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At approximately 4:15 p.m. outdoors and away from any other
Saturday, Feb. 5, the Mahopac vehicles.
Falls Volunteer Fire Department First resonders quickly stretched
(MFVFD), along with Carmel PD, a hose line and extinguished the
were dispatched to a possible tow re. Units remained on the scene
truck on re on Route 6N at the for approximately 45 minutes and
Putnam/Westchester border. Upon were back in service at 5:03 pm.
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truck was fully involved and it was at this time.

School officials provide first glimpse of next budget

Process still in early preliminary stages

BY BOB DUMAS erybody has to understand that. of $34.8 million—up 7.86 percent ance (essentially, the district’s sav- million, up from $127.4 million, an
EDITOR ere will be presentations over from $32.3 million. e state legis- ings account) of $3.4 million, the increase of 4.3 percent.
lature must still act on her proposal, same as the year prior. Clohessy
Mahopac School District o - the next month, from transporta- which includes tentative building said the long-term goal is not to Currently,the cost to the taxpay-
cials kicked o the budget prepa- tion to curriculum, technology to aid of $1.25 million for phase 1 of have to use the fund balance at all er per $1,000 of assessed property
ration season earlier this month special education. You’re going to the district’s renovation project. to balance the budget. value (mill rate) would be $22.79,
as preliminary discussions got un- see numbers; you’re going to see up from $22.03—an increase of 76
derway for the 2022-23 spending wants. is is just that rst blush “Phase 1 is still in progress with “We would like to, over time, re- cents.
package. based on the current informa- some to be done next summer,” duce our reliance on the fund bal-
tion. I will be reiterating that over Clohessy said. “It will be tough for ance. But this year we are going to “ at is based on 2021 assess-
At the Board of Education’s Feb. the next month and a half—these us to have those nal costs by Dec. keep it the same in order to bring ments. We don’t have 2022 assess-
1 meeting, Sandra Clohessy, assis- numbers will be changing.” 31, 2022. It’s a variable, it is still an our budget together for next year,” ments yet,”Clohessy said.“We will
tant superintendent for business, unknown, but I put it in.” she said. get that in early May, and we will
and Superintendent Anthony Di- Clohessy agreed but noted that have to update what that means
Carlo, presented preliminary pro- the state has provided the district O cials noted that the pan- e current proposed tax levy to our taxpayers. But it’s basically a
jections for the revenue side of the with initial state aid numbers, demic slowed work on the renova- (the amount to be collected by tax- 76-cent increase per $1,000.”
next district budget. which has helped o cials begin tion project, which may result in es) is $92,763,650, up 3.35 percent
structuring the budget. reduced building aid. DiCarlo said from last year and just under the Clohessy said these are the vari-
“ is is the beginning of a pro- that was unfair. state-imposed cap. ables that are currently unknown:
cess. is is not where we are going “It’s the rst step on the ladder
to be come the nal budget,” Di- and we were able to receive our “We shouldn’t be penalized due “ e 3.35 is totally cap-driven. • Final tax cap
Carlo said. “ is is the beginning governor’s proposal [for state aid] to COVID and that is a conversa- at is the maximum cap we can • Final state aid projections
of a process based on information and that helped us bring this to- tion we need to have [with state go to as a district this year,” Clo- • Actual student enrollment
Assistant Superintendent Sandra gether,”she said. reps],”he said. hessy said. • Incoming kindergarten stu-
Clohessy is showing now. So, ev- dents
Gov. Kathy Hochul has recom- is year’s budget would include e total revenue for the 2022-
mended aid for Mahopac schools a contribution from the fund bal- 23 budget is projected to be $132.8 SEE BUDGET PAGE 6

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Eppolito ‘I wanted
performs at to create a
Illusion when collection of
she was an
MHS senior.

PHOTO: TABITHA
PEARSON
MARSHALL

songs to help

heal people

from what

they might

be going

through.’

