Yorktown News 08.11.2022

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Yorktown recognized as a
Climate Smart Community

BY GINO DE ANGELIS Julie Tighe, the president of the
STAFF WRITER
New York League of Conservation
Yorktown was recognized as a Climate
Smart Community at a ceremony at Voters, attended the event and said
Downing Park on August 4. e town is
now a Bronze Certi ed Climate Smart Yorktown is one of only 33 towns
Community, and received a plaque that
will hang at the food scrap drop-o site. in the state to be recognized at

“ e town of Yorktown for years has the bronze level.
been a tremendous steward of our en-
vironment, and leader when it comes to “We are very pleased
reducing our carbon footprint and com-
bating climate change on the local level,” to be here for the an-
Supervisor Matt Slater said. “When I
took o ce, I made it a mission for us to The recognition ceremony took place nouncement,” she said.
be recognized by the state as a Climate at the food scrap drop-off at Downing
Smart Community that has taken a lot Park, where the town's first hybrid “We’re excited to PHOTO BY GINO DE ANGELIS
of work. It’s taken an incredible team ef- police cruiser was shown off as well. get the entire state ‘That’s
fort.” moving in this di- the beauty Supervisor Matt Slater
Moskowitz and Sarah Wilson of the rection.” and Kyra Brunner with
e state’s Climate Smart Com- task force attended the event. Slater also of a town that the Bronze Climate
munity Program is an initiative to get recognized of- recognizes its Smart Community
municipalities in New York to become “We executed and accomplished a ce assistant environment, our open spaces, plaques.
more climate friendly and sustainable. number of important initiatives, things
like government operations and green- Kyra Brun-
e program’s website outlines climate house gas inventories,”Slater said.
actions that participants can take, which ner, who and it’s our responsibility to be able
include decreasing energy usage and e town has also been working to he said is a to pass that on to the next generation.’
shifting to renewables, which then earn convert streetlights to LED, creating key part in
the communities points. e communi- the food scrap drop-o site at Downing
ties must also complete certain manda- Park, and purchasing the town’s rst hy- both this Matt Slater
tory milestones at di erent levels of cer- brid police cruiser. program as
ti cation.
“ is is what’s making Yorktown rec- well as many Yorktown Supervisor
Yorktown is at the bronze level,mean- ognized as a regional leader in combat-
ing the town created a CSC Task Force ing local climate change, reducing our other parts
and appointed a CSC Coordinator. Paul carbon footprint,and being real stewards
of our environment,” Slater said. “We’ve of the town’s
inherited one of the greatest gifts imag-
inable. And that’s the beauty of a town government.
that recognizes its environment, our
open spaces, and it’s our responsibility to She received a
be able to pass that on to the next gen-
eration.” duplicate of the

bronze certi cation

plaque.

“I believe it deserves to

be hung over her desk, and she

always comes out, she always stands be-

hind the camera and does things behind

the scenes,”Slater said.

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Uncle Giuseppe’s
Marketplace announces

opening of newest
location in Yorktown

Long Island’s leading specialty meat department with in-house

grocer, Uncle Giuseppe’s Market- butchers, fresh and organic pro-

place, proudly announces the debut duce, a full seafood department, a

of its newest store at 329 Downing gourmet cheese department fea-

Drive in Yorktown Heights. e turing the nest and most sought-

store will open its doors on August after selections from around the

17 at 8:00 a.m. with a grand open- world, and special viewing rooms

ing on August 19 at 11:00 a.m. e where pasta and mozzarella are

full-service supermarket, renowned made fresh daily, directly in front

for its high-quality, Italian themed of the customer through protective

specialties and food o erings, en- glass partitions.

joys a loyal customer base seeking a In addition, there will be a tre-

unique culinary and grocery shop- mendous variety of pre-packaged

ping experience. meals, and a soup and salad bar

Moving a quarter mile down the with an extensive array of ready-

road, the new Uncle Giuseppe’s is to-eat items prepared daily by

expanding from 27,000 square feet Uncle Giuseppe’s in-store chefs.

to an impressive 45,000 square foot Sushi chefs will create sushi rolls,

space formerly the site of a Food specialty rolls and sashimi and will

Emporium that has been vacant also take custom orders. A gour-

for the last 10 years. Located with- met chocolate, candy and gelato

in the Yorktown Green Shopping station greets shoppers as they en-

Center, Uncle Giuseppe’s was gut- ter the store, and a full co ee and

ted and retro t to the brand’s exact espresso bar is also available with

standards. plenty of seating at a six-foot dis-

Uncle Giuseppe’s Marketplace Uncle Giuseppe’s Marketplace tance. All of these extensive o er-

is an organization of inclusion and ings will be rounded out by gen-

will employ up to 250 full-time and eral grocery, frozen food and dairy

part-time associates from the local o erings to deliver an exciting,

communities surrounding the Yor- one-stop shopping destination.

ktown location. For added convenience, Uncle Gi-

As with all other Uncle Gi- useppe’s will also o er home deliv-

useppe’s marketplaces, the new ery and curbside pickup.

