The Somers Record 01.06.22

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A New Era Begins Mini golf at Heritage Hills?
Somers National seeks site plan approval
A new day dawned for Somers as Town Supervisor Robert
Scorrano was o cially sworn in on Sunday, Jan. 2. See more pho-
tos from Inauguration Day on page 12.

BY CAROL REIF owner Quintin Lew, saying that be increased tra c, noise, the re-
STAFF WRITER it’s been “open and transparent” moval of trees, stormwater man-
about its operations and the cur- agement, light pollution, property
e folks who want to build a rent proposal. values and general quality of life.
miniature golf course at a condo
community in Somers, reacting Lew told the board Wednesday, ey seemed less concerned about
to pushback to the project, came Dec. 9, that he was “also keenly the cigar bar, although one or two
out swinging at a recent Planning aware of the opposition to our missives did mention the possibil-
Board meeting. plans.” ity that cheroot smoke might an-
noyingly waft onto nearby proper-
e Somers National Golf Residents at the complex, as ties.
Club, which operates an 18-hole well as certain condo associations
golf course at Heritage Hills, is and the Heritage Hills Society Others raised the possibility
also seeking site plan approval for Board, have sent the town a slew that the mini-golf course could
golf simulators and a cigar bar. of letters expressing concerns become a teen hangout. Residents
about the project. Most focused also complained that an in ux of
e club likes “to be considered on the mini-golf course.
good neighbors,” insisted part- SEE GOLF PAGE 2
eir biggest issues appear to

Somers mulls Airbnb regulations

Public hearing set for Jan. 13

PHOTO: CAROL REIF BY CAROL REIF e Airbnb market in the pandemic-induced ood of folks
STAFF WRITER Hudson Valley is said to be a bit hoping to cash in, others are be-
of a regulatory mess. What may ing forced to ponder taking ac-
After getting a number of tion.
complaints about the short- y in one city, town or village
term, transient use of properties can be banned in the next. Among the concerns usually
in residential districts, Somers is raised by neighbors of these op-
moving to re ne its legal de ni- Some communities had erations are the impacts of noise,
tion of “family.” tweaked their codes prior to the
birth of vacation home rent- SEE AIRBNB PAGE 21
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BUSINESS & REAL ESTATE 23
CLASSIFIEDS
LEGAL NOTICES 22
LEISURE
OBITUARIES 22
OPINION
SPORTS 20

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19 Local Folk Art

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GOLF About 35% of the 18-hole golf way to enjoy the sport during in- “We did that on purpose be-
FROM PAGE 1
The Staff course’s membership is made up of clement weather, Lew said, adding cause we want to be sensitive to the

EDITORIAL TEAM Heritage Hills residents. e club that the bar would cater to golfers neighbors, and we knew lighting
TOM WALOGORSKY
EDITOR: 914-302-5830 “outsiders” driving to the venue expects the same percentage of the and their guests and would not sell would be a sensitive topic,” Wil-
[email protected]
would create pedestrian safety is- mini golf ’s clientele, as well. e smoke products. liams explained.
VIM WILKINSON
SPECIAL SECTIONS EDITOR sues; that construction vehicles new venue won’t resemble some- “Again, a high level of sophisti- Stormwater runoff: Rainwater
[email protected]
could damage the development’s thing found at vacation resorts cation and decorum is planned and coming o the club property often
ADVERTISING TEAM
PAUL FORHAN private roads and that Heritage such as the Jersey Shore or Myr- expected,”he said. nds its way down the hill, across

(914) 806-3951 Hills’security sta will be stretched tle Beach, as some have opined, Lew said he’s taken to heart the West Hill Drive, and onto resi-
[email protected]
beyond its limits. While not dis- claimed Lew. issues raised by all. “We’re com- dential properties. e new project
BRUCE HELLER
(914) 486-7608 missing those concerns, Lew in- e club is working with Har- mitted to working directly with gives the club the opportunity to
[email protected]
sisted that “there’s a lot of misin- ris Miniature Golf Courses Inc., a all these groups in an open and “actually put in a proper collection
LISA KAIN
(201) 317-1139 formation being communicated on Pennsylvania concern he called “a transparent manner,” he conclud- system,” he said. e excess water
[email protected]
CORINNE STANTON several fronts.” national leader in design and con- ed, turning the oor over to project would be stored in a cistern and
(914) 760-7009
[email protected] e applicants plan to “provide struction with more than 50 years’ engineer Richard Williams. used to irrigate greens and fairways.

JAY GUSSAK the facts of our endeavor,” he said, experience.” Talking about what the appli- e board’s consulting engineer,
(914) 299-4541
[email protected] arguing that the “current, well- It’s built more than 800 custom- cation contains, Williams said he Steve Robbins, said the applicant’s
SHELLEY KILCOYNE
(914) 924-9122 functioning 18-hole golf course in- designed mini courses throughout wanted to be “clear and accurate” Stormwater Pollution Prevention
[email protected]
creases the property values in Heri- the world, said Lew, adding that about “what the application con- Plan should be revised to match
PRODUCTION TEAM
TABITHA PEARSON MARSHALL tage Hills.” Heritage Hills’s would have water sists of.” the club’s site plan application.

