The Somers Record 06.17.21

Vol. 11 No. 9 Visit TapIntoSomers.net for the latest news. Thursday, June 17, 2021

Somers opts out

Town Board votes against weed dispensaries

PHOTO COURTESY OF SOMERS LITTER TASK FORCE BY CAROL REIF Since the town has adopted the
STAFF WRITER opt-out law, residents now have 45
Members of the Somers Litter Task Force (L to R: Jessica Frey, Jackson Frey, Hunter Weinlein, and days to collect signatures, according
Bernadette Weinlein) Citing quality-of-life and other to legal counsel Roland A. Baroni Jr.
concerns, the Town Board unani-
Keeping Somers beautiful mously voted ursday, June 10, to e board voted ursday im-
opt-out of allowing marijuana dis- mediately following a Zoom public
BY CAROL REIF On ursday, June 10, the board unani- pensaries and social consumption hearing on the opt-out law.
STAFF WRITER mously approved the following statement: sites in Somers.
“ e Town of Somers, on behalf of the No civilian called in during the ac-
ings could really start picking up for the Somers Litter Task Force, will be joining the is doesn’t mean recreational pot tual hearing, but just after it was of-
Somers Litter Task Force now that it’s joined Keep America Beautiful organization as an spots won’t ever get the green light
forces with a national beauti cation group. a liate.” here. cially closed, one resident jumped in
to comment that he thought mari-
e small but mighty team of volunteers at’s quite a mouthful, but putting the Like other municipalities weighing juana was “basically harmless”and not
made its pitch about the deplorable state of wording that way legally allows the town to the pros and cons, Somers seems in a gateway drug.
certain debris-strewn roadsides in Somers to cover the task force’s one-time KAB certi ca- favor of waiting to see how things pan
the Town Board on ursday, June 3. tion fee of about $1,500, $170 a year in dues, out in opt-in communities. Mark Koppel added he was “open”
and a bit more for “incidentals,” said Council- to working on a referendum to suss
e aim? To become an a liate of Keep man William Faulkner last week. “If, for whatever reason, we see out how “people really do feel.”
America Beautiful, said to be the largest com- things changing in the county and
munity improvement organization in the In 2014, two years after its inception, the the state, or neighboring towns, in Somers residents can still possess,
United States. the future, we can always come back smoke, transport, and grow marijuana
SEE LITTER PAGE 36 and talk about it,” said Supervisor — following state regulations.
Apparently, the trash-talking worked. Rick Morrissey, who added that he
was “adamantly” opposed to such es- Town Board members weren’t shy
tablishments based on his belief that about weighing in before the vote.
weed is a “gateway drug.” (Cannabis
itself was decriminalized in New York Councilman Tom Garitty, who
in 2019. Medical marijuana has been supported opting-out, said he was “of
legal since 2014.) the generation where it’s been drilled
into me that marijuana’s a gateway
e adoption of the local law, an drug and leads to other things.”
amendment to the town code, is also
subject to a permissive referendum. If He added that the state is looking
enough folks petition, the matter can at legal weed “as a moneymaker.”
be voted on during the general elec-
tion, or in a special election, this fall. (Money generated by legal pot
sales would go to the state’s cannabis
revenue fund and the rest divvied up
between education (40 percent); the

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Your Neighbor

Kennedy’s
third album
was written
and recorded

during
the Covid
pandemic.

What’s Left Unsaid

SHS junior releases third album Sean Kennedy has recorded all three of his albums at
his home studio.

BY TOM WALOGORSKY unfortunate reason.  be short-lived, as the 17-year-old album are “Happy Birthday”which him for each of my albums.”
EDITOR
“ e album was scheduled to be would quickly begin exercising his deals with reaching out to a lost As with his rst two albums,

released on March 13, the day the creativity and was soon back to friend, while “Retrospect” is about Sean recorded “What’s Left Un-

When the pandemic quarantine lockdown happened,”Sean recalls.  work on his next album, “What’s not giving up on your dreams. said” in his home studio, with all

brought life to a grinding halt last As life for everyone was dis- Left Unsaid.” Sean Kennedy has always chan- writing, recording, and producing

year, Somers High School student rupted,so were many of Sean Ken- “Once quarantine hit, I didn’t neled his emotions and his life ex- done in the comfort of his base-

Sean Kennedy seized the opportu- nedy’s ideas for his new album. have anything else to do, and I periences into his music, and uses ment. 

nity to create something special.  Needless to say,Covid would prove started getting all of these ideas so his melodies and lyrics to tell a To see his third album come

A junior at SHS, Sean is no to be a bump in the road for his I started working on another al- story.  to fruition, Sean would also have

stranger to producing his own musical career.  bum,” says Sean. “It came together Fittingly, the rst song he ever a little help from his friends. Fel-

music. He released his rst album “A lot of the plans I had for that uidly, nothing was forced.” released in September 2018 was low SHS students pitched in, in-

“Tell Me”in March 2019.  album unfortunately didn’t come “What’s Left Unsaid” o cially entitled “Anyone,” and served as clude longtime collaborator Evan

He would follow up his debut by to fruition,” says Sean. “I de nitely released on June 11. e album a re ection on Sean’s move from Volkman who co-produced and

releasing songs o a planned sec- wanted to get into live perfor- will serve as the third and nal Yorktown to Somers at a young co-wrote the song “Better O .”

ond album entitled “ e One” in mances, and that didn’t happen. chapter of what Sean has dubbed age.  Giuliana Calandrucci features on

December of the same year, ahead After making that album and do- “ e High School Trilogy.” While “I moved to Somers in 3rd grade, the duet “Cross Your Mind,” and

of its release on March 13. Unbe- ing so much non-stop work, I told his rst two albums were centered and ‘Anyone’ was a song looking Brooke Williams co-directed all

knownst to Sean, that date would myself I was going to take a break.” around acoustic guitar, Sean’s third back on my move and what it was of the album’s music videos. Chloe

prove fateful for an unforeseen and Sean’s hiatus would prove to o ering will be a foray into alterna- like trying to start a new school, Imhof would star in the video for

tive and indie pop.  meet people, and t in when you “Regret.”

“ e album is a re ection of my don’t know anyone,”explains Sean.  Now nished with his junior

move to Somers at a young age and Sean lists Taylor Swift,Lana Del year at SHS,Sean is unsure of what

my musical journey since then,” Ray, and Jack Antono among his the future holds, but he is certain

Sean explains. “ e title speaks to musical in uences.  about one thing. 

the idea that as a songwriter, I can “ is album was de nitely in u- “I’m always going to continue

decide which words, events and enced by Lana Del Ray, I got really with music, and it will always be a

feelings are included in my story, into her album ‘Born to Die,’ and part of my life,”he says.  

and which ones aren’t. is record that was in uential in this record,”

is a collection of my once unsaid he says. “And Jack Antono is one To learn more about Sean

A scene from the video for “Regret” starring Chloe Imhof. feelings.” of my favorite producers, and I Kennedy’s music, visit

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Board of Ed adopts diversity and equity policy

