Yorktown News 08.19.21

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The Winery A “For Sale” signed
at St. George has been posted at the

Winery at St. George.

PHOTO: NICK TRUJILLO

abruptly closes

BY NICK TRUJILLO single page reading, “Temporar- tains and to nd us another lo- not the only ones.” DeChiaro bought the church
STAFF WRITER ily closed for renovations. Check cation for our wedding,” Felle- e building at 1715 East building for $500,000 in 2005.
back in Fall 2021.” gara said. “I cannot say enough
For over a decade, the Win- good things about him and how Main St. is listed for sale at e winery opened around
ery at St. George has been a key Its popularity with Yorktown he really tried to make this right $1.6 million through Perlmut- 2010 following a lengthy and
venue for many Yorktown events residents made its sudden clo- for us. For that, we are forever ter Properties. e property is in divisive review process, which
such as fundraisers, weddings, sure even more impactful. Alison grateful. a transitional zone, so it can be included DeChiaro unsuccess-
musical performances, and Fellegara told Yorktown News used for another dining estab- fully attempting to sue the town
more. Located in the historic that she had planned on holding “But the owner of this beau- lishment, or any other style of for $30 million. e restaurant
Old St. George’s Church along her wedding at the Winery at St. tiful venue doesn’t know how commercial property allowed un- owner also unsuccessfully ran
Route 6 in Mohegan Lake, the George in September. She and much pain and stress he caused der a Commercial, Level 2 (C-2) for Yorktown Town Board in
winery was highly regarded as her ancé had been in contact us,” she said. “And I’m sure we’re zone, according to the listing. 2011.
a destination for community with the winery in early August
members to spend a night out with no warning of a potential
and enjoy a meal paired with closure.
limited edition, quality wine
made from grapes grown at “Just last month, we nalized
Hilltop Hanover Farm. the plans with the winery, and
just went in the week before they
With no announcement, the closed to leave the deposit. No
Winery at St. George is now mention of a possible closure at
closed, and the church building all,” Fellegara said. “You would
is listed for sale with Perlmutter think they would contact any
Properties. Attempts to contact parties or events to take place
owner Tom DeChiaro for com- there before a for sale sign went
ment were unsuccessful, and up.”
manager Nick Sarcone said he
was uncomfortable commenting Fellegara praised Sarcone for
on the situation as he was un- helping her and her ancé nd
sure of the full scope of the situ- another venue for their wedding
ation. Its website now features a on short notice.

“He went above and beyond
on his own time to move moun-

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The Staff Subdivision proposal worries neighbors

EDITORIAL TEAM BY BRIAN MARSCHHAUSER public informational hearing are both dead-end roads. Con- Street. Additionally, he said,
BRIAN MARSCHHAUSER EDITOR at the Planning Board’s Aug. 9 necting the roads would allow the view from his home will be
EDITOR: 914-302-5628 meeting, calls for the subdivi- motorists to cut through the homes instead of trees.
[email protected] A planned 10-home subdi- sion of an 8-acre single-fam- community.
vision that would turn two cul- ily lot. ough the lot has a “ e quality of life will de -
ADVERTISING TEAM de-sacs into a through road Stoney Street address, the new “What now is a calm, peace- nitely be diminished because
PAUL FORHAN has neighbors of the Shrub community would be accessi- ful dead-end and cul-de-sac of this development.”
Oak community worried. ble from High Point Drive and will become a busy thorough-
(914) 806-3951 South Shelley Street, which fare,” said Rob Buchanan, Several of Buchanan’s neigh-
[email protected] e plan, presented at a a resident of South Shelley bors concurred, including Tim
Sullivan, who lives on Lydia
BRUCE HELLER Court, which is o of South
(914) 486-7608 Shelley Street.
[email protected]
“We bought the place be-
LISA KAIN cause it was a cul-de-sac in
(201) 317-1139 a dead-end street,” Sullivan
[email protected] said. “A great place to have
CORINNE STANTON kids. A great place that you
(914) 760-7009 can enjoy a walk or riding
[email protected] your bikes or playing stickball
in the street, and with this ex-
JAY GUSSAK tension, it’s not going to hap-
(914) 299-4541 pen. It’s going to be danger-
[email protected] ous.”
SHELLEY KILCOYNE
(914) 924-9122 From the gas pipeline
[email protected] expansion to the Granite
GABRIELLE BILIK Knolls Sports Complex and
ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE/DESIGNER the Shrub Oak International
[email protected] School, Maureen Milazzo
said, there has been too much
PRODUCTION TEAM development near her neigh-
TABITHA PEARSON MARSHALL borhood in recent years.

