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Published by Halston Media, 2022-05-31 14:09:41

North Salem News 06.02.2022

North Salem’s only weekly newspaper mailed to every home and business.

Vol. 8 No. 12 Visit TapIntoNorthSalem.net for the latest news. Thursday, June 2, 2022

Grand Milton’s at
Prix! Hygrade
Market opens
Five-time Olympian McLain Ward, for business
aboard his Olympic and World Cup Finals
partner HH Azur, returned to Old Salem BY CAROL REIF
Farm to defend their title in the Empire STAFF WRITER
State Grand Prix. Read more on page 14!
Take 1 cup of capability. Add a dash of deter-
mination, a pinch of persistence, and sprinkle
liberally with heart and good humor, and what
do you have?

Milton and Karen Ramirez hope it’s a recipe
for success.

e Carmel couple recently held a soft launch

SEE MILTON’S PAGE 3

PHOTO: TABITHA PEARSON MARSHALL PHOTOS: CAROL REIF

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BALANCED ROCK 2 FAREWELL
BUSINESS & REAL ESTATE 27
CLASSIFIEDS 26 Senior Tiger Sendo
LEGAL NOTICES 25 pg 18
LEISURE 24
OPINION 10
SPORTS 18

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Food for Folk

Folkways owners unveil new wine pairing project

PHOTOS COURTESY OF NATALIE MARIE GEHRELS BY CAROL REIF new project, Food for Folk. mestible providers and the lucky organic, and eco-conscious pro-
STAFF WRITER e initiative aims to support folks who buy their wares. duction.”
Folkways owners Jonas Andersen and
Natalie Marie Gehrels As connoisseurs know, and promote small, local, and Gehrels said ursday that Chaseholm Farm in Colum-
matching the right vino with conscientious farmers and mak- she hopes the new gambit will bia County is helmed by Sarah
the right food dish can enhance ers by providing a weekly pick- “create conversations around Chase and her brother Rory.
the whole gustatory experience. up point for their customers. food.”
e dairy operation, built
Now one Croton Falls wine On the table will be organic She envisions people hanging upon principles of sustainable
and spirits store has come up and environmentally-friendly out in the shop’s tasting room agriculture, is certi ed organic
with its own version of the pair- breads, cheeses, produce, fer- after picking up their focaccias, and their bovines have been 100
ing process. ments, dairy products, meats, yogurt, or veggies and perhaps percent grass-fed since 2017.
and owers. sharing a few recipes.
Folkways owners  Natalie is creates delicious cheeses,
Marie Gehrels and Jonas An- e shop will not be making According to Gehrels and she said.
dersen last week unveiled their money and transactions will be Andersen, the “three stellar lo-
conducted exclusively by the co- cal purveyors” focus on “ ne, SEE FOLKWAYS PAGE 6

