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Baseball Diamond at Glover Field Re-Named Solimine Field
BY STEPHEN E. LIPKEN
A picture-perfect day was the
scene for the ceremony re-naming
the baseball diamond at Glover Field,
Pelham, Joseph Solimine, Sr. Field on
Saturday, April 16, stemming from a Pelham Board of Education Resolution at
their meeting on June 17, 2013.
Officials attending the Dedication
included Pelham Manor Trustee Louis
Annunziata; Pelham Town Supervisor
Peter DiPaola; Congressman Eliot Engel; Pelham Union Free School District
Superintendent Peter Giarrizzo; School
Board President Lisa Kiernan; New
York State Senator Jeffrey Klein; Town
Counsel Thomas Kleinberger; Pelham
Manor Mayor Jennifer Monachino Lapey; Westchester Legislator Jim Maisano;
Recreation Commissioner Vinnie Mazzaro; Deputy Town Supervisor Dan McLaughlin; Assemblywoman Amy Paulin;
Town Councilwoman Rae Szymanski
and Town Clerk Colleen Walsh.
Welcoming the community, DiPaola listed all of Solimine Sr.’s Pelham
Left to right: Pelham Town Supervisor Peter DiPaola; former Town Supervisor Joseph Solimine,
Sr.; Pelham Union Free School District Superintendent Peter Giarrizzo.
achievements, including Past Board of
Education President; Past Recreation
Department Commissioner; Past President and Little League Chairman of the
Board; President, Pelham Youth Hockey;
Organizer and General Manager, Summer Baseball Program; Field Manager,
Pelham Mets; former President, Westchester Municipal Officials Association
and Town Supervisor, 1998 to 2012.
“Joe was also instrumental in
refurbishing Franklin Field,” DiPaola
continued. “He got funding for lighting.
Coming home from work, I saw adults
participating and youth experiencing
what it is like to play under lights.
“When Glover Field House was in
disrepair and shabby, Joe figured, ‘why
just fix up the lockers?’ He secured
$400,000 to build a new structure. This
is not his ‘Field of Dreams,’ this is his
Field of Reality.”
Solimine, Sr. was also former Pelham Civic Association (PCA) President,
receiving the Thomas B. Fenlon Award
for distinguished volunteer service to
Pelham education and “Person of the
Year” Award from PCA in 2013.
“Joe is synonymous with Pelham
and Pelham is synonymous with Joe,”
Engel said. When I came to Congress 28
years ago I maneuvered to get Pelham
added to my District because of all the
wonderful things going on here.”
“I didn’t do all of those things just
to get a field named after me but it is certainly rewarding to hear,” Solimine demurred. “My true partner was my wife
over all these years.”
“We are so proud of my husband,
Dad, four kids and we have 13 grandchildren. The whole family is swelling with
pride today. We thank the community
for honoring Joe,” Joan Solimine concluded.
Glover Field was originally named
for Colonel John Glover, who with 750
patriots, held in check a superior British
force at the Battle of Pell’s Point on October 18, 1776.
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Sanborn Map Building Celebrates 110th Anniversary
BY STEPHEN E. LIPKEN
Steven Caspi of Caspi Development, Purchase, a leader in residential and commercial real estate
ownership, provided an elaborate
reception and conducted a tour of
his Sanborn Map Building, 629 Fifth
Avenue, Pelham on the occasion of
the structure’s 110th anniversary on
Wednesday, April 20.
Officials present at the gala occasion included George Oros, Chief
of Staff to the County Executive and
Deputy County Executive Kevin
Plunkett, who presented Caspi with
two special Citations proclaiming
Wednesday, April 20th “Sanborn
Map Building Day” with Village of
Pelham Mayor Michael Volpe.
“It is a pleasure to be here to
honor the owners of the Sanborn
Map Building,” Volpe stated. “The
building was erected in 1906 and is
an integral part of our community,
110 years later because of all of the
tenants which provide businesses
and employees to the Village.
“It is an honor to be here and
celebrate with the owners and we
look forward to another 110 years of
tenancies and vibrant businesses in
the Village of Pelham.”
“When my dad and I bought the
Sanborn Map Building in the mid
‘80’s, it was mostly empty and bankrupt,” Caspi noted. “Sanborn did not
own it anymore; only the Sanborn
Company itself was here and had half
the building. The rest of the build-
ing had heavy
machinery and
printing presses. It was dreary… and had
fallen into terrible disrepair
and neglect.