Yorktown location will continue

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Voters ready for congressional and senate primaries

Early voting begins August 13

BY CAROL REIF Supreme Court Justice Patrick To change your party a lia- Vying for the 17th  CD are trict. Neither faces a primary.
STAFF WRITER McAllister, the judge who ruled in tion, visit the state Department of Democrats two-term state Sen.
March that districts created by the Motor Vehicles website or contact Allesandra Biaggi and incumbent WHATTO KNOW
Hitting the polling booth may Democrat-majority Legislature the Westchester County Board of U.S. Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney. Registered voters in Westches-
be the last thing on anyone’s mind had given Dems an unfair advan- Elections.
in the middle of an unbearably hot tage. Running in the 17th  CD are ter County are eligible to cast early
August, but voting now will deter- Primaries are being held for the Republicans William G. Faulkner; voting ballots at any of 23 desig-
mine who’s going to be on the bal- at ruling took congressional Democratic Party in the 16th and state Assemblyman Michael V. nated locations.
lot this fall. and state Senate races o the June 17th  congressional districts. Re- Lawler, Orange County business
28 primary election and moved publican and Conservative parties executive Jack W. Schrepel, Rock- In our coverage area those are:
Primaries for congressional and them back nearly two months. have primaries in the 17th district. land County Legislator Charles J. · Mt. Kisco Municipal Building,
state Senate races take place on Falciglia, and Shoshana M. David. 104 Main St., Mt. Kisco.
Tuesday, Aug. 23. Party a liation changes made Running in the 16th  CD are Faulkner, a Somers town council- · Pound Ridge Town House,179
on or after Aug. 12 won’t take ef- Democrats Vedat Gashi, a West- man, and Lawler are also running Westchester Ave., Pound Ridge.
Early voting starts on Saturday, fect until Aug. 30. chester county legislator from on the Conservative line. · Somers Town House, 335
Aug. 13. Yorktown; incumbent U.S.Rep.Ja- Route 202, Somers.
ere are 26 congressional dis- maal Bowman of Yonkers; county Somers resident Gina Arena, · Je erson Village Annex, 3500
Any registered voter who wants tricts and 63 state Senate seats in Legislator Catherine F.Parker; and a Republican, is challenging in- Hill Blvd., Yorktown Heights.
to change their party a liation New York. ey are all up for grabs Mark Ja e of West Harrison, the cumbent Sen. Peter Harckham · Yorktown Cultural Center,
has to do so by ursday, Aug. this year. Winners will go on to president and CEO of the Greater (D-South Salem) for the state 1974 Commerce St., Yorktown
11, according to an order handed compete in the Nov.8 general elec- New York Chamber of Commerce. Senate in the 40th  Senate dis- Heights.
down recently by Acting Steuben tion.

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The Staff Police search for missing Yorktown teen

EDITORIAL TEAM BY SOPHIA CASELNOVA
TOM WALOGORSKY STAFF WRITER
EDITOR: 914-302-5830
[email protected] e Yorktown Police Depart- PHOTO COURTESY OF YORKTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT
WHIT ANDERSON ment is seeking information about
a 15-year-old boy from Yorktown. Kristan Lee, a missing 15-year-old Yorktown resident, was last seen as pictured
SPORTS EDITOR
[email protected] Kristan Lee, a student at Yor-
ktown High School, was an-
VIM WILKINSON nounced missing by Yorktown
SPECIAL SECTIONS EDITOR Police.
[email protected]
At this time, it is believed that
ADVERTISING TEAM Lee took an Uber to Port Ches-
PAUL FORHAN ter and then took a train to Nor-
walk, CT. According to police,
(914) 806-3951 Lee was last seen in Norwalk in
[email protected] the clothing he is pictured in; a
white t-shirt, blue tie-dye bas-
BRUCE HELLER ketball shorts, and a crossbody.
(914) 486-7608
[email protected] e Yorktown Police Depart-
ment is working alongside the
LISA KAIN Norwalk Police Department to
(201) 317-1139 try to nd Lee.
[email protected]
CORINNE STANTON It is not believed that Lee is in
(914) 760-7009 danger, but investigators ask that
[email protected] anyone with information con-
tacts Yorktown Police at 914-
JAY GUSSAK 962-4141.
(914) 299-4541
[email protected]
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Memorial Library Aug. 28 – Class Action (mili- tour, providing an in-depth look tours-2022 from Tuesdays at 4 p.m. until
tary appreciation show featuring at the unique ecology of this ursdays at 4 p.m.
Located at 1130 E Main St, Alyssa Martin starting at 5 p.m.) sanctuary. Farm Stand at Hilltop
Shrub Oak, NY 10588. For Organic Yard Waste
more information or to register Yorktown’s Arts + To preserve this delicate For sustainably grown Facility Is Open
for events, visit www.yorktown- Culture Committee sanctuary, stay on the path and produce and other locally
library.org. please, no dogs and no children sourced goods, the Farm Stand Yorktown’s Organic Yard
under 10. Member $8; Non-

member $12.Tours will meet at at Hilltop Hanover Farm Waste Facility, 2200 Greenwood

TECH HELP ARTS + CULTURE GROUP the Visitor Center, limited to 6 (hillltophanoverfarm.org) is open St., Yorktown Heights

Fridays, from 2:30 - 4:30 p.m. SEEKS NEW MEMBERS adults/tour. to the public on Fridays from 1 e town of Yorktown has

e library is o ering one- e town of seeks three new To register, visit https:// to 6 p.m. and on Saturdays from SEE GREEN PAGE 25

on-one tech support through its members as it expands its ranks t e a t o w n . t i c k e t l e a p . c o m / 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. e online store

