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VOL. 14 NO. 32 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2023 CLASSIFIEDS 27 LEISURE 21 MAHOPAC MUSINGS 4 OPINION 8 SPORTS 16 Scenes from the 2023 Tyathlon pg 14 TY-UMPHANT! Visit TapIntoMahopac.net for the latest news. BY BOB DUMAS EDITOR AT LARGE The Planning Board is considering a proposal to bring a grid-scale battery project to town, a venture designed to reduce the strain on the regional power grid and help reduce the length and frequency of area blackouts. A grid-scale battery project is an energy storage system connected directly to an electric utility—in this case, NYSEG. The project would enable the utility to store electricity during off-peak hours and discharge the stored power during peak demand hours. The goal is to make the grid cleaner, more reliable, resilient, and affordable. “The security of the grid is at risk. There are a lot of things changing. There are a lot of vulnerabilities on the system,” said Scott Connuck, senior project developer for Charlottesville, Va.-based East Point Energy, which is proposing the project. “These sorts of projects help provide a lot of the reliability that is required. In some parts of the Hudson Valley people say if the wind blows the power goes out. This won’t stop every outage that happens but can reduce the numbers. We are focusing on this area because of the retirement of Indian Point [nuclear power plant].” The site plan Connuck and his team went before the Planning Board at its Sept. 14 meeting to present the project and seek site-plan approval. Town planning consultant Pat Cleary said this is the first time Battery storage project would boost local power grid Blackouts would be reduced, but concerns remain over fire safety A grid-scale storage system like the Invenergy Beech Ridge Energy Storage System in West Virginia may be coming to Mahopac. PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKICOMMONS.ORG BY BOB DUMAS EDITOR AT LARGE The Appellate Division of the state of New York last week overturned a ruling of the Supreme Court that would have let Mahopac resident Mike Stern appear on the ballot as an independent candidate for the office of the town of Carmel highway superintendent. In the wake of the decision, Stern, a 15-year Highway Department employee, said he plans to continue to campaign and run as a write-in candidate against Republican and Conservative Party nominee Gerard Ahler. The background When longtime highway superintendent (and then Republican-endorsed candidate) Mike Simone announced earlier this year that he would not seek re-election, the Republican Committee named local contractor and business owner Ahler as its nominee. At the time, Ahler had already announced a GOP primary challenge to Simone. Ahler was later chosen as the Conservative Party nominee. Stern, who had also sought the GOP nomination, decided to run as an independent candidate. Stern filed a petition with the county Board of Elections (BOE) with more than 1,700 signatures, more than enough to qualify for the ballot. The BOE then informed Stern he would next be required to file a Certificate of Acceptance (COA). According to Kelly Primavera, the county’s Republican election commissioner, a Certificate of Acceptance is needed when a candidate is registered with one party but Stern off ballot after appeal Still plans to mount write-in campaign vs. Ahler SEE BATTERY PAGE 7 SEE STERN PAGE 20 SellYour Home for TOP DOLLAR with Mahopac’s Real Estate Specialist Visit: MahopacRealEstate.com or Email: [email protected] Michael Trinchitella Licensed Associate Real Estate Broker FREE Home Evaluation Anytime — No Cost or Obligation Call 845.628.4189 MahopacHomeValues.com CLASSIC REALTY

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2023 MAHOPAC NEWS – PAGE 3 Storms may have caused it to be rescheduled, but the weather couldn’t stop the second annual Honoring Our Heroes – Remembering 9/11 event, co-hosted by the Mount Carmel Baptist Church and United for the Troops, from taking place at Mahopac’s Chamber Park on Sept. 14. Veterans, local officials, and religious leaders were on hand to honor the lives lost during the terror attacks of September 11, 2001, and the sacrifices made during the war on terror. Remembering 9/11 Guard Captain Freddy “Mull” Wennberg, chaplain Ray Callinan, Lenny Capabianca Jr., Nick Mucciarone, and Lawrence Miller Cadet Joseph Mazzei, 13, Cadet Veronika Bilinski, Cadet Sebastian Bilinski, 15, and Cadet Nicholas Tedesco, 16, of the color guard. From VFW Post 5491: Lawrence Miller, The color guard stands at attention. chaplain Ray Callinan, and Nick Mucciarone. Wanda Law leads attendees in the Pledge of Allegiance and the National Anthem. DIgnitaries say the Pledge of Allegiance. PHOTOS: JENNA WALDMAN Mount Carmel Baptist Church pastor Andrew Colombia leads a prayer.

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Subscriptions are complimentary for residents and businesses in the town. Out of town mail subscriptions are $150 per year for First Class Mail. Periodicals Postage Paid at Mahopac, NY and at additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Mahopac News at 824 Route 6, Suite 4 • Mahopac, NY 10541 PAGE 4 – MAHOPAC NEWS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2023 (ISSN 2330-1627) Published Weekly by Halston Media, LLC at 824 Route 6, Suite 4 • Mahopac, NY 10541 Main Office 118 N. BEDFORD ROAD, SUITE 100 MOUNT KISCO, NY 10549 ©2023 HALSTON MEDIA, LLC Members of the New York State Professional Fire Fighters Association (NYSPFFA) have re-elected former New York City firefighter James McGowan, Jr. as secretary/ treasurer of the 18,000-member statewide union. Delegates to the 82nd NYSPFFA re-elected McGowan to serve his fourth term. He was first elected in 2016. McGowan, a resident of Mahopac, previously served as NYSPFFA’s executive vice president and the lieutenant’s representative to the Uniformed Fire Officers Association, and as a pension trustee. “I am humbled to have received the overwhelming support of my brothers and sisters to watch over their resources, track our expenditures, and plan for the organization’s financial well-being,” McGowan said. “As secretary/treasurer, I oversee the safekeeping and management of all funds, securities, financial records, investments, and minutes of the NYSPFFA. It is a responsibility that I take very seriously.” McGowan began his firefighting career in 1986, in the Bronx with Engine 43 - Ladder 59. He served for 30 years with the New York City Fire Department. Article courtesy of the NYSPFFA McGowan re-elected to Firefighters Assoc. post Mahopac resident has served NYSPFFA since 2016 James McGowan, Jr. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE NYSPFFA The Library at the Street Fair The Friends of the Mahopac Library will be selling a selection of books from the Book Barn at the Downtown Mahopac Fall Street Fair, Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023, 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Stop by and pick up a free goodie bag including a coupon for one free book (excluding collectibles) from the Book Barn. Garden Club The monthly meeting of the Lake Mahopac Garden Club will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 3, at Airport Park (Hill Street, Mahopac). Members will bring their own lunch. The Meeting begins at 11:30 a.m. and will include a presentation on leaf manipulation techniques by experienced designer Marie Braun (starting at 1 p.m.). For further information contact  Anne Gagliardi    [email protected]. or visit lakemahopacgc.com. Church Rummage Sale First Presbyterian Church of Mahopac will hold its Fall Rummage Sale on Friday Sept. 22 from 9 a.m.-6 p.m., and Saturday, Sept. 23, from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday is Bag Day ($8 per bag), The church is located at 411 Route 6N (at Secor Road) and the sale is downstairs in the building adjacent to the parking lot.  For more information call 914-215-0437 or email Office@ MahopacChurch.org. Italian American Club Events Columbus Day ceremony: To commemorate Columbus Day and Italian Heritage Month, the IAC of Mahopac will be hosting a ceremony at the Christopher Columbus Statue at Carmel Town Hall on Sunday, Oct. 8, at 11:30 a.m. All are invited to this outdoor event. Hollywood and Italian American culture: The IAC of Mahopac and Mahopac Library will present a talk by award-winning novelist and screenwriter Michael DeLucia called “Hollywood’s Reshaping of the Italian People” on Wednesday, Oct. 11 at 6:30 p.m at the library. DeLucia’s works are known for their honest depictions of Italian American life—especially in the Bronx of the 1960s and ‘70s. Refreshments will be served at both events. For more info call Giulio Cefaloni 845-745-2655 or visit italianamericanclubof mahopac.org or facebook.com/ Italianamericanclubofmahopac. Hazardous Waste Drop-Off Day The Putnam County Department of Health will host a Residential Household Hazardous Waste Drop-Off Day on Saturday, Oct.14, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., at Fahnestock State Park, Canopus Beach parking lot,1570 Route 301, Kent. Putnam County residents only. All waste is subject to inspection and will only be accepted at the county’s discretion. Be advised that if any not-accepted items are determined to present a hazard to residents, workers, or the environment, Putnam County reserves the right to take any necessary safety measures, the cost of which will be the resident’s responsibility. 