North Salem News 11.11.21

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Vol. 7 No. 34 Visit TapIntoNorthSalem.net for the latest news. Thursday, November 11, 2021

ELECTION RESULTS
Lucas elected to sixth term

Aronchick, Kamenstein return to Town Board

BY CAROL REIF on the Republican line and 140 grabs this year: tax receiver and PHOTO COURTESY OF NS BOOSTER CLUB
STAFF WRITER votes (15 percent) on the Conser- highway superintendent.
vative line respectively. Tigers Roar at
North Salem Supervisor Warren Karen Roach, who has been the Regionals!
J. Lucas will serve a sixth term after Supervisors serve two-year terms. town’s tax receiver for 26 years, gar-
being re-elected by voters on Tues- Seeking re-election to the Town nered 986 votes, 843 of them (86 With a thrilling 1-0 victory over the Taconic Hills
day, Nov. 2. Board were Councilmen Martin percent) on the Democratic line Titans on Nov. 7, North Salem eld hockey captured
Aronchick and Peter Kamenstein. and 143 (15 percent) on the Bal- the Class C regional championship! Read all about the
e County Board of Elections Council members serve four-year anced Rock Party line. big Tiger win on page 17.
has released results from early vot- terms.
ing and Election Day. e o cial Aronchick, a Democrat, got 690 Ward Hanaburgh was re-elected
and nal tally awaits the counting votes of which 624 (42 percent) as highway superintendent with
of absentee and a davit ballots. were on his party line and 66 (4 per- 956 votes, 794 of them (83 percent)
cent) on the Balanced Rock Party on the Republican line and 162 (17
ese can’t be opened until Tues- line. percent) on the Conservative line.
day, Nov. 16, the Board of Elections Kamenstein ran on the Republi-
said. e intention of the lag is to can and Conservative lines, pulling According to Lucas, the numbers
give the various parties time to con- 681 votes (46 percent) on the rst of folks turning up at the polls were
test those ballots if necessary. and 114 (8 percent) on the second. about a third of what it was last elec-
His total was 795. tion season. In 2020, 3,700 people
Lucas, who ran unopposed, re- Two other positions were up for cast ballots; this time around, that
ceived a total 955 votes.
SEE ELECTION RESULTS PAGE 4
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LEISURE 18
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OPINION 21 SEASON SENDOFF
SPORTS
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The Staff Croton Falls Home,” a celebratory program a holiday meal lls the table. Some help us now by sending a donation
Community Church and turkey dinner. e program our neighbors are not so fortunate. via NorthSalemLions.Club or by
EDITORIAL TEAM will look at how our anksgiving Without your help, their tables dropping a check to:
TOM WALOGORSKY HARVEST HOME Traditions have come down to us. could be bare. Due to concerns
EDITOR: 914-302-5830 Sunday, Nov. 14 at 5 p.m. Everyone is invited to learn more regarding COVID-19, the North North Salem Lions Club, PO
[email protected] It has been 400 years since the about the original 1621 feast, and Salem Lions Annual Holiday Box 307, North Salem, NY 10560.
the way our traditions of anks- Food Drive is being replaced by
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Thursday, November 11, 2021 OPINION North Salem News – Page 9

I’ve noticed

I’ve noticed that something has changed and I now enjoy a Facetime call with our Fun Facts by Jo Ann
in me. I’ve noticed that at the end of the
day when the dinner dishes are washed grandson, Drew, before his bedtime at 7:00. About 12% of people dream in black and white.
and put away, I usually like
to make a cup of tea, ease en, I will pick up the book I am reading or
into a big, comfortable
chair and watch televi- browse through the stack
sion. I enjoyed listening to
the news and/or getting of magazines next to my
caught up in a drama, but
now I nd that the news JUST bed to nd some new “OMG, I think you’re right.” I could almost even celebrate that birthday? I can’t remem-
stresses me too much and JO ANN recipes that I can make hear her scratching her head incredulously. ber. What a shame. I had such great plans for
I no longer watch TV in for our holiday dinners. I that year, and now it’s gone. Although we both
the evening. I prefer to have a clear mind and JO ANN nd I need to step away “A few of my friends have also lost time,” laughed at our silly conversation, I think some
hopefully pleasant dreams. FRANCELLA from current events for a I explained to her, and I think it’s because, of it may be true.
although we know we lived through the shock
Ken, on the other hand, prefers switching while. of the pandemic and nearly hibernated for What’s my point?  Life is too short to go
from sports to politics in the evening. I can’t about a year, we generally just want to block it to bed stressed.  e reality and the situations
even imagine what his dreams are like. During this past year out, and so we do.  will still be there when you wake up, so do
something calm and relaxing at night and
I’ve noticed that at the end of the day Ken I’ve also noticed that I I went through the same thing as well. have a good night’s sleep.
I had a birthday a few months before the
have lost some time, and I am not the only pandemic, but now I realize that sometime [email protected]
during my quarantine I skipped a year. Did I
one. e other day I was talking to my sister