“My
dad
wanted to keep
it as basic industrial property with printing
presses
and
industrial companies. We did Left to right: Andrew Caspi (son); Steven Caspi; Village of Pelham Mayor
that until he Michael Volpe; Village Administrator Robert A. Yamuder.
passed
away
It housed the makers of the largest
in 1990. At that time I looked at the
mapping organization in the United
building…and details of its history.
States. That company was founded
[by Daniel Sanborn] in 1866 in Manhattan…and still are pre-eminent
makers of detailed insurance maps…
To this day you cannot go to a real estate closing anywhere in the United
States without the lawyers pulling
out a Sanborn map.
“During World War II the property was designated a War Production Plant. Barbed wire surrounded
the entire property and the FBI continually patrolled the grounds. They
produced maps for the war effort
around the world using aerial photography.
“Although Sanborn merged
with Analytical Surveys of Colorado
Springs in 2001 and moved there,
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Pelham Preservation Annual Fundraiser to be Held June 4 at
the Home of Cynthia and David Brown
The annual Pelham Preservation & Garden Society fundraiser
will be held on Saturday, June 4 7
p.m. at the Pelham Heights home
of Cynthia and David Brown. The
PPGS fundraiser, which is open to
the public, promises a fun evening
of cocktails, elegant hors d’oeuvres
and gallery sale to support our latest restoration projects. This year,
as in past years, the event will be
held at one of our town’s historic
homes. Cynthia and David Brown
have graciously opened their home
at 134 Cliff Avenue for this year’s
event. Much admired, this home
has an historic barn and Dutch
Colonial style as well as sweeping
Westward views and lovely gardens.
The home at 134 Cliff Avenue
was built in 1902 and first owned
by Edward E. Huber, an executive
with the Eberhard Faber pencil
company, who also served as Mayor of the Village of Pelham. It was
purchased in 1920 by Merton C.
Robbins, owner of the Robbins
Publishing Company, printer of
various business magazines and a
member of the building committee
for the present Huguenot Church.
He substantially remodeled the
house from a Victorian into the
Dutch Colonial Style that the home
retains today. The house remained
in the Robbins family, passing to
a daughter, Mary, who lived there
with her husband, Julian Anthony, an ABC News producer, commentator and international correspondent. Mrs. Anthony lived in
the home until her passing in 2004
when it was acquired by Cynthia &
David Brown.
Having remained in the same
family for more than 80 years,
134 Cliff Avenue is splendidly preserved, with original windows and
details, including Butler’s Pantry,
interior classical columns and oth-
er architectural elements dating to
the time of its construction. There
is a large barn situated to the side
of the house, which was originally
used to house horses and at least
one carriage. It is perhaps the most
intact barn of any in Pelham retaining the original doors, hay loft,
interior bead board and tack room.
When the Huber and Robbins
families owned the house, horses
would roam in a small paddock at
the rear of the property. The horse
paddock area is now a herbaceous
border. While many of the initial
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Student Pedestrian Safety Discussion Continues a
Village Meeting
BY STEPHEN E. LIPKEN
Village of Pelham Mayor Michael
Volpe opened the April 19 Board of
Trustees meeting, continuing the discussion on student pedestrian safety.
“It is incumbent on me to report about a
traffic incident that we had in our community a couple of weeks ago (March
31), and a subsequent meeting that I had
with the Council of Governing Boards,”
Volpe said. “Unfortunately a young lady
was hit while traveling on Colonial Avenue near our High School. The young
lady had a broken leg and laceration on
her face.
“After the accident there was a
meeting the following Thursday with
Superintendent Peter Giarrizzo; President of the School Board Lisa Kiernan; a
School Board member; Police Chief Joseph Benefico; Town Supervisor Peter
DiPaola; Pelham Manor Mayor Jennifer
Monachino Lapey; Pelham Manor Administrator John Pierpont and Village
Administrator Robert A. Yamuder.
“I found the meeting very productive. The Chief and I met with the
Trustee Adam Kagan
Principal of Colonial School and as you
know I am a fan of lower speed limits.
We did add some signage. Corlies and
Colonial is a very difficult intersection
and there is no crosswalk on Stellar Avenue running from West to East.”
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that motorists should slow down and
instruct their children to go from crosswalk to crosswalk.
Moving on, Trustee Adam Kagan
commented on a “poorly worded notice” neighbors received from Community Choice Aggregation regarding purchasing power from other resources at
5% savings. Kagan will be available to
answer inquiries about United Water/
Suez water bills at [email protected].
Then Volpe presented a Certificate of Appreciation to Police Sergeant
David Condon, retiring after 39 years
of service. Volpe noted that Condon
wrote an abundance of tickets during
his career. Although he occasionally
faced abusive drivers, he received many
letters of praise from grateful citizens.