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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2023 MAHOPAC NEWS – PAGE 7 the town of Carmel has entertained such a project, noting that the plan, which is targeted for a 95-acre parcel at 24 Miller Road in Mahopac, meets the town code’s initial zoning requirements. “[Building inspector] Mike [Carnazza] has done the research on this and determined that it is considered a permissible use in this zoning district,” Cleary said. “So, hurdle number one has been achieved. The battery units themselves (a series of shipping container-like boxes holding lithium-ion batteries) meet the setback requirements.” Connuck told the board that the Miller Road property is ideal for such a project. “In our view, this site is uniquely situated for this type of project and is the best use for this site,” he said. “We have to be adjacent to electrical infrastructure. This site has the transmission lines that we need. That [usually] rules out about 95 percent of properties where we could build a project like this. “In addition, it is in a region of critical need,” Connuck added. “The lower Hudson Valley has a lot of load and New York City is close by; there are a lot of electrical needs. Putnam County has only one grid-scale electric generator in the northeast corner, which is about 2 megawatts, which could power about 1,000 homes at a time. “This property is isolated, about 95 acres,” he continued. “We are using only a fraction of that property and it’s in the center. It will be out of sight, not heard, out of mind.” Connuck said the project consists of four major elements: Battery enclosures (metal structures on concrete pads), transformers, inverters, and two substations. Cleary said East Point Energy will need approvals from an array of other agencies, including the state Department of Environmental Conservation, the NYC Department of Environmental Protection, the state Department of Transportation, along with the town and county highway departments, local fire departments, and others. He said the Planning Board should wait until those agencies have vetted and permitted the project before it takes any further steps. Cleary also said the applicant will need to lay out parking and potential traffic impacts. “What about maintenance? How often does that occur?” he asked. “Is it one guy in a pickup truck? Is it 50 guys that come there every day? There is no offstreet parking, so if it’s a bunch of vehicles there should be parking for them.” Town planners said they will also need a decommissioning plan. “What happens when the flashlight goes out?” Cleary wondered. Town engineer Rich Franzetti said that neighboring communities—Somers, and possibly Yorktown—should also be notified of the plan. Planning Board members noted that the plan is permitted under current town codes but would not be allowed under the pending master plan. The new master plan would not allow anything over 600 kilowatts. The East Point Energy project would call for 160 megawatts, a significant increase. “You should bear that in mind, but it is not local law yet,” Cleary told the board. “They are not bound by it at the moment. How we deal with grandfathering applications is yet to be determined. You can’t hold them to a standard that is not yet the law.” Board members asked Connuck to try to quantify the level of service the project would be able to provide, noting that 1 World Trade Center’s backup generator uses 8 megawatts total power. (The Miller Road facility would produce 160 megawatts.) “These types of projects have been compared to a Swiss army knife of the grid because they can provide a number of services to the facilities including capacity, energy, and a host of ancillary services like maintaining the voltage of the grid, so people’s BATTERY FROM PAGE 1 SEE BATTERY PAGE 20 A topographical map of the location of the grid-scale battery project IMAGE COURTESY OF THE TOWN OF CARMEL Contact ANTHONY J. ENEA, ESQ. Managing Member • Fluent in Italian 914.948.1500 WHITE PLAINS • SOMERS • WWW.ESSLAWFIRM.COM • Asset Protection • Elder Law • Medicaid Applications (Nursing Home/Home Care) • Guardianships (Contested/Non-Contested) • Wills, Trusts & Estates Past Chair of Elder Law Section of NYS Bar Association “Super Lawyer” In Elder Law for 16 consecutive years CALL NEW YORK’S ELDER LAW TEAM 914.948.1500 When did you last update your last will and testament and power of attorney?

Opinion BRETT FREEMAN, PUBLISHER EMILE MENACHÉ, EDITOR TABITHA PEARSON MARSHALL, CREATIVE DIRECTOR Editorial Office: 845-208-0774 [email protected] 118 N. BEDFORD ROAD, SUITE 100 MOUNT KISCO, NY 10549 ©2023 HALSTON MEDIA, LLC Letters to the editor and op-ed submissions may be edited. The views and opinions expressed in letters and op-eds are not necessarily those of Mahopac News or its affiliates. Submissions must include a phone number and address for verification. Not all letters and op-eds will necessarily be published. Letters and op-eds which cannot be verified or are anonymous will not be published. Please send your submissions to the editor by e-mail at [email protected]. For more information, call the editor at 845-208-0774 PAGE 8 – MAHOPAC NEWS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2023 With friends and neighbors having recently packed up to bring their kids to college, it welled up some memories in me. When I attended college in the late Stone Age, things were different. When I showed up on the Vanderbilt campus, it was the first time I’d seen the college in person. I picked it from a combination of glossy brochures and their write-up in Barron’s Guide to Colleges. By comparison, when our kids were looking at colleges, it required several road trips to schools across the country for dozens of tours and interviews. Times change. When I was looking at college, most people in Westchester had never heard of Vanderbilt, which was part of my strategy for getting admitted. Back then, one of their objectives was to have a geographically diverse student body; it was part of their charter when Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt endowed the university with $1 million after the Civil War. Their standards were a little looser for a kid from New York, which worked to my benefit. Suffice it to say, I wouldn’t have a chance to get in there today. I’m also pretty sure I wouldn’t be able to afford it, even if they would admit me. Tuition back then was $2,100 per semester. Now, all in, it is an $80,000 annual investment. That’s $320,000 for a four-year degree. Talk about inflation. Although our kids were in college over 10 years ago, our families’ single largest investment was in their college education. I’m sure that is true for many other families as well. I’ve always found it puzzling that banks, colleges and the government who are in the business of financing this investment in human capital don’t spend any time doing an appraisal of the value of the education and the degree. That’s certainly not the case when you are interested in buying a home where a buyer’s appraisal, a seller’s appraisal, and of course the bank’s appraisal is the norm. If we dove into appraisals of our majors and the schools we attend and compared them with the price tag, would we come to different conclusions? An interpretive dance major from an Ivy League school would probably appraise much lower than a civil engineering degree from a SUNY school. Yet the system does not make it easy to make the comparison. Milton Friedman, the Nobel prizewinning economist, felt that the investment in education was like any other capital investment and would probably benefit from the application of market economics. His thinking probably gave rise to the development of another way to finance college and graduate education. The technique is known as an Income Share Agreement (ISA). The concept of the ISA is straightforward. The organization financing the loan, whether a hedge fund, university, or technical school, does not ask for the repayment of a specific amount, but rather a fixed percentage of the graduate’s income over a period of time; say, 10% of the graduate’s income for 10 years. The lender is rolling the dice with the graduate. If the graduate underachieves, the lender does not get their money back. If, on the other hand, the graduate is financially successful, the lender, or should we say investor, gets a nice return. The benefit of this approach, if it became more widely accepted, would be the development of a standard for understanding the value of the diploma. It would also have the added benefit of helping students make better choices. As haberdasher, Marcy Syms was famous for saying, “an educated consumer is our best customer.” More efficient markets benefit everyone, even in education. Appraising college DON SCOTT IN CASE YOU MISSED IT Dear Dr. Linda, Joey’s a senior and is going to take the SAT for the third time. If his scores aren’t better than the last two times, he won’t likely get into a good college. He’s got an 86 GPA and his SAT scores are average. My wife and I went to community colleges and then both got our bachelor’s degree later on by going to school part-time. We don’t want Joey to have to go through that. We want him to go to a good college from freshman