BY CAROL REIF educators insist. Superintendent Dr. Raymond saying he normally doesn’t “dive “I think you’re really codifying
STAFF WRITER And that is making sure all Blanch. into board policy discussions” but that by putting it in writing,” he
felt compelled to by recent com- added.
e new “diversity, equity and children—regardless of race, re- It also has nothing to do with ments by those concerned about
inclusion” policy adopted by the ligion, gender identity, learning “critical race theory,” a hot-but- how the DEI policy might af- Blanch reiterated that it does
Somers Board of Education last challenges or other di erences— ton topic introduced by some fect what their children are being not change the current curricu-
week isn’t really new; it only puts are recognized, respected and parents over the past month, he taught in school. lum’s goals and is “certainly not
into writing what the district have equal access to every bit of and school trustees said at the critical race theory.”
has  been doing for a long time, learning and support they want board’s meeting Tuesday, June 8. Some parents brought the sub-
and need, according to schools ject of “critical race theory”—a e policy, which got a unani-
Blanch prefaced his remarks by controversial concept that exam- mous vote from trustees, states
ines the way race and racism con- that the school board “is commit-
SCSD SUPERINTENDENT’S verge with politics, culture and ted to creating and maintaining a
law—into the discussion on the positive and inclusive learning
SOMERS CENTRAL Dashb ard DEI policy. environment where all students
SCHOOL DISTRICT feel safe, included and respected,
e academic exercise called and experience a sense of belong-
June 2021 CRT became part of the national ing and academic success.”
debate about systemic racism and
Dear Somers Community Members, bias due to the deaths of George To accomplish this, the board
Floyd and other Black people in “must pay particular attention to
It is no small feat that we were able to start the school year on time and be open for 96% of the police custody; violent attacks on the needs of historically under-
school days for the rst quarter of the year. e collective e ort of our faculty, sta , students, and Asians; and, more recently, an served (marginalized) groups.”
our entire community to keep our children engaged in learning has been outstanding. increase in hate crimes targeting
I want to thank you for approving the school budget for the 2021-2022 school year. is vote Jews. e policy further states that
of support allows us to continue to provide the many programs in our schools, from arts to “racism, discrimination, and
athletics, academics to extracurricular activities. e opportunities that you provide for our Many conservative lawmakers marginalization of any people or
children have an enormous impact on their lives. argue that CRT promotes the groups of people, whether inten-
It was a remarkable accomplishment that our children in kindergarten through six grades were idea that individuals are respon- tional or not, have no place in our
able to attend school nearly every day this school year. Our children in grades seven through sible for actions committed in the schools, our district or our com-
twelve started with an every-other-day, in school rotation. After spring break, they were able past by others of the same race or munity. Such actions damage not
to attend school every day. e Reentry Coalition, made up of teachers, sta members, sex. Four states have banned its only those individuals and groups
administrators, parents, community members and students, made what seemed to be an teaching so far with a dozen more toward whom they are directed,
impossible feat, a reality. We certainly lived the motto of Somers Strong! considering doing the same. but also our community as a
whole.”
roughout this year we continued to enhance the quality of education in Somers. We Several Somers parents who
signi cantly increased our use of technology to support remote learning, sometimes at a spoke up at both the board’s May Trustee Heidi Cambareri
moment’s notice. We provided students with modi ed opportunities for arts and athletic events, 25 and June 8 meetings said they pointed out that the policy is a
and this spring we were nally able to allow spectators back at sports events. We also continued feared introducing teachings living document. It is also an “ac-
in our pursuit of our district vision of educating the whole child through the development about diversity, equity and inclu- countability measure” that will
of academic skills, social-emotional wellness, and global citizenship. As the restrictions of the sion into the curriculum might require feedback and data about
COVID pandemic begin to lift, I am looking forward to welcoming the community back into make students feel guilty or dis- its e ectiveness, she said.
our school buildings at some point next year to witness the inspired learning that is taking place tressed about their race or sex.
and the recommitment to programs such as the TEAM Tuskers Mentors and our Volunteers in “Is it perfect? Is it going to stay
Public Schools (VIPS). Blanch said he was “excited” exactly as it is right now? No. But
that these discussions, while dif- it’s gone through all the constitu-
e pandemic made it clear that we all share much in common, and by recognizing and creating ents,” Cambareri said, referring
opportunities to learn each other’s stories, we are stronger. Our relationships are stronger. Our cult, were taking place. to the many voices heard during
children are stronger. Our community is stronger. “We must sit down at the the policy committee’s delibera-
As we close this school year, with our graduates once again receiving their diplomas on our proverbial table and have these tions.
campus, I want to say thank you for all that the Somers community has provided for our conversations. ere’s a great op-
children, and for your partnership as we move SCSD Forward in Excellence. portunity for us to hear and pro- Cambareri said she hoped “ev-
vide clarity about what diversity, eryone nds something in here
Sincerely, equity and inclusion is and what that represents them, and repre-
Dr. Raymond H. Blanch it isn’t,” he stated Tuesday. sents their kids, and makes sure
Superintendent of Schools they’re getting what they need.”
e district has always been
Please LIKE us on Facebook at Somers Central School District rmly committed to those prin- “Know that as you weigh in, it
ciples, Blanch said. may change,” she added.
He pointed to the SCSD Edu-
cational Equity Advisory Team Furthermore, the board is
(SEEAT), which is made up of looking at a “civility” policy, ap-
teachers, administrators, stu- parently spurred by the tenor and
dents, parents and community tone of certain comments made
members and LIFE (Learning at recent meetings.
Inclusively for Everyone), which
strives to ensure equal access to One parent, upset about re-
“rigorous and rich curriculum.” marks he said board President
LIFE’s “culture, resources Dr. Lindsay Portnoy made in
and practice foster an authentic March about racial privilege,
sense of belonging, a celebration called for an apology on May 25
of diversity, and an emphasis on and demanded she step down
strengths,” the district says. from her post.

ere is a designated sta Others castigated the board
member in each of the district’s then and last week for not hold-
four schools who coordinates ing meetings in person yet, es-
DEI activities and conversations. pecially on topics as important
as, one said, safety/security, vap-
Addressing board members ing and DEI. One parent even
Tuesday, Blanch said the policy claimed it was using the Zoom
“represents what I believe to be format to “handpick” questions
the spirit of our school district, of to answer.
really recognizing and supporting
our learners.” Portnoy explained Tuesday
that participation in the public

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Page 8 – The Somers Record Race Amity Day Thursday, June 17, 2021

PHOTOS: TOM WALOGORSKY Race Amity of Northern Westchester & Putnam Director Leslie
held the 4th Annual Race Amity Day celebration at Fields-Cruz with
RANWP Steering Committee member Reis Park in Somers on Sunday, June 13. e com- Melanin Magic cast
Charmaine Aleong reading the munity gathered for an afternoon of fellowship and members Maya
Westchester County proclamation. entertainment in support of promoting greater un- Cruz, Jay Wilson,
derstanding and countering racial injustice. Ariana Okoth, Kira
Cummings, Carson
Pretnar and Dexter

Pretnar.
Emcee Jared
Foxhall and his
sister Zia Foxhall

Ariana Okoth, #1Nola Blair (Race Amity of Northern Westchester
Carson
Pretnar, and Putnam Steering Committee) Somers Police
Dexter Chief Brian Linkletter, Susan Cody (RANWP Steering
Pretnar, Jay Committee), and Town Supervisor Rick Morrissey
Wilson, and
Maya Cruz

PHOTO: TOM WALOGORSKY

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Opinion

Happily Ever After

Di erent strokes for di erent folks

THE den behind a hallway door. A beauty. Houses
SEASONED workman, coming upon it un- Our furnishings were very
CITIZEN expectedly, looked around and Goodbye house, I never loved you.
gasped, “Homotosis!” A play modern. My mother could Ghosts of my youth insinuate your walls,
ADRIENNE of course on the word halitosis never understand why I didn’t Ectoplasmic cats and dogs and children,
KAVELLE (bad breath), but I learned to own a co ee table (you know, Their tangible beings grown and gone…or
perform Fur Elise on it anyway that sti looking four legged dead.
Igrew up in a house that (which my father said cost him object people keep in front of Their wraiths remain,
exempli ed the rst half of at least $5000). their sofas). After many years, Drawn into cracks and pores and plaster,
the twentieth century. when I nally found the one I Filling empty spaces with forgotten scenes.
It was in a lovely neighbor- After we were married, Jason chose, my mom was shocked Goodbye house, I’ll love you forever.
hood on the north side of the and I lived in a cute garden to say the least. She couldn’t
Bronx with a park at the far apartment rental followed understand how I could pos- New houses have no ghosts
end. Our house, on the corner by a co-op garden apartment sibly display it…especially Just empty spaces waiting to be filled.
of Saxon Avenue, was a stone followed by a wonderful home where people could SEE it. No tears embedded in the cracks
edi ce welcoming the visitor he designed and nally, many Between the floorboards.
with white pillars and lions at years later, in a smaller house Jason and I had gone to New houses seem to squat in expectation,
the front door. to which we downsized. a fair where they had new Not yin nor yang, just sterile walls
designers and antiques. Needing to absorb our lives
e kitchen was very large When we bought our rst Suddenly, out of the corner To gain their proper balance.
and came equipped with two original painting from an art- of my eye, I spotted it. e
pantries, an open one with ist, I didn’t know it would be length and width of a regular Adrienne Kavelle
shelves and a low to the oor the start of many collections: a co ee table, this one had a
one for storing sacks of po- plethora of paintings, African hand carved sow’s head (life and corners and oorboards of “Houses.”
tatoes and onions. It also had masks, American Indian art, size) and, heavens to Betsy, a each room and remain there
two stoves, one to cook on and wonderful sculpture. Ja- curlicue tail and teats! “ at’s forever. Contact Adrienne at: ergosum1@
and one to look at. e latter son’s hobby was sculpting and my co ee table,” I shouted, comcast.net
stood on four legs and was he taught me, better than any and we brought it home. I o er you now my poem,
very, very old. When our dog, class I’d ever taken, to appreci- Of course mom could never
Noodles, came home from ate ne art. He also taught me understand the satyr’s head
being groomed, she always hid to understand music, on many on the head board of our rst
under it, afraid we might take di erent levels. He was my bed either, feeling that some
her back to the groomer! true mentor to the beauty sur- of our possessions were just
rounding us. not ‘pretty.’ To my mother,
ere were also ornate ‘pretty’ meant what was ac-
columns separating the liv- We designed our homes to ceptable to her, and beauty,
ing room from the rest of be art galleries, covering the of course, is in the eye of the
the house. It was opulently walls from ceiling to oor with beholder.
furnished except for a very paintings, while sculpture lled
old black upright piano hid- each corner of every room. We How we live and what we
loved discovering new artists surround ourselves with ex-
and craftsmen. Our joy was press our deepest feelings. We
not in their worth, but in their project ourselves into the walls

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Thursday, June 17, 2021 OPINION The Somers Record – Page 11