CREATIVE DIRECTOR “I think the people in
PHOTOGRAPHER our development have gone
through enough changes,”
[email protected] Milazzo said. “I think by al-
CHRISTINA ROSE lowing something like this
ART DIRECTOR/ to happen, you’re adding in-
sult to injury…Enough is
DIGITAL PRODUCTION MANAGER enough.”
[email protected]
Other concerns brought up
EXECUTIVE TEAM by residents include the prop-
BRETT FREEMAN erty values of their homes and
CEO & PUBLISHER the wetlands near which this
845-208-8151 subdivision would be con-
structed.
[email protected]
Rich Fon, the Planning
Deadlines Board’s chair, said the con-
cerns were not lost on him,
YORKTOWN NEWS DEADLINE noting that the plan is still in
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vetted yet by the board.
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Thursday, August 19, 2021 Yorktown News – Page 3

Amy Hersh is Yorktown’s hidden rock star

BY NICK TRUJILLO ies, asking, “Can I just play? Let’s dio station 100.7 WHUD. Her just having so much fun. Music John C. Hart Memorial Library
STAFF WRITER do it as an experiment and see spotlight contained an interview for kids is mostly joy, and move- but is set to return on Sept. 13.
how it goes.” After the success of with host Andy Bale, and ran on ment, and silliness, and dancing She plans on playing shows
Rock stars come in all di erent her rst library shows, she now air following the release of her around and having fun,” Hersh throughout the year and would
forms and styles. e traditional has lined up regular gigs where single. said. “Parents will tell me, ‘My like to expand her performing
image of a rock star that pops she plays for children aged from kid wants to play the guitar now, e orts as far as the pandemic al-
into most people’s heads is typi- newborns to 5 years old and the Hersh’s main goal with her I had to get them a ukulele,’ or lows.
cally equipped with long hair, a accompanying parents who tune performances is to spread love ‘ ey listen to these songs at
in. and happiness through rock mu- home and ask for them over and “What I’d really love to do
ashy and loud electric guitar,and sic. She was inspired by the Bea- over again.’” is have other people record my
completed with a similar looking Hersh has a long roster of tles and Paul Simon when she songs, people who have a fol-
band. Yorktown’s local rock star is songs, but routinely breaks out, More information on Hersh lowing and a really good voice,”
much more unassuming, but just “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” rst picked up a guitar and hopes and her performing schedule Hersh said. “We’re just here to
as e ective in her music and her and “Wheels on the Bus,” both to spread that musical foundation can be found on her website, make the world a better place,
message. favorites among her crowds. in the next generation. She real- amyhershkidstunes.net, on her and music does that. I got the
Even though she plays for chil- izes how powerful music is for Facebook page Amyhershkids- best seat in the house, I watch
Amy Hersh, a retired fundrais- dren, she does not strictly stick to education in children, and how tunes, or on her YouTube chan- the kids play with each other,
ing consultant and grant writer, kid’s classic songs. important it is to help them learn nel. She is taking a brief break and I watch the parents play
wields her acoustic guitar for to express themselves. from her performances at the with the kids and dance.”
crowds of children and parents “I work in kid appropriate
during her Rock n’ Roll for Little rock n’ roll songs like ‘Johnny “ ey’re so happy and they’re PHOTO COURTESY OF AMY HERSH
Ones shows. She performs at the B. Goode,’ because little kids,
Croton Free Library on Monday they’ve got to learn rock n’ roll,” Amy Hersh in the studio
mornings, the Hendrick Hudson Hersh said. “I don’t know if they
Free Library on Tuesday morn- know who Chuck Berry is, some
ings, and the John C. Hart Me- of them aren’t real familiar with
morial Library in Yorktown on the Beatles.”
Fridays.
Her favorite part of performing
e roots for her career as a the Rock n’ Roll for Little Ones
musician sprouted with guitar shows is getting to watch the
lessons at a young age, but re- interaction between the young
ally began to take shape dur- children as they are overcome
ing Hersh’s time as a Corporate with happiness while listening
Relations Development O cer and dancing to the music. Hersh
for the Wildlife Conservation said watching the children in the
Society in the Bronx. She wrote audience this summer, who have
her rst album, “Someone Else’s had limited interactions with
Bubblegum,” while working other kids due to COVID, gure
there and released it in 2007. out their socialization tactics and
having fun with new friends has
“It was such an inspiring, ex- been her favorite part of her per-
citing, lovely environment. e formances.
people there are so wonderful,
and the animals are so great,” “ ey’re so happy and they’re
Hersh said. just having so much fun. Music
for kids is mostly joy, and move-
Following the release of her al- ment, and silliness, and dancing
bum, she had the opportunity to around and having fun,” Hersh
play shows at the Bronx Zoo and said. “You see them go over and
at the Clearwater Festival, also start talking to each other. Some-
known as the Great Hudson Riv- times they just touch each other
er Revival. e festival, which has on the head to make sure they’re
been around since the late 1970s real.
and was inspired by folk legend
Pete Seeger’s desire to clean the Hersh’s most recent original
river, has helped raise funds to song, the lullaby, “No Matter
build the Hudson River Sloop Where You Go,” was released
Clearwater; a sailboat doubling last winter and written for the
as an environmental classroom children who attend her shows.
and a project that Hersh helped While performing this year, she
develop as a consultant. noticed kids were scared and
confused as to why social distanc-
When Hersh retired from her ing regulations were in place.
fundraising and grant writing ca-
reer in 2018, she thought “What “ ey just didn’t understand.
do I really want to do? What do It was very frightening to them
I love? I love playing the guitar.” why all of a sudden, we couldn’t
see people’s faces and couldn’t
e joy of playing the guitar for hug people,” Hersh said. “I wrote
people that originally bright her it to soothe them and say even if
to instrument inspired Hersh to you’re 1 foot away or 2 feet away,
I love you. No matter where you
gure out ways to perform con- are in the whole world, I love you
sistently. no matter what. I just wanted to
calm their anxieties.”
“Even though I’m not exactly
Eric Clapton, and my voice is not e song earned her a spot
exactly like Bonnie Raitt, it’s just as a featured artist on the ra-
fun,” Hersh said.