-Amanda Eppolito

PHOTO

The show mustOgo N!COURTESY
OF AMANDA
EPPOLITO

Mahopac’s Amanda Eppolito releases debut album
BY BOB DUMAS was growing up. me,” she said. e album can be streamed on every
EDITOR “It makes no sense,” she said with a After graduating MHS, Eppolito at- online music platform, from Spotify to
iTunes.
Mahopac High School is quickly de- laugh, “but I just seemed to have entered tended Belmont University in Nashville
veloping a reputation for producing mu- the world knowing I wanted to sing and where she majored in music business. “I am super-proud of it; we worked on
sic stars, ranging from the cauldron of dance. No one in my family can hold a She graduated from Belmont last month it for 13 months,” she said. “My family
rock and pop to the Broadway stage. note.” and decided to remain in Nashville—the and friends who con ded in me and told
songwriting capital of the world. me their stories, they were moved by it, so
Now, Amanda Eppolito, Class of 2018, Her love of performing started when I accomplished my goal.”
has joined that elite club. Eppolito began taking dance lessons as Her rst task was to put the nishing
a child. touches on her new album, “ e Show Eppolito points to Taylor Swift as her
Eppolito, who currently calls Nashville Must Go On,” which she had been work- major in uence as a singer/songwriter.
her home, dropped her debut album— “My mom was just trying to nd some- ing on for more than a year.
” e Show Must Go On”—Jan. 28 and thing for me do,” she said. “I fell in love “I really learned a lot from her and the
is gearing up for a tour this summer to with it.” “I wanted to create a collection of art of songwriting,” she said. “She has
help support it. songs to help heal people from what they grown into one of the greatest songwrit-
en when she was around 10 years might be going through,” she explained. ers that exists right now. It was an honor
Eppolito made her bones starring in old, she got an acoustic guitar for Christ- “My thought process was to sit down and to learn from her. She reinvents herself
many of Mahopac High School’s mu- mas. empathize and walk in their shoes and over and over again.”
sicals and its annual rock extravaganza, create a song that helped them. It covers
“Illusion,” which also helped launched “I started messing around with it and topics like body image, gender inequality, Eppolito also cites Kaitlyn Smith as a
the careers of MHS alumni Amanda wrote a song called, ‘Someday, Some- sexual assault, and domestic violence. e major in uence.
Ayala (who appeared on “ e Voice” and how,’” she said. “It was a song about process of writing was dark, but I wanted
now has a No. 1 single on the indie pop wanting to be a singer.” to empower people and the songs are ul- “She is one of my favorites—bluesy,
charts), and Holly Block (co-writer and timately uplifting. soulful stu ,” she said.
star of an award-nominated o -Broad- Soon Eppolito began writing in ear-
way musical). nest and amassed an impressive catalog “My own experience is that everyone Eppolito said her approach to song-
of original material. It caught the interest is ghting their own silent battle, but the writing varies from day to day.
“ ere is a lot of talent there, but we of her mother’s friend, Tracy Quadagno, show must go on,” she added.
were lucky to have programs and teachers a singer/songwriter herself. Inviting Ep- “I just came out of three hours of co-
who encouraged us to chase our dreams,” polito to her house, Quadagno would lis- Eppolito, who has yet to sign with a writing,” she said. “I usually provide the
Eppolito told Mahopac News last week, ten to the songs and o er advice. major label, said she and a friend, James lyrics and then hand them to someone
during a phone interview from her Nash- Kennedy, independently produced the al- who will do piano or guitar, or I will do
ville home. “I would go to her house every week- bum and performed on it. it myself. Nashville was intimidating at
end and co-write with her,” Eppolito re-
Eppolito said she has no idea where called. “She was the one who got me to “ e way the music industry is going rst, but I got used to it.”
her musical aptitude comes from. She go out gigging.” now, independent artists have such an With the pandemic subsiding, Eppoli-
said her parents were not musical and, opportunity,” she said. “My goal is to be a to plans to get back to doing what she
other than the radio, music wasn’t really Eppolito is essentially a self-taught touring artist who heals people with my loves the most... playing live.
played much around the house while she musician. music. It’s mostly pop with undertones of “I will be gigging out this summer and
soul. It is very theatrical.” I am so excited to get back to it,” she said.
“I had some vocal lessons at Putnam Indeed, the show must go on.
Music and took some guitar lessons from
YouTube videos, but mostly it’s been just

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HDeoanrt’tbbreeaaker BUDGET voting numbers—not just the number of
We have residents voting, but the demographics—
FROM PAGE 1 and said the district must do a better job of
chocolate hearts, getting people to come out and vote.
• Outcome of negotiations with district’s
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Lottery down increases,” he told the board. “We are
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Airport Park project taking final steps

Playground design complete, installation set for summer

BY BOB DUMAS (MSA) donated the building Gilchrist said the $250,000

EDITOR with the concession stand and grant from Harckham was “a

meeting room, which was recent- shot in the arm.”

e nal pieces are being put ly completed. “It really helped us out with

in place as the Airport Park proj- At the Town Board’s Jan. 19 this project,” he said.

ect nally nears fruition. meeting, Gilchrist said the pan- Gilchrist broke down the re-

e $2.2 million project broke demic slowed down the grant maining costs: $150,000 for the

ground in November 2018 but process, but the money has now playground equipment, $35,000

was actually two decades in the been secured and if everything for the equipment installation,

making before funds were set goes smoothly, the playground $5,000 for playground mulch,

aside for its construction. e will be nished sometime this $44,000 for pavilion materials,

project was proceeding apace summer. $52,000 for pavilion installation,

until the pandemic hit in 2020 “ e project started three years $19,000 for picnic tables, $8,000

and slowed things down. Now, ago and COVID stopped it in for garbage receptacles. He said

construction is back on track, mid-grant process, but it restart- that these costs are estimates and The town’s master plan for Airport Park.
says Recreation Director Jim ed, and we got it approved,” Gil- subject to change and noted that

Gilchrist, as plans for the park’s christ told the board. while the Harckham grant won’t able under state contract. at is christ told the board.“My recom-

playground have been nalized. e playground will be all- cover it all, there is a $100,000 an additional $35,000. e con- mendation is that we keep that

e park will boast ve ath- inclusive, designed for everyone, line item in the town budget to tractors will come in and be in on the back burner until things

letic elds, a scoreboard, bleach- including parents and children cover the balance. and out [quickly]. It will take a settle down a little bit.”

ers, fencing, revamped parking, with special needs. “ e playground was supposed couple of days. Spending another Senior Recreation Leader Nina

an outbuilding with concession “Parents can go on it, kids in to be a totally volunteer instal- $35,000 is more than we wanted, Kallmeyer said it is important for

stand, meeting room and rest- wheelchairs; everybody can enjoy lation. We were looking to get but in the long run I think it’s the town to order the playground

rooms, an open-air pavilion, and this playground,” Gilchrist said. about 50 community members worth it.” equipment now due to the slug-

the playground. “We had a great [playground] but that is not going to happen,” e open-air pavilion, how- gish supply chain, which is caus-

In October 2019, state Sen. committee. It took about three Gilchrist said. “I don’t feel there ever, is being put on the back ing delays in delivery for all kinds

Pete Harckham secured a years, and a tremendous amount is any way we can get a group of burner for now. of materials.

