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Tractor Supply to Somers?

BY CAROL REIF Tractor Supply doesn’t, however, actu- estate investment rm based in Connecti- an existing shopping center and Avalon
STAFF WRITER ally sell tractors, said a representative. cut, said he was trying to suss out if the Somers, a community of a ordable apart-
project made sense for the community. ments.
Tractor Supply Co., which bills itself as Developer Matt Darling appeared
the “largest rural lifestyle retailer” in the before the town Planning Board on Mack V acquires and develops property ( ere are also restaurants, banks, natu-
country is thinking about planting some Wednesday, June 9, to make an informal and leases it back to clients such as Tractor ral foods store, and a senior living facility
roots in Somers. presentation on the project contemplated Supply. in the densely developed area.)
for a spot adjacent to Stop & Shop in
Since a good amount of space in the Baldwin Place. It’s built more than 30 of the stores in e spot Darling is eyeing is in the
national chain’s stores goes to equestrian New York and New England, according to town’s “Planned Hamlet” district, an area
goods, that should make some local horse- It would be the rst one in Westchester. Darling. that doesn’t permit straight retail uses,
lovers very happy. e nearest Tractor Supply is in Patter- Darling said.
ere is one hurdle that it will have to
It also sells hand tools, lawnmowers, son in Putnam County. One just opened leap with the Town Board before planning However, it is in the town’s power to ei-
work clothing, animal feed, pet supplies, in Wappingers Falls in Dutchess Country, folks get ahold of it. ther change the PH zoning — which isn’t
plants, owers, and other gardening stu . Darling said.
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Thursday, July 1, 2021 The Somers Record – Page 3

Your Neighbor

A neighbor in need

Somers family searches
for kidney donor

PHOTOS COURTESY OF MARTIN DILLON BY CAROL REIF sumed the family. ey got responses
STAFF WRITER from all over the world, which helped,
Alice Dillon celebrating her 40th birthday before her first successful kidney transplant in even if most were just words of encour-
2007. After successfully ghting to save the agement. All potential donors were
life of her ailing daughter 14 years ago, methodically listed in a red spiral note-
The Dillon family is once again asking for the community’s help in finding a kidney donor for one Somers mom is ready to go to the book.
their daughter. mat again.
e Dillons nally got a serious nib-
Susan Dillon and her husband, Mar- ble.
tin, are pinning their hopes on the same
proactive approach they used the last Unfortunately, a medical problem
time their “ray of sunshine” needed a prevented the anonymous man from
new kidney. making good on his sel ess o er. Un-
deterred, they dove back in.
at includes posting lea ets every-
where possible — from libraries and en, on February 16, 2007, the fam-
businesses to fast-food restaurants and ily got a life-changing email.
doctor’s o ces.
Lisa Millard, a tax preparer who had
e Heritage Hills residents are also spotted their yer at her o ce, told
reaching out through community or- them: “While this is nothing that I had
ganizations such as the Somers Lions ever (seriously) considered, I am an or-
Club and talking to anyone who’ll lis- gan donor and gured why wait ‘til I’m
ten. dead.”

Most recently, they contacted the lo- Four months later, after Millard
cal newspaper in the hopes of spreading passed all the tests required of a living
the word. donor, the Dillons celebrated Alice’s
40th  birthday with a backyard barbe-
One might say that Alice Dillon is cue. e party continued at the Valhalla
very lucky to have such feisty parents in hospital where they nally met their
her corner. daughter’s savior face to face.

Susan, a trustee on the Somers Li- e Dillons were overcome with re-
brary Board, is a retired teacher; Martin, lief when they saw Millard sitting there.
a retired attorney. eir older daughter,
Eleanor, lives in Lewisboro. “I knew we were home,” Martin re-
called back then.
In 2007, Alice was on the national
transplant waiting list, but, as anyone While ecstatic, Alice could hardly be-
who’s been there knows, the journey lieve it herself. She wondered later if the
from candidate to recipient can be a surgery had been “real or not.”
long — and sometimes fatal — one.
at fall, Millard was presented with
en 40, the Long Island woman’s H&R Block’s Hero Award by her com-
kidneys were failing, and she was being pany. And in 2008, the Nassau County
kept going by a three-times-a-week di- Legislature recognized her for the hu-
alysis regimen. manitarian act.

No one in her family had the requisite Although normally shy, Alice attend-
blood type — O positive or negative. ed the latter ceremony where she made
a heartfelt speech of thanks to Millard.
e year before, Alice’s story had
been picked up by Newsday. e Dillons eventually moved to
Somers to be nearer the Westchester
e Dillons, who lived in Merrick, Medical Center where Alice receives
peppered their town with pamphlets treatment.
and quickly learned to master the Inter-
net and social media. ey even created Alice will be 54 in August.
a website.
SEE NEIGHBOR PAGE 23
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First live forum had over 5,000 views

Audience evenly split on whether to allow pot dispensaries in town

BY BRETT FREEMAN forum on our ve Facebook pages, where IN FAVOR • Matt Damrow, Yorktown resident;
PUBLISHER we received nearly 5,000 engagements, with • Jonathan Schneider, former member of Partner, Hudson Grow, future NYS adult-
the average engagement over one minute. use dispensary.
Halston Media, the parent company the Carmel Town Board, a local business
of this newspaper, presented its inaugural THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS consultant and an Iraq War veteran with OPPOSED
“Hudson Valley Uncensored” forum series Halston Media thanks its two sponsors of the U.S. Marine Corps. • Susan Salomone, Founder & Executive
on June 10.
this inaugural forum: • Ryan Lepore, a North Salem High Director of Drug Crisis in our Backyard.
e title of the forum was: “Now at It’s • Agriventures Agway, which is located at School Class of 2010 graduate; a District • Frank Lombardi, Carmel Town Coun-
Legal, Should Recreational Marijuana Dis- O ce Director for former NY State As-
pensaries Be Allowed to Operate In Your 92 Mill Plain Road in Danbury. ey can be semblyman David Buchwald; Interim cilman.
Town?” reached at 203-743-7500 or agwayct.com. Executive Director of NYC NORML • Je rey Veatch, President of the Justin
(National Organization for the Reform
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people attended, most of whom stayed en- and Smart Community. NORML.
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Somers earns increased financial rating