Police Officers Ryan Carden and
Daniel Green were promoted to Sergeants. Volpe cited Carden’s past courageous response to a gun incident on
Lincoln Avenue.
The Board approved the Budget
with $190,000 in debt re-financing
to purchase a pay loader and Police
Car at a Tax Levy increase of .0385%.
Real Property Tax Levy is $10,627,080;
Homestead: 7.7723662%; Non-Homestead: 11.0018565%.
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run by Jerry Peters, Executive
Director and Jack Reisman,
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Chill Certification
The thing that is “traditional” about DeCicco & Sons’
sixth and newest store in Larchmont is the consistent quality of
the food & service that this family supermarket chain has been
known for over 40 years. DeCicco & Sons recently achieved
platinum-level certification for
their store in Larchmont, from
the Environmental Protection
Agency’s GreenChill Partnership - the highest level bestowed
by the Program, becoming the
first supermarket to achieve
this in Westchester County.
Stores can receive platinum, gold or silver-level certifications based on leak and
charge levels, as well as the use
of low-GWP (under 150) refrigerants for platinum certification. The Platinum-level store
uses a CO2 only Advansar booster system from Hillphoenix, and
is only one of a handful of stores
in the country to invest in this
advanced. Instead of installing
conventional transcritical systems and condensers, DeCicco
& Sons invested in two Trillium
adiabatic gas coolers (from Baltimore Aircoli). The units will
tremendous asset to help
reduce the store’s overall
energy use.”
This newly advanced
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the wasted heat that’s generated from the refrigeration
system and transfers it to
reusable energy to power
machines to chill water,
and provide heat and hot
water for the entire store!
In DeCicco & Sons Larchmont store, this will handle
almost 60% of the store’s
heating and hot water
John DeCicco, Jr. Photo by Domenica Comfort needs, with the store’s HVAC
system making up the rest.
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Simple, clean, reusable energy.
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when ambient temperatures ex- Cost efficient, and ultimately,
less reliance on fossil fuels.
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As DeCicco clearly puts it:
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he is extremely happy the new year because of the CO2 emisCO2 system: “The temperature sions we save by using CO2 in
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Holocaust Survivor Shares
Her Harrowing Experience
Betty Knoop sharing her life with the 8th grade at Pelham Middle School
PMS 8th graders welcomed Ms. Betty Knoop as part of their Holocaust Unit studied in
both English and Social Studies. Born in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Knoop was 8 years
old when the Germans invaded her country. Her whole family was arrested and sent to
Camp Westerbork and then to Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp. She was liberated by
the Russians and returned to Amsterdam. Her mother survived the camp but died 3 days
after she was liberated. Betty was a contemporary of Anne Frank, lived in the same neighborhood and was deported to the same concentration camp as Anne.
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Ongoing
The Manor Club, 1023 Esplanade, Pelham will host their Attic Treasures
Tag Sale on June 18 and 19 from 10am4pm. Call 738-1528 for additional details.
SOOP Acting Company presents
“Amadeus” at The Manor Club, 1023
Esplanade, Pelham Manor on May
19, 20 and 21 at 7:30pm and May 22 at
4pm. For tickets go to sooptheatre.org
or call smarttix at 212-868-4444.
Pelham Public Library, 530 Colonial
Avenue, Pelham has homework help
for children grades 1 through 8 every
Tuesday and Thursday when school
is in session. Storytime, for children
under 2 years takes place on Wednesdays from 10:30 to 11am. Seating is
limited to the first 40 arrivals, signin starts at 10:15. Chess instruction
returns on Mondays, through May 23
from 7-8pm. The series is suitable for
ages five and up and people of all abilities. Registration is required.
Pelham Public Library, Colonial Avenue and Wolfs Lane, Second Friday
Book Club meets at 10:30am, the second Friday of each month in the Library’s program room. The selection
for May is “The Boys in the Boat” by
Daniel James Brown. The After Dark
Book Club selection for May is “Our
Souls at Night” by Kent Haruf. Visit
pelhamlibrary.org for more information.
The Hudson River Audubon Society
of Westchester presents the following
field trips: May 6 at 6pm, an evening
Birdwalk at Tibbett’s Brook Park; May
7 at 8am at Hillside Woods in Hastings-On-Hudson, a search for spring
migrating birds; and May 8 at 8am at
Lenoir Nature Preserve, 19 Dudley
Street, Yonkers, the Annual Mother’s
Day Warbler Walk. Call 237-9331 or
visit www.hras.org for additional information.
