The Katonah-Lewisboro Times 04.14.22

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BEDFORDTOWN BOARD

New law limits use of
gas-powered leaf blowers

BY TOM BARTLEY the fall to two months,Oct.15 to Dec.15.In

CONTRIBUTING WRITER 2024 and thereafter, both cleanups will last

two weeks, April 15 to April 30 and Nov. 7

It may not be perfect. It may—likely to Nov. 21.

will—need some tweaks down the road. But Murray Fisher of Bedford, a member of

for now,a change in Bedford regulations will the town’s Leaf Blower Committee, opened

muzzle gasoline-powered leaf blowers for a 57-minute public discussion of the pro-

much of the year and spell out exactly when posed amendment by noting it “does not

they can re up. go as far as we recommended, which was a
In a unanimous compromise last week, complete ban by the end of last year. Obvi- STOCK PHOTO

the Town Board stopped short of an out- ously, that didn’t happen.”

right ban on the blowers but imposed lim- White Plains has just enacted such a ban, What really gets me about opponents who talk about

its—backed by sti nes for repeated viola- he said, and 23 other Westchester munici-
tions—on how often the noisy machines are palities are considering restrictions on gas
at work.With some exceptions,gas-powered leaf blowers, which in addition to noise are

enforcement is the assumption that you shouldn’t haveblowers will be con ned,starting this year,to criticized as CO2-belching threats to the
short-duration fall and spring cleanup sea- environment and operators’health. this law because it’s going to be too hard to enforce.
sons.By 2024 they will be limited to a pair of Fisher went on to outline “plenty of good

two-week sessions in April and November. reasons to restrict their use,” including those

And, “Oh, by the way, because it’s going to be so hard toe new code is housed in an update to health concerns, and plenty of alternatives,
the town’s noise ordinance. Adopted April including leaf mulching and increasingly

enforce, you have to know that we’re just not going to5, it includes an April 1 to May 15 cleanup powerful electric blowers.
as well as a fall one, running Oct. 1 to Dec. But in the public hearing that followed follow it and you can’t do anything about it.’
15. Despite that April 1 speci cation, Town Fisher’s appearance, opponents mounted a

Attorney Eric Gordon said, the new law passionate pushback, calling the amended

would not take e ect until it was led with law ill-timed, unworkable and unenforce-

the state. able, among other things.

Next year, the spring cleanup window SEE LEAF BLOWYEoRSuPrAGLEo16cal Expert – Councilwoman Bobbi Bittker
narrows to one month, all of April, and in Town of Bedford

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The Staff BEDFORDTOWN BOARD

EDITORIAL TEAM Con Ed prices likely to spike in new contract
BRIAN MARSCHHAUSER
EDITOR: 914-302-5628 BY GINO DE ANGELIS The rates will be due to a 50 percent price increase
[email protected] STAFF WRITER at retail. “Natural gas drives the
electricity pricing more because
NICK TRUJILLO Bracing for a second wave of the majority of generators are
REPORTER
dramatic hikes in utility bills, completely di erent natural-gas red,” Welsh told the
[email protected] Westchester Power is asking than what we have in board.
VIM WILKINSON member municipalities in its
power-buying consortium to in- In his presentation Welsh said
SPECIAL SECTIONS EDITOR crease the maximum price it can he is seeking an extension of ve
[email protected] pay to independent electricity months in the current ESCO
providers. contract, due to expire June 30,
ADVERTISING TEAM to nd new suppliers at auction,
PAUL FORHAN
e consortium needs its 23 our current contract.’ using the 12.5-cent price-not-to-
(914) 806-3951 Westchester members to ap- exceed as a ceiling.
[email protected] prove a rise from the 7.1 cents
it now pays for a kilowatt hour “We can’t know that,two weeks
BRUCE HELLER from now, something completely
(914) 486-7608
[email protected] of electricity to an authorized –Dan Welsh changes in the world sphere and
maximum of 12.5 cents/kWh. Westchester Power this background changes,” Welsh
LISA KAIN Bedford’s Town Board, for one, said. “We can only make deci-
(201) 317-1139
[email protected] backed the increase in a vote at sions on the data we have and it
CORINNE STANTON
(914) 760-7009 its April 5 meeting. our current contract,” Daniel ply its residents with renewable indicates there will be continued
[email protected]
Since January 2021, many of Welsh, director of Westchester energy, which carries a higher pressure.”
JAY GUSSAK
(914) 299-4541 Con Edison’s roughly 600 cus- Power, a program of Sustainable price compared with traditional Welsh continued by saying
[email protected]
SHELLEY KILCOYNE tomers in Bedford have comfort- Westchester, told the Bedford energy sources. e current con- that when Sustainable West-
(914) 924-9122
[email protected] ably ridden out the volatile com- board at the April 5 meeting. tract, in addition to renewable chester saw increases last year for

PRODUCTION TEAM modities market on a xed-rate Instead of relying on utilities energy at 7.41 cents/kWh, buys NYSEG customers, they hadn’t
TABITHA PEARSON MARSHALL
contract that was signed long and their unpredictable prices, electricity generated by standard taken steps to inform customers
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
PHOTOGRAPHER before overseas strife sent natural Westchester Power locks in a supplies at 6.75 cents. Bedford on the potential downsides.

[email protected] gas prices soaring. price from an electric services residents have the choice to opt “We saw in the prior situation,
GABRIELLE BILIK
DESIGNER But that 16-month contract is company—commonly known as out of this contract and instead in a high-rate environment, a

[email protected] slated to end in June, and Sus- an ESCO. “ ere is value in con- continue to have their electricity lot of people actually felt aban-

tainable Westchester predicts the sistency,” said Welsh, who is also supplied by their utility provider. doned,” Welsh said. “ ey said,

next one won’t be so favorable. a Lewisboro councilman. During his presentation to the ‘Where is Sustainable Westches-

“ e rates will be completely Bedford has a contract with board, Welsh said that natural ter?’ We want to avoid that if we

di erent than what we have in Sustainable Westchester to sup- gas futures have nearly doubled can.”

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UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Gashi looks to win newly drawn district
Yorktown resident challenges Bowman in Democratic primary