BY CAROL REIF ere are so-called “credit challenges” formerly occupied by PepsiCo and is now or 1.3 percent, over 2020.
STAFF WRITER based on “pending tax appeals from large about 35 percent leased. Somers did not incorporate any “pandem-
taxpayers,”Moody’s said.
Somers has earned an Aaa  rating from e properties were purchased in 2015 and ic-speci c”contingencies into its budget, but
Moody’s Investors Service for its nancial e town is primarily suburban with some 2016 and the town has $1.7 million reserved continues “the practice of conservatively an-
stability. rural areas. Employment-wise, its residents for the tax certs “which management believes ticipating revenues from sales and mortgage
bene t from its proximity to New York City, is su cient to cover any settlements.” tax and interest and penalties,”Moody’s said.
e top ranking — an upgrade from the which is accessible by Metro-North com-
town’s previous Aa1 — was announced by muter rail, and neighboring areas. Compared to other communities in West- Its “ nancial exibility” is also supported
Moody’s on Wednesday, June 9. chester, the median family income in Somers by a “more a ordable structure to services
In 2019, there were 21,500 people resid- is 206.8 percent above the national median o ered” and this results in lower expenses
e change involves the town’s $3 million ing in Somers. and the median home value, as of 2019, was related to salaries and bene ts.
in public improvement bonds being issued $501,000, equal to 160 percent and 230 per-
to nance the reconstruction and resurfac- According to Moody’s, the town’s “full cent of state and national property tax rev- Somers’ police force is part-time, its re
ing of roads and the repair of road drainage value” was $4.3 billion in 2021, a nearly 13 enues respectively, Moody’s reported. department is volunteer, and its EMS is a
systems. percent increase over the last ve years. combination of volunteer and contracted
Resident wealth and incomes “adequately employees.Residents are mostly on wells and
It also a ects the town’s general obligation Residential developments include Ava- support the town’s property tax revenues septic systems and pay for refuse collection,
limited tax (GOLT) rating. lon Bay and Artis Senior Living (a planned which accounted for 44 percent of its oper- which further limits the town’s liabilities.
hamlet with 152 apartments and an assisted ating revenue last year, it said.
Somers has $6.6 million in outstanding living facility), Cobbling Rock (nine single- Somers’ debt burden is likely to remain
GOLT debt, inclusive of the current issu- family homes); Merritt Park (17 single- Somers “reserve position” is expected to stable because additional issuance plans “are
ance, Moody’s said. family homes); and Hidden Meadows (53 remain strong following a “healthy operat- very limited.”
townhouses). ing surplus”in 2020.
e upgrade re ects Somers’ “robust re- Other capital needs include stormwater
serves and liquidity”supported by a “positive Somers Crossing, a mixed-use develop- It closed its most recent scal year with drains and roof replacement projects that
trend in operations and conservative budget- ment, is also underway. It has commercial $9.6 million in available fund balance in its the town will either fund through grants or
ary practices,”the service added. and residential components and may be operating funds — general, highway, and incorporating the expenses into its budget,
complete by the end of this year, Moody’s debt service — following a nearly $1.7 mil- Moody’s said.
Also helping was the town’s “strong resi- noted. lion operating surplus.
dent wealth and incomes and growing tax Supervisor Rick Morrissey thanked the
base.” Residential development in the town is at was attributed to the surplus in sales Town Board ursday, June 10, for “putting
“strong,” but its largest taxpayer remains va- and mortgage taxes and interest and penal- together eight years of very tight budgets.”
Both residential and commercial develop- cant. ties revenues that exceed budget.
ment has been “signi cant” and the town’s He also praised town nance director
long-term liabilities and xed costs are Developers have been interested in the Sales taxes are the town’s second-highest Robert Kehoe for “keeping our numbers in
“manageable.” former IBM campus for a private STEAM revenue source — making up 32.5 percent line, putting us in this position.”
academy. However, Moody’s noted that of its operating budget in 2020.
Moody’s also cited Somers’ “conservative these plans were placed on hold because is means, Morrissey said, that the town
budgetary practices.” of the pandemic. e property is vacant, e biggest revenue source is property will now “get the best possible rates that are
and the owner has led a tax certiorari for taxes, or 44 percent, Moody’s said. out there.”
e bonds are backed by the town’s gen- the IBM site and a building that had been
eral obligation pledge as limited by the state’s e town’s 2021 budget of close to $10 “So good job to all of you. ank you,” he
cap on property taxes, it said. million represented an increase of $124,000, added.

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Tom Y. Toy OBITUARIES

became fully immersed in American culture.  A funny, kind, gentle, and intrepid man,

In 1952, while a student at Rensselaer Tom was devoted to his family, loved being

Tom Y.Toy passed away of natural causes, Polytechnic Institute (Phi Sigma Kappa) a on the cutting edge of technology, being a

surrounded by his family, on June 24, 2021. serendipitous blind date with her sister May world traveler, and playing blackjack. Most

He was 91. Tom was an architect and long- led to Tom meeting Mary Huie. Mary took of all he loved being a grandfather to Kelly

time resident of Somers. For over 50 years, a liking to the handsome young man in uni- and Dex.Yeh Yeh (or YY in millennial) never

Tom and his wife of 65 years, Mary Huie form (he was an Army reservist) and a 4-year missed a game, recital, concert or show of

Toy, lived and raised their two children in the courtship began. After graduating from RPI his grandchildren or children, documenting

dream house he designed. and serving in the Korean War, Mary nally virtually every moment. He leaves a legacy of

Tom was born in Canton, China on Octo- relented, and they were married in 1956.   creativity, artistry, and ingenuity along with a

ber 18, 1929. In 1939, he immigrated to the A proud naturalized U.S. citizen, he hung library of photos and videos. 