St. Paul’s Church, 897 S. Columbus
Avenue, Mt. Vernon presents the following: Friday, May 6 at 3pm an hour
of classical guitar music with Daniel
Conant; Friday May 13 Pamela Sklar
presents a musical program for Flute
with Vibraphone; Friday, May 20
at 3pm a concert of Latin Jazz Guitars; and a lecture on June 2 at 7pm
by Monmouth University Professor
Adam Heinrich exploring the meanings of the symbols on 18th century
gravestones. All programs are free
and open to the public. For additional
information call 667-4116.
Greenburgh Nature Center, 99 Dromore Road, Scarsdale hosts the following activities: May 8 at 2pm a
Mother’s Day Celebration; May 12 at
7:30pm, a free discussion led by Dr.
Herbert Raffaele highlighting Caribbean birds; May 14 at 2pm, Crafts
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made from natural materials. Call 7233470 or visit www.greenburghnaturecente.org for additional details.
The Museum of Modern Art, 11 West
53 Street, NYC, hosts a free with admission, artist led workshop inspired
by the exhibition “Edgar Degas: A
Strange New Beauty”. The workshop
invites participants to make their own
print and introduces contemporary
approaches to the monotype printmaking process. The class is held on
the second floor at the Museum, on
Tuesdays, April 26 to June 14 from
noon to 3pm, call the Museum for details, 212-708-9400 or visit moma.org.
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Rye Playland hosts April’s Child Walkathon 5K walk or ½ Mile Stroll. To sign
up or donate visit aprilschildwalk.dojiggy.com or call 914-719-7145.
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The Holocaust and Human Rights
Education Center and the Westchester Jewish Council sponsor the Annual Westchester Countywide Yom
HaShoah Holocaust commemoration
at 12 noon at the Garden of Remembrance, 148 Martine Avenue, White
Plains. For more information contact
Westchester Jewish Council 328-7001
or visit [email protected].
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From 5:00-7pm The Bartow Pell Mansion Museum, 895 Shore Road, Pelham Bay Park, The Bronx, celebrate
the Kentucky Derby with their annual
fundraiser featuring fancy hats, mint
juleps and Dixieland Jazz. Festivities
at the mansion will be followed by
dinners at private homes in Pelham.
For tickets visit www.bpmm.org or
call 718-885-1461.
Free Comic Book Day is celebrated at
Squiggy’s Dugout from10am-6pm at
237A East Main Street, New Rochelle.
Celebrating its 15th year. Introduce
new readers to the wonders of comics.
Call 636-7585 or visit squiggysdugout.
com.
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Playland Park, Playland Parkway, Rye,
celebrates Mother’s Day from 12noon7pm. Moms ride free all day. Call 8137010 for additional information and
visit ryeplayland.org.
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Family Math Night, a K-5 district-wide
evening filled with fun math games
for the family from 6-7:30pm at Siwanoy Elementary School Gym. RSVP to
[email protected].
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At 6:30, New Rochelle Opera honors
soprano Rosalind Elias and Maestro
Eve Queler at its Annual Spring Gala
The Picture House Spring Soiree Fundraiser,
at Hampshire Country Club, Mamaroneck
on May 13, will honor Pelham resident, Eric
Salmeron, Director Paul Haggis and Actress
Cicely Tyson. Call 738-3161 or visit www.
thepicturehouse.org for details.
at The Fountainhead, 55 Quaker Ridge
Road, New Rochelle. For tickets visit
www.nropera.org or call 576-1617.
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St. Paul’s Church, 897 Columbus Avenue, Mt. Vernon, is open for tours
from 12noon to 4pm and offers the opportunity to enjoy the current exhibition in the museum, “Intrigue on the
Village Green: The Election of 1733 at
St. Paul’s.” Additionally, The St. Paul’s
Historic Benefit Dinner will be held
from 5-9pm. For additional details
call 667-4116.
The Pelham Art Center, 155 Fifth Avenue,
presents the exhibition: “Creative Dissent:
Arts of the Arab Spring Uprising”, a traveling
exhibition from May 6-June 4, curated
by Pelham residents, Sylvia Iskander and
Candace Taubner. The opening reception
and free all-ages art workshop takes place
on Friday, May 6, 6:30-8pm. For additional
information visit www.pelhamartcenter.org
or call 738-2525.