She reached out to local librar-

Page 4 – Yorktown News Thursday, August 19, 2021

Highway department receives $1 million for paving

Mohegan Lake, Yorktown Heights communities to get new blacktop

BY NICK TRUJILLO Board work session. “ ey’re in the scope of everything said Slater of Caporale’s control of the town’s nances.
STAFF WRITER we’ve done thus far.” After getting approval from Caporale, Slater and the

In the spring of 2021, the town of Yorktown made it Paganelli added that he would like to use the funds to board members passed the resolution to make the $1
a priority to focus on its road infrastructure by rating nish two paving projects that had been started but nev- million transfer.
every road in town on a scale of 1 to 10, with a 1 being er completed; the Downing Park parking lot, which was
a road in perfect condition and a 10 meaning the road started by the parks department four years ago, and the “It’s the right time to do it,” said Councilman Vishnu
needed paving as soon as possible. entrance road up to the hiking area at Turkey Mountain, Patel.
which he called “an embarrassment to the town.” Pagan-
Yorktown’s paving initiatives received a boost from the elli noted that with COVID-19 cases rising again due Slater provided a rundown of funds that the Highway
town on Tuesday with the board’s unanimous passage of to the Delta variant, completing the paving at Turkey Department has received for paving projects recently. In
a resolution to transfer $1 million from the town’s fund Mountain and Downing Park would be ideal as Yor- addition to the $1 million transferred on Tuesday, the
balance to the Highway Department. e funding will ktown’s parks have been heavily used throughout the town’s annual allocation of funds to the department for
be used to complete two paving projects encompassing pandemic. 2021 totaled $1.15 million. e department received
multiple roads. One will take place in the north end of $125,000 for the Greenwood Street culvert, as well as
town, and one will be closer to the southern end of Yor- e price of paving projects changes continually, as $3.2 million for two culvert replacements on Veterans
ktown Heights. the number is directly tied to the Brent crude oil in- Road and Hill Boulevard.
dex, Paganelli said. e price sat at $69.51 per barrel
e northern stretch of roads covers a linear footage when the market closed on Aug. 16 but has hovered be- “ at puts us over $5 million in infrastructure im-
of 11,437 feet and was last paved 15 years ago. Roads tween $68 and $72 per barrel over the past week. e provements for our local roads over the last 18 months,”
in that group range from 6.0 to 6.5 on Yorktown’s road index reached a 52-week high of $76.49 on July 13 and Slater said. “ at’s good work everyone.”
rating scale. e roads planned for paving are Valleyview reached $76.33 on July 30 but has experienced a dip in
Street, Chester eld Drive, Hudsonview Street, Eleanor price in August. All of that funding, plus the $1,032,717 in state fund-
Drive, and Briarhill Street. e roads on the southern ing puts the town on target to pave 11 miles of road,
end of town in need of paving cover 11,264 linear feet “It will cost us less; things are not going down. e oil according to the highway superintendent, and brought
and were last paved 19 years ago. e group of 10 roads index is a little high,” said Paganelli on using the funds down the replacement timeline signi cantly.
ranges from scores of 6 to 8 on the scale: Summit Street, to purchase now as opposed to waiting longer. “ e pav-
Central Street, Paine Street, Moseman Road, Virginia ing price can change in the course of a month. Every “Out of the 200 miles we have, the 400 lane miles,
Road, Hudson Street, Montross Road, Church Place, month the index comes out and the price for the asphalt would put us on an 18.18 [year] replacement schedule,
Harwood Place, and Richard Place. Milling of the changes.” which is amazing,”Paganelli said.“ ese additional ve-
southern roads will take place over ve or six work days and-a-half miles of road, not counting Turkey Moun-
concluding on Aug. 25 or 26, and paving will take place Town Supervisor Matt Slater commented that the tain and [Downing Park], would put us on a 12-and-a-
over ve days beginning on Aug. 30. results of the towns nancial audit showed Yorktown is half-year replacement schedule, which has got to be top
healthy nancially, thanks to the e orts of Town Comp- in the county.”
“I would say they’re pretty comparable,” said Highway troller Patricia Caporale.
Superintendent Dave Paganelli at the Aug. 10 Town Paganelli joked to the board that Bronxville may be
“ at’s why we’re in the position we’re in, that we can able to pave quicker, as it contains about four miles of
go spend this type of money on helping our local roads,” road.