United States as a “Paper Son”with his mother the American ag outside the family’s house Tom is survived by his wife Mary, his son

Chin Tue Yee to reunite with his father, Lau every July 4th, Memorial Day, and Labor David Lawrence Toy (wife Lynne Healy

Wah Shue. e 10-year delay was due to the Day for as long he lived.Tom was a long-time Toy, children Kelly Evelyn Toy and Dexter

Chinese Exclusion laws of the time.He taught employee of the United States Postal Service, Healy Toy), and his daughter Christine Toy

himself to speak English, graduated from where he was Manager of Design, and previ- Johnson (husband Bruce Alan Johnson). A

Roosevelt High School in Yonkers, NY where ously worked as an architect at Rose, Beaton, private celebration of his life will be held later

he ran track, was a school photographer and and Rose in White Plains. this year.

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Soaring among the best

A conversation with SHS graduates

BY JULIA WILKINSON dents have found success. Numerous grad- es, including the ability to meet regu- Julia Wilkinson
STUDENT INTERN uates have been accepted to some of the larly with my guidance counselor, virtual
top universities and colleges in the nation. college visits, and Naviance, which was things, the more compelling a case you
e United States is a powerful, promi- Based on records for the classes of 2017- helpful throughout the college application can make to colleges as to why you want
nent force when it comes to academics, 20, Somers graduates have been accepted process. In my opinion, I think the most to be admitted through having a deep
with several highly acclaimed schools and to nearly every Ivy League university in- important thing that made me stand out knowledge of their programs and o er-
institutions that are acknowledged world- cluding Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Cornell, in college admissions was my volunteer- ings as well as an extra-polished and ne-
wide. Columbia, Brown, and University of Penn- ing and service work not only in the tuned essay. e summer before senior
sylvania. ey have also been accepted into Somers community for the Somers Li- year is the perfect time to do this, so don’t
US News’ 2021 Best Global Universities several other top-tier universities such as brary Foundation, but also internationally let it go to waste.
Rankings show that universities in North New York University, University of Chica- for the Indian Council for Child Welfare
America hold most of the top spots of the go, Carnegie Mellon, Georgetown, Univer- in Tamil Nadu. ese things mean a lot Chuang: Some advice I have for people
best schools in the world. e ranking re- sity of Notre Dame and more, all of which to me, and this likely stood out when col- applying to college now is to choose your
veals that out of the top 20 universities in are among the top 30 universities in the US leges were reviewing my application. favorite school and apply Early Decision
the world, only ve are from outside the according to the 2021 Best National Uni- if possible. It really helps your chances of
US. e other 15 are American universities, versity Rankings (US News Rankings).   Chuang: SHS was very supportive getting in.
with Harvard, MIT, and Stanford securing and allowed me to explore many of my
the top spots. High schools are vital to the I had the opportunity to interview two interests in high school. is ultimately ere are many facets of preparing  a
success of these highly ranked universities, of this year’s graduating seniors, Nitin Se- allowed me to have many options for col- college application, and preparing for col-
preparing students for college and serving shadri, who will be attending University leges, both in academic rigor and topic. I lege in general. 
as the foundation for higher education. e of Pennsylvania, and Sara Chuang, who think that my participation in Orchestra,
competition is tough with a large pool of will be attending University of Chicago. AP classes, and extracurriculars like the Academically, there are a variety of
highly competitive public, private, magnet, I asked them about their college prepara- musical all helped me get into my rst- courses and programs that help students
and online schools. So, where does Somers tion processes that led them to be accepted choice college. stand out and be prepared for the college
High School stand on this massive scale of into some of the country’s top universities. journey including honors courses, dual
educational excellence? Here is what they had to say: What is some advice you have for
others as they start thinking about col- SEE WILKINSON PAGE 9
With a current graduating class of 274 How did SHS prepare you with your lege and begin their college application
students in 2021, Somers High School  is college journey and to be accepted at this processes?
on the smaller side of schools in terms of university? In your opinion, what are
size and number of students. A tiny drop- some of the programs/courses that made Seshadri: My advice is that it’s never
let of water in the vast pool of the nation’s you stand out in your college admission? too early to begin researching colleges
educational institutions. But SHS  is not and thinking about your college essay. In
without its achievements, and Somers stu- Seshadri: SHS provided many resourc- fact, the more time you spend on these

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PODCAST and they live in Carmel.
FROM PAGE 2
Freeman welcomes McIntyre to the

show to discuss the process of “plant-

of Freeman’s spiritual and intellectual ing” his own church, the decision to

mentors.He is the lead pastor at Lakev- combine his passions for faith and en-

iew Community Church in Carmel, trepreneurship, as well as the evolution

where Freeman has called home from of the Lakeview Community Church

the moment he became a Christian. from a small living room gathering to

McIntyre grew up in Mahopac. After two large church buildings. McIntyre

graduating from Messiah College in explains Lakeview’s more casual, con-

1991 with a bachelor’s degree in busi- temporary expressions of faith, their

ness administration, he had no inten- formula for growth, and the purpose

tion of being in full-time ministry, but of their “life groups.” He talks about

agreed to help out with the youth group using prayer when deciding on the di-

at his home church. at introduction rection of Lakeview, opening his heart

to ministry led to a passion to invest to God’s voice, treating every area of

deeply in the lives of teenagers – some- life as sacred, and the importance of

thing his future wife Diane shared, who authenticity. Freeman asks McIntyre

he met at a Youth for Christ banquet. about welcoming members back to the

McIntyre served as the youth minister congregation after COVID, the gift of

at First Baptist Church of Brewster being able to gather safely together in

Going for the gold!PHOTOCOURTESYOFMICHELLETREMBLAY from 1995 to 1999, and then attended person, the innate human desire to wor-

