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KATONAH-LEWISBORO SCHOOL DISTRICT
Budget, BOE vote on Tuesday
BY TOM BARTLEY Pond ES, 185 Smith Ridge Road, Re ecting di erent assessment Bedford ponders
CONTRIBUTING WRITER South Salem. practices, tax rates are projected to ban on gas-powered
decrease in Lewisboro by 13 cents
Katonah-Lewisboro voters will For the second straight year, to $211.09 for each $1,000 of as- leaf blowers
go to the polls next week to name KLSD administrators were forced sessed value but rise in Katonah by
two trustees to the school board to build their budget on the un- $9.40 per $1,000, to hit $192.57. BY TOM BARTLEY meeting, “to recommend signi -
and decide on a $113 million bud- predictable, frequently shifting Rates would also climb in North
get for next year. sands of the coronavirus pandem- Salem by $1.23 to $21.50 and CONTRIBUTING WRITER cant strengthening of the 2018
ic. “In no way, shape or form,” Su- drop in Pound Ridge by 36 cents,
e proposed cap-compliant perintendent Andrew Selesnick to $109.48. ordinance, which was always un-
budget would increase spending told last week’s budget hearing,
by $1.77 million—a 1.59 percent “are we assuming the next school Board welcomes A Bedford citizens committee derstood to be a rst step.”
hike over current projected out- year will simply be a return to the faces new, familiar
lays. Financing that budget would way things were a year and a half is urging a ban on gas-powered Foremost among those new
require a 1.79 percent rise in the ago. We recognize that it’s been a When Elana Shneyer moved
tax levy, to $99.7 million, or more very dramatic and traumatic year.” to Goldens Bridge from New leaf blowers, calling them noisy steps would be a townwide ban
than $600,000 under the allow- York City three years ago, Mar-
able state tax cap. If voters approve, the Katonah- jorie Schi was already begin- nuisances that threaten the town’s on gas leaf blowers, backed by
Lewisboro School District is ex- ning her third three-year term on
With just two candidates for pected to spend $113,242,880 in the school board. Both women climate-action goals. No one in sti penalties for homeowners as
two vacancies, the seven-member the next academic year, an increase are expected to take board seats
board is expected to welcome of $1,770,200 over today’s budget. in the 2021-22 academic year, town hall disagrees. well as landscapers, e ective next
back its longtime leader, President which begins July 1, and each ad-
Marjorie Schi , and welcome e district will look to mul- dressed the board’s Zoom meet- Helene Kopal, co-chair of the Jan. 1. It would follow a com-
aboard its newest trustee, Elana tiple nonproperty-tax sources, ing last ursday, May 6.
Shneyer. One-term board mem- including projected state aid leaf-blower task force, cited what pressed 45-day “leaf season” this
ber Terrence Cheng did not seek of $8,292,486; sales-tax shar- MARJORIE SCHIFF, AT THE
re-election. ing ($1,250,000); fund balance HELM she called a “groundswell of clam- fall, when gas- red machines
(money previously collected but
Voting will take place next unspent, $2,450,000), committed A member of the KLSD oring” for tougher restrictions would make their nal Bedford
Tuesday, May 18, from 6 a.m. to reserves ($750,000); and interest school board since 2012 and now
9 p.m. at Katonah Elementary income ($125,000). But property its president, Schi discussed than those enacted three years ago appearance.
School, 106 Huntville Road, Ka- taxes, as always, will shoulder most
tonah; Increase Miller ES, 186 of the load, rising this year to ac- SEE KLSD PAGE 5 in the town code. “We are here,”
Waccabuc Road (Route 138), count for $99,700,394, or 88 per- she told the Town Board’s May 4 SEE LEAF BLOWERS PAGE 5
Goldens Bridge; and Meadow cent of total spending.
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THURSDAY, MAY 13, 2021 YourNeighbor THE KATONAH LEWISBORO TIMES PAGE 3
An Artist Interview with Jeanne K. Allen
On location at the Railyard Arts Studio
BY HEATHER MAGUIRE potters, and teachers Jill Leary, Jeanne K. Allen
CONTRIBUTING WRITER Tom Loggia and Bracken Feld-
man), that have helped her evolve PHOTOS: BEN ALLEN
If you blink while driving into the woman and artist she is to-
through Croton Falls, in North- day.She recently landed in this very
ern Westchester County, you just happy creators’ space that allows
might miss one of the hamlet’s her to hone her skills, cultivate and
coolest gems. e Railyard Arts share her gifts and talents, while
Studio is home to some extraor- inspiring, mentoring, collaborat-
dinary local creatives and artists. ing, and connecting with the artist
In 2019 founder, owner, and artist community.
Jill Leary made her dream, vision, Was there a de ning moment
and concept a reality. Leary de- when you were a child that indi-
signed and built the Railyard Arts cated that you might have artistic
Studio in Croton Falls as an artists’ talent?
hub and relaxed home for people Yes! When I was 7 years old,
to create, learn, grow, teach, inspire. my mother entered
e Railyard Arts Studio’s one of my draw-
working space hosts workshops ings into a national
and classes, o ers pottery studio art contest and I
memberships and gallery space, won “Honorable
and is utilized by studio members Mention.” I have
for pottery, sculpting, painting, and always loved mak-
drawing. It is also the location for ing things and re-
the newly established Artisan Shop member making ing and designing developer/creator of the concept
in the Yard. Various artisans’ work jewelry and throw- packaged consumer and now widely popular reusable
can be found on the shop’s shelves, ing pottery in high goods. “tote”bag.We were among the rst
which are now stocked with beau- school. I was always What was one of to develop the reusable “tote book
tifully displayed and hand-crafted ordering materials your most memo- bag.” I was extremely fortunate
candles, cards, jewelry, pottery, and to create and invent rable projects or to have colleagues that embraced
paintings all created by studio and new ideas. After my highlights in your and understood my vision for this
local artists. e shop is run by de- junior year of high career as designer product.
signer and studio potter, Jeanne K. school, I attended a and developer? You’ve had a number of
Allen, a South Salem resident. Summer Creative Examples of Allen’s pottery work I loved working mentors over the years. Can
I recently met with Allen to nd Art Program and for DANSK Inter- you speak about them and their
out how she came to the Railyard was given a schol- national Design be- importance?