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Relay for Life Pelham last Team Captain Meeting at 7pm at Rockwells, 105
Wolfs Lane, Pelham. The Relay for
Life takes place Saturday June 4 at
Glover Field, Pelham. Visit relayforlife.org/PelhamNY
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Advance registration deadline for
the annual Westchester County Senior Citizens Bowling Tournament at
Spins Bowl, 333 North Bedford Road,
Mt. Kisco. The tournament takes
Pelham Community Color Run will take
place on May 15. The event is an un-timed
2.5 mile run around the streets of Pelham.
Runners emerge with bright colors after
going through 8 color stations. Entry price
includes Color Run T-Shirt and refreshments
at the finish line. All proceeds from the run
will be donated to Project Community Inc.
For details visit www.projectcommunitycares.org.
place on May 23. Applications at www.
westchestergov.com/parks or call 2314564.
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At 6:30pm The Italian Cultural Center, 1 Generoso Pope Plaza, Tuckahoe
present Cucina Di Capri. An 8 course
menu by Pino Coladonato and Peppe
Iuele, Executive Chefs from La Masseria with paired wines by Cantina Del
Vesuvio, and hosted by John Mariani
author of “How Italian Food Conquered The World”. For tickets call
771-8700 and visit wiccny.org.
STEM-tastic Festival Delivers Irresistably Fun
Learning Experiences
On Saturday, May 14, Hommocks
Middle School will be transformed
into a world of learning adventures for
STEM- tastic Saturday. The STEM-tastic festival is a daylong extravaganza of
hands-on learning in the disciplines of
Science, Technology, Engineering, Math
and even Art. Over the past two years,
the festival has grown in popularity with
2,500 attendees and over fifty workshops and activities that are both fun
and educational.
Many of the day’s activities, including drone demos, robotics, junk car
construction, tech art and do-it-yourself
rockets, are being brought back by popular demand. New this year, LittleBits
will lead an electronics exploration area
and science educator and performer Jeff
Boyer will conduct bubble workshops
and a bubble show. Funded through
grants from Acorda and ArtsWestchester, Mr. Boyer already spent a full day at
Mamaroneck High School conducting
a bubble chemistry learning residency.
Those students will assist him as workshop and
performance leaders at
STEM-tastic Saturday.
This year’s keynote
speaker, Bob Partington,
is a creative genius and
inventor most known for
his work as a music video director for the band
OK-GO and for his role as
host of the History Channel’s “Thing-a-ma-Bob.”
He will also be the MC -- Master of Ceremonies and Master Connector -- for this
year’s community-based Chain Reaction
Challenge. For this challenge, teams
are creating pieces of a large scale Rube
Goldberg machine which will then be
assembled and run at STEM-tastic Saturday. As always, the irresistible array of
“touch, do, test, build and create” activities at STEM-tastic Satur- day will make
learning fun for visitors of all ages.
For ticket information, visit www.
lmstemalliance.org or e-mail: [email protected].
The STEM Alliance of LarchmontMamaroneck is a 501(c)3 non-profit
whose mission is to organize STEM education and enrichment initiatives in order to inspire a community where all are
empowered to embrace STEM passions
to solve problems.
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Budget Passed; Law Limiting Distances betwee
Restaurant Establishments Approved
never fixed.
Village Administrator
John Pierpont replied that he
would talk to John Cannon,
Urstadt Biddle Properties
Senior Vice President, Management and Construction
about shielding the lights;
Department of Public Works
liaison/ Trustee Angela M.
DeLillo said that she would
contact Con Ed.
Then the Board approved Local Law 1 of 2016,
limiting distances between
Restaurant Establishments,
“Not more than one other
fast-food, drive-in or carry-out restaurant is located
within 1,000 feet of the proposed location, either within
or outside the boundaries of
the Village of Pelham Manor”
and “No such establishment
is located within 100 feet of
the intersection of a State
road.”
“The genesis of this was
that the owner of Chipotle’s
Mexican Grill requested the
BJ’s Shopping Center owner to locate at the present
Sleepy’s site, the nearest dining establishment being ‘Five
Guys’ Restaurant, ” Pierpont
noted, saying that the Village
is waiting for the County to
sign off.
Finally, a Resolution on
conditional approval for MarCan Transportation to renew
their permit on a year-to-year
basis. to use property at 5 Secor Lane for parking school
buses was permitted.
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and where to find the tastiest ramen in Tokyo. It’s because we’ve been there
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Front row, left to right: Village Attorney Albert W. Cornachio; Trustee Joseph Senerchia; Mayor Jennifer Monachino
Lapey; Trustees Matthew McLaughlin; Angela M. DeLillo. Rear, left to right: Deputy Mayor/Trustee Louis Annunziata;
Village Administrator John Pierpont.