Samantha Tremblay riding at Old Salem Farm last weekend, competing in the 3’3 Alliance eological Seminary where ship, and why it’s so important to direct
Equitation Medals. Samantha rides for Zephyr Farm in Mahopac.
he graduated with a master’s of divinity that yearning toward God. ey have a

in 2002. From there he connected with fascinating conversation about the role

the Christian and Missionary Alliance of politics and social justice in our mis-

denomination and started working on sion as Christians, and McIntyre shares

Lakeview Community Church with his thoughts on the Book of Revelation,

their backing and support. e Mc- as well as his favorite Bible translations,

Intyres have four wonderful children, authors, movies and music.

WILKINSON CARPET

FROM PAGE 8

enrollment, AP courses, the IB program, and more. ese unique op- HARDWOOD Let
portunities, many of which are o ered at Somers High School, allow REFINISH HARDWOOD Us
students to choose their own unique academic pathways and build Floor
the foundation for students’ future endeavors, backed by a support FLOORING You
system comprised of faculty and sta .  CERAMIC TILES

However, the academic routes and courses one follows through- AREA RUGS
out high school is not the only aspect of a college application. For
students to thrive, they should look at some extracurricular activities.
Service work, after school clubs, sports, and more allow for students
to be expressive and pursue their passions, all of which are valuable in
the college process and in life. When your college application is be-
ing reviewed, colleges love seeing that students are active in the elds
that they are interested in and participating in activities that they care
about, so extracurriculars are very important.

Julia Wilkinson is a sophomore at Somers High School. World travels and
multicultural in uence have always made her inquisitive of the world
and communities she is part of. As an intern for e Somers Record, Julia
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Opinion

Happily
Ever
After

Quitting the LETTERS
habit of racism Park Proposal
Problems be a good use of that money.  Fami-
lies would be much more inclined
to use the area while they awaited

concerts and various events. Please

leave well-enough alone!

To the editor, Joan Schwarz

Beautiful, bucolic Somers is slip-

called on who eventually got something we want to do about ping away.  Leave Bailey Park alone!   To the editor,
the message that her ideas and how we think, or can we just
GUEST thoughts were unwelcome; the keep our thoughts to ourselves? I read with sadness the plan to I’ve lived in Somers since 1979,
CORNER store clerk who automatically
gives eye contact to the white e problem with keeping your transform this charming shady, and there hasn’t been a time when
PATRICIA customer when asking “Who’s thoughts to yourself is that
ADAMS next?”; the maids called by biases inevitably present in other green spot in downtown Somers I’m stopped at the tra c light by
their rst names regardless of ways, ways with which even we
Clearing one’s mind of age. All the subtle signs were are unaware. Whites who care into a paved “destination”area. Isn’t Bailey Park that I don’t look over
racist bias and assump- there that formed a general struggle with the learning about
tions is like trying to thinking about others. bias in America, biases carefully this area already congested enough? to it and feel a sense of pride that
quit smoking or lose weight. excluded from history books and
It’s hard. It’s a habit acquired e N-word may have e new (partially constructed) the park is there. Nestled between
unconsciously. never been used in your house nd the study uncomfortable.
or by your friends, but then your Some quit. Some press on. We condominiums just down the road St. Luke’s Church and the Somers
And, unlike smoking or neighborhood was all white. eulogize events like a presi-
resisting those caloric delights, If there’s no direct interaction, dential assassination and 9/11. from Bailey Park on one end, and Town Hall, Bailey Park makes our
it pops up on its own, there’s no we are left only with what we Somehow we can all get behind
struggle to put away the pack read and see on television. Black those tragedies. But hundreds of the new large DiCicco & Sons town unique. It is our village green,
or resist that cake. It’s just there. people are good at sports and years of slavery, Japanese intern-
We grew up with it. Casual entertaining. Middle Eastern ment camps, anti-Semitism? on the other have added and will a reminder of the colonial history
comments from parents and people are terrorists. e Asians Well, those are part of our
their friends and our friends’ spread disease. e Latinos history we’d rather leave unex- continue to add many more cars to of Somers that goes back hundreds
parents formed the way we make good gardeners and dance. amined. Over time, they’ll just
think about each other.  We don’t mean to pigeon-hole fade from memory. Except there Routes 202 and 100.   of years. It has been what all village
people, but there it is in our faces always seems to be someone left
Malice may or may not have day after day in print and over who brings it all up again. ank e center of Somers has, thus greens have been — an area in
been intended, but however we the airways. Like violence, what you, George Floyd.
formed our ideas and opinions we see on television and read far, been able to retain its country which the community can gather in
about each other, our brains for pleasure is further reinforced I’m one of those who’d rather
soaked up the input. Words in the streets. e extremists look away. I grew up as a child charm through the design of the a variety of ways, depart and return
were reinforced by what we don’t have to be in the mix for of privilege and a child of color.
saw: the little brown girl whose assumptions to take root. My classmates were all white. buildings across from the Elephant again another time for another
hand shot up in class, ignored
by the teacher and was never Understanding all of this, does e rst time one of them called Hotel. If Bailey Park must be purpose, while this space remains
it matter? Do we care? Is there me the N-word, my dad told me
improved, plant new trees to replace the constant.
SEE ADAMS PAGE 17
the damaged ones and add colorful So it was heartbreaking to read

perennials and shrubs. at alone that there is a proposal to com-

would encourage “destination” pletely alter this part of our town

picnicking and gathering to enjoy heritage and our community-de n-

nature — not tra c noise and ing shared space. ere is nothing

congestion. in this proposal which is not already

Reis Park is an excellent place to available in the park as it is. Chil-

hold concerts and civic ceremonies. dren currently have full run of the

Parking is not an issue there. It is park.