$250,000 grant for the park to of work went into it. e play- volunteers together. e Recre- “We are not going forward “ ere is a 16-week lead time,

help pay for the playground, pa- ground had to have an airport ation Committee recommended with the pavilion. e cost of so if we order it now, hopefully,

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Comrades Trump and Carlson A dog person’s tribute
to a cat
It wasn’t too long ago that the U.S. at almost every turn over the past 20 years.
could always be depended upon to side Yet, he has considerable appeal among the PUBLISHER’S
with and support countries that adhere American right. A recent poll found that MEMO
BRETT
to western values and idealize democracy. 62 percent of Republicans view Putin as a FREEMAN

en came Trump... stronger and more e ec-

and now comes Tucker HERE tive leader than President
Carlson. AND Biden.
NOW!
Ukraine stands both As the most-watched
geographically and polit- host on cable news,

ically as the dividing line BERNIE Tucker Carlson has
between Russia and the KOSBERG immense in uence. His
West. As Russia musters rhetoric on the Ukraine

almost 200,000 troops has been parroted by People talk about being cat people
or dog people.
along Ukraine’s borders, numerous far-right Re- I won’t pussy-foot around.
It’s much easier to connect with dogs.
forcefully threatening to invade and further publicans, and most stridently by far-right Dogs emote and shower their owners
with love.
occupy Ukraine and its edgling democ- fanatics like Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene
Cats are no di erent than lions and
racy (Russia annexed Crimea in 2014), Fox of Georgia and Paul Gosar of Arizona. tigers, except they are smaller. at’s PHOTO: BRETT FREEMAN
the only reason cat people are still alive.
News star Tucker Carlson ardently defends Carlson’s commentary in support of Just Google “Siegfried and Roy” if you Aish
want to understand this fully. Cats are
Moscow’s militarism and lauds Vladimir Putin commandeering Ukraine is aired nice until they aren’t.

Putin’s leadership and tenacity. frequently on Russian state TV, and nu- But despite my obvious a nity night, we’d user a laser pointer to get
towards dogs, this column is about a him to run up and down our apartment
Carlson—Fox News’ top-rated host—is merous critics accuse him of being a Putin cat. I was 23 years old and my then- building hallway until a neighbor com-
girlfriend (now wife), Lauren, was 22, plained to the management company.
a Trump disciple, a pro-Russian panderer and Kremlin enabler. And as the threat of and we had just moved in together at
an apartment in Washington, DC. While we were sleeping, he attacked
and Putin atterer. Under the guise of a Russian military incursion into Ukraine our feet if they were sticking out of the
Once a week, Lauren and I volun- blanket. If we left kitchen cupboards
having an earnest policy disagreement with increases, Russian state television high- teered our time at the Washington open, Aish thought it was a great place
Animal Rescue League. At the shelter, to sleep. At one point when Lauren
the U.S. government, his Russia-friendly lights Carlson’s remarks in which he asserts we would take the dogs outside and hurt her back, Aish lay by her side for
give them exercise. As much as we hours.
stance is just a representation of a radical that “NATO exists primarily to torment wanted to adopt a dog, our apartment
building only allowed cats. Aish traveled with us to Chicago
movement among America’s white su- Vladimir Putin” … that the United States for graduate school, where I bought a
So, we found one adorable, friendly harness for him and took him on small
premacists. provoked the 2014 overthrow of the pro- and feisty orange tabby, which we were walks in our apartment courtyard.
told was born in West Virginia. While When I bought Lauren her favorite
National security experts have been Russia Ukrainian government … and that the rest of the kittens were sleepy, the
cat that we liked was full of energy. So, ower – lilies – for Valentine’s Day,
warning for years of a dangerous connec- President Joe Biden is seeking “a hot war we took him home and we named him and then came home to see that Aish
Aish (pronounced aysh), which means had eaten part of the ower, I decided
tion. Far-right extremists, white national- with Russia.” “ re” in Hebrew. to Google which plants are poisonous
to cats (it was probably Yahoo at the
ists and American conservatives feel a Last month, Carlson stated that he Aish was hilarious from Day 1, and time).
he had the typical vindictive cat behav-
kinship with Russia that largely stems “could care less if they call me a pawn of ior. We quickly learned that we couldn’t Turns out that lilies are the MOST
leave glassware out, particularly wine poisonous plants to cats. After putting
from a shared opposition to multiracial Putin.” His one-sided portrayal of the glasses, because he would deliber- him on an IV overnight at the emer-
ately knock them over. Soon after we gency vet and ushing out his system,
democracy. Ukraine/NATO crisis covers up Putin’s re- adopted him, we brought him to the Aish was on to Life No. 3.
emergency vet because he cut himself
Russia—a majority white, Slavic coun- cord of threatening Ukraine and the wider on a fallen wine glass. Aish then moved to Montclair, N.J.,
to live with us at my parents’ house
try—politically opposes the increasingly region with violence, as Putin attempts to On to Life No. 2. after Lauren and I got married. Six
When we got home from work each months later, we rented our own place
diverse European Union and global im- reestablish Russian supremacy in Eastern one town over, and our fur baby trav-
eled with us to his new home.
migration of any sort. It has been hailed Europe, which was lost when the Soviet
After New Jersey, Aish moved with
by white supremacists in this country and Union collapsed. us to an apartment in Tarrytown,
where we found Aish a brother. A feral
overseas as not only important to white Former President Trump often expressed