“ ere you go, Mr. Paganelli. Go have fun,” Slater said
after the resolution passed.

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Yorktown could lose $15 million in grant funding

Town must meet a ordable housing requirements to recieve federal money

BY NICK TRUJILLO al fair housing laws, anti-discrimi- nicipalities land use regulations ‘We’re on the receiving end of the rules of
STAFF WRITER nation laws, there’s some Title IX and other measures to assist the engagement here.’
things you have to comply with, development of a ordable hous-
e removal of a ordable hous- ADA, all of that goes along with ing, such as promotions of inclu- –Town Supervisor Matt Slater
ing requirements by a previous any federal money with all of the sionary zoning. Town of Yorktown
administration could end up cost- states in the country,” Slater said.
ing the town over $15 million in “We’re on the receiving end of the Rodriguez said that he inter- something that follows as similar ect but is worried about the millions
expected grant funding. rules of engagement here.” prets the nal requirement as the
town being expected to adopt principle, where there’s a set aside in funding for long-term projects if
At the July 27 Town Board Because CDBG funding is some form of Westchester’s model
meeting, while discussing two federal money that is given to ordinance, which includes an inclu- or an inclusionary zoning that the town cannot meet the require-
proposed sidewalk projects for counties to administer to its mu- sionary zoning requirement. ese
Je erson Village and the Com- nicipalities, it comes with the measures also apply to the lower says, ‘You have to have X-percent ments to receive the money.
munity Development Block Grant same requirements as the larger cost sidewalk project in Je erson
(CDBG) funding the town could amounts of funding the town has Village, and the money is crucial of a ordable units, generally it’s “ ese projects here, I think we
get for the project’s projected cost been expecting for its long-term to funding the projects the town
of $125,000, Town Supervisor projects. would like to move forward with. considered 10-percent, in develop- can nd a path for on our own,”
Matt Slater brought up the re-
quirements that come along with Town attorney Adam Rodri- During the town’s Aug. 10 work ments above a certain size.’” Slater said. “But the solution that
being eligible for federally funded guez listed o three of the known session, Ken Belfer, the town’s
grants. requirements the town will have Community Development Advi- Belfer suggested the town take a they need for these, it’s the same
to ful ll in order to become eli- sory Group representative, praised
e town is expecting to receive gible to receive the grant funding. Yorktown’s o cials for aiding look at the model ordinance, as it potential solutions that we’re go-
just over $15 million in federal Westchester in adding 750 units of
funding for four long-term projects e requirements he read were to a ordable housing with 26 units is the main requirement the town ing to need for the $15 million that
that could be held up due to a lack ban local residency requirements at Crompond Crossing, 12 at the
of an a ordable housing law: a $10 and other selection preferences Kear Street apartments, and 60 still needs to hit to secure state and we’re getting from other funding
million grant for the Hallocks Mill that do not a rmatively fur- at the Underhill Apartments, but
sewer extension, $1.2 million from ther fair housing for all approved stressed how important the model county level funding. sources.”
Rep. Mondaire Jones, $3.8 mil- housing developments, o ering ordinance is.
lion from the American Recovery the county a right of refusal to ob- “If we go back to Hallocks Mill, e public hearing was opened
Act, and $750,000 for a ventilation tain or purchase any and all land “ e one area that we haven’t
project through the town’s highway acquired in rem to be used for af- done well in is having some sort we know it has to get approved during the Aug. 10 work session,
department. fordable fair housing, and using of a model ordinance,” Belfer said.
reasonable e orts to a rmatively “You don’t have to adopt the mod- by the state comptroller and right and after discussion on previ-
“You have to comply with feder- further fair housing through mu- el the county has presented, but
now we’re above that threshold. ous a ordable housing projects in