Teen Computer Teen program. to better serve everyone in the

Patrons are encouraged to bring community. e committee

their devices to the library or use reports to the town supervisor

library computers to work with a and Town Board, as well as

volunteer Teen Computer Tutor. to the Yorktown Chamber of

e teens can teach patrons to Commerce.

download eBooks, audiobooks, Positions are voluntary with

music, videos, and magazines no monetary compensation.

with their library cards. e Quali cations include any one

tutors can also help patrons (or more) of the following, but

with using their iPads, Kindles, you need not be pro cient in all

or other tablets or e-readers. No of these:

registration is required. • Project Management — lead

e orts to coordinate events and

MOVIE HART: DEATH ON meetings; keep track of contracts Native New Yorker,
and other paperwork Lifelong Republican, Winning
THE NILE Three Landslide Elections as
• Marketing Communications
Friday, August 12, — draft releases; manage social
from 1 - 3:30 p.m.

While on vacation on the media posts; advise on commu- Councilman
Nile, Hercule Poirot must in- nity outreach Responsibly Budgeted under
vestigate the murder of a young • Database management —

heiress. Directed by Kenneth pro cient in spreadsheet pro- the Tax Cap, Maintained Vital
Branagh. PG-13. 2 hours, 7 grams Services and Earned his Town
minutes. Bring your snacks and a Triple AAA Credit Rating —
enjoy the movie! Applicants must be a cur-
rent resident of Yorktown who

is interested in arts, relation- the Only Town in Westchester

MUSIC & MOVEMENT ship building, networking, civic to do so
WITH LORI COHEN engagement, and helping York-

Tuesday, August 16 at 6 p.m. town become known as a vibrant Police Commissioner — Community Leader: Lions
Come sing and dance with arts community. One of the Lowest Crime Club Vice President, President
Lori Cohen and other partici- Rates in NY and Treasurer of the Somers
pants in person, for children of To be considered for Education Foundation,
all ages. is is a drop in pro- an interview, submit to Independent Businessman 29-season Coach for AYSO
gram, no registration required.   a r t s a n d c u l t u r e @ y o r k t o w n n y. with Over 25 years in
org a) your resume (or list
your relevant quali cations/

WRITE ON! WITH HART: A experience); and b) a brief Corporate America soccer, Cadet Officer in the
DROP IN WRITER’S CLUB statement of interest (i.e., cover Owns and Operates Several Air Force’s Civil Air Patrol,
note).
Wednesday, August 24,
Meals on Wheels Captain,
from 6:30 - 7:45 p.m. Yorktown Senior Flight Schools Training the United Way Corporate Team
Have a story to share? Need Next Generation of Excellent Leader, Member-Chamber of
Pilots including the Cadets at
some feedback? Looking for Advisory Committee
another perspective? Drop-in to
Commerce & Special Olympics
read, brainstorm or just listen! e Yorktown Senior West Point

No registration is required. Advisory Committee is taking a Volunteer
summer hiatus with no meetings

RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE in August. It will resume on the

Tuesday, August 30, third Friday of September. Date

from 12 - 5 p.m. is Sept. 16 at 1 p.m. at Town

Yorktown Lions Hall. Speaker and topic will be
announced at a later time.

Concerts Teatown Lake

e Yorktown Lions Club’s Reservation
free summer concert series is

back. Located at 1600 Spring Valley

e concerts, co-sponsored by Rd, Ossining, NY 10562.

Yorktown’s Parks and Recreation WILDFLOWER ISLAND “ ”As your Congressman, I have but one campaign promise:
Department, are held outdoors GUIDED TOURS Do the Right Thing,
at 6 p.m., so bring lawn chairs. because it’s the Right Thing.
(In the event of rain, the con- Saturday, August 13,
certs will be held at Yorktown from 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. PAID FOR BY FAULKNER FOR CONGRESS
Stage; however, seating is lim- Visit the Jewel of Teatown:
ited.) Concertgoers can bring Wild ower Island is a jewel
their own snacks and light bev- a oat in Teatown Lake. More
erages. A few food trucks will be than 200 native wild owers,
available. trees, and shrubs come into
bloom throughout the season.
Aug. 21 – Tramps Like Us –

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Yorktown elementary students showcase creativity

Yorktown elementary school

students showcased their creativity

this summer with an ESTEAM-

based program that enabled them

to take virtual zoo tours, construct

their own animals, and develop

suitable habitats.