MILTON’S re ected in his cooking style. such as iron trusses, tin ceilings, Milton Ramirez is fulfilling his dream of owning a restaurant.
ere are juicy burgers, ta- and egg-and-dart molding.
FROM PAGE 1 PHOTOS: CAROL REIF Warm, clean decor including
cos, autas (crispy, rolled-up Ted Daros Jr., a North Salem Ramirez and Jules F. Have been recycled wood tables and stainless
for their eatery – Milton’s tortillas stu ed with chicken or re ghter and co-owner of a serving happy patrons since the steel countertops give the shop a
at Hygrade Market – in a beef ),  gluten-free empanadas, local heating oil/propane com- store’s soft opening on May 21. unique feel.
100-year-old plus building in quesadillas, nachos, calamari in pany, popped in Tuesday for a
Croton Falls. marinara sauce, and gourmet cup of Joe.
sandwiches. Asked about his new neigh-
ey share the newly reno- bors, he said: “I love it. I love it.
vated space with two other Quick bites include Bu alo Convenient. So glad it’s open
enterprises: Parker Mercantile, chicken wings and mozzarella again. Everything I’ve had here
which bills itself as an artisanal sticks. has been really good. I highly
general store, and a soon-to-be recommend it.”
up-and-pouring craft beer tap- Kiddie-sized portions are
room. available as well. e Reuben sandwich is his
favorite – so far. “It was deli-
Curious locals who had their ey do all sorts of eggs, from cious,” Daros said, noting that
noses pressed up against the omelets to scrambled to fried. Milton’s is carving its own niche
glass of 10 Front St. during its without directly competing
long transformation were more ere are bagels, mu ns, and against other Croton Falls eat-
than thrilled when its doors - other baked treats. eries, such as a long-established
nally opened on Saturday, May pizzeria and a sit-down dinner
21. Several salads are on o er, in- place.
cluding “ e Hygrade,” which
e two-story building, lo- consists of arugula, mango, avo- Meanwhile, his wife has dis-
cated right across from the train cado, and red onions, and “Kar- covered Libby Parker’s hand-
station, started out as the site of en’s Salad” a healthy medley of crafted temptations, which
the Whitlock Brothers general mixed greens, chickpeas, beets, range from jewelry, antiques,
store during the Civil War. red onion, cherry tomatoes, and and chocolates to snazzy dog
avocado. collars, wooden puzzles, and
It eventually became a market tee-shirts she designed.
and, in its most recent iteration, And then there’s the organic
it was known as Gordon’s Deli- co ee sourced from places like “She bought a few things,” he
Café.  South Africa and  Guatemala. said, a ably.
(Milton’s makes its own blends.)
“Everybody who’s stopped ey both thought it was
in has told us how happy they In keeping with its history as “very nice,” Daros said, adding
are that Hygrade’s come back a food market, Milton’s has milk that he loved “the vibe. It’s old-
to life,” Milton Ramirez told and eggs for sale. Ramirez plans school looking.”
North Salem News last week. to expand that with fresh pro-
duce and other staples. Snacks “We’re very glad to see that
at includes the building’s and ice cream for little munch- it’s open. It’s been a long time
owners, Tom and Dawn Chris- kins are also on the horizon. coming,” he added.
topher, who put in a lot of sweat
equity to get the show on the e industrial décor is spare Ramirez started out as a line
road. (A grand opening is set for and clean, but warm at the same cook and chef, but it’s always
some time in June. Stay tuned.) time. e tables are made of re- been his “dream” to have his
cycled wood that looks like it own restaurant.
“We’re so excited,” said might have come from an old-
Dawn, the former owner of a timey workshop. e poured Based on the positive re-
nearby wine shop. concrete oors are polished, and views he’s gotten thus far, the
the countertops made of gleam- 34-year-old dad of two is op-
e Christophers still oper- ing stainless steel. timistic.
ate Lift Trucks, a project space
and artist studio right around Besides Christopher’s col- “Hopefully, everything goes
the corner. orful depictions of New York well,” he said, ashing his fa-
City skyscrapers, there are vin- mous smile.
Several of Tom’s own paint- tage signs advertising simply
ings now grace the walls of “Lunch,” and, puzzling enough, GOOD TO KNOW
Milton’s new enterprise, a place “Co ee 5 cents an hour.” Located at 10 Front St.,
to grab goodies and go to enjoy
dine-in noshing. Its vibe is modern, but the Croton Falls, N.Y., Milton’s at
space’s history hasn’t been for- Hygrade Market will be open
So what’s on the menu? gotten. seven days a week from 6 a.m.
“A little bit of everything,” to 8 p.m. It can be reached at
Ramirez said. Both historical preservation (914) 617-8235.
He likes good food and that’s fans, the Christophers uncov-
ered a ton of architectural details