year on. How do you get a good kid with average scores into a good college? -Phil Dear Phil, First step is to define a “good college.” When parents tell me that they want their child to go to a good college, I always ask a few questions. A good college for one child may not be a good college for another. It basically boils down to the parents’ particular value system, the child’s unique needs and family finances. For some parents, a good college means that their child is surrounded by other students who are bright and innovative. For other parents, a good college means that it has a dedicated faculty that is available 24/7. For still others, a good college is one that prepares their child for a career. And for some parents, the only good college is the one they graduated from. The definition of a “good” college is obviously subjective. We all establish opinions about different colleges based on ratings in college books, articles we’ve read, opinions of college counselors, depictions of them in popular culture, recommendations from friends and family, ratings in periodicals and the colleges our family has attended. However, what is truly “good” for your child depends on his or her particular needs and aspirations. In other words, once you have zeroed in on what you think is a good college, be sure that it is a good match for Joey. Be sure that it is not for your selfimportance. Be sure that your child would love attending the school. Be sure that your child would be receiving the education he or Just what is a good college? DR. LINDA SILBERT STRONG LEARNING SEE DR. LINDA PAGE 9

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2023 OPINION MAHOPAC NEWS – PAGE 9 she deserves. Take some time and think about it. Then fill in this questionnaire. Circle the number of the statements that are important to you. QUESTIONNAIRE: WHAT’S A GOOD COLLEGE? A good college to me means: 1. It will help my child find the perfect career. 2. It will offer many experiences that my child would not have been exposed to without attending that college. 3. It is one of the most prestigious colleges or universities in the world. 4. My child will be more prepared than others to secure a job in a top firm. 5. My child will get into a good graduate law or medical school. 6. It will provide my child with unlimited opportunities after graduation. 7. It offers a variety of courses that my child can choose from to become an educated member of society. 8. I will be proud that my child graduated from that college or university. Finally, as with everything in life, keep college in perspective and don’t become obsessed with one in particular. Be sure to consider other colleges that you would not have thought about. One of those other schools may be the perfect college for your child, and it will suddenly be redefined as a good college because your good kid can get into it. Remember, too, that if for any reason Joey attends a college and it is not fulfilling his needs and goals, he will always have the option to transfer. Although you may wish that your situation had been different, your experiences taught you invaluable things. There are “good colleges” everywhere. Listen to Joey and look around to see where he would want to go and why he thinks that would be a better match. Remember, college is a stepping stone to a job or even a lifelong career and when you apply for that first job, it doesn’t matter where you began going to college. What matters is where you finish. -Dr. Linda Dr. Linda, along with her husband, Dr. Al, own Strong Learning Tutoring and Test Prep serving Westchester and Putnam Counties for over 40 years. Strong Learning tutors students K-12 in any subject, in person or remotely. Drs. Linda and Al are also the authors of “Why Bad Grades Happen to Good Kids” available on Amazon and at stronglearning.com.   DR. LINDA FROM PAGE 8 Like a lot of youngsters, I dreamed of becoming famous and even being elected the first Italian president. Unfortunately, dad encouraged me. “Build yourself up, son,” he said. “Start small, at the local level.” I have been thinking of taking his advice. Don’t know what I’ll run for yet, but I think my campaign slogan is a winner: “Make Mahopac Great Again.” To accomplish this, I will obviously need to restore its Indian heritage. As you shall see, it’s a personal calling. I have lived in Mahopac for 65 years, and in all that time I have seen only one Indian. He was a barber. I believe his name was Harold. Mahopac had two barbershops on the main drag in the early 1960s. The locals went to Barney’s. Families migrating up from the Bronx usually went to Vinnie’s. Vinnie hired Harold. I was 7 when my family moved here from the Bronx. I still hadn’t received my first real haircut. I’m an identical twin. Mom allowed me to keep my hair long, probably because it made it easier for people to tell us apart. I felt as if I was going to get my head chopped off. When Harold came at me with the scissors, I threw the barber’s smock on the floor and ran all the way home, terrified and in tears. It wasn’t far. We lived on Indian Hill. My father brought me back the next day to apologize, but Harold wasn’t there, and we never saw him again. I have never been positively sure, but I think I may have gotten Harold fired. Vinnie, I think, thought I was afraid of Harold because he was an Indian. It may have been an ongoing problem for little boys who sat in Harold’s chair. It’s too late for reparations, but if elected, I will see to it that Harold is memorialized as the last Indian in Mahopac. Some Mahopacians may think this is a crazy idea and start to wonder about my qualifications. They are, I must admit, a problem. I can only speak in public after I’ve had a few and the last time I kissed a baby, it cried. Also, as you can tell, I am honest to a fault. How can I be a politician if I’m honest? That alone would make me unelectable. Maybe I could get myself appointed as ambassador to Lake Carmel or be an unpaid campaign adviser?    My first advice to any candidate is that sex sells. If Hillary had Haley’s legs, she’d be finishing her second term. Bill Clinton’s thick, virile topping made up for his dopey grin, and it is no secret that Obama’s appeal to suburban housewives helped him win, not once, but twice. To win in this town, Democrats need to find a blonde with good legs. 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What separates us Editor’s Note: All of us at Halston Media wish Jim a wonderful birthday. We sincerely appreciate your insightful contributions to our newspapers. At the risk of appearing self-indulgent, I planned to mark my 75th birthday, which I will celebrate on Sept. 22nd, by writing a column on birthdays. When preparing my special column, I wasn’t quite sure how to approach it. The first question that popped into my mind was: Why do we celebrate birthdays? One of the primary reasons is the belief in the importance of life and its milestones. Birthdays not only honor the celebrant, but also highlight the importance of life. Birthdays bring people together, allowing family and friends to show their love, appreciation and support for individuals commemorating their special day. It is a time when loved ones gather, often sharing meals, giving gifts and creating lasting memories. The result is a strengthening of social bonds and a sense of belonging and interconnectedness. It also can tell you how many of your Facebook friends really pay attention. But you know all this. Maybe I should ask a different question. Let’s try: How do different cultures acknowledge birthdays? In Mexico, birthdays are often celebrated with a piñata, a colorful container filled with sweets and treats. The birthday person wears a blindfold and tries to smash open the piñata with a stick, while others sing and cheer. This reminds me of the process I embrace while writing these columns. In India, people visit temples or perform puja (worship) at home to seek blessings and prosperity for the birthday celebrant. Sounds wonderful, but it is not my cup of tea. In South Korea, a child’s first birthday, known as Doljanchi, is a significant event. The youngster is presented objects symbolizing various professions. The object the child selects is believed to indicate the child’s future career path. I wonder what I would have selected. In Jamaica, traditional birthday bumps are practiced. The birthday person is lifted in the air and then gently bumped on the ground. Typically, the number of times corresponds to the celebrant’s age. This sounds like the beginning of a civil lawsuit if you ask me. In China, large celebrations are reserved for the 60th and 80th birthdays. Your special day introduces a new phase of your life. On your day, you must eat long noodles and red eggs. That seems to leave me out. I am not yet 80 and red eggs frighten me. After looking at the whys and how we celebrate birthdays, I am left feeling incomplete. I finally stumbled on the most important question I would like to share: What have we learned during our precious time on this planet? For me, the answer to that question became clear after reading the recent obituary of songwriter and singer Ray Hildebrand. Let me explain. In 1962, Ray was a college student at Howard Payne College when, while living in the school’s gymnasium to save money, he began writing songs to earn a little cash. A friend asked him to write a song to win over