Arts Studio, and to speak with her arship to attend the Philadelphia studio. Practicing and working on cause I was able to collaborate with • My aunt, Helen Tomita, who
about her journey as a designer, College of Art. technical skills was very impor- world class artisans, designers, and sadly has recently passed, was a
merchandise and product devel- Did you attend university for tant to learning how to develop factories while traveling extensively painter (watercolor). She lived in
oper, creator, and now potter and art? What did you study? functional products. I happened worldwide. At Barnes and Noble, California and was given a Ful-
manager of the Artisan Shop in Yes, I applied to three art to be strong in sciences and math, as director of design and product bright scholarship to study paint-
the Yard. Allen, a wife and mother schools at universities that o ered which also helped in the eld of development, I headed up a new ing with a National Treasure in
of two adult daughters, brings to degrees in art and was surprised industrial design. department directing the concepts, Japan.It was interesting to discover
the Railyard Arts Studio years of to have gotten into all three. I You’ve worked for a number of designs, and development for all she owned potters tools. Her work
creative and corporate experience just had a box of pots and jewelry well-known companies in your non-book products. Here, I had had been shown in numerous gal-
along with her wisdom and a keen to submit for my portfolio, but I career as a designer. Can you tell the pleasure of collaborating on leries in major cities such as New
eye for design. She refers to herself suppose they liked my work. I at- a bit more about that? proprietary products with the cre- York.
as an “adult learner” and is a huge tended Syracuse University and Yes, in my 20s until I was about ative and business teams at com- • David Herman, who pro-
advocate for mentoring artists. She was in the VPA Program. I stud- 30. I got a job right out of college panies such as Vera Bradley, Jona- foundly referred to me as,“an adult
shares her strong belief that it’s the ied Industrial Design, which was and I worked in NYC for ma- than Adler, and MoMA. “Form learner.” He provided me with a
in uential mentors she has had a ve-year program. I also took a jor corporations such as the J.C. follows function” has always been moral compass and taught me to
from the age of 7 (her aunt, Helen ceramics course, but I spent the Penney Co., Clairol Inc., Playtex one of my guiding principles. I was SEE ALLEN PAGE 4
Tomita) to now (her fellow studio majority of my time in the design Inc., and the Singer Co., develop- proud to be Barnes and Noble’s
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my ideas and concepts. He too nesses a liated with the Nest. may need guidance
LISA KAIN taught me a lot about business. with starting their The Railyard Arts Studio in Croton Falls
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PHOTOGRAPHER friends Judit, Wendy, and Elana. home-based workers at the bot- young artists who would like to others do the same.
[email protected] I’m grateful for the talented pot- tom of the supply chain. Craft- pursue art as a career? What would you tell your
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KLSD ELANA SHNEYER, JUST LEAF BLOWERS landscape workers who directly against landscapers attempting to
GETTING STARTED breathe them day in and day out. switch from gas to electric without
FROM PAGE 1 FROM PAGE 1 adopting preferred horticultural
In three years as a resident of ese landscape workers are often practices.And we recommend that
the “many new and unpredict- the Colony in Goldens Bridge, e Town Board accepted the economically disadvantaged and any ordinance build in a plan to re-
able challenges and opportuni- Elana Shneyer has already be- committee’s 20-minute Zoom likely take this health risk because visit the use of electric leaf blowers
ties” faced by the district and come, as she puts it, “quite in- presentation and 4,000-word re- of economic needs.” in the near future.”
her board. vested in the community.” port with little comment but no
fundamental disagreement. As As major contributors to green- A second proposal, presented by
“Managing those challenges Leaving Manhattan’s West Councilwoman Stephanie Mc- house-gas emissions, gas blowers committee member Murray Fish-
and capitalizing on the oppor- Side behind, Shneyer now chairs Caine observed, “ ere’s no good “represent the antithesis, really, of er, would expand the summertime
tunities are best achieved by a the Goldens Bridge Day Camp argument for gas leaf blowers.” everything the town’s [climate- ban on gas blowers in hamlet zones
well-run district with stable, Committee and has been an action] plan is working to achieve,” to any part of the town outside the
trusted, competent leadership active member of the Increase Town attorney Eric Gordon Kopal said. hamlets. “ is is just such an easy,
and excellent teachers, admin- Miller ES PTO, serving on the was expected to draft a local law, little ask compared to all the other
istrators...and students pulling enrichment committee. She also embodying the committee rec- “And,” she added, “there are things we’re going to have to try to
together with a shared sense of serves on the Lewisboro Town ommendations and Town Board plenty of alternatives.”
purpose to achieve our goals,” Housing Committee and Pride input, for further consideration at gure out,”he said.