BY STEPHEN E. LIPKEN
The Village of Pelham
Manor 2016-2017 Budget
and Tax Levy was authorized by the Board of Trustees at the Monday, April 25
BOT meeting.
Homestead
Rate per $1,000 is $7.0081;
Non-Homestead Rate per
$1,000, $10.1795. Appropri-
ations total $14,206,885 with
the balance to be raised by
Real Estate Levy, $12,108,900
or 85.23% of the total Budget.
Appropriated cash surplus totals $135,000; Real Estate Levy
increase is 0.66%.
Earlier, Resident Robert Walder scored the bright
lights on the Bank of America
ATM drive-in wall at Pelham
Manor Plaza, 4767-4787 Boston Post Road (Four Corners)
shining into his home, as well
as lights emanating from Manor Market glaring through the
bottom of his fence. “It is a
diminution of property values,” Walder stressed.
Walder also pointed out
that his lawn was torn up by
Con Edison pipe repairs and
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“Wizard of Oz” Celebrates 50 Years of Pelham Children’s Theater
BY STEPHEN E. LIPKEN
The Pelham Children’s Theater
(PCT) celebrated their 50th year with
their presentation of the immortal L.
Frank Baum Classic The Wizard of Oz
in the Pelham High School Auditorium, filled to capacity on Saturday,
April 16.
Wizard of Oz Co-Producers Clarissa Rosado
(left) and Sally Winston
In the musical production, Dorothy, sung by Malia McLellan in a
clear, ringing voice, minus the wide
vibrato of movie Dorothy Judy Garland is confronted by a Sherriff’s order to confiscate and destroy her beloved dog Toto, based on a complaint
by Miss Gulch regarding the pet’s
tearing up her flowers and biting her.
Dorothy’s plans to escape with
Toto are interrupted by a tornado,
which knocks her
unconscious.
Transported
to Oz, she meets
a Scarecrow, (Tobias Frei), who
appeared to have
mastered all the
twists and turns
of
Ray
Bolger.
Glinda the Good
Witch
(Amaya
Goulbourne), emulating the sweet,
naïve voice of Billie
Burke and Munchkins send Dorothy
and
Scarecrow
down the Yellow
Brick Road, where
they meet Tin Man
(Shep
Solimine)
and Cowardly Lion
(Zachary Altschil- The Wizard of Oz Cast
ler), played with all the bluster and
pathos of Bert Lahr.
Despite the shrill Wicked
Witch’s machinations (Emma Crotty), Dorothy melts her down and
brings her broom to the Wizard
(Aidan Zusin) who grants Scarecrow’s wish for a brain by giving him
a Diploma; Tin Man a ticking heart
and Lion, courage by means of a “Triple Cross” medal. Glinda helps Dorothy get home by means of her ruby
together to make this production
successful, from High School students who give so much of their
time backstage… to parents of
cast members and many parents
who hadn’t kids in the theater for
years still volunteering their time
because of their belief and love of
PCT.”
slippers.
Michael Curtin expressed pride
in his wife Olga Kammerer’s crafting
the costumes for seven years. “The
kids did an unbelievable job, with the
director, lighting people, sets, one of
the most fantastic PCT productions…
ever.”
“This has been a rewarding experience,” Co-Producer Clarissa Rosado added. “PCT is truly a collaboration of the whole community coming
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they can learn about theater arts,”
Co-Producer Sally Winston stressed.
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Carnations, Cards and Letters
Venerate Moms on Mother’s Day
BY STEPHEN E. LIPKEN
Ever since Adam called
his wife “Eve,” or “mother of all
the living,” mothers have been
venerated in scriptures, literature and song, beginning with a
Greek Spring Festival honoring
Rhea, the mother of all Greek
gods.
In medieval Britain, servants were given the fourth
Sunday of Lent to travel home
and spend the day with their
moms. This custom was called
“Mothering Sunday.” In 1868
Ann Jarvis, mother of Anna
Jarvis, created a committee establishing a “Mother’s Friendship Day,” the purpose of which
was “to reunite families that
had been divided during the
Civil War.”
Jarvis had previously or-
ganized “Mother’s Day Work
Clubs” to improve sanitation and
health for both Union and Confederate encampments undergoing a typhoid outbreak, wanting
to expand this into an annual
memorial for mothers but died
in 1905 before the celebration
became popular.
Mother’s Day was established by daughter Anna Jarvis
with the help of Philadelphia
merchant John Wanamaker.
Carnations have come to represent Mother’s Day since Anna
Jarvis sent 500 white carnations,
her mother’s favorite flower to
the first celebration at Andrew’s
Methodist Episcopal Church in
Grafton, West Virginia on May
10, 1908. Anna spoke at a parallel ceremony at the Wanamaker’s
Store Auditorium.