Yorktown Animal Discovery,

which was part of the district’s K-5

Summer Reading/ESTEAM

Program, took place at Yorktown

High School over the course of

three weeks in July. It was devel-

oped by Yorktown Central School Yorktown Central School District Stud
District tech specialists Alyssa tech specialists Amanda Burns and PHOTOS COURTESY OF YORKTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT Students work collaboratively their
Arroyo and Amanda Burns with Alyssa Arroyo Students celebrate after solving a Breakout EDU puzzle game
the help of library media specialist

Terri Sudol.

e rst week of Yorktown from Breakout EDU, which help clay models. In the nal week, said. “Based on that, they de- with attention to 21st-century

Animal Discovery was dedi- promote the four C’s of collabo- the students developed optimal signed their habitat.” skills. e district’s instructional

cated to exploring and learning ration, critical thinking, creativ- habitats for their animals based During the library sessions program coupled with an out-

about animals and their habitats. ity, and communication. on all they had learned. with Sudol, students were given standing character education

e students took virtual eld In week two, students used an “ ey had to empathize with mini ESTEAM challenges re- program come together to form

trips to zoos using 360-degree app called Switch Zoo to de- their newly created animal and lating to animals and habitats. the concept of ESTEAM, an

videos. ey also learned more sign their own unique animals. understand, based on how it was For example, one day the stu- approach that places empathy

about animals and their habitats After conceptualizing the ani- designed, what it might need dents were tasked with building at the forefront of creativity

through a series of puzzle games mals on screen, they developed and how it might live,” Arroyo a dam with limited materials. and innovation. Yorktown’s ES-

Students tested and modi ed TEAM has become a nation-

their dams working through ini- ally recognized, award-winning

tial failures while sharing strate- proach to teaching and learning.

gies and ideas with each other. e district has been recognized

ESTEAM — the Yorktown as a National District of Char-

Central School District’s na- acter, and has been recognized

tionally recognized approach to on numerous occasions at the

STEAM education — puts em- state and national levels for its

pathy at the forefront of science, ne academic program. e Yor-

technology, engineering, arts, ktown Central School District

and math studies. e district’s is consistently ranked by U.S.

ESTEAM initiative has been News & World Report as one

recognized as a Promising Prac- of the top school districts in the

tice by Character.org. nation. e district’s ESTEAM

e Yorktown Central School initiative has also been recog-

District is a public school dis- nized as a Promising Practice by

trict with an enrollment of ap- Character.org. Yorktown High

proximately 3,400 students. School, a National Blue Ribbon

It deeply values educating the School, has also been acknowl-

whole child through its aca- edged by Newsweek as one of

demic, character education, the top STEM high schools in

pupil personnel, and extra-cur- the country.

ricular programs. e academic

program is aligned to the New is article was prepared by the

York State Learning Standards Yorktown Central School District.

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Yorktown residents earn academic honors

The following residents earned academic honors for the spring 2022 semester (the names below are people who made the Dean’s List, unless noted otherwise). All names
were submitted to Yorktown News by colleges or parents. This is not intended to be a complete list of every Yorktown honors student. If you would like to submit a name to be

included here, please email [email protected].

ADELPHI UNIVERSITY HAMILTON COLLEGE Zachary Lerman ROGER WILLIAMS Melissa Loller (President’s
Nicole Basilan
Claire Fon Kiera Wax UNIVERSITY List)
Pamela Giannopoulos
Jayla Masci OHIO UNIVERSITY Sean Hickey
Jenna Masci
Faith Scott HUDSON VALLEY Jacob Portem Heather Coy SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE

BRYANT UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY COLLEGE omas Briscoe
Emma Ryan
Matthew Grosso (President’s PACE UNIVERSITY SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY Michael Brode
BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY
Jenni Puglisi List) Jacqueline DeMarco (First Liam Atkins Samantha Kayo

CLARKSON UNIVERSITY Honors) Vincent Scialdone
Michael I Buchwald
Connor Bernard Gallagher HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY Jenna Mastro (First Honors) SIENA COLLEGE

COASTAL CAROLINA So a Gruppuso (Provost’s Bobbie Cardea SUNY ALBANY
UNIVERSITY
List) PROVIDENCE COLLEGE Sarah Duggan Annamarie Khandji (Summa
Dominique Nikac
Olivia Howard Madeleine Halstead Paul Duggan Cum Laude)
COLLEGE OF THE HOLY
CROSS Keira Flaherty

Anna Brown ITHACA COLLEGE QUINNIPIAC COLLEGE Daniella Gerbasi (Provost’s SUNY CANTON
Timothy O’Callaghan
Matthew Rae Olivia Gelick Christina Abrenica List) Karla P. Merchan (President’s

THE COLLEGE OF NEW Francesca Gerbasi List)
JERSEY
JAMES MADISON ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF Julia Hirsch (Provost’s List) Julia Morvillo
Stacey Gussak
UNIVERSITY TECHNOLOGY Nathan Pratico Shivajyothi Nannuru (Presi-
THE COLLEGE OF SAINT
ROSE Lindsay Baker (President’s Kevin McDonough dent’s List)

Faith Sarfaty List) Justin Corcoran SOUTHERN NEW SEE DEAN’S LIST PAGE 25
Caroline Cahill (President’s Jacob Sharp HAMPSHIRE UNIVERSITY
CURRY COLLEGE
Matthew Mariani List) Corey Tutt (President’s List)

ELMIRA COLLEGE Mary-Kate Cahill
Brett Warden
omas Cane (President’s
ELON UNIVERSITY
Jenna Kenneally List) now open!
Samantha Penneys

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Michael Nardelli made fresh daily
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LETTERS