Schi said. celebration subcommittee. Her a board work session. Electric leaf blowers, for one, Enforcement of the ban on gas
consultancy, Elana Shneyer “address many of the downsides of blowers is “critical,” member Jiri
Schi , who is also a director Strategies, works with govern- Still, after more than an hour gas leaf blowers,” the report notes. Hoogland insisted, and “should be
of the Westchester-Putnam ments,businesses and nonpro ts. discussing matters with the board “[T]hey are zero emissions and written into the [revised town] or-
School Boards Association, and listening to public com- produce signi cantly less noise.” dinance.” e committee proposed
said a school board’s priori- Shneyer and her husband, ment—virtually of it in support of a $500 ne for a rst o ense, with
ties were “to hire an excellent Adam Kaufman, have three chil- the proposed curbs—committee In presenting the committee’s the penalty going up in $500 in-
superintendent, to encourage dren, including two who are old members pressed for speedy action rst major proposal, co-chair Fio- crements for subsequent violations,
excellence in our sta and to enough to attend Increase Miller. on its ndings. “ ere needs to be na Mitchell called for this year’s to a maximum of $2,500. Both the
be well-positioned to deal ef- an urgency,” one member told the compressed leaf-clearing schedule homeowner and any landscaper
fectively with new challenges eir second daughter, at 15 board. and Jan. 1’s ban on the gas blowers. working with a gas blower would
while carefully managing the months, is for now “a future el- be subject to the nes.
school budget and acting as ementary school student.” In its report, the committee e abbreviated season would run To document an o ense,
good stewards of our commu- found that gas blowers not only from Nov. 1 to Dec. 15, the period, Hoogland said, a cellphone’s vid-
nity’s resources.” e onetime community orga- make “excessive noise”but also pol- Mitchell said, “when leaves are ac- eo recording “should be su cient
nizer expects “to bring new ideas lute the air, especially the air their tually on the ground.” to send to enforcement and allow
Schi and her family moved and new energy to the board.” users breathe. the registration of the violation
to Pound Ridge 15 years ago “We feel that the negatives as- and for a ne to be administered.”
from Charlottesville, Va., “One of the things I’m most “Air pollution is bad for every- sociated with gas-leaf-blower use But town attorney Gordon later
where she had been an un- excited about doing,” Shneyer body,” the report says, “but the air have been repeatedly demonstrat- cautioned that the person who
dergraduate admission dean told the board last week, “is re- pollution harms from gas-powered ed,” she said, “and the public opin- shot the video would have to
and strategic planner for the ally trying to bring more parent leaf blowers land most heavily on ion is in favor of prohibiting their verify its authenticity under oath
University of Virginia. She voices into the discussion. . . . I the persons operating the ma- use in Bedford.” in court.
has two children in Katonah- think that when we have mul- chinery; the pollutants from gas-
Lewisboro schools. tiple voices at the table and mul- powered leaf blowers have the Mitchell warned that electrics
tiple perspectives, you really end most impact on the health of the were not necessarily a nal answer.
up with the best policies.” “Any leaf-blower use is detrimental
to our fragile backyard ecosystems,”
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More than half of Bedford, Lewisboro adults vaccinated
As of Sunday, May 9, 43.8 percent of Westchester vaccinated (48.4 percent of 18+ population). • Goldens Bridge – 66.6%
County residents were fully vaccinated against e vaccination data is also broken down by ZIP code, • Katonah – 58.5%
COVID-19, according to information provided by the • South Salem – 48.1%
New York State Department of Health. but that data is lagging about a week behind. At last • Waccabuc – 59.5%
report, on Sunday, May 2, the following percentage of 18+ In total, more than 16,000, or 55 percent, of 18+
Additionally, 54.4 percent of the county’s 967,612 Bedford and Lewisboro residents were fully vaccinated: Bedford and Lewisboro residents have been fully
residents—and 67.9 percent of 18+ residents—had vaccinated.
received at least one vaccine dose. • Bedford – 63.1% –Brian Marschhauser
• Bedford Hills – 38.1%
Statewide, 38.7 percent of the total population is • Cross River – 57.5%
OBITUARIES TOWN CROSSING
Amy Espinoza Government at Work • Petting zoo (with some disabled animals at-
tending)
Nancy (Vitkauskas) Harden,of Katonah; • Tuesday,May 18,Bedford Town Board,7 p.m. • Pony rides
Holiday, Florida; and formerly of Water- • Tuesday, May 18, Lewisboro Planning Board, • Meet Dr. Steven Walkley, director of Einstein
bury, Connecticut, passed away peacefully 7:30 p.m. University’s Rose F. Kennedy Center
on April 29 after long illnesses. She was 74. • Wednesday, May 19, Bedford Historic Build- • Tie-dye t-shirt event
Nancy was born in Waterbury on March ing Preservation Commission, 8 p.m. • K-9 unit demonstration
26, 1947. She graduated from Waterbury Visit bedfordny.gov, lewisborogov.com, or klschools. • Firetrucks/ re safety demonstration, courtesy
Catholic High and Waterbury Hospital org for agenda information or to watch/participate. of the South Salem Fire Department
School of Nursing. In 1985, Nancy married A ‘Rare’ Community Event • Police cars, courtesy of the Lewisboro Police
John Harden and the two enjoyed many years Department
of retirement between Florida and New York. • Meet Miss Wheelchair New York
Nancy was an active volunteer in the A community event honoring children who • ART: Make a “Care Card” for children bat-
Tanglewood Ladies’ Auxiliary, organizing spaghetti dinners and fashion su er from rare childhood genetic disorders— tling an illness at Monte ore
shows for the community. She was an avid gardener crafter, creating beau- namely, Salla disease—will be held from 2 to 5 • A craft with a local Scout troop
tiful quilts and crocheted items. Nancy was predeceased by her parents, p.m. Sunday, May 23, at Lewisboro Town Park • Ra es
Joseph and Stella Vitkauskas, and husband, John Harden. (1079 Route 35, South Salem). All of the pro- • Hot dogs and burgers grilled by the Lewis-
She is survived by her sisters and best friends, Lillian McCarty and Irene ceeds will directly bene t the Children’s Hospital boro Lions Club
Mankoski, as well as several nieces and nephews and great nieces and great at Monte ore and Einstein University’s Rose F. To buy a ticket, visit sallaresearch.networkfor-
nephews who will miss her dearly. Kennedy Center for their continued work in rare good.com/events/28974-a-rare-community-event
Calling hours were at Oelker-Cox & Sinatra Funeral Home followed disease research. Sponsors include: Giner Realty, Burke Energy,
by a mass of Christian burial at St. Mary’s Church. A $10 ticket purchases includes: Goldens Bridge Veterinary Care Center, the McIn-
In lieu of owers, donations can be made to St. Jude’s Research Hospital • A magic show featuring RJ Lewis, a Broad- erny Family, Lewisboro Police Department, South
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Happily
Ever
After
Responsibility Remote possibilities
not so remote
the incline of the street. I What is wrong with
people? I have walked the
READING, walked past the reddish Oakridge Drive loop hun-
WRITING & dreds of times. e woman
haired woman and her and her dog had been stand-
CHOCOLATE white/brown/black dog ing in the grass near the
entrance to Laurel Ridge. TELEMEDICINE
KIM (long oppy ears, low to No barking, no growling, no e highest rating—which is to
KOVACH warning.
