The Somers Record 10.20.2022

Vol. 11 No. 28 Visit TapIntoSomers.net for the latest news. Thursday, October 20, 2022

The community came out to Reis Park on
Oct. 16 for the Somers Library Foundation’s
10th Annual 5K Trail Run and Family Fun
PHOTO: ROB DISTASIO Run. See more pictures on page 18!

Somers moves towards ‘land swap’ at Angle Fly

BY CAROL REIF elds at Angle Fly, a move that called “swap” drew huzzahs from so long to untangle the amended has “more to do.”
STAFF WRITER would otherwise be prohibited Town Board members at their conservation easement from all e resolution allowing Scor-
on protected open land. the red tape.
While there are still a few ursday, Oct. 13 meeting. rano to execute the easement
bureaucratic hurdles to jump, What the town hopes to ac- It was way back in 2012 that at dampened just a tad of modi cation agreement was
the long-awaited Angle Fly complish is a change in the the town proposed the changes. the enthusiasm in the room. “All passed unanimously.
Preserve “land swap” has nally 14.240-acre Parcel E’s designa- right, I’m taking back my cheer,”
scored a signi cant victory. tion as an “Athletic Field Area” e pact now has to go back quipped Councilman Tom Gar- Once the documents come
to an “Open Space Recreation up the chain of command to the rity. back from the county and state,
Last week, Somers Supervisor Area” and the 11.092-acre Parcel county and DEC folks for their Somers is hoping to wrap up the
Rob Scorrano was authorized A’s from an “Open Space Recre- sign-o s. Scorrano felt the board’s pain paperwork during the rst quar-
to execute a conservation ease- ation Area” to an “Athletic Field but was optimistic. ter of the coming scal year, he
ment modi cation agreement Area.” “It goes from here to the coun- added.
between the town, county, and ty, where the last time it got lost “It’s not o cial, but we are
state Department of Environ- It seems like a pretty simple for a long time. And from the moving in the right direction. When the elds project will
mental Conservation. matter, but apparently, nothing’s county, it’s got to go back to the come to fruition could be an-
that easy when government is in DEC, where the original docu- e ball is proceeding forward,” other call altogether.
e original easement allowed play. ments never surfaced again,” said he said, reassuringly.
for the development of athletic Town Attorney Roland Baroni According to the DEC, the
News of progress with the so- reminding folks why it’s taken Promising that his o ce will
not drop that ball, the supervisor SEE SWAP PAGE 6
acknowledged that the town still

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LEISURE 28
OPINION 10
SPORTS 20

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Thursday, October 20, 2022 The Somers Record – Page 3

New Athletic Director takes the helm at SHS

A solid sports program, amaz- cessful  athletic  program to work building session with a West Point

ing coaches and student-athletes, with, Hattem said his goals are educator to work on team chemis-

and steadfast support at every more about growing accountability, try, team culture, and preemptive

turn makes it easy for Marc Hat- support, and opportunity for his problem solving. More sessions

tem to embrace his new role student-athletes.  with winter and spring captains are

as Somers High School’s Athletic “I am looking to increase the scheduled. 

Director. He said it has been a accountability for athletes in the “In all of our programs, we want

tremendously positive experience classroom; to always remind them a positive culture where are stu-

thus far, and is grateful for the sup- that they are students rst,” Hat- dents are not only great athletes

port that is coming from every di- tem said. “I want to maintain the but show kindness, accountability

rection. level of excellence in this program. and great integrity both on and o

Hattem, who has been Our teams are successful at an the eld,”he said

in  Somers  for seven years, began extremely high rate with 20 kids Hattem also wants to build on

as a physical education teacher heading to Division I, Division II, the success of the Student Athlete

at  Somers  Intermediate School and Division III college programs Council and have student-athletes

and then moved over to the high each year. I am not looking to participate in a Future Leaders

school where he coached var- change the culture, but to ll any Club open to all students to learn

sity girls basketball and was Dean holes that could make things better important leadership skills on and

of Students. He replaced long for the kids.”  o the eld.

time  Athletic  Director  Roman So far, Hattem has instituted the

Catalino who o cially retired at new Captains’ Club this fall. Fall Article provided by Somers Central

the end of last year.  sports team captains had a suc- School District.  Marc Hattem