not located in a busy intersection. If you enjoy your dining on a

e $142,800 could be used to piece of pavement, surrounded by

plant some trees in the playground. line-of-sight blocking screens as

ere is no shade from afternoon proposed, there are any number of

sun on that playground. Updated SEE LETTERS PAGE 11
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A childhood remembrance LETTERS be paved for the family/din-
ing area.
FROM PAGE 10

Bailey Park, in its cur-

THE pier lives, she volunteered to take Cook became fast friends over fast food restaurants in the area rent form, serves its purpose
SEASONED them on a TV show that gave the following years. My youthful
CITIZEN prizes to contestants naming imagination always envisioned which o er that type of ambi- perfectly and only needs to be
tunes being played for them. their relationship as deep and
ADRIENNE abiding spiritual love…their souls ance. Perhaps the town could preserved — not paved.
KAVELLE In those days nuns could not meeting at a place we mere mor-
appear on television, so four resi- tals could never know…more leave the grass and put up a Town o cials suggest that
St. Patrick’s Home For dents, two men and two women, romantic than even Romeo and
e Aged stood down were chosen to accompany Juliet because it was not physical, couple of picnic tables instead, this proposal, estimated to
the block and across the mom. I went with them and but ethereal…their spirits always
street from my parent’s house, a watched as they answered every touching, their hands never! for people who now bring cost $142,800, is cheaper
place for elderly people run by question correctly and won not
Mother Aloysius for the Catho- only prize money but a piano and Eventually Father Cook their lunch. than a new play set at Reis
lic Church. It was a forbearer of a silver tea service as well.   became Cardinal Cook and
what we now call ‘assisted living’ Sister Aloysius was always there People have always brought Park, estimated at $150,000.
as well as a haven for those who We were all ecstatic as we to be his sounding board. Sister
needed more. Once in a while I’d presented our ‘loot’ to the mother Aloysius was always there for me, chairs and blankets to the I’m hopeful people will agree
come home from school and nd superior. She, in turn, decided too. She got me a job with En-
Bella, our housekeeper, serving to have open house for the gineering Recording at NYU the concerts held there, con- that there is no need for these
tea to strangers sitting at the neighborhood and the neighbor- summer between high school and
kitchen table. Out taking a walk ing clergy. In the middle of her college where I learned that en- gregating in groups, pulling ‘renovations’ to Bailey Park
the mobile residents would some- presentation the sound system gineers are great mathematicians
times mistake our red brick house failed. A new sound system but can’t spell worth a damn! strollers up close as older and that a new play set is a
for their own residence. After would be very costly, and they
they had tea, it would be my job might have to sell the prize piano She stood by me when my children ran around. I re- more useful and a better use
to walk them back to St. Pat- to a ord one.   baby, John, was so ill and was
rick’s.  at was how my mother, my mentor until the day she member when the commu- of recreational fees than this
Florence, and Sister Aloysius met e next morning, low and died. We were all better for
and became fast friends.   behold, a wonderful surprise.  e having known ‘Nellie’ (her birth nity gathered, most standing, ill-conceived proposal.
note read, “I attended your lovely name) and I’ll never forget
Mom was a great one for party yesterday and have pur- her reaction when she met my lling the park as we came Somers is valued for its
charity work so when she learned chased a new sound system for daughter, Lisa, wearing a ‘choice’
the home needed funds to buy a you. I’ll take care of the pay- button. Sister shrugged her together to comfort the three semi-rural qualities. is
piano and other sundries to help ments, and you just enjoy.” It was shoulders and murmured, “So
the Seasoned Citizens lead hap- signed, Father Cook. It is a well much for free will.” local families whose loved includes Bailey Park, our
known fact that young priests
have very little money, so this was Contact Adrienne at: ergosum1@ ones died on 9/11. e com- village green with its historic,
a most generous o ering.   comcast.net
memorative benches for those environmental and aesthetic
Mother Aloysius and Father
victims are placed under a attributes. e proposed

small grove of sheltering trees heartbreaking dis gurement

at the edge of the park, a of this emblematic anchor in

quiet place of remembrance. the center of Somers would

eir proposed ‘improvement’ irrevocably change and di-

to this scenario is to pave a minish our town, and should

3,500-square-foot seating not be permitted.

area, in addition to what will Anita Krusko

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Jacque’s Spin on Music for July 2021

his year, spring really did bring e Hangout Café in ACQUE’ CARMEL Weather permitting, the restaurant will
Carmel is quickly becom- The Hangout Café feature alternating outdoor live music
QUabout a complete rebirth, and ing “the place” to hang 184 Route 52 from 5-8 p.m. featuring Ryan O’Connor
out for good food Suite152, (845) 306- and Dan Zlotnick.
T C Enot just of the season. I hope you
Unwined Winebar & Kitchen
A ’are enjoying the reopening of full-to- 80 Route 6, Somers Commons Shop-
S ping Center, Baldwin Place, (914) 519-
SPI 6190
Unfortunately, I was unable to get de-
S tails. However, Weather permitting they
SPI have music outdoors.
J If you have a space for live music, I’d
USIC love to talk about what you have going
on. Please send me an email to Jacque@
J wbutter y.net.
USIC Full disclosure! I rely on HearIt ere.
capacity restaurants with some o ering and live music on 7165 com to research everything! I also receive
a weekly newsletter listing a whole range
live music! Don’t you just love that we ursday, Friday and Live music in the of shows in the area.  If you haven’t already
pulled out your phone to sign up for their
can stay within a short distance from the Saturday nights. I’d dining room  urs- weekly newsletter, please do.