the ground body) standing BRUCE say, the sector expected to experience
I did not realize until I re- THE BLOG the most changes ahead in their en-
in the grass on my right. turned home that in addition vironment—is medical care, includ-
to the torn pants fabric gaping BRUCE ing hospitals, clinics, and doctors’ of-
Walking a few steps open, the aggressive dog had APAR
bitten into the back of my ces. Telemedicine already is on the
The weather forecast- further up the hill, I sud- thigh, breaking the skin. I was What would the hit TV se- fast track as a high-growth, game-
ers had been hyping shocked to see a puncture ries “ e O ce” look like changing technology, with Amazon,
Wednesday, April 28, denly felt something grab the wound and a three-inch long if it was premiering to- Apple, and other mega players stak-
back of my leg. bloody gash in my skin. e day? (Odds are there will be a series, ing their claim to a sizable share of
wound in the back of my whether a revival of that series or a the market. A telehealth company in
e big, aggressive Basset thigh is twenty-six inches o copycat, capturing the new zeitgeist India, Practo, grew more than 1,000
the ground. at could have of the post-pandemic workplace.) percent within an eight-month span
as the “pick of the week”with hound had charged into the easily been a toddler’s face in 2020.
sitting in a stroller. COVID-19 has left a lasting
sunshine all day and tempera- street and lunged at me from impact on all facets of our lives that e “customer-facing” arena of
According to the internet, is unprecedented in modern times. travel and leisure (hotels, restaurants,
tures near 80 degrees. behind. e dog jumped up 4.7 million dog attacks occur Because of the shift to remote work, airports) is somewhat unique in that
in the U.S. each year. Bacteria a signi cantly higher dependency on the workers constantly are dealing
I looked forward to taking a on me, standing on its back from a dog bite can include e-commerce, and advances in cost- with new people, points out McKin-
MRSA, rabies, tetanus, e cient arti cial intelligence and sey, which increases the “unknown”
walk after lunch on Wednes- paws. I twisted my body to capnocytophaga bacteria, and automation, 25 percent more work- factors and tends to favor remote,
fungi. ers than previously estimated may virtual or e-commerce transactions
day afternoon. At 1:40 p.m., pull away from the attacking, need to switch occupations. at’s instead of in-person exchanges.
My afternoon walk was the projection of noted business
I laced up my running shoes barking dog. “Hey!” I turned ruined. Now I’m waiting for consultancy McKinsey & Co. In 2020, e-commerce’s portion
the rabies to kick in. Hey, of total retail sales increased two
and put on my pink sweat- and yelled at the woman, you negligent woman with McKinsey developed a novel to ve times the rate before Covid.
the reddish permed hair, take scoring system that represents the McKinsey forecasts that 75 percent
shirt, baseball cap, and face “Control your freakin’ dog!” I responsibility for yourself physical proximity of workers in of consumers who bought some-
and your pet. You owe me for various industries, or, as McKinsey thing online for the rst time during
mask. I grabbed the house looked down and saw a gap- Urgent Care, antibiotics, and dubs them, “arenas.” the shutdown will continue to shop
my LL Bean pants. You also online.
keys and headed out the door. ing hole torn in the fabric of owe me an apology. e idea is that the closer workers
are to each other on a daily basis in a VIRTUALLY BI COASTAL
I was enjoying a nice walk my LL Bean pants. “My pants Kim Kovach hopes readers given profession, the more likely that Business travel is sure to become
identify this woman and their surroundings will be trans-
around the neighborhood, are ripped!” I yelled, glancing beware of that dog. www. formed going forward to acknowl- less prevalent now. I can relate to
kimkovachwrites.com edge the new precautions of daily that. In the 1990s, I had o ces in
observing the colors of the at the back of my right pants human interaction. Manhattan and L.A., which kept
me constantly commuting between
tree buds and owers along leg. the two cities at least once a month
the way. As I walked uphill e woman stood in the SEE APAR PAGE 9
along the right shoulder of grass limply holding the leash
the street (there are no side- as the dog continued barking
walks), I noticed two women at me in the street. She didn’t
up ahead walking their dogs. tug on the leash, she didn’t
A blonde woman on the left call the dog back. is unpro-
side of the street was walking voked dog attack from behind
a small dog. elicited no response from the
A pale woman with reddish dog walking woman. Not one
permed hair was on the right word. She never said, “I’m so
side of the street. She was sorry” or “He’s usually friend-
wearing a short blue cotton ly.” NOTHING! e lack
dress and walking a large of emotion on that woman’s
Basset hound on a long blue mask-less face was chilling. I
leash in the grass along the wanted to get away from the
edge of the road. As I ap- woman and her aggressive,
proached, I continued looking out of control canine before
straight ahead and walking up the dog attacked me again.