With an already incredibly suc- cessful rst leadership and team-

Somers reaches decision on Best Plumbing propositions

BY CAROL REIF Best Plumbing Tile the restrictions encumbered it “in that some delivery trucks or retail at situation was resolved with
STAFF WRITER & Stone moved to terms of operating our business customers unfamiliar with the area the installation of a tra c light,
Somers in 2007. and for (the) potential use of that often wind up on their dead-end Scorrano explained later.
Somers has turned down Best property should be decided we street by mistake and have to make
Plumbing Tile & Stone’s bid to PHOTO: BOB DUMAS need the additional hours.” a U-turn. Best tried to solve the Now Best can have trucking ac-
expand its warehouse and principal problem by giving incoming truck tivity between 7:30 a.m. and its 5
business hours. Plumbing took over the former Several folks who live on nearby drivers its GPS address. p.m. closing.
Guerlain perfume factory on Whitlock Court turned out at the
e business appealed to the Route 138 (Goldens Bridge Road) hearing to say that the Weiners On ursday, Oct. 13, the Town “It’s not an issue,”he added.
Town Board last summer to lift across from John F. Kennedy have been “good neighbors.”How- Board voted unanimously to adopt e town denied Best’s request
several restrictions on its special Catholic Preparatory School. ever, they said, they were still vehe- a resolution granting Best’s request
use permit, which had taken e ect mently opposed to the proposed to build – subject to a site plan to change its warehouse and o ce
in 2010. e family-run business was changes. being approved by the Planning operations from Monday through
sold last year to Hajoca Corp., a Board – a 40-foot-by-87-foot con- Friday to Monday through Satur-
In a June letter to Supervi- private wholesale distributor of Chief among their concerns was crete pad and a 15-foot-by-102- day.
sor Rob Scorrano, general manager plumbing, heating, and industrial potential noise associated with ex- foot driveway on the southwest
Jonas Weiner described Best as a supplies, said to be “the largest” in tended hours.  side of the building. It also kiboshed a bid to change
“vital part of the Somers commu- North America. Weiner still owns the warehouse hours from 6 a.m.to
nity.” the Somers property and the new ey also cited ongoing tra c e pad would allow for the 6 p.m. to 5 a.m. to 6 p.m. and the
owners have signed a 16-year lease. safety issues. Neighbors claimed outdoor storage of pipes. principal business (o ce) hours
“We are a major tax contributor, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. to 7 a.m. to
continue to participate in com- Telling the town at a public Another caveat is that outdoor 5 p.m.
munity projects, and have donat- hearing in July that he thought activities remain restricted to 7:30
ed plumbing xtures to those in Best had managed “to be a good a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through e other conditions outlined
need,”he wrote. neighbor,” Weiner asserted that Fridays and are “consistent” with in the 2010 permit “remain in full
the allowed trucking activity. force and e ect,” the resolution
Like many other businesses, stated.
Best has “struggled”in the past two e town also agreed to remove
years, Weiner added, calling the certain restrictions on trucking ac- Scorrano noted that Best can
current restrictions “burdensome.” tivity. Before, Best wasn’t allowed come back at some point with an-
to let delivery trucks in and out be- other request.
It has other showrooms in tween 7:40 a.m. and 8:15 a.m.
Westchester and Fair eld counties, “We want to be business-friend-
but its only warehouse is located in at was because it might have ly, but also conscious of the neigh-
Somers. interfered with busing and other bors’ concerns. is helps them a
vehicular activity at the high school little bit,”he said.
Founded in 1960 by Weiner’s across the street.
parents,  Mel and Adele, Best When reached at his o ces on
Monday, Oct. 17, Weiner declined
to comment.

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SWAP tional acres.” hart, when the 654-acre preserve “the biggest tent” possible, he solved the eld project’s terrain
FROM PAGE 1
at results in “a larger contig- o Route 139 (Primrose Street) recalled. and accessibility problems, but

uous area of undisturbed lands” was rst coming together there Parks and recreation folks some local folks fretted it was

proposed swap does not alter the aarneda“sohfifwtselCdl-eevosetlnaobpnlmisehenecdt ftrhioacmbiutaantt was a lot of local interest in “ac- weighed in with a request for too close to the historic Mount
purposes of or a ect the per- tive” recreation. athletic elds. Zion Methodist Church and its
petual nature of the easement. face & bodyto an area with a history of site ( e land trust manages An- burial grounds.
It also complies with all policies, In 2006, the DEC acquired
disturbance whose natural habi- gle Fly, the Rhinoceros Creek a conservation easement of 370 ( e white clapboard structure

regulations, and laws. tat is not yet established,” DEC Reservation, and an as-yet- acres in Somers, a portion of is the oldest surviving Method-

It will “bene t” conservation sta concluded after reviewing unnamed 50-acre preserve o lands formally known as the ist church in Westchester. It was

e orts because it reduces the the request. Warren Street.) Eagle River property. built by Micajah Wright, great-

number of acres available for the In order that all town stake- at was part of a larger con- grandfather of Caroline Wright

development of athletic elds A COMPROMISE? holders felt they were part of servation e ort. Reis – a local benefactress after

from 14 to 11, “thus conserving According to Somers Land “the investment,” Somers of- e underlying fee title to the whom the park is named.)

natural habitat on three addi- Trust president Michael Barn- cials knew they had to make 370 acres was acquired jointly by As an environmentalist, Barn-

the town and county. hart said he wasn’t thrilled about

GRAND OPENING SPECIAL OFFER! Meanwhile, the New York Plan B either, but conceded the
City Department of Envi- Reis Park site could be “the less-
ronmental Protection (DEP) er of two evils.”

bought an adjacent 269-acre He added that he hopes that

parcel near the Amawalk Res- there will be enough of a natural

ervoir. bu er between the church and

e Angle Fly ows into the the athletic elds so that pretty

Muscoot Reservoir. Both reser- view isn’t compromised.

voirs are part of the Croton Wa-

Connecticut tershed System. BEHIND THE SCENES
An additional 14.2 acres were Part of the Angle Fly Preserve
face & body
purchased for the preserve by the was formerly known as the Ea-
town, which was contemplat- gle River property.