Somers area and enjoy live music with a love to hear your day (7-9), Friday and Jacque Roche is a freelance writer, editor
and music blogger for HearIt ere.com and
delicious meal? thoughts on the food Saturday (6:30–9:30 contributor to Halston Media sources, More
Sugar Magazine, HamletHub and  e
NI’m thrilled to see that the music scene and music roster for N p.m.). Patch. Archived broadcasts of 2016-
2020 shows can be heard streaming on
in our area is picking back up! It’s hard July. Contact info Mixcloud.com and found on the FB page, @
to know where to go rst. ankfully, I and full details about ON M NORTH SALEM Jacque’sGiantSpinOnMusic.

Ocan get on hearitthere.com and search by the restaurant are listed Hardscrabble Cider
N Mdate, geography or genre and nd exactly below as well.  e music 130 Hardscrabble

what I’m looking for. roster is available on their Face- Road, (914) 485-1210

Have you been to Hardscrabble book page. Live music every Friday and Saturday

Cider yet? I just got o the phone with Salsa Verde in Somers continues to fea- nights from 6-9 p.m.  

them.  ey plan to keep the advance ture a variety of music to Somers indoors Must have reservations to attend. Make

reservation policy in place for July. It is and outside. e Hudson Valley Blues them at Hardscrabbleciderny.com

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Saturday, July 24th. I love everything been to the HVBS Open Blues Jams. ey Weather permitting; there will be acous-

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Thursday, July 1, 2021 OPINION The Somers Record – Page 13

Weighty issues

JUST As I left the doctor’s o ce af- “First, it’s too hot for me to Fun Facts by Jo Ann
JO ANN ter my physical, I began think- have a full meal and second, at It is a scientific fact that men lose weight easier
ing that it must be the weather. my physical last week the doc- and faster than women.
JO ANN It has simply been too hot and tor said I have lost weight and
FRANCELLA humid to eat a meal, so I just if I could lose weight without An hour later we emerged toned your pants, are you up for
have fruit most days, mainly really trying, imagine what I can from the diner, Ken with a getting some cookies or donuts
“You’ve lost weight.” watermelon. do if I tried.” sated, satis ed look on his face and watching a movie tonight.
at’s what my and me unbuttoning my pants
doctor said to me I actually love watermelon, “Oh boy,” he said. “Does this to accommodate my full stom- “Are you trying to kill me?”I
when he nally walked into the not necessarily the kind we mean I have to live through ach. asked incredulously. “How
examining room and perused have now, but the large, bulky, your “hangry moods” again? about we make a compromise?
my chart. long ones that were lled with Please don’t start a diet. Having “What’s wrong?” asked Ken. I’ll eat decent meals with you if
black seeds. As a kid I used to just come out of a pandemic, “I feel like the Goodyear you stop asking me to have junk
“Wait, what did you say?” I love either picking out the seeds I don’t think I can go through Blimp. I can’t even breathe so I food.”
inquired. I had actually heard with the tip of a knife, or, if my having you on a diet. e only had to unbutton my pants.”
him, but I wanted him to repeat mother wasn’t looking, spitting di erence will be, instead of “Why don’t you just get those “Perfect. Now, no more talk
it. them out at my older sister. Fun staying in the house, I’ll be run- pants with the elastic waist- of silly diets. You look as beauti-
times. Anyway, I hated when ning from it and you.” band?” he innocently asked. I ful as the day we were married
“You’ve lost weight since the watermelons were sized down to wanted to say something really and I wouldn’t change you for
last time I saw you,” he repeat- a round orb the size of a basket- is was all I needed to aban- mean like, you know you can all the cookies in the world.”
ed. “Didn’t you know?” ball. But, I digress. don my dieting thoughts. “Well, stand to lose some weight too,
if you’re sure. I was kind of but I didn’t. Now that’s what I was wait-
“Not really. I tend to avoid I was thrilled to hear about thinking of having a big, juicy “So, now that you’ve unbut- ing to hear!
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demic, going to class remotely away from their teachers and friends. In April, they were

nally allowed to return to in-school learning. As time went on, classes resumed, and so did
sports, activities, and traditional events like the Senior Prom. And now, summer is nally
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e score at the shore