BY BRIAN MARSCHHAUSER said the Russian invasion of from Seton Hall University. As a Vedat Gashi socioeconomic di erences in
EDITOR Ukraine hits close to home. student, he interned for Supreme his diverse district, Gashi said,
Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, saying is,‘ e right answer, poorly “ e needs of Putnam Valley
Vedat Gashi was perfectly “You try to avoid war as much then at the Second Circuit communicated, is the wrong and Carmel aren’t that di erent
content to continue serving as a as you can, obviously,” Gashi said. Court of Appeals. As a lawyer, answer,’” Gashi said. “You’re going from Co-op City or Wake eld or
Westchester County legislator— “It destroys lives. But when you he returned to his native land to have to be able to speak to Yonkers or Mount Vernon.”
and then redistricting happened. see innocent lives [being lost], I to help draft some of Kosovo’s the other side and they’re going
think you do everything you can foundational legal documents to have to be able to hear you. “I think, fundamentally, we’re
A once-in-a-decade to help out. And it’s not enough after the country declared its Because if you don’t, you’re never going to need jobs. We have
occurrence, redistricting shifted to say, ‘I stand with Ukraine.’ e independence from Serbia. going to nd that compromise. failing infrastructure, and people
his home in Yorktown into the way you help them right now is need to feel safe in their homes
16th Congressional District, with military aid.” After an unsuccessful bid is is a democracy. We need to and in the streets,” Gashi said.
which now runs from Co-op for the Assembly in 2018, he get the votes. We need to nd
City in the Bronx up toward Bowman has also repeatedly was elected to the Westchester some middle ground to move As of this week,the Democratic
southern Putnam County. e used the phrase, “Defund the County Legislature in 2019. He forward.” primary is set to be a three-man
district kept Yonkers and Mount police.” In an interview on CNN, serves District 4, which includes race between Bowman, Gashi,
Vernon but traded Mamaroneck, Bowman explained his use of portions of Yorktown and Somers. Gashi said he tires of the and Manuel Casanova of New
Pelham, Rye, and a portion of the phrase. “It means a dramatic In White Plains, he chairs the “performative” aspect of politics. Rochelle. Bill Faulkner, a Somers
New Rochelle for White Plains, reduction in the number of Board of Legislators’ Budget & town councilman, announced
Harrison, North Castle, Bedford, police in our poor communities Appropriations Committee. “It’s my least favorite part of last week that he is running for
Yorktown, Somers, Carmel, and and, particularly, our poor Black politics,” Gashi said. “I think the District 16 on the Republican and
Putnam Valley. or brown communities,” the “We’re immigrants. We came performative side is something I Conservative lines.
congressman said. “Historically, poor, but we worked hard and tend to ignore. Even in my elected
Suddenly, the district seemed when our communities needed found success. I think we are o ce, I don’t like to speak unless I e primarily Democratic
winnable for a self-proclaimed jobs, they didn’t bring us jobs. a re ection of that American have something to say. district has not been represented
“Biden Democrat” like Gashi. Dream,” Gashi said. “I’m Muslim, by a Republican since 1949. In the
ey brought us police.” I’m Albanian, I didn’t think that “I hate the playing politics part,” 2020 general election, Bowman
Gashi said he would not Gashi, however, said, “I was it would be possible for someone he added. “I like the work part of defeated Republican candidate
have challenged Mondaire never a fan of that slogan.”He also like me to run for Congress. ere it.” Patrick McManus by an 84-16
Jones (District 17) or Sean pointed toward Bowman’s July are some people who will tell you margin.
Patrick Maloney (District 18) vote against a bill that included the American Dream is dead or A former Bronx resident, Gashi
had redistricting turned out $30 million in additional funding was never alive, and I respectfully said he is familiar with the southern
di erently. But Gashi was not shy for the Capitol Police in response disagree.” portion of the 16th Congressional
about criticizing U.S. Rep Jamaal to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. District. Recognizing certain
Bowman, who he will challenge in Capitol. Asked how he would describe
the Democratic primary on June In explaining his vote, Bowman himself, Gashi said, “I’m certainly
28. said, “Our response to crises not a member of the [Democratic
cannot be adding more and more Socialists of America]. I describe
“I didn’t like a number of the police funding.” myself more as a common-sense
votes he took,” said Gashi, a In this case, Gashi said, Democrat, a Biden Democrat.
43-year-old lawyer. “I thought it additional police funding is When I see a problem, my goal is
didn’t represent the views of the exactly what was needed. As a to x it, make it better.
party.” congressman, he said, “I think I’d
be more driven by the practical “When you’re buying a house,
Records show that Bowman reality than ideological purity.” you don’t ask, ‘Is the seller a
votes with even the most moderate Gashi, who turns 44 in April, Democrat or a Republican?’” he
Democrats about 95% of the time. was born in Kosovo (formerly added. “You want the best house
However, his voting record is Yugoslavia). At a young age, for the best price. My goal is to get
more closely aligned with fellow his family “ ed the oppressive, the best solution for a problem.
“Squad” members, including socialist regime” to the United And I hold my word and integrity
Yorktown High School graduate States, according to his campaign in high regard. Yes is yes, no is
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (99%). website. His family rst moved no. And I think that’s important,
In November, Bowman was one to the Bronx before settling in especially at a time like this when
of six Democrats who voted Yorktown, where he lives with we’re so polarized.”
against President Joe Biden’s $1.2 his wife, Vjosa, and their children,
trillion infrastructure bill. He also Leka and Hana. e Yorktown resident also
voted in March against a bill that referred to himself as an “honest
included $13.6 billion in aid to e Lakeland High School broker,” saying he reaches across
Ukraine. graduate earned a law degree the aisle in good faith.

As a refugee of Kosovo, Gashi “My most frequently repeated

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KATONAH-LEWISBORO SCHOOL DISTRICT

Glick enters school board race

BY TOM BARTLEY Her fellow challengers, Marc owner,” she said, “I can of- were struggling to read, despite Erika Glick
CONTRIBUTING WRITER Abrams of Katonah and Mat- fer a unique perspective to the being intellectually capable and
thew Goglia of South Salem, [KLSD] board.” growing up in a print-rich, ed-
Erika Glick, a vocal critic are leaders in the Special Needs ucated environment.”
of the Katonah-Lewisboro Advocacy Group, which has Glick began attending
School District’s literacy pro- been publicly protesting spe- school board meetings, press- A deep dive into literacy
gram, has declared her candi- cial-education policy at board ing for changes in KLSD’s lit- research convinced her, Glick
dacy for one of three school meetings since last May. eracy program, she said, after said, that “our district has much
board seats up for grabs next being forced to send both chil- of it wrong.”
month. With a dual master’s degree dren, one of them dyslexic, to a
in early childhood education school out of district to address e three challengers will
A Katonah mother of two, and students with disabilities, their language-based learning oppose sitting trustees Julia
she joins two other outspoken Glick opened her Katonah disabilities. Hadlock, the board’s vice pres-
critics of district policy in chal- Village Kids, a preschool on ident; Rory Burke, the nance
lenging three board incum- Bedford Road, in 2015. “As a “Neither was receiving an committee chair; and Eliza-
bents in the May 17 contest. parent, educator, and business appropriate education in our beth Gereghty, the facilities
schools,” Glick said. “ ey committee chair.

John Jay junior named YoungArts finalist

South Salem’s Sadie Goodman is an accomplished utist

Sadie Goodman, a junior at she joins a distinguished group tablished in 1981 to identify the for nomination to become a careers,” said Executive Direc-
most accomplished young artists U.S Presidential Scholar in the tor Jewel Malone. “YoungArts
John Jay High School, has been of artists including Terence in the visual, literary, and per- empowers artists to pursue a life
forming arts. arts, one of the nation’s highest in the arts beginning at the criti-
named a 2022 YoungArts nal- Blanchard, Timothée Chalamet, honors for students who exem- cal time when many are faced
Entrance into this organiza- plify academic and artistic excel- with decisions about life after
ist, the organization’s highest Viola Davis, Amanda Gorman, tion starts with a competitive lence. Twenty YoungArts award high school. We are
application process. YoungArts winners at the nalist level are
honor. Judith Hill, Jennifer Koh, and award winners are chosen by selected each year for this honor proud to support these young
discipline-speci c panels of art- by the White House Commis- artists at the beginning of their
Goodman, a utist from Hunter Schafer. ists through a blind adjudication sion on Presidential Scholars. journeys and look forward to be-
process. coming a resource for them at all
South Salem, has been recog- e YoungArts program of “We are thrilled to announce stages of their careers.”
As a nalist, Goodman par- this year’s YoungArts award win-
nized in the eld of classical the National Foundation for the ticipated in YoungArts Week+ ners—an extraordinary group of is article was prepared by
featuring classes, workshops, promising, accomplished young YoungArts and edited by the
music. As a YoungArts winner, advancement of Artists was es- and mentorship from leading artists—and congratulate each Katonah-Lewisboro Times.
artists in her eld. She will be- of them on this exciting mile-
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South Salem’s Maclain Rockett appears on ‘MasterChef Junior’

BY JESSICA EINTERZ Maclain Rockett at 12 PHOTO COURTESY OF FOX PHOTO: JESSICA EINTERZ fair and [at a] monster truck sta-
STAFF WRITER dium,” Rockett said. “ ere was
Maclain Rockett today a WWE-themed [challenge].
When “MasterChef Junior”re-
turned from its three-year hiatus us were cast. It was surreal. I felt the cameras as best as I could,” a lot less pressure that way.” e renaissance fair [was my fa-
last month, it featured Maclain like it was a one-in-a-million Rockett said. “I was de nitely One of the central compo- vorite]. I love all things histori-
Rockett, a John Jay High School chance.” nervous because it was always cal, especially historical fashion.”
student and South Salem resi- in the back of my mind that this nents of “MasterChef Junior” is
dent, who was cast in the show Rockett said that the idea of was [going to be on] national its themed challenges. Rockett When Rockett was cast, he
when he was just 12 years old. being on national television was television. I feel like I did a pret- talked about some of the chal- said that his dream was to open
scary. He had a technique that ty good job of forgetting that lenges he participated in and his a patisserie. However, his dreams
“MasterChef Junior,” now in kept him calm. [the cameras] were there. ere’s favorite theme. have since changed signi cantly.
its eighth season, is a cooking He said that regardless of what
show where children aged 8-13 “I just tried to forget about “We cooked at a renaissance he chooses to do, cooking will
compete in various cooking chal- always be one of his passions.
lenges to earn the MasterChef
trophy and $100,000. “I’ll de nitely keep cook-
ing,” Rockett said. “I don’t really
Rockett, who’s currently 15 know what that entails. It’ll def-
years old, said that seeing himself initely be important in my life
as a 12-year-old was fascinating. somehow. I don’t think that I’m
going to go to culinary school. I
“It’s a really interesting experi- don’t think that’s going to be the
ence seeing a person who has my right t for me.”
face, but I don’t quite recognize it
as me,” Rockett said. “[ e dif- While Rockett can’t recall the
ference between] 12 and 15 is a details of what he learned from
lot. I’m not the same person that the show, he did learn some
I was.” overall lessons.