who lives in North Carolina.  She said that

she can’t believe it’s already three years since

she moved to Southern Pines.

“I think you moved four years ago,”I said.

MELEN would probably be spouting hours a day including the com- 22 hours out of the day, wears won evolution.
that crap about Homo sapi- mute, pay for the dry cleaning, the same out t all the time,
FROM PAGE 8 ens being at the top of the food make dinner and pick up every- gets all meals for free and licks Look for Rickster Melen on
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Persian cat in the James Bond the rooms you live in, without wasting energy in the
movie, that sits on my lap and rooms you don’t.
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a cat that torments the moles Rebate based on system capacity.
that are digging up my lawn,
and brings me one as a gift. I
say, “I’ll unwrap it later, because
it’s kind of gross,” and we both
share a laugh over it. Or maybe
the cat and the mole gure
out a way to pay the real estate
taxes directly from my bank ac-
count and get themselves listed
as tenants-in-common owners
of my property, have me evicted
and share a good laugh over it.
See what happens? All cats will
eventually come for you, but it
does keep you on your claws.

If I ever catch up with
Charles Darwin, he’s got a lot
of explaining to do about his
stupid theories. For instance,
If he were here right now he

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Thursday, November 11, 2021 Sports North Salem News – Page 17

VARSITY ROUNDUP

Tigers top Titans in regional final

DeModna, defense propel North Salem

BY TOM WALOGORSKY di erent kind of ride. Returning to North The Tigers celebrate the 1-0 victory over Taconic Hills.
EDITOR Salem, the triumphant Tigers were given
a re department escort through town to PHOTOS COURTESY OF NINA BERTOLINO
FIELD HOCKEY herald their victory.
North Salem 1, Taconic Hills 0 The Tigers received a fire department escort and a hero’s welcome back in North
Sunday, Nov. 7 “ e team has felt how good this can Salem.
Just as they had a week ago in the sec- feel,” concluded Coach Frohman. “ ey’re
ready.”
tional nals against Bronxville, North
Salem only needed to rely on their over- Next, North Salem will travel to Cen-
powering defense and a single goal by Kiki tereach High School on Long Island for a
DeModna. e formula would prove suc- showdown with the Hoosick Falls Panthers
cessful once again as the Tigers claimed in the state semi nals on Saturday, Nov. 13.
the regional championship 1-0 against the
Taconic Hills Titans at Roundout Valley CROSS COUNTRY
High School on Sunday, Nov. 7. Section 1 Championship
Saturday, Nov. 6
e standout senior came through in the For the nal cross country meet of the
clutch for the Tigers once more, netting a
goal o an assist from Brady Ellicott with season, Tigers XC would return to the
two minutes left in the second quarter. De- unforgiving course at Bowdoin Park. In
Modna and the Tigers outplayed the Ti- what had become the standard this season,
tans from the opening whistle, keeping the North Salem’s runners rose to the occasion
pressure on and not giving any opportuni- and exceeded expectations.
ties until late in the game.
“ e boys team was projected to come
“We dominated for three out of the four in 8th in Class C at Sectionals,” explained
quarters,” explained Coach Jen Frohman. Coach Chris Gould. “However, our guys
“My sweeper and goalie never touched the know what that actually means in the end:
ball until the fourth quarter.” you have to go out and run the race.”

North Salem goalie Allegra Delli Carpi- e team would nish the day in 5th
ni had one save on the day, while the Tigers place overall, boasting the best compression
bombarded Titan goalie Grace Alvarez in Class C (1st-5th :42), and the second
who recorded 12 saves. best compression in all of Section 1.