Page 4 – North Salem News Thursday, June 2, 2022

School districts tighten
security in the wake of
Texas school shooting

BY CAROL REIF students deserve to be safe and of the victims.” PHOTO: TOM WALOGORSKY
STAFF WRITER feel safe at school, and WCPD e Sandy Hook Elementary
works closely with school of- Westchester County police added more patrols at area schools after
In response to the May 24 mass School shooting, also known as the tragedy in Uvalde, Texas.
shooting of 19 children and two cials to maintain that environ- the Newtown shooting, hap-
adults at an elementary school ment every day.” pened in December 2021. ere, to ensure everyone was given the school shootings and shootings
in Uvalde, Texas, Westchester a lone gunman left 20 children
County police boosted patrols at Patrols and campus security and six adults dead. “age-appropriate resources they in general have become all too
Somers, North Salem, and other were also increased at Bedford
districts where they have School and Mount Kisco schools. In the Texas case, authorities need.” common, and with each incident,
Resource O cers. have identi ed the shooter at
Meanwhile, school o cials re- the Robb Elementary School, as Somers already has in place we feel an increased sense of an-
ere will also be additional acted to the tragedy with heart- 18-year-old Salvador Ramos. He
emergency service units deployed felt messages to their communi- was shot and killed by police at “many preventative safety mea- ger, disbelief, and grief.”
to supplement the safety and se- ties. the scene.
curity provided by the SROs, it sures,” he said, adding that emer- Safety and security of students,
announced last week. Somers schools Superinten- Blanch wanted families to
dent Dr. Raymond Blanch, call- know that the district was pre- gency plans have been honed and faculty, and sta remain the
“We hope the additional steps ing the shootings “horri c and pared to support students – and
we are taking will help reduce heartbreaking,” wrote that it “no sta – “in any way possible as students and sta regularly prac- district’s top priority, Freeston
any anxiety related to the horri c doubt brings up strong emo- they process this tragedy.”
school shooting in Texas. Our tions for many, as well as painful tice emergency response proce- promised.
memories, given our proximity to Counselors and administra-
Sandy Hook, Conn., and the age tors were taking “proactive steps” dures. “It is events like these that

“We are constantly looking for reinforce the need for us all to

ways to improve,” Blanch noted. remain vigilant,” he said, noting

Parents were advised to keep that the district’s Safety Team

an eye on their child’s emotional and Administrative Council

state and to alert their child’s work closely with the local and

teacher, school counselor, or county police to “review and re-

building principal if they needed ne these plans based on evolv-

“extra support.” ing best practices.”

North Salem schools Super- He also pointed to the in-

intendent Dr. Kenneth Freeston creased police presence, saying

wrote Wednesday that the entire “high visibility” patrols are being

community is “deeply saddened conducted “out of an abundance

by the events that occurred at of caution” and will support the

Robb Elementary School in e orts of the district’s SRO.

Uvalde, Texas, yesterday.” School counselors and psy-

“While this tragic event oc- chologists are available to meet

curred nearly 2,000 miles from with children needing extra sup-

our North Salem community, port.

it resonates so close to home. Freeston encouraged folks with

ere are so many similarities to questions and concerns to reach

what transpired yesterday to that out to their child’s principal.

which occurred at Sandy Hook “We must continue to work to-

Elementary School on Decem- gether as a school community to

ber 14, 2012,” he said in the ensure a safe school environment

message, adding: “Unfortunately, for everyone,” Freeston said.

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FROM PAGE 2
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Thursday, June 2, 2022 North Salem News – Page 5

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FOLKWAYS and pork along with an array of forgoes “commercial concerns as well as seasonally in uenced unique houseware, handcrafted
FROM PAGE 3
other goods, any of which can be of speed and convenience,” and focaccias and a variety of loaves drinking vessels and “conver-

ordered through its online store instead favors using traditional baked with everything from sation-prompting publications

e farm practices regenerative and picked up at Folkways once a methods and ingredients to cre- fruits to cheeses. from around the world,” Gehrels

agriculture by never using any month starting on Tuesday, June ate her bread. eir breads can be picked up said.

synthetic fertilizer, herbicides, or 21. Scott’s baking style is “sophis- at Folkways every Wednesday It also o ers programs and

pesticides and instead “allowing Goodies from Idyllwild Bread, ticated but approachable,” and all between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. tastings throughout the year and

the natural ecology of the farm- a micro-bakery created by Beth her breads are “made with only Pickups will be accompanied has online ordering and free local

scape to take center stage,” Geh- Mans eld Scott and located in the highest quality ingredients,” by a wine tasting. delivery to Westchester, Putnam,

rels noted. northern Westchester, will be she added. Folkways has also joined the and Fair eld counties.

