Yorktown News 03.02.2023

VOL. 11 NO. 50 THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 2023 BUSINESS & REAL ESTATE 27 CLASSIFIEDS 26 LEGAL NOTICES 24 LEISURE 23 OPINION 8 SPORTS 16 TOWN GREEN 4 Huskers Top Fox Lane pg 20 PLAYOFFS Visit TapIntoYorktown.net for the latest news. BY SOPHIA CASELNOVA STAFF WRITER  e Par 3 golf course has made its way to another vendor just three months since the termination of its last concession agreement.  Yorktown o cially announced that it has entered into a concession agreement with Yorktown Golf, LLC.  Per the new concession agreement, the new vendors are required to have the restaurant open by June 16, and the golf course open by August 18.  Town Attorney Adam Rodriguez explained that the concession agreement has an initial  ve-year term with two  ve-year options which the town can exercise at its discretion.  e concessionaire is obligated to pay rent immediately, unlike the previous agreement with the former vendor, RC Recreation Development, LLC.  e rent for the property raises annually, with the  rst year’s rent being $78,000, second year being $80,340, third year being $82,750.20, fourth year being $85,272.36, and the  fth year being $87,888.88. Rodriguez also explained that the opening dates are contractual obligations and if they are not met, it will be a breach in contract and the town can terminate the agreement. “I applaud the Town Board for following through on this process,” said Assemblyman and former Yorktown Supervisor Matt Slater. “While we started this process during the  nal weeks of my tenure as supervisor, I didn’t feel it was appropriate to start reviewing the bids.  is was part of our transition plan with Supervisor Diana and I am happy to see it come to a conclusion.” It is also a contractual obligation for the concessionaire to provide discounted course time to the town residents, seniors and veterans. In addition, they must also donate time to high school teams. In the background behind this new chapter for the course, there are still lawsuits against the town and some of its employees from RC Recreation Development, LLC. On Feb. 8, an Order to Show Cause was  led, ordering that the respondents show cause before the White Plains Court on March 10. “ e Order to Show Cause tells Yorktown of the nature of RC’s request from the NYS Court and states the date, time and location where the request will be made.  is Order to Show Cause contains a direction to Yorktown to stop doing anything at the golf course until the New concessionaire named at Par 3 PHOTO COURTESY OF THE TOWN OF YORKTOWN. Supervisor Tom Diana discusses Yorktown’s new contract with an operator that has agreed to open the Par 3 Golf Course by the summer. BY SOPHIA CASELNOVA STAFF WRITER Members of the town’s athletic community spoke at last week’s town board meetings to voice concerns over a park that remains closed due to a sinkhole.  Woodlands Legacy Fields Park on Strang Boulevard has been closed since Dec. 24 due to a 30-foot-wide sinkhole in the park.  In the sinkhole was a 42-inch regional natural gas pipeline which was not compromised.  e pipeline belongs to Enbridge, a multinational energy company based in Canada.  e sinkhole has since been  xed, but the park remains closed as Enbridge continues to run geological tests.  According to Tom Regan, Vice President of the Yorktown Athletic Club (YAC), the lacrosse/ all purpose  eld at the park plays a massive role in the YAC’s lacrosse programs. Regan said that there are 200 boys and 200 girls in the lacrosse program, ranging in age from kindergarten to eighth grade. He also referenced the park’s two baseball  elds, stating that there are over 400 kids in the YAC’s baseball program that use those  elds.  According to Regan, the YAC has also already  led its plans for the 2023 spring season, which averages around two months, with the Parks and Recreation Commission and has received approval.  ey aim to be on the  eld with teams in March, but the delayed opening of Legacy Fields can set their season back, he said.  “We would have to go back to the Parks and Rec Commission, which I’ll go to that meeting on the  rst  ursday, and work with them to reschedule some of the  elds we need,” Regan said.  He says that if they are unable to use Legacy Fields, the teams will have to play at Granite Knolls. A lack of protective nets impedes their ability to play at other  elds around town, as lacrosse balls can cause damage.  “Please open those  elds,” Regan said. “I know safety comes  rst, but we do need those  elds.” Jay Tomasulo, Director of Baseball at the Shrub Oak Athletic Club, was also at the meeting to speak about the impact that closed Closed park causes stress as spring season approaches SEE PAR 3 PAGE 5 SEE PARK PAGE 6 Lower Hudson Valley Regional Office | 366 Underhill Avenue Yorktown Heights, NY 10598 Have You Been Thinking It’s Time For a Change? ▪ Preparing Your Home for Sale ▪ Timing the Sale of Your Property ▪ Negotiating Strategies for Today’s Buyer ▪ Rental Property Tips ▪ Investing in Today’s Market Contact Me for Expert Advice on: Sandra Santos-Lacey Call or Text 845.803.4550 (M) [email protected] | AllAboutWestchester.com Real Estate Salesperson | Affiliated real estate agents are independent contractor sales associates, not employees©2022 Coldwell Banker. 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Around 600 people were in attendance at the dinner including nearly half of the Yorktown Police Department, according to Noble. “I am humbled and honored to be chosen as the Westchester B.L.U.E. Vanguard Award recipient,” Noble told Yorktown News. “While I am being singled out as the recipient, this is really a Yorktown Police Department award. Our agency as a whole embodies the professionalism, leadership and empathy mantra of Westchester B.L.U.E.” “ e Westchester B.L.U.E. Foundation was established in 2011 by active and retired members of the law enforcement community. “ e purpose and mission of the foundation is to aid active and retired police oˆ cers and their families in times of crisis, illness, dealing with tragedy, death, substance abuse, suicide, or are in ‡ nancial need. According to a proclamation presented to Noble by the Town Board on Nov. 22, the Vanguard Award is given to a law enforcement oˆ cer who continuously demonstrates true leadership, guidance, empathy, and holds true to the ideals consistent with the mission of Westchester B.L.U.E. “He’s been a tremendous leader in our community,” Supervisor Matt Slater explained. ““ e police department is a re— ection of you, and that is why it continues to be seen as the best in the state, being recognized as the best by the State of New York time and time again.” Noble emphasized that he does not consider this to be an individual award. He said that without the Yorktown Police Department family and his own family, that award night would not have happened for him. “I am blessed to work with just amazing men and women at Yorktown PD, and this is their award not mine,” Noble said. Noble also said that the best part of his work day is going home to his wife Eleana. “Nothing for me happens without her,” said Noble. “When I do get to go home from work, I enjoy going home every day and being with her.” Hail to the chief! Noble honored with Vanguard Award PHOTO COURTESY OF ROBERT NOBLE Chief Noble (second from right), his wife Eleana (center), and his three kids at the charity dinner BY SOPHIA CASELNOVA STAFF WRITER Donuts might be dunked at a new location in Yorktown soon. A new Dunkin’ establishment was discussed to take over vacant property at 3735 Compond Road. “ e 3,069 square foot Dunkin’ drive thru had completed its pre-preliminary application and met with the planning board on Nov. 14. SDML, the company proposing the project, gave its initial presentation, received comments on two potential layout options, discussed zoning compliance and next steps. According to the presentation, the Dunkin’ will potentially operate from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. Richard Fon, chairman of the Dunkin’ and Chipotle to Yorktown? SEE DUNKIN’ PAGE 2 Vol. 11 No. 38 Thursday, December 8, 2022 BUSINESS & REAL ESTATE 31 CLASSIFIEDS 30 LEGAL NOTICES 30 LEISURE 26 OBITUARIES 8 OPINION 10 SPORTS 20 TOWN GREEN 6 Visit TapIntoYorktown.net for the latest news. PHOTO: SOPHIA CASELNOVA BY SOPHIA CASELNOVA STAFF WRITER Decisions for Underhill Farm are still in the works. At the Planning Board meeting on Nov. 14, the board addressed the concerns and status of the Underhill Farm project.  e project has been in progress since 2020 and proposes the development of 148 housing units, recreational amenities, and 11,000 square feet of retail space.  e 148 units would be made up of 52 townhouse units, 32 condominiums, and 64 apartments. Of the 148 units, 118 are planned to be “senior friendly.”  e board took time to “set the record” and update the public on the steps being taken and the work the board has been doing. At this point, the board has not yet made a determination about the impact statement, but they have the opportunity to do so as they continue to work through the information presented to them.  e board has not made a determination on signiˆ cance as required under SEQRA and is still in the environmental review stage of the environmental assessment form (EAF) and other pertinent information. “It’s not that we have made decisions to avoid an environmental impact statement and issue a positive declaration or not, we’re not at that point Planning Board provides update on Underhill Farm Light the night! Yorktown was glowing with festive spirit as the community welcomed the holiday season at the Electric Lights Parade on Dec. 3! See more photos from this electrifying evening on page 16! 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Thursday, December 8, 2022 PHOTO: SOPHIA CASELNOVA have the opportunity to do so as they continue to work through the information presented to  e board has not made a determination on signiˆ cance as required under SEQRA and is still in the environmental review stage of the environmental assessment form (EAF) and other pertinent information. “It’s not that we have made decisions to avoid an environmental impact statement and issue a positive declaration or not, we’re not at that point Planning Board provides update on Underhill Farm Light the night! Yorktown was glowing with festive spirit as the community welcomed the holiday season at the Electric Lights Parade on Dec. 3! See more photos from this electrifying evening on page 16! SEE UNDERHILL PAGE 6 $40 OFF Set OF 4 TIRES ON TOP OF ANY MANUFACTURES REBATES must be installed at Ozzy’s Auto OZZY'S GOODYEAR AUTO CLINIC IT AIN’T JUST TIRES With this coupon. $2 hazardous material disposal fee. Most Vehicles. See store for more details. Not valid with other offers or prior services. Expires 12/23/22 Go to localflavor.com for more coupons $39.95 Conventional Motor oil with filter, FREE tire rotation, FREE 12-Point Safety Inspection ehicles. Not Vol. 11 No. 40 Thursday, December 22, 2022 CLASSIFIEDS 30 HEALTH & WELLNESS 20 LEGAL NOTICES 30 LEISURE 29 OPINION 10 SPORTS 24 TOWN GREEN 2 Shrub Oak Tree pg 3 ILLUMINATE Visit TapIntoYorktown.net for the latest news. BY CAROL REIF STAFF WRITER Two local organizations that have been waging separate, but parallel and equally passionate, campaigns in the war against substance misuse are joining forces. Drug Crisis in Our Backyard, a nonpro t o ering education and resources for folks struggling with addiction, was started in 2012 by Putnam County residents Susan and Steve Salomone and Somers residents Carol Christiansen and her late husband, Lou. Each couple lost a beloved son to the opioid epidemic in 2012. Erik Christiansen was a detective with the New York City Police Department. In 2011, he was prescribed oxycodone for a back injury and became addicted to painkillers. A year later, the 28-year-old was found dead of a heroin overdose. Justin Salomone, a 2001 Mahopac High School graduate and gifted guitarist, had battled addiction for several years. He started smoking marijuana in high school and later moved onto stronger drugs in college. He was 29 when he succumbed to what his parents call an “insidious disease.” But instead of retreating into grief and anger, the Christiansens and Salomones rallied, not only for themselves, but for other families. • e grassroots advocates’ mission? To reduce the stigma associated with addiction, promote awareness, provide programs, resources, and support to struggling individuals and families, and be a catalyst for changes in laws that hold accountable organizations and medical institutions that perpetuate drug use through overprescription of opiates and other narcotics. Yorktown-based Alliance for Safe Kids was founded in 2002 and incorporated as a nonpro t in 2006. As a conduit for a partnership between all community stakeholders -- parents, teens, educators, law enforcement, government, medical professionals, businesses, faith leaders, and civic groups –  ASK  aims to arm youth with the tools they need to make healthy decisions and to encourage their families to get informed and stay involved. “By partnering with all areas of the community, we collectively strengthen the safety net that protects our youth,” ASK’s mission statement reads. Salomone, Drug Crisis in Our Backyard’s executive director,  and  ASK president and CEO Tricy Cushner of Yorktown  met at  Drug Crisis in Our Backyard’s   rst public event. It was held Joining forces Drug Crisis in Our Backyard to partner with Alliance for Safe Kids  SEE CRISIS PAGE 6 Yorktown welcomes Hanukkah  e festival of lights began in Yorktown on Dec. 18 with a menorah lighting at Jack DeVito Veterans Memorial Field.  e community sang songs and joined in blessings led by Rabbi Yehuda Heber. The community gathered with Rabbi Yehuda Heber of Chabad of Yorktown. PHOTO: SOPHIA CASELNOVA

THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 2023 YORKTOWN NEWS – PAGE 3 A number of local students have been honored for their scholastic achievements at colleges and universities across the country! The following were recognized for their academic performance and named to Dean’s List for the fall semester of 2022. Coastal Carolina University Isabella Bravo Elizabeth Fagan Kevin Glynn Maya Glynn Dominique Nikac Roger Williams University Heather Coy Angie Garippa Sean Hickey Emerson College Julia Giordano Thomas Hogan Jason Tulchin Rochester Institute of Technology Justin Corcoran Andrew Dimauro Van Edelman Adam McMahon Celebrating our scholars! Yorktown High School’s Science Olympians made history last month, claiming victory in their first-ever Lower Hudson Valley regional competition. The win earned them a spot at the Science Olympiad state tournament, to be held on March 17 and 18 at Le Moyne College in Syracuse. Science teacher Eric Agosta, who advises the team with Dennis Downing, said the victory is a testament to the students’ dedication. “Our region is one of the toughest regions in the state,” Agosta said. “The students are driven, they’re hardworking. They’re in my room every day after school, just studying or building.” President of the Science Olympiad team Raka Bose added, “I’m ecstatic to have the opportunity to work with such an incredible group of students this year on our Science Olympiad team. As president in my senior year, I’m humbled that we won first place at the regional tournament, and we will be competing at the state championship in Syracuse! This is the first time in my high school years that we’ll be competing at states, and I’m thrilled to have a terrific finish.” The Science Olympiad is a national organization that combines the thrill of competition with the joy of learning. The students participate in 23 team events, testing their knowledge in various science disciplines, as well as their building skills in hands-on challenges. Each team can have up to 15 members, with a maximum of seven seniors. Article provided by Yorktown Central School District. Experimenting with excellence! YHS Science Olympians headed for state tournament The Science Olympiad team made history last month with a victory at the regional level. The regional win punched the team’s ticket to Le Moyne College later this month. The YHS team stood out among a talented regional field.

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LADIES TORAH AND TEA - PESACH EDITION Thursday, March 16, at 10:30 a.m. Join in for a Ladies Torah and Tea round table discussion on the upcoming holidays. Knights of Columbus Fr. LaFarge Council 4012 FOOD CAMPAIGN  is Lenten season, the Fr. LaFarge Council 4012 of Yorktown is sponsoring “Forty Cans for Forty Days” food campaign. Please bring canned and/or packaged food to St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church in Shrub Oak or St. Patrick’s Church in Yorktown for food pantry distribution.  e Fr. LaFarge Council also will join the Stations of the Cross alternating at St. Seton and St. Patrick’s parishes on Fridays of Lent at 7:30 p.m. St. Seton: March 10 and 24; St. Patrick: March 3, 17, and 31. Come and give yourself and family a wonderful and personal Lenten Uplift! VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES  e Fr. LaFarge Council provides volunteer hours at Special Olympic events during the year, conducts Catholic Citizen contests in three local schools, and participates in the Yorktown Clean Up Campaigns. If you can spare a few hours a month to do charitable work or to raise funds for charitable e orts and would like to share comradeship with other Catholic gentlemen in Yorktown, please consider joining the Knights of Columbus.  e Knights are dedicated to the principles of charity, unity, fraternity, and patriotism. For information go to KofC4012.org, contact Rich Wol (rjwol 76@ hotmail.com), or join online at KofC.org and click the “Join Us” button and enter 4012 in the “Preferred Council” blank. Winter Farmers Market Sunday, March 5, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Visit the Winter Farmers market at the Je erson Valley Mall on alternate Sundays! Choose from a wide variety of products including microgreens, pickles, local wine, fresh baked bread and sweets, jams, jellies, spices, sauces, compound butters, and more! Circolo da Vinci Circolo da Vinci, Inc. is a 501c3 nonpro t organization founded in 1982 by local Italian and Italian-American residents.  eir mission is to project and highlight the many positive contributions of Italians and their culture. In addition, the organization hopes to preserve the customs and culture of Italian heritage through informative presentations. TOWN GREEN SEE GREEN PAGE 7

THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 2023 YORKTOWN NEWS – PAGE 5 MEDICAL & SURGICAL EYE CARE Looking Forward to seeing old, familiar and new faces! • Medical Eye Exams • Cataract Surgery • Glaucoma Lasers and Implants • Botox LanV.Pham,MD,PC PROUD TO ANNOUNCE WE WILL BE SEEING PATIENTS IN YORKTOWN STARTING MARCH 7 1825 Commerce Street, 2nd floor, Yorktown Heights 914-772-9983 phameye.com Library hours: Monday-Thursday 9:30 a.m.-8 p.m.; Friday 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday 9:30 a.m.- 5 p.m.; Sunday noon-4pm. 914-245-5262; [email protected] www.yorktownlibrary.org SEED LIBRARY Calling all gardeners! Beginners and experts! Come in and check out our heirloom and organic seeds at our new Hart Seed Library and participate in our workshop on March 3 at 2 p.m. What is a Seed Library? It’s a community initiative in which patrons participate in the following: 1. Check out seeds 2. Plant and harvest 3. If you can, return seeds to the library to replenish our supply for next year. We will kick off the Hart Seed Library on March 3 at 2 p.m. with Yorktown Garden Club’s Seed Starting Workshop. Our goal is to help the community and environment with this free public resource. Seed libraries are a way to collect and distribute a variety of historically important (heirloom) seeds that are typically not available from seed companies. They help crops and plants adapt to different climates and ecologies and provide an alternative to hybrid and genetically modified crops. They also give the option to produce one’s own seed supply. Community seed sharing helps with food security, promotes healthy eating habits, and helps maintain the biodiversity of our planet. CALENDAR Programming Key: (A) Adults (Y) Young Adults (C) Children. Visit the library website (yorktownlibrary.org) calendar for more information. Register online except for drop-in programs. Friday, March 3 Hart Seed LIibrary Opening Day (C) Music and Movement (Drop-in). Children of all ages. 11 a.m.  (A) Mah Jongg (Drop-in). 12:30-3:30 p.m. (A) Seed-starting workshop with the Yorktown Garden Club. 2 p.m. (A/Y) One-on-One Teen Tech Help (Drop-in). 2:30-4:30 p.m.  Sunday, March 5 CONCERT: John John Brown: New York Cityscapes. 2 p.m.  (A) ESL conversation with Randi Rivera. 2 p.m. Monday, March 6 (A) Mah Jongg (Drop-in). 10 a.m.-1 p.m. (C) PAWS to Read. Grades K-5. 5:15-6:15 p.m. Tuesday, March 7 (C) Mother Goose Time (Drop-in)! Ages 1½ to 2½. 10:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. (A/Y) One-on-One Teen Tech Help (Drop-in). 2:30-4:30 p.m. (A) Scrabble, Backgammon & Adult Coloring (Drop-in). 2:30-4:30 p.m.  (C) Full S.T.E.A.M. Ahead Workshop! Grades 2-4. 4 p.m.  (A) Hart Book Club (ZOOM and in-person). 7 p.m. “Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austen  Wednesday, March 8 (A) It’s a Mystery to Me Book Club. 10 a.m. “Sail” by James Patterson.  (C) Stories and Rhymes (Drop-in). Ages 3-5. 10 a.m.  (C) Bouncing Babies (Drop-in). Lap-sitting babies. 10:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. (A) Canasta (Drop-in). 12:30-2:30 p.m. (C) Tween Crafts. Ages 9-12. 4 p.m. Register online.  (C) Hindi Language Club. Grades K-5. 5 p.m.  (A) Write On! with Hart: a Drop-in Writer’s Club. 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 9 (A) Quilting & Needlework (Drop-in). 10 a.m.-noon (C) Toddler Time (Drop-in). Ages 2½ - 4. 10:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. (A) The First Ladies of Comedy. 1 p.m.  (C) Lego Free Build (Drop-in). Ages 5 and up. 5:30 p.m.  FROM FRIENDS OF THE HART LIBRARY April 4 is Library Giving Day! Last year, the Hart Library delivered nearly 2,000 programs to Yorktown residents of all ages. To learn more and donate, visit yorktownlibrary.org/librarygiving-day. Hart Library Corner court hears or decides the motion,” Larry Nussbaum of RC Recreation told Yorktown News. “The RC Order to Show Cause is supported by several ‘Affidavits in Support’ that will help the judge make a decision. Yorktown will have to explain to the judge why they issued a New Concession Agreement, replacing RC without compensation, while this motion was pending and why the Town Board did this in such a secretive manner.” “Contempt of court is defined as any willful disobedience or disregard of a court order,” Nussbaum continued. “The judge could decide that Yorktown’s contempt is “criminal”  because Yorktown actually interfered with the ability of the court to function properly. I can promise the Yorktown Board and Yorktown Golf Group, Inc. that I will be a very dark cloud over all their smiling publicity pictures.” According to Rodriguez, the Order to Show Cause does not limit the town from entering into a new concession agreement. Yorktown News was unable to reach Nussbaum’s attorney for comment. PAR 3 FROM PAGE 1