Hitting the “start” button

every 15 months or so, and all oping new technologies for me sprayed it into the crowd. I wish of you. If Nicki Minaj has a secret
to make fun of. e veejay was I had brought my chemical spec- admirer on the Pulitzer Commit-
the familiar bartenders were playing video versions of popular trum analysis equipment with tee, the joke will be on me.
songs, and in the lower left hand me so I could determine if it was
MAN back at their battle stations. corner of the screen, pictures of toxic or not. e last time I saw Someone broke a glass on
people in the crowd taken on something like that, e Pen- the dance oor, and a gal took
OVERBOARD “ e usual?” Alan asked without their phones and texted to a cer- guin had shot it out of his um- the time to clean up the mess.
missing a beat, and produced it, tain number immortalized them brella, and everyone dropped I thanked her and said, “You’d
RICK and that’s why real bartenders for several moments, for a small dead, temporarily. For all I think someone who works here
MELÉN are professionals who are part of fee I would guess.... know maybe somebody was on might do that,” and she said, “I
used to work here myself.” So I
a culture that we’ve been miss- Although the quality of the re and I should be hailing the guess the big rebound is going
photos looked like a cross be- veejay as an American hero, but to be a work in progress. But
ing out on during the pandemic. tween people just coming out of people just kept on dancing as in a ash I realized that I was
anesthesia and “ e Blair Witch if people spray with them stu nitpicking, curmudgeoning and
I’m a musician at times, and It includes being pampered a Project,” the possibility of being all the time. complaining about anything and
I play in local eateries and discovered by a modeling agency everything just like before, and
drinkeries, so I like to go out little bit, having someone cook for that specializes in DWI mug Music hasn’t advanced much it was a joyous revelation. at’s
you, play for you, make your drink shots more than made up for it. I during the quarantine era. I’m when I’m seeing the world as it
and bring it to you. Yes, I wish I wondered to myself, who’s behind not going to sound like your really is and enjoying my place in
the wheel at the Standards and Dad or preach you a sermon it. My personal pandemic is over.
and “take the temperature of the could still wear my slippers and Practices Department for this? on it or anything, but thou
What if someone follows me into shouldst have something that Join Rick and Trillium on
room,” so to speak, and at least a bathrobe when I go out. Some the bathroom and broadcasts a resembles a melody as you co- Saturday, June 26th, 8:00PM at
picture of me in a compromising meth to the nish line of writing Birdsall House in Peekskill for some
I’m polite enough not to take it habits are hard to break. position? Luckily there are no your song. One masterpiece had outdoor wining, dining and music!
reports of me ever compromising. the lyrics printed right on the
the way my Mom used to take e experience also includes screen, and, like when somebody Look for Rickster Melen on
Just then the veejay vaulted out shows you their surgery scar, it Facebook! Say hello at: rlife8@
mine. Last weekend was the rst being around other people, of his booth with what looked doesn’t improve the experience to hotmail.com
like a giant re extinguisher and actually see it right there in front
time in quite a long time that the watching what they do when

new normal seemed pretty close they’re letting loose. It’s how

to the old normal. Coronavirus society evolves. It rubs o on you,

seemed like something that has and makes you feel like your good

gone the way of your “Partridge time is part of a bigger picture.

Family” lunchbox, Sea Monkeys It’s also good to know that there

and the cassette deck. I hope not are people out there who dance

because I still use my cassette worse than I do.

deck. e scientists at the party lab

I went to one of my favorite weren’t sitting idle all this time.

hangouts, someplace I frequent ey were hard at work devel-

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A Father’s Day learning experience

STRONG to the wedding. My mother too, since he’s your children’s do we always have to spend the But mature adults who can see
LEARNING died when I was young, and father). Someone who says this day with your father? I’m a fa- multiple sides of an issue can
my father raised my brother is a black and white issue and ther, too.” (Obviously, though, o er and negotiate solutions
DR. LINDA and myself. He was and still makes a “snap” decision may since you’ve spent Father’s Day that meet at least some of the
SILBERT is one of the most caring and not be considering all the parts with your father every year, needs of all.
giving fathers one could have. of the decision to be made. An your husband is comfortable
Dear Dr. Linda, I wouldn’t hurt him for the educated person thinks and is with the arrangement.) Although nerve-wracking,
Let me begin by saying that world. My brother and I have able to see multiple sides of this is one of those situations
never missed a Father’s Day an issue. Being schooled, no So, what are your options? where everyone involved can
I know your column is about with him. My children, who matter what degree someone You can’t do both—your father learn from it, especially your
education. If my question is are in their teens, have always holds, does not mean that they and the niece live 11 hours children. Like you, they’ll expe-
not appropriate, I’ll understand spent Father’s Day with their are educated. ey have memo- apart. Maybe your dad can rience con icts like these their
if you don’t use it. However, I grandfather. How do I do both rized and understand informa- come to you and celebrate Fa- whole lives, and it’s important
think many people have been things without hurting either tion in their eld. However, ther’s Day the day before. Per- for you to model how to ef-
in the same situation that I’m one? By the way, it’s a six-hour someone who is educated is haps he could still be invited fectively look at options, weigh
in and would appreciate your drive north to my father and a able to weigh the pros and cons to the wedding. Your husband the pros and cons of who is
opinion. Here’s my problem. of an issue. ey can think out could go to the wedding and likely to be most hurt, and
ve-hour south to my niece. of the box. you to your dad’s. Your children make the best decision you can
It has to do with Father’s Danielle could split up, too, if they so while keeping your emotions in
Day. My niece’s wedding is In most cases like this, how- desired. Or you could choose to check—all while hoping that
on Father’s Day. It’s my hus- Dear Danielle, ever, emotions come into play. do neither and spend a relax- all the adults in the picture can
band’s sister’s daughter. at’s Although it doesn’t have to Emotions play a big role in ing day with your husband and appreciate your dilemma and
most decisions. So, how do you your children’s father. respond with understanding.
ne with me and my husband. do with “institutional” educa- deal with this problem? You
We’ll celebrate Father’s Day tion as such, in my opinion, can say, “I’m not going to the Of course, all these options Good luck!
at the wedding. I adore my your question de nitely wedding…how dare they make require explaining the situa- Happy Father’s Day!
niece and I wouldn’t miss her belongs in an education col- a wedding on Father’s Day! tion to both sides. And, un-
wedding for the world. But umn—it’s a learning experi- I’m going to be with my father fortunately, members of some Dr. Linda
my father was not invited ence. It requires the weighing and that’s it!” Or your husband families dig their heels in,
of options. You want to please might say, “It’s my niece! Why become insulted, and never talk Write to Dr. Linda at linda@
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Thursday, June 17, 2021 The Somers Record – Page 13

The Hangout Cafe—

a unique Carmel dining experience

BY NICK TRUJILLO and the nearby towns of Somers, Brews- who his family is. Mooney’s sister

STAFF WRITER ter and Mahopac. manages the restaurant and has 16

In the past, restaurant goers in our “Most of the things that you see in years of experience in the industry, Owner Louis Mooney making
area have had limited options when it Carmel are either Italian, Mexican or previously working at Four Broth- window treatments for the cafe.
comes to a sit-down spot where they can Chinese, and that’s about it. You don’t ers in Mahopac for six years before
have any other types of food here that joining her brother at e Hangout PHOTOS COURTESY OF LOUIS MOONEY

dress up and enjoy a night out over live you can choose from, so my idea was Cafe. Mooney’s niece is a server, and his Cooking has always been a hobby for

music, drinks and delicious Spanish in- what if I mix?” said Mooney. “I do a fu- cousin works in the kitchen. Mooney, but he has a diverse plate of in-

fused cuisine. sion of — what’s called American cui- “It’s a vision. If I wanted to bring that terests that have taken him to di erent

Now they have a great option with sine — which approaches a lot of di er- vision, I had to have my family; they’re careers. He graduated from high school

e Hangout Cafe, which is located next ent types of food, but keeping it true to the ones that know me best and they at age 14 in Venezuela and attended his

to Gold’s Gym in the ShopRite Center who I was as a Hispanic person.” know how intense I can be because it’s rst university in his home country as

on Route 52 in Carmel. At e Hang- e menu is diverse and o ers a wide my name, it’s my brand, I want them well. Mooney earned a scholarship to

out Cafe, patrons can feel comfortable range of choices, including Mooney’s to o er the best thing they can,” said Florida International University, and

to grab a drink and chill while taking in unique takes on charbroiled meats, sea- Mooney. “I cannot nd anyone else to graduated with a degree in interior de-

local musicians who perform live music food, sandwiches, burgers, salads and do it if it’s not them.” sign, his rst career. He received another

every ursday, Friday, and Saturday. Hispanic desserts, as well as a full bar for His partner in the business, Albert scholarship to Fordham University and

Food has been a lifelong passion for wine and cocktails. All of his ingredients Rolo , was the one who convinced graduated with a degree in high school

Louis Mooney, the Hangout Cafe’s are locally sourced due to Mooney’s in- Mooney to turn his restaurant dreams education.

owner, which began when he was a child. tense passion for community support. into a reality. Unfortunately, they de- For the last 16 years, Mooney has