Planning Board Which leaves one to wonder why both are considered; unlike the EFEAF, this legal counsel’s advice and is moving toward
Concerns the Planning Board —and the Planning option also requires that the public have an an EFEAF, the option with more risk given
Department— are ignoring their own at- opportunity to comment on the draft EIS the acknowledged numerous environmental
To the Editor, torney’s advice. and the potential for a future Public Hear- issues with the property.
As someone who has great respect for ing to discuss the EIS.
Susan Siegel Which option best protects your inter-
the volunteers who serve on our Plan- And importantly, the EIS option requires ests? Your Call to Action.
ning Board, I don’t like to criticize the To the Editor,  an examination of all reasonable alternative
board in public. But after the Board’s July e proposed Underhill Farm develop- site plans.To illustrate, the Planning Board If you don’t want the Planning Board,
11 and 25 meetings, I feel the public needs has raised density – jamming 148 residential Planning Department and/or the developer
to know how the Board is handling the ment of 148 residential units plus 17,580 sq. units onto a 13.8 acre site – as one of its four muzzling you—speak up and out now.
Underhill Farm application. (You can watch ft. of commercial space is Yorktown’s largest primary concerns. Based on that concern, Email the Planning Board at Planning@
the meeting videos on the town’s website, in the last decade. If approved, the develop- the board could require an alternate site plan Yorktownny.org before its next meeting on
yorktownny.org/planning/planningboard/ ment will have lasting, irreversible impacts that reduces the sheer size and scale of the August 15, and request the Board pursue
meeting-videos) on our community. project while still nancially viable for the an Environmental Impact Study for the
developer. Alternate site plans could also Underhill Farm development project, the
e issue isn’t whether you support or op- e project is very complex with many, avoid some of development’s more signi - only option which protects the community’s
pose the development.  e issue is why the many issues that could have a signi cant cant adverse impacts, such as disturbing 80 quality of life interests vs. the developer’s
board isn’t doing its job. Why has it repeat- adverse impact on residents and your quality percent of the 13.8 acre site.
edly avoided any meaningful discussion of life: increased tra c and noise, change in nancial interests.
of the development’s many environmental air quality, degradation of historic resources, Another EIS requirement should be Trish Sullivan-Rothberg
impacts? Why is it shirking its responsibility ecology, and open space, pressure on infra- hiring historic restoration specialists, at the
by letting the Planning Department make structure services, impairment of neighbor- developer’s expense, to independently verify On behalf of Protecting Yorktown’s Quality of
important decisions it should be making? hood and community character, ooding or the developer’s conclusion that the outbuild-
For the record, I’m not part of the group drainage problems, and long term disruption ings should be demolished (an adverse e ect Life Foundation, Inc.
that’s suing the town over the Overlay Law. from years of construction. under New York State Historic Preservation
I have no problem with the site being devel- law), similar to the board’s standard practice Par 3 Problems
oped for some town houses and apartments. e Planning Board’s next step is to col- of hiring outside consultants to indepen-
But no commercial uses. lect more information to fully understand dently verify the developer’s wetlands and To the Editor, 
the existing conditions of this complicated tra c studies. Trust but verify. ere is an old adage: if it walks like a
I have two major concerns. project:
e rst is that the board appears unwill- So where is the Planning Board heading? duck, talks like a duck, then it is a duck.
Identifying the development’s potential As of the July 11 Work Session, the Plan- For eight years, the Town of Yorktown has
ing to make its own independent decisions adverse environmental impacts. ning Board is strongly considering Option waited in anticipation for the Par 3 golf
on what additional detailed environmental #2, EFEAF.  is means that the board will course to be renovated and completed. For
information it needs in order to assess the Deciding whether those impacts are create its own list of what environmental eight years, we drove down Route 6 and saw
project’s likely impacts on tra c, the site’s signi cant or minor. impacts will be studied. But that list will a truck here or a machine there. I under-
historic features, the neighborhood, etc. In- likely be less comprehensive than an EIS stand construction delays and I can under-
stead, the board is passing the buck to the Determining if the developer’s plans sat- scoping document AND could omit any re- stand supply chain disruptions, but we are all
Planning Department: Tell us what YOU isfactorily mitigate all the signi cant adverse quirement to include alternate plan sites. A kidding ourselves if we are going to believe
think are the additional details that should impacts. less comprehensive EFEAF will save the it has been the cause of eight years of delays.
be studied, and what YOU think we should developer time and money. I, for one, disagreed with the Town’s exten-
say and do.    Under the New York State Environ- Left out of the EFEAF process, the pub- sion in 2018 but here we are four years later
mental Quality Review Act (SEQRA), the lic will have to wait until the project’s nal and all we have to show for it are three holes
Why have an independent Planning Planning Board has two choices to proceed Public Hearing to voice its concerns. But by and a clubhouse that apparently is unable
Board if the board simply does what the to determine the “Signi cance of Action on then, virtually all of the project’s details will to obtain a certi cate of occupancy. At this
Planning Department thinks should be the Environment:” have been worked out between the devel- rate, we will not see the course completed
done? oper, the Planning Department and the for another six years and after eight years of
Option #1 - An Environmental Impact Planning Board, and it will be too late to ask trying maybe the clubhouse will pass inspec-
It’s not like those additional details are Study (EIS)  that key elements of the plan be changed. tion. If it walks like a duck, talks like a duck,
a mystery. Or brain surgery. ey’re basic Two nal items of interest. e New York then it is a duck. For the past eight years
Planning Board 101. And virtually all the Option #2 - An Expanded Full Environ- State O ce of Parks, Recreation & His- we’ve let ducks walk, talk and work on the
possible details have already been identi ed, mental Assessment Form (EFEAF) toric Preservation has declared an adverse Town owned Par 3 golf course. is latest
during the Public Informational Hearing e ect nding (under New York Historic episode proved the inability of the selected
and in follow-up memos from town advi- e two options di er signi cantly in Preservation Law) for the entire historic and company to properly manage its construc-
sory boards and residents. All the board has whether the Planning Board will be guided architecturally signi cant property due to tion; however, we are supposed to believe
to do is go through those documents, issue by what’s best for the Town and its residents the proposed intensity of construction, sig- they will be able to actually manage the
by issue, and select the environmental issues versus the developer’s nancial goals. ni cant alteration of the setting and feeling day-to-day operations? It is time for our
that the board, not the Planning Depart- of the property (landscape) and demolition town o cials to nally move on from this
ment, believes should be studied in more e EIS is the Right Option for the of the outbuildings. current “partnership”who can quack all they
detail. (Of course, that assumes that Plan- Town and its Residents And citing the complexity of the Un- want about our elected o cials. As a lifelong
ning Board members have read the memos.) derhill Farm plan with its multiple envi- resident, it is refreshing to know that we
Because of its potential far-reaching ronmental impacts, the Planning Board’s
My second concern is that the board is impact and complexity, the Underhill Farm attorney advised the Planning Board to nally have leaders in town who can call it
ignoring the advice of its own attorney on development project screams for the Plan- pursue an EIS instead of the EFEAF to as it is: they saw a duck, heard a duck, and
how to conduct the required SEQRA envi- ning Board to declare that a comprehensive, avoid the risk of missing environmental they know a duck cannot build a golf course.
ronmental review, advice that was designed in-depth Environmental Impact Study issues.  e Planning Board is ignoring its Good riddance. 
to avoid a potential second lawsuit.  As the (EIS) should be undertaken. Why?
attorney put it: following SEQRA is basic Martin McGannon 
risk management. An EIS involves YOU in identifying
YOUR critical issues and impacts early
in the process, ensuring they are not over-
looked or selectively omitted.  e EIS
option, by law, requires YOU, the public,
have an opportunity to comment on the
EIS scoping document, the document that
determines what must be included in the
EIS to ensure that your issues and impacts