a girlfriend named Paula. He wrote a song with rather simple lyrics directed to Paula. When another college buddy heard it, he insisted that the song include Paula’s reply, turning the whole enterprise into a conversation. Then, on a local 15-minute radio show, Ray and the show’s host, Jill Jackson, sang the song for the first time. The results were electric. Within weeks, Mercury records bought the rights. By February 1963, the record topped the charts. I first heard “Hey Paula” when I was 14. It was the first song that really moved me. Its lyrics are not clever or profound, but its deep love and simplicity struck a chord in me that continues to this day. “Hey, hey Paula, I want to marry you. Hey, hey Paula, No one else will ever do.” Ray Hildebrand’s unpretentious song taught me that sometimes the solutions we seek are right under our noses. I’ve seen a lot over my time. I’ve tried to reflect on all I’ve experienced and make sense of this adventure we call life. Connecting the dots often has been daunting. I’ve shared many of my attempts to do exactly that with you in these columns. But if you force me to put into a few sentences the most important lessons I’ve learned, the answer, like Ray’s song, is rather straightforward and simple: Always choose compassion. By choosing compassion, we acknowledge the inherent worth and dignity of every individual, regardless of background or circumstance. This allows us to treat others with kindness and respect and promote fairness, equality and justice in our interactions. Compassion helps us overcome biases and prejudices, leading to more inclusive and accepting communities. Embrace understanding. When we seek to understand others, we are willing to listen and learn from their experiences and viewpoints. This helps bridge the gap in communication. It promotes acceptance and tolerance. The result is healthier relationships and a more inclusive and diverse society. Practice empathy and kindness. When we empathize with others, we can put ourselves in their shoes. A recent internet post put it this way: “We are not all in the same boat, we are in the same storm. My Diamond Jubilee JAMES MARTORANO MY PERSPECTIVE SEE MARTORANO PAGE 12

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2023 OPINION MAHOPAC NEWS – PAGE 11 STORMVILLE AIRPORT’S ULTIMATE FAMILY YARD SALE A BARGAIN HUNTER’S PARADISE 9:00 am to 3:00 pm Rain or Shine 428 Rt. 216, Stormville, NY BOOTH SPACE AND TABLE RENTAL AVAILABLE Call 845-226-1660 Free Admission & Parking • Food Concessions COME SEE WHAT OVER 250 FAMILIES Have to Sell Clothing • Books • Toys Bikes • Tools • Baby Items • Household Items • Sporting Goods • Exercise Equipment And Much More NO PETS ALLOWED Saturday Sept. 23, 2023 As campaign advisor, I would brand her as a “blonde with brains.” I wouldn’t let her wear pants or skirts that fell below the knee. Heels, amazing smiles, facing the tough questions with an insouciant toss of the head; think Tina Turner - that’s the ticket. I know that sounds terribly sexist, very un-woke. But the feeling here is that it’s about time for Democrats, both nationally and locally, to stop acting so enlightened. Give Republicans a chance to be woke for a change.    The challenge for a Democrat to win in this town is, of course, getting the vote out. Democrats in Mahopac have been beaten down for so long that they are afraid and intimidated by Republicans. I hid my political leanings for many years because most of my friends in Mahopac were Republicans. And then when I came out in Mahopac News as liberal, I not only lost friends, but also respect, manly respect. The guys look at me differently now. Nobody has taken a swing at me yet, or said anything to my face, but I know what they’re thinking: snowflake. Free pizza, threatening late night phone calls, counting and recounting the votes until the results turn out the way you want; I’m afraid that not even those tactics could get a Democrat elected in Mahopac. To be blunt, it would take a miracle. I wonder if the real problem with Democratic voters and candidates in this town is that they don’t think miracles are possible. For inspiration, I point to the 1969 Miracle Mets and a flakey relief pitcher/shaman named Tug McGraw, who famously declared, “You gotta believe.” Not being sure of the Indian barber’s name, I asked my brother for help. He thought about it for only a moment. “Are you crazy?” he said. “He was Chinese.”   GARO FROM PAGE 9 When traveling overseas, it can take a while to get used to things like currency conversion, language (remember, you’re the one with the accent, not them), food, dress and sundry other native customs with which you’re unaccustomed. In Greece – which Elyse, our daughter Elissa and I visited in August – the hardest thing to get used to also is the hardest to write about without being indelicate, so let me give it a shot. You know those perforated sheets on a roll in the “water closet” (WC, as it’s known over there)? You know what you do with them after you’ve done your biological duty? Not so fast in Greece! There are ubiquitous reminders – in the airport, the hotel, restaurants – exhorting you not to flush those soiled sheets. Instead, the spent squares of tissue paper are to be deposited in the wastebasket. Feels a little weird, sure, but as they say, when in Greece …. It took about, oh, a week on our Grecian sojourn to get in the groove, so to speak, of reflexively putting the paper in the acceptable receptacle. But, truth to tell, once back home, and able to return to our red-white-and-blue regimen of personal cleanliness, I was flush with relief. FERRY CROSS THE AEGEAN Our trip also was notable for the pleasant surprise that greeted us when we boarded the Sea Jets ferry for the fivehour ride across the Aegean to Santorini from Athens. This wasn’t the Staten Island or Ossining-to-Haverstraw type of ferry we know here. The Sea Jets conveyance seats 1,200, and is equipped with recliner lounge seats and a well-stocked snack bar – a distinctly more tolerable experience than the 10-hour plane ride to Athens from JFK. ISLAND HOPPING Each tourist-friendly Greek island (there are more than 200) has its own personality. Of the three we visited (Crete was the third), Mykonos may have been the most memorable, as you might expect from its nickname of “party island.”   Mykonos’s so-called beach clubs host hard partyers strutting their stuff on the sand until well past midnight, at which point the non-stop Bacchanalia segues to one of the hot-to-trot dance clubs that disco till dawn. Elyse and I were asleep long before a gregarious American travel agent we had met on a Santorini catamaran sunset cruise – and who now also was in Mykonos with his clients – texted our daughter Elissa, inviting us to join them at a dance club where he had just paparazzo’d a photo of actress Demi Moore enjoying the high life. BUMPER CARS Mykonos also is known for the Keystone Cops free-wheeling chaos of its traffic. The streets are two-way, albeit the width of our one-way roads. For added fun, there are no traffic signals, and there are ATVs aplenty clogging the streets – Ode on a Grecian sojourn Learning to pronounce ‘gyro’ and what not to flush  BRUCE APAR BRUCE THE BLOG SEE APAR PAGE 12

PAGE 12 – MAHOPAC NEWS OPINION THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2023 Some of us are in yachts, some are in canoes, and some are drowning. All we can do is live a life of kindness and try to help as many people as possible.” I couldn’t agree more. Finally, and most importantly, always foster love. It sounds trite, but today we are surrounded by voices promoting anger, hate, resentment, rage and conflict. It is tempting to see someone different than yourself as “the other.” But they are not. It is only by chance that their lot is different than yours. Choosing love breaks the cycle of hate and opens the door to reconciliation, forgiveness and growth. Seeing the good in everyone promotes qualities such as patience, kindness and acceptance, which enhance our own mental health and overall happiness. But enough preaching! I celebrate my birthday humbly and with gratitude. I am humbled by how much I don’t know and by the long road I must still travel to become the person I want to be. I am appreciative of the present moment and the beauty of life. And, lest I forget, I am grateful to you, for allowing me to share my thoughts, my concerns, my hopes, my dreams, and, today, my birthday. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. MARTORANO FROM PAGE 10 driven by young tourists clearly not used to operating one. It makes you nostalgic for Coney Island bumper cars. When we were checking in to our Mykonos hotel, Palladium, the concierge had a strong recommendation for which restaurant to avoid like the plague – the world-infamous DK Oyster. This is an eatery that doesn’t need no stinking menus, the better to charge laughably outrageous prices, like $30 for a single oyster. There’s little to laugh about, though, when the bill comes and a very light meal just set you back $1,000 or more. A couple days after we were back in the states, the New York Post ran an article about this rip-off restaurant of ill repute that inexplicably stays in business with impunity. Needless to say, we greatly enjoyed not eating there.   