He grew up on a farm in Venezuela with “Everything we do and serve is made cided to start right as the world stopped worked in the Portchester school dis-

two Senators for parents, and every Sun- in-house; it’s not frozen; it’s not pur- due to the COVID-19 pandemic. trict, as well as working as an interior de-

day his family would gather to share a chased through one of the big chains; “We signed the lease; two weeks lat- signer. He is a single father, raising two

dinner with the fresh produce grown on everything is local. at’s one of the big er the whole country shut down,” said children under the age of four while also

the farm. things for me,” said Mooney. “I like of- Mooney. “We sat down with the busi- obtaining his PhD in business adminis-

“Venezuela has a lot of in uences from fering good things for the community, ness unopened for 9-10 months. ey tration and studying for the New York

Italy, Puerto Rico, Cuba and Spain, so at and if I go and buy things somewhere didn’t allow us to do construction, they State Bar exam in September.

most of them, the food that we used to else that are not made or kept within the didn’t allow us to do anything until re- How does he balance it all? Even

have was Italian,” said Mooney. community, then what’s the point? We cently.” Mooney doesn’t know, but he does know

His past experiences with family have to help one another.” After months of waiting, the reno- that his restaurant is going to be his

and food shine through his restaurant, Staying true to himself is important vations were nished in January and main business focus.

and Mooney’s goal has been to bring a to Mooney, and his restaurant is an out- Mooney was able to have a soft open- “ e restaurant is always going to be a

unique culinary experience to Carmel let for showing people who he is and ing on April 22 and said that customers priority,” he said. “I have two little ones

have been impressed upon their visits to and I’m by myself. I have to make sure

184 Route 52, Suite 152 • Carmel NY 10512 the cafe. that they’re set in every aspect.”

“Some people that come here have By enjoying a meal at the Hangout

thehangoutcafeny.com • 845.306.7165 never tasted Hispanic food, so it’s a bit Cafe, customers support their local com-
of a shock to them. Once they taste it munity and learn a little bit about the tal-

Hours: Tues.-Sun. 12pm-10pm • Closed Mondays and they’re open to it, they learn to love ented man behind the restaurant, through

it,” said Mooney. food, music, culture and atmosphere.

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Hot enough for ya?

tion. Assessing the situation, as miserable outside. Ditto the
darkness. So, now here I was
TRACY I did what any rational think- barefoot, tired, and locked out of
my house. Of course, I have an
ing homeowner would do: I emergency key hidden outside
for just such an emergency. And
BECKERMAN ipped the breakers on. of course, I had hidden it so well
A giant spark ew out of that I couldn’t nd it.

the breaker and the house was Forty minutes later I was -
nally back in the house, ashlight
plunged into darkness. in hand, and on my way back to
the dungeon to do battle with the
“Uh-oh,” I said to no one breaker panel.

As thrilling as it is to go except the spiders in the dark. Let’s review: I have now spent
away for a few days, I two hours at the airport, ve
think most people would I have to say, I’m usually hours on the plane, one hour
pretty brave. I’ve taken on NYC traveling back home, 40 minutes
pickpockets, uber-woodchucks, digging through my garden by
the light of the moon, and ap-
agree, it’s always nice to come and a guy at the bank machine proximately 15 minutes throwing
a major hissy t.
home. So, after 10 days away who said he didn’t like my hair
Finally, the good news was, I
visiting family, I was really look- cut. But this spark thing kind of got the power back on.

ing forward to being back home threw me. With my husband still e bad news was, the A/C
was now completely and utterly
when I nally pulled into my out of town, I did what any ratio- fried out.

driveway. nal thinking homeowner would Knowing there was no way
I could even begin to get this
e thrill lasted approximately do: I went shrieking out of the resolved until morning, I opened
all of the windows, got a pillow, a
30 seconds. house and ran to my neighbor. blanket and went to sleep on the
couch in front of the screened
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started to rain so hard that I had the windows.
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I looked at him miserably.
power seemed to be intact, so I to see if the door was in the un-

dropped my bags and made my locked position before she went

way down to the dungeon to shrieking out of the house.

nd, no surprise here, the A/C Now, you have to understand,

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SENIORS FIND INDEPENDENT
LIVING, PEACE OF MIND

AT PEEKSKILL'S DRUM HILL

Ameni y- ich c mmuni y ers rien ly er ices an en a in ac i i ies a an ama in alue

BY CAROL REIF classes and such take place, the atmosphere is RESIDENTS CAROLE SAPIENZA, PAT SLADER, MARY PREZIOSO,
STAFF WRITER hotel-like and homey and de nitely not in- WINIFRED HUNT, AND EMMA TRISCARI
stitutional.
It’s not easy to be an island of calm in to- and secret garden to relax in. neglected shell, it made it onto the National
day’s sea of stresses. Residents can decorate and paint (using
an approved color palette) their apartments en there’s that view! Register of Historic Places.
Many folks—when weighing options to their liking.
for their later years – fear that moving from Finelli says one resident—a former Drum It was renovated from stem to stern and
cherished homes into senior-oriented hous- Drum Hill also allows well-behaved cats
ing means leaving memories behind. and dogs (under 30 pounds), which is unusu- Hill student—admits that he never got much reopened in 1999 by Trinity Associates, an
al for senior housing situations.
But that won’t be the case once they come done in math class because he was too busy Elmsford-based company that has senior liv-
to Drum Hill Senior Living Community in Knowing how important having a pet is
Peekskill. to emotional and mental health, Drum Hill staring out the window. ing projects up and down the Hudson Valley.
would never want to part folks from Fido or
Besides a private apartment in which they Fi , Finelli says. After Drum Hill’s neoclassical architecture, Trinity is now in the process of building a
can entertain family and friends – including
furry ones – residents will have lots of oppor- Drum Hill is, she says, a “big melting pot” the second thing that impresses visitors is its 52-unit independent senior living communi-
tunities to make new memories and plenty of because of its a ordability.
new pals to share them with, says director of beautifully restored wrought-iron staircase. ty on Crompond Road (Route 202).
marketing and sales Priscilla Finelli. To qualify, folks must be at least 62 years
old, be independent, and have an income e landing has been—and is—the per- Drum Hill has attracted residents from
What they won’t have to worry about any- that falls below the AMI, or Area Median
more are household responsibilities such as shov- Income, as established by the U.S. Depart- fect stage for musicians and other performers Je erson Village, a 55-and-up active adult
eling snow, mowing grass, and xing leaky roofs. ment of Housing and Urban Development.
and a place for holiday displays. condo community in Yorktown Heights;
It’s not giving up one way of living for an- According to Finelli, Drum Hill does not
other; it’s simply a safe and secure continua- o er health services, but residents can have Back in the day, that’s where they lined up Springvale Apartments in Croton-on-Hud-
tion of the life they always had, residents say. their own personal live-in aides or contract
out for other help. students for class photos. son; and Heritage Hills in Somers.
Perched high above the Hudson River and
Peekskill Bay, Drum Hill is located within It is di erent, she says, because it allows Displayed in the vestibules are photo- It was also won back folks who’d initially
walking distance of downtown,which is lled folks to age in place without fear of being
with restaurants, shops, and artist studios. asked to leave if they require some special graphs and other ephemera celebrating the moved to Florida, but found it didn’t meet
assistance later on.
It is also only a few minutes from the city’s building’s—and the city’s—past. social and other expectations.
Depew Park, with its walking trails, pond, Drum Hill also o ers transportation to
swimming pool, and gazebo. medical o ces, shops, restaurants, religious at’s apropos since quite a few residents Finelli, whose own mom lived at Drum
services, and other things.
Among the amenities it o ers are weekly have grown up in Peekskill and/or attended Hill for nine years, says a lot of people tell
housekeeping and linen services; 24-hour se- Sadly, the pandemic had curtailed some of
curity and emergency response systems; and those activities, but now that things are get- Drum Hill back in its heyday. her after moving in: “I don’t know why it
restaurant-style dining for lunch and dinner. ting back to normal, Drum Hill residents are
thrilled to be getting out and about more. Its name stems from Revolutionary War took me so long to make this decision.”
ere are 120 spacious apartments (stu-
dio, one-bedroom, and two-bedrooms), each ey recently hit the slot machines at Em-
with its own full kitchen. pire City Casino in Yonkers, chowed down
at the Cracker Barrel Old Country Store in
Although there are common areas where Fishkill, and cruised the aisles at the Christ-
mas Tree Shop in Poughkeepsie.
times when the British red from the strate- Drum Hill is currently running a promo-
Not that residents don’t still travel; just like
before, many go on vacation or attend family gic high ground on the patriot defenders in tional event that includes the waiving of the
gatherings elsewhere, Finelli says.
the then-village below. rst month’s rent and a reduced reservation
ere’s tons to occupy them even if they don’t
go out: yoga,Zumba,Tai Chi,crafts, lms,co ee In the later 1800s, Peekskill built a red fee. ere are additional incentives, she said.
socials,card games,book clubs,knitting and cro-
cheting, Bingo, and garden clubs, to name a few. brick schoolhouse there. In 1909, it was re- Interested in joining the family?