And that’s with $10 million in our Westchester that the town could

pocket,” Slater said. “If we say no model its project after to meet re-

to the $10 million, that project’s quirements, as well as a debate on

not getting done, period. ere’s no whether the Je erson Village side-

way.” walk installation and replacement

Slater said he was not worried projects were necessary, the discus-

about coming up with money for sion was adjourned to the board’s

the Je erson Village sidewalk proj- next meeting.

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YORKTOWN PLANNING BOARD

Storage facility to take over A.C. Moore space

Home & Hearth highlights new developments on Route 6

BY BRIAN MARSCHHAUSER

EDITOR shaking out that well,” said Chris public hearing on Monday, Aug. ronmental Conservation was not East Main St. (Route 6) in Mo-

Ra aelli of Studio Architecture, 9. comfortable with moving for- hegan Lake.

Extra Space Storage now has who was speaking on behalf of ward. Located in between the Volk-

some extra storage space. Urstadt Biddle, the shopping cen- NEW BUILDING PROPOSED “In the end, the DEC just swagen dealership and the BP

e storage company has been ter’s owner. FOR ROUTE 6 wouldn’t budge on the idea of gas station, Home & Hearth

granted approval by the Yorktown Instead, the expansion has A 14,000-square-foot retail that bypass road,” said Steve Ma- would have a 5,500-square-foot

Planning Board to expand into grown by another 5,300 square building is slated to rise on Route rino, an environmental consul- showroom and 4,500-square-

the storefront formerly occupied feet and will now consume all of 6 in Mohegan Lake, pending the tant with Tim Miller Associates. foot storage/warehouse building.

by A.C. Moore in the Staples A.C. Moore. e glass façade will Planning Board’s approval. So, the new plan scrapped the e property has two existing

Plaza Shopping Center. be removed and replaced with a A public hearing on the plan road and recon gured the two buildings, which were once used

e initial 16,151-square-foot tint so the storage units cannot be opened Monday, Aug. 9, but the buildings into just one building. for o ce space but are now va-

expansion would have left room seen or accessed from the front. project has been in development Most importantly, it no longer cant.

near the front of the storefront for A special-use permit to allow a since 2014. e new building encroaches on any wetlands, Rii- ere are plans to relocate one

some smaller tenants. self-storage use was approved by would be built on an already de- na and Miller said. of the buildings and donate it to

“ ose things are not really the Planning Board following a veloped piece of land near Lake- No tenants have been an- St. Mary’s Church in Mohegan

land Street. nounced for the building, but the Lake.

A di erent iteration of the proj- plans would allow for a restaurant e northern part of the prop-

ect won Planning Board approval use. erty has been declared a wetland

several years ago, but fell apart at e Planning Board held the by the state Department of En-

the state level. at version had hearing open as it awaits com- vironmental Conservation. How-

two buildings totaling 16,000 ments from the town’s Advi- ever, according to environmental

square feet. But the sticking point sory Board on Architectural and consultant Steve Marino, “All of

for the state was a proposed road Community Appearance. the development is going to be

that would have run behind the occurring on areas that are al-

building near some wetlands. HOME & HEARTH ready impervious surface.”

“ ey shot us down, repeat- RELOCATION Home & Hearth sells kitchens,

edly,” said Joe Riina, principal of Home & Hearth is planning replaces, stoves and more.

PHOTO: GOOGLE EARTH Site Design Consultants. to relocate from Cortlandt Man- A public informational hearing
Extra Space Storage in the Staples Plaza Shopping Center will expand
into the former A.C. Moore storefront. Despite some negotiations, or to Yorktown. If approved, two will be held at a future Planning
the state’s Department of Envi- new buildings would rise on 1750 Board meeting.

His two tiny babies spent twelve days in
Northern Westchester Hospital’s Level III NICU,
the highest possible level Neonatal Intensive
Care Unit in a community hospital.