Chaseholm will o er a range available starting Wednesday, Idyllwild o ers both more Community Supported Agri-

of dairy products like milk, June 8. typical breads like sourdough or culture program (CSA) at Deep GOOD TO KNOW

cheese, and yogurt, plus beef According to Gehrels, Scott rye made in the traditional style, Roots Farm. Folkways is located at 3 Front

Stormie and Scott O’Rourke’s Street in Croton Falls.  Online

farm, located in Copake, grows orders can be placed at  www.

over a hundred varieties of fruits, folkwayswines.com  or by phone

vegetables, and herbs. It also sells at (914) 276-0116. For updates

cut owers and ferments. on inventory and programming,

e couple is “committed to please follow @folkways.wines.

organic, ethical and sustainable Orders for Chaseholm Farms

farming practices,” Gehrels said. can be placed at their online

Signups for shares in the 26- store for monthly pickups at

week CSA close on Sunday, June Folkways  https://sarahchase.

5. grazecart.com/

Members can pick up their Orders for Idyllwild Bread

stu at Folkways from 4-7 p.m. can be placed on their website

starting on Wednesday, June 8. It by Sunday for weekly Wednes-

runs through the end of October. day pickups 4-7 p.m.  at Folk-

Folkways, located in a cir- ways https://idyllwildbread.com/

ca-1917 former train station on Signups for shares in the CSA

Front Street, opened last January. close on June 5, and members

It features lesser-known grape can pick up their produce in

varieties and bottles from atypi- the store every week starting on

cal wine regions and focuses on Wednesday, June 8 from 4-7pm

“conscientious winemakers from at Folkways.https://www.deep-

small production vineyards.” rootsfarmny.com/order-csa

Along with a selection of spir- For further information please

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Page 8 – North Salem News Thursday, June 2, 2022
Angelo Puragliotti, Ellen Puragliotti, Karen
Kansky, and Judith de Toth enjoying a night out. Lions
raise
$60k for
Friends
of Karen

Community

picks a

winner at

Everyone was a winner at Night at the Races. PHOTOS: CAROL REIF ‘Night at the
Races’
Tonya Kerins, Mike Kerins, and Gina Fitzsimons dressed for the occasion!

BY CAROL REIF
STAFF WRITER

Add Value As far as one local charity is
to Your Home concerned, the Somers Lions
Club is a real winner.
When we’re done, there is nothing left to do.
e organization and Lions
• Bathroom Remodeling • Kitchen Remodeling • Durable Vinyl Siding • Room Additions • Add-a-Levels • from other communities recent-
• Replacement Windows • General Carpentry • Basement Finishing • Painting • Interior Trim • Handy Man • ly held a “Night at the Races”
that pulled in $60,000 to help
Sero’s Contracting Friends of Karen, a nonpro t
North Salem-based organiza-
We specialize in targeted home improvements — both big and small — tion that supports the families
of children with life-threatening
to maximize your home’s value,comfort and beauty. illnesses.

Licensed & Insured • Local References • Brewster, NY • 845-216-1955 • 845-279-6977 • [email protected] More than 300 people at-
tended the fancy April 29 blow-
out at Villa Barone in Mahopac.
Featured were dining, dancing,
ra es, and, of course, virtual
horse races that folks could “bet”
on.

According to the event’s chair,
Vincent Papa, that’s only the be-
ginning.

Its parent organization, Lions
Club International, has pledged
to match any money the local
clubs raise for Friends of Karen.

With a year to hold them, the
Somers Lions and cohorts plan
several more fundraisers.

Executive Director Judith Fac-
tor said last week that Friends of
Karen hasn’t yet settled on the
exact project it will spend the
money on. But, she said, it will
likely involve the group’s head-
quarters on Titicus Road.

Whether that’s a brand-new
building or just an expansion
of the current facility and pro-
grams, she couldn’t say at this
point.

Factor and her team were
overjoyed with the results of the

SEE FUNDRAISER PAGE 9

Thursday, June 2, 2022 North Salem News – Page 9

Lois Hanley and Maureen Karoglania Kate Henry showing off her winnings.
trying their luck at the raffle.