PAGE 6 – YORKTOWN NEWS THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 2023  elds will have on his program.  “We’re in the same boat as YAC,” Tomasulo said. “Our kids are getting hurt because of Legacy Field that’s not going to be opened in time. It’s going to cause a lot of chaos for kids trying to adjust to other  elds and scheduling.” Christine Dunne, a Commissioner of the Parks and Recreation Commission, also spoke about how important the sports are to the community and how she thinks the solar components of Granite Knolls could cause issues.  Town Supervisor Tom Diana said that Enbridge is moving as fast as they can at the  elds, working on geological studies to ensure the area will be safe for people to utilize it. He said his main concern is that no one gets hurt on the  eld.  “ e last thing I would want to have happen is one of those children fall down in a hole like [the one that] occurred on Christmas Eve.” He also said that he is negotiating with Enbridge for compensation for the time of having the park closed.  “I have faith in Enbridge getting the job done, and we have hopes to get on the  elds by April 1 at the latest,” said James Martorano, Superintendent of Parks and Recreation. “ ey want to keep the public safe and we want to do the same. Hopefully there are no unexpected  ndings, and we can resume activity at the park as scheduled.” BY SOPHIA CASELNOVA STAFF WRITER Yorktown Central School District Superintendent Ron Hattar gave an overview of what will go into making the 2023-2024 budget at the Feb. 13 Board of Education meeting.  “ is evening we will begin a series of presentations on our school budget,” Hattar said. “ e process will unfold over a series of meetings where we’ll talk about the anticipated expenditures and revenues and debt service from our various departments and various schools.”  e overview introduced the key elements that go into the budget, as described by Hattar.  ese points include the tax cap, enrollment, sta ng, health insurance costs, cash reserves, state aid, capital reserve projects, and ESTEAM investments. Each point will be discussed at a respective board meeting during a presentation.  e tax cap, which determines what the levy can be increased by in the school year, saw an in ation factor of 8% and a growth factor of 2%, according to Hattar.  e growth factor is used to calculate the maximum allowable levy. Hattar said that enrollment saw a modest increase this year, but they project a decrease for next year.  e numbers aren’t a perfect science, he explained, but they make an estimate based on migration in and out of the district, the graduating class, and incoming kindergartners. He added that kindergarten enrollment is di cult to fully estimate at this point of the year. He continued to explain that sta ng levels are the biggest driver behind the budget. “We have terri c teachers, terri c certi ed teaching assistants and teacher aids, and administrators, nurses, custodians, clerical employees and sta in our buildings, and that ultimately is what drives our budget,” said Hattar. Hattar added that there are seven sta retirements as of now, and contingency positions are in the budget.  e presentation stated that pension costs saw some relief from 10.29% to 9.76%.  e board also anticipates an increase in health insurance by 5.5%. 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PAGE 8 – YORKTOWN NEWS THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 2023 118 N. BEDFORD ROAD, SUITE 100 MOUNT KISCO, NY 10549 ©2023 HALSTON MEDIA, LLC Letters to the editor and op-ed submissions may be edited. The views and opinions expressed in letters and op-eds are not necessarily those of Yorktown News or its affi liates. Submissions must include a phone number and address for verifi cation. Not all letters and op-eds will necessarily be published. Letters and op-eds which cannot be verifi ed or are anonymous will not be published. Please send your submissions to the editor by e-mail at [email protected]. For more information, call the editor at (914) 302-5830 BRETT FREEMAN, PUBLISHER TOM WALOGORSKY, EDITOR TABITHA PEARSON MARSHALL, CREATIVE DIRECTOR Editorial Offi ce: (914) 302-5830 [email protected] When most of us were doing our holiday shopping in late December, our state senators and assembly people here in New York were scurrying back to Albany for a special session to do some gift giving of their own. Surprisingly, the gifts they were giving were to themselves in the form of a 29% pay increase, giving our state the highest paid legislature in the country by a long shot, at a salary of $142,000.  eir new salary is twice the average household income of their constituents, for what was originally intended to be a parttime job.  eir generosity with taxpayer money did not extend to their sta , however, a source of some contention for their employees. You are in good company if you  nd the move tone deaf given the current economic uncertainties and other challenges in front of them.   ey are in session for 60 days a year.  at’s good, since as Mark Twain said, “No man’s life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session.” At their new salary, they are making $2,400 per day while in session. Not bad. In fairness, they have signi cant obligations when they are not in session, but the raise is still over the top. In what other world do the employees get to vote themselves a pay increase? Interestingly, the state constitution prohibits the legislature from voting themselves a raise.  eir lame-duck session presents a loophole however, as they technically aren’t voting themselves a raise since the raise is for the next legislature, which is sworn in after the new year.  e governor could have vetoed the raise, but instead signed it into law.  I followed the election pretty closely and didn’t hear any candidates talking about the raise they were going to vote themselves as the closing act of the legislative year. If you aren’t careful, you could become cynical about politics.   e salary vote was taken two years before the next election, during a time when the public’s attention is elsewhere.  ey hope that voters will forget about it before they head to the polls in 2024.  ey provided a  g leaf by placing limits on outside income as part of the salary bill, pitching it as an anti-corruption move.  at turns the notion of a “citizen legislator” on its head. Somebody should be able to earn outside income and serve as a part-time legislator. We want people to serve from all professions and not have to leave their jobs to serve. Instead, this makes the job a full-time, lifetime profession putting our elected o cials further out of touch with those they are meant to serve.  Reform is needed. Raises for legislators should be enacted by referendum or at the very least not done in a special session after election day. Our county legislators used a lame duck move a couple of years ago to give themselves a 50% bump. If raises are justi ed, they should be explained to voters prior to heading to the polls and passed in a regular legislative session. Another thought, make the raise e ective for the next person to serve and not the legislator taking the vote – paying it forward to the legislator’s successor.  at would tamp down wage in ation. Lame duck largesse DON SCOTT IN CASE YOU MISSED IT BY KENNETH FREEMAN OF HALSTON MEDIA The word “marketing” may evoke thoughts of fun, attractive ads. But marketing is much more than just advertising. It entails several tools called “the marketing mix.” A handy way to remember these tools is “the 5 P’s” – Product, Package, Place, Price and Promotion.  e mix needs to be aligned, like a chiropractor does with a body, for best results.  A recent personal experience demonstrates this. We recently received an invitation to a fancy wedding calling for a dark suit or tuxedo. Unfortunately, I’d recently discarded my well-worn black dress shoes, and hadn’t thought about replacing those shoes until the invitation arrived.  My Google search for a source highlighted Men’s Wearhouse, and a torrent of online ads from that chain followed. My trip to the nearest Men’s Wearhouse store, in Danbury, was disappointing. Despite their ads showing a great selection of dress shoes, the store had little in stock. I shared my disappointment with the store clerk, who explained that I needed to order online. I buy lots of clothing online, but not shoes, as precise  t and comfort are paramount.  I wound up buying the shoes I needed in another store in the same mall. Without the right selection (Product) and accessibility (Place), Men’s Wearhouse had wasted all of its ads targeting me . . . and tarnished its reputation with me as well. Here’s a quick look at the 5 P’s, which you can customize to your particular business or professional practice: • Product typically means quality and selection that deliver on brand promise Striving for alignment Smart marketers are similar to chiropractors SEEFREEMAN PAGE 9

THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 2023 OPINION YORKTOWN NEWS – PAGE 9 Contact ANTHONY J. ENEA, ESQ. Managing Member • Fluent in Italian 914.948.1500 WHITE PLAINS • SOMERS • WWW.ESSLAWFIRM.COM • Asset Protection • Elder Law • Medicaid Applications (Nursing Home/Home Care) • Guardianships (Contested/Non-Contested) • Wills, Trusts & Estates Past Chair of Elder Law Section of NYS Bar Association “Super Lawyer” In Elder Law for 16 consecutive years Do you know what the cost of your long-term care will be if you are not eligible for Medicaid? CALL NEW YORK’S ELDER LAW TEAM 914.948.1500 and customer expectations. In the Men’s Warehouse case, the store didn’t have in stock the shoe styles and sizes I needed so I could try them on. • Package often refers to package size and packaging communication. For example, a family-targeted food brand should probably o er larger sizes; a brand targeting empty nesters or individuals with special needs should probably o er smaller sizes. Packaging for senior citizen brands should include larger, easy-to-read type. Professional service providers might package or bundle services together in a convenient way meeting typical customer needs.  • Place refers to retail location, where convenience may be important. It also refers more broadly to where and how one might buy the product or service – for example, in-store versus online, perhaps ordering by phone for products and services requiring customization or where real-time Q&As are important. • Price should align with customer needs and expectations. An accountant or attorney targeting individuals with simple  nancial lives should o er comfortably lower fees. Accountants or attorneys handling individuals with more complex  nancial lives or estate planning needs have greater fee latitude. • Promotion includes advertising, other communications such as public relations or social media, as well as purchase incentives delivered in ads, in-store, or wherever your business takes place. It is important not to overpromise, which can lead to customer disappointment and alienation as well as negative word-of-mouth and perhaps damaging social media.  e whole marketing mix should be considered in tailoring the individual elements. It all needs to work together. Like a chiropractor, the smart marketer strives for alignment.  Before helping his son found Halston Media, Kenneth Freeman earned his MBA from Harvard University and lead the marketing departments at major Fortune 500 corporations throughout his career. FREEMAN FROM PAGE 8  is column is part 1 of a two-part series BY SUSAN BUCK GUEST COLUMNIST You’ve been hearing about climate change and its causes and remedies more than ever before.  ere is much written about electric cars and solar energy because transportation (cars, trucks, buses, trains, airplanes) and heating and cooling of residential and commercial buildings are the greatest contributors to GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions worldwide. And GHG emissions (mostly carbon dioxide and methane) contribute substantially to warming the earth and climate change.  But, did you know that food waste is also an important contributor to our warming earth? Globally, if food waste could be represented as its own country, it would be the third largest greenhouse gas emitter, behind China and the United States. About a third of the food produced around the world goes to waste, and much of it ends up in land lls—where it becomes a source of methane, a greenhouse gas 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide.  e resources needed to produce the food that becomes lost or wasted worldwide has a carbon footprint of about 3.3 billion tons of CO2.  e EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) notes that Americans discard more food than any other country, nearly 40 million tons — or 30-40 percent of the entire U.S. food supply. And, according to the World Wildlife Federation, the production of wasted food in the United States alone is equivalent to the greenhouse emissions of 37 million cars. As with every problem, solutions must be sought both on the micro (individual) level and macro (municipal) level. According to “Feeding America” on rts.org, 43% of food waste comes from America’s homes and 40% from restaurants, grocery stores and food service companies. In addition, 16% is discarded by farms and 2% from manufacturers, where too much food is produced. Let’s begin in our own homes where the greatest percentage of waste is generated and over which we have direct control. Here are a few suggestions Step up to a sustainable lifestyle Food waste – why and how to cut yours in half !  STEP UP TO A SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLE Yo rktown100 Zero Net C arbon Em si b snoi s y 2040 SEEYORKTOWN 100 PAGE 10

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Plan meals and make specific grocery lists, so we’re less likely to buy impulsively and end up with food that we don’t eat.  2. Freeze food that is likely to go bad before it can be eaten.  3. More than 80 percent of Americans discard perfectly good, consumable food simply because they misunderstand expiration labels like “sell by,” “use by,” “expires on,” “best before,” or “best by,” which are confusing. In order not to risk potential foodborne illness, many toss edible food in the garbage.  Here are a few reliable sources to clarify food product information:  • USDA.gov for questions about food product dating; • Partnership for Food Safety Education for safety advice on protecting yourself from foodborne illness; and • Savethefood.com for suggestions on how to extend the life of your food items and thus prevent waste. Needless to say, saving food in this way will save you money as well. In addition to the suggestions above, we can all compost. Composting is the natural process of recycling organic matter, such as leaves and food scraps, into a valuable fertilizer that can enrich soil and plants. Here in Yorktown, we have a food scrap recycling program, which began in 2021, available at Downing Park. All food items are accepted along with tea bags (no staples), paper towels and napkins, cut flowers along with compostable bags (no plastic bags). It’s simple to collect your scraps in a countertop or undercounter pail lined with a compostable bag. Once a week, Westchester County’s contractor, Suburban Carting, picks up the contents of the town’s food waste drop-off bins. The materials are brought to a commercial composting facility, which turns discarded food scraps into a safe and nutritious soil amendment for gardens, landscaping and agricultural use. To cut down even further on GHG produced by the transportation of food scraps, compost in your own backyard. In the article, “Composting is Way Easier Than You Think,” on nrdc. org (National Resources Defense Council), there are strategies for every type of home dweller, including apartments. Information from the U.S. Composting Council states that “every metric dry ton of food that goes to a landfill may generate .25 metric tons of methane in the first 120 days. Thus, composting this ‘good waste’ reduces emissions by the equivalent of up to 6 metric tons of CO2.” But many of us do not always eat at home. There are ways to reduce our waste while eating out as well. In the coming weeks, look for Part 2 of this column, where we will look at other ways to cut our food waste, including what we are doing in New York. On a national level, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the EPA set a goal in 2015 to reduce food waste by half by 2030.  What’s your household’s goal?  Yorktown100 is a 100% volunteer group of neighbors working to reduce our carbon footprint by 5% a year through various programs. Contact us if you would like to learn more or would like to join. We welcome new members! Visit us at https:// yorktown100.org/ and help make a difference. Susan Buck is a retired educator who has been living in Yorktown with her family for over 20 years. She is actively working to educate herself and others in the community about positive actions that can be taken to protect our planet for future generations. YORKTOWN 100 FROM PAGE 9 Growing up, I was an avid fan of “The Twilight Zone.” One of the many episodes that remains prominent in my memory is “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street.” This is a brief synopsis: aliens in a spaceship far above the clouds are trying to access what type of living beings we are by turning off and on all the electrical devices in the homes on Maple Street in a typical small American town. One family has lights. Another does not. The residents do not know what is happening, but they begin to suspect one another. The neighbors never discover the source of the electrical events, but that does not stop them from embracing paranoia and fear as they maliciously turn on each other. Their responses tell the aliens all they need to know about our species. The underlying theme of the show was that, given the slightest push, we are more inclined to see our fellow citizens with fear and trepidation than we are to view each other with love and cooperativeness. It’s we who are the monsters, not the aliens.  Russian President Vladimir Putin was only 7 when the show aired, and I doubt he ever saw the production, but if he had, I am sure he would have loved it. I say that because there is overwhelming evidence that a decade or so ago, he started something similar, but far more sinister. He established troll factories targeting us.  The only reason this fact was ever discovered was because of the bravery of Lyudmila Savchuk, a Russian The monsters on Maple Street        JAMES MARTORANO MY PERSPECTIVE SEEMARTORANO PAGE 11