With their season slipping away, the Isabelle Schembri topped her per-
Titans tried to mount a last minute rally, sonal best by nearly 30 seconds en route
earning a late-game penalty corner. e to a 36th place nish. AJ Laqueur (25th),
opportunity was lost, courtesy of Skylar
Bender who took possession and ran the omas Gautier (31st), Jack Fryer (32nd),
ball 75 yards down eld. Jake Greenberg (35th), Connor Quadrini
(36th), Helio De Moraes (44th), Liam
“ is group ghts together, they’re not Trageser (65th), Will Armbruster (70th),
about to give in,” added Coach Frohman. Matt Schaub (72nd), and Angelo Casale
(81st) all showed improvement for the
“Sectional nals were our goal, so every- squad.
thing that comes after is just icing on the
cake,” said Frohman of her team’s mindset. “Everyone had better times than when
“We were trying to take a more relaxed at- we ran there three weeks ago,”added Coach
titude towards this game. We’re just enjoy- Gould. “It was an incredibly successful and
ing the ride.” historic season for the team. Coach Posch
and I are thrilled with how the team pro-
After the nal whistle blew and they gressed throughout the season, and we are
collected another piece of hardware for looking forward to taking this momentum
the trophy case, the squad was treated to a into the winter track season.”

‘ This group fights A key defensive play by Skylar Bender helped PHOTOS COURTESY OF CHRISTINA DEMODNA
together, they’re not stave off a late surge by Taconic Hills.
about to give in. Kiki DeModna's goal lifted
- Coach Jen Frohman North Salem to the regional
championship.

Page 18 – North Salem News LEISURE Thursday, November 11, 2021

CLUES ACROSS 30. Used in cooking and 57. Plant in the bean family 26. Comedienne Gasteyer
1. Taxis medicine 59. A wife: __ covert 27. Beloved dog Rin Tin __
5. Mega energy unit (abbr.) 31. A street for nightmares 60. Born of 28. Midway between east
8. Single-strand break 32. French modernist 61. Arranges balls on the and southeast
11. Combinations of painter pool table 29. Call it a career
countries 33. Dishonors 62. Title of Italian monk 34. Former CIA
13. Cutting tool 38. Integrated data 63. Tooth caregiver 35. American time
14. Small bay in Gulf of processing 64. American feminist poet 36. Confederate general
Maine 41. Frameworks 37. Soviet Socialist Republic
15. Actress Lathan 43. Apply new materials 39. Travel downward
16. Chatter incessantly CLUES DOWN
45. Where merch is 1. Dan Rather’s old network 40. Made red-blue
17. Energy, style and displayed 2. Expression of sorrow 41. Vietnamese
enthusiasm 48. American figure skater or pity revolutionary Le Duc
18. Simple shoe Lipinski 3. __ fide (Latin) 42. Capital of Italy
20. Woman (French) 49. Cycles per second 4. Sign of healing 44. Small bunches of
21. Abnormal rattling sound 50. Oohed and __ 5. Warm-blooded flowers
22. Able to change 55. Dark olive black vertebrate 45. Calvary sword
25. Future butterfly 56. Peyton’s little brother 6. Model 46. A distinctive, pleasant
7. Of or relating to odor
plants 47. A well-defined track or
8. Plant of the heath path
family 48. Cereal used to make
9. Where to weigh flour
something 51. Retrospective analysis
10. Internal structure (abbr.)
12. __ Paulo, city 52. Grayish white
14. South Slavic 53. Engrave For puzzle solutions, please see
person 54. Famed men’s basketball theparamountrehab.com
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23. Have already done 58. Midway between south
24. As much as one and southeast
can hold
25. Auburn legend
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Men across Westchester encourage
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against breast cancer. Houlihan Lawrence; Christopher

More than 20 men represent- Cassisi of Houlihan Lawrence;

ing businesses across Westches- Barry Fein of Norcom Solutions;

ter County raised awareness Michael Friedman of Kurzman

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through the American Cancer Joseph Guarracino of White

Society’s Real Men Wear Pink Plains Hospital; Craig James of PHOTO COURTESY OF AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY
campaign. Some of this year’s can- Barrie House Co ee; Mark Jean
didates participated in a launch of Northern Westchester Hospi- Some of this year’s candidates who participated in a launch party at Captain Lawrence Brewing Company
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