PHOTOS: CAROL REIF

Denise D’Agostino, Vinny Papa, and Harry Petersen having a blast at Villa Barone.

Elena and Jason Hanis high-five!

FUNDRAISER “ ey really hit the mark on every lev-
FROM PAGE 8
el,” she said, noting that everything there

was “branded” for Friends of Karen and

Lions’ fundraising. the “enthusiasm” could barely be con-

“I don’t have enough thankful adjectives tained.

to describe how much we appreciate their e Lions are “just good, kind, caring

exceptional e orts,” she said ursday, people,” said Factor of the organization

May 19. whose motto is “We Serve.”

According to Factor, who was there her- e Lions not only raise money for

self, the crowd had a blast at “Night at the worthy causes, they “raise awareness,” she

Races.” claimed, adding: “ ey really are the best.”

Page 10 – North Salem News Opinion Thursday, June 2, 2022

Happily
Ever
After

Need for change And then I heard him laugh

I’d like to say that I can’t the scene came in to eat. I can really me who he loves… and In my whole adult life, I
then Ken jerked in his sleep as think I have fallen asleep that
believe we’re back here again. still remember the looks on JUST if he was stopping himself from quickly only a handful of times.
JO ANN falling o a cli .
And yet, I can. e last sev- their faces, people stronger and One night we both got into
JO ANN “You’re doing it again, Ken,” bed at exactly the same time. I
eral weeks have seen a senseless braver than I could ever hope to FRANCELLA I announced as I gently pushed leaned over to turn o the light
on his back. when I realized that I needed
mass shoot- be, clearly Over the years, I have to use the bathroom one more
marveled at how “Why did you wake me?” he time.
ing at a Tops shaken and quickly it takes Ken to asked.
fall asleep. Ok, I’m downright “Ken, don’t put your head on
supermarket EDITOR’S broken by jealous. Every single night “You think I woke you up?” I the pillow yet, I need to run to
in Bu alo, NOTE what they since we were married 45 years asked incredulously. “You’re the the bathroom for a minute and
and then at had seen ago, he will lay his head on his one jerking and snoring. I was I don’t want you to fall asleep
pillow and within seconds he is right in the middle of telling o before I get back.”
an elemen- TOM that day. asleep. my high school boyfriend.”
tary school in WALOGORSKY I attend- “Oh, come on. Can you hurry
Uvalde, Texas. Unfortunately, I must live my “Not that again!  at was 50 up please?”
ed college entire life over from birth to years ago. Didn’t you once tell
present day before I can even me that you can’t even remem- “I really must ask. How is it
Contrary to in Bu alo, think of falling asleep. Mean- ber his name?” possible that you fall asleep so
while, Ken at some point will quickly?”
every notion of and I still begin a rhythmic snore which “Umm, that’s true, but I really
drives me crazy.  e other night enjoy telling him o in my new “What kind of a question
my profession, have many I was reliving my teen years version of those events.” is that?” he asked. “When my
when my boyfriend was telling head hits the pillow I know it
I had to turn the news o . We friends that live there. After the me he wanted to date one of my “Didn’t you once tell me is time to sleep, so I just fall
friends, but this time instead of that you now imagine Johnny asleep.”
have gone through this too many May 14 shooting, I anxiously feeling horrible and just walk- Depp’s face on your ex’s body?”
ing away, I was really letting “Amazing, just amazing. Ok,
times. checked the list of victims. him have it. I told him it didn’t “Umm, once again, that’s I’ll be right back,” I said.
matter to me because I had true, but I only do that because
e purpose of my writing Between my wife and I, we stopped caring for him about he really looked like Ringo “You better hur……”
a month before, and I was just Starr with glasses.” I couldn’t believe my
this isn’t to get into gun con- have 10 nieces and nephews, biding my time until someone ears. Could he have possibly,
else came along. It’s wonderful I could hear that I was exas- incredulously fallen asleep as
trol or mental health debates. ranging in age from high school how creative and daring you can perating Ken and that he just he was just telling me to hurry
get 50 years later while trying wanted to get back to sleep. In up? And then I heard him
Personally, I believe the problem to kindergarten. My brother is a to fall asleep. Anyway, I was just the dark, I could sense him lay- laugh.
about to imagine him looking ing his head on his pillow once
incorporates some of both, but high school teacher in Vermont. hurt and begging me not to again and within seconds he [email protected]
leave him. He was also about was asleep.
there is no clear-cut answer or My thoughts immediately turn to tell me that his wandering
eye was a big mistake, and it is
easy x. What I do know, is this to them every time there is