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The building she worked in was four stories high, made of concrete, with toilets that often didn’t work, and a small parking lot shared with the apartment building next door. The building’s many windows were covered with heavy drapes to keep what was being done secret. There were security cameras all over the building. Savchuk found herself shoulder to shoulder with hundreds of other workers who were expected to work 12-hour shifts, six or seven days a week. The objective was to create discontent and hatred in the United States. Each worker received detailed instructions about fake messages they were expected to promote. Employees had to manage multiple bogus American accounts and produce message after message on each one. The minimum daily output was three posts on Facebook, fifty posts on Twitter, and countless retweets. There were departments: bloggers and commentators, rapid response, CEOs, creative, and social network specialists. Once things got going, millions and millions of false posts were sent, received and reposted. The trolls focused on culture war issues, writing the most extreme and inflammatory statements they could think of. The philosophy behind the troll factories was a simple calculation. Putin’s troll initiative correctly assumed that our Achilles heel was that we would, like the Maple Street residents, become easily and gullibly inflamed. Putin further intuited that we would write off those who didn’t share our views as unreachable, hopelessly mired in identities they couldn’t escape, and it worked.  Irrespective of the fake identity the trolls had wrongly assumed, or the topic addressed, the thrust of their millions of posts was that you can’t trust the evil other side. To support that idea, a whole host of lies about everything imaginable was carefully constructed. The initiative mimicked a spider’s web. Once an unsuspecting victim became entangled in a scheme of lies, they typically held onto their beliefs fervently, becoming intellectually numb. They were staunchly unwilling to consider for a moment any rational arguments to the contrary.   As a result of Savchuk’s brave reporting, indictments were filed, and the troll factory that she worked at was exposed. But its mission was achieved. Today, Putin no longer needs to troll us (although it’s reported that he does). The business of promoting divisive falsehoods has been enthusiastically carried on by millions of our own citizens as well as by a host of prominent politicians and television commentators.  How crazy can a lie be and still be accepted? Sadly, there is no limit. Once a person assumes this mindset, a cultlike adherence to any wild theory soon follows. In the most extreme circles, the dead are alive (John F. Kennedy Jr, Marilyn Monroe, Princess Diana) and the alive are dead (Hilary Clinton, Joe Biden). The theories are as bizarre as you can imagine: all elections you don’t like are rigged, Democrats molest and eat children, the COVID virus was created by the CIA in conjunction with Bill Gates, the vaccine is designed by the government and maybe Bill Gates to control you, the insurgency on Jan. 6 was engineered by the FBI and the shootings of children in their schools were a false flag that never happened, designed to take away your guns. You and I can make up any crazy theory and I guarantee we will find a welcoming audience. Once critical thinking is abandoned, there is no cap to what can be potentially embraced as fact by millions. Is there an antidote? One hope is that the media acts responsibly and uses their voice as a counterweight to the extreme insanity that is spreading like an intellectual virus in our country. But this past week, text messages were released demonstrating that several prominent hosts on a popular television network with millions of followers purposefully choose to promote what they knew to be a falsehood (that the 2020 election was stolen) rather than risk cutting into their profits. Worse yet, they repeatedly featured and promoted guests who they privately regarded as crazy because they felt they were giving their audience what they wanted.    The net result of all these lies and false theories is that millions of Americans have lost faith in the democratic institutions that are the foundation of our system of government. Equally alarming, too many of us have come to look at each other as alien, menacing and not worthy of any earnest attempt at dialogue. I understand the frustration. All too often, it would appear that our fellow citizens appear too invested in their interests to change, with positions that are more a part of their identity than the result of a rationally held conclusion.   But we still must try. Writing off whole swaths of our population is a sure-fire way to invite authoritarianism. We should never lose sight of the fact that the very lifeblood of our democracy is an honest exchange of ideas within the context of our democratic processes. We can disagree without calling each other names or demonizing positions we disagree with. Instead of writing off someone with opposing points of view, let’s share with them our ideals, our reasons for holding the beliefs we do, our heartfelt concerns and invite them to do the same with us. Putin’s troll factories’ objective was to undermine our democracy, brick by brick, by causing us to doubt our democratic institutions and each other. Unlike the doomed fictional inhabitants of the Twilight Zone’s Maple Street, let’s work together, without fear or paranoia, to find solutions to problems we all share. Our democracy depends on it.   MARTORANO FROM PAGE 10 Years from now, when football fans can’t quite quickly recall which teams played in the 2023 Super Bowl, they will be much more apt to recall the improbable incident weeks earlier of the player who virtually dropped dead on the gridiron, only to be miraculously brought back to life. This was all right before the eyes of tens of thousands of Buffalo Bills fans in their Orchard Park stadium and tens of millions more watching the telecast. The game set a Monday Night Football viewership record. Right after he made what appeared to be a typical tackle on a Cincinnati Bengals player who was carrying the ball, the Bills defensive player who became an overnight household name, Damar Hamlin, stood up, then abruptly crumpled to the ground. His heart had stopped, literally, while the hearts of those watching also stopped, figuratively. DODGING A BULLET The game also stopped, and never was completed. Hamlin was ferried off the field, after being resuscitated, and it was a couple of days before the medics announced Hamlin appeared to be bouncing back remarkably well. Hamlin may not have dodged the opposing player whose helmet speared his chest, but Hamlin clearly had dodged a bullet by surviving the near-tragic collision. Immediate administration of cardio pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) by the emergency medical team that is on standby for every NFL game saved Hamlin’s life. What in fact transpired, in clinical terms? After impact from the other player, Hamlin, an athletically gifted, 6-foot, 24-year-old, had suffered cardiac arrest. Cardiac arrest is what happens when “a dangerous heart rhythm prevents the heart from pumping. As a result, the heart can’t pump blood to the brain, lungs, or other organs,” says Dr. Sonia Tolani, a cardiologist specializing in sports cardiology and co-director of Heartfelt advice CPR training vitally important BRUCE APAR BRUCE THE BLOG SEEAPAR PAGE 12