“We learned everything there. The NICU nurses
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Thursday, August 19, 2021 Yorktown News – Page 9

Yorktown creates trust for parks department

BY NICK TRUJILLO Commission Chair Matthew Tal- parks costs and revenues because “In terms of longevity and plan- improvement projects, which Tal-
STAFF WRITER bert on multiple occasions that they are yet to have all the parks ning properly, this allows us to be bert, Martorano, and Dunne all
“there are signi cant capital im- open simultaneously over a full able to do that. Make sure every- agreed with.
During the work session por- provement projects that are needed year. thing is covered and laid out,” said
tion of Tuesday’s meeting, the throughout the parks system.” Recreation Commission member “ e beauty of this is we’re get-
town unanimously passed a e foundation of the trust will Chrstine Dunne. ting it done at no expense to local
resolution to create a capital im- Recent capital improvements allow the Parks Department and taxpayers, and it makes a heck of
provement trust for the Parks and that have been made at York- Recreation Commission more Councilwoman Alice Roker a lot of sense for us to create this
Recreation Department to use town’s parks include projects such foresight as to what they will need suggested the commission create trust,” Slater said. “It’s going to
speci cally on various improve- as playground improvements and to spend funding on and track the a yearly schedule that tracks the leave a lot more exibility from a
ment projects. the new fence installed at Gran- various projects’ progress. parks revenues and expenses for budgetary standpoint.”
ite Knolls Park. Councilman Tom
e resolution states that the Diana suggested a turf replace-
annual revenue generated from ment for Legacy Field,and Talbert
the HESP Solar renewable energy said he would like to secure a bi-
project at Granite Knolls Park, annual turf maintenance plan that
roughly $145,000, will be used for costs $5,000 annually per eld.
capital improvement projects in
Yorktown’s parks for the next 25 e town’s focus on its parks
years. system is due in part to the uptick
in the community’s usage of the
“ is puts us in a great position,” parks due to the pandemic. De-
Slater said. He noted that he had spite the increased tra c in the
heard from Parks Superintendent parks, the Recreation Commis-
Jim Martorano and Recreation sion has not been able to track the

OBITUARIES

William (Bill)
Wendell Hershfield

William W. Hersh eld, of

Port Orange, Fla., passed away

peacefully at home on Tuesday,

Aug. 10.

He was the son of the late Dr.

Barnet and Beatrice Hersh eld

and was born on May 30, 1936

( e “Real Memorial Day”) in

New York, grew up in Riverdale.

His residences included Croton

on Hudson, Yorktown Heights,

Montrose, and retired to Port Daar, and lifelong friends to Ron

Orange in 1991. and Linda Fiore.

Bill graduated from Brooklyn Bill gave his service as EMT to

Tech High School, SUNY Alba- Yorktown Volunteer Ambulance

ny, Sienna, and New York Univer- Corps in Yorktown Heights

sity, where he obtained a master’s for 20 years, holding many of-

degree. During his career as an ces including captain. He was a

educator, Bill worked at Hudson member of the Knights of Pyth-

High School as a social studies ias and coached girls softball.

teacher, Croton Harmon Middle As an avid sports fan, Bill en-

School as a guidance counselor joyed ice hockey (NY Rangers),

and psychologist, taught English baseball (NY Mets/Chicago

to foreign-born students to obtain Cubs), football, golf and college

citizenship, and had a private psy- basketball (Hartford/UCONN).

chology practice. Bill loved his family with all

Bill was married to the love his heart and especially loved

of his life, Myra, for 61 years. celebrating birthdays together.

He was a devoted husband, lov- Among his greatest pleasures

ing caring father, Grandpa and were long walks on the beach,

Grampy. He is predeceased in swimming, and watching the

death by his parents, Dr. Bar- ducks at the pond. His love for

net and Beatrice Hersh eld, his history and WWII in particular

brother and wife, Bernard (Son- took him around the world to Is-

dra) Hersh eld, and his son-in- rael, Europe, Egypt, China, and

law, Josh Daar. He leaves behind South America. Amsterdam, the

three children: Sheri ( Josh) beaches of Normandy, Las Vegas,

Daar, Michael J. (Rosalie) Her- and Biloxi, Miss. were among his

sh eld, Joanne Iadarola. He was favorite destinations.

the proud grandfather of eight In lieu of owers, donations

grandchildren: Rivka ( James) may be made to St. Jude (stjude.

Kinzer, Jacob, Adina, Baruch org), Yorktown Volunteer Am-

(Libby), Ora, Ronen and Mordi bulance Corps (yvac.net), the

Daar. Michael D. (Adriana) and Jewish Federation of Volusia &

Nicholas ( Jenny) Hersh eld, Flagler Counties (jewishfedera-

great-grandfather to Hannah tiondaytona.org), or the Port Or-

and Naomi Kinzer and Rose ange Fire Department.