has to stop. news of another school shoot-

e rst shooting during my ing.

lifetime occurred at Columbine, Our newspapers cover our

when I was a freshman in high school districts extensively, and

school. I watched the tragedy my reporters and I are a con-

unfold on the news after I came stant presence at school func-

home from track practice. I recall tions and sporting events. I have

the days after being very uneasy, gotten to know administrators,

as rumors of copycat incidents teachers and students. ey

spread around Brewster High should be worried about test

School. at was 23 years ago. scores, prom dates, and playo

e years that followed saw games, not lockdown drills and Fun Facts by Jo Ann

this happen again and again. In moments of silence.

2012, I worked as a bartender I am not an expert on mental

at a restaurant in Brook eld, health, nor am I quali ed to

CT, not far from Newtown. weigh in on gun rights. I am just The normal time it takes most people to fall asleep at
night is between 10 and 20 minutes.
After the tragedy at Sandy a humble editor who couldn’t

Hook Elementary, several of the watch the news this week. I wish

police o cers and rst respond- I had the answers, but I do know

ers who had spent the day at that something has to change.

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Thursday, June 2, 2022 OPINION North Salem News – Page 11

Terms and conditions 

MAN the F-stop. I like to pick up a where you can sign in using keep trying di erent ones until noti cation noti ed me that my
OVERBOARD newspaper, read a little bit of it, your ngerprint. It’s perfect, a message ashes on the screen permissions weren’t set correctly.
then swat a bug with it and say, since I’m already used to signing that says, “ALL IMPORTANT So I had to gure out who I
RICK “THERE- the news is worse in that way down at the police INFORMATION NOW DE- needed permission from. My
MELÉN for YOU for a change.” station. But what if somebody LETED.” ere is no message parents aren’t here anymore, and
else has stolen my ngerprints? that says, “Are you sure you want that’s whose name I would usu-
Look, I know you’re going But in order to be more Can I set my phone up to do a to do this?” (Ordinarily I hit the ally use to forge a permission
to laugh at me, ridicule aligned with the annoying real quick DNA test to make sure “yes” box.) And then a new mes- slip at school. “Please excuse
me and call me names. world, I recently got a new I’m really me? Instead, I set the sage comes up: “Maybe you want Rick from doing anything that
I’ve been called so many names phone. e guy at the phone phone up using my toe print- to check with someone smarter includes math today. Take it
that people sometimes use a store helped me out. “I’m not no one would be dumb enough from our experience, this can
very good with cell phones,” I to go to those lengths. rst?” (I hit the “no” box.) “Do be time-consuming for the
rst name, a last name and admitted. “I tried to answer my you remember what happened entire class, and in the end, of
even a middle name. And the wife’s phone and couldn’t gure It was becoming apparent the last time you did this?” (I hit no long-term bene t to any of
reason you’ll probably make fun out how.” “Did you swipe it?” that I had no idea how to use the “was it necessary to remind the parties concerned. Trigono-
of me is that I almost never use He asked. I said, “No, I just bor- the phone. ere are no instruc- me of that?” box.) metrically yours, Rick’s Parents.”
my cell phone, and I like it that rowed it.” He typed away at his tion books anymore. If you have
way. Usually it has been more computer. “Do you have a plan?” a question, such as “how the I’m 6-foot-two and I have I’d love to chat more, but
time-consuming to learn how to He asked. I said, “Yes, of course hell does this work?” you have big dumb ngers that were not I have to nish reading the
live in the smartphone culture I do.” He pressed, “Which to go and join the online com- meant to perform delicate tasks “Terms and Conditions,” which
than to just do things the way one?” I had never been asked munity, and if anyone knows like diamond cutting, assembling clearly state that the terms
I always have in Mesozoic Era. this before. I said, “Well, rst I they answer they’ll sort of tell semiconductor microprocessors and conditions agreed upon in
Also, I hate the idea of living a think we need to address global you. I’m reluctant to burden the or typing text messages on a tiny the “Terms and Conditions”
one-dimensional life through warming, and during the winter, community with my problems. phone keypad. Instead, I wanted are conditionally agreed upon
a tiny little box. I like to turn global cooling. Once we get the I want them to always think of to use the little microphone icon under the terms required by
on the TV and feel powerful temperature just right-” Turns me in the best light and perhaps so that I can just tell you my those outlined in the “Terms
pointing the remote control out he was talking about a data erect a statue in my honor next text out loud, and when you and Conditions.” 
mute button at “cute” little kids plan. “Do you have contacts?” to the post o ce. Plus, if I ask read it you can transpose it in
on public service charity ads. He asked. I said, “Yes but just too many questions I’ll probably your head back into my voice Join Rick and Trillium
I like to read a book, lose my for reading, distance, and read- have to “give back to the com- so you can hear it. If there’s a at Hardscrabble Cider in
bookmark and not remember ing at a distance.” He meant munity.” stranger listening in I add the North Salem, Friday, June 3,
where I was. I like to use a real phone contacts, he was going to sentence, “...And the cops aren’t at 6 p.m.! Reservations recom-
camera and incorrectly adjust transfer them to my new phone, On my laptop I hover over an going to know where the body mended!
where they could do even more icon and a label pops up to tell is unless they nd this phone.”
harm than before. me what it does, but they appar- So just disregard that part of my Look for Rickster Melen on
ently didn’t think of that when text message to you. But when Facebook! Say hello at: rlife8@
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Beauty in the valley