PAGE 12 – YORKTOWN NEWS OPINION THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 2023 the Women’s Heart Center at NewYork-Presbyterian/ Columbia University Irving Medical Center. “People can die or have serious, unrecoverable injuries unless blood  ow is restored very quickly.”  e doctor is quoted in an article by Camille Bautista-Fryer of NewYorkPresbyterian’s “Health Matters” publication. UNEXPLAINED EVENTS  e most common cause of cardiac arrest is a heart attack – which of course also can occur without resulting in heart stoppage – but genetic abnormalities also are a cause. When it comes to athletes – either a pro or a little leaguer – the doctor says, in the Health Matters article, that up to one-third of cardiac arrest in athletes “may be unexplained.” She points out that when a youngster gets hit in the chest by a fastball, it can be fatal if it happens between heartbeats, which can lead to “a fatal arrhythmia.” All of this points toward the critical importance of more people being trained in CPR. A 12-year-old boy in New Jersey inexplicably collapsed and died recently during nocontact football practice. It never will be known if CPR would have saved him because no adult present knew how to apply it. If you’re present when somebody appears to su er cardiac arrest, Dr. Tolani speci cally mentions using “Hands Only CPR, where you manually help circulate the blood for the heart at 100 compressions per minute.”  After that, it’s strongly recommended that an automated external de brillator (AED) also be used.  at kind of immediate treatment in the  rst few minutes of a medical event “can double or triple a person’s chance of survival.” Just ask Damar Hamlin. Bruce can be seen in a wacky one-act called “Dream Lover” at Westchester libraries this spring, including Somers Library on April 2 at 2 p.m. From June 2-4, he will play the title role in “Tuesdays with Morrie” for  e Armonk Players at the Whippoorwill  eatre. All shows are free of charge. bruce@aparpr. co; 914.275.6887. APAR FROM PAGE 11 A rebuttal to Dr. Visweswariah’s rebuttal Dr. Chandu Visweswariah’s “rebuttal” to my recent column “ e Unintended Consequences of AllElectric Mandates” was disappointing. In his letter titled, “A rebuttal to Don Scott’s electric vehicle critique” (Feb. 23, Page 13), he launched the classic straw man argument, pretending that the point of my piece was that electric vehicles don’t produce less pollution, and then proceeded to cite statistics about comparative emissions of electric vehicles. I made no such argument. I agree with his point that electric vehicles produce less emissions, even when considering that our power generating it is far from being all green.  e New York Times reports that only 6% of our power comes from wind and solar. To his credit, Dr. Visweswariah is a co-founder of an advocacy group dedicated to eliminating 100% of emissions by 2040. As an advocate for eliminating all emissions, he no doubt wants to build a bigger tent to support his view and programs. Who doesn’t want to eliminate all emissions? Mischaracterizing the positions of those who think that all impacts should be considered doesn’t help the cause.  Dr. Visweswariah seems to advocate for an all stick and no carrot approach to achieve his objectives, like Gov. Hochul’s 2021 law requiring that all vehicles sold in New York after 2035 must be zero-emission. Top down solutions via executive  at are never as e ective as grassroots movements based on full disclosure of all the relevant impacts.   His letter makes no attempt to address the impact on electric rates by adding 100 million cars to the electric grid, not to mention the infrastructure needed to accomplish that. He also fails to address the pesky problem of the mining operation required for the batteries – the vast majority of which is controlled by China - to create an all-EV  eet. My attempt to examine the impacts – all the impacts – of moving to an all electric  eet should be encouraged, not belittled by Dr. Visweswariah and his organization.  at is the way to win friends and gain support for the cause. -Don Scott Resident of Katonah and Halston Media columnist Erased by the ‘Tech Age’ Dear Editor, We’ve said goodbye to: •  e telephone directory • Telephone booths • Fedoras, formal overcoats and rain coats • Suits, shirts, ties and lace-up shoes (now only worn by executives) • A real live person on the other end of a call or someone we can understand • Movie theaters • Restaurants with linen table cloths and napkins What has blossomed? • Fast food joints where you can pile on the calories to your heart’s content -Joe Pettit Yorktown Heights LETTERS Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday Mr. President, Happy birthday to you. I have to admit, it sounded better when Marilyn Monroe sang it, and that’s why I wrote it instead. As a nation, we used to celebrate Washington’s birthday, and some states added Lincoln’s birthday, and now we’ve opened it up to anyone elected to the o ce, and everyone gets to have their cake and eat it too, even if it isn’t really their birthday. Some states do not o cially observe President’s Day, probably because some sourpuss in the state legislature was angry that HE didn’t get the day o .  is year I didn’t observe President’s Day, but only because I left my glasses in the other room. And now that it’s called “President’s Day,” it means any president is eligible to be honored, no matter what damn fool things they did. I’m willing to celebrate some presidents, but not the loser presidents. Certainly not one that lost TWO senate races. Oops, Lincoln did that. De nitely not a president who as a general lost more battles than he won. Oops, Washington did that. I refuse to extol a president Happy birthday, Mr. President  SEEMELEN PAGE 13 RICK MELÉN MAN OVERBOARD Service... 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THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 2023 OPINION YORKTOWN NEWS – PAGE 13 From the time  I was twelve  to over sixty basketball was  the one constant in my life It took me through changes in schools aspirations careers marriages parenthood residences I was small in  high school and only grew too late to play in college  at didn’t stop me though I played for Catholic CYO teams for a local Episcopal church in a league at the Jewish Y in leagues on Wall Street, Westchester, and Inwood and pickup wherever I could get a game I went from a  fair player to a  pretty good one to a  good one to a  very good one back to a good one and then a fair one and then done! I only consulted, taught and wrote columns on technology for about 5 years and then, through a quirk, poetry entered my life grabbed me by the throat and consumed me Other than my wife and children it became the number one thing in my life In short, it has became the basketball of my mature life But wait! Basketball gave me what’s known medically as “ARFURA” “A Really Fouled Up Right Ankle” No tendons or ligaments Arthritis Bone spurs -- that won’t keep me out of the Army And caused a ruptured tendon in my leg Additionally I have had Two minor knee operations Jelly pumped into both knees annually Arthritis in both hips While it was all worth it basketball has crippled my body Will poetry do the same to my brain? John F. McMullen is the Yorktown Poet Laureate. Poetry became my new basketball MELEN FROM PAGE 12 JOHN F. MCMULLEN YORKTOWN POET LAUREATE who lost re-election. Oops, John Adams did that. I guess it’s more complicated than I thought. It made me wonder what makes an e ective president. Being able to assemble and lead a competent team would be one desirable trait.  erefore I nominate a ticket of Brian Cashman and Aaron Boone, as long as they don’t raise ticket prices. Notably, Lincoln appointed a cabinet of political rivals who were known to have opinions contrary to his own. I guess it was the precursor to “ e Real Housewives of the Potomac,” only realer.  Many presidents gained empathy by overcoming adversity. Franklin Roosevelt was diagnosed with polio in his 30s, and responded by founding an institute to help people with similar a ictions.  e deaths of  eodore Roosevelt’s wife and mother on the same day shaped his immersion into the cause of conservation that became part of his legacy. After Lyndon Johnson su ered a near-fatal heart attack, he devoted himself to the legislation of equal rights. I can understand this concept, because I overcame the cancellation of “Bosom Buddies” by trying to come up with a cure for eisoptrophobia, and I am still re ecting on that. A good president should have communications skills that move the constituency. A few years ago, I heard a speech and it made me want to move, but that’s not what I’m talking about. Sometimes just one memorable phrase sums up a president’s style, such as Obama’s “Yes we can,” or Eisenhower’s “Pessimism never won any battle,” or Donald Trump’s “Without passion you don’t have energy, without energy you have nothing.” It’s better if I don’t mention what he said right after that.  How do the great presidents make crucial decisions that stand the test of time? Do they rely on the courage of their convictions? Do they enlist the opinions of their trusted advisors? I don’t know, I can’t decide. But in the heat of battle there usually isn’t time to wait around for revisionist history.  Is their foreign policy rooted in history, science and learning from past mistakes? Or does it sometimes seem reminiscent of plot lines from “ e Avengers?” Is it consistent with itself and American core values or does it seem prone to mood swings like it’s been up all night drinking espresso and cheap wine at the same time? Finally, a president should be able to set a good example. I’ve compiled a list of things a president should not do, in order to maintain the respect of the people: A president should not use all caps, or more than one exclamation point, and I cannot stress this ENOUGH!!! A president should not watch “ e Bachelorette.” A president should not use Cheez Whiz outside the con nes of the White House. A president should not be seen patronizing any business with a name that uses a “Z” instead of an “S,” a “K” instead of a “C” or numbers instead of letters. A president should not use the word “amazeballs.” A president should not sing “Paradise by the Dashboard Light” at karaoke. I stopped compiling the list when I realized that it was a list of everything I would do, only as a joke I’m hoping. I have to destroy this document now because it’s classi ed. It’s classi ed as “GOOFY,” but technically that’s still a classi cation.  Join Rick and No Options for some rock & roll at Back Nine in Cortlandt, Saturday, March 25, at 9 p.m.! 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PAGE 14 YORKTOWN NEWS – THU On Feb. 25, the community gathered at John C. Hart Memorial Library to honor Black History Month. Patrons read poems by Black poets as well as some original material.  Westchester Deputy County Executive Ken Jenkins served as the Master of Ceremonies for the event.  Poems were read by Milo O’Keefe, Jennie Sunshine, Linda Paris, Kelly Gri ths, Sarah Wilson, Rachel Frederick, Nancy Benson, Judyth Hart Library  Black Histo Mel Tanzman and Jennie Sunshine creating “Black out” poetry. Alex Sunshine Marisa holding the mic for Milo O’Keefe Hosts Open Poetry Ken Jenkins Linda Paris The New York Press Association, the trade association for newspapers in New York, is seeking a talented college creator to be our chief TikTok officer for the summer. The internship will pay a net take-home stipend of $2600 and weekly schedules/work hours are negotiable. We are seeking a candidate who uses the app daily and understands what resonates. Interested candidates should send a letter of interest to [email protected] explaining their qualifications and expertise. Include the name of the college you attend, expected year of graduation, and the names of three references — at least one of whom is one of your professors or instructors. Attaching sample videos encouraged. Application deadline is April 1, 2023. PA New York Press Association NOW HIRING: The New York Press Association, the trade association for newspapers Savvy intern who can make TikTok hits

URSDAY, MARCH 2, 2023 PAGE 15 Starens, Alex Sunshine, Mel Tanzman, Tom Marron and Karen Stachowicz, among others.  Musician Nanette Garcia played various instruments in the background to accompany the poetry being read. After the readings, attendees stayed to create “Black out” poetry by using a page from discarded books to make a poem by blacking out some words, leaving only the words that make up a poem.   Celebrates ory Month Sarah Wilson Kelly Griffi ths Reading on Feb. 25 Nanette Garcia PHOTOS: BILL BONGIORNO join Lauren, Colleen and Rick and bring a li� le harmony to your next event! musical vocal group playing an eclec� c mix of favorites, old and new [email protected] 914-248-5135

PAGE 16 – YORKTOWN NEWS THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 2023 BY MIKE SABINI CONTRIBUTING WRITER When No. 18 John Jay-Cross River traveled to No. 3 Lakeland for a Section 1 Class A quarter - nal on  ursday (2/23), it felt like March Madness, with the chance for the underdog to pull o a monumental upset.  John Jay (8-15) already pulled o upsets at No. 10 Pelham and Lakeland’s sister school, No. 4 Walter Panas. Looking to make it a third in a row, they led the Hornets 45-42 with 7.7 seconds remaining, after Will Sanz made 1/2 free throws.  However, Lakeland star senior guard Chris Whyte-Luciano did what big-time players do. He forever became a Hornets legend by grabbing the rebound o Sanz’ missed second free throw, quickly getting up court, and hitting a three-pointer from the top of the key.  His shot found nothing but net at the buzzer to force overtime, which led to a 54-51 Lakeland win.    e win gave Lakeland (20-2) its  rst postseason appearance at the Westchester County Center in White Plains since 2009, when the Hornets lost to Peekskill in the Section 1 Class A championship game.   Lakeland was scheduled to play No. 1 Somers (20-2) in the semi - nals on Wednesday, Mar. 1, at the County Center.  In the regular season, the two teams met at Lakeland on Jan. 13, with the Hornets winning 62-45.  “We were down by three. I was like, ‘I really don’t want to go home right now,’” said Whyte-Luciano, who scored a game-high 30 points. “I got the ball, and just dribbled up the court; one cross, hit a three, and it just felt great. I take that shot all the time in practice, so it’s just another shot right there.”  Whyte-Luciano said getting to the County Center is huge.  “ e way we did it, not playing our best game, but then hitting a three to tie it and winning it in overtime, that’s a big thing. We just had a lot of fun with it.”   ere was no doubt in the minds of his teammates that Whyte-Luciano was going to hit that trey as well.  “We always know that there’s life when Chris has the ball in his hands,” said Lakeland’s Andrew Mendel, who registered four points and  ve rebounds.  Lakeland’s Logan Shiland (14 points, 6 rebounds) said playing at the County Center means everything.  “We have been working hard the past two years for this,” Shiland said. “It’s something you have dreamed of since you were a little kid. I know everybody says that, but I have been growing up with these guys my whole entire life and I love that I did this with them.”  As clutch as Whyte-Luciano’s shot was, there was still the crucial matter of overtime, and Hornet coach Steve Fallo made sure his team was prepared for it.  “We just told them, ‘right now they are de ated,’ they have got to be because they thought the game was over and Chris tied it,” Fallo said. “Now we just had to attack and score right away.”  Lakeland did just that, scoring nine of the  rst 12 points in overtime to seal the win.  Helping the Hornets in the overtime was Shiland. He had a key steal, a bucket and two foul shots, with Whyte-Luciano leading the way with two  eld goals and a free throw.  “It’s just wanting it, we all wanted it,” Shiland said. “Luckily, I got it at the right time. I worked my butt o the whole time in OT. We got it, executed, and won this game, which means everything to us.”  Grady Leonard (4 points), Anthony Jennings (2 points), John Bartolotta III (5 rebounds), Logan Crilly, Sean Perry, Ryan Tocci, Ryan Ahmed, Oban Rader, Gavin Morales, Robert Pagliaro, and assistant coaches Will Fallo, Bill Casey, and Tim Fallo also make up the Hornets’ County-Center bound squad.   “It’s just exciting,” Steve Fallo said on getting to the County Center. “It’s a big thing to these kids, that is what we worked for.  e last year since the pandemic, once they re-opened the County Center, we said we wanted to be there. We really worked hard to be in the top four, to give us two home games for the tournament. And you know what, we are going now.” The Lakeland-Somers Mar. 1 semifi nal took place after this article went to press. Whyte-Luciano becomes a Lakeland legend  3-pointer propels LHS to County Center  Chris Whyte-Luciano hit a buzzer-beating three to send Lakeland into OT and keep their season alive. PHOTOS: ROB DIANTONIO Lakeland’s Grady Leonard gets a step on John Jay’s Ryan Giner. Logan Shiland drives by John Jay’s Liam Lynch. Sean Perry shoots a fl oater over John Jay’s Will Sanz. Anthony Jennings glides in for a shot. BOYS BASKETBALL

THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 2023 SPORTS YORKTOWN NEWS – PAGE 17 BY MIKE SABINI CONTRIBUTING WRITER Lakeland senior Alex Gorzula has been swimming on the Lakeland/Panas/Putnam Valley (LPPV) boys swimming squad since 2018. Gorzula will be competing in the 200-yard individual medley relay and 100-yard breaststroke at the NYSPHSAA Boys Swimming and Diving Championships on Friday, Mar. 3 and Saturday, Mar. 4, at Ithaca College.  Teammates Gabe Rzezwicki (50- yard freestyle and 100-yard freestyle), Ronan White (backstroke), and Will Fagan (breaststroke) will join Gorzula (butter y) to compete in the 200-yard medley relay at the state championships.   HOW OLD WERE YOU WHEN YOU STARTED SWIMMING AND WHAT GOT YOU STARTED? For a long time, my parents would have me do all the sports you can think of so I could eventually  nd the one that was for me, and swimming is that sport.  WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PART ABOUT BEING ON THE SWIM TEAM FOR LPPV? By far my favorite part of the LPPV swim team is the connections. I have had an amazing coach (Patrick Connolly) and met some great people that are still my friends to this day.  WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE TEAM ACTIVITY THAT YOU SHARE WITH YOUR TEAMMATES? Something I hope the swim team continues once we leave are the walkouts.  ey seemed a little silly at  rst, but they grew on me.  WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMPETE AT STATES? Being able to compete at States this year feels great. Especially with all the great swimmers, it will be great motivation to swim fast.   WHO HAS BEEN YOUR BIGGEST ROLE MODEL OVER THE YEARS AND WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED FROM THEM? A great role model would be my club coach (Westchester Aquatic Swim Club Wolverines coach Carle Fierro). She told me that hard work can pretty much get you anywhere.  TELL US ONE THING ABOUT YOURSELF THAT NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW. Something not many people know about me is that I love science. It’s by far my favorite subject and I cannot wait to study it in college.  DO YOU PLAN ON CONTINUING TO SWIM IN COLLEGE? I de nitely will continue to swim in college, but I have yet to make a decision on where I will be studying.  LHS swimmer and teammates to compete at States   Lakeland senior Alex Gorzula wearing his silver medal medal for the 100-yard breaststroke at the sectional fi nals. PHOTO COURTESY OF PATRICK CONNOLLY ATHLETE SPOTLIGHT alex gorzula SEE GORZULA PAGE 22 We Carry A Complete Line of BioGuard Pool Treatments EST. 1980 • Family owned and operated • Large outdoor overhang for year-round before and after school fun • Homework help and check by Miss Milly Dineen-Carey, M.A. CCC, SLPT, SSLD • Large turf field • Large children’s basketball court • Outdoor playground • Indoor playground • Games, toys, legos, magnetic blocks • Arts & crafts • Snacks and special occasion treats • Only Pied Piper staff in our building • 44 years working with and caring for area children • No screens or video games Past Pied Pipers, current Pied pipers, and future Pied Pipers For more information, call 914-962-5196, 914-642-3923 • www.piedpiperschoolyorktown.com Family owned and operated • Owners always on premises IT’S TIME TO START THINKING ABOUT AFTERSCHOOL FUN! Bussing provided by the Yorktown School District. They request that your paperwork be in by March. Why Piped Piper?

PAGE 18 – YORKTOWN NEWS SPORTS THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 2023 BY MIKE SABINI CONTRIBUTING WRITER Yorktown junior Joe Tornambe (126 pounds) and Lakeland/ Panas senior Stephen Carroll (160) may have not placed at the NYSPHSAA Tournament, held Friday (2/24) and Saturday (2/25) at the MVP Arena in Albany, but both grapplers made their programs very proud.     “Joe is a leader on our team,” said Yorktown coach Dr. Jimmy Kaishian. “He’s someone who deserves credit for helping our team get extra workouts and get to the right weights. He did his best this weekend and the cards just didn’t fall for him.  at’s life, and the only constant is that the mission continues. I am and will always be proud of him and this group.”  Lakeland/Panas coach Dave Bergen was equally as proud of Carroll.  “Overall, he competed really hard and represented himself, our wrestling program, and Section 1 very well,” Bergen said. “I am super proud of the season and career he has had.”  Tornambe was 3-2 at States.  “I am not satis ed with my performance although I am proud of how hard I have worked over this o -season, and during the season,” Tornambe said. “I feel like I have grown as a wrestler this past o season. I really plan on peaking this next one.”  Carroll lost his  rst match in the round of 32 to Stephen Colman from East Islip, 7-3. He fell behind early and could not make a comeback.   He then lost his second match to Minisink Valley’s Quienten Morgan 3-2. It was tied most of the match, but he lost on a lastsecond stall call.  “ ere were some shots I didn’t take, some scrambles I could have won,” he said. “But I gave my all in that tournament from the positions I was in. I fought my hardest against good kids.”  Both grapplers enjoyed the MVP Arena experience.  “Being in the arena is always a cool experience,” Tornambe said. “I knew what to expect this year. I tried to make the most of the experience today because you only get so many of them.”  Tornambe earned All-State honors last year by placing seventh.  “Being able to participate in States two years in a row is cool and de nitely an experience I should make the most of,” he said. “It’s de nitely one of the coolest experiences I have ever been a part of.”  Carroll said the experience was one of a kind for the high-school level.   “ ere are not many tournaments near us where every single kid is that tough, I think this a great opportunity to see what I need to work on in the o season.”  For both programs, it was their second consecutive year at States. Last year, Dillon Carter, along with Tornambe, competed in Albany for Yorktown.   “ ree section champs in two years,” Kaishian said. “We had our new mat out at States and Joe got a pin on it. We are building something special in Yorktown.”  Participating in States last year for Lakeland/Panas was Connor McGannon.  “Having State quali ers two years in a row de nitely is a boost to the program,” Bergen said. “It is an example to everyone of how far hard work can take you. Both of these young men are examples of what our program is about. Put in the work, do it the right way, and you will get the results.”  Carroll said that it was a great honor to be the second consecutive Rebel to go to States.   “We are really building a winning culture. Now that the younger kids have teammates who went to States, I think it will drive them to do the same.”  Tornambe said that his performance at States has motivated him for next year.  “I have one more year left, and it’s going to be a good one. I have always dreamed of being a state champion my whole life. It is something I will accomplish next year, and will keep working for. I am just going to use this tournament as a learning moment. I am excited for next season and what’s to come for me and the team.”  Tornambe and Carroll compete at States  Tornambe went 3-2 on the weekend. Stephen Carroll represented Lakeland/Panas Wrestling at States this weekend. Grapplers make their programs proud  Joe Tornambe (left) got his hand raised in victory after a pin of West Babylon’s Billy Colloca. PHOTOS: CHRIS BALL WRESTLING Freelance Writer, Editor, and Content Producer Bill Bongiorno | (914) 533-7065 | [email protected] For All Your Writing Needs OPEN HOUSE MARCH 16 | 5−7 PM 200 BOCES DRIVE – YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, NY CAREER & TECHNICAL EDUCATION The Career and Technical Education Center oers over 40 courses to high school students from 18 districts in Putnam and Northern Westchester. COMMUNICATIONS CAREER ACADEMY CONSTRUCTION CAREER ACADEMY COSMETOLOGY CAREER ACADEMY ENGLISH AS A NEW LANGUAGE HEALTH CAREER ACADEMY HOSPITALITY CAREER ACADEMY TRANSPORTATION CAREER ACADEMY Fore More Information: (914) 248-2427

THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 2023 SPORTS YORKTOWN NEWS – PAGE 19 BY MIKE SABINI CONTRIBUTING WRITER It was a valiant comeback attempt for No. 11 Cortlandt in its Section 1 Division 1 quarter nal contest at host Rivertown on Monday (2/20), but the Rebels fell 5-2, ending their season.   e e ort of his team left Cortlandt coach Bart Mucci very pleased.  “ e kids played hard late, but an empty-netter pushed it out of reach,” he said. “I’m real proud of this group. It was a heck of a second half.”  Standing out in goal for the Rebels was Nick Mele, who tallied 31 saves in his  nal game in a Cortlandt uniform.  “It was our persistence and simple hard work that gave Rivertown a run for its money,” said Mele, a senior at Lakeland.  Rivertown showed why it earned the No. 3 seed at the beginning of the contest, held at the Westchester Skating Academy in Elmsford.  e host got o to a 1-0 lead, with a  rst-period goal by Braedon Gallante.    Anthony Cappello doubled the lead for the Legends with a goal in the second stanza. Rivertown then increased its lead to 4-0 with goals by Alex Zinman and Jacob Miller.  After that, the Rebels’ defense tightened up, not allowing a 5-on-5 goal the rest of the game.  “We were able to keep the Legends to the outside and limited their grade A chances,” Mele said. “Also, we pressured hard in the neutral zone, not allowing for clean-zone entries.”  Cortlandt (7-14-1) began its comeback attempt when Dominic Kulan scored an unassisted goal to end the scoring in the second period. Picking it back up in the  nal period was Cortlandt’s Colin Cody with an unassisted goal.  Cody’s goal slashed the Legends’ lead to 4-2.  “When we made it 4-2, it gave our team a huge boost and we pushed the pace. We pressured as hard as we could,” Mele said.  Rivertown sealed the win when Daniel Nikitopoulos scored an empty-net goal. While that ensured the Legends advancement in Sectionals, it could not take away from the Rebels’ e ort in the game and the year overall.  “I de nitely feel good about the season, the kids improved and never quit,” Mucci said. “It was kind of the same thing tonight. Even down 4-0, they never gave up and believed we still had a chance.”   e of e ort made Mele proud to wear a Rebels’ uniform.  “I have played four years for the Rebels, since freshman year,” Mele said. “It means so much to be a part of such a great organization. It was truly like a family to me, and I could not wait to put that jersey on every game and represent our team and school.”  Cortlandt season ends at Rivertown  Mele stands out in comeback attempt  Nick Mele went out fi ghting in his fi nal game as a Rebel. PHOTOS COURTESY OF ANDY JACOBS ICE HOCKEY It means so much to be a part of such a great organization.’ Nick Mele Cortlandt Rebels Senior Goalie Brendan Morea  www.summertrailsdaycamp.com 914.245.1776  CURRENTLY HIRING STAFF!    
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PAGE 20 – YORKTOWN NEWS SPORTS THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 2023 BY MIKE SABINI CONTRIBUTING WRITER Host No. 6 Yorktown trailed No. 7 Fox Lane 62-55 late in its Section 1 Class A quarter nal contest on  ursday, Feb. 23. But  ghting back, the home team closed out the game on a 9-0 run that will go down in Husker lore.   “ e kids continued to compete and trust each other, even when down,” said Yorktown coach Mark Pavella.  Brandon Montero punctuated the run with a block of a Fox Lane three-point attempt from the corner on the  nal play of the game, enabling the Huskers to defeat the Foxes 64-62.  “My team and I knew we had to get a stop,” Montero said. “So, I helped o my guy a little. When he passed to my guy, I knew I had to get to the spot. I got there and blocked it.  en the buzzer sounded, and we won.”  By defeating Fox Lane (15-7), the Huskers clinched their  rst postseason appearance at the Westchester County Center in White Plains since 2017.  at’s when Yorktown fell to Scarsdale 61-44, in the Class AA semi nals.  Pavella was an assistant coach on that team under head coach Kevin Downes. But this time, he goes to the County Center as the boss.  “I’m so happy for our kids to have the opportunity to compete at the County Center,” Pavella said. “ ey have had such a great attitude all season. I’m just so proud of all 16 players on our team tonight. It took all 16 to get there.”  Yorktown (17-5) is scheduled to play in the Class A semi nals versus No. 2 Tappan Zee (20-2) on Wednesday, Mar. 1.  “It means the world to me,” said Montero, who scored a game-high 22 points while leading the Huskers with seven rebounds. “ ere’s no other group of guys I would want to do it with. We worked so hard for this. We deserve every bit of it.”  Montero scored 10 of his points in the  rst quarter, one Fox Lane led at the end of, 14-13.  “I knew I had to come hot o the tip,” Montero said. “My team did a good job of  nding me in my spots, like they always do, they trust me.”  Sparking Yorktown late was Billy Feeks, who scored 10 of his 17 points in the  nal stanza.  “In the  rst three quarters, my shot was o , and everyone was telling me to just keep shooting,” Feeks said. “ at instilled some more con dence in me and it led to me being able to hit some big shots.”  Giving Yorktown a 63-62 lead on a driving layup was Justin Price (6 points, 8 assists, 5 rebounds).   “We drew the set up in the timeout and we knew they were going to switch it, so we got the matchup we wanted, and I knew that if I didn’t put the shot up, we were going to have to force a bad shot,” Price said. “When the basket went in, I was so excited but I knew we still had to get another stop.”  Price later made one of two foul shots, connecting on four of his six trips at the foul line in the fourth quarter, to put Yorktown up 64- 62, before Fox Lane brought the ball to halfcourt and called a timeout.   “I told the guys on the  oor to give me their best 8.6 seconds and we would win.  at’s what they did, and now we’re going to the County Center,” Price said.  Yorktown did just that on Montero’s block, which was recovered by Kaden Gonzalez (10 points), who threw the ball high in the air in celebration of the win when the game ended.  “ e adrenaline was rushing and as the clock hit 0, I ran to the crowd and celebrated with all my friends,” Gonzalez said. “We were all so excited and hyped up.”  Tommy Costello (7 points), Ryan Du y (2 points), Antoine Coles, Sean Coney, Joe Granitto, Josh Barton, Troy Diaz, David Gjergji, Rocco Conciatori, Nick Gjergji, John Romero, Charlie DeGennaro, and assistant coach Mike Nardone also madeup Yorktown’s County-Center bound squad.  “To make it to the County Center really means the world to everyone on our team,” Feeks said. “We set a goal for us to get here last year and to accomplish it means everything to everyone involved.”  The Yorktown-Tappan Zee Mar. 1 semifi nal took place after this article went to press. Montero block punctuates comeback  Yorktown earns County-Center berth PHOTOS: ROB DIANTONIO Yorktown’s Billy Feeks drives past Fox Lane’s James Minotti. Brandon Montero hugs teammate Sean Coney after the quarterfi nal win. Ryan Duffy takes a short jumper. Yorktown assistant coach Mike Nardone and senior Antoine Coles embrace after the victory. BOYS BASKETBALL To The Student-Athlete Parents (and Coaches) Coaches, please also send us information, including any quotes praising the student-athletes! Help Us Cover YOUR TEAM! Coaches, CONTACT US AT [email protected] with your GAME/MATCH/MEET PHOTOS!