survival, but as the sole white power left in admiration for Putin, showering the Rus-

this world. sian president with attery and defending

Republican approval of Vladimir Putin him against criticism. Trump, like Carlson,

grew signi cantly stronger after Russia was has been accused by experts of embolden-

seen by many as having helped Donald ing Putin, not only laying the groundwork

Trump win the 2016 presidential election for Putin’s further aggression against the

by negatively targeting Black and im- Ukraine and Eastern Europe, but of pro-

migrant voters. Trump’s white nationalist moting white nationalism worldwide.

and conservative support wasn’t born out Encouraging and supporting fragile,

of political convenience; it coincided with liberal democracies such as the Ukraine

those groups having similar beliefs about deters creeping strongman authoritarian-

what kinds of people that should be able to ism. However, Carlson sees Putin as an ally

inhabit and wield power in this country. in the international cabal of right-wing

Putin—an authoritarian who has taken nationalists, and in the Carlson-Trump

anti-democratic steps to remain president worldview, Putin embodies white Chris- SEE FREEMAN PAGE 17

for life—has worked against U.S. interests tian nationalism.

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LETTERS

Questions county According to Katherine Time to remember Google the rise of Hitler, tanced citizens of St. Louis
spending of Hanrahand, the golf course the past and the di erence in fatalities su ered almost half the fa-
COVID funds manager, it realized a pro t in St. Louis and Philadelphia talities per 100,000 than did
during the 1918 pandemic. A the citizens of Philadelphia,
of $271,667 in 2021. Further, To the editor,

the county has been dumping ose who cannot remem- little research will render the which incidentally was the

To the editor, $250,000 into the golf course ber the past are condemned tone-deaf assertions of the seat of the huge Liberty Bond

Despite “no” votes from each year and so it already has to repeat it.” Today George Republican electorate all the Rallies promoted by Woodrow

Nancy Montgomery and Wil- county funds available to make Santayana’s aphorism is as more self-serving, self-de- Wilson, a pandemic denier.

liam Gouldman, on Feb. 1, the the needed repairs. Maybe the timely as ever, and something feating, and sel sh. Jeff Hodges

Putnam County Legislature county will get away with di- the Trumpers, book banners, Hitler destroyed free elec- Carmel

voted to give $400,000 to the verting the American Rescue and COVID deniers would do tions and banned books, and

Putnam Golf Club to reme- Plan Funds for these repairs. well to keep in mind. the masked and socially dis-

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Censorship now!

LIFE, the bottom of their hearts that ogy and mindset work, interest- at’s a big reason as to why x for the day. Tune into the
HEALTH, the people across the way with ing public intellectuals, etc. And Joe Rogan is currently a more crisis at 6 and 8 and 9 and 11 for
POLITICS a di erent view on how to live then he has long conversations interesting interviewer and host more dribs and drabs. And all
their lives were dangerous and with them during which they are than anyone you can nd on TV. day tomorrow too!
MARA that their thoughts could kill? permitted to delve deep into their He interviews fascinating people.
SCHIFFREN thinking. He asks them leading And he allows the conversations is is worsened by the in-
at is the common denomina- questions, but they are not ques- to ow freely. And the questions credible self-delusion that media
Do you believe that cen- tor of human existence, a kind tions which interrupt the ow he does ask in his three-hour has about it itself, whereby it
sorship is a good idea? of tribalism from which we have of the conversation. Rather, they plus marathon conversations are considers itself the gatekeepers
Do you think that not evolved unfortunately for us. enhance that ow. pointed at getting deeper into of what “the little people” are
adult citizens who live in a material and exploring com- allowed to know. In their eyes,
democracy should be subject— And now the left-wing news In contrast, years ago I plexities. Whereas no one on only media executives are al-
through government or media anchors and various and sundry remember watching Charlie TV likes to go near complexi- lowed to curate the information
intervention—to censorship? celebrities have a new target to Rose, who served an anchor ties. And at this point, rarely are and scienti c knowledge that
censor and cancel. both on PBS and CBS. He was divisions in opinion permitted they deem you should know.
In the America I grew up in, considered, at the time, the peak on the Alphabet networks. e
the answer used to be an across Oddly enough, it’s mild-man- TV interviewer for successful entire media has sunk into a pit ink about that the next time
the board “no frigging way.” nered Joe Rogan, who currently individuals of a certain stripe. In of dullness and conformity that one of those anchors is on TV
hosts the number one podcast in contrast to Rogan, Rose never it cannot escape. zealously discussing the need to
Unfortunately, friends, we are the world on Spotify. is means interviewed iconoclasts, only censor someone or other. ey
no longer living in those times. his show is far more popular than people conventionally successful Networks like CNN have a simply don’t want you to have
the shows of those trying to cen- and celebrated in the dinner par- formula. ey rely on crises for access to the free ow of infor-
Now it is more like, “No, of sor him (which itself is a reason ties inhabited by white tie NYC clicks. If people are not worked mation which is your birthright.
course not. But really, we cannot to damage him). media types like himself. His up and panicked about some-
allow these right-wing disinfor- questions were prepared in ad- thing or feeling victimized by Because, in their eyes, that is
mation campaigns to ourish It is not hard to gure out why vance and highly self-referential. other people they want to cancel, their job.
among, can we. It’s so dangerous. Joe Rogan is so popular. So, there was rarely an interest- then no one tunes in. us, crises
ing conversational ow that got are the lifeblood of networks Mara Schi ren, PhD, is a writer,
eir disinformation is killing Rogan is an independent deep in. Whenever there was like CNN. ey have learned certi ed functional medicine
people.” thinker, not an ideologue. He the merest hint of conversational to exploit real crises and create health coach, certi ed integrative
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Rick Melen’s Super Sunday primer