CREATIVE DIRECTOR “Every listing that’s out there on features, natural landscaping and e di erences and details? More importantly, it still has to be
PHOTOGRAPHER
the real estate market references be ADA-compliant. Parking:  e existing golf club determined whether the project
[email protected]
GABRIELLE BILIK the golf course as a value add for “ is will not be an amusement has 123 parking spaces; the mini- is considered an accepted use in a
DESIGNER
the community,” he claimed, add- park version of a mini-golf course,” golf would require 24 more. e Designed Residential District such
[email protected]
ing that “a mini golf course would said Lew asserting that the design 2017 project called for 68 more. as Heritage Hills. e applicants
EXECUTIVE TEAM
BRETT FREEMAN only add to the recreation options will be “discrete” and “sophisti- Land disturbance:  e 2017 and the Planning Board have both
CEO & PUBLISHER
845-208-8151 for Heritage Hills residents much cated.” proposal would have disturbed 2 reached out to the town’s Building

[email protected] like a bocce ball court, pickleball, e course would operate from acres of land; the new project, 1.4 Department for its stance on the

Deadlines and other low-impact activities.” May to September. While the acres. matter.

THE SOMERS RECORD DEADLINE Lew praised Heritage Hills’s longer summer days would “dra- Tree removal: Doomed by the Board member Vick Gannon
THE DEADLINE FOR ADVERTISEMENTS
new Meadowlark Park and its matically reduce” the need for in- 2017 plan were 160 trees; the cur- said an o cial opinion has to be
AND EDITORIAL SUBMISSIONS FOR
playground and walking trails as cremental lighting, it won’t totally rent one, 106. Based on comments rendered “before we go forward
SOMERS RECORD IS THE THURSDAY
BEFORE THE NEXT PUBLICATION DATE. “a great step forward to address- eliminate it, he admitted. from the public and suggestions for the sake of everybody’s time,

FOR MORE INFORMATION, ing the needs of the development’s Heritage Hills residents would from town o cials, the applicant money, investment and clarity.”
CALL TOM WALOGORSKY AT
914-302-5830 OR EMAIL changing demographics.” get rst crack at memberships, a relocated the mini-golf course far- e need for legal counsel on
[email protected].
A mini-golf course would “ap- break on dues, exclusive playing ther north. is reduced the num- land use issues also arose.
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Lighting:  e plan originally 1970s. e Planning Board has

called for 15-foot light poles, but been assigned a land-use attorney.

after hearing from Lew’s team, the e Heritage Hills Society is

engineers lowered them to 12 feet, represented by Sharon Reich of the

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Your Neighbor

Slyman’s ‘Elephant Hotel’ brings us back

BY ABBY LUBY
CONTRIBUTING WRITER

It’s the creak of old wagon

wheels, horse hooves clopping

on a dirt road and the squeals

of children playing beneath the

gold-plated circus elephant in

front of the Somers’ Elephant Ho-

tel around 1840. is is the scene

recreated by renowned folk artist

Susan Slyman in her new painting

“Elephant Hotel.”

Slyman, a long-time resident of

Somers, worked from older draw-

ings and images provided by the

historical society. Many former

sections and features of the build-

ing previously demolished reap-

pear in Slyman’s painting, includ-

ing the once adjoining bank at the

right front corner of the hotel and

the red wooden barn behind the

building, now a parking lot.

“I imagined the barn as best I PHOTO COURTESY OF SUSAN SLYMAN
could,” says Slyman, a sprightly
woman with sparkling blue eyes. A painting of the Elephant Hotel by Susan Slyman, noted folk artist
What is incredibly exceptional and long time resident of Somers.

in this historical representation is small lump on her tiny nger. By erinarian schools would not look

the keen sense of vibrant life, as if the time she was 12, she had per- kindly on a female applicant, so I

Slyman was personally connected fected drawing facial features and took courses in folk lore and me-

to the people in the painting, who animals, especially horses. “I had a dieval mythology, lots of Chaucer

they were and where they were go- de nite style,”she says. and Shakespeare. It was great, I

ing. Her mother took her to many read a lot.”

“I paint very slowly to build up art galleries in the capital area and Fast-forward to the 1970s when

layer on layer,” Slyman explains. when Slyman was older, she trav- Susan and her husband Bill Sly- PHOTO: ABBY LUBY
“All the little people in the paint- eled with her parents to Europe man (now deceased) were living
ing have their own personalities, and visited several museums and in Mount Kisco. Slyman had been Susan Slyman with one of her original paintings of two young girls
their own stories – some are funny. art galleries there as well. Her real working on portraits of children in period costume.

I don’t see it as a at image, I’m y- awakening to the folk art genre and women in 1790 period cos- are, purportedly part of the Smith- a painting of Noah’s Ark, a cat and

ing around through it all in three however was when she was 18 and tumes. When an antique dealer sonian collection while one is in the one of children in a pasture playing

dimensions.” worked as a costume interpreter at saw one of Slyman’s portraits, he Ronald Reagan Library in Simi with lambs. e new work prom-

Born in Washington DC, Sly- Old Sturbridge Village in Massa- suggested she try selling her work. Valley, California. Many of her ises to be as lively and spirited as

man’s youth was steeped in art. As chusetts, the largest outdoor his- She began to show her paintings at canvases sell from $300 - $8,000. the “Elephant Hotel,” which begs

Slyman re ects on her childhood, tory museum in the Northeast de- local art shows in the early 1980s e painting “Elephant Hotel” close and contemplative viewing.

one can imagine her born with a picting 1830s rural New England. and several New York City gallery has already been spoken for by a As one takes in the panorama of

small pencil or crayon in her hand. “ at’s where I saw a portrait owners took notice.Today,some 30 collector, but a limited, signed edi- “Elephant Hotel” you can see an

She grew up seeing her father, an by John Brewster Jr. of his parents years later, Slyman has created an tion of 20 giclée prints created by artist in his wagon traveling down

electrical engineer, always drawing (circa 1800),”she recalls.“I thought expansive oeuvre of folk art, much Ken and Ginny Ryan, owners of the road at the bottom right of the

wire diagrams, and Slyman fol- ‘I want to paint like that.’” of it found in public and private Somers Custom Framing and Gift canvas, it’s as if he is still moving.

lowed suit. “I saw drawing going In college, Slyman majored in collections worldwide and other Store, will be sold by the Somers “Whatever is going on in the

on around me and thought that biological science aiming to be- works are distributed as part of the Historical Society, which is located painting, people are going about

was what one did,”she recalls. come a veterinarian because she U.S.State Department Art in Em- on the third oor of the Elephant their business,” Slyman muses.