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PAGE 22 – YORKTOWN NEWS SPORTS THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 2023 WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE MUSIC TO LISTEN TO WARMING UP FOR A MEET?  I love listening to positive, fun, and energizing music. Music that gets me relaxed and ready to go.  IF YOU COULD HAVE ONE SUPERPOWER, WHAT WOULD IT BE? I would love the ability to clone myself multiple times and absorb the information from the tasks I make them do. It would be incredibly useful.  IF YOU COULD PICK ONE PLACE TO VISIT ON VACATION THAT YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN TO, WHERE WOULD YOU GO? One place I would love to visit is Greece. It has a rich culture, a beautiful landscape, and delicious food.  WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE FOOD TO EAT BEFORE OR AFTER MEET?  I love eating fruit. It’s extremely healthy, replenishes glucose and potassium, and prevents cramps. Also, it is full of fiber.  BEST PLACE TO EAT IN YORKTOWN? Oh, easy, the grilled cheese truck at the JV Mall is a fantastic choice. It has amazing food and the man who owns it is such a great guy.  WHAT’S THE GO-TO APP ON YOUR PHONE? The 24-hour fitness app. It tracks all my athletic progress and more, always keeping me in shape and in line.   FOR A YOUNG ATHLETE GROWING UP IN THE LAKELAND DISTRICT, WHAT WOULD YOU TELL THEM ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE OF BEING PART OF THE SWIM TEAM AND WHY SHOULD GIVE THE PROGRAM A CHANCE? The varsity swim team is more than just a sport. It’s the opportunity to bond with other students that seek to improve themselves mentally and physically.   For those wanting to sign up for varsity swimming or any varsity sport for that matter, go for it. It’s an experience that will change you for the better.  GORZULA FROM PAGE 17 The Lakeland and Yorktown cheer teams finished their winter seasons at Mahopac High School last Saturday (2/25), competing in the Section 1 Championships. Yorktown put on a show in the Large School/Large Team division, finishing as the runner-up behind Arlington High School. Lakeland hit the mats in the coed division, pulling out stunts not seen before. PHOTOS: TABITHA PEARSON MARSHALL CHEERLEADING Yorktown and Lakeland compete at Sectionals

THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 2023 LEISURE YORKTOWN NEWS – PAGE 23 Hello readers! How did your February go? I’ve been researching upcoming live music events in March, and don’t have enough room to share everything with you. For a full listing of local live music events in the NY Metro area, visit HearIt ere.com.  Live music performers and presenters, please send your upcoming event news to include in the April and May columns to jacque@wbutter y.net. THE HANGOUT CAFÉ, SHOPRITE PLAZA, 184 ROUTE 52, CARMEL, 845-306-7165 Acoustic music Friday and Saturday evening from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.  e restaurant now o ers a 3-hour brunch on Sunday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., featuring acoustic music presented by an original songwriter, Erik Rabasca. DOG HAUS BIERGARTEN, 3137 E MAIN ST., CORTLANDT TOWN CENTER, MOHEGAN LAKE, 845-915-4287  ursday night acoustic music at 7 p.m. Bands perform Friday and Saturday nights from 8 to 11 p.m. Alex Cano is acoustic solo  ursday, March 23, at 7 p.m., followed by the Dan Zlotnick Band on Friday, March 24, at 8 p.m. Visit HearIt ere for their full calendar. JAZZ ON MAIN, 37 S. MOGER AVE., MT. KISCO, 914-730-2399  e club opened this summer and is getting noticed, with a fantastic lineup for March! If you are planning a romantic date, I can con dently recommend any show.  e owner is passionate about jazz music, and personally selects every act. A new friend, Nelson Rivera, returns for two sets of Latin/Brazilian Jazz on March 24, at 7 and 9 p.m. THE GARAGE AT LUCY’S, 446 BEDFORD ROAD, PLEASANTVILLE, 914-747-4740 Local rock celebrity Pete Donnelly returns March 16 to host his monthly residency with a “Band of Special Guests.” Looks like the following night March 17,  e Garage will be hosting  e St Patty’s Irish Band at 9 p.m. WESTCHESTER BLUEGRASS CLUB, 33 LAKE WAY CLUBHOUSE, PURDYS On Saturday, March 10, Acoustic Nomads are the featured act at 8 p.m. At the crossroads between South American folk music and Northern Americana, these musicians present a revolution in the evolution of the Acoustic string band and Americana! Visit the website for full details.  is show sounds exciting! MOHANSIC GRILL, 1500 BALDWIN ROAD, YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, 914-962-9300  ere is a full lineup of great live music starting at 7:30 p.m. every Friday and Saturday in March. All are invited to their Sham-Rock & Roll w/Madden & Friends on St Patrick’s Day at 7:30 p.m. PETER PRATT’S INN, 673 CROTON HEIGHTS ROAD, 914-962-4090 Every  ursday evening, 6 to 9 p.m., catch  e Four26 (Peter Carucci & Becki Fleischer) for live, acoustic music at the historic Inn. Friends, I am here to help you get the word out. Send your April and May gig info to me at jacque@wbutter y.net.   Jacque Roche is a freelance writer, content contributor to several local publications, as well as editor and music blogger for HearIt ere.com. Archived broadcasts of her 2016- 2020 radio shows can be heard streaming on Mixcloud.com. JACQUE’S S PIN O N M USI C JACQUE’S S PIN O N M USI C Jacque’s Spin on Music for March! To solve a sudoku, the numbers 1 through 9 must fill each row, column and box. Each number can appear only once in each row, column and box. You can figure out the order in which the numbers will appear by using the numeric clues already provided in the boxes. The more numbers you name, the easier it gets to solve the puzzle! For puzzle solutions, please see theparamountrehab.com CLUES ACROSS 1. Relaxing place 4. Plant by scattering 7. A type of explorer 12. Unique traits 15. Lady 16. Dismayed 18. Railway 19. Type of whale 20. Sodium 21. Manning and Lilly are two 24. Where golfers begin 27. Entrapped 30. Influential punk artist 31. Hebrew calendar month 33. Car mechanics group 34. Undesirable rodent 35. Minneapolis suburb 37. Witch 39. Get free of 41. A written proposal or reminder 42. British School 44. Country on west coast of Africa 47. Cool! 48. Information 49. __ route 50. Jim Nantz’s network 52. Something to register (abbr.) 53. Give cards incorrectly 56. One who’s learning on the job 61. Stevenson adventure novel 63. Taking careful notice 64. CNN’s founder 65. Speak badly of CLUES DOWN 1. A person with unusual powers of foresight 2. Single sheet of glass 3. Portrays a character 4. Expresses happiness 5. Acquires 6. “The Martian” author 7. Degree 8. 60-minute intervals 9. A detective’s pal 10. Group of nations (abbr.) 11. Popular Georgia rockers 12. Fencing swords 13. Basement 14. Samoan monetary unit 17. Male parent 22. Finnish lake 23. A smooth fabric 24. Arctic explorers (abbr.) 25. Mild yellow Dutch cheese 26. Very willing 28. Expressed pleasure 29. Lasso 32. Hindu model of ideal man 36. Move your head in approval 38. Ill-__: gained illegally 40. Die 43. Accused publicly 44. Precious stone 45. Individual thing or person 46. Behaved in a way that degraded 51. Derogatory term 54. No seats available 55. Liability 56. Popular beverage 57. Tough outer skin of fruit 58. __ Spumante (Italian wine) 59. Troubles 60. Negative 62. Camper