ON Idon’t know if I’m ready for of before the pandemic: spiders, phrases and jargon you’re likely a di erent play just before the
ASSIGNMENT a full-blown Super Bowl trigonometry and redheads. I’ve to hear during the broadcast, and snap. Since there are 70,000 fans
RICK party just yet, but we’re even invented a new cocktail for exactly what they mean: screaming various other things
MELÉN having a little get-together of she occasion, it’s called a “vaccini,” at the players, some of which are
some friends that are vaccinated and you make it with a dash of “We’re going to take what the not technically true, the resulting
against coronavirus, smallpox, and dry vermouth, a couple ounces of defense gives us...” is is some- modi cation is heard by only the
in fact any-sized pox. It’s time gin and a splash of Ivermectin. For thing coaches tell their players two or three players nearest to the
to start living again, time to go those of you who might be new to before the game, when there is quarterback, and totally inaudible
back to being frightened of the the Big Game, I’ve put together still some hope that the defense to the rest.
things we used to be frightened a compendium of some of the is going to give them anything.
After the game has been lost “You don’t want to miss
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Love at The Country House

Valentine’s day spurs us to take pause and celebrate from Brooklyn, but thanks to the NYC
the love that we receive and the love that we give
by embracing the red and pink and all things cupid. subway, frequent visitation was possible,
Beautiful roses and decadent chocolate provide a
hedonistic backdrop for this overly commercialized and they embraced the journey fre-
holiday. But beyond the rose petals and the choco-
late covered cherries, there are heartfelt stories of quently. On June 9th, 1962, Loretta, and
love. Whether you are a part of a love story or lucky
enough to hear about a special romance, stories of two Israel (Lori and Izzy as they a ection-
souls nding one another never grows old and for me,
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spark a melancholic trip down memory lane.
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Middle School STEAM Fair

Leona Ademi dreamed for science.

Leona teamed up with fellow eighth-graders Lola Lauro

and Madeline Rucker to test the hypothesis that what you

eat a ects how you dream. e trio were among dozens of

student teams that presented projects at the Mahopac Middle

School STEAM Fair.

“We wanted to do something relatable, something that

people would have questions about and want to know more

about,” Leona said. “We also wanted it to be something that

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How important is grammar on greeting cards?

As a retired English teacher, I’m ever will know, but they need to be

STRONG concerned when I receive Valen- able to write. Curious what your
LEARNING tine’s Day cards from my grand- opinion is. ank you in advance
children with one written mistake for your time
DR. LINDA after another. And I’m upset that
SILBERT my children let them send these Mary

cards to me with commas missing Dear Mary,

and misspellings. When I men- You brought up two interesting

tioned to my son and daughter issues. One being valuing writing

Dear Dr. Linda, that I was going to explain the rules over receiving cards from

I’m the retired English teacher mistakes to my grandchildren, your grandchildren, and the other

that emailed you last year about they were actually angry at me and being the importance of punctua-

spelling and grammar mistakes told me that I absolutely could not tion, grammar, and spelling.

on Valentine’s Day cards from my do that. ey accused me of caring Let’s rst address your chil-

grandchildren. Your answer was more about the rules of writing dren’s anger that you were more

much appreciated by my children, than about receiving cards from concerned about how your grand-

and I must say, by myself as well. my grandchildren. children wrote the cards than the

Please share my email this year Believe me, I’m happy that they fact that they sent you the cards. nd cards you received from hun- sue. How important is it that the

with your readers. It’s important are thinking of me and do appre- If I hear you right, you value both. dreds of people and each one is punctuation on the card and the

for parents and grandparents to ciate the cards, but I have to admit Your children are teaching their telling you that they’re thinking grammar and spelling be perfect?

hear. that I’m concerned that they’re children the art of giving. Look about you. Giving and receiving It seems there’s a generational dif-

Mary going to become one of those around, you’ll see a book a student gifts and cards are part of our lives. ference of opinion. Grandparents

educated adults that can’t write a gave you as a holiday gift, a brace- ey add meaning and make us spent years in school being taught

Dear Mary, sentence correctly. I understand let your sister gave you for your feel good whether we’re giving or how to write correctly accord-