UBER-HONEST CABBIES At the other end of the ethical scale were a couple of uber-honest taxi drivers. In Mykonos, when I tipped our driver, he insistently would not accept it. In Crete, on a trip to the beach by herself, Elissa thought the driver said the fare was 20 euro. After she exited, he got out before she disappeared to tell her it was 12 euro and promptly gave her the change. ( Just like any NYC cabbie would do, right?) Some things don’t change, though, regardless where in the world you happen to be. As we embarked on our walking tour of the Acropolis in Athens, with our docent spinning finely-detailed histories of the ancient site, one oblivious gent was chattering incessantly on his cellphone, competing for our ears with the tour guide. After disapproving glances were cast his way, the man got the message and behaved himself the rest of the steep ascent to the Parthenon. Perhaps he did not want to tempt the Greek gods surveilling us. (On one of our ferries, I couldn’t help but call out someone who also thought nothing of putting their cellphone’s sound on speaker mode so we all could enjoy it.) YOU SAY GYRO, I SAY YEERO Shortly after returning home, I lunched with some actor friends at the popular Pappous Greek Kitchen in Yorktown. The table teased me how the dishes we were about to consume wouldn’t compare to the authentic versions I chowed down in Greece. Not true, I said. The food we had over there was OK, but, to our taste at least, not exceptional. One of the things I like about Pappous, I told them, is that their menu phonetically spells the proper pronunciation of gyro (which is “yeero”). Just as I noted that, our server delivered my plate by saying, “Here is your jigh-ro.”   Another fun fact is that we were told the only two meats in Greece that can be ordered in a “yee-ro” are pork and chicken. Turns out the lamb version, according to our server in a Mykonos restaurant, is an American variation, but in Greece, said she, it’s Greek to them. The truth is that no matter which filling is inside the pita or how you say it, it’s still a beautiful thing. As Keats wrote …   “Beauty is truth, truth beauty – that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.” Bruce Apar is a writer, community volunteer and actor. He can be seen on stage weekends through Oct. 7 at Elmwood Playhouse in Nyack (Rockland County) as Professor Van Helsing in Dracula. For more information, contact him at 914-275-6887 (text or voice) or email [email protected]. APAR FROM PAGE 11 PHOTO COURTESY OF BRUCE APAR Apar family at highest point on the Greek island of Santorini. 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Sports PAGE 16 – MAHOPAC NEWS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2023 BY SKIP PEARLMAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER In a battle of Class A heavyweights, Yorktown and Mahopac HS football teams traded blows last Thursday night at Yorktown’s Charlie Murphy Field, and while the Wolf Pac had its opportunities, it was the Cornhuskers who held on for a 19-17 league victory. On their second possession of the game, the Pac took advantage of a personal foul, and quickly turned the great field position into a touchdown when senior RB Danny Koch scored on an 11-yard run, for a 7-0 lead with 3:37 left in the period. The Pac blew up Yorktown’s ensuing possession when senior LB Owen Ryan intercepted QB Kaden Gonzalez near midfield. But Mahopac couldn’t cash in on that turnover, with the drive stalling at the Husker 36. Two possessions later, Yorktown put together a drive capped by Thomas Costello’s 25-yard TD run, tying the game at 7-7 with 1:03 left in the half. The Pac saw an opportunity to add points before the half, and converted, driving from their own 28 to the Huskers’ 12. Kicker Kyle Pinto booted a 29-yard FG, good for a 10-7 Pac lead with five seconds left. On their second possession of the second half, the Cornhuskers put together a drive that gave them the lead for good — capped by a 16-yard TD run by Dylan DelVecchio. The PAT was no good, leaving Yorktown up, 13-10, with 6:59 left in the third. After another Mahopac drive stalled, Yorktown delivered the dagger starting from its own 28 and at one point drawing Mahopac Senior captain John Kearney (21) had six catches for 75 yards and a TD. Pac senior captain Danny Koch (1) ran for 108 yards and a TD on 19 carries vs. Yorktown. Pac kicker Kyle Pinto (2) boots a 29-yard field goal with five seconds left in the first half. PHOTOS: SKIP PEARLMAN FOOTBALL Pac can’t slow Yorktown offense in 19-17 setback SEE FOOTBALL PAGE 17 66 Miller Road, Mahopac 845-628-2050 www.mavistireofmahopac.com With This Coupon • Expires 11/30/23 $10.00OFF Synthetic Oil change (MOST CARS) 25%OFF 25 % OFF STRUTS & SHOCKS With This Coupon • Expires 11/30/23 CARING FOR YOUR CAR & OUR COMMUNITY FOR OVER 35 YEARS! The Friendly Mavis Team

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2023 SPORTS MAHOPAC NEWS – PAGE 17 offsides on fourth down to keep the drive alive. The Huskers marched to the Wolf Pac two before DelVecchio rumbled in with 9:34 left to make it 19-10, a two-possession game. After a Mahopac threeand-out, and Yorktown took as much time as it could off the clock on its next drive. The Pac got the ball back with 4:26 to go, and pushed their way to the Yorktown three, where DJ DeMatteo found John Kearney with a scoring strike to make it 19- 17. But only 1:28 was left. Mahopac tried an onside kick, and appeared to recover, before officials eventually ruled Yorktown had possession. DeMatteo completed 11- of-16 attempts in the air for 114 yards and a TD, Koch finished with 108 yards and a TD on 19 carries, Kearney caught six balls for 75 yards and a TD, and Liam Scanlon had a QB sack. For Yorktown, DelVecchio punished the Pac for 184 yards and a pair of TDs on 30 carries. Gonzalez was also successful in the air, completing 13-of-19 attempts for 163 yards and a TD. “The second half was really the game,” Pac coach Dominick DeMatteo said. “Our biggest issue was our run defense. They (Yorktown) ran the ball well, you have to give them credit. At times they were doing things well, and at times, we were doing things bad. That’s a problem. “We started running the ball better in the second half,” DeMatteo added. “But we struggled defensively against the run for four quarters, and at the end of the day, that’s what did it.” Con Ed for DeMatteo DJ DeMatteo won the Con Edison scholar/athlete award last week for excellence in the classroom as well as on the athletic field. “That was a special moment for the DeMatteo family,” Dominick DeMatteo said. DeMatteo’s father, Tony DeMatteo won the award in 1959, Dominick won it in 1989, and Dominick’s son, Anthony, won it in 2021. Mahopac is set to visit Somers Friday at 6:30 p.m. FOOTBALL FROM PAGE 16 Sophomore WR Nate Mascoll (5) pulls in a pass from DJ DeMatteo at the Husker 9 to set up the Pac’s final TD last week in Yorktown. PHOTOS: SKIP PEARLMAN Wolf Pac captain and QB DJ DeMatteo (15) - last week’s Con Ed scholar/athlete award winner - scrambles for yards vs. Yorktown. DeMatteo was an efficient 11-for-16 , good for 114 yards and a TD. saturday September 30, 2023 11 am to 4 pm Rain date: October 1, 2023 at the Intersection of Route 6 and 6N, Mahopac questions? call 845-628-5553 or visit mahopaccarmelchamber.com CHAMBER SPONSORS FALL STREET FAIR FOOD • VENDORS • FUN th anniversary! Mahopac Bring the Family to to the annual

PAGE 18 – MAHOPAC NEWS SPORTS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2023 BY SKIP PEARLMAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER A slow start in the first half last Wednesday at home resulted in the Mahopac HS boys soccer team taking a 4-1 loss to RCK. Ketcham dominated possession in the first half, and came out with three goals to take a commanding lead at halftime. After the visitors added a fourth tally in the second half, the Wolf Pac broke through with 20 minutes left when Kody Booth finished a pass from Paulo Miguel to get the hosts on the scoreboard. Pac keeper Alex Ruzzo made eight saves, while Ketcham had three saves. “That was a tough game for us,” Pac coach Chris Mulholland said. “We played poorly in the first half… Three defensive mistakes led to three goals. They have fast forwards, and we were a little out of position. “The second half showed us that it should’ve been a closer game,” Mulholland added. “They scored one on a phenomenal shot; we can’t be upset when other players play well. “But the mistakes in the first half really killed us.” The coach said the team will continue to make adjustments and work on ways to put themselves in a position to win. “We got some nice play from Quinn Kelleher, a senior defender,” Mulholland said. “He was one of the few bright spots. He plays with confidence. And Paulo Miguel, by far, played his best game yet. Justin Chin (sophmore mid) has also done well this season. He can play anywhere, and he’s young.” Mahopac was scheduled to visit Carmel today (9/21) at 4:45 p.m. and hosts John Jay CR Tuesday (9/26) at 4:30 p.m. Wolf Pac boys can’t recover from slow first half in loss to Ketcham Wolf Pac senior defender Quinn Kelleher (14) gets to a ball last week vs. RCK. PHOTOS: SKIP PEARLMAN Pac sophomore forward Aidan Paris-Devane (18) tries to get around a defender last week vs. RCK. Pac junior defender Paulo Miguel (15) sends a ball toward the middle last week vs. RCK. BOYS SOCCER NO NEWS... 1. Clip the short form on the page 2. Fill out the information. 