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APAR place outdoors, such as con- PHOTO: BRIAN
struction, farms, and property MARSCHHAUSER
FROM PAGE 8 maintenance. ey have been
much less a ected by CO- Where is this in Katonah-Lewisboro?
(and, one time, for six weeks VID-19, thanks to low physical
running, with trips home on proximity and minimal interac- Congratulations to Blaise the South Salem Fire De- where this week’s photo was
the weekend). After 9/11, air tion with groups of people. Nastasio, who was the rst partment. Ronald Ross taken, email the editor at
travel was considered a risk. to correctly guess that last and Odelia Ritzcovan also marschhauser@halstonme-
Not only did my bi-coastal e business consultants also week’s photo was taken at got it right. If you know dia.com.
work life come to a screech- looked ahead to the impact of
ing halt, but it necessitated remote work and concluded We Carry A Complete Line of
a change in my job position that as many as one-fourth of BioGuard Pool Treatments
within the company, with my people could work from home
L.A. duties no longer practical. as often as three to ve days a
week.
Today, with Zoom working
overtime as a verb and a syn- at would be four or ve
onym for “meeting,” I would times more remote work than
have a much better chance pre-pandemic. e ripple ef-
at maintaining my bi-coastal fect reaches beyond the choice
bona des -- virtually, if not between an employer’s o ce
physically. and a home o ce. Social
scientists foresee a surge in
Scenarios similar to my job suburban populations and in
journey will develop in the the appeal of small cities.
wake of the pandemic, with
its inevitable e ect on busi- What that means for large
ness travel and how certain cities is at once both obvi-
jobs are performed. As un- ous and ominous, at least on
pleasant as it is to acknowl- paper. ese geographic shifts
edge, the changes also mean tend to be cyclical, though,
the disappearance of jobs that so it would be short-sighted
are easily automated or simply to give up on the vitality and
no longer essential, becoming singular in uence our major
the casualties of lost revenue cities bring to the pulse of the
and its concomitant cost- nation.
cutting.
Bruce Apar is a writer, actor,
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Preserving land is crucial
LORI ENSINGER percent of its coastal waters but York, New Jersey, Connecticut, existing protected parcels are on private landowners taking
GUEST WRITER only about 12 percent of its land. Massachusetts, Vermont, Rhode often a high priority for protec- action to piece together a mosaic
In Westchester, we estimate that Island, and New Hampshire tion. Land is also evaluated for of protected land. Westchester
As part of a global push to just under 20 percent of our combined. its climate resiliency—does it Land Trust and other conserva-
avoid the harshest im- land is protected, although this bu er communities from coastal tion organizations stand ready to
pacts of climate change protected land is not evenly dis- Land trusts typically protect guide and assist these landown-
and to slow species extinctions, tributed throughout the county. land in two ways. ey can ooding? Provide shade trees in ers in being part of the “30x30”
President Joseph Biden com- acquire the title to a property densely populated areas? Have solution.
mitted his administration to an is statistic may seem surpris- by either purchasing it or ac- wetlands or woodlands that store
ambitious conservation goal—to ing because parts of Westchester cepting it as a donation from a carbon? To ensure adequate ere is no doubt that the
protect 30 percent of U.S. land feel very open and free from landowner. Another method is access to the many bene ts of “30x30” plan is one of the bold-
and coastal seas by 2030. e development. But it is important through the use of a conserva- living near nature, land that is est conservation commitments
science behind the plan demon- to realize that the land that is tion easement, which allows in communities that have been we have seen in recent decades.
strates that 30 percent is needed undeveloped today is not neces- landowners to keep their land historically excluded from the For many in the conservation
to sustain and protect roughly sarily conserved or protected in while ensuring it is preserved. A conservation movement are sector, Biden’s pledge o ers
75 percent of the species on perpetuity. And the areas most conservation easement runs with of high priority and will be a overwhelming validation of the
earth, slow climate change by in need of open space tend to the land and is a voluntary, per- key part of the “30x30” success importance of our mission. His
storing carbon in soil and plants, have the least undeveloped land petual legal agreement between a stories of our future. administration’s announcement
and protect communities from available to protect. property owner and a land trust con rms that we are at a conser-
climate change-related extreme or government agency, which Land conservation looks vation crossroad and it is time
weather events. Who will drive the massive permanently restricts certain di erent in Westchester than it to take bold and strategic steps
conservation e orts behind the land uses (such as development) does in other parts of the coun- to protect our natural resources
e plan is referred to as “30x30” plan? To reach the plan’s that would damage important try. e size of land parcels here for the residents of Westchester
“30x30” and, as a country, we targets, we cannot rely solely on ecological characteristics of the are much smaller than the thou- today, and all who will come
have a lot of work to do to reach federal, state, or local govern- property. sand-acre tracts our colleagues after us.