One day I was staring at GUEST
a landscape picture of a CORNER
beautiful mountain scene
and it hit me. Kim Stoll

As I looked over the beautiful tain tops are amazing and should
scenery, the view that was most be celebrated. Ultimately, those
pleasing was the valley. Right peaks are to look behind at how
away, I saw the correlation to our far you’ve come and look ahead to
lives. what is coming.

We hate the valleys. Admit it, Don’t miss the blessing and
we do. We live for the mountain growth that happens in your
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glory, the rest. Truth is, noth- appreciate the journey, not just the
ing grows on the mountain. It’s mountaintop.
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Radio waves

Early in the trip, our banter antenna, and he realized that if also have the ones that take me it was the coolest thing to

SEASONAL was commenting on the towns he leaned it up against the stain- back to my father’s basement hear people coming from our
TIDBITS along the way.  ere are three less steel cabinets it was crystal workshop and his collection dashboard and not singing a
towns that have the same name clear.  e third time he went to of electronics. He rst intro- song.  e channel of choice was

LAURA as our relatives. When we rst turn on the radio, he noticed that duced my family to his hobby 19. Whether there was radio
CAMPAGNA saw the highway signs ve years someone had added a wad of tin when he purchased our rst silence or an ongoing conversa-
ago, we took pictures of the foil to the antenna and leaned CB radio. We were heading on tion, you had to say “Breaker one

namesake road signs and sent it closer to the stainless steel a family camping trip to Texas nine, breaker one-nine.” at

On a recent road tip to them along to the family. We cabinet. It was so clear; he was and the CB radio would be our signaled that you had some-
Bu alo, NY last month,
my husband and I thought it was amusing every able to get the tunes from the eyes and ears on the long journey thing to say, ask or relay. It was
time, but our relatives only Space Station. that lay ahead. We were all so so much fun hearing a trucker
found it interesting once, politely fascinated by the idea of talk- somewhere on the same road we
Listening to him talk about

passed the seven-hour drive with sending a smiley face emoji the his little radio adventures, ing to someone who was not in were traveling and learning the

simple chit-chat. We mainly second time and ignored us the reminded me of my own intro- our actual car! My dad needed lingo of the road. 10-4, Good

commented about the things other times we sent the photos. duction to electronics. Many of a handle for the radio and the Buddy, Back door, Smoky the

we passed along the way. We About three hours into our us remember the time when we only choice given to him by my Bear and catch you on the ip-

have been making that same trek trip our banter turned to elec- only had four channels on our sister and I was “Super Dad.” I op were a few of our favorites.