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and how he felt when he was cast. or something that I learned,”
Rockett said. “I think it was just
“ ere was an email sent out a lot of good practice. In general,
[that said] there were auditions I think I learned to be authen-
for ‘MasterChef Junior.’ I went, tic. Present who you are to the
and then there were callbacks. world, and you can’t go wrong.”

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What did I miss? Masterful

Do you remember the story about the “bad in uences” in pub- The Masters in Augusta, weed. Not a blade of grass is out For decades, attendees at the
about Rip Van Winkle? lic schools. My other friend, Pam, Georgia, is as Jim Nance of place. e restrooms are im- Masters have been referred to as
In the famous short who lived across the street, had of CBS likes to say, “a maculate, complete with ushers “patrons”—not fans or spectators.
Fans being short for fanatic, you
story written by American author made new friends while I was liv- can see it does not t in with the
Masters ambiance. ey never
Washington ing in Florida. tradition like no other.” I had directing you to the next empty use the word “crowd,”either.
Broadcasters toe the line with
Irving, a villager Even the little the good stall. Everyone these requirements as well. e
folks in charge want you to feel
named Rip Van READING, boy next door fortune of IN CASE asks you if you like you are visiting a museum or
WRITING & being invited YOU are having a attending the opera, not making
Winkle meets had a new as a guest by MISSED IT good time and a trip to the Subway Series.
a mysterious CHOCOLATE mother’s helper. a wonderful they sound like
Another way that you feel like
group of men, KIM I learned that you are making a trip to a friend’s
home instead of being a eeced
drinks a ques- KOVACH time does not and gener- DON SCOTT they mean it. fan at the typical Mets, Jets or
Yankees game is the price of
tionable libation stand still, and ous friend to It rained a things. Parking is free. e con-
cession stands are still using the
o ered to him, people move attend this lot the days 1950 price list. Order two import
beers—the brand is a secret—
and falls asleep on. past weekend. leading up to two chicken sandwiches, a bag of
chips, and you get change back
in the Catskill Mountains for 20 is current time we are living I was on my the tourna- from your twenty.

years. When he nally wakes up, in reminds me of that “lost” year. best guest behavior. Maybe I will ment, but mud is not allowed. For golf fans, the Masters is
the only one of the “majors”that
Rip Van Winkle is shocked to see When the coronavirus pan- get asked back. e Masters is Whenever a hint of a mud is played at the same location
every year. Because of that, every
that so much time has gone by demic arrived in March 2020, a bucket-list trip for sure, right puddle began to form, a bucket kid that has held a club has
imagined themselves knock-
and so many people and places in many people tried to stay safe up there with Wimbledon, the brigade attacked it with green ing it on the 15th in two and
putting for eagle, or making that
his village life have changed. is and healthy by sequestering in Kentucky Derby, and the Super sand which was an exact Pan- slippery downhill 10-footer on
18 to capture the green jacket.
tale about a man grappling with self-imposed cocoons away from Bowl. I am actually going to tone color match of the sur- Augusta National is dreamland
and they do a Masterful job of
the realization of lost time was crowded situations and large move the Masters ahead of that rounding grass. Problem solved. making it feel that way. It is an
experience I won’t soon forget.
published in 1819. public events. I was lucky to turn group to the top of the list. e ere is a manners vibe that

After my family returned from my in-person writing classes into experience exceeded my already is palpable. ey really achieve

our 10 months of living in Florida Zoom writing classes. But many high expectations. a feeling that you are visiting

during eighth grade, I had to start people had to continue working As you turn o Washington friends. One important rule is not

ninth grade in the same junior and commuting. So many people Road, a road not too di erent allowing cellphones or cameras

high school where I had attended became severely ill. from Route 117, with its strip on the property. at fact alone

seventh grade. at “lost”year ose unfortunate men and malls, gas stations, and hotels, probably reduces everyone’s

in Florida set me back in several women su ering with Covid into the Augusta National Golf blood pressure by 20 points. And

ways. spent weeks and months in hos- Club—or “ e National,” as the everyone is so darn nice.

I had missed the eighth-grade pitals and rehab facilities with- locals call it—is like entering One of the important tradi-

social studies lessons on learning out visitors or contact with the the land of Oz. Everything is tions is the folding chair. Ev-

about the di erent branches of outside world. When I see a TV perfect. It is as if they turned up eryone brings their own folding

government.To this day, I’m still a news segment on a patient nally the volume on the color green. chair—green, of course—and

little hazy on the job responsibili- being released from a hospital Especially when contrasted with sets it down at a good location.

ties of people elected to the Senate after a six-month or 18-month the beautiful azaleas that have Anyone is allowed to use the

vs. the Congress. And how is a battle with Covid, I think of Rip been carefully trained to bloom chair throughout the day until

Representative di erent from a Van Winkle. ey missed out Masters week.Two things I the owner comes back to reclaim

Legislator? on birthdays, anniversaries, and never saw the entire time I was it. No problems. It works. I can’t

I also missed reading “Catcher graduations.Time moves on. there was a piece of litter or a see that working in New York.

in the Rye”and other important ink about the Covid long-

novels assigned to the eighth- haulers. Lingering symptoms

grade curriculum for junior high of extreme fatigue, shortness of

school students in the New York breath, and cognitive issues are

City public school system. still preventing adults and stu-

In the Florida school I had dents from returning to work and

attended for eighth grade, the school. ey continue to miss out

only language class o ered was on outside activities and their pre-

introduction to Spanish. Entering Covid lives.Time moves on.

ninth-grade Spanish class back at As people try to get back to

my New York junior high school “regular”life and venture out to

with only one year of Spanish restaurants, o ce work, and com-

language instruction and vocabu- muter trains, they notice so many

lary was hard. No one suggested businesses now closed. ey also

getting me a tutor for Spanish. I notice that friends, relatives, and

basically had to tutor myself and co-workers look a lot older.Time

was able to catch up by mid- moves on.

semester.

Outside of school, that one- Kim Kovach teaches ction writing

year absence a ected friendships, and personal story writing for

too. My best friend, Irene, had adults and creative writing classes

transferred to a private school be- for children and teens. www.

cause her parents were concerned kimkovachwrites.com

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Whose bias is it, anyway?