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Thursday, August 11, 2022 OPINION Yorktown News – Page 9

‘I am not getting in the car!’

John Frederick Parker was not an ambi- eater that took our beloved President President McKinley in the receiving line of sta ed and underfunded, and 4) the Secret
tious man. He was more than content Lincoln’s life? After all, following Lincoln’s the Temple of Music pavilion at the World’s Service’s training programs were woefully
to spend his time savoring his two loves: assassination, the Secret Service had been Fair. inadequate. It was abundantly clear that a
dramatic infusion of funding and expert
carpentry and alcohol, but not necessar- formed. e problem was that the Service Only after this third presidential as- leadership was needed to save the agency.
sassination within a 36-year period did
ily in that order. After was incompetent when Congress become serious about making the Unfortunately, instead of improving the
Secret Service primary responsibility the situation, our former president made it
moving to Washington, it came to protecting our protection of the president. Finally, in 1905, considerably worse. He appointed extreme
Congress authorized two-person shifts to partisans including a substandard director,
D.C., and joining the MY presidents. It was under- shadow the president around the clock. Jim Murray. Choosing not to advocate for
Metropolitan Police sta ed, underfunded and, Since that day in 1905, the agency’s reputa- the increased funding the agency desperate-
Department, he found PERSPECTIVE to make matters worse, tion has ranged from an elite, highly trained ly needed, he demurred. In the meantime,
protective force to one that is remarkably the president’s multiple homes and large
himself in the unenvi- JAMES it directed most of its clumsy at ful lling its critical mandate. family placed unworkable demands on the
able but signi cant MARTORANO energy to apprehending Service, which saw its budget and workload
position of guarding the counterfeiters who posed a For example, in the aftermath of the as- skyrocket. Within the agency itself, loyalty
sassination of John F. Kennedy, we learned became the sole measure for advancement.
president of the United substantial problem to the that the agency was quite negligent in Even more alarming, partisan concerns
preparing for his Dallas trip. Years later, the became paramount. is retreat from its
States. One evening, Republic in the wake of Service’s reputation was somewhat restored long-held commitment of being absolutely
by its successful thwarting of assassination nonpolitical was evidenced by the sizable
after checking in with the Civil War. attempts against both Gerald Ford and number of social media posts made by
Ronald Reagan. But when Barack Obama agents in support of the Jan. 6 insurrection-
the chief executive, who was seated in a en, in the spring of 1894, the Secret became president, its standing took a seri- ists. It is not that surprising that the agency
ous step back with the revelation of various managed to successfully delete any relevant
prime box at a local theater, he left his post Service director, William Hazen, alarmed at break-ins at the White House, as well as texts and communications made by its
an armed gunman ring shots into the agents and their supervisors before, during
to venture across the street to a local pub. the number of death threats directed against residence. And who can forget the embar- and after the Jan. 6 debacle.
rassing prostitution scandal among agents
Drinking himself to the point of oblivion, President Grover Cleveland, surrepti- in Cartagena? But perhaps the best example of how low
the trust in the Secret Service had fallen
it is not clear when he learned that the tiously ordered two of his agents to guard By the time President Obama’s successor is best illustrated by a statement made by
took over the reins of government, it was Vice President Pence on that fateful day
man he was assigned to protect, President the president around the clock. Once this evident that the Secret Service was indeed when the Capitol was invaded. While an
in trouble: 1) the morale was at its lowest
Abraham Lincoln, had been shot. Surpris- arrangement was nally uncovered by the ebb ever; 2) its technology was antiquated SEE MARTORANO PAGE 10
at best; 3) the agency was grossly under-
ingly, Parker was not immediately red and, next president, William McKinley, Hazen