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Bid documents may also be obtained on the Town of Yorktown’s website at www.yorktownny.org (under Bids & RFPs link) and www.BidNetDirect.com.  A completed Bid Proposal Form must be returned to the Town Clerk, 363 Underhill Avenue, Yorktown, NY 10598, marked: “Ultraviolet Lamp Replacement for the Yorktown Heights Water Pollution Control Plant.” A Non Collusive Bidding Certificate and Disclosure Statement must accompany each proposal. The Town of Yorktown reserves the right to waive any informalities in the bids, to reject any or all bids and reserves the right to accept that bid which it deems most favorable to the interests of the Town of Yorktown. No bidder may withdraw his bid within sixty (60) days after the actual date of the opening thereof. The bidder assumes the risk of any delay in the mail or in the handling of mail by the employees of the Town of Yorktown. Whether sent by mail or means of personal delivery, the bidder assumes the responsibility for having bids in on time and at the place specified above.                                                                                                                                                                                                                              DIANA QUAST, TOWN CLERK                                                                                                 MASTER MUNICIPAL CLERK                                                                                                 TOWN OF YORKTOWN NOTICE TO BIDDERS NOTICE IS HERE GIVEN that sealed proposals will be received by the Town Clerk, Town of Yorktown, Westchester County, NY until 10:00 A.M. on Thursday, March 23, 2023 at the Town Hall, 363 Underhill Avenue, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598 for the Pool Tile Repair. The Bidder assumes the risk of any delay in the mail or in the handling of the mail by the employees of the Town of Yorktown. Whether sent by mail or means of personal delivery, the Bidder assumes the responsibility for having the bids in at the time and the place specified above. All bids are to be returned to the Town Clerk, 363 Underhill Avenue, Yorktown Heights, N.Y. 10598, marked:  “Bid:  Pool Tile Repair.” Bid specifications may be obtained at the office of the Town Clerk in said Town Hall or downloaded from the Town’s website at www.yorktownny.org or on BidNet Direct at www.bidnetdirect.com. The Town reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to accept that bid which is deemed most favorable to the interests of the Town of Yorktown.                                                                                                                       DIANA L. QUAST, TOWN CLERK MASTER MUNICIPAL CLERK TOWN OF YORKTOWN AMENDED LEGAL NOTICE CHANGE IN DATE OF PUBLIC HEARING             NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that due to the cancellation of the public hearing scheduled for February 27, 2023 because of anticipated inclement weather, the Board of Education of the Yorktown Central School District (“District”) is rescheduling the public hearing until the 6th day of March, 2023, at 7:00 P.M., at the Mildred E. Strange Middle School Cafeteria, 2701 Crompond Road, Yorktown Heights, New York, for the purpose of discussion of transferring the sum of $4,000,000 from the Retirement Contribution Reserve Fund established pursuant to Section 6-r of the General Municipal Law to the capital reserve fund established by the District’s voters, known as the “Buildings and Facilities Improvement Reserve Fund.” DATED: February 27, 2023             YVETTE SEGAL             DISTRICT CLERK Sports Deadline The sports deadline for Yorktown News is the Sunday before the next publication date. Varsity coaches should submit results and information by e-mail to [email protected]. All youth sports and recreational sports items should also be submitted to the same e-mail address by the Thursday before the next publication date. MANHATTAN AVENUE APARTMENTS 44 NEWLY CONSTRUCTED 1 BEDROOM AFFORDABLE SENIOR APARTMENTS located at 52 Manhattan Avenue, Greenburgh, NY. All residents must be aged 62 or over. Rents ranging from $597 - $1,367. Tenant pays electricity, electric heat, electric water heating and electric cooking. Trash and sewer included in rent. INCOME LIMITS & ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS APPLY. Maximum income limits ranging from $29,130 - $66,540 *minimum income limits also apply. Income limits subject to unit size, household size & set-aside requirements; please visit www.cgmrcompliance.com for details. To request an application by mail write to MANHATTAN AVENUE APARTMENTS, PO Box 440, Wading River, NY 11792, call (631) 910-6200, email [email protected] or in person at Greenburgh Housing Authority, 9 Maple St, White Plains, NY 10603. Visit www.NYHousingSearch.gov for additional information. Applicants who submit more than one application may be disqualified. Applications must be postmarked no later than April 9th, 2023. Late applications will not be considered. A Public Lottery to be held at Greenburgh Housing Authority on April 21st, 2023 starting at 12pm. 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THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 2023 YORKTOWN NEWS – PAGE 25 LEGAL NOTICES Advertising Deadline The advertising deadline for Yorktown News is the Thursday before the next publication date. Advertisements can be submitted by you as a camera-ready PDF via email at [email protected]. We also offer our clients a free ad design service. For more information, call Brett Freeman at 845-208-8151. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Town of Yorktown on Thursday, March 16, 2023 at 6:30 P.M. or as soon thereafter as is practicable in the Town Board Room, Town Hall, 363 Underhill Avenue, Yorktown Heights, New York as follows: VUKAJ           #2/23 Property Address: 2838 Kent Lane Section 27.10 Block 2 Lot 15 This is an application for an addition that will require variances for a rear yard setback of 24.98 ft where 30 ft is required, a side yard variance of 10.70 ft where 12 ft is required and combined side yards of 24.98 ft where 42 ft is required as per section 300-21 and Appendix A of the town Zoning Code. CURCIO           #5/23 Property Address: 1458 Old Logging Rd Section 47.17 Block 1 Lot 23 This is an application to allow construction of an accessory building that requires a front setback of 18 ft where 75 ft is allowed as per 300-21 and Appendix A of the Town Zoning Code. This property is located in a R1-80 zone. DIFROSCIA           #7/23 Property Address: 1724 Central Street Section 48.14, Block 1, Lot 38 This is an application to allow construction of an addition of attached garage with a side yard variance of 5.06 ft where 12 ft is required and a combined side yard setback of 17.91 ft where 24 ft is required as per section 300-21 and Appendix A of the Town Zoning Code. This property is located in a R1-10 zone. Yorktown News Fillers header: Univers Bold 11pt/12leading body: Franklin Gothic Book reg10pt/11leading paragraph rule top Univers Bold 10pt/11 leading paragraph rule top Your ad could be here. Call Brett Freeman at 845-208-8151 to find out how. Your business card could be here. Call Brett Freeman at 845-208-8151 to find out how. Sports Deadline The sports deadline for Yorktown News is the Sunday before the next publication date. Varsity coaches should submit results and information by e-mail to sports@ halstonmedia.com. 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Varsity coaches should submit results and information by e-mail to sports@ halstonmedia.com. All youth sports and recreational sports items should also be submitted to the same e-mail address by the Thursday before the next publication date. Photo Submissions Photos submitted to Yorktown News need to be highresolution. Images that are submitted at a low resolution cannot be published. Submit photos to Yorktown News by the Thursday before the next publication date. Submissons can be emailed to yorktownnews@halstonmedia. com or mail it to Yorktown News, Bailey Court, 334 Route 202, Unit C1S, Somers, NY 10589. Send a self-addressed stamped envelope if you’d like your photo returned. Share Your Milestones Let your neighbors know about the special moments in your life, whether it’s a birth, engagement, wedding or anniversary. Send us a photo and announcement at yorktownnews@halstonmedia. com or mail it to Yorktown News, Bailey Court, 334 Route 202, Unit C1S, Somers, NY 10589. There is no charge for this announcement. Send a self-addressed stamped envelope if you’d like your photo returned. Letters and Op-Ed Policy Letters to the editor and op-ed submissions may be edited. The views and opinions expressed in letters and op-eds are not necessarily those of Yorktown News or its affiliates. Submissions must include a phone number and address for verification. Not all letters and op-eds will necessarily be published. Letters and op-eds which cannot be verified or are anonymous will not be published. Please send your submissions to the editor by e-mail at yorktownnews@ halstonmedia.com. For more information, call the editor at 914-302-5830. Editorial Submissions Press releases and photos should be submitted to Yorktown News by the Thursday before the next publication date. Submissons can be emailed to yorktownnews@ halstonmedia.com or mail it to Yorktown News, Bailey Court, 334 Route 202, Unit C1S, Somers, NY 10589. 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The site is located at the address 3735 Crompond Road, Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567, also known as Section 35.08, Block 1, Lots 11, 14, 15 & 23 on the Town of Yorktown Tax Map. The parcels consist of 1.357 acres in the C-4 zoning district. If any interested members of the public would like to provide comments on this application, written comments can be provided to the Board by mail sent to the Planning Department at 1974 Commerce Street, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598 or by email before the meeting to [email protected]. The above listed site plan may be viewed on the Town’s website at: http://www.yorktownny.org/planning/publichearings. BY ORDER OF THE PLANNING BOARD OF THE TOWN OF YORKTOWN, NEW YORK RICHARD FON CHAIRPERSON Notice of Formation of Let's Play Westchester, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 2023- 02-19. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of Limited Liability Company (LLC) upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY should mail process to Timothy Lennon: 789 Robin Road Yorktown Heights NY 10598. Purpose: Any lawful purpose PUBLIC NOTICE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Public Informational Hearing will be held by the Planning Board of the Town of Yorktown on Monday, March 13, 2023 at 7:00 pm or as soon thereafter as possible on the following matter: Application of Powerflex for approval of a site plan and special use permit with submitted plans titled, “Watson Research Center BESS Site,” prepared by Spotts, Stevens & McCoy Engineers and Consultants and Hill & Bell Associates Engineers, LLC, and last revised January 30, 2023. The applicant has proposed to construct a 1MW AC Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) to connect to the solar canopy system. The site is located at the address 1101 Kitchawan Road, also known as Section 69.16, Block 1, Lot 1 on the Town of Yorktown Tax Map. The parcels consist of 187.35 acres in the OB zoning district. If any interested members of the public would like to provide comments on this application, written comments can be provided to the Board by mail sent to the Planning Department at 1974 Commerce Street, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598 or by email before the meeting to [email protected]. The above listed site plan may be viewed on the Town’s website at: http://www.yorktownny.org/planning/publichearings. BY ORDER OF THE PLANNING BOARD OF THE TOWN OF YORKTOWN, NEW YORK RICHARD FON CHAIRPERSON Sports Deadline The sports deadline for Yorktown News is the Sunday before the next publication date. Varsity coaches should submit results and information by e-mail to [email protected]. All youth sports and recreational sports items should also be submitted to the same e-mail address by the Thursday before the next publication date. Your ad could be here. Call Brett Freeman at 845-208-8151 to find out how.

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THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 2023 BUSINESS & REAL ESTATE YORKTOWN NEWS – PAGE 27 BY JESSICA JAFET CONTRIBUTING REPORTER When it comes to creating the ideal lighting for a particular space, it makes all the difference when  nding a retailer who provides a personal touch and whose sta prides itself on its commitment to customer satisfaction. It has been this type of approach that has kept Mid-County Lighting Showroom and Electric Sales in business for the past 50 years. Located on Route 6 in Mahopac, the family owned-and-operated store has been providing professional contractors and area residents with exactly what they need for their homes, o ces and businesses. In addition, they are one of the local area’s top sources for electrical supplies and hard-to-  nd bulbs.  “We are an electrical supply house for contractors and homeowners,” said Steve Deirmendjian, the company’s Vice President. “In the lighting showroom, we have chandeliers, sconces, indoor and outdoor lighting, paddle fans—and we also have landscape lighting.” Back in 1973, it was his father-in-law, Ben Restucci (and brother Frank) who started the electrical supply business in Mahopac, and in 2006, Mid-County opened the lighting showroom at its current location.  e family is now second-generation proprietors with Je Restucci at the helm as company president, along with Deirmendjian, Debbie Restucci-Deirmendjian and Holly Restucci leading the team. All along, they have stuck to a philosophy that has made the shop a  xture in the community. “We treat everybody like family; electricians walk in, we know them and their kids. Our sta is like family too, and a couple of them have been here over 20 years,” he said.  e knowledgeable and friendly employees will listen and make suggestions based on a customer’s individual project, whether it is recommending a reputable electrician to them or simply helping to plan and design the lighting for their home renovation or new construction.  Residents from a wide area, including Mahopac, Somers, Carmel, Yorktown, North Salem, Katonah-Lewisboro, Mt. Kisco, Pound Ridge, Bedford, Dutchess County and lower Westchester, visit the showroom, where they  nd inspiration and a selection of the latest styles and lighting options that they can see and touch in-person. Shoppers can  nd brands like Kichler, Quoizel and Nuvo Lighting to browse for the perfect  t. “We are very competitively-priced,” the VP added. “We have people who come here and take photos and get quotes and most become orders because we sell lighting at Internet prices.” Mid-County Electric also sells generators and a wide range of supplies, such as outlets, switches, connectors, wire and more—and the President, Je Restucci, and their attentive sta , will help source any other electrical or lighting items that are not already inhouse, as quickly as possible. Celebrating 50 years in business PHOTOS: CORINNE STANTON Some of the inventory at Mid-County Lighting Showroom & Electrical Supplies PHOTOS: CORINNE STANTON Mid-County Lighting Showroom & Electrical Supplies The team at Mid-County Lighting Showroom & Electrical Supplies: Debbie Restucci-Deirmendjian, Jeff Restucci, Gerry Avery, Mike Nappi and Steve Deirmendjian. Not pictured: Holly Restucci MID-COUNTY LIGHTING SHOWROOM & ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES  Mid-County Lighting Showroom & Electrical Sales 240 US-6, Mahopac 845-628-9124 [email protected]

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