BRUCE e problem with the on- ingly precarious state of facts accurate information – such motions that he’s safe. Are you
THE BLOG line outpouring of Sturm und with eighth graders in a class on as the person who wrote that going to complain? LOL!
Drang indignation that I was Digital Literacy at Blue Moun- overwrought post presuming a
BRUCE reading is that the object of tain Middle School in the town proposed construction project So, who’s biased – you, or the
APAR their scorn had been proposed of Cortlandt. was already underway – and ump?
but was yet to be approved. e then pass along that confusion
In a social media post I hap- town where it would be located rough Lindsay Marcus, a to others. We all can read the Another, more stark, example
pened upon, the commenter has scheduled a May public parent of one of the students, and exact same thing and walk away of where bias really resides is two
appeared to be sounding the hearing on the environmental teacher Susan McCormack, I was with very di erent conclusions, people reacting to an abstract
alarm for any like-minded folks impact. invited to talk about such jour- based on our individual, inher- painting in a museum. e tradi-
to protest the construction of a nalism topics as “the di erence ent prejudices. tionalist nds it meaningless. e
mixed-use (residential–o ce- REMEMBER FACTS? between real and fake news.” avant-gardist nds it meaningful.
retail) project in their commu- Misinterpreting what we at brings me to bias. Along So, who’s biased – the painting,
nity. DISINFORMED VS. with the meaning of life, the or them?
quickly scan online is a com- MISINFORMED burning question of our time is
A quick scan of the dialogue mon occurrence in the age of whether the news is biased. e Is the news biased? the stu-
that ensued made it sound like ever-shorter attention spans. It e students were naturally students asked what I thought. I dents asked. I told them it’s de-
people were ready to descend on may not be fair to say that we get curious about misinformation. I o ered this “parable,” if you will. batable, depending on the source.
a site where, they inferred from mad over nothing. It would be noted that social media can be
the post’s breathless wording, accurate, though, to say that we a toxic breeding ground of false EYE OF THE BEHOLDER I also said what’s not debatable
earth movers were poised to often get mad out of proportion You’re at a baseball game and is that the words in a news story
“meddle with the primal forces to the facts. You remember those, ags. Some people get their do not magically change based
of nature” – to borrow a turn of don’t you? ey’re those things kicks intentionally posting the opposing team’s player steals on who is reading it. What may
phrase from Paddy Chayefsky, that Mark Twain called stub- untrue information (which is second. You see he’s tagged out, change from person to person is
screenwriter of the lm “Net- born – and which have become, “disinformation”), while others but the ump misses the call, their reaction to those words.
work.” to a distressing degree, a casualty don’t care to fact check what declaring him safe. Are you going
of social media noise that quickly they perfunctorily peruse and to yell and boo at Blue? Sure you To paraphrase Margaret
drowns out nuance. We’d rather then re exively pass along the are. Wolfe Hungerford, bias is in
rabble-rouse than reason. It’s fake news to others (“misinfor- the eye of the beholder.
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Healthier ways to A tip from the Lewisboro
manage anxiety Garden Club

GUEST spent no more than a couple If you are uncertain when it is safe to start Lewisboro
CORNER moments with me. planting,take the advice of master gardener Garden Club
and journalist Irene Virag. “Take a hand-
KIM STOLL ere was no discussion ful of soil. If it sticks together, wait to plant.” cookbooks
about my life, my family, his- She also recommends that gardeners “test their
No one told me. tory of addiction, nothing. soil’s pH so that their plants get the proper nu- When the Lewisboro Garden Club was started in
I really wish they Medication and alcohol were trients they need.” 1972, Goldie Robitallie was one of the eight origi-
had. the immediate recommenda- nal members; Barbara Moore joined two years later.
It would have helped to tion. An easy way to test for this is explained in Both of them have recipes in these two cookbooks.
know a lot sooner. plantinstructions.com. “Start by collecting soil
While I started exercis- samples from di erent areas of your garden. Today’s members have contributed their favorite
I knew exercise was good ing and changing how I ate Put about 2 spoonfuls of soil into di erent con- recipes for the third edition, “Fifty Recipes for Fifty
for your health, but really, I because of health concerns, tainers. Add 1/2-cup vinegar. If it zzes, you Years” cookbook. Bob Collins is helping to organize
thought it was mainly about my mind was blown at how have alkaline soil with a pH between 7 and 8. 50 recipes from the rst two editions as well as this
pant size, the view in the mir- my ability to manage stress one. is cookbook will be given to everyone attend-
ror, and a six-pack, and honest- changed and anxiety lessened. “If it doesn’t zz, add a little bit of distilled ing the club’s 50 Year Celebration on June 11. Fol-
ly… I just didn’t care enough. water to the other container of soil—just lowing that, any remaining will be for sale.
While medication has its enough to make it muddy. To that, add 1/2-
What no one told me — that place and I suppose alcohol cup baking soda. If it zzes, you have acidic soil
it was so much more than that. does too… if you are struggling with a pH between 5 and 6.
with stress and anxiety (as I’m
at there is a transforma- guessing everyone who lived “If your soil doesn’t react to either the vinegar or
tion that happens when you through the past two years baking soda, you have neutral soil, which is the best
exercise and take care of your has), there are other things, to have. You should be able to grow almost any type
body beyond what you can see like exercise and healthy nutri- of plants.”
in the mirror or in a photo. tion, that can help too.
DID YOU KNOW
When I was struggling with Since no one told me, I By Polly Tafrate of e Lewisboro Garden Club
motherhood stress and anxiety, wanted to be sure I told you. “ e rst Lewisboro Garden Club cookbook,
I was told to medicate and to
start drinking alcohol… by Kim Stoll empowers women to ‘ e Flour Garden,’ was printed 47 years ago, a few
three separate doctors who nd joy in every day and build years after the club began. Although many of those
who contributed recipes have moved on, their deli-
a life they love through positive cious recipes remain.
habits in mindset, tness, and
smart nutrition. Virtual coaching Another cookbook, “Member’s Favorite Reci-
available. Coachkimstoll@gmail. pes,” was published many years later. It sold for $5.
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What we must learn from Ukraine

Iwasn’t alive when Adolf those words ring hollow indeed surely making a comeback. ing to the Estonian president, Russia as their “partner”) had
Hitler stormed through the as democracy after democracy Western gas and oil companies we needed to make everyone lost the 2020 election. e new
continent in his attempt to have recently fallen with little understand that any imperialist President had a totally di erent
ocked to Russia, partnering expansion would not be toler- take on the Russian President
bring Europe to its knees and pushback. irty years ago, when with corrupt Russian oligarchs. ated. At the very moment his and his shenanigans. As the
Russian kleptocrats were allowed speech was being received with invasion of Ukraine proceeded,
under his rule. the Soviet to export their stolen money into a thunderous standing ovation, severe economic sanctions were
Western properties and banks. few people noticed that a lone imposed as the West walked
In some ways, MY Union Trade, we falsely imagined, not individual, the mayor of St. a tightrope, trying to support
being born PERSPECTIVE fell, com- only would export our goods, but Petersburg, had got up and left Ukraine while avoiding a nuclear
after World War placency it would also instill democratic the hall in disgust. at man was war. Putin mercilessly bombed
values. We were wrong. Vladimir Putin. Five years later, hospitals, clinics, schools, mater-
II, I confess JAMES became the very same man was ap- nity wards, apartment buildings,
I’ve taken our MARTORANO the order But we were warned. As early pointed acting Prime Minister of and it all happened before our
as 1994, in the grand ballroom the Government of the Russian eyes. e Russian soldiers tied
democracy for of the day. of the townhall in Hamburg Federation by Russian President up and brutally assassinated
Germany, the President of Boris Yeltsin. His long-held mis- civilians. Women were raped
granted, ignor- e arms Estonia, Lennart Meri cautioned sion was to bring back the glory and tortured. Reminiscent of
that we must stand together of the Soviet Union under his the worst parts of World War
ing its fragility race, not in defense of democracy: “ e absolute control. II civilian bodies lay as they fell,
freedom of every individual, the horrifyingly littering the streets
and the threat it President freedom of the economy and To attain his goal, Putin set a of Ukrainian city after city.
trade, as well as the freedom of course of building up his army Trying to wave this o as the
constantly faces. Reagan, had bankrupted the the mind, of culture and science, and his nuclear arsenal and do normal conditions of war is to-
are inseparably connected…they whatever he could to disrupt the tally mistaken and appalling. e
ere have been warning signs “Evil Empire” and caused its form the prerequisite of a viable West. He interfered with our Russians have committed serious
democracy.” Freedom in Estonia, elections and simultaneously war crimes and Putin needs to
along the way as I have wit- demise. e Soviet Union’s mur- he warned, is emblematic of be brought to justice. Yes, some
freedom everywhere, and there ooded our airwaves with propa- (keeping up the disinformation
nessed other world democracies derous autocracy long sustained existed real threats to democracy, ganda aimed at dividing us and campaign) tried to describe what
especially in Russia. Accord- chipping away at the very foun- was going on in pro-Putin terms,
unravel, from forces both within by a skillful combination of brute dation of our democracy. Sadly, but we all could see the depravity
he found a welcome audience of the war.
and without. In my youth, I anx- force and propaganda was no as many Americans (civilians
and politicians), for a variety of rough it all, we have all
iously feared the Soviet nuclear more. Democracies were pop- reasons, were more than happy been inspired by the bravery
to embrace his lies. Militarily, the of the Ukrainian people. ey
menace. So, naturally, I always ping up everywhere. Our great Russian army has, during Putin’s have only lived for 30 years in a
rule, invaded country after democratic society, but they are
thought that our greatest threat experiment in democracy was country with the West merely willing to forget their di erences
shrugging its shoulders time and and come together and ght to
was from without. Today, we are inspiring people far and wide. again. the death for their freedoms.