going over the same highways tronics. My husband was telling TVs to watch between the hours won’t go into why we gave it to e truckers would often de-

and country roads for the last me the story of a little radio in of 5 a.m and midnight; before him, but it was well deserved. So scribe their truck, and we would

ve years, at least twice a year to one of the commercial kitchens the remote or clicker and before Super Dad loaded up his family make my dad speed up or slow

see our daughter who attended he works in. It is a little tran- DVR when we had to sit and in the station wagon with the down so we could wave at our

the University of Bu alo.  is sistor radio with a long an- actually watch the commercials radio strapped to the dash and CB buddy. We would always get

trip was going to be our last as tenna.  e rst time he turned it or run to the bathroom in those the long antenna strapped to the a great big blast from the trucks

she was graduating that week- on, it worked great.  e second three minutes. bumper. air horn.

end. time he had to adjust the long I have those memories, but I To a 10- and 12-year-old, As the years went on, my

What separates us dad expanded his universe and
became a HAM radio op-
erator. For that, he needed a
license. He studied Morse Code
and was pro cient in dots and

dashes and was then granted

from other accountants and tax preparers is his vocal HAM radio operator
license. It was pretty cool going
down and listening to him call

our ability to work with you not just on taxes, the world to see if anyone would

answer.  CQ, CQ was what
he would say in between the

crackling coming from the radio

but on financials, college planning, divorce, speakers. Often he would nd
someone at the other end who

was also looking to expand their

retirement planning, changes in life planning... radio world.
A few summers ago, he was

cleaning out his basement work-

shop and asked if I wanted an

We don’t just process tax forms, we advise on how to old portable CB radio, antenna
included. Of course I said yes

without missing a beat.

handle your income and expenses in the future A few months had passed
since I took it in my possession

and I had forgotten I had it and

with personalized recommendations. found it in a drawer alongside
my computer paper and some
binoculars. I was still driving my

daughter to ballet class about

We help you navigate the tax code, and in the end, help you 45 minutes up interstate 84, and
I knew that it would be THE

set sound financial goals. perfect companion for our drive.
My daughter was morti ed
when she came to the car and
saw the antenna on the roof. I
was beaming and assured her it

would be great fun. We found

the channel with the truck-

845-628-5400 ers and listened to every word. 

Turns out one was looking for a
rest stop to take a decent shower

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sighed, and when I asked her

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Senior Sendoff

North Salem bids farewell to graduating Tigers

As the season wound to a close, our Tiger teams Tigers softball will say goodbye to Lili Sundahl and

took the opportunity to honor their graduating se- Siena Bertolino.

niors and their families. Boys lacrosse bid farewell to Rob Moia, Enzo Mo-

Tigers baseball will be losing 10 seniors to gradua- lina, Kurt Guilden, John Graham, and Tyler Sandor.

tion, bidding farewell to Johnny D’Innocenzo,Tommy Tigers track paid tribute to Ishmael Appiah, AJ La-

Eberhardt, James Schae er, Christian Baryla, Roger queur, Liam Trageser, Noelle Stratman, and Kat Nar-

Squire, Dylan Schoenberg, Ryan Baer, Zac Major, done.

Jake Popken, and Robbie Gilchrist. North Salem further honored spring sports at their

Girls lacrosse honored seniors Jessie Bossi, Anna end of season awards dinners on Wednesday, May 25.

Behler, Sara Major, Jenna DeMasi, Maya Dallow, and Congratulations to all of our student-athletes, coach-

Izzy Conley. es, and families for another great season. Go Tigers!

Maya Dallow Anna Behler Izzy Conley

Sara Major Jessie Bossi

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