3. Mail it to P.O. Box 864, Mahopac, NY 10541 4. Or visit www.halstonsubscribe.com 5. Or Scan our QR Code to Subscribe. We need you to subscribe. It’s FREE & It’s Easy! is NOT necessarily good news! # Please print your first and last names and address legibly, sign and date (all required to continue receiving your subscription to this newspaper). YES, I wish to receive a FREE 3-year subscription to Mahopac News YES, I really enjoy Mahopac News and I’d like to continue receiving it for 3 years, along with a monetary contribution this year. (Please print legibly.) First (Required) (Required) (Required) (Required) (Required. Please print legibly.) Last (Required) City: State: ZIP: Name: Signature: Email: Snowbird Dates (if applicable): Date: Phone: Address: (Optional for TAPinto E-News) (Optional) Mail to: P.O. Box 864 Mahopac, NY 10541 While we need your Full Support to keep this newspaper strong, we include the option for Basic Support because we don’t want financial reasons to get in the way of our readers receiving this newspaper. Basic Support vs. Full Support Basic Support Full Support $100 $50 $20 other or visit www.halstonsubscribe.com OR or visit www.halstonsubscribe.com Checks payable to Halston Media LLC. Please include this form in your envelope. Please include the following additional papers as part of this subscription: North Salem News The Somers Record Yorktown News The Mt. Kisco-Bedford Times The Katonah-Lewisboro times

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The stingy Pac defence didn’t allow the Rams a shot on goal. “A strong collective effort allowed us to get an early lead,” coach Casey Carroll said of the win. “Mangione scored on a longrange shot, and we got two nice goals by Isabella, both assisted by Juliana – the first off a corner kick and the second off a pass back.” Mahopac led 3-0 at halftime, before Kelleher put in a pair of goals, from Wilson and Fava. “We were able to try out different formations and positions for some girls, and overall it was productive game.” Fava and Faith Poniros provided the scoring in a 2-1 win at Harrison two days earlier. Gianna Fava and Isabella Fava each had assists, and Pennella made four saves in goal. “We played a good game, controlling the majority of possession,” Carroll said. “But we had a hard time finishing our opportunities. We gave up Harrison’s lone goal of the game after our defense misread a ball and allowed a forward to get behind our back line.” Prior to the end of the half, Mahopac scored its first goal off what Carroll called “a perfect corner kick from Gianna Fava, with Isabella finishing off a header.” Midway through the second half, Isabella Fava put a through ball past the Harrison defensive line, and Poniros finished with a ball to the corner for what would be the game-winner. “I think my center midfielders, Juliana and Isabella, had a great game, winning a lot of 50/50 balls in the second half to allow us to gain, and keep possession,” Carroll said. The coach is hoping her team has turned a corner. “The last few games, and especially tonight (Monday night vs. Carmel), I’ve been really happy with the way we have been moving the ball, and connecting passes,” Carroll said. “Tonight the back line really swung the ball well – opening up the field, and making connections with the midfielders. The last few games they have been able to possess the ball nicely, and set the tone of the game. We’ve been generating a lot of offensive opportunities, now we have to continue working on finishing them.” Mahopac was set to host Suffern today (9/21), and Poughkeepsie Friday (9/22), both at 4:30 p.m. Mahopac girls find scoring touch Wolf Pac nets 10 goals in 3 wins Senior midfielder Isabella Fava (8) scored four goals in Mahopac’s three wins last week. PHOTO: SKIP PEARLMAN GIRLS SOCCER

wants to run on a different line. Stern, a registered Republican, sought to run as an independent on a party line he has dubbed Concerned Taxpayers of Carmel. Stern said he signed the COA, had it notarized, and mailed it on May 27, the day after submitting his petitions, in what he said was plenty of time to meet the June 2 deadline. However, Stern said that on June 5 he was informed by the BOE that it never received the certificate and thus his petition was denied. As a result, the BOE said he would not be on the ballot. The court battle Stern filed a suit in July seeking to have the BOE’s decision overturned, saying he met all election law requirements and had mailed the COA in a timely manner. In addition to arguing the merits, the BOE contended that Stern’s suit against it was not filed in a timely manner and therefore should be dismissed. Stern’s attorney, John Murtaugh, argued that Stern was not responsible for the timing: Three Putnam County justices recused themselves from the case, which forced it to be moved to Westchester County. Thus, any delays, Murtaugh argued, were not Stern’s fault. In a decision rendered earlier this month, the Supreme Court agreed with Stern, saying he met all election law requirements and mailed the COA in a timely manner. “[Stern] properly and timely filed his petition...not knowing there would be three recusals and a transfer to another county that would cost him time,” Judge Hal Greenwald wrote in his decision. [Stern] had no recourse but to wait until the Court process took place, which took days. It was not because [Stern] had not filed timely... but the fairness of our justice system is designed to allow those before and behind the bench procedural protections, which may at times take longer. Recusals and a transfer were part of the procedural process.” The appeal However, the four-judge panel of the Appellate Court said last week (Sept. 12) that those recusals and other setbacks that caused the delay, though not Stern’s fault, didn’t matter. The panel ruled he could not be on the November ballot because he missed the filing deadline by one day “To properly institute a proceeding raising a challenge under Election Law, a petitioner must commence the proceeding and complete service on all the necessary parties within the period prescribed by Election Law,” the judges wrote in a two-page decision. “The courts of this State have repeatedly determined that the filing deadlines in the Election Law are mandatory and absolute and are not subject to the discretion of the courts or the judicial fashioning of exceptions, regardless of how reasonable they may appear to be. “Here, since the petitioner did not complete service on the appellants by June 13, 2023, the proceeding was untimely under Election Law and the Supreme Court should have granted the [county Board of Election’s] motion to dismiss the petition,” the judges concluded. “[In the initial decision Judge Hal] Greenwald wrote a detailed decision that analyzed every legal and factual issue from beginning to end,” said Stern’s attorney, John Murtaugh. “[The Appellate Court] wrote a pageand-a-half decision and did not explain themselves on most of the issues. What they did, in a sense, was say that for this election [Stern] had 14 days to file and did it in 15 days. End of story. That was not the case, even though [the delay] was based on the recusals and delay in the court system. They did not address that.” Murtaugh noted that Stern will continue as a write-in candidate and recalled how Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown won a fifth term as a writein candidate in 2021. Brown had lost the Democratic primary to  Democratic Socialist India Walton but then defeated her handily in the general election as a write-in candidate with nearly 60 percent of the vote. The aftermath Stern told Mahopac News he was disappointed with the court’s decision, saying they ignored the merits of the case and instead focused on a technicality “that was out of our hands.” “The county had an agenda on this,” Stern said. “They went from going after the Certification of Acceptance to, ‘Oh, you didn’t file on time.’ They were adamant about my opponent not having an opponent.” Stern said his campaign won’t be changed by the court’s decision to keep him off the ballot. “Since day one I’ve campaigned as a write-in candidate,” he said. “I promised the residents I would run and be on the ballot. They will still have the chance to have a choice for highway superintendent. I will mount the most epic write-in campaign this town has ever seen.” Stern said he would like to challenge Ahler to a sponsored debate. Ahler declined Mahopac News’ request for a comment for this article. PAGE 20 – MAHOPAC NEWS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2023 Mike Stern FILE PHOTO STERN FROM PAGE 1 equipment isn’t being harmed,” Connuck said. “On the hottest day of the year, typically one megawatt can generate enough electricity for about 500 homes. That can depend on if you are in Texas or Maine; it can vary a little bit.” Connuck also noted the project will help improve the town’s bottom line. “There will be a major tax increase for that property,” he said. “There is very little tax revenue generated there right now, but this will have more than $150 million in capital investment with a substantial increase in tax revenue.” The Planning Board asked Connuck to do some research to determine exactly how much tax revenue the project might generate. Fire and safety concerns One of the biggest concerns expressed by board members was the safety of such energy storage systems and lithium-ion batteries. “East Hampton, the town of Warwick, and the town of Lyme all had fires in their facilities this past summer,” said board member Bob Frankel. “This has all been referred to a newly formed task force that the governor has set up to determine the root cause and how to deal with it. East Hampton was a 5-megawatt facility; Warwick was a 12-megawatt facility, and I am not sure what Lyme was. In Lyme, the surrounding residents were told to shelter in place [during the fire]—‘don’t come out and breathe the air.’ This [plan] is substantially larger than the facilities that have these issues.” Adam Thyberg, project landscape architect with Insite Engineering, who is heading up the project design team, said East Point Energy has made safety a priority and is meeting with the Mahopac Fire Department and providing training for first responders. “We have provided a detailed fire safety analysis and plan. The applicant is working with a fire safety consultant,” he said. “They have already reached out and connected with the local fire department and will be offering training for these specific features and how to deal with fires of this nature related to these battery storage facilities.” “We understand fire safety is critical,” Connuck added. “We’ve met three times with the Mahopac Fire Department. Part of our objective is to find out what the fire department needs to respond to every and any problem.” Brian Fink of the Washington D.C.-based Fire & Risk Alliance, a recently retired battalion chief with the  Fire  Department of New York (FDNY) in the Bronx, is East Point Energy’s fire safety consultant. He told the board that when it comes to fighting a lithium-ion battery fire, it’s best “not to do anything.” “Don’t even put water on them,” he said. “You can’t extinguish them easily and if you do extinguish them, you leave a residual charge in the battery, and that is where you get reignition. You are far better off letting that one container burn and then getting rid of its contents. It’s the safest outcome. Then the fire department doesn’t put anybody at risk.” Fink said there is off-gassing with these batteries “but all the test results that I’ve seen it is roughly the same as a car fire.” “An electric car is probably similar, but any car fire emits a lot of gasses that you don’t want to be breathing,” he explained. “But these particular gasses dissipate very quickly. The number one gas that comes out of these is hydrogen, which is lighter than air and dissipates quickly. Carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide are the other ones. They will burn actively for eight to 10 hours and then off-gas for about 36 hours.” Fink said he is providing training for MVFD and will offer it to any neighboring fire departments as well. The training sessions will be filmed so they can be replayed for when new members join the department. Connuck said that his company is still working with NYSEG and doing studies to determine the logistics of the electrical distribution from the storage center, and it will be approximately 18 months before they would begin purchasing equipment and ramping up construction should the site plan be approved. You can read more about grid-scale battery storage at nrel.gov/docs/fy19osti/74426.pdf BATTERY FROM PAGE 7 one free Book Barn tote bag. Hours are Tuesday, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., Thursday, 4 to 6:45 p.m., Saturday, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. IAC Charity Poker Tourney The Italian American Club of Mahopac will hold a charity poker tournament at its headquarters at 141 Bucksholllow Road on Saturday, Sept. 23. Registration starts at 6 p.m.; dinner at 7 p.m. Tournament kicks off at 8 p.m. Admission is $120 and includes 5,000 chips and a homemade Italian dinner. Re-buys during the first six rounds, $100 for 5,000 chips—only if out of chips. To register or for additional information, call Steve Levy at 917-670-9337, Joe Fierro at 914-584-9641 or Giulio Cefaloni at 845-745- 2655 or visit italianamerican clubofmahopac.org. You must be at least 21 years old to play. Money raised will be used to fund IAC scholarships. PAC Call for Submissions Call to artists and arts organizations for high-quality art projects that are open to the public and take place in 2024. Interested artists and/ or arts organizations and community non-profit presenters are invited to apply. Guidelines and online applications will be available at putnamartscouncil.com. The online submission deadline is at 4 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 17. All applicants are required to attend an informational seminar either onsite on Sept. 27, 28 or virtually on Oct. 4,13.   For details and to request guidelines, email grants@ putnamartscouncil.com or call Putnam Arts Council grants coordinator Mary Beth Becker at 845-803-8622. 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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2023 LEISURE MAHOPAC NEWS – PAGE 21 To solve a sudoku, the numbers 1 through 9 must fill each row, column and box. Each number can appear only once in each row, column and box. You can figure out the order in which the numbers will appear by using the numeric clues already provided in the boxes. The more numbers you name, the easier it gets to solve the puzzle! For puzzle solutions, please see theparamountrehab.com CLUES ACROSS 1. Type of cat 6. Weaponry 10. Western Christian Church service 14. Significant eruption of pustules 15. Baltic nation 17. Start of American holiday season 19. Unhappy 20. Maintains possession of 21. Metrical foot of one long and three short syllables 22. Mountain pass 23. Vestments 24. Type of dish 26. Escaped quickly 29. Zoroastrian concept of holy fire 31. Wings 32. Political action committee 34. Touches lightly 35. Stood back from 37. Philippine Island 38. Popular winter activity 39. Type of amine 40. Small freshwater duck 41. Filled with love 43. Without (French) 45. Vetch 46. Swiss river 47. Describes a sound 49. Sign language 50. Hair product 53. Have surgery 57. Quality of being imaginary 58. Far-right German party 59. Drove 60. Former French coin of low value 61. Hard, durable timbers CLUES DOWN 1. Body art 2. Middle East military title 3. Actor Pitt 4. Container 5. Speak incessantly 6. Relating to algae 7. Jacob __, journalist 8. Rock TV channel 9. Boat’s cargo 10. Most wise 11. Within 12. Chinese industrial city 13. Scotland’s longest river 16. Not capable 18. Footwear 22. Savings account 23. Capable 24. Vaccine developer 25. Tax collector 27. Fencing swords 28. Native religion in China 29. Promotional materials 30. A shot in a film production 31. Afflict in mind or body 33. A passage with access only at one end 35. Breathing devices 36. Employ for wages 37. Kids’ TV channel (abbr.) 39. Popular Boston song 42. Made amends 43. Selling at specially reduced prices 44. Atomic #18 46. With fireplace residue 47. Unleavened cornbread 48. Draw out 49. Southwestern Alaska island 50. Where the Pyramids are 51. People of Nigeria 52. Smaller quantity 53. Destroy the inside of 54. City 55. Chivalrous figure (abbr.) 56. No (Scottish) September’s twilight sings the beginning of autumn’s embrace. The harvest season brings with it a medley of produce that bids goodbye to the sweltering heat and opens its arms to crisp breezes. As we stand at this crossroads of seasons, here is a recipe to bridge the gap – drawing inspiration from late summer produce and hinting at the comforting flavors of fall. Autumnal Apple and Squash Soup - 1 medium butternut squash, peeled and cubed - 2 sweet apples (like Honeycrisp or Fuji), peeled and chopped - 1 onion, diced - 2 cups vegetable broth - 1 cup apple cider - 1 tsp cinnamon - 1/2 tsp nutmeg - Salt and pepper to taste - Olive oil for sautéing - Fresh thyme for garnish Instructions 1. In a pot, sauté onions in olive oil until translucent. 2. Add apples and squash. Cook for about 5 minutes. 3. Pour in vegetable broth and apple cider. Bring to a boil. 4. Reduce to a simmer, cover, and cook until squash is tender. 5. Blend until smooth, return to the pot, and season with spices. 6. Serve hot, garnished with a sprig of thyme. Welcoming autumn with flavorful fare