facing trouble on both fronts. We could all exhale, or so we Just a few weeks ago, think- But the Ukrainian people’s
ing the time was right, Putin, ght is our ght too. Russia is
My naivete is not unique. believed. for the second time invaded at war with us as well. And so
neighboring Ukraine. But this is every other dictatorship in
e entire free world felt secure For three decades we ignored time he was met with a strong the world. Don’t you think that
United States response as well as strongmen in Belarus, North
as it embraced the mantra of what others could see clearly: a united and invigorated NATO. Korea, Hungary, Venezuela, Iran,
He could no longer count on Nicaragua, China, etc. would
“never again” after WWII. But autocracies were slowly but support from the United States
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LETTERS

Lewisboro, wake up! up, while the taxes for Bedford, North budget at $114,343,197 and the cost per ere should be a corresponding
Salem, and Pound Ridge will go down. student at $27,828. decrease in the budget to re ect the
To the editor, decrease in the student body. e BOE
e school budget for 2022-23 has Enrollment peaked during the 2002-03 e projected enrollment for the has not appropriately responded to the
school year, when the budgeted enroll- 2022/23 school year is 2,846 students, declining enrollment over the past 20
been adopted by the school board. You ment was 4,109 students. e budget down 1,263 students from its peak in years, thereby increasing the cost per
will be voting on it on May 17. In order that year was $72,503,282, for a cost per 2002/03, a 31% decrease. e 2022/23 student and your taxes.
for you to cast an informed vote, present- student of $17,645. e cumulative rate budget is $115,778,990 putting the cost
ed below is a comparison to the budget of of in ation from 2002 to 2022 is 57.7%, per student at $40,681. e cost per John Wille
20 years ago. With the currently proposed which would put the current proposed student is up 131% from 2002-03.
budget, Lewisboro’s taxes will again go South Salem

MARTORANO is no guarantee that it won’t of the Russian invasion. We existed across human history; vasion of Ukraine, that I haven’t
happen again. should never listen to them ever many have existed for a time seen since 9-11. But to preserve
FROM PAGE 12 again. Second, we can follow and then failed. ey can be our democracy, we must do
What can we do to protect writer and autocracy expert destroyed from the outside, but more. First, I remember a time
love to see a fellow autocrat our great experiment in Anne Applebaum’s advice to from the inside, too, by divisions when we wanted to maximize
crush a edgling democracy? Democracy? First, we can learn “take democracy seriously.Teach and demagogues.” the number of people voting
Putin’s war to take down from the example of the brave it, debate it, improve it, defend in our elections. Let’s do that
Ukraine is, I believe, part of a Ukrainian people and ght to it…open and free countries Ukrainians have demon- again. Second, I also recall that,
worldwide struggle between preserve our form of government o er a better chance for people strated that, when threatened, during the Nixon years, we held
democracy and autocracy. Don’t against those who would destroy to live useful lives than closed a people can come together the then President accountable
you think all these cold-blooded it, both foreign and domestic. dictatorships do.” Democracies to ght for basic liberties. We for misusing his power to cover
dictators enjoyed seeing the Toward that end, we can now are indeed fragile; they come and can too. ey proved that it is up his transgressions. I may
events at our capital on Jan. 6, plainly identify certain American go rather quickly. Ours is the possible to be uni ed in defense sound old-fashioned, but I truly
2021? As we learn more about leaders, commentators, and exception.” But that doesn’t mean of democracy while still belong- believe that unlike in Putin’s
the circumstances leading up to pundits who harbor dangerously we should become complacent. ing to di erent political parties Russia, here, no one is above the
that day, it is abundantly clear authoritarian and anti- Again, Anne Applebaum: “few and harboring distinct points law. We need to make sure that
that it came disturbingly close democratic leanings which have of them (democracies) have of view. As for us, I have seen a we live up to that principle.
to a successful coup. And there been exposed by their support unity against the murderous in-

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ountry Trail host- “I got involved in running [when I] realized that the community. “I would de nitely walk it,”Slavin said.“My hus-
4K Jay walk, and I’m very fast,” Goodman said. “I was playing soccer, “My older son ran for John Jay in cross coun- band hasn’t seen it, so I want to bring him. He’s
n Sunday, April 3. baseball, and basketball. I really started running in very curious about it. I could see us walking it be-
mbers of the com- 2012. It brings me fun and also a lot of joy.” try and track and my husband’s an avid runner,” cause it’s simply something new to do.”
trail’s rst race of Mango said. “We just really wanted to support this
While the weather forecast predicted heavy rain trail. When my son was here, they couldn’t do home Four-year-old Max Oliver nished the Kids Jay
elds of John Jay’s before and during the race, it was relatively sunny meets for cross country because they didn’t have a Dash in 11th-place overall, nishing the race in
Once the runners for most of it. However, the ground was still wet trail. is is good for the future of the town and for 54 seconds. Max said that he was impressed by his
articipants began from previous rainstorms, covering the trail in mud. the future of the cross country program here.” speed.
ned on John Jay’s After Goodman nished, he was covered up to his
cers were nished. knees in mud. He said that the slippery conditions Meg Slavin, who walked in the 4K race, said that “I felt great because I felt like I was going so fast,”
Jay High School, didn’t impact his performance and kept a positive she enjoys the social aspect of participating in walks Max said. “I ran faster than Sonic the Hedgehog.”
n. He nished the outlook. and races.
s. He said that his Six-year-old Robin Oliver came in fourth place
is other athletics. “I feel pretty good.” Goodman said. “ e trail “I would absolutely do it again,”Slavin said.“Next in the Kids Jay Dash, completing the race in 42
was very muddy, but it wasn’t a problem. I’m a safe time, I would drag out more people because it was seconds. Robin said he was happy with his perfor-
person.” just so much fun. It’s a great way to start a Sun- mance.
day morning. It’s nice to see people, see friends and
Jill Mango, who walked in the 4K race, has sup- meet up with people you haven’t seen in a while.” “I was going lightning bolt speed,” Robin said.
ported the trail since her son was in high school. Robin also said that he had advice for people that
She said that the new trail will bene t everyone in Slavin also said that she plans on coming back to are looking to participate in races.
the trail more often. “You’ll be great,” Robin said.