I’d be delighted to reprint it. that they know how to use a com- birthday, or a vase you received as receiving. ing to the rules of that era. You

Dear Dr. Linda, puter and text a lot better than I a house gift from a friend. You’ll is brings up the second is- can be sure that when the chil-

dren exchanged valentine cards in

school, there was a comma after a

salutation, like “Dear Susan,” and

a comma after closings like “Your

friend!” Your children’s genera-

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the commas were there, but it’s

more than likely other parents

weren’t as concerned. Your grand-

children’s generation may or may

not be exchanging valentine cards

in school, and most likely don’t

care about commas! ey’re prob-

ably most concerned about telling

someone that they’re their friend,

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grandmother, I too would see the

missing commas and the spelling

mistakes because I’m also from

that generation. Would I mention

it to my grandchildren? No.

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FREEMAN they literally ran in circles with We also bought something trouble walking and one of his euthanasia know, it was an
all sorts of scary noises remi- to raise the height of his food paws was bent weirdly, so we excruciating decision.
FROM PAGE 10 niscent of a scene in a Tom and dish so that he could eat more think he had a stroke. e vet
Jerry cartoon. comfortably, and we picked up gave him an antibiotic in the Aish wasn’t just a cat. He
stray black and white kitten some pain medication from the o chance that all of this was was a loving member of our
needed a home, so Aish showed Before our readers judge me, vet. due to an infection. family. He was there for the
him the ropes. is new cat’s in hindsight, I probably should very beginning of my relation-
personality is the opposite have returned the dog imme- Unfortunately, he deterio- On Jan. 30, Aish had zero ship with Lauren. He was there
of Aish. Whereas Aish was diately on that rst day. But rated rapidly. When the vet interest in food, and we knew for our wedding and the birth
friendly, greeted all people and instead, we put the cats in the weighed him, he had lost two that was goodbye. We had of our two children. He was
was fearless, our new kitten was basement (a nished basement pounds, and a couple months been told that starvation is the a ectionate and gentle. He was
a fraidy-cat, so we named him with comfortable furniture). We before that, he was six pounds. most painful way to die, so we by our side for half our lives and
Mayim, which means “water” in hung out with the cats daily When you pet him, you could euthanized him that day. As all the entirety of our adult lives.
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had plenty of sunlight from a Rest in peace, our sweet Aish.
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out of the blue, he came back. his fur got all matted. I felt like
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He looked a little bit thinner moved to Connecticut, where
and was very hungry. Onto Life we live just a stone’s throw
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Fast forward several of his relegated to an even bigger
nine lives, and we’re at Christ- basement – kind of like an
mas in 2017, when we adopted apartment.
a large dog from a local rescue
organization in Patterson. e All of a sudden, a few weeks
rescue organization assured us ago, Aish was unable to jump
that the dog was about one year onto the counter for his meal.
old and was good with other He also started peeing on the
animals. carpet instead of his litter box,
so we bought a new, easier to
Turns out that he was prob- enter litter box with softer litter,
ably about four years old, and and placed it near where he
we feared for our cats’ lives after slept.
he lunged at them. At one point
when the dog attacked the cat,

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GIRLS BASKETBALL

Defense fuels wins over Somers, Yorktown, Brewster

Girls remain undefeated in league play

BY SKIP PEARLMAN and limiting her three-pointers job. Right now, I feel pretty we had a really good second half. Mahopac was scheduled to

CONTRIBUTING WRITER in the second half,” he said. good about where we are. We I think we’re starting to get to visit John Jay CR Friday in the

Two days earlier at Yorktown, continue to improve defensively. where we’re playing our best regular-season nale at 6 p.m.

Mahopac’s girls basketball the Huskers had no answer for Against Brewster it was a close, basketball, and everyone is do- Playo s begin a week from Sat-

team picked up three convincing Mahopac‘s hot shooting, as the one-point game at halftime, and ing a good job.” urday.

victories last week, rolling to a Indians led 16-6 after one, and

57-30 win Saturday over Brews- 26-9 by the half. MAHOPAC SOCCER
ter, two days after easily defeating DeMeo had 18, Lauren Beber-
Yorktown, 53-29, on the Corn- man added 13 points, Sterbens

huskers’ court. e prior Tuesday, had 12 points and 12 rebounds,

Mahopac topped Somers, 61-40. and Rush added 10 points.
In Saturday’s win at Brewster, DeBrocky’s 19 led the Indi-

SPRING REGISTRATIONJulie DeBrocky led the Indians ans in a win over Somers. Rush
with 12 points, and Mel DeMeo added 14, and Beberman had 10.

and Kristina Rush each added e three wins left the Indians NOW OPEN!

11 for the Indians, who trailed at 13-4 overall, and 7-0 in league

13-10 after one quarter, and led play.