in fact, ended up guarding Lincoln’s widow was summarily demoted and the protection

Mary, much to her chagrin. detail curtailed.

Sixteen years and 3 months later, Presi- It took yet another tragedy for Congress

dent James Gar eld was boarding a train at to nally get the message. at event was

the Baltimore and Potomac railroad station perpetrated by one Leon Czolgosz, a polish

for a long-awaited summer vacation at the immigrant from Detroit. He had attended

New Jersey seashore when Charles Guiteau, a speech by anarchist Emma Goldman,

a mentally ill man who believed he was whose railings against the government

owed a job, shot him twice, eventually caus- would be considered mild by today’s

ing his death. standards. But Czolgosz was inspired to

How could a second assassination oc- act and, in September of 1901, he traveled

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Yorktown Library Corner

Library hours: Monday- ursday 9:30 ra e prizes.Teens are invited to join their 12:30-2:30 p.m. No appointment needed. ART AT HART
a.m.-8 p.m.; Friday 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; own “Summer Reading Finale”at 2 p.m. (A) Scrabble, Backgammon & Adult rough August:
Saturday 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; 914-245- Aug. 19 for a make-your-own ice cream
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org. have nearly 150 teens and adults participat- p.m. a selection of her artwork created over
ing in the summer reading game. ey have the past 20 years. Primarily an abstract oil
HARTTOP 10 FICTION read over 600 books so far! Remember all WEDNESDAY, AUG. 17 painter, she also wors in collage, drawing
e most circulated new ction, books must be logged by Aug. 12 to be (A) It’s a Mystery to Me Book Club. 10- and printmaking. She is largely inspired by
eligible for prizes. nature, landscape and movement.
combining mystery and large print, in the 11 a.m.“Hiss and Hers”by M.C. Beaton.
Hart Library this past month: 1) “Call Us A) Adults Program (Y) Young Adults (A) Conscious Living: the role of food in “Little Art at Hart”presents artwork by
What We Carry”by Amanda Gorman; Program (C) Children’s Program. Please Lola, age 5.
2) “Killing the Killers”by Bill O’Reilly; 3) visit the library website (yorktownlibrary. well-being. 1-2 p.m.
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“Foreverland”by Heather Havrilesky; 6) THURSDAY, AUG. 18
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Thursday, August 11, 2022 OPINION Yorktown News – Page 11

A little bird told me

Iconsider myself an amateur my Dodge Dart the other day, I heard We have a crow living in the woods “Game of rones.” e Northern
near our the house that sounds a little bobwhite sounds more like it’s saying
ornithologist, which is someone who a bird say, “Cheep! Cheep!” e word like Edward G. Robinson. I’d like to “BLURtle, BLURtle,” but whoever rst
know if it does any other impressions, heard one probably thought that would
studies birds just for fun. I don’t get “parsimonious” is apparently hard for because I do a pretty good Peter be a dumb name for a bird.
Lorre and I imagine us striking up a
paid for most of the things I do on a birds to say. conversation and dishing about Barbara My sister Kath nally got around to
Stanwyck. taking her front door Christmas wreath
daily basis, so for instance, I also take Here are some common bird calls you down and when she heard a cacophony
You can identify a catbird because of chirping she was so startled that she
out the garbage might recognize. If you it really does meow like a cat. And dropped it on the ground in a panic.
if you’re still unconvinced, it will y
and do the dishes hear, “Cheer-up cheerily! over to your kitchen table, sit on the ere was a nest with babies in it and
newspaper you’re trying to read and one of the neighbors kindly put it back
“just for fun.” Birds MAN Cheer-up cheerily!”, it knock all your pens onto the oor. where it was. Contrary to common lore,
are all around us, OVERBOARD may be an American “Who cooks for you!” is the call of the birds will not shun a nestling that has
o ering clues about robin or it may be this barred owl. It’s not unexpected that been handled by humans, unless you
our history and RICK girl I know at work who they would ask for a recommendation, have really smelly hands, and in that
about our future on MELÉN never seems to know because they generally eat raw eld mice case you’re probably used to shunning.
without even a pinch of garlic.
this planet. eir when she’s had enough So next time you leave the house,
e cardinal says “Pick-a-girl, pick- listen for some of these colorful avian
migratory habits co ee. e Eastern a-girl” and follows it up with a series of friends and see if you can decipher
fast tweets. It has an active social life. what they’re saying. Is it the gold nch
are a ected by phoebe sings “Phee-bee, mating call? If directed at you, it’s kind
e common grackle makes the same of awkward. For myself, I don’t nd the
climate change and a shrinking natural phee-bee” in two notes, always in the sound as when you get an answer wrong mockingbird particularly endearing.
on a television game show. If you guess I can’t go out to the mailbox and
environment, and their behavior might same key, and has never learned a third correctly, it makes the same sound, back without this so called “songbird”
so it’s hardly worth the e ort. e chiming in about my hair, or what I look
o er insights about when we can expect note in all this time. If they’re using this mourning dove slowly coos, “Whoo... like in shorts.
whoo... WHOO (this one three whole
cheaper ights to Florida. call to attract a mate and they actually tones higher) whoo.” It’s been singing Look for Rickster Melen on Facebook! Say
that same sad dirge since they canceled hello at: [email protected]
Unlike most other wild animals, succeed, it’s going to be a match made