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LEAF BLOWERS unless one wants unwanted opposed the code change. Calves ing “very troubled by the enforce- called the idea “something worth
sprouts on their lawns. Leaves still had insisted before the hearing ment aspect of this” but bristled talking about. Because it’s true,
FROM PAGE 1 fall after anksgiving.” began that the board’s decision at the notion that many residents they are not as environmentally
would be swayed only by relevant would out a law simply because bad as the two-stroke. . . . I think it
“ is board just can’t leave Isaacs, a septuagenarian, said, information, not the numbers for it was di cult to police. is worth discussing.”
things alone,”Leigh Isaacs of Bed- “ e proposed law discriminates or against the matter.
ford Corners, the hearing’s leado against those on large properties “What really gets me about op- She said the legislation “gives us
speaker, complained. “You have to and older residents, such as myself, Among those supporting the ponents who talk about enforce- the option to revisit in 2024 and
pass laws which polarize the com- who clear their properties them- change were Helene Kopal and ment is the assumption that you say, ‘Look, we need to amend the
munity to support your fantasy selves, and who, because of their Fiona Mitchell, co-chairs of the shouldn’t have this law because it’s time periods, or whatever.’”
of saving the planet. Supervisor advanced years, must do so incre- leaf-blower committee. “We can going to be too hard to enforce.
[Ellen] Calves has admitted that mentally.” manage our landscapes without And, ‘Oh, by the way, because it’s Councilwoman Stephanie Mc-
the battery technology has not leaf blowers,” Mitchell told the going to be so hard to enforce, you Caine seemed to express a pre-
yet been developed to successfully Mulching—chopping up leaves board.“ ese are not vital tools.” have to know that we’re just not vailing view of the code amend-
clear leaves.” with a lawn mower and letting going to follow it and you can’t do ment when she observed, “It isn’t
them settle into the lawn, another Violations of the ordinance anything about it.’” perfect. ere’s no doubt about
In part, the new law anticipates often cited alternative—“is non- are punishable at $250 for a rst that. If perfect were an option,
advances in power-storage tech- sense,”said Mark Lieto, a Bedford o ense, $500 for a second and Bittker did embrace a sugges- we certainly would have taken
nology su cient to give battery- Avenue property owner. Mulch- $1,000 for a third, as well as any tion by Lieto that four-stroke it.” But, McCaine said, the board
operated blowers something close ing smothers the grass and sets thereafter. But the police will act blower engines could provide a had taken into consideration “the
to the muscular performance gas- up a potential blaze. “Suppose we only after a resident complains. cleaner alternative to the two- needs and concerns” of everyone
driven units now provide. But crit- have a dry fall,” he posited. “You Reliance on that kind of “snitch- stroke, which mixes and oil and who expressed them.
ics sco at that notion and even now create a re hazard that can ing,” as Craig Carlson of Bedford gasoline, burning both and pollut-
supporters of the amendment— jump from property to property by puts it, renders the new law unen- ing the air around them with CO2 GOATS, VETS ADVANCE
Calves among them—concede the leaving dry leaves on the property.” forceable. emisions. In a separate actions last week,
forecast could be overly optimistic.
Lieto dismissed the leaf-blower “What good is a law that can’t “ ere are four-cycle [blower] the board enlisted goats in the bat-
Moreover, Isaacs continued, committee as “hellbent on telling be enforced?” he asked the board. backpacks that are just as e ective tle to manage vegetative growth
“ e proposed time periods, even us we can’t have gas-powered leaf “And if you do start to enforce as the two-cycle ones,” Lieto told on large properties and increasing
the ones for this year, do not en- blowers.” it, what’s that going to do to the the board. “ ey don’t use the [oil how much Bedford veterans can
compass the actual cleanup peri- community?” and] gas mix, so environmentally save on town property taxes.
ods. All sorts of . . . spore debris fall Of the hearing’s 15 speakers, they’re a lot friendlier.”
after May 15 and must be cleared only ve—all of them men and Councilwoman Bobbi Bittker, Goats and sheep will be tasked
homeowners, not landscapers— speaking later, acknowledged be- In her later remarks, Bittker with clearing land and regenerat-
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Lions Clubs ready for ‘A Night at the Races’

Fundraiser to bene t Friends of Karen 

BY CAROL REIF programs and services. “Night at the Races” two years ago, but families it serves have been greater
STAFF WRITER Several local chapters of the Lions had to postpone because of the pandemic. than normal during the COVID-19
Friends of Karen has had to cancel major crisis, according to Executive Director
Horse racing fans are being invited to Club are banding together to back the fundraisers as well. Judith Factor.
an event that will not only give them some cause. For every dollar raised, there is
fun for their money, but the chance to help the potential for another from Lions More importantly, the needs of the “ ey have a double-whammy; they
a local charity reach the nish line on a Club International, a global non-po- have an ill child, plus they have to deal
long-overdue building project. litical service organization, Lion Tom with the pandemic,”she said last week,
Jocelyn said last week. e local clubs pointing out the skyrocketing price of
e Somers Lions Club’s “Night at the need to apply for the matching grant food, travel, and housing.
Races” fundraiser is set for 6:30 p.m. to 11 by next month but have until the end
p.m. on Friday, April 29, at Villa Barone in of the year to raise the money. “ at’s where the money’s going,”
Mahopac. It will feature betting on eight Factor explained.
virtual races, ra es, and a silent auction, A second fundraiser is in the works
as well as a bu et, open bar, music, and for September, he said. Friends of Karen, now 43 years old,
dancing. has served 17,000 ailing children and
Sponsors will be showcased in all their siblings.
Most of the anticipated revenue will public relations and marketing com-
come from sponsorships of tables, races, munications and throughout the e Lions are hoping for a big turn-
and the event itself, according to event event itself. Sponsorship options are: out.
chairman Vincent Papa. event ($3,000); audio/visual ($2,500);
silent auction ($2,000); betting tables “Let’s make sure Friends of Karen
e goal is entertainment. ($1,500); candy basket ($1,500); valet can continue to grow their e orts in
“It’s a fun night,” he said, adding: “No- ($500); race ($500); and table ($200). helping as many families as possible
body’s going to make tons of money; it’s manage what can be a devastating life
the idea that you picked a winner.” Donations of items/services worth challenge,” it said.
It is just the start of a months-long at least $250 are also being sought for
campaign to bene t Friends of Karen, a the ra es and silent auction. Factor praised the organization for
tri-state organization that provides emo- its e orts.
tional, nancial, and advocacy support for Checks should be made payable
the families of children with cancer and to: Somers Lions Charitable Foun- “ e amazing part of it is that the
other life-threatening illnesses. Founded dation and mailed to Somers Li- Lions have been partners with us for
in 1978, the charity is hoping to eventually ons Club,  P.O Box 95, Somers, NY such a long time,” she noted, adding
expand its headquarters on Titicus Road 10589. For questions or other assistance, that the event is “a testament to their
in North Salem to make room for more contact Vincent Papa by calling (914) goodness and support of the commu-
755-1197 or emailing [email protected]. nity.”
“I can’t speak highly enough of Somers
e Lions actually had planned to hold Lions. ey’re with us through thick and
thin,” Factor said.

Baseball fever at The Country House

Rogers Hornsby, a baseball icon, once said, He continues to follow his favorite team and

“People ask me what I do in winter when there’s derives much pleasure seeing his Yankees win.

no baseball. I’ll tell you what I do. I stare out the Another resident, Arthur Covey, who is an avid

window and wait for spring.” It is not only this Mets fan, exchanged bits of trivia with me about

in elder, who started his memorable baseball ca- the 69 Mets. He reminisced about Swaboda’s

reer in 1915, that eagerly awaited the arrival of great catch in the eld during the 69 World Se-

spring training. ousands of baseball fans each ries, while I told him about my fondness for the

spring embrace the new baseball season with a in eld acumen of Bud Harrelson. Arthur loved

renewed optimism that this year, their team will the Mets from years ago and continues to love

win the world series. And, the oodles of base- them, follow them, and cheer for them, today.

ball fans that envelop our society are some of the When I spoke with resident James Daly about

most enthusiastic and passionate fans around. baseball, he informed me that he really doesn’t

ey follow their favorite teams with admiration care too much about his Yankees anymore…as

and yes, even participate in some sideline coach- long as they win.

ing from their living room couches. It is said that baseball is America’s favorite

Whether one dons their cleats and heads out pastime. I can’t speak for America, but I am con-

to the baseball diamond for some amateur play vinced that in e Country House community,

or heads out to the stadium to watch favorite there are plenty of eager baseball fans, just wait-

players while enjoying some delicious ballpark ing and yearning for the season to begin. Let’s go

franks, baseball continues to be a popular form Yankees!! Let’s go Mets!!

of entertainment for many, many enthusiasts.