As an active toddler always en- “grew up with animals, especially bassies. Her hand painted wooden Hotel, and who will keep part of “ e activity is going on whether

grossed in drawing animals, by horses.” But female vets were not Easter Eggs were commissioned the proceeds. you are looking at it or not. Life

the age of three she developed a common in the 1960s. “Many vet- by the Reagan White House and Currently, Slyman is working on will always go on in the pictures.”

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County scrambles to distribute COVID tests

Somers’ supply depleted in less than an hour

BY CAROL REIF tempers to are, according to sources. quickly. Last week, it was given some organizations “in an e ort to serve the

STAFF WRITER Some stuck it out for more than an KN95 masks by the county and distrib- less fortunate in our community.”

hour before giving up and going home uted them on ursday, Dec. 30, at the He also pointed out that “test kits are

Worried about the recent surge in empty-handed. Town House in South Salem. available online with home delivery.”

COVID-19 cases, Westchester residents Reportedly, the kits were gone in less Neighboring North Salem, which e county has also provided thou-

have been snapping up home testing kits than a half hour. distributed its share of the kits from its sands of testing kit to community health

the second they hit the shelves. e number of folks seeking to get town o ces on Titicus Road, ran out in centers, hospitals, and rst responders.

ey’ve also been queuing up for tests swabbed before the holidays was so mas- an hour. Meanwhile, it has partnered with

in ways reminiscent of the long lines seen sive that Healthy erapeutics, a drive- Supervisor Warren Lucas alerted resi- Quadrant Bio Sciences to o er free PCR

when vaccines were rst o ered. Now, as through testing site, had to temporarily dents via social media that the town was COVID-19 testing at the Westchester

then, fears are rising, nerves are frayed, shut its doors right before Christmas. told at 11:39 p.m. on ursday, Dec. 23, County Center.

and disappointment when supplies run It noted on its website, “Please note that it was getting 275 test kits. Lucas Testing started on Wednesday, Dec.29,

out is not disguised. due to the large testing volume and the himself drove down to Valhalla at 8 a.m. and was by appointment only. Walk-ins

On ursday, Dec. 23, two days before tra c hazard being caused we cannot the next day to pick them up. are not accepted.

Christmas, the county announced it was open Dec. 24th in the town of Somers. e town, which actually got 475 kits, Appointments will only be available

moving to ease the demand by distribut- It’s not safe for patients or sta .” held back 30 for its police department. three days in advance.

ing several thousand test kits which local According to sources, the line of cars Lucas and sta started handing out the Testing is for anyone experiencing

municipalities could hand out to resi- was so long that it spilled onto Route 100. kits around 9 a.m. By 10:01 a.m., the sup- symptoms or anyone who has been ex-

dents. Healthy erapeutics announced that ply had been depleted. posed to someone who tested positive

According to Supervisor Rick Mor- it was “hiring security to manage the car Morrissey also expressed frustration for COVID-19. at includes all ages,

rissey, Somers police picked up the town’s lines to ensure all remain safe.” last week with the way things were han- including children and infants.

allotment of 450 kits (each of which con- at tactic seemed to be working last dled by the county. It is not for travel, the county said.

tained two tests) at 8 a.m. week, according to Somers police Chief “My thoughts? ere was signi cant To schedule a test, visit  http://www.

At 10:30 a.m., the town sent out a Brian Linkletter. demand and not nearly enough test kits,” westchestergov.com/health.

“Code Red” message and posted on social e scenario repeated itself in similar he said, adding: “ ere should have been

media that they would be distributed on fashion all around Westchester, according more lead in time and more kits to serve TESTING SCHEDULE

a rst-come rst-served basis – starting to media reports. the public.” Jan 5: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

at 11 a.m. – at the Primrose Elementary Yorktown, which was given 300 kits, He did not blame residents for being Jan 6: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

School and Somers High School cam- handed them out at a drive-through somewhat “disgruntled.” Jan 7: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

pus. In short order, hopeful folks ocked event held in Granite Knolls Park in Mo- “Moving forward,” Morrissey said he Jan. 10: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

to the site, causing tra c to back up “for hegan Lake. would recommend distributing the kits Jan. 11: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

miles” on Route 138 and more than a few Lewisboro also ran out of test kits via food pantries and community service

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OBITUARIES

Hodder who owned Hodder Fu- land where he was stationed at the NY and continued his service in his 4 Mogavero grandchildren,

neral Home on McLean Ave in Walter Reed Army Institute of the Army Reserves, as the head Dylan of Silver Spring, MD, Ryan

Yonkers. He graduated from Iona Research (WRAIR) and served of the 8th medical brigade Fort of Marriottsville, MD, Eireann, of

Prep in New Rochelle and gradu- as the Deputy Director of Preven- Hamilton, the 74th Field Hospital Palmer Lake, CO and Kyran of

ated from the University of Notre tive Medicine. His work focused in Bronx, NY and as a head of a Brooklyn, NY, and his stepsons

Dame. He received a doctorate in on chronic diseases, particularly medical eld hospital in Orange- Timothy Morrissey of Hawthorne,

Medicine from Cornell University excess cancers occurring in sol- burg, NY. NY and Brian Morrissey (Lisa

and completed his residency at St. diers exposed to atomic bombs. He Dr. Hodder achieved boards in Baitsell) of White Plains, NY.