On the grounds there are rose bushes and placed with the present stone edi ce. It start- Contact Finelli at (914) 788-8860 or
other owers to admire and a little gazebo
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inking of you

READING, the columns I’d written about the escaped formed as part of the Midnight Frolic revue Shortly after her death at age 25, the
WRITING & bull “Buddy the Beefalo” to Dad over on the theater’s exclusive rooftop garden. image of Olive omas began to be seen
CHOCOLATE Zoom. In one of our last conversations, After performing on Broadway, Olive by stagehands and actors working at the
Dad asked if the beefalo had been found New Amsterdam eater. Sometimes, the
KIM yet. omas moved to Hollywood and acted apparition is described as a young woman
KOVACH in silent lms. She married Jack Pickford, carrying a blue bottle.
While eating breakfast the other morn- the brother of silent movie darling, Mary
Idid not buy a Father’s Day card this ing, I read an article in People Magazine Pickford. Did you know that theaters to this day
year. Usually, the choices feature il- about the cast reunion of the TV show, often place a lamp with one bare light
lustrations of golf clubs or sailboats or “Friends.” e article recounted the TV Olive and Jack traveled to Paris in 1920. bulb on the stage before everyone has left
shing. My dad was ne with whatever series’ most popular episodes and classic Unfortunately for Olive omas, one night the theater for the night? is ghost light
card I sent. I don’t know what the postage lines including when handsome neighbor, in the Paris hotel room, she accidentally ensures that the stage remains lit for the
is to send a Father’s Day card to heaven. Joey Tribbiani, says, “How you doin’?” grabbed a blue glass bottle of medicine and restless spirits residing in the theater.
ingested a topical liquid prescribed to treat
Sometimes I see something or read I almost burst out crying. It reminded her husband’s syphilis. She died a horribly Kim Kovach enjoys learning about the
something and I think, “Oh, I have to tell me of visiting my dad. Dad always found painful death as a result of mercury poison- silent movie and vaudeville eras. www.
Dad.” en, of course, I realize that is not the humor in everyday life. I would walk ing. Her body was shipped back to America kimkovachwrites.com
possible. I want to tell my dad about the into his room and say, “Hi, Dad, how are and buried in a cemetery in the Bronx.
yodeling bird I hear outside. I recognize you feeling?”
the sounds of blue jays and cardinals and
robins. But this new bird sounds like, My dad would say, “OK.” en some-
“tweety-tweet hee hoo.” times he would pause for a minute and in
his best Joey Tribbiani imitation say, “And
Years ago, Dad hung bird feeders in my how you doin’?”
yard o a branch of the catalpa tree. We
would sit on the back deck and watch to It was such an unexpected response, that
see if the birds had a chance to enjoy the we both started laughing.
bird feeder before the aggressive squirrels
pounced. I was doing research this week on
haunted Broadway theaters. My dad would
In April, when I heard the news about have been interested to hear that the three
the runaway Beefalo being discovered after most haunted theaters are the New Am-
eight months of hiding out in the woods sterdam eater, the Belasco eater, and
of Connecticut, I wanted to call my dad. the Palace eater.
Last August, I had read news items and
Witnesses over the past 100 years
believe the New Amsterdam eater is
haunted by the ghost of actress Olive

omas. e beautiful young actress joined
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e Anti-A rmation League

BRUCE DK: Any we don’t deem ac- have too much time on their you are for? they can’t get liquor or guns or
THE BLOG ceptable to our re ned taste. hands. DK: Of course. We are pas- cannabis or a massage or a tattoo
or a mani-pedi or a pizza or gas
BRUCE HO: Of course. DK: Oh, I almost forgot, we sionate guardians of our quality at a convenient location in our
APAR DK: is petition here is in also need to stop the spread of of life. town, they’ll simply get it in the
disfavor of paving paradise to gas stations… next town. You’re chasing people
DOOR KNOCKER put up a parking lot. HO: Whose? Yours? away to where they will get else-
(DK): Hi, would you HO: Isn’t that from some sort HO: What’s their capital of- DK: And yours. And theirs. where what our society has given
sign my petitions? of protest song? fense? Everybodys. them every right to purchase
HOME OWNER (HO): DK: I’m tone deaf. Books, HO: What are you smoking? where they live and shop.
What are you rebelling against? remember? DK: Planned obsolescence. You’re opposed to a whole litany
HO: So which paradise is Two generations from now, 90 of legitimate, hugely popular DK: We are protecting them
DK: Whadda ya got? being paved this week? percent of cars will be electric, so goods and services that people
HO: Isn’t that from a movie? DK: is is an all-inclusive gas stations soon will be super- partake of in order to nourish SEE APAR PAGE 19
DK: No, ma’am. I just made paradise protection petition. or protect their quality of life. If
it up. HO: Which means… uous.
HO: Quite a coincidence. I DK: It covers all paradises in HO: Is there anything that
recall it was in a Brando movie. our zip code that may or may
DK: I’m a book person. No not be under threat of deforesta- LICENSED &
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for something. people, the way, uh, cannabis
HO: If they were for some- does.
thing that most people wanted, DK: You sound like the
you wouldn’t need to petition for Wizard of Uhs. e fact of the
it, would you? matter is that the world is being
DK: Huh? I don’t follow. over-run with things we already
HO: You got 60 seconds to have in excess.
splain yourself or forever hold HO: For instance?
your petitions. DK: We have petitions against
DK: Right! So, this one here is nail salons, pizzerias, massage
against fast fooderies. parlors, tattoo parlors, banks…
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Stars and stripes forever!

WHATWAS in eternal life.

ird fold is in honor and re-

ITHINKING? membrance of the veteran depart-
ing our ranks who gave a portion
RUTHANN of his or her life for the defense of
SCHEFFER our country.

Fourth represents American

citizens trusting in God whom we

June 14 was Flag Day. turn to in times of peace as well as
Men in our family have been
proud members of the military: in times of war.
Fifth fold is a tribute to our

country.

Art was a Marine, Bud was in Sixth fold is where our hearts lie.

the Army, my brother Jack was in It is with our heart that we pledge

the Navy and nephew Kevin is in allegiance to the ag of the United

the Air Force. Instilled in them, States of America.

now and then, was love of our Seventh is a tribute to our armed

country and her ag. With that forces, for it is through the armed

being said, I o er you a column I forces that we protect our country

wrote shortly after Art passed away. and our ag against all enemies,

At Art’s grave site in August whether they are found within

of 2010, I watched with tears and or without the boundaries of our ters for the defense of our country. folded and tucked in, the stars words. Always the consummate
11th in the eyes of Hebrew citi- are uppermost, reminding us of professional, Nicole turned the mic
pride as the two young Marines republic. our national motto: “In God We toward the fans. My heart swelled
zens, this fold represents the lower Trust.” oughts, words and an with love and pride as I watched
silently and carefully folded his Eighth fold is a tribute to the portion of the seal of King David honorable tradition to consider: this tribute to our country and her
and King Solomon and glori es, carefully read and re ect on them.”
ag. I recalled Art telling me that one who entered into the valley of in their eyes, the God of Abraham, ag. I saw one player holding his
Isaac and Jacob. Today, continuing my patriotic helmet to his chest as he put his
each fold had a distinct meaning. the shadow of death. spiel, at a recent Islander/Bruins head down with tears in his eyes.
12th fold in the eyes of Chris- game, Nicole Raviv began sing- Amazing! Nicole then continued
For my own satisfaction, I needed Ninth fold is a tribute to wom- tian citizens represents an emblem ing “ e Star Spangled Banner” singing with the fans, bringing this
of eternity and glori es, in their as she does before each game. poignant and awe-inspiring event
to know what each fold represent- anhood; through their faith, love, eyes, God the Father, the Son and Suddenly, the fans and players to a dynamic conclusion.
the Holy Ghost. joined in, belting out the beloved
ed. e American Legion website loyalty and devotion, the character God bless America!
When the ag is completely
gave me my answer, explaining the of the men and women who have

Folds of the Flag, which I share made this country great have been

with you (edited for space): molded.

“First fold is a symbol of life. 10th is a tribute to father, for he

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Thursday, June 17, 2021 OPINION The Somers Record – Page 19

APAR Happy Father’s Day.

FROM PAGE 17

from their self-destructive impulses.
HO: Do any of your books talk about the

law of supply and demand?
DK: Well, I’d have to…
HO: Listen up. Scarcity of supply boosts

demand. By making cannabis and the other
legal stu more scarce, you’re not discour-
aging anybody who wants it. You’re encour-
aging people to want it even more. I got
one word for you. Prohibition. ose who
cannot remember the past are condemned
to repeat it.

DK: ose who do not know what’s bad
for them are condemned to consume it.

at’s why they need arbiters of common
sense and healthy living like us to lead
them down the path of righteousness.

HO: And if someone is deterred from
any of those diversions you want to deprive
them of, what do you suggest they do?

DK: Find a tree—preferably one that’s
still standing—sit under it, and read a book.
Knowledge is the elixir of life.

HO: Sure, at least it is until you decide to
petition against elixirs.

DK: Oh, that’ll never happen.
HO: Why not?
DK: We make a ton of money selling
CBD oil door-to-door. Can I interest you
in the family size?

Bruce Apar is a writer, actor, consultant, and
community volunteer. He can be reached at
[email protected]; 914-275-6887.