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Jon Altneu
Andrew Kiefer BOYS LACROSSE
Chris DiChiara
John Jay loses
in double OT
Wolves bounce back against Brewster and Mahopac

BY RICH MONETTI e Wolves maintained control,

CONTRIBUTING WRITER and Nick Savastano was able to let

loose.   e attacker went overhand,

On Tuesday, April 6, Arlington and the bouncer beat Mulcahy.

rolled into town with a 3-0 record and With 4:24 left in the half, the equal-

came out with all the repower of a izer again started o Minard’s fre-

Conference I-A program. Arlington quent yer plan. e goalie went way

took a 2-0 lead after one, and the early down eld to Petschek, and the o ense

indication was that the Wolves were a was in prime position when Galea

bit outclassed. But very late into the was set up behind the goal. He heard

game, John Jay held a 5-4 lead, and the Petschek’s call for the ball, and the at-

Sailors looked sunk. Unfortunately, the tacker answered from the 25 to tie the

Wolves could not run out the clock score at 1:45.

and had to settle for a moral victory. Once again, though, John Jay could

Arlington tied the game with 42 not close. Keenan picked up a loose

seconds remaining in regulation and ball and hit Mohammed on the run

then got the game-winner at 2:37 of for a 3-2 lead with 15 seconds left in

the second overtime. the half.

At the outset, the visitors didn’t wait Refusing to be de ated, the defense

long to get started. Dean Mohammed provided the impetus to regain a tie.

hit the crossbar and kept the pressure Sid Goldberg stripped Ward on the

on by going on goal with a tricky un- goal line, and Kiefer came up with the

derhand shot. loose ball. Up the eld, Lucas Duva’s

Andrew Minard stood pat in goal rush found Galea on the left, and he

nonetheless. He got low, and the goal- scored at 5:41 for the tie.

tender’s save sent play the other way. Unfortunately, John Jay was again

Kyle Petschek taking the lead, his blast chasing two minutes later. O the

o the crossbar didn’t deaden Minard’s timeout, Ward took to the sideline

resolve, and neither did Spencer Ho- and cut inside to face down Minardi.

gaboon’s point-blank shot on the goal- Swinging from the side, he gave Ar-

ie’s midsection. lington the lead at 3:43.

On the rebound, Minard netted Several more Minard saves kept Ar-

Aiden Ward’s sidearm from the twen- lington at bay for the rest of quarter,

ty and the change of possession then and taking the cue, the Wolves went

gave Jack Mulcahy a turn to shine in on the hunt. Duva was the rst to pick

goal. Andrew Kiefer made a move on up the scent. A Petschek’s pick at the

the right and hit Craig Galea in stride. 35-yard line gave Duva the room to

Unfazed, Mulcahy stood in and got his dance, and a lane opening up, he went

stick on the ball. overhand to tie the score with 7:41 re-

Of course, the good play would soon maining.

have to give way. At the 20,Tim Keen- Upset in the air, John Jay had the

an got the space he needed to beat Mi- game in its sights when Galea’s vision

nard with 3:50 left in the rst. At the did a double-take. From behind, he

same time, John Jay had no reason to spotted Kiefer this time, and the at-

celebrate when they took the crossbar tacker red for the go-ahead goal with

advantage on their next possession. 3:50 left.

Craig Galea clanked the metal with A point-blank save on Hogaboom

35 seconds remaining in the rst, and seemed to situate John Jay pretty well

the real irony was to come. Ward mus- too. e Wolves then went up eld but

cled his way to the front and forced lost the ball out of bounds in the right

the ball past Minard with only two corner with 1:10 remaining.

seconds left in the period. Ward de nitely made the most of

Down 2-0, another John Jay the miscue, and swinging to the right,

shot made the wrong kind of noise. he went overhand to tie with 42.4 left.

Petschek took a big overhand, and e sudden turn left the second over-

Mulcahy’s loud kick save was surely time to tell the tale. Keenan paused the

not music to the Wolves’ ears. defense from behind, and Mohammed

Still, Minard held serve on his side. came open for the game-winner at

Hogaboom had a clear path from the 2:37.

20, and Minard played the low liner on John Jay did bounce back on urs-

the hop. e goalie then spotted Peter day with an 11-4 home win versus

Giner and lofted the ball over the de- Brewster and a 10-5 win over Ma-

PHOTOS: RICH MONETTI fense to get John Jay going the other hopac on Friday. ey are now 3-2
way. overall and 2-0 in league play.

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John JayGIRLSLACROSSE falls to tough Bronxville team

Wolves rebound against Ridge eld

BY RICH MONETTI ment, but Bronxville was not eld, made the passes, and Molly John Jay did get the chance to took the ball high and ipped
CONTRIBUTING WRITER impressed. Kiki Tormey took Krestinski hit Katelin Pettee be- show that they could be perfect. the ball around her head to beat
the face-o , the o ense worked hind the goal. Almost a replay of Shinsato.
On Wednesday, April 6, a 3-0 the zone, and Catherine Berk- the rst goal, Pettee forced her e Wolves took the face-o ,
record didn’t give Coach Jess ery,  spotting an opening on the way out front and snuck the ball Nolan passed left to Panzirer, In defeat, McDonough was
McDonough any illusions about goal line, snuck the ball past Aid- past Summer on the other side at and she hit Mia Puccio streaking de nitely happy to acknowledge
the tough Bronxville team the an Summer at 22:26. 19:41. toward the goal. No chance for the ashes of mastery. “When we
Wolves were facing at home. Olivia Shinsato in goal, Puccio did execute, it looked beautiful,”
“Bronxville is a phenomenal Still, John Jay seemed ready for e close game then went by closed the score to 6-2 at 14:57. she said.
team,” said the coach, and unfor- a back and forth. After Bronxville the boards at the middle of the
tunately, the outcome made the rang the post, John Jay set up the Two more goals by Finley McDonough just didn’t see
words hold up. other way. e workaround freed eld. Tormey took the next three quickly erased the joy, but Pan- enough of the good stu . On
Shannon Nolan out front, but face-o s, and less than three zirer and Puccio weren’t averse the other hand, she recognized
In control throughout, the Panzirer’s high pass wasn’t just a minutes later, the lead had grown to an encore. Panzirer threaded her team’s resolve against a very
Broncos went home with a pretty miscue. “We knew what we were to 5-1. one to Puccio on the run, and the good opponent. “ ey never
easy 12-6 victory. up against in the backer defense resulting penalty gave Puccio an gave up regardless of the score,”
that they run,” McDonough said. e next face going to John easy goal at the whistle. McDonough concluded. “ ey
John Jay did get on the board Jay, pristine was still required and fought through it. So as a coach,
rst, though. Caroline Panzirer Very tight, the Bronxville of- a dropped pass by Erika Rajovic A bright spot among several you’re happy with that.”
drew a shooting space penalty fense took the cue and showed had Anna Becker pouncing. O very noteworthy plays, and Kate
and found the net at 23:34. there was no room for mistakes. to the races, Bridget Finley found Mercer’s at 7:20 of the second re- e Wolves rebounded to beat
the net only 16 seconds later. ally took the cake. Nolan made Ridge eld, 15-12, on Saturday,
e girls leaped with excite- e Broncos moved the ball up- the pass from behind, Mercer and are now 4-1 on the season.
With 16:47 left in the half,

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Harvey middle
schoolers to compete
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Competition

Robotics students from the Sam Schursky is excited for the

Harvey Middle School will be opportunity to take his students to

traveling to Dallas, Texas, next Dallas. He said, “ e invitation to

month to compete in the VEX compete in Worlds is a testament

Robotics World Championship not only to the students’hard work

tournament. but to their outstanding abilities

Leading the pack of Harvey’s and their excellent collaborative

RoboCavs headed to Worlds will and communication skills.”

be seventh graders Lee Birch, Presented by the Northrop

Daniel Kiamie, and Sullivan Wi- Grumman Foundation, the world

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a second-place nish at the VEX take place the weekend of May

IQ New York South Region tour- 8-10 at the Kay Bailey Hutchison

nament last month at the Cradle Convention Center in Dallas.

of Aviation Museum in Garden PHOTO COURTESY OF THE HARVEY SCHOOL

City, Long Island. is article was prepared by the Bedford’s Sullivan Wieting and Lee Birch of Yorktown Heights pose with their second place prize
earned at the regional robotics tournament last month.
On its way to qualifying for Harvey School.

the Texas tournament, Team Z

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Olivia Blank applies the tag.