Vincent’s Hospital in New York earned a Masters in Public Health Geriatrics, and then became the His family received friends on

City. During medical school, he at Johns Hopkins. He was able Director of Medicine at the He- Wednesday, Dec 22, at Clark As-

married Kathleen Marie Gri n, to combine his love of Medicine brew Home for the Aged in River- sociates Funeral Home in Kato-

an educator from Levittown, New and teaching at the Uniformed dale, NY and several other nursing nah.

York in 1965. Services University for the Health homes. After 6 years in the re- e Mass of Christian Burial

Richard Anthony Dick joined the United States Sciences (USUHS) in Bethesda, serves, Dr. Hodder retired as a full was celebrated on ursday, Dec
Hodder Army and was sent to Fort Cha ee MD-- the military medical school, Colonel. Colonel Hodder earned 23, at St. Josephs RC Church in

in Arkansas right after the fall where he became the rst Acting the Meritorious Service Medal in Somers.

of Saigon where he cared for the Chair of the Department of Pre- January 1986. Interment followed at Gate of

Richard (Dick) Anthony Hod- 25,000 refugees. He was then de- ventive Medicine at USUHS and Dick attributed the love of Heaven Cemetery in Hawthorne.

der,M.D.,Nph,MPH,Geront,81, ployed with his family to Okinawa, developed a preventive medicine learning and his early interest in Lucy Cibarelli
died Dec. 15, 2021 in Vero Beach, Japan. On his return from Okina- teaching program for medical stu- medicine to a bout of Rheumatic

Florida, following a long illness. wa, Dr. Hodder left the service and dents.     Fever he had as a child, where he

Services were held at Clark Funeral returned to New York, to pursue a After 14 years in the service, Dr. devoured everything he could Lucy Cibarelli, 90 of Shenorock,

Home in Katonah, New York. His fellowship in Nephrology at Strom Hodder retired from active duty, read while recovering. roughout NY died peacefully at Northern

funeral mass was held at St. Jo- Memorial Hospital in Rochester, returning to New York to become his life Dr. Hodder loved learn- Westchester Hospital on Dec. 17,

seph’s Church in Goldens Bridge, New York.   the Director of Medicine at Our ing, teaching, photography, music, 2021. 

New York. After completing his fellow- Lady Of Mercy Medical Center computers, philosophy, travel and Lucy was born in Muro Lucano,

Dick was born on Oct. 23, 1940, ship, Dr. Hodder re-enlisted in in his hometown of the Bronx. art. Italy on Sept. 26, 1931. She was a

in the Bronx, to Richard and Mary the Army and moved to Mary- He moved the family to Katonah, Over his career he was pub- loving and caring woman who had

lished in several medical journals. a smile for everyone and a strong

“I am honored to have In 1976, after an In uenza A out- devotion for her family and her
break at Fort Dix, NJ, Dr Hodder faith.
worked with a team to de ne the Lucy was predeceased by her

been selected by my peers problem and develop a model to parents Frank and Pasqualina
study the outbreak. at model (Zampino) Pacella, her beloved
for Hudson Valley Magazine’s was referenced by the NIH to husband Frank, her sons Pasquale

combat later outbreaks. and Joseph, her daughter Frances

While at the Hebrew Home, Ghelarducci, and she was also pre-

annual “Top Lawyers” publication. Dr. Hodder published articles on deceased by her sister Antoinette
Gerontology in collaboration with Arroyo.
Cornell Medical School. He was She is survived by her daugh-