these targets. Here in Westches- ments to do the heavy lifting. protect out west. For example,
ter County, we have a strong Nonpro t conservation groups, With limited funds available Westchester Land Trust has pro- Lori Ensinger is the president of the
history of conservation to build such as land trusts, will play an to purchase properties, land tected nearly 9,000 acres in our Westchester Land Trust, a regional
upon and the “30x30” plan o ers important role. Collectively, land trusts adopt conservation plans 32 years, but that is comprised conservation organization based
a bold call for us to act to protect trusts have already preserved to guide them in prioritizing of 260 separate projects. Our in Bedford Hills that has preserved
the land before it is too late. an astonishing 60 million acres which lands to protect for the region’s land protection achieve- nearly 9,000 acres since its founding
across the U.S. To put this in greatest positive impact on the ments might be accomplished on in 1988. For more information on
According to the United perspective, that is an area larger surrounding ecosystems and a smaller scale, but they will be conservation options for your property,
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THURSDAY, MAY 13, 2021 SPORTS THE KATONAH LEWISBORO TIMES PAGE 17
SOFTBALL John Jay opens season 2-2
BY RICH MONETTI Buatte blanked North Salem Kyla Whalen puts on the tag. day in Somers, the Wolves re- PHOTO: RICH MONETTI
CONTRIBUTING WRITER in the top of the second with two bounded with a 16-4 victory.
strikeouts, and John Jay took the jump on the rst pitch and not three innings, and the 27-17 de-
John Jay opened their season lead in the bottom with speed get too deep in the count,” said e team looked as though feat put the Wolves at 2-2 on the
a little slow on Monday, May 3, and a little small ball. Buatte and the shortstop. they would continue the roll season.
at the high school. Maintaining Maya Nelsen both reached rst Saturday at home in taking 3-0
only a 4-3 lead over North Salem on strike three passed balls, and e rest of the week had one and 8-4 leads. However, Brews- is week, John Jay is on the
after three and a half innings, the gained a 3-2 lead on consecutive up and two rather large downs. ter posted 23 runs over the nal road versus Westlake, Lakeland,
Wolves broke out in the bottom bunts by Kyla Whalen and Ali Yorktown silenced the Wolves and Walter Panas, and comes
of the fth. Le —a strategy that is de nitely 15-2 on Tuesday, but on urs- home on Saturday versus Nanuet.
part of DelMoro’s game plan.
“Everyone kind of relaxed, set-
tled in, and took care of business,” “We try to put pressure on the
said Coach Steve DelMoro, and defense rather than always wait-
John had their rst victory in a ing for the big hit,” he said.
13-3 blowout.
A sacri ce y by Kersh extend-
North Salem began on good ed the lead to 4-2, and the teams
footing, though. Skylar Bender traded scoreless innings until
reached rst on an in eld hit, Emily Collura’s fourth inning
stole second, and reached third drag bunt. e Tiger brought
on Sara Major’s single. A wild home Kiara Donovan to get
pitch by Ashley Buatte brought North Salem within one.
Bender home, and a double by
Sienna Bertolino gave the Tigers But John Jay showed the ip
a 2-0 lead. side of small ball in DelMoro’s
general plate approach, and nine
John Jay got out of the inning
when rst baseman Eva Falino fth-inning runs was the result.
threw Bertolino out at the plate “I tell them we have to be ag-
to complete the double play. e gressive,” said the coach.
Wolves then rode the defense right Consecutive extra-base hits
into o ense. An in eld single by by Neumann, Dani Roban, and
Ava Kersh put the leado batter on Falino sent the North Salem
second with an overthrow, and an out eld scurrying, and Neumann
RBI single by Lindsay Neumann con rmed she understands her
got John Jay on the board. coach’s lesson plan.
“I think we de nitely try to
PAGE 18 THE KATONAH LEWISBORO TIMES SPORTS THURSDAY, MAY 13, 2021
Ashley Schafer
GIRLS LACROSSE
Wolves have 2-1 week
BY RICH MONETTI
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
After opening their season with a win Shannon Nolan
in White Plains, the girls lacrosse team
traveled in the other direction for game Mia DiChiara
two in Carmel on Tuesday, May 4. But
the about-face didn’t faze the Wolves’ PHOTOS: RICH MONETTI
push forward, and by the time the eve-
ning unfolded, a 19-9 victory upped
their season record to 2-0.
e game did begin on the Carmel
end, though, and in between three goals
by Caroline Panzirer, the home team
took a 4-3 lead with 14:37 left in the
half. However, Carmel had to wait for
John Jay to score nine more goals before
they saw the net again.
And it really began in the center of
the eld with Mia DiChiara.
“Mia took ownership of the draw. She
did a great job placing it to our play-
ers on the circle,” said Coach Jess Mc-
Donough.
From there, McDonough added, “ e
team capitalized. It was a whole team
e ort.”
e overall results were hard to miss.
Panzirer nished with six goals, Shan-
non Nolan had ve goals and three as-
sists, Mia Puccio chipped in four goals,
and DiChiara added two of her own.
Aidan Summer’s ve saves in goal were
not to be overlooked, either.
Another change in direction on
ursday didn’t turn out so well, and the
Wolves fell 10-7 at Bronxville. So, they
turned back around on Saturday and did
it right with a 12-8 victory at Pelham.
e game began in typical fashion.
Panzirer opened the scoring at 24:20
after Shannon Nolan found the attacker
cutting in front. But neither team was
out of each other’s sight for very long.
Pelham scored at 19:52, and Kate Mer-
cer answered back 45 seconds later.