175 East Main Street • Mount Kisco, NY 10549 ing building recreational elds, a Still there is a late 18th-centu-
parking area, and a community ry to early 19th-farmhouse that

$75 for center, the DEC said. belonged to the Reynolds fam-

e community center idea ily. At last check, the town was

was eventually scrapped as too renovating it for a caretaker’s

or expensive. cottage in the hopes of tamping

a 60-minute massage a 60-minute facial Known as Parcel E, that piece down vandalism and trespassing

was located behind and above a at Angle Fly.

NOCWonnetchticruot ugh November 15th! nursing home o Route 100. Reynolds’s descendants even-
Callftaocdea&y tboosdchyedule your treCoantnmecteicnutt (Mary Beth Murphy was town tually sold the land to a wealthy
at over 30% o regulafarcper&icbeosd. y banker who built a mansion that
supervisor at the time. e spot was later purchased by sporting
was suggested by then-Council- goods tycoon Warner Orvis.
man Paul Meyer, Barnhart said.)
Orvis’s daughter lived in the
However, the landlocked ter-

914-218-3439 rain was di cult to access. It stately but aging manse until the
would have required using bull- 1960s. After a failed stint as a
Appointments required • www.ctfaceandbody.com dozers to create a road. hunting and shing club, it was
sold to developers.
at alone would have had

“a major impact” on the envi- By 1976, Primrose Associates

ronmentally sensitive meadows had built and furnished eight

there, said Barnhart. model homes and a sales o ce

“ e more I thought about it, for a proposed 1,264-unit condo

the less I liked it,” he recalled. complex that was to be called

In 2012, the town proposed Primrose Farms. A decade or so

amending the conservation later, with that project dead in

easement so it could exchange, the water, they instead proposed

MEDICATION or “swap,” the 14.2 acres of pre- downsizing the project to 278
serve land earmarked for athletic homes.

TAKEBACKe eld use for an 11-acre parcel In 1997, the land was sold

designated for open space rec- to another company, which,

reation, next to Reis Park o after renaming it Eagle River,
Route 139.
D A Y e new location would have SEE SWAP PAGE 7

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safe disposal. Sharps are not accepted.
Rob Scorrano
Somers Police Department 100 Primrose St. (Route 139)
For questions, contact Kathy Cucchiarella Somers Supervisor
[email protected]

Thursday, October 20, 2022 The Somers Record – Page 7

SWAP planned to build 108 homes. e at some point, the developers ( ey’ve become an attrac- by the town have included tear-
Orvis mansion and the Reyn- walked away, leaving the model tive nuisance for generations of ing the dangerous structures
FROM PAGE 6 olds house were to be razed. But homes to rot. Somers teens. Options discussed down.)

The town hopes to change the designation of Parcels A and E. IMAGE COURTESY OF NY DEC In 2000, local voters approved
an open space acquisition bond
and the town formed an Open
Space Committee to identify
places in need of preservation.
Angle Fly, the largest remaining
tract of open land in the county,
topped the list.

Now the eastern side of the pre-
serve is jointly owned by the town
and county. e western side be-
longs to the city’s DEP because it’s
part of the watershed that drains
into the Muscoot Reservoir. e
state retains a conservation ease-
ment for the entire property.

e preserve is bordered by
Routes 35 and 100. Its north-
eastern edge bumps up against
Reis Park and its southwestern
portion by Lasdon Park, a public
park with gardens and an arbo-
retum.

Named for Angle Fly, a vi-
brant stream where brook trout
spawn, the hilly, heavily-wooded
preserve is a beloved scenic re-
source smack in the center of the
town. It provides critical habitat
for birds, turtles, salamanders,
deer, bobcats, fox, wild turkeys,
beavers, and a ton of other wild-
life.

Humans get to hike, cross-
country ski, bird watch, and gen-
erally enjoy nature there too.

SOMERS MARKET UPDATE IT HAS BEEN A
RECORD-BREAKING
SEPTEMBER 2022 19 YEAR IN SOMERS

39 ACTIVE HOMES FOR SALE IF YOUR PLANS CALL FOR
SELLING OR SHOPPING
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SINGLE FAMILY PLEASE FEEL FREE TO
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FROM 2021 FROM 2021 I'M HERE TO HELP.

137 122 DONNA O'CONNELL
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$766,723 $522,569

AVERAGE SALE PRICE AVERAGE SALE PRICE

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FROM 2021 FROM 2021

Source: OKMLS, single family & condominium, in-contract, sold & median sale price, 01/01/2022 - 09/30/2022 as compared to 01/01/2021 - 09/30/2021, Somers school district.

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