Page 12 – Yorktown News OPINION Thursday, August 19, 2021

Cure the mid-week blues

Maybe like you, I have NewSylum Brewing Co. 36 degrees, which provides a did as I wouldn’t have believed
been working my day We coordinated a Wednesday
job from home for THE smooth mellowness to the beer. it, but this was a crowd pleaser!
the last 1.5 years. e exibility dinner time hang at NewSylum, KATONAH
it provides is a good thing and which has been around for a BEER MAN Interestingly, the German-style “Smooth sour, not too fruity”
believe I’ve been more produc- little more than a year. Located
tive (in between occasional on the campus of the former JOHN BART Kolsch ferments like an ale but is was the consensus.
naps). Additionally, I’m loving Fair eld Hills Hospital, which
the six home-cooked meals a encompasses 100-plus acres, the that comes with beer mustard or conditioned like a lager and the Cattle Call Oatmeal Milk
day and watching Jameson, our brewery is a restored red brick Nutella, we got both.
French bulldog, y into a tizzy colonial style building with very Keating Farms Kolsch brought Stout (nitro), 6% abv: I’d call ni-
and launch himself into the door cool outdoor covered and uncov- BEERS
each-and-every-time there’s a ered areas and where most folks I ran into a buddy recently at out the best of each fermenta- trogen the lagers of inert gases as
delivery never gets old. were hanging out having a great
time on this Wednesday night. Goldberg’s Bagels in Katonah, tion method providing a well- it means the beer is carbonated
at being said, it does where I was getting their epic
become a bit mundane given e inside of the brewery itself egg, cheese, corn beef, hash balanced, nice, and easy drinking with nitrogen rather than carbon
the repetition and same sur- was quite grand, with very high brown wrap o the diet menu.
roundings each day, aka “ e crowned ceilings—almost like a We chatted about the state of brew. dioxide, and the result is uber
Mid-Week Blues” seem to hit church or monastery albeit for beer, and he said he yearned for
most weeks. So, we decided to the cool blue accent lighting and “just drinkable beer,” which he Hawley Helles German smoothness! (see: Guinness).
do a brewery visit on a weekday vats of beer… maybe a Trappist said should be uncomplicated
evening to shake things up and Monastery? Plenty of seating. and not bitter. We agreed that Style Helles Lager, 5.5% abv: Couple that with a co ee nose,
who knows (Dad-joke alert) it perhaps we can call these styles
may be good for what Ales you. e brewery name is a play the Workingman’s Beer—simple A unanimous like and top rated chocolate taste, and pair with
on the true meaning of the word yet with avor, satisfying, and
FIELD TRIP > NEWSYLUM asylum: a place of sanctuary, ref- would pair with most any food. amongst the Tasting Team. De- the pretzel and Nutella as we did
BREWING uge, and safe harbor, while “new”
is a nod to Newtown. ough varied selections scribed as a classic golden malty and you’ll nd dessert nirvana.
36 Keating Farms Ave., abounded to please all crafty
Newtown, Conn., 203-491-2038, FOOD folks’ palates, NewSylum cer- lager with a refreshing nish. ey also have a nice selection
newsylumbrewing.com We were pleased with their tainly also provides a nice
selection of just “drinkable” Two key words for you folks who of wines, hard ciders, and hard
Good friends recently moved pizza game and in particular beers. My dining buddy put his
to the Newtown, Conn. area and with the Bianca, made with faith in the waiter and politely are in the mood for a drinkable seltzers, and cool merch!
as we were planning a visit it gorgonzola, mozzarella, Romano, asked, “My good man, I’d like
turned out there was a brewery garlic, and sesame seeds. We also a ight of non-IPAs,” and was beer: Malty—literally the op- We found the service excel-
I wanted to try nearby called: enjoyed local cheese boxes and a quite pleased with the selections
giant pretzel the size of a hubcap brought forth. posite of bitter and can provide lent and quite patient as we

Here are some that we some degree of sweetness, notes wandered through the beer and
sampled and liked that night:
of nuts, to ee, caramel, and toast, food menu with questions along
Keating Farms German
Style Kolsch, 4.5% abv: It can and Lager, which you know the way.
be said there are only two types
of beers in the world! 1) Ales from above provides pleasant ere was a great band play-
that are top fermented at room
temperature, which typically smoothness of taste. Paired very ing outdoors the night we were
provides more avor, and 2)
lagers that are bottom fer- well with all pizza choices. there, and it seems live music is
mented (e.g. lagering) at about
Counting the Days IPA: on regular rotation at NewSy-

eir agship IPA provided the lum, as is a Trivia Night.