an advocate for soldiers with trau- ters Anna Cibarelli of Somers, NY

matic brain injury testifying before and Mary Lina (Gary) Prevosto of

Congress on the subject. Mahopac, NY, her grandchildren

Dick was predeceased by his late Bianca, Christopher, Joseph, An-

wife Kathleen in 1997 and his sis- thony and Stephanie, her great-

ter Mary in 2017. He is survived grandchildren Dominick and

by his second wife, Nancy Hodder Dante and her brother Michael

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LETTERS in the middle of the Heritage Hills commu- FREEMAN are somewhat fuzzy before I was 8
nity. In addition to the miniature golf course, years old, this is not shocking, but
FROM PAGE 8 also proposed is a cigar bar, patio and golf FROM PAGE 8 it’s de nitely a bit sad.
simulator.
Dear Mr. Freeman, we’re all concerned that if she even He wasn’t able to nish out his
Fantastic, brilliant article. I wish everyone All of these new commercial activities caught a cold now – let alone an- kindergarten year in the spring of
would be o ered to the general public with other variant of COVID – it might 2020. at summer, we moved and
would read it. the negative impacts to be borne solely by the send her to the hospital. changed school districts, so he and
Regina Gates residents of Heritage Hills. our daughter were never able to say
Katonah In the last four months, this has a proper goodbye to all their friends
Over the years, we have seen the miniature taken a toll on our friendships and teachers.
Dear Mr. Freeman, golf course locations of Route 22 in Brew- with the outside world. Of course,
I read with interest the opinion piece ster, Route 6 in Mahopac, Central Avenue friends all say that they understand, In the past two years, my kids
in Yonkers, Route 303 in Rockland County, but texting and Zoom is not the have seen very little of their aunts,
in both the Somers and North Salem and Boston Post Road in the Bronx. All of same as seeing people in person, uncles, cousins, and one set of
papers. My observation is that the piece these are commercial strips which provide and I personally feel a bit discon- grandparents. For my mother-in-
omitted a major issue which is the extreme a proper environment for these activities. A nected. Yet the caution we have law and father-in-law, who are par-
right wing’s adoption of authoritarianism miniature golf course with its accompany- taken has been necessary to protect ticularly vulnerable, this is border-
tendencies and violence. American citizenry ing tra c on the private winding roads of my wife. ing on tragic. is is two years of
needs to wake up, otherwise in 2024 we will Heritage Hills at an already busy intersec- lost memories and lost experiences.
awaken bereft of our freedoms and liberties. tion, surrounded by homes is incongruous, At the same time, I remain very
unsafe, o ensive and unwanted.  sympathetic to friends and family I recognize how di cult it is to
Herb Oringel members who are concerned that determine the right balance, and
Somers For this proposed development to be our country’s obsession with safety it di ers for every individual. As a
placed in the middle of the DRD (Des- comes at too great of a cost in society, we must also attempt to get
Say no to commercial ignated Residential Development) Zone terms of living our lives. this right. We must recognize the
development would violate good reason and jeopardize costs of extreme caution, but we
the safety and well-being of hundreds of My 8-year-old son told me last must also realize that some people
at Heritage Hills residents. It would add additional costs week that he has no memory of really are vulnerable, and we must
to current residents, create noise, litter, life before the pandemic. Given do what we can to protect them.
To the Editor,  increased tra c from nonresidents and that my own personal memories
Now that the holidays are over, it is time to decrease property values in the surrounding
community. Letters and Op-Ed Policy
get back to business. ere is an important, Letters to the editor and op-ed submissions may be edited. The views and
proposed commercial development that is Our elected o cials play a very important opinions expressed in letters and op-eds are not necessarily those of The
being considered by our town o cials. role in maintaining the quality of life in our Somers Record or its affiliates. Submissions must include a phone number
community. What is being proposed with and address for verification. Not all letters and op-eds will necessarily be
A commercial miniature golf this commercial miniature golf course in the published. Letters and op-eds which cannot be verified or are anonymous
course,complete with additional parking, center of our residential neighborhood is will not be published. Please send your submissions to the editor by e-mail
night lighting and the accompanying noise, not considered “smart growth!” at [email protected]. For more information, call the editor
litter and tra c is being proposed to be built at 914-302-5830.
We must say “No!”to this proposal. 
Frank Tomasulo 

TO ALL OF MY CLIENTS AND THE
SOMER S COMMUNIT Y,

I wish you the happiest of holidays!

May the new year be filled with love and bring
you peace and good health.

With warm wishes, Donna

THE AGENT IN SOMERS

SOMERS BROKERAGE • VILLAGE SQUARE, SOMERS, NY DONNA O’CONNELL
Associate Real Estate Broker
M ..
[email protected]
donnaoconnell.houlihanlawrence.com

Source: HGMLS, 1/1/19-12/31/19, total dollar volume of single family homes and condominiums sold by agent, Somers school district















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Be on the Lookout for Our MELEN and found the source of his
fascination to be a four-foot
New Monthly Magazine FROM PAGE 10 boomslang, a highly poisonous
snake perched in its branches.
Inserted in This Newspaper! are probably many di erent
explanations, such as “Airborne is is the kind of thing you
Supplement to December 9, 2021 TCheelSeberaastoen! Clutter,” under which heading usually see on TV, when you
it lists birds and plastic bags. know too much and somebody
Spectacular 4 FAB photographers What are they trying to hide? tries to kill you by leaving a
Holiday Lights for the season... p3 snake in your refrigerator. I
in the area... p7 e one case that was de ni- saw this exact thing on Starsky
HFfouornlidtchaoeyokkCiiodeosrk..e.icepisp1—8e TOGPiftlaIdset ams.i.n. pu1te4 tively explained was identi ed as and Hutch. Surprisingly the
a large balloon with escaping air, plan failed, although the two
which was de ating. It reminds perished two years later as the
me of when people saw Super- result of poor ratings. I’m sure
man ying around and they said, the snake was roundly criti-
“LOOK! Up in the sky! It’s a cized at the post-mortem: “You
bird! It’s a plane!” And I said, jack-asp, you had ONE job
“Haven’t you people seen birds and that was to kill Starsky.” To
and planes before? Try to get a which the snake replied, “If you
grip on yourselves and maybe wanted me to bite somebody,
cut down on the espresso.” why did you leave me in a re-
But to think that people from frigerator with half a meatball
other planets are ying around pizza in it?” Just for the record,
disguised as plastic bags de es if a poisonous snake bites you,
military intelligence. e real- you should not try to suck the
ity is this: If you were an alien poison out of the wound, at
living somewhere with potable least not until you know the
water, breathable atmosphere wound better, and you should
and decent Wi-Fi, why on Earth de nitely not try to suck the
would you come here? No one poison out of the snake.
would travel millions of light
years through a vacuum, to a And that’s a few of the
planet where smart scientists are stories you had to wait two
made fun of by dumb people on thousand and twenty-one years
Facebook. to hear, and I hope they were
worth it. I’ll be back next week
VENOMOUS SNAKE with part two of the year in
FOUND IN FAMILY’S review. Happy New Year!
CHRISTMAS TREE
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staring at the Christmas tree,

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JAN. TH ISSUE TO SPOTLIGHT: FROM PAGE 16 a pile of garlic mashed potatoes
all drizzled with house BBQ
• Health, Nutrition & Fitness since when we visit.  ere was a sauce.   
• Wedding Planning Venues wait for a table, as always, but my
husband, daughter and I agreed As soon as we arrived home
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my eye right o the bat and delicacy I had enjoyed. I came
• Big Game Catering closed the menu and declared I close. Lucky I did too. My
• Real Estate was ready to order. While waiting daughter sent me a news clip
for our food to arrive, I enjoyed about the restaurant. It was
To advertise, call Brett Freeman at 845-208-8151 the banter of the wait sta . I did closing for good. e owners
or email [email protected]. hear something that piqued my were getting a divorce and the
attention and I leaned over the poor restaurant was caught in
To be featured in the section, counter a bit more to hear what the middle.
email Vim Wilkinson at [email protected] they were saying.  ey were
talking about another restau- Time moves on and things
rant they worked at and how are always changing. I am not a
the hours there were increasing fan of change. It’s not that I am
as the hours there were now stuck in the past, I just don’t like
were decreasing. I didn’t think the idea of giving up something
anything of it, as I thought it that makes me feel secure, hap-
was just conversation they were py and content. So, as the years
having to pass the time. go by and the calendar pages are
turned and then placed in the
Our meals arrived and what paper recycling, it’s nice to hold
was in front of me was the most onto something, something that
incredible culinary feast I have I can recreate in my kitchen and
ever experienced! I asked for the have it bring back memories of
menu again and took a picture good times spent with family
of the dish.  Meatloaf smothered and friends.