MAN the con uence of TWO holidays, dry town. Nightlife was almost guy on a goofy elliptical contrap- the seagulls can be intimidating.
OVERBOARD which meant an extra hour of back. Almost, because sta ng tion, looking very smug as if he Even as we were on the board-
tra c on the Garden State. If I is short these days; some blame knew the exact opposite of what walk eating doughnuts, a tern
RICK shorten the name of the holiday plentiful unemployment checks, I was thinking. It’s a jungle out swooped down and grabbed my
MELÉN to “Junth”I can get an earlier start others blame stagnant pay, but there, and everyone is vying for niece’s doughnut and almost ew
on the Tappan Zee Bridge. My it may just be that in a strange position, because someone is away with the whole thing. It was
Just as we were about to leave sisters come from up and down year of peaks and valleys, people always trying to pass somebody a scary Hitchcockian moment,
last ursday afternoon for a the Eastern Seaboard to spend a have shifted their priorities. One who is trying to pass somebody and I immediately rushed over to
long Father’s Day weekend little time together by the sea with restaurant said that their new else, and it’s the same with the her to nd out if the doughnut
at the Jersey shore, an extraordi- me and their kids. chef was arriving July 1st, he’s people going in the other direc- was okay. en, after the birds of
nary thing happened: the United probably also stuck somewhere tion. But it’s a pleasant ride, and prey appeared on the boardwalk,
States Congress did something. It On Father’s Day, dads ride for on the Garden State. Also, all I realized that the only reason I there was not even a pickled her-
made a federal holiday out of June free at the Castaway Cove amuse- the pool tables are missing in have to try to go any faster is to ring gull to be seen, although the
19th, also known as “Juneteenth.” ment park. ey used to ask to see action, either to make room for get to the end quicker so I can falcons made o with a family
It commemorates the day that the your kids so they could con rm regular tables, or a casualty of relax sooner. Maybe I should just of six.
Union proclaimed it was going to that you’re an actual dad. We had coronavirus overzealousness. If relax rst and see what happens.
enforce the abolition of slavery in four dads and only one baby, so we anyone ever caught covid from I saw a young mom pushing a And when I looked around
Texas, the last state to do so. It’s a were thinking we could pass the handling the balls, they certainly pram with a cute baby in it, and and saw that there was nally a
day that should clearly remind us baby down the line as handed never told anyone about it. I could fast forward in my head decent parking spot, I realized it
how easy it is for greed to attempt them our tickets, but luckily it 80 years to see it the other way was Sunday, and our long week-
to justify something unjusti able. didn’t come to that. I’m not one In the morning you can bicycle around. end was shorter than I hoped. I
And how carefully we must pro- to look down on anybody, but the two-plus mile boardwalk, and
tect the mainstream press, voting the Ferris wheel is my favorite, you’ll have plenty of competi- is year we saw something a gured if we leave early enough
rights and everything that keeps because the beach looks like tion. You’ll be sharing the road little di erent: a handler walk- we can beat next year’s tra c.
democracy from being taken over an ant farm from up there. It’s with strollers, strollers pushing ing around the boardwalk with
by the greedy. much more pleasant than think- strollers, joggers with no press- a falcon on his arm. I thought Join Rick and No Options for some
ing the same thing about my ing engagements, power-walkers, that they could have been on a rock & roll on Friday, July 2 at La
It’s also a day that resulted in kitchen counter. scooters, e-scooters, e-bikes, date but it turns out the town Famiglia at Lake Carmel
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ADAMS this and still feel it. It reinforces old Hopeful white people are devas- Letters and Op-Ed Policy
thinking and learnings. And, God tated that electing former President Letters to the editor and op-ed submissions may be edited.
FROM PAGE 10 forbid a person of color is better edu- Barack Obama didn’t mean we’d The views and opinions expressed in letters and op-eds are
cated or achieved more senior level turned the corner on racism. We not necessarily those of The Somers Record or its affiliates.
to punch him in the nose. I did. It work experience than an unaware elected the most quali ed person for Submissions must include a phone number and address
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place over the dinner table, focused a common term of thinking when racist thinking and behavior. One or are anonymous will not be published. Please send your
mostly on how to improve “ e someone of color emerges as supe- white Southerner is quoted as saying, submissions to the editor by e-mail at somersrecord@
Situation.”Whites were portrayed rior. A white friend and I spoke of all “Yeah, I voted for the n****r, he’s a halstonmedia.com. For more information, call the editor at
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working in the corporate sector I met answer was “conversations like this may explain why it is so di cult to
and interacted with many di erent one.”One conversation at a time, dismantle any one of them.
kinds of black and white people. one person at a time. Racism is not
About the only thing I learned is that a cup of tea. You cannot just add hot We are all where we are and must
the only way to discover the racism water and poof it’s gone. It is like start from there. Observing our own
within is to get to know a person and quitting smoking or losing weight. It words, thinking and behavior helps
usually by then you’re friends. takes Herculean e ort and personal de ne a starting point. It can take
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of white and black friends, and I’m along we would be as a culture and as weight — that’s the important thing.
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and thoughts with my white friends. by our own inability to get beyond
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they listen, they seem unperturbed of bias. her cocker spaniel,Ta y. She grew up in
and in some ways I sense they ap- Hastings on Hudson, graduating from
preciate being drawn in to the part In Germany, during WWII, there NYU Stern in 1963 and earning her
of my life from which they’ve always were communities of citizens who MBA at Atlanta University in 1969.
somehow sensed they were excluded.  were supposedly ignorant about the She worked in human resources for IBM
Nazi initiatives in concentration and retired from Digital Equipment
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Bread America”seem more obvi- ish people. Similarly, there are huge 1998. She stands on the shoulders of her
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negativity. Neighbors would rather choose to remain ignorant about the trans-Atlantic crossing and endured the
remember a time when my dog was systemic racist behavior, thinking and slave systems in Georgia and Louisiana.
aggressive than how far she’s come biases that keep the U.S. from truly She welcomes your ideas and comments
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“Number, please”

When Stephentown (aka Somers) was Originally, phones were wired between

formed on March 7, 1788, residents who two points, say from your house to your

wanted to converse with their neighbor in business. A much-needed switchboard

the next farm or with their grandmother rst used in Boston in May 1877 was im-

across town, had to walk there, saddle proved and allowed for the eventual devel-

up their horse, or hitch up the wagon or opment of a Somers phone system.

sleigh. Except for church socials, special e introduction of telephones to

events, or school, folks in Somers were Somers is a bit unclear. In 1902, the

isolated. ere was mail, but that meant a Town of Somers did grant the Yorktown

trip to the post o ce. Telephone Company a franchise to in-

In 1837 Samuel Morse (and others) stall wires for a telephone system. It be-

developed the electrical telegraph and came the early company serving western

the Morse Code. e telegraph came to Somers. Another company, the Hudson

Somers around 1846 with lines likely to River Telephone Company, served east-

the railroad stations and the post o ces. ern Somers. It is possible that other small