John Jay put up the next goal when
Georgia Wilmoth found Panzirer for
the second of her six goals, and it was
Pelham who kept the sightline close by
scoring 17 seconds later to make the
score 4-3.
e proximity stayed status quo until
Mia Puccio pounced on a rebound and
found the net with 3:23 left in the half.
Of course, Pelham stayed on point by
scoring with 42 seconds left in the half
and again 90 seconds after intermission.
A double shot by Panzirer at 21:34
and 20:48 gave John Jay another two-
goal edge, but Pelham was soon knock-
ing again. e Pelicans split the dif-
ference at 19:41 and the margin didn’t
budge for a full ve minutes.
Puccio would regain the two-goal
lead with her fourth on the afternoon,
and as it turned out, Pelham’s next goal
at 13:03 ended the cycle. e Wolves
scored four of the next ve, and the 3-1
record the girls headed home with de -
nitely has the team headed true north.
is week, the Wolves travel to Hor-
ace Greeley and Lakeland.
THURSDAY, MAY 13, 2021 LEISURE THE KATONAH LEWISBORO TIMES PAGE 19
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1. Large, flightless birds 15. Swiss river
5. Lifts and moves heavy 27. You get one at the beach 45. Basics 17. Fleet
objects 18. Taxi
10. Hyundai sedan 28. U.S. founding father 48. Part of a door 21. Working class
12. Wear away by erosion 23. More (Spanish)
14. Arranged alphabetically 30. W. Australia indigenous 50. Indicates silence 24. High schoolers’ test
16. Top prosecutor 27. Large heavily built goat
18. __-de-sac: Short dead- people 52. Moved quickly on foot antelope
end street 29. Murdered in his bathtub
19. Digital audiotape 31. Amounts of time 53. Monetary units 32. Tease good-naturedly
20. Linguistics pioneer 34. Morsel
22. Singer DiFranco 33. Put on the shelf 55. A place to crash 35. Cause persistent
23. Arms of the sea resentment
25. Near-reach weapon 35. Russian dynasty member 56. Many subconsciousses 36. A radioactive element
(abbr.) 39. Perform in a play
37. City along the Elbe River 57. Group of countries 40. Witty remark: Bon __
43. A great place to kayak
38. A peninsula between the 58. About line of latitude 44. Conclude by reasoning
46. In an unfavorable way
Red Sea and the Persian 63. Female follower of 47. Complex of nerve
tissues (abbr.)
Gulf Bacchus 49. Machine for making
paper
40. Actor Damon 65. A dentist can treat it 51. Feline
54. Yugo’s hatchback
41. __ King Cole, musician 66. Dull brown fabrics 59. Check
60. Press against lightly
42. Company that rings 67. Int’l nonprofit 61. Wind-pollinated plants
62. __compoop
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BOYSTENNIS TRACK AND FIELD
Wolves have bright spots John Jay falls
in 0-3 week to Somers
BY RICH MONETTI Simon and Max Chen defeated On Tuesday, May 4, John Jay hosted Somers at Contest Field,
and the Tuskers swept the meets on the boys and girls side. e
CONTRIBUTING WRITER Ben Cohen and Luke Weiser (6- boys fell short, 46-40, while the girls were left behind, 63-28.
4, 6-3) to take the match, 4-3. Still, Andrew Lucassen won the 100M for the boys, and Aya
Schwartz nished rst in a dead heat with Lindsay Gill in the
John Jay’s boy tennis team Nonetheless, the bright spots 100M. On the long view, Max Goodman won the 1600 at 4:38,
Lily Carey won 1500 with a 5:17 and Lily O’Shaughnessy won the
opened their season with a vic- were there. Brandwein and Ian steeplechase. In addition, freshman Zach Walerys got his varsity
career o on a good foot by winning the 400M.
tory over Yorktown but last week Ferman took their doubles set
In tandem, Christian Shapiro, Kyle Wortman, Austin Zac-
two yielded three losses. So, all (6-3, 6-1) and did so with a plan. cagnino, and Zach Walerys won the 4x100 relay in 49.5, and Lu-
cassen and Schwartz won the long jumps.
Coach Mark Passman could do “We noticed they were play-
John Jay was scheduled to face Harrison on Tuesday, May 11, at
was resign himself to patience. ing really close to the net,” Fer- home. e Wolves have the Nanuet Relays on Saturday, May 15.
“We have quite a few young man said. “So that meant it was –Rich Monetti
players who just need some easy to lob them, and it ended up Lily O’Shaughnessy
on the steeplechase
more match experience,” said working out for us.”
PHOTO: RICH MONETTI
the coach. Henry Pojednic and Tim
Still, the Monday, May 3, Cronin also took their doubles
match against Pelham at home match (3-6, 6-3, 10-7), but the
did start on the upside. e top match of the day belonged to
of his roster saw Oybek Askarov Dylan Scott. A marathon that
win a hard-fought victory (7-6, ran almost two hours, the victo-
3-6, 10-8) over James Halvor- ry (7-6, 6-7, 10-8) played more
son. PHOTO: RICH MONETTI like a chess match for the John
“It was a very tough three Oybek Askarov
Jay eighth-grader. e young
sets,” Askarov said afterward. upstart patiently kept the ball
e rest of the singles side saw in play and ran his opponent
Dylan Scott defeat Luca Den- wein and Jack Shapiro lost (3-6, ragged by design.
nison (7-6, 6-1) while Jordan 7-5, 14-12) to Matteo Dennison “I like to make the other play-
Fiderer fell (7-6, 6-4) to Matt and Jonah Sherbansky. er miss and wear them down,”
McCormick. ursday had John Jay losing Scott said.