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Sports

HOCKEYLakeland/Panas beats BYSNS again

BY MIKE SABINI Rebels up 1-0. and Dylan Filmer were also on the ice for “Cal had a great shot from up top and
CONTRIBUTING WRITER Dzubak then assisted Frankie Kowal on the goal. perfectly placed it to wear I could get a de-

e Lakeland/Panas Rebels won their his score three minutes and three seconds “ e entire line out on the ice did an ection,” Makarenko said.
second game against the rival BYSNS later, doubling Lakeland/Panas’ lead. amazing job of breaking the puck out of Jonathan Graham, with an assist from
(Brewster/Yorktown/Somers/North Sa- our zone and creating time and space,” omas Eberhardt, cut the Rebels’ lead to
lem), getting o to a 3-0 rst-period lead “ e second goal of the game was a big Makarenko said. “If that never happened I 6-3, before Dzubak scored his fourth goal,
in a 7-3 triumph on Jan. 2 at the Brewster one for us,” Kowal said. “Dzubak and I wouldn’t have scored, so it was a great shift unassisted, to nish the scoring.
Ice Arena. were on the penalty kill and we both said by all ve players.” Producing 13 saves in goal for the
we were going to score before we went out. BYSNS was Ty Wing eld.
Lakeland/Panas won the rst game by We were aggressive and forced a turnover, Lakeland/Panas answered by scoring
defeating the BYSNS 5-3 on Dec. 19 at leading to an odd man rush and goal.” two late second-period goals, the rst by e Makarenko-Du connection stood
the Brewster Ice Arena. Kowal, assisted by Dzubak, with 1:36 to out for the BYSNS.
Dzubak scored again, with an assist go in the stanza before Cody scored unas-
“It was a great e ort tonight, the guys from Joe Riggio, with just 1:32 remaining sisted 48 seconds later, giving the Rebels “Cal is a great player,” Makarenko said.
came out of the break ready to go,” Lake- in the opening period, giving Lakeland/ a 5-1 lead. “He is aware of his surroundings and has
land/Panas coach Bart Mucci said of the Panas a 3-0 advantage going into the rst great skill, I’m glad to have him on my
rematch. “Getting the early 3-0 lead was intermission. “ e two late goals in the second were line. We had a great connection tonight.
big, it let us settle in and play our game.” a huge factor for our mentality and overall We just couldn’t get the win but that’s in
Sava Makarenko, courtesy of an assist play for the third,” Kowal said. the past now and we’re hungry for a win in
Andrew Dzubak got the scoring start- from Callahan Du , breathed some life our next game.”
ed, when he scored, o assists from Colin back in the BYSNS when he scored, cut- Dzubak registered an unassisted tally to
Cody and Fox Perelson, with 13:51 re- ting the Rebels’ lead to two with 8:55 re- start the scoring in the third period, before at next game for the BYSNS (6-3-1)
maining in the opening period, to put the maining in the second period. Makarenko scored, with the assists from is against Horace Greeley at 4 p.m. Friday,
Filmer and Du . Jan. 7 at the Brewster Ice Arena.
Bryan Kottmann, Michael D’Eramso

Somers’ furious comeback falls short in OT

BY WHIT ANDERSON We’ve been snake bitten by the change the tide of the game im- cut the lead to just four points. Tuskers a 50-48 lead. Nanuet was

CONTRIBUTING WRITER other sports being so successful.” mediately. “Andrew is a very good shooter, able to manufacture two more free

e at start for Somers was “We know how talented we so he gives us another scoring throws after this, and regulation

e Somers Tuskers were sec- not as apparent in the opening are,” DiCintio said. “We have to threat,” said DiCintio. “He al- ended tied at 50.

onds away from their rst win of minutes. With both teams play- play with that pride and potential. lowed us to stretch their defense It was evident that Somers gave

the young season right before the ing a tight zone defense, it was I think they did that in the second a bit when they key on Bennett everything they had that second

holiday break on Dec. 23, but lost di cult to score in the half court. half, but we dug ourselves such a and Fitz by knocking down those half to win it in regulation. Over-

another heartbreaker to Nanuet Neither team was able to get out hole. I’m more proud of how the shots. But I was proud of all the time was a pro-Nanuet a air due

on the road 61-55. in transition, so the game began team responded than disappoint- sophomores, like Brady Leitner to being in the bonus and fatigue

Circumstances have been less in a defensive battle with Nanuet ed with the slow start.” and Nate Cohen.” hitting for the Tuskers. Somers

than ideal for the team early this leading 10-8 after the rst quarter.  is pride, intensity, and tal- With the lead down to 41-35, did what they could to make it

year. Many of the players, includ- Somers’ lack of intensity and ent was on full display for Somers Somers continued their run to competitive, but Nanuet executed

ing stars Matt Fitzsimons and execution emerged in the second instantly to start the second half. start the nal quarter. It felt like well enough to take it home.