Western Union began sending  messages companies operated out of a private home

over the system in 1856. But still no verbal to provide service before 1902.

communication. Back then you would buy a phone in-

Many great inventors worked hard to strument and the local phone company

develop a system that could send a voice would attach it to their wire, often shared

over a wire. Finally, Elisha Gray and Al- by other customers. Later, the phone com-

exander Graham Bell developed “Tele- pany leased a phone to you, Usually a one

phones.”On March 7, 1876 the US Patent Wooden wall magneto crank phone, Pay phone in the first floor hall of Somers wire system, you would crank the mag-
O ce issued patent #174,465 to Alexan- circa 1917. Town House. neto to ring the switchboard operator who
der Graham Bell, considered the most would ring the line of the person you were
valuable patent ever issued. In December PHOTO COURTESY OF ART DOPMAN PHOTO COURTESY OF PHIL MERKEL calling. If several customers used the same

1877, Western Union created the Ameri- suit against Western Union. is resulted phone & Telegraph Company, and the line, the operator would signal you by us-

can Speaking Telephone Company. in the formation of the American Bell Bell Telephone System would forever be ing long and short rings. All phones on

Lots of ghting between companies Telephone Company in 1880. In 1885, known as AT&T. the line rang and if you heard your ring

went on over the patent. In November American Bell introduced a new long dis- e early phones in Somers were the SEE HISTORICAL PROFILE PAGE 22

1879, Bell won a nal patent infringement tance company called the American Tele- wooden magneto type xed to the wall.

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HISTORICAL PROFILE 5780, the “277” coming from CR7. Troop 376 welcomes
FROM PAGE 21 new Eagle Scout
Somers hamlet used Central (232).

On November 10, 1951 direct

(e.g. one long and two short) you distance dialing (DDD) began in

would answer. Englewood, New Jersey.

In the 1892, Bell introduced a After 1970 rapid change be-

smaller phone called the candle- gan. On April 3, 1973, the rst

stick phone. It could be kept on a hand held cell phone was used at Somers Troop 376 welcomed the latest in a constructing a prayer patio and rock garden
long line of accomplished Scouts when Liam highlighting the existing Peace Pole in the
table or desk and was very popu- the AT&T Bell Labs. Many cor- Bruskewicz was awarded the rank of Eagle back of the Church of the Good Shepherd.
Scout during a Court of Honor ceremony at Liam also held a spaghetti dinner fundraiser to
lar.  A separate “ringer box” held porate changes occurred over the the Church of the Good Shepherd in Gran-
ite Springs on June 27. During the course of nance the supplies for the patio. e remain-
the magneto equipment. If you years (remember New York Tele- his Scout career, Liam earned 32 merit badges ing proceeds of the fundraiser were donated to
(well over the required 21) and became Troop the Church of the Good Shepherd.
wanted to avoid a ringing phone, phone Company and NYNEX?). 376’s 68th Eagle Scout.
In attendance at the ceremony were Liam’s
you could take the receiver “o the In June 2000 Verizon took over the Liam Bruskewicz’s Eagle Scout Service parents: Sharon (mother and Liam’s Cub Scout
Project involved leading Scouts and adults in Den Leader), Dave (father and former Somers
hook”... hence that famous phrase. Somers Telephone System and re- Pack 11 Assistant Cubmaster and Somers Troop
376 Assistant Scoutmaster) and Sean Bruske-
Somers probably had both wall and mains today. wicz (older brother and Troop 376 Eagle Scout),
Scouts and Scout leaders of Somers Troop 376
candlestick phones. In 1926, Bell Wireless phones have become (including Troop 376 founder, elma Barlow),
family, friends, and Somers Town Councilman
introduced the rst desktop cradle the cutting edge of communication Richard Clinchy. Mr. Clinchy, Liam’s uncle, pre-
sented a proclamation from the Town of Somers
telephone, ending the candlestick in Somers and elsewhere. Witness to Liam, honoring Liam’s accomplishment, and
declaring Monday, June 28 as Liam Bruskewicz
era. At rst this new phone had no the teenagers walking around with Day in the Town of Somers.

dial, but when you picked up the their iPhones. Residents of Somers Liam graduated from Byram Hills High
School last week, where he was a three sport
handset, you heard the operator say in the 19th century would not be- varsity athlete as part of the schools football,
swimming, and baseball programs. Liam will
“number please.” Automated dial lieve what has happened to com- be attending SUNY Plattsburgh in the Fall,
where he will be majoring in Mathematics,
service began in Somers in 1939. munications in only 120 years. and playing Division 3 baseball for the Platts-
burgh Cardinals.
Two exchange buildings serv- One of the victims of all of this

ing parts of Somers were built, modern technology was the ven-

one in Croton Falls and the other erable pay phone. First used in

in Carmel. ese identical switch- Chicago in 1898, by 1902 there

boards continued to serve the mag- were 81,000 in the U.S. Just a few

neto phones until 1939, when they years ago, for a dime you could

were automated, ending the jobs of make a call. ere is still a work-

many operators. Each automated ing pay phone located on the rst

exchange could handle up to 9999 oor hallway of the Somers Town

lines. e exchange numbers and House. For only 25 cents you can

associated phone books evolved get a dial tone. Four minutes of talk

over the years. Before automation, will cost you four quarters.

your might ask the operator for So much for progress!

Croton Falls 578. With automa-

tion, you would dial CR 7 -5780. Article provided by Somers Historical New Eagle Scout Liam Bruskewicz.

is became totally numeric 277- Society PHOTO COURTESY OF SHARON BRUSKEWICZ

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FROM PAGE 3 is means two candidates can get do with the service.

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