However, all four doubles at home to Eastchester, while is week, Scott and the rest
teams were swept, and the clos- Friday at Fox Lane came down of the team will look to put
est John Jay came was another to the wire. All the other match- Somers, Harrison, Byram Hills,
super tiebreaker. Martin Brand- es competed, the Foxes’ Cole and Yorktown on the run, too.
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BOYS LACROSSE
John Jay goes 2-1 on the week
BY RICH MONETTI Mahopac gave John Jay their rst Mahopac took the lead at 7:44,
CONTRIBUTING WRITER win since last taking the eld two but Luca Duva’s goal at 4:46
years ago. of the second began a ve-goal
e boys lacrosse season got Ryan Brennan got John Jay on onslaught. Brennan added two
o to a pretty rough start with the board rst at 4:02 of the rst, more and Savastano, Duva, and
a 15-3 loss to Bronxville. e and he was joined 82 seconds Chris DiChiara got one each
Wolves had a much better show- later by Nick Savastano’s breach. before Savastano ended the
ing in a 7-3 loss to Scarsdale a But Mahopac was up to the task, score sheet for the victory.
few days later, and on Monday, and two goals by Mike Harney e Wolves also took the eld
May 3, the boys kept the grove had the score tied with 10:45 left pretty hot out of the gate on
going. A 9-4 home victory over in the half. Wednesday, May 5. But so did
visiting Lakeland, and a erce
rst half back and forth had
both crowds on edge.
After Lakeland scored rst, a
determined Savastano weaved
and worked until he found an
open lane to tie the score at 1-1
with 7:47 left in the rst.
e tie gave way at 7:11, but PHOTOS: RICH MONETTI
convenience was not on John Aidan Koff in goal
Jay’s mind. From behind the
net, Luca Duva found a cutting mission with a 4-4 tie. Unfortu- Hufnagel took care of that
Kyle Petschek at 5:28 and the nately, Hufnagel didn’t take long at 6:42 and again two minutes
tie was on again. to answer the bell and scored later. e 7-4 lead was 9-5 at the
Lakeland’s next goal proved ten seconds in. end of the third, and the Wolves
foreboding, though. Conor Still, the script hadn’t diverged could not turn the tide in the
Hufnagel scored the rst of his yet, and John Jay goalie Aidan 12-6 loss.
four goals, and Lakeland had a Ko had a big hand in staying e Wolves did rebound on
3-2 lead with 3:57 left in the around. In one sequence, the se- Saturday, though. ey traveled
rst. nior goalie had four remarkable to Horace Greeley, trounced the
Lakeland extended the lead at saves, but despite the stonewall, Quakers, 14-1, and this week
11:01, but goals by Petschek and John Jay could not turn defense take a 2-3 record to Pleasant-
Luca Duva is defended by Conor Hufnagel of Lakeland. Duva sent the teams into inter- into o ense. ville, Byram Hills, and Rye.
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Trader Joe’s is coming to Yorktown
BY BRIAN MARSCHHAUSER the shopping center’s western- but plans always called for ad- just 50 spaces compared to the der a con dentiality agreement
EDITOR most parcel, which has been un- ditional tenants at the property,
der construction since January. which is owned by Breslin Realty, 122 for a restaurant. Ultimately, with the tenant. But he did say
One of the worst-kept secrets a Garden City-based developer.
in Westchester was con rmed Trader Joe’s, a privately owned Starbucks and AAA opened this the new plans have 541 spaces, that the building is on track to be
late last month when plans sub- California-based chain of spe- year in a newly constructed build-
mitted to Yorktown’s Building cialty grocery stores, has been on ing, with Slice Pizza expected to which is 44 fewer than originally completed early next year, with
Department revealed that Trader the wish list of many Northern join them.
Joe’s is indeed the mysterious Westchester residents for years. approved but 27 more than re- an opening date possible in the
“specialty grocer” coming to the e parcel closest to Old
Lowe’s shopping center on Route e nearest Trader Joe’s locations Crompond Road was approved quired by town code. second quarter of 2022.
202 near the Taconic State Park- are in Hartsdale and Danbury, for a 7,600-square-foot building.
way. Connecticut. However, Breslin Realty returned e revised plans were ap- e town’s supervisor is eagerly
to the Planning Board late in
e publicly available docu- “I think we’re so excited that, 2019 and asked for an expansion proved by the Yorktown Plan- awaiting that day.
ments were rst obtained by once again, we’re attracting a to accommodate a “specialty gro-
Yorktown News, sister paper of national brand to the town of cer”—igniting more than a year’s ning Board in December, but “I remember when a couple of
Yorktown,” said Town Supervi- worth of speculation.
e Katonah-Lewisboro Times, sor Matt Slater. “It’s a big boost Breslin Realty has kept quiet years ago we heard from the busi-
through a Freedom of Informa- to our local community. It’s a big e original plans called for
tion request. boost to our economy. And it’s 585 parking spaces in the shop- about the identity of the grocer. ness community that this wasn’t
something we’ve heard time and ping center, but that gure was
Leaving no doubt, the time again from residents that based on an anticipated restau- Robert Rosenberg, vice presi- a possibility,” Slater said. “Here it
plans plainly state that Trader this was something they wanted rant use in the Trader Joe’s build-
Joe’s will be the tenant of the here.” ing. e grocery store use requires dent of development for Breslin is, and I think it’s more proof that
12,500-square-foot building on
Lowe’s was approved in 2016, Realty, told Yorktown News on Yorktown can attract these big
Monday that his company is un- national brands.”
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