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Somers senior defender Kayli McMorrow heads up the Nikki Cassara is ready to make a save in the semifinals. Somers’ Maddie Lyle sends a pass out of the Tuskers’
field against the Huskers. defensive end of the field.

Somers falls in section championship game

John Jay uses second-half surge to win title;Tuskers top Yorktown in semis

BY ROB DIANTONIO getting a caused turnover but we didn’t (1A), Noelle DeMarinis (3 draw controls), No. 1 seed for playo s was amazing. After
CONTRIBUTING WRITER nish on the other end. But I’m proud of Julia Sirchia (1A) and Nikki Cassara (8 missing out on a season last year it gave
saves). our team time to train on our own and put
With a two-goal halftime lead, Somers all the girls. Everybody underestimated in the work to have the best season pos-
was feeling con dent heading into the us all season long. I’m glad they did be- Despite the loss, Somers nished the sible. I can con dently say that this was
cause every time they went up against us season with a 14-3 record and earned the the most prepared team I have been a part
nal 25 minutes against rival John Jay- it was a ght. We fought our way up here. top seed in sectionals. e Tuskers were of which led to our success.”
Cross River in the Section 1 Class B I can’t say enough about my seniors. ey also happy to be able to compete this
championship game. showed great leadership and dedication. spring after the cancellation of the 2020 e Holy Cross-bound Kittredge con-
season. cluded her career with 165 points while
But everything turned in the second- ey put it all out there.” the Columbia-bound DeMarinis had 163.
seeded Wolves’ favor in the second half as Somers, which had defeated John Jay “I’m extremely proud of our season and
they pulled away for a 14-9 win over the during the regular season, had trouble playo run, especially after missing an en- “Although I will have new teammates in
top-seeded and host Tuskers on June 12. winning the draw in the second half as the tire year due to the pandemic,” DeMarinis the fall, my Somers teammates will always
Wolves dominated possession time. said. “Our success was achieved by main- hold a special place in my heart,” DeMari-
John Jay started the second half on a 4-0 “ ey wanted the ball on the draw taining a focused and positive attitude. We nis said. “ e bond we have created grow-
run to take a 9-7 lead. e Tuskers’ rst so they got it,” Daly said of the Wolves. knew this year would present many chal- ing up together in the same town cannot
goal of the second half came over 13 min- “ ey were beating us to the ball. We tried lenges and the time to prepare was limited, be replaced. I will especially miss playing
utes in when Gabby Parisi cut the Wolves’ changing (who took the draw), so they but we able to overcome these challenges both soccer and lacrosse with my sister
lead to 9-8. e Wolves, however, scored didn’t get comfortable on it. But we just by working our hardest at practice and Sienna. I looked to her to support me
the next four goals to take a commanding couldn’t get our groove back.” playing with heart at every game.” when I needed it the most, and it is so sad
13-8 lead they would not relinquish. Senior Ella Kittredge led Somers, scor- knowing that I won’t get a hug from her
ing four of her ve goals in the rst half Kittredge said that preparation was after every game anymore. Representing
“We came out at in the second half,” as the Tuskers got out to the 7-5 lead. She critical in the Tuskers’ success this season. Somers has been such an honor and I am
Somers coach Debbie Daly said. “I tried also had an assist. Also contributing for forever grateful for the positive in uence
to get them jump started with a couple Somers were Parisi (2G), Teagan Ryan “I’m extremely proud of our team and
timeouts. We did have prom last night so (1G), Molly Fink (1G), Lauren McCartin everything we were able to accomplish,” SEE LACROSSE PAGE 23
I think we were tired and in the second she said. “We were a team that was con-
half we were just at. We’d do a nice job stantly underestimated, so earning the

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Cause of Lincolndale bus crash revealed

BY CAROL REIF Steven Kosarin, a resident of
STAFF WRITER nearby Hickory Road, said he
heard the crash and ran over to the
e cause of a recent bus ac- scene.
cident has been determined to be
“mechanical,” school o cials said Had the bus not hit the pole, it
they were told by state police in- might have gone into Lake Lin-
vestigators last week. colndale, he said.

e crash occurred around 3:15 It looked to Kosarin that the
p.m. on Friday, May 14, in the driver had done “a fantastic job”
hamlet of Lincolndale. keeping the vehicle upright.

e school van,with nine people All of the passengers were taken
aboard – most of them students to local hospitals for evaluation.
from Somers Intermediate School
– had been traveling down Orange eir injuries were reportedly mi-
Drive,a steep street,when it passed nor, mostly cuts and bruises.
a scheduled stop, witnesses said.
A sobriety test given to the bus
e bus turned left onto Lake driver was negative.
Shore Drive North where it struck
a utility pole. e district also examined the
operator’s record and driving his-
tory “and found it clean,” a spokes-
person said.

OBITUARIES erful force throughout Norm’s life.
FROM PAGE 28
With Lorraine, they created the

Quebec, the Ban Springs Hotel 20-piece Norm Hathaway Big PHOTO COURTESY OF SOMERS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT

in Alberta, at the King Edward Band, performing in the New York The aftermath of the crash on Lake Shore Drive North several weeks ago.

Hotel in Toronto. He also played Metro area, and annually at our

with Moxie Whitney’s band in the Hammond Museum in North Sa-

Imperial Room at the Royal York lem. At the age of 87, Norm and CARPET

Hotel in Toronto. his big band premiered on Broad-

He married Lois Isobel Draper, way at the famous Iridium Jazz

a fellow Ontario College of Art Club, and subsequently performed

student from Clinton, Ontario, be- there. e band even made a brief HARDWOOD Let
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In 1965, he moved the family to monwealth War Medal and the
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Toronto to start Hathaway Tem- Canadian Volunteer Service Med-

pleton, a corporate industrial de- al for his service in the Navy. He

sign company. He later joined Se- was made Colonel (Ret) in the

bert Productions as Vice President historic 78th Fraser Highlanders –

and Sales Manager, producing TV York Garrison.

commercials and award-winning Norm was well known for his

corporate lms. In the early 1970s, classic car collection, which also

Norm and Lois formed Hathaway won him many awards. He was a

Associates, one of Canada’s fore- founding member and past Presi-

most design rms specializing in dent of the Antique and Classic

packaging and corporate identity. Car Club of Canada and a found-

Norm was responsible for iconic ing curator of the Craven Auto-

designs, such as the Ontario Tril- mobile Collection in Toronto. He

lium and the Provincial Coat of loved participating in the local

Arms for the Ontario Govern- Memorial Day parade with his

ment, as well as package designs 1926 Model T pickup. e adven-

for Smarties, Co ee Crisp, KitKat, tures in his 1929 Packard contin-

Aero bars,and Robin Hood.Norm ued into Norm’s 90s and his mind

won First Prize for an industrial remained sharp to the end.

lm at the International Film Norm will be greatly missed and

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sign of the new Canadian ag. thia, Amy, and his grandchildren

Norm was President of the On- Nenagh, Georgia, and Bryden. So

tario College of Art between 1985 here’s to a wonderful husband, fa-

and 1989. He lectured on Design ther, grandfather, uncle, and friend;

Communications at the University let’s raise a Champagne cocktail in

of Waterloo and University of To- his honour!

ronto. Interrment and a memorial ser-

In 1990, he married his second vice will be held in the late summer

wife, Lorraine L. Janus, Chief of to celebrate Norm’s life, to be an-

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MARIJUANA marijuana among the substances these dispensaries. We don’t want ment that tobacco kills more people could opt-out.
FROM PAGE 1
that can’t be indulged in — at least places where people are going to than marijuana. e catch is that once munici-

during work hours. congregate and smoke marijuana.” Towns don’t have an opt-out on palities jump in, they can never back

Drug Treatment and Public Educa- e promise that some revenue In his opinion, it is a “quality of cigarettes or alcohol, but they do out. If they opt-out, they can always

tion Fund (20 percent) and com- is going to be applied toward ad- life issue.” “have a chance on this one,”he said. opt-in later.

munity development (40 percent) dressing substance-abuse problems e supervisor claimed to have Wrapping up, Morrissey prom- Decisions have to be made by this

in minority areas ravaged during the seems to make “no sense,” Cirieco had known people while growing ised that the town will keep an eye Dec. 31, though no one expects to

so-called “War on Drugs.”) said, adding: “ at’s almost like an up who smoked pot and went on on opted-in communities and its see weed shops sprouting until 2022

Councilman Anthony Cirieco unfunded mandate, because the is- to try harder substances such as co- own situation now that the weed at the earliest.

agreed that it was “proposed as sues that occur are going to be more caine and heroin. landscape has changed. New York has yet to establish

a revenue driver” but, compared costly and more complicated.” Noting that some of those folks “We’re going to see what our a system -- ie. O ce of Cannabis

to “what’s going on, it’s relatively “From Somers’ point of view, it’s are “no longer with us,” Morrissey experiences will be. But, look, as a Management -- that will deal with

small.” not a windfall,” and as far as quality said, no one could convince him board, we’ve always, always acted in things such licensing pot nurseries.