The holiday was originally
2016
Happy Mother’s Day
meant to be spent in church. Pink
and red carnations were given to
living mothers, while deceased
mothers were represented by
white carnations.
In 1910 West Virginia became
the first state to observe the 2nd
Sunday in May. After Anna’s fierce
letter-writing campaign, on May
10, 1913, the United States House
of Representatives passed a Resolution calling on all federal government officials to wear a white
carnation the following day in observance of Mother’s Day.
On May 8, 1914 Congress
passed a law designating the 2nd
Sunday in May as Mother’s Day.
The next day, President Woodrow
Wilson issued a Proclamation declaring the first national Mother’s Day for Americans to show
the flag, honoring those mothers
whose sons had died in war.
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In modern times, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy nurtured nine
children, seeing two perish in
airplane crashes and two by assassinations before her death
on January 22, 1995 at the age of
104. In her 1974 autobiography,
Times to Remember she wrote,
“I look on child rearing not only
as a work of love and a duty but
as a profession… What greater
aspiration and challenge is there
than the hope of raising a great
son or daughter?”
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Sheep Shearing at ANDRUS
Known for his gentle touch, professional sheep-shearer Andy Rice, accompanied by his very
child-friendly Border collie companion, headed down from Hogget Hill Farm in Vermont to Yonkers
on Wednesday, April 27. Dubbed the “Sheep Whisper,” Andy demonstrates his expertise and unique
technique of shearing the wool off a sheep in a single sheet during the annual spring tradition. The
clients – three sheep and a trio of alpacas -- all live on ANDRUS’ campus in Westchester, along with
cottages for youth and the award-winning Orchard School. The animals help the ANDRUS youth to
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Institute for Habits of Mind Recognizes Dr.
Limato and Prospect Hill Elementary
Dr. Limato and Prospect Hill
Elementary have been recognized
as an International Learning Community of Excellence by the Institute for Habits of Mind (IHOM) for
successfully infusing the Habits of
Mind (HOM) in to your community
and sustaining the commitment to
the Habits of Mind over an extended
period of time.
An email from IHOM announcing the recognition stated, “Prospect Hill Elementary is a valuable
messenger for the Habits of Mind.
We all have an opportunity to learn
from your journey of the past and
future!”
In an announcement to his
school community, Principal Richard Limato, commented, “We were Dr. Richard Limato
encouraged to apply for IHOM certification as a result of our body of work over the years to teach
and promote the Habits to our students, teachers and families. Our HOM Team applied and Lauren
Carner (Emeritus), Kate Alix, Sarah DeSoye, Eric Katz and I are proud to accept this award!”
Bena Kallick, co-founder of IHOM will be at Prospect Hill to present a plaque to Dr. Limato and
his team on May 24 at 1:15 pm.
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Michael Waldman, NYU Brennan Center President
and Author of “The Fight to Vote” to Speak June 2 at
League of Women Voters Luncheon
Michael Waldman, President of the
Brennan Center for Justice at New York
University School of Law, will speak at
the annual meeting and luncheon of the
League of Women Voters of Westchester
on Thursday, June 2, 2016 at the Scarsdale
Woman’s Club, 37 Drake Road, Scarsdale.
All are welcome to attend the luncheon and
talk, which will begin at 12:30 p.m.
Waldman will discuss his latest book,
The Fight to Vote, (2016) which is a history
of the long struggle to win voting rights and
political equality for all citizens. The book,
a History Book Club Main Selection, has
been described as an “important book” by
Booklist. Copies will be available for purchase at the luncheon.
Waldman appears frequently on television and radio to discuss public policy,
the Presidency and the law. He was Director of Speechwriting for President Bill
Clinton from 1995-99, serving as Assistant
to the President. Earlier, he was Special
Assistant to the President for Policy Coordination from 1993-95. As the top White
House policy aide on campaign finance reform, he drafted the Clinton administration’s public financing proposal.
Prior to his government service, Waldman was the Executive Director of Public Citizen’s Congress Watch, a Lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, and a
partner in a litigation law firm in New York City and Washington, D.C.
Among his other books are The Second Amendment: A Biography (2014); My Fellow Americans:
The Most Important Speeches of America’s Presidents from George Washington to Barack Obama
(2003, 2010); A Return to Common Sense (2007); POTUS Speaks (2000); and Who Robbed America? A
Citizens’ Guide to the S&L Scandal (1990).