22-21 at halftime. A 19-5 run by “We’re playing pretty well

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PAGE 22 MAHOPAC NEWS LEISURE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2022

CLUES ACROSS 26. Not out 50. A type of salt 8. Obstruct For puzzle solutions, please see
1. One point east of due theparamountrehab.com
south 27. Salvador __, Spanish 51. Exposing human vice or 9. Atomic number 45
4. City in Maine 12. Ill-mannered
10. Inquire too closely artist folly to ridicule
11. Make dirty
12. Small Greek island 28. Cargo (abbr.) 52. One who watches birds 13. Opaque gem
14. Bitterly regret
15. Millisecond 30. This (Spanish) 53. Sailboat 17. Indicates before
16. __ the ante
18. Without value 31. Sino-Soviet block (abbr.) 54. A major division of 19. Remove
22. Eurasian ryegrass
23. Authentic 34. Slang for trucks with geological time 20. Populous Argentine city
24. Having a mournful
quality trailers 55. Sodium 21. More cunning

36. Helps you hear 56. American state 25. Rich dessert

37. Steer a boat 58. Soak in water 29. Payment (abbr.)

39. British School 59. Thin decorative covering 31. Footwear

40. Genus of olive of fine wood 32. Famed Alabama city

41. Computer term (abbr.) 60. Affirmative 33. Sheep’s cry

42. Horse gear 35. Arrogance

48. Give off CLUES DOWN 38. Clergical vestment

1. One of the four 41. Serving no practical

seasons purpose

2. Its sultan is famous 43. An evening party

3. A lens for 44. Print errors

correcting defective 45. Not good

vision in one eye 46. Egyptian Sun god

4. College degree 47. Industrial German city

5. Soldiers need it 49. Scottish island

6. Japanese car 56. Early multimedia

manufacturer 57. Atomic number 18

7. A way to address

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Flowers and their various meanings

Flowers can represent various elegance and daintiness. gifts for signi cant others. e

emotions. gladiolus symbolizes honor, in-

Flowers play a prominent role • CALLA LILY fatuation and strength.

in many and holidays, perhaps is bloom symbolizes mag-

none more than Valentine’s Day. ni cence and beauty, as well as • IRIS

Valentine’s Day is a busy day purity and innocence. at is why Irises represent faith, hope and

for orists. ProFlowers says it ac- Calla lilies are often the ower of wisdom and are cherished for

counts for most of the industry’s choice in wedding bouquets. their big, beautiful blooms.

fresh ower sales. Around 78

percent of the owers purchased • CARNATIONS • PEONY

for Valentine’s Day are cut ow- ese are one of the most pop- is ower, which resembles

ers, and men are the top consum- ular owers in the world and are a rose, symbolizes a happy life,

ers. generally symbolic of love and happy marriage, prosperity, and

Roses are the go-to ower on fascination. good health.

Valentine’s Day, but shoppers can

look to various blooms to send • DAFFODIL • ROSE

the right message to that special Da odils symbolize regard Roses symbolize love in its

someone in their lives. In fact, and chivalry. ey also can be various forms, and di erent col-

each type of ower conveys its indicative of rebirth, new begin- ors of roses symbolize di erent

own unique message. nings and eternal life. A single things. For example, yellow roses

ProFlowers and Pickup Flow- da odil can signal misfortune, represent care and friendship,

ers note that the following are while a bunch expresses joy and while pink roses are given as a

some popular blooms and the happiness. token of admiration.

messages those owers are tradi- Flowers are popular gifts

tionally associated with. • GERBERA DAISIES come Valentine’s Day. Choosing

With large, beautiful blooms a ower that best represents the

• AMARYLLIS in a wide assortment of vibrant feelings gift-givers want to con-

is ower is symbolic of colors, gerbera daisies are a favor- vey can incorporate even more

splendid beauty and can be used ite ower for cheerful sentiments. meaning into a bouquet or bas-

to indicate worth. ket.

• GLADIOLUSES

•ASTER ese tall, striking owers are is article was provided by Metro

e aster symbolizes patience, eye-catching and make great Creative Connection.

‘Happy Valentine’s Day from all of us at Halston Media.’

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2022 MAHOPAC NEWS PAGE 23

Conservatives endorse Byrne for county exec

BY BOB DUMAS fellow Republicans, and won.” PHOTO COURTESY OF KEVIN BYRNE Republican Committee has yet
EDITOR Maxwell said Byrne’s leader- to o cial nominate either can-
Kevin Byrne, left, with Conservative Party Chair James Maxwell didate, but the two will likely
e Putnam County Conser- ship, experience and commit- face o in a GOP primary this
vative Party has endorsed state ment to service is what’s needed instead seek the Republican Legislator Carl Albano an- summer.
Assemblyman Kevin Byrne as in a county executive. nomination to run for county nounced his intention to seek
its sole candidate for Putnam executive. Last month County the nomination as well. e e Conservative Party has
County executive. “ e Putnam County Con- made clear that the “Wilson
servative Party is 100 percent Pakula” legal authorization to
Party Chairman James Max- behind Kevin to ensure he is vic- run on another Party’s line will
well said Byrne “has proven torious this November,” he said. only be given to Byrne, a regis-
himself to be a steady conserva- tered Republican, for Putnam
tive voice for the people of Put- Expressing his gratitude to County executive in 2022.
nam County.” the members of the party and
its o cers, Byrne praised Max- According to the Putnam
“I’ve known Kevin for more well as “a remarkable leader for County Board of Elections web-
than 15 years, have watched the Conservative Party and our site, in the last general election
him work, take on challenges, community. for Putnam County executive
and overcome adversity at ev- in 2018, incumbent MaryEllen
ery turn,” Maxwell said. “Kevin “I thank him for his friend- Odell received 2,697 votes on
battled against the big-govern- ship, counsel, and continued the Conservative Party line, a
ment progressives from New support in what promises to be number that exceeded the dif-
York City and still got things an energetic and powerful cam- ference between Republican and
done, nding ways to achieve paign to build a better, brighter Democrat votes in that election.
real results for our people here at future for the hard-working
home. He stood up against for- people of Putnam County,” By- e Independence and Reform
mer Gov. Andrew Cuomo when rne said. Parties, which existed at that
few others dared, including his time, are no longer active in New
Byrne announced late last year York.
he would not seek re-election to
the state assembly and would