Bennett Leitner, are coming o quarter. eir defense relaxed, al- Implementing a full court press, the Tuskers would take control “We just gotta stick together

long playo runs in football and lowing Nanuet to swing the ball Nanuet could hardly get the ball and run away with the game at as a team,” said Leitner. “I know

soccer, giving them little time to and knock down open threes. e past half court due to the swarm- any moment, but the combina- we’re buying into our coach’s sys-

transition to basketball. And spe- defensive breakdowns then car- ing defense of the Tuskers. What tion of missing some key shots tem and each other. To put to-

ci cally regarding this game, the ried over o ensively, where turn- turned into a 7-2 run for Somers and getting into foul trouble pre- gether a full 32-minute e ort, we

long travel and delay before tipo overs led to easy fast break points in the rst few minutes of the vented this. e free throw de cit need to keep trusting each other,

added obstacles to their pregame for Nanuet. After a Fitzsimons third quarter led to the team pull- was huge in Nanuet’s favor down keep working hard, and don’t let

preparation.  dunk with 3:35 left that closed the ing to within 10 points of Nanuet.  the stretch.  our con dence lack. We are a tal-

“We haven’t been in the gym de cit to 20-16, Somers failed to Somers was able to get the Despite the obstacle, Leitner ented group, so once that con -

that long, this was our rst long score for the rest of the half, going de cit to 10, but their momentum tied the game at 46 with 3:36 left. dence falls, that’s when the team

travel day, plus we had to sit into the locker room down 33-16. was starting to dwindle. Needing e scoring prowess of Fitzsi- will fall. As a captain, it’s my job

around to watch the JV game,” Ending the half in such a a spark plug to keep the run go- mons and Leitner was on display to make sure everyone’s head is

said Coach Christ DiCintio. “We fashion made the possibility of a ing, sophomore Andrew Violante in the nal minutes, with Leitner up, to work hard in practice, and

came out at. ere is no excuse comeback look bleak. e Tuskers came up big time, hitting crucial hitting a clutch pullup jumper at to believe in each other.We’re very

for it, but these were factors. needed a spark to come out and jumpers that helped the Tuskers the one-minute mark to give the capable of making a run this year.”

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Thursday, January 6, 2022 The Somers Record – Page 21

AIRBNB it’s not mentioned, it’s not permit- “were 27 people at one of the gally, so we’re working through tion.
FROM PAGE 1
ted.” residences for anksgiving. ey this in a fashion that achieves the “Airbnbs are not permitted.

e town’s current de nition brought in tables from a rental objectives without stepping on ey should not be permitted.

tra c, safety and property values. of “family” is broad, said Mor- company. It’s being operated like constitutional issues.” e fact that they continue to

e matter apparently came to rissey, noting that an attorney for a venue.” Kopf told the board she un- operate is disturbing. We’re go-

a head in Somers this past sum- one of the property owners has Morrissey asked Town Attor- derstood the constitutional im- ing to look into ways that we can

mer after two Summit Lake prop- “brought that up as being uncon- ney Roland Baroni Jr. if the town plications of rede ning the word cease and desist that operation,”

erty owners were issued violations stitutional.” could “seek a cease and desist” “family,” but the “legitimate pur- he said, thanking Kopf for her

for renting out their single-family “So that is why we are going to order. pose of the code” – which is to comments.

homes. e cases are pending in change our zone,” he added. “We can do that once we have regulate such things as tra c and

the town’s Justice Court. e code now says a “family” the new de nition in place,” he noise – is “being threatened.” PUBLIC HEARING SET

Neighborhood resident Sa- is “one or more persons occupy- responded. Morrissey said the board was e board set a public hearing

mantha Kopf claimed at the Town ing a dwelling unit, related by Councilman Anthony Cirieco “in concert” with her and other on the proposed code change for

Board’s meeting on ursday, blood, marriage, or adoption, liv- added, “It’s a delicate matter, le- residents upset about the situa- 7 p.m. ursday, Jan. 13.

Dec. 9, that a house next door to ing privately together as a single

hers has been “used as an Airbnb housekeeping unit and using a

consistently every weekend from kitchen area and a dining area in

May through September.” common, and may include cus-

“People are in and out. Vaca- tomary domestic servants, nurses

tioners. Groups of people. Parties. necessarily in attendance and not

Events. So is the house directly exceeding four other unrelated Nationwide Agent
next door to them, as well,” she persons, who may or may not be Brand Guidelines
said, adding that “one of the justi- paying guests.”

cations is reliant upon the town’s e town is weighing chang-

de nition of family.” ing that de nition to “any num-

en-Supervisor Rick Mor- ber of individuals living together Stephanie Girolamo Burke Jennifer Thorp
rissey said that the town’s attorney and doing their cooking as a Russell Girolamo Jr Gregory Bell

has told it that the homeowners single housekeeping unit on the

“are challenging the word ‘family’ premises, as distinguished from NATIONWIDE/AGENT CO-BRANDING LOC

in the court proceeding.” a group occupying a board room, 60thNationwide/Agent co-branding lockups can be used to sho

“You bought your property to boardinghouse, hotel or motel, cause1s9(6o2n T-shirts, in bulletins/newslett2e0rs2)2. The logo locku
design or creative. Select the vertical or horizontal Nationw
be a neighborhood, not having a or renting the premises or part
orientation of the partner brand.
transient business next door,” he thereof on a daily or transient

told Kopf. “Airbnbs are not per- basis.”

mitted in this town. Nowhere in Claiming that the Airbnb

our zoning is it mentioned, and if hasn’t gone away, Kopf said there

GOLF ANNIVERSARY

FROM PAGE 2 Directors. The Wil
Columb
Mattes said Wednesday that he
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felt he could “be fair” and would

letter to town building inspec- not consider recusing himself

tor omas Tooma, Reich urged from this particular discussion.

that the project not be approved Mattes and Prince are abstain-

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the fact, she wrote, that the pro- Dom Rubino argued that the space between logos

posed facility doesn’t appear to be project didn’t seem to be a permit-

intended “primarily for the use ted use and shouldn’t be approved.

of the residents of the Designed If Mattes and Prince ever de-

Residential Development” as re- cide to formally recuse themselves

quired by Town Code. from the Planning Board’s pro-

“Heritage Hills is a quiet resi- ceedings, the seven-member body

dential community with a large would still have a quorum, Chair-

number of elderly residents,” man John Currie said.