e state anticipates $350 million of life goes, “having dispensaries in “that marijuana’s not the beginning, what we believed to be the best in- at’s why lots seem to be adopt-

in revenue, but that only represents town, I don’t think is a direction (in opening the door to trying or expe- terests of the town, guided by public ing a wait-and-see attitude.

about 2 percent of the $17 billion in which) we want to head,” Cirieco rience with other drugs.” hearings like this,”he said. Pot can be now be possessed,sold,

expected sales taxes, he explained. said. Councilman Richard Clinchy grown,and transported — with cer-

e state budget itself is $200 bil- Garrity, responding to folks who had personal reasons for opposing OTHERTHINGSTO KNOW tain restrictions. New Yorkers can

lion, so $350 million “is a rounding might argue that opting-in would recreational marijuana stores too. In March, Gov. Andrew Cuo- have and use up to three ounces of

error, from that perspective.” have meant millions in revenue for A retired high school teacher mo signed a law legalizing the use marijuana for recreational use and

Anti-legalization folks have the town, noted: “It’s not a dollar- who coached basketball and other of recreational cannabis products up to 24 grams of concentrated can-

pointed to potential stresses on lo- for-dollar situation.” sports, he said he thinks allowing it for adults 21 and older. It was the nabis.

cal schools, law enforcement, emer- “Just because the business is in would send the wrong message to 15th  state to do so. (New Mexico e law will also allow the culti-

gency services, and hospitals. Somers … it’s (sales taxes) collected, young people. and Virginia followed soon after.) vation of up to six marijuana plants

ere are a lot of unknowns, es- and dispersed, by the county,”he ex- Clinchy remembered really en- e move gave cities, towns, and — three mature and three seedlings

pecially about the ways in which plained. gaged students who “just kind of villages the discretion to prohibit — or up to 12 if there’s a second

municipalities may have to adjust Morrissey, pointing to the town’s faded out”after getting into pot. retail sales and public consumption adult in the house.

personnel policies and practices. banning of vaping shops, said it was “It was sad, and I’ve never forgot- sites, much like many did with e- (Apparently, folks have to wait

North Salem recently modi ed done “for a lot of the same reasons, ten it,”he said. cigarettes and vaping products. Pre- six months after the law’s passage

its employee handbook to include most of us, if not all, are opposed to Clinchy also didn’t buy the argu- viously only counties and large cities to start growing medical pot and 18

What separates us months after the rst recreational
marijuana store opens.)

Another thing to know it that
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other state and consumed here

because the substance is still illegal

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International educational trips with Tusker Travels

ere are some exciting travel opportuni- where they will visit Paris, the Loire Valley The directors of Tusker Travels: SHS teachers Bill Maelia, Christine Lepkowski,
ties for Somers teens in 2022 and 2023 with and Normandy. Highlights of the itinerary Christine Brooks, Angela Holder and Anna Timone.
Tusker Travels. include a sightseeing tour of Paris, a visit
to the Louvre Museum, and an afternoon grades 9 – 12 at time of The Château de Chenonceau
Many local teens have missed out on the in Montmartre. In the Loire Valley, stu- travel. Interested students will be on the itinerary for the
8th grade trip to Washington D.C. and dents will see the Chartres Cathedral, the and their parents should
have not been able to travel with friends or Château de Chambord and the Château visit www.TuskerTravels. France trip in April 2022.
families for over a year. But there are amaz- de Chenonceau, and will go to a Troglodyte org where they can learn
ing educational travel opportunities for Village. ey will travel to Saint Malo in more about these three PHOTO COURTESY OF TUSKER TRAVELS INC.
them on the horizon! Brittany, Mont-St-Michel, and the D-Day trips, stay updated as we
beaches in Normandy. e Tusker Travel- announce future travel op-
e ve directors of Tusker Travels are ers will sightsee in Rouen and take a Seine portunities, and start the
Somers High School teachers Bill Maelia, River cruise before heading home. application process.You can
Christine Lepkowski, Christine Brooks, also follow us on Instagram
Angela Holder and Anna Timone. Over Tusker Travels is excited to announce a @tuskertravels or follow
the past decade, they have organized edu- Spring Break 2023 trip to Eastern Europe. our FaceBook page Tusker
cational trips abroad for Somers students Travels Inc. Your journey
to France, Italy, Spain, Greece, Monaco, e trip starts in Berlin, where students will begins with Tusker Travels
Iceland, Morocco, Australia, New Zealand, see the Berlin Wall and Checkpoint Char- and we look forward to showing you the world!
Hawaii, Costa Rica and Ecuador. lie, and will take a sightseeing tour. ey
will continue to Dresden and then Prague Content provided by Tusker Travels, Inc.
Tusker Travels has a trip planned for Feb- in the Czech Republic. ey will see the
ruary break 2022 to Ecuador and the Galá- Charles Bridge, and take a walking tour of
pagos Islands. e itinerary includes a sight- the City of One Hundred Spires.Next,they
seeing tour of Quito, a trip to the handicraft will travel to Krakow, the only major Polish
market in Otavalo, an exploration of the city to escape devastation during WWII.
Cerro Mesa Ecological Reserve on Santa
Cruz Island, and a visit to the Charles Dar- ey will see the beautiful architecture of
win Research Station. Students will go to the Old Town. Students will also take a
Isabela Island and Flamingo Lagoon. ey somber visit to the concentration camps at
will visit the Sierra Negra volcano as well as Auschwitz and Birkenau, observing a mo-
the Volcan Chico. In Puerto Villamil they ment of remembrance for the six million
will see a giant Galápagos tortoise breeding victims of the Holocaust. e itinerary ends
center and will participate in a snorkeling in Budapest (via Slovakia) where travelers
tour at Las Tintoreras where they will see will take a walking tour of this magni cent
tropical sh, sea lions, sea turtles and pen- city, and visit the Budapest Baths.
guins in the wild. During April break 2022,
Tusker Travels will take students to France To participate in one or more of the
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SHS junior Kennedy Catholic holds
receives Girl Scout annual President’s Dinner

Gold Award Students of Excellence, community
members honored
Delia Martin is a junior at Somers High PHOTO COURTESY OF MARY MARTIN
School, and has been a Girl Scout since e John F. Kennedy Catholic Preparatory School annual President’s Dinner
second grade. She received the Girl Scout Delia Martin taught piano lessons as part was held on ursday, June 3 at Villa Barone Hilltop Manor in Mahopac.
Gold Award on Saturday, June 5 at an out- of her Gold Award project.
door event at Camp Addisone Boyce in is annual end-of-year event is held to celebrate those graduating seniors
Tompkins Cove, NY. tional Honor Society. She hopes to study who distinguished themselves in scholarship, leadership, service, and character.
Fashion Design and possibly music in col-
Her Gold Award project, “Music Men- lege. She continues with her own piano e evening also honors those community members who contributed invalu-
tors,” was a music program created by De- lessons, completing Level 6 NYSSMA for ably to the success of the school year.
lia and o ered through the YMCA after piano in 2018 and Level 4 for harp in 2019.
school program at Primrose Elementary She is currently preparing to show her cre- e 2021 Students of Excellence are Juliana Balzano, McKayla Boyd, Anna
School. Delia o ered semi-private piano ations in the SHS Fashion Show on June Brown, Elly Carpenter, Grace Dillon, Dylan Flynn, Sophia Frantzeskos, Rob-
lessons to rst and second graders for the 22. ert Havner, Brendan Herbstritt, Valedictorian Luciano Hoinkis, Jillian Jones,
Spring 2020 semester. Eighteen students Jinseo Lee, Salutatorian Maggie Mahoney,
signed up and they had completed seven
of twenty scheduled weeks of lessons when Abigail Mascia, Lynn Mendez, Clare Noone, omas Nunziato, Michael
the schools were closed due to Covid-19. Oddo, Larry Padilla, Jessica Petrullo, Michael Piotrowski, omas Raynor,
Caroline Rowland, Brendan Sullivan, Tabitha Tatusko, Grace Terceira, and
In order to continue the project, De- Paul Wu.
lia o ered private Zoom piano lessons for
eight weeks last summer, culminating with e Teacher of the Year Award was presented to Arlene O’Rourke, the Chair-
a Zoom piano recital with trophies and person of the Math Department and proud KCPS teacher for nearly a decade.
Girl Scout cookies for her students. Delia
enjoyed sharing her love of music with the e Sister Christopher Principal’s Award was presented to Mark Girolamo,
children and teaching them piano skills Class of 1971, in honor of his leadership as a member of the school’s Re-Open-
through her “Music Mentors” program. ing Committee, formed at the height of the pandemic.