they don’t even bother to hide from in boring heaven.

humans, since it’s obvious that we aren’t e black-capped chickadee and the

as smart and can’t y. Most of the time whippoorwill also sing their own names

you hear them before you even see and it makes me think that if these birds

them. Some even engage in a constant can be taught to sing their own names,

stream of chatter, and without seeming why can’t they learn at least a couple

presumptuous, I can only assume some verses of “Row Your Boat?” e titmouse

of it is about us, like whenever I hear issues a chirping “Pee-per, pee-per, pee-

two Russian people conversing. In fact per” call. It’s not much, but the bird is

I KNOW birds are talking about us, just relieved that it doesn’t sing its own

because just as I was about to get into name like the others do.

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Summer songs

Iremember happy times going out But at some point (during the 1980s?) countdown and the most requested songs and “Hanky Panky” by Tommy James &
to Jones Beach for the day with my beach-goers set up their towels, um- still sounded good even through the tiny the Shondells. I remember a day trip to
family and later on as a teen with brellas and coolers and then turned on speakers. My musical awakening occurred an amusement park with my family. We
during the summer of 1965. I was in took a break for lunch and brought our
my friends. I recall their radio boomboxes. elementary school but my musical tastes food from the concession stand to picnic
were more like a high school teenager’s. tables set out under a large wooden pavil-
walking across the READING, On crowded weekend In that summer of 1965 I remember two ion. While taking bites of my hamburger
hot sand to nd a WRITING & days, the noise from the of my favorite songs playing on heavy and fries, I heard “Hanky Panky” blaring
perfect spot near CHOCOLATE various radio stations rotation on the radio – “(I Can’t Get No) out of the speakers. I preferred the electric
the rolling waves became overwhelming. Satisfaction” by the Rolling Stones and “I guitars on “Wild ing.”
Got You Babe” by Sonny & Cher.
to place our beach KIM It was distracting while In the summer of 1967, I was surprised
towels. e brilliant KOVACH I was perfecting my tan I noticed three very di erent songs to hear American rock music played
sun overhead, the and turning upon my vying for popularity around the pools over the speakers by the pool at a hotel
and beach areas in the summer of 1966: in Montreal, Canada. Visiting fam-
smell of salt in the beach towel like a rotis- “Summer in the City” by e Lovin’
Spoonful, “Wild ing” by e Troggs SEE KOVACH PAGE 14
air, the squawking of serie chicken.

seagulls, the crashing of the waves upon As a young child, I listened to the

the shore are all wonderful reasons to popular songs played on the AM sta-

spend a day at the beach. tions on my transistor radio. e Top 40

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Happily
Ever
After

Fun summer educational ideas

STRONG how to occupy my kids’time for learning and reviewing opportuni- ink of people you know who thing that is 15 centimeters wide?
LEARNING the rest of the summer vacation? ties. have children around your chil- Make it a game with prizes.
I don’t want to push schoolwork, dren’s ages who live in another
DR. LINDA but I feel their reading and math Try these fun, educational ideas: place. Help your children contact • Teach your children to cook.
SILBERT skills are slipping away slowly. I • Enroll your kids in a book them. Write to grandma, grandpa, You’ll nd lots of children’s cook-
appreciate any tips. club. If your local library isn’t cousins, aunts, and uncles. A pen books and kids’cooking websites.
Dear Dr. Linda, o ering one, or you’re too late to pal gives your kids a chance to Cooking is one of the best educa-
I don’t want this to sound like Lucy join, start a kids’book club with practice writing and spelling. And tional experiences kids can have.
Dear Lucy, your children’s friends. it’s great to get mail. Preparing a meal or even baking
I’m not a loving and caring mom, • Start vegetables that can be cookies includes measuring, read-
but I can’t wait for school to start. You’re right. Although summer grown inside. Many don’t require • Set up a math scavenger ing and following directions. Cut
We’ve already gone on vacation vacation is a great time for kids soil. You and your children can hunt. Give your kids rulers and a recipe in half or double it. Now
and have taken lots of day trips. to play and have fun, many kids research this together. It not only have them nd things inside or you have kids doing math.
Do you have any additional tips on can fall back on basic reading and teaches kids how to grow plants outside of your house that are dif-
math skills. Of course, you don’t indoors, but they can also eat them ferent sizes. For example, ask who • Create your own museum.
want to set up a school during too. can nd something that is nine Be sure to visit one rst so your
vacation, but you do want to nd • Pen pals are always fun. inches long? Who can nd some-
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