Reich wrote, adding that the So- Mattes asked Lew Wednes-

ciety is concerned that the project day whether he had considered

will “draw customers, including breaking the application into two

groups of young adults, from out- parts: one for the course and one

side the community during both for the cigar bar and golf simu- WE SHOERRIZVOINCTEALANALTLIOTNYWPIDEESLOGO Allow adequa
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tee to the Planning Board noted if not prevent – the entire project

that about 100 trees have to be from moving forward, he said,

removed “in a concentrated area further suggesting that “having

that is attractively wooded and two distinct projects may prove

currently resembles its original bene cial to everybody con-

forested appearance.” cerned.”

It is concerned that “should the “My perspective personally is

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Brady Bunch marriage?

Estate planning basics for blended families and second marriages

GUEST with your children sharing the members as named bene caries) ese trusts can be created within obtaining the insurance.
CORNER remaining one-half (1/2). As such, and may open a new joint bank one’s Last Will and Testament Each family’s situation is di er-
it is important that a Last Will account with their spouse for the (a testamentary trust) or through
LAUREN and Testament be executed that assets they would want to pass probate avoidance tools, such as ent and this list of considerations
ENEA properly re ects your wishes. automatically to their surviving Revocable Trusts. Additionally, the is not exhaustive and only exem-
spouse. trustees of the trust for the surviv- plary of one’s options. If you are
Second marriages may often 2. Pre-Nuptial Agreements and ing spouse can be the children, considering a second marriage or
feel like a fresh start, but the Right of Election 4. Life Estates and Lifetime friends or relatives of the creator of already married, it is important
when it comes to estate Rights to a Surviving Spouse the Trust, which may avoid con- to speak with an estate planning
planning, balancing one’s duty In New York, you cannot cerns of the funds being depleted attorney who has worked with
of loyalty to one’s existing family disinherit your spouse unless you Another common gesture in during the surviving spouse’s life clients who have had multiple
and children and one’s desire to have agreed to in a contractual estate planning for second mar- imprudently, leaving little for sur- marriages to discuss structuring an
provide for a new spouse must agreement, such as a pre-nuptial riages is to allow the surviving viving children. Alternatively, the estate plan that ts your needs.
be considered. With second agreement. Under the New York spouse, who does not own the Trust can provide that the spouse
marriages, the intended ben- Estates, Powers and Trusts Law primary residence of the couple, receives the income of the trust Lauren C. Enea, Esq. is an Associate
e ciary of one’s assets may not Section 5-1.1A, each spouse has to remain in the home after their for their life. Once the surviving at Enea, Scanlan & Sirgnano, LLP.
be the surviving spouse, as each a right of election to receive the spouse has passed away. is can spouse passes away, the remaining She concentrates her practice on
party may have adult children or larger of $50,000 or one-third create complexities. For example, if funds can then be distributed to Wills,Trusts and Estates, Medicaid
other relatives they wish to also (1/3) of the deceased spouse’s the remainder bene ciaries of the the creator’s children. Planning, Special Needs Planning
provide for. at being said, not net estate, which is known as the property are the children, they may and Probate/Estate Administration.
providing for a surviving spouse “elective share.” As such, even if be concerned as to the ability of 6. Life Insurance She believes that it is never too early
at all, may not be ideal either. one’s Last Will and Testament the surviving spouse to maintain e use of a Life Insurance or too late to start planning for your
Some items to consider include does not provide for one’s spouse the home and pay for its expenses. future and she enjoys working with
the following: or provides for one’s spouse in a Additionally, if the spouse has to Policy is another viable option for individuals and families to ensure that
lesser amount than the elective go to a nursing home or assisted providing for one’s second spouse. their estate and long- term care plan
1. Dying Intestate and the share prescribes, the surviving living facility before their passing, best suits their needs. Ms. Enea is on
Importance of a Last Will and spouse can still seek their elective does the spouse’s life estate in the e insurance can be owned by the executive committee of the New
Testament share, unless they have waived said property terminate, thus, allowing an Irrevocable Trust, in order to York State Bar Association (NYSBA)
right in a pre-nuptial agreement. the children to sell the property? remove the value of the death Elder Law and Special Needs Section
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a properly executed Last Will ture, the execution of a pre-nuptial ese are questions that need to from one’s taxable estate upon NYSBA Elder Law and Special Needs
and Testament, you are said to agreement may be prudent before be considered. An option may death, and it can also provide that Section Journal. She is admitted to
have died “intestate.”What this a second marriage. be to leave the primary residence the income and/or principal can practice law in New York and Florida.
means is that the distribution of outright to the spouse in lieu of be used for the support of the She can be reached at 914-948-1500.
your assets will be determined in 3. Joint or Separate Property? his or her receipt of other assets, surviving spouse. One’s age, health
accordance with New York Law. If you and your spouse own or to allow the surviving spouse to and insurability will be a factor in
For example, if you are survived property “joint with rights of remain in the home for a period
by a spouse and children, your survivorship,”said assets pass auto- of time, such as two years, in order WHY DO WE
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