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PAGE 24 – MAHOPAC NEWS LEGAL NOTICES THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2023 SEE LEGALS PAGE 25 LEGAL NOTICE By the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Town of Carmel pursuant to Section 267 Town Law, notice is hereby given that a hearing will be held on: SEPTEMBER 28, 2023 – 7:30 P.M. To hear the following applications: HOLD OVER APPLICATIONS: 1. Application of LIZ & PAT MARTIN for a Variation of Section 156-15 seeking a Variance for permission to relocate accessory apartment (no setback variance needed).  The property is located at 151 Secor Road, Mahopac NY and is known as Tax Map #74.12-2-56.  Code Requires/Allows  Provided  Variance Required  Single Family House w/accessory apt can be detached if existing prior to 1998.  Separate cottage as an accessory apartment being relocated  To relocate accessory apt./cottage, therefore, not existing prior to 1998.  2. Application of JOHN CHANG for a Variation of Section 156-15 seeking a Variance for permission to retain church on 2nd floor.  The property is located at 716 Route 6, Mahopac NY and is known as Tax Map #76.30-1- 26.  Code Requires/Allows  Provided  Variance Required  23 parking spaces  20 spaces  3 spaces  10’ wide x 20’ long  Per parking space  9’ wide x 20’ long  Per parking space  1’ wide  Per parking space  3. Application of CARL & ANITA ALBANO for a Variation of Section 156-45.2B(3) seeking a Variance for permission to allow 1,640 square foot accessory apartment where 900 square foot maximum is allowed.  The property is located at 7 Albano Ridge, Carmel NY and is known as Tax Map #55.14-1-26.324.  Code Requires/Allows  Provided  Variance Required  Apartment should be between 400 s.f. & 900 s.f.  1,640 s.f.  740 s.f.  4. Application of ROBERT ALTERO for a Variation of Section 156-15 seeking a Variance for permission to retain gazebo and legalize room above garage.  The property is located at 3 Curry Spur, Mahopac NY and is known as Tax Map #53.12-1-17  Code Requires/Allows  Provided  Variance Required  10’ rear (gazebo)  2’   8’  25’ front (garage)  0’   (over property line.  Easement agreement needed.)  25’  5. Application of FRANK GIORDANO for an Interpretation of Section 156-15.  Applicant seeks Interpretation that the apartment above garage is legally pre-dated, or in the alternative, a Use Variance to permit same to continue.  The property is located at 23 Seminary Hill Road, Carmel NY and is known as Tax Map #55.6-1-68.  6. Application of BORE COTAJ for an Interpretation of Section 156-15.  Applicant owns the parcel upon which the temporary dock is located and a parcel improved by at least one residential dwelling unit which is directly across the street but separated by a road (i.e. East Lake Blvd.).  Applicant seeks an Interpretation that the intent of the statute (i.e. a dock when not located on a parcel improved by at least one residential unit) is met under the circumstances set forth herein or, in the alternative, the following area variances (table below).  The property is located at 148 East Lake Blvd., Mahopac NY and is known as Tax Map #76.30-1-5.  Code Requires/Allows  Provided  Variance Required  Dock:  Lake frontage 50’   6’  44’  Minimum Depth 30’  4’  26’  Minimum Area 3000  96  2904  from Physicians Mutual Insurance Company. 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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2023 MAHOPAC NEWS – PAGE 25 LEGAL NOTICES Contact Us Mahopac News is located at 118 N. Bedford Road, Suite 100, Mount Kisco, NY 10549. You can contact us at 845-208-0774 or email [email protected]. NEW YORK HOMEOWNERS: YOU MAY *QUALIFY THROUGH NEW RELIEF PROGRAMS! HELP IS AVAILABLE EVEN IF YOU COULD PAY CASH Qualify Today: 800-944-9393 or visit NYProgramFunding.org to see if you *qualify Do you need a New Roof and Help paying for it? Do you need Energy Efficient Windows & Help paying for it? Approved applications will have the work completed by a quality repair crew provided by: HOMEOWNER FUNDING. Not affiliated with State or Gov Programs. Contractor License: NY: #2719-h14 *Enrollment is only open during a limited time. Programs, appointments, and installations are on a first come, first serve basis in your area. Any leaking, visible damage, or roof age, may *qualify you! Drafty windows, energy cost too high, you may *qualify! NEW APPLICATIONS: 7. Application of JOHN & DONNA CAPPELLI seeking a Variance for permission to restore property to original property lines; Lot 5 & Lot 6 with intention to build on Lot 6.  The property is located at 16 Brook Street, Mahopac NY and is known as Tax Map #64.7-1-16.  8. Application of ERIN HADDELAND for a Variation of Section 156-15 seeking a Variance for permission to retain pool & shed/garage.  The property is located at 108 Shear Hill Road, Mahopac NY and is known as Tax Map #65.15-2-15.  Code Requires/Allows Provided Variance Required Pool:  rear – 10’  1.2’  8.8’  Garage:  rear 15’  0’  15’  9. Application of JAIME A. DAVILA for a Variation of Section 156-15 seeking a Variance for permission to keep existing pool deck.  The property is located at 35 Stuart Road, Mahopac NY and is known as Tax Map #65.15- 1-77  Code Requires/Allows  Provided  Variance Required  Pool Deck:  20’ side  12.4’  7.6’  Pool (attached)  20’ side  15’  5’  10. Application of HOWARD PEARLE for a Variation of Section 156-15 seeking a Variance for permission to get relief from setback regulations, accessory building (carport) - front & side.  The property is located at 49 Traveled Way, Mahopac NY and is known as Tax Map #64.11-2-32.  Code Requires/Allows  Provided  Variance Required  15’ side  0’  15’  40’ front  19.5’  20.5’  11. Application of AHARON & NAVIT YEHUDA for a Variation of Section 156-15 seeking a Variance for permission to get relief from setback regulations, accessory, front & side.  The property is located at 51 Traveled Way, Mahopac NY and is known as Tax Map #64.11-2-33.  Code Requires/Allows  Provided  Variance Required  Carport 1: 40’ front  17’  23’  Carport 1:  15’ side  10’  5’  Carport 2:  15’ side  0’  15’  Carport 2:  40’ front  19.5’  20.5’  12. Application of B&V REALTY GROUP for a Variation of Sections 156-15 & 156-47A(1) seeking a Variance for permission to expand 4 Curry Road & future project at 6 Curry Road; expansion of pre-existing, nonconforming use (156-47A(1)).  The property is located at 695 Long Pond Road, Mahopac NY and is known as Tax Map #53.12-1-3  Code Requires/Allows  Provided  Variance Required  Rear 30’ (6 Curry)  20’ & 16.6’  10’ & 13.4’  13. Application of BURIM SYLAJ for a Variation of Section 156-15 seeking a Variance for permission to build 2 car detached garage (20’x24’).  The property is located at 16 Rosemarie Lane, Mahopac NY and is known as Tax Map #53.16-1-15.  Code Requires/Allows  Provided  Variance Required  10’ Side  5’  5’  10’ Rear  5’                        5’  By Order of the Chairman, John Maxwell   Connect Anywhere, Anytime. fifffflffiflffffffiffffiffi    ffi ffiffff flffi
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Purpose: Any lawful purpose Date: September 11, 2023                                     TAX MAP #76.5-1-28  NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR A WETLAND PERMIT Pursuant to the Town of Carmel Wetland Ordinance, Chapter 89-5. Applicant:    Warren & Angela Messner  Address:      44 Sycamore Road, Mahopac, NY  10541  Has filed an application with the Clerk of the Town of Carmel where the application and associated documents and maps along with published rules and regulations are available for public inspection.  The applicant requests that a permit be issued to:  Repair/replace “in place and in kind” existing boathouse, dock, deck and stonewall due to storm and age-related damage.   The property is located: 44 Sycamore Road, Mahopac, NY  10541  Situated within the periphery of a fresh water wetland and the “adjacent areas”. (100 feet of the wetlands associated with) Lake Mahopac, Mahopac, NY  10541  In the Town of Carmel, Putnam County, New York.  Any person interested in this application who wishes to become a “party in interest” in this proceeding must file a statement of the precise grounds of support of, or opposition to, or interest in the application, with the undersigned no later than Wednesday, October 4, 2023. Any party in interest will be eligible to be heard if a public hearing is ultimately held in connection with application.  Robert Laga,  Chairman, Environmental Conservation Board  LEGAL NOTICE  ADVERTISEMENT FOR BID              NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids will be received at the office of the Town Clerk of the Town of Carmel, Town Hall, 60 McAlpin Avenue, Mahopac, New York, 10541, until 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, the 26th day of October, 2023 at which time all bids will be opened and publicly read and recorded by the Town Clerk not less than five (5) days subsequent to publication of this notice in the official newspapers of the Town of Carmel for the following:  Sand  Guide Rail  Winter Mix              All bidders shall comply with Section l03-A and 103-D of the General Municipal Law relating to noncollusive bidding and waiver of immunity against criminal prosecution.              Specifications may be obtained at the office of the Town Clerk at the above address, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.              Bid envelopes shall be marked "BID" plus item bid.  All bids must be submitted on bid form furnished by the Town of Carmel.              The Town Board of the Town of Carmel reserves the right to reject any and all bids and abandon the proposal or may reject all bids and re-advertise for new bids at a future date.                                                                                                  By Order of the Town Board  of the Town of Carmel  Ann Spofford, Town Clerk  Are you raising a grandchild, young relative or child of a family friend in the absence of the biological parents? 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Children under the age of 18 may attend free of charge. For more info, visit templebetham-ny.org or call 914-962-7500. Farmers Market The Carmel Farmers Market at Lake Mahopac will be open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Sunday through Oct. 22 at the Chamber Park at the intersection of Route 6 and Route 6N in downtown Mahopac. Food, crafts, live music, and more. MUSINGS FROM PAGE 24 MAHOPAC MUSINGS

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