group a pleasant citrus start and Let me know your thoughts if

pine nish with a light body you visit NewSylum.

throughout though at a semi-

meaty 7% abv. e mild bitter- HOPPENINGS

ness paired very well with the We had another fun outing a

sweet apricot found in the local few Saturdays ago at our local

purveyor Graze & Co’s cheese Katonah Reading Room, where

box. they had the rst in their “Art

Boom Bang Blackberry Ber- of…” series, which I would call

PALLADINO BUILDING liner Weiss, 4.5% abv: Berliner a series of small subject focused
INC.
Weiss is low alcohol, tart, sour experiences hosted in their cool

wheat beer that dates back to speakeasy-like upstairs.

the 16th century from northern First up, appropriately enough,

Germany and often combined was the Art of Beer! Reading

with berries of varying tartness. Room’s Gretchen and Peter

Boom Bang (love the name) uses brought in a subject matter

blackberries and its alluring red- expert from Tuckahoe’s Broken

orange color invited us all to put Bow Brewery. She engagingly

our pretenses of the tart adjec- discussed and provided a nice

tive behind us and keep an open SEE BART PAGE 13
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Thursday, August 19, 2021 SPORTS Yorktown News – Page 23

SOFTBALL

Yorktown’s Servedio chooses Colgate

All-State pitcher headed upstate

BY MIKE SABINI base hits, said everyone with the 18U DeMarini. Both are coached Yorktown’s Maya Servedio FILE PHOTO/ROB DIANTONIO
CONTRIBUTING WRITER Husker softball program is “super by Fernandez.
excited”for Servedio. excited to compete for a sectional perfect game and three no-hitters,
Yorktown rising senior Maya “Playing against great compe- title next year,”Servedio said.“After pitched 92 innings, allowing just 5
Servedio, a second-team Class A “Maya was able to make a com- tition with both my high-school such a heartbreaking loss this year, earned runs while striking out 180
All-State selection, had plenty of mitment to Colgate due to her love team and travel team, I feel, has winning the sectional title would batters in addition to registering a
choices when choosing where she of the campus, softball program, prepared me to play at the next mean the world to all of us.I believe 0.38 ERA, with opposing batters
wanted to pitch in college. and most importantly education,” level,” Servedio said. “Also, having the key to winning is to continue to hitting just .105 against her this
Fernandez said. “ e education the opportunity to work with and work hard and get better every day. past spring.
In the end, the school that was is one of the best you can get and learn from Sammy, who had enor- Our seniors de nitely left some big
the best for her was Division 1 the fact that she got a scholarship mous success at the D1 level, on holes to ll but I believe we have At the plate, Servedio accumu-
Colgate University, from the high- to play softball there is incredible. both of my teams has helped me the talent and drive to compete for lated a .452 batting average, a .726
ly competitive and academically She had other o ers on the table tremendously.” a sectional championship.” slugging percentage while register-
prestigious Patriot League. as well, but Colgate is the perfect ing 32 RBI, 2 homers, 9 doubles,
While proud of Servedio for her Servedio was 10-3, hurled a and 1 triple.
ere were plenty of reasons t for her.” commitment to Colgate, Fernan-
why Servedio chose the upstate Colgate had what Servedio was dez is ecstatic that she still has her
school, located in Hamilton. looking for both in the classroom for one more year at Yorktown.
and on the eld.
“For starters,” Servedio said, “my “Academically, my goal is to “We are all incredibly proud of
primary goal was to attend a high graduate with a degree in econom- her,” Fernandez said. “ is com-
academic school, and Colgate de - ics with the hope that I can pur- mitment will give her more con-
nitely checks that box. Also, Col- sue a career in the business world,”
gate has a very competitive softball Servedio said.“Athletically,my goal dence on the mound next season
program within the Patriot League is to compete at a high level and for us and we are excited to watch
and has an incredibly talented continue to improve. I would also her continue to grow as a player
coaching sta . I knew once I had like to hopefully help my team win and student.”
the chance to tour the beautiful the Patriot League championship
campus and impressive athletic fa- during my four years.” Servedio is happy that she has
cilities that Colgate was the perfect Servedio is prepared to play at one more year left as well.
the next level because of her vast
t for me.” experience in the sport, which in- Servedio is coming o a season
Yorktown coach Samantha cludes playing for Yorktown and where she battled Lakeland ace,
Fernandez, a 2014 Carmel gradu- her travel team,Team Long Island
ate who graduated from Syracuse rst-team Class A All-State selec-
University as its all-time leader in tion Stella Bale, in a classic Section
1 Class A1 title game won by the
host Hornets 1-0 in 12 innings.

“My team and I are extremely

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