onto if the bridge can be temporarily
( e new signage had not been tor-trailer, 40 tons. buses can’t go over it at all. e the state road, is de nitely out, shored up with steel beams.
town is working on a mutual he said last year. ere is an old
put up as of last week, but the e state police have been aid agreement with the Ridge- wooden deck bridge on Norton If that happens, the weight
that couldn’t hold a 16-ton re limit could potentially rise to at
limits are in place.) monitoring the bridge since last eld (Conn.) Fire Department, truck. least 22 tons. It’s unknown what
which has a substation on Regan the limit would be after the span
is is a huge problem for year, but town o cials say it’s Road, about 3.6 miles away. ( e Daros, who owns a fuel oil is completely replaced.
Croton Falls re station is 1.8 and propane business, won’t even
emergency vehicles such as re not possible to catch every single miles from the bridge.) take his trucks across it. At any Daros is hopeful about the
rate, taking any alternative route temporary x.
trucks and some ambulances, violator. e other problem be- Lucas pointed out to Lance would signi cantly increase
McMillan, NYSDOT regional response times to res, which “We can’t go a year without
not to mention school buses, ing, they feel, is that the warning director, that the Ridge eld sub- could be very dangerous, he said. crossing that bridge,” he said last
station is smaller and has fewer week.
which, when fully loaded can signs aren’t posted far enough from BOCES.
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Falls Fire Department’s heaviest chance to re-route if necessary. two counties and tax rates are dif- clerk at least seven days prior to
e 2021-22 budget has funds ferent for each town. the annual school district elec-
piece of equipment – a tanker e bridge is slated for total earmarked for a new, one-year tion. Applications received after
contract position for a commu- Voting will take place on Tues- May 13 may not be mailed but
truck – weighs 66,000 pounds, replacement in May 2022, but nications specialist for 2.5 days a day, May 18, at the Pequena- can be picked up at the district
week. e position costs $50,000 konck Elementary School, 7 a.m. clerk’s o ce until May 17. e
or 33 tons. e average re truck the town can’t wait that long, a year but the actual cost to the to 9 p.m. Applications for mail-in district clerk must receive ab-
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weighs between 19 and 30 tons said Supervisor Warren Lucas PTO and MS/HS PTO each district website under “Board of May 18. 
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