Delia also belongs to the Fashion Club, e Divine Compassion Award was presented to Virginia Vettoretti, P’12,
the Leos, varsity eld hockey and the Na- ‘14, who dedicated so many years of service to school events and initiatives.

e Lux Christi Award was presented to Dr. Michael Alfultis, President of
SUNY Maritime College, in honor of his role in and dedication to education.

e event was made possible and successful by the support of all those com-
munity members who generously sponsored gifts and individuals. And special
thanks to the organizer of the event and so many others, Director of Advance-
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Trustee Joe Marra waded in on e board hasn’t done that yet you can all blame me,” Marra comes to a school board meeting,

that last volley. primarily because, Marra said, he added. or to two sta members, when

comment portion of each meet- Because of the pandemic, didn’t “feel comfortable.” Other Cambareri noted Tuesday that something confrontational hap-

ing is based on the order of boards of all kinds have been trustees were willing to go ahead. the proposed civility policy applies pens. is kind of covers behavior

“hands raised.” Each speaker is meeting online. Now that things He suggested they wait at least to “all interactions in the district everywhere,” she said.

limited to about three minutes to are opening up, some have re- until the reorganization meeting from ‘belligerent’ fans at athletic “Disrespectful, rude, abusive or

be fair and allow the board time portedly been holding in-person in July. events to harassment by email.” intolerant behavior or language is

unacceptable,” it reads.

While protecting the right of

freedom of expression, it aims to

“maintain, to the greatest extent

reasonably possible, a safe, ha-

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Page 36 – The Somers Record Thursday, June 17, 2021

LITTER once a year. at grew into of that branding e ort, she sug- participants who helped clean sign waivers, Moravick said.
FROM PAGE 1
spring and fall clean-up events. gested. up 68,000 miles of roads, shore- “ e more insurance the bet-

Now they try to get out there Being one of KAB’s 700 a l- lines, open spaces, and parks. ter when you have people walk-

task force became a nonpro t, every month. iates, would “set us apart, make e “total economic bene t” ing alongside the roads,” agreed

Citizens for the Beauti cation However, “as anyone can see, us elite,” Moravick explained. to the communities served in town attorney Roland E. Baroni

of Somers, Inc. as you drive along our roads, is It would also make Somers 2019 was $305 million, Nichol- Jr.

Earlier, there was some dis- the  litter  never seems to end,” unique in Westchester. son said. e task force also accepts

cussion of whether the fees she said. e closest KAB a liates are For every dollar invested by tax-deductible, nancial dona-

and dues could be paid for with Moravick said Friday, June located in Rockland County the local government, KAB tions.

town money. e task force al- 11, that task force members and in Connecticut, according communities return an average e co ers are pretty bare

ready has a town stipend to buy “are very grateful for the Town to regional director Isaac Nich- $14.55 in bene ts, he added. right now, said task force sec-

safety vests and other supplies. Board’s decision to help us, olson. Clean  public spaces and retary Annie Gullen, telling the

After consulting with legal and the town, become a Keep At the earlier meeting, he neighborhoods attract residents, board that any support at all is

counsel, the board decided that America Beautiful a liate.” had walked the board through visitors, and new businesses. appreciated.

the structure recommended last e town will receive national KAB’s philosophy, methodol- ey have lower incidents of Teaming up with KAB could

week by Faulkner, its liaison to recognition, she said, encourag- ogy, training, tools, and pro- crime. ey promote outdoor “really just give us the boost we

the task force, was the way to go. ing “all businesses and orga- grams. activities and exercise. Growing need,” she said.

Noting that the town would nizations, as well as interested Its a liates helped pick up trees and plants remove pollut- e dues and fees seem like

be the rst in Westchester to volunteers, to get on board with 65.8 million pounds of  litter, ants from the air. “a small amount of money for

gain that recognition, Faulkner us, as we work together to Keep debris, and recyclables in 2019. Getting the word out takes a pretty large return,” Faulkner

added: “I don’t know why any- Somers Beautiful.” Job One is “to bring com- constant e ort, Moravick in- agreed.

one would not want to keep Bene ts of being part of the munities together, focus their sisted. Supervisor Rick Morrissey

Somers beautiful.” KAB family include “national energy and e orts” so everyone With KAB’s help, it will have praised Moravick and crew on

network and credibility, na- can stop merely “combating” the means to raise awareness June 3 for making a “good case.”

WHAT’S IN THE BAG? tional programs to enhance symptoms, he said. and bring more entities — busi- Task force member Louis

Not only would being for- community improvement built e ultimate goal is not to nesses, real estate folks, trash Ekaireb, one of the newer “kids”

mally associated with KAB give on changing negative behaviors keep picking up what some carters and recyclers, environ- on the block, underlined that

the town access to resources, which lead to  litter  problems, folks carelessly toss away, it’s to mental groups — to the table. behavioral change is key.

training, and a huge network of potential grant funding for change behaviors so that trash “ is would be huge for us,” “It’s not just how much gar-

volunteers, it will re-brand local projects, tri-sector partnership doesn’t happen in the rst place. she added. bage we can pick up, it’s how

anti-litter e orts, making them (private, public, and other non- A liates can organize vol- much  litter  we can  prevent,”

more visible and, hopefully, pro ts).” BENEFITS unteers through their own he said, adding: “ is is where

more inspiring. Moravick, saying the task Grassroots e orts can ac- dashboards and draw partici- I think Keep America Beauti-

“I think that people know us; force “is really doing a lot of this cess national resources, such as pants from around the region to ful can help us. is is what I’m

we’re the ‘orange bag’ people,” work already,” but being part of programming, professional de- events here. hoping for.”

said task force president Dr. KAB would “channel and re- velopment, research, reporting, Being a KAB a liate means e ultimate goal is to “have

Suzy Moravick, its co-creator. focus a lot of this energy.” and strategies. it could apply for grants and a generation that would  nev-

At rst, devoted volunteers It might even rename itself In 2019, KAB recorded 2.3 even get insurance coverage. er think of littering again,” Gul-

tackled the roadside trash about “Keep Somers Beautiful” as part million engaged volunteers and Right now volunteers just len said.

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could be here. TownClerk
     BOND RESOLUTION DATED MAY 14, 2020.
 
NY A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING, SUBJECT TO PERMISSIVE REFERENDUM, THE ISSUANCE OF NOT TO
vice EXCEED $3,000,000 BONDS OF THE TOWN OF SOMERS, WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NEW YORK, TO PAY
THE COST OF THE RECONSTRUCTION AND RESURFACING OF VARIOUS ROADS THROUGHOUT AND IN
104 Call Brett Freeman at 845-208-8151 AND FOR SAID TOWN.
 
Class of objects or purposes: Reconstruction/resurfacing of various roads
to find out how.  
Period of probable usefulness: 15 years
 
Maximum estimated cost: $3,000,000
 
Amount of obligations to be issued: Not to exceed $3,000,000 bonds
 
SEQRA status: Type II Action
 

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Father’s Day PUZZLE SOLUTIONS
gifts for your kids
Corresponding to Last Week’s
June 10 Issue

If you’re a dad, you may be in line to get some is that some of the earnings will be taxed at the
nice gifts on Father’s Day. But your greatest gift child’s rate, which is likely lower than your own. Plus,
may be your ability to help your children. One UGMA/UTMA accounts typically allow a wide

way of doing that is to get them started in the world range of investment choices. However, once children

of investing – and making a few investments on reach the age of majority (typically 18 or 21) they gain

their behalf. complete access to the money and can

Here are three possibilities: do whatever they want with it.

• 529 plan – If you invest in GUEST • IRA – A child with any taxable
a 529 education savings plan, CORNER compensation, such as money from
your earnings can grow federal- an after-school job, is eligible to
ly tax-free, provided the money MICHAEL fund an IRA. You may want to open
is used for quali ed educa- O’DONOVAN one on your child’s behalf – and you

tional expenses. (Withdrawals can “sweeten”the o er by matching

not used for these expenses some of their contributions. You can’t

will generally incur taxes and directly invest in the IRA, but you

penalties on investment earnings.) If you invest in can give your child money for that purpose. Keep in

your own state’s 529 plan, you might receive some mind, though, that the total amount contributed can’t

state tax bene ts, too, depending on how your state’s exceed your child’s taxable compensation for the year.

tax laws apply to 529 plans. State-by-state tax treat- An IRA is a great introduction to the world of

ment may vary, so you’ll need to consult with your investing. For one thing, your child can make small

tax professional about your situation. contributions throughout the year, so investing in an

Provided you stay within certain limits, you can IRA doesn’t seem burdensome. Also, since an IRA

also use a 529 plan to pay for quali ed K-12 ex- can be invested in di erent types of securities, your

penses and registered apprenticeship programs. And child can learn about various investment vehicles –

you can even use it to repay certain quali ed student stocks, bonds, mutual funds and so on. Plus, you can

loans, within limits. point out that, with a traditional IRA, taxes won’t

A 529 plan can a ect nancial aid, but its e ect be due on the earnings until your child starts taking

is generally lower than that of other assets. And as withdrawals decades from now. (And with a Roth

the account owner, you have control of your 529, so, IRA, withdrawals are tax-free, provided certain

if one child decides not to go to college or pursue conditions are met.)

further education, you can switch bene ciaries. On Father’s Day, you can show your appreciation

• UGMA/UTMA account – When you establish for whatever gifts you receive from your children.

a special type of custodial account known as either But by investing in their future, you can gain some

UGMA (Uniform Gift to Minors Act) or UTMA longer-term contentment. WHY DO WE

(Uniform Transfers to Minors Act), you are provid- ADVERTISE

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