Ashley Buatte

Emma Klares delivers. PHOTO: RICH MONETTI

SOFTBALL
John Jay falls at Brewster, beats Yonkers

BY RICH MONETTI quickly got two more in the bot- up where they left o after de- got their rst run when Emma Charbonneau, Christy Restucci,
CONTRIBUTING WRITER tom of the inning, the game was and Ioni Slavkin all lead o with
on pace for a real back and forth. feating Port Chester, 18-2, on Klares hit Brianna Franklin, and singles, and Kate Katsetos dou-
After splitting their rst two But unfortunately, the home bled home two for the lead.
games in the opening week, John team didn’t stop with a one-run Friday. Ava Kersh singled to cen- grabbed the lead on Issie Bois-
Jay began league play against lead, and John Jay was mostly Far from done, Hayes singled
Brewster on Monday, April 4. sunk by the end of the second. ter, Olivia Blank bunted over the sonnault’s two-run single. home two more, and Brewster
John Jay jumped out front, 2-0, got another run on Blank’s error
Brewster answered back with Brewster put up nine more center elder, and Ashley Buatte A 3-2 score, John Jay followed at second. Blank was then in the
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Slow roast lamb for Easter Sunday dinner

Easter Sunday Slow-roasted shoulder of a serving dish and leave in a warm
lamb with cumin seeds place while you make the gravy.
dinners are a tradition in Serves 8 to 10 To make the cumin gravy, spoon
the fat off the roasting tin. Add the
many families. In many 2 tablespoons cumin seeds stock to the remaining cooking
1 whole shoulder of lamb on the juice. Boil for a few minutes on top
areas, April weather bone (7-8 lbs.) of the stove, stirring and scraping
Salt and freshly ground pepper the tin well to dissolve the
is warm enough to Extra virgin olive oil, for drizzling caramelised meat juices (a small
For the cumin gravy: whisk is typically ideal for this).
enable al fresco dining, 1 pint lamb or chicken stock Add the ground toasted cumin.
1 - 2 teaspoons cumin seeds, Thicken with a little roux if you like.
potentially opening toasted and ground Roux Taste and add salt and pepper if
(optional) needed. Pass through a sieve and
the door for families Warm the cumin seeds lightly in a transfer to a gravy boat.
pan, then crush them using a Carve the meat into thick slices so
to celebrate together in pestle and mortar. Score the skin that everybody gets some crushed
of the meat in a diamond pattern cumin seeds. Serve with the
small groups. with a sharp knife. Transfer to a cumin gravy and crusty roast
roasting tin. Sprinkle the meat potatoes.
ough this Easter with salt, pepper and the ground Note: For Lamb Roast with
cumin seeds, and drizzle with olive Coriander: Substitute coriander
might again feel oil. seeds for the cumin seeds, both
Roast for 6-7 hours at 275 F — for roasting the lamb and flavoring
unusual, families can this gives a delicious, juicy, the gravy. Alternatively, use a mix
succulent texture. (Alternatively, of cumin and coriander seeds.
still lean on their preheat the oven to 320 F and Note: A shoulder of lamb is much
roast for 2-2 1⁄2 hours.) Transfer to trickier to carve than a leg, but it’s
favorite dishes when so sweet and juicy that is certainly
worth the struggle.
serving Easter dinner.

Perhaps no food is

more closely associated

with Easter than lamb.

is recipe for “Slow-

roasted Shoulder

of Lamb With

Cumin Seeds” from

Darina Allen’s “Easy

Entertaining” (Kyle

Cathie Limited) can

make for a delicious

Easter dinner.

is article was provided
by Metro Creative
Connection.

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Easter in Lewisboro cleanup should let Donohue za and into the entry you will e session will be led by lo- Robert Harris presents the res-

know as well. want to explore and experience cal resident Sarah Menichelli, a toration of the classic “My Fair

e Lewisboro Bunny and the Katonah Village the installation of Jeila Guer- Health at Every Size (HAES) Lady,” winner of the 1964 Acad-
Lewisboro Lion are returning to amian. e artist has a concur- Nutritionist. HAES is an ap- emy Award for Best Picture,

Lewisboro at the Town House Library rent installation at the Katonah proach that seeks to de-empha- starring Rex Harrison and Au-
on Saturday, April 16. No need Museum of Art. An opening size weight loss as a health goal, drey Hepburn. e lm is pre-

to register – just stop by any time e Katonah Village Library reception for the Gueramian and reduce stigma toward peo- sented in its original format with

between 12:30 and 1:30 p.m. is located at 26 Bedford Road, installation will take place at the ple who are overweight or obese. an intermission but it looks and

Goodie bags are available for the Katonah. For more information library during the evening’s Ka- Please register for the Zoom sounds better than ever because

rst 150 kids. or to RSVP for programs, visit tonah Art Stroll. link on the library website. of the painstaking, multi-year

Lewisboro Lions katonahlibrary.org or call 914- Lewisboro Library LIBRARY BOARD TO restoration process Harris and
232-3508. his business partner Jim Katz

Roadside Cleanup COMMUNITY IN BLOOM MEET APRIL 20 gave it. Following the screening

e Lewisboro Library is lo- e next meeting of the Lew- Janet Maslin, former chief lm

e Lewisboro Lions Club Saturday, April 23, 11 a.m.-4 cated at 15 Main St., South Sa- isboro Library Board of Trustees critic for the New York Times,

is nalizing plans for the an- p.m. lem. Register for programs at is Wednesday, April 20, at 7:30 will join Harris to discuss the

nual Lewisboro roadside cleanup Katonah Village Library will lewisborolibrary.org. p.m. Meetings are open to the lm and restoration process as

project organized every year by host Community in Bloom on public. part of the Q&A session that

the club. e cleanup is sched- the library plaza in celebration STRESS MANAGEMENT follows the lm.

uled for the weekend of April 23 of the growth and renewal of FOR BUSY BODIES SPRINGTIME POETRY

and 24. Trash bags are available spring. e Hopp Ground Gar- At 7 p.m. ursday, April 21, STORYWALK EARTH WEEK RECEPTION

at the town clerk’s o ce. Anyone den Club will o er take-home the library is o ering a virtual e library is celebrating Na- WITH BEDFORD 2030

wishing to participate may call gardening and oral projects. program on “Stress Manage- tional Poetry Month with a spe- ursday, April 28, 7 p.m., free

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hue at 914-763-3511 to let her accessories for self and home gram will cover an introduction the library (which also show- of Earth Week 2022 with a wine

know what roads will be covered, will be on display and for sale to acute and chronic stress, what cases the beautiful da odil dis- and cheese reception in the Play-

or to ask for an unassigned road. from the artisans at the Com- happens inside your body when play). Families can take a stroll house Cafe and a FREE consul-

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always needed. Anyone wishing sales go directly to the makers. ered approach to help your body a picture book poem set up on can help answer your home and

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front of the library on the Post as: How can I make my apart-

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Investors: Beware of cyber fraud

GUEST investors to go outside the advertised on valid websites or For example, keep your
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put their money in “specialized” authentic news organizations.
JUDI vehicles. But these instruments – birthday, Social
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YOUR NEW
HOME IS ON
THE HORIZON
THIS SPRING.

You’re probably not thinking
about selling right now and you
may not realize how much your
home value has increased over
recent years. Buyers are paying

crazy prices! If you’d like a
complimentary home

evaluation, please contact me.

LET’S GET
MOVING
TOGETHER.

Licensed Associate Real Estate Broker, NY & CT
[email protected]
M: 914.420.4615

480 Bedford Road, Chappaqua, NY 10514

Ellen Schwartz is a licensed Associate Real Estate Broker affiliated with Compass. Compass is a licensed real estate
broker and abides by Equal Housing Opportunity Laws.