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Avoiding New York’s estate tax cli

GUEST death (“TOD”) to a spouse, nor and retirement assets with the each of their name alone or in a played a signi cant role in many
CORNER names their surviving spouse as spouse as named bene ciary), and Revocable Living Trust for their New Yorkers moving to other
the primary bene ciary of any no assets in their name alone. On individual bene t. e Last Will states that do not have a state
ANTHONY J. account. the death of the rst to die, said and Testament or Trust can name estate tax or income tax (another
ENEA $7,000,000 goes automatically to their spouse as bene ciary of the large burden for New Yorkers).
If the rst spouse to die has the surviving spouse. Even if you assets and also give the spouse As with many matters, advance
As can be imagined, estate assets titled jointly with their assume no growth in the estate of an option of “disclaiming” all or planning and being proactive
taxation can be confusing. spouse, then upon death those the surviving spouse, on the death part of what they are to receive. allows one to take advantage of
Unfortunately, the New assets will pass by operation of of the surviving spouse because what the law permits, which can
York’s Estate Tax is no exception. law to their surviving spouse, and he/she has an estate which is is “disclaimer” allows the assets result in sheltering millions from
not be considered to be titled 5% greater than the exemption the spouse decides not to receive taxation.
us, the focus of this article to the deceased spouse’s name ($6,110,000), the estate will be “outright” on their spouse’s death
will be solely on the New York alone for purposes of utilizing the taxed at the highest New York to be held in a trust created Anthony J. Enea is a member of
Estate Tax Exemption and not exemption in New York. us, Estate Tax rate, currently 16% of for their bene t, allowing the Enea, Scanlan and Sirignano, LLP
the Federal Estate Tax and Gift the exemption of the rst spouse the entire $7,000,000; and not surviving spouse to decide of White Plains and Somers. He
Tax Exemption (the subject of a to die will e ectively disappear, just the amount that is greater whether they should inherit the is a certi ed Elder Law Attorney
future article). leaving only one exemption than $6,110,000, subject to any assets or disclaim them at the accredited by the National Elder
available to the surviving spouse available deductions or credits. time of their spouse’s death. is Law Foundation and focuses his
For the year 2022, the New of $6,110,000. e loss of the is bene cial because the decision practice on Elder Law, Wills,
York State Estate Tax Exemption exemption of the rst spouse us, the New York Estate can be made with the knowledge Trusts and Estates. Mr. Enea
is $6,110,000 per person. ere to die will have signi cant tax Tax would be approximately of what their assets are and what is the Past Chair of Elder Law
is no gift tax in New York, consequences in New York. $1,120,000, because the estate the New York exemption is at the and Special Needs Section of the
meaning that New Yorkers are of the surviving spouse has gone time of their death. e portion New York State Bar Association
not taxed (by New York) on Additionally, in New York over the proverbial “estate tax (or all) of the assets disclaimed (NYSBA) and the 50+ Section of
the value of the gifts they make we have something referred to cli .” allow the couple to utilize all or the NYSBA. He is also the Past
during their life. In 2021, the as “ e Estate Tax Cli .” If the part of the New York Estate Tax President and Founding Member
New York Estate Tax Exemption value of one’s New York taxable is estate tax could have been Exemption of the rst spouse of the National Academy of Elder
was $5,930,000 per person. estate exceeds the New York entirely avoided if husband and to die and signi cantly reduces Law Attorneys (NAELA)-NY
At rst glance the exemption Estate Tax Exemption amount wife had divided their assets and/or eliminates the possibility chapter, President of the Westchester
appears to be a relatively large of $6,110,000 by over 5%, then so that each had a signi cant of New York estate tax upon the County Bar Foundation and a Past
amount. It appears to permit the entire estate will be subject portion of the $7,000,000 in surviving spouse’s demise. is is President of its Bar Association.
a married couple to exempt to a New York Estate Tax. If the their name alone on their date just one of many techniques that He is uent in Italian. Mr. Enea
from New York estate taxes a estate exceeds $6,110,000 by less of death, and had also utilized one can utilize to help avoid and/ can be reached at 914-948-1500.
total of $12,220,000. While than 5%, then only the excess a Last Will & Testament or or reduce the New York Estate Visit www.esslaw rm.com for more
accomplishing this is possible, value is taxed. As such, in 2022 if Revocable Living Trust that Tax. information.
it requires advance planning your estate is $305,500 more than provided for all or part of their
so that each spouse, on their $6,110,000, you have triggered estate to not pass outright to their Sadly, New York’s estate tax has
date of death, has $6,110,000 the estate tax cli and your entire surviving spouse, thus, avoiding
or less in their name alone and estate, back to the rst dollar, is leaving the estate of the surviving WHY DO WE
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