He is a graduate of Columbia College (B.A., 1982) and New York University School of Law (J.D.,
1987), where he was a member of the Law Review.
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Buttons & Bows
Put Spring in Your Step:
This Season’s Romantic and
Festive Fashions
BY BARBARA BARTON SLOANE
There’s something about the
approach of a new season that
makes us want to start fresh, and
Spring defines all that is bright
and new better than any other.
We have a stellar list of trends
Cynthia Rowley summer dress
that’s worth checking out:
Bold, wide stripes show up in
anything from casual T-shirts to
festive cocktail dresses in bright,
contrasting hues that make a
head-turning statement. Pants
2016 are of the softly-tailored
low-slung variety. And boudoir
dressing is infiltrating our wardrobes in more ways than one. A
favorite iteration is the soft, fluttery slip dress – feminine with
just a touch of allure.
Cynthia Rowley illustrates
this perfectly in a Spring Garden
diaphanous frock – white with
colorful butterflies, a look that is
both easy and modern.
Another look with a decidedly modern attitude is Jenny Packham’s light and loose trousers
paired with a tunic of jewel-tone
flowers, rendering this outfit
smart, crisp, and effortlessly
elegant. Considering that Packham’s most visible customer is
Kate Middleton, it’s fairly safe to
say you won’t go wrong with this
designer.
You say you like soft and
flirty? Check out Topshop for
S p r i n g / Su m m e r.
There’s an edgy
ensemble that totally fits the bill:
A dress, lean and
luxe, slit up to
There, in gray and
white chiffon and
topped off with a
bright red shrug – a
look that goes from
office to cocktails
seamlessly.
Did we mention stripes? Kate
Spade makes that
happen
with
a
charming
white
sequin shift dress
striped in candied
tones of pastel rose,
sunflower,
royal
blue, and apricot. It
is bright, fun, and
oh-so-Kate.
Playful vibes
that trended heavily on Fall runways
are still a big message for Spring,
particularly for contemporary brands like Elie
Tahari. One of his designs says
that you can have your capris and
a suit, too. His all-white ensemble
is sharp, sophisticated and feminine, but with a sense of warmth
– a must-have this season.
“Real” women were represented in lots of Spring’s runway
shows with models of all colors,
ages and shapes. It’s clear that
this generation wants to see itself
in all its divine diversity, both in
the clothes they’re being sold, and
in the people who model them. A
moment, an attitude, a response
whose time has clearly come.
Barbara Barton Sloane is a
Pelham-based Travel and Fashion
Editor/Columnist who writes for
a number of both national and international publications. She delights in sharing her global travel
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Going with the Flow
BY KATHRYN KEHOE-BIGGS, LCSW, PHD
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyl is
a Hungarian psychologist who
created the psychological concept of flow. Flow occurs when
a person is engaged in an activity
and becomes one with what they
are doing. Finding your flow and
using it during times of stress,
sadness or anger has proven to
be a healthy and productive coping mechanism and you will notice its positive impact on your
cognitive view of the world once
integrated into your daily life.
Like any healthy life skill such
as eating right, exercise and getting enough sleep, the more you
incorporate flow the better you
will feel, increasing your mental
health and reducing the likelihood of mental illness.
Finding Flow
We can find our flow in a
variety of activities: art, music,
athletics, academics, friendships
- even at our job. It is important
to remember, however, that there
must be a balance. Flow activity
can’t be too difficult, which may
result in frustration, or too easy,
resulting in boredom. We can
find our flow by keeping our attention focused on the moment,
the here and now, using all five
of our senses to maintain connection with the present. When an
activity is just right for us it keeps
our brain focused, preventing
it from wandering into the past
or future, a breeding ground for
worry. Staying in the moment allows us to feel powerful and more
in control because our actions are
having a direct impact on what we
are doing. Slowly we move into
the state of flow, becoming one
with that activity. When we are
in flow we feel happy because we
are actually doing our best without having the best be the focus
of the act. This happiness is not
related to whether we do the activity perfectly, or whether we
win or lose. The happiness is connected to the process. Young children are wonderful at teaching us
about flow. Watch a three year
old in rubber boots splash in a
puddle on a rainy day. She is feeling the rain on her face, hearing
the drops fall on her plastic raincoat, jumping as hard as she can
trying to splash the water as high
as it will go, simply for the joy the
act produces, nothing more. This
purpose is just difficult enough to
keep her attention but not so difficult as to result in frustration.
It is wonderful to watch her get
lost in the activity, as if the rest
of the world has drifted away, joy
emanating from her whole body.
She is one with the activity, while
she loses track of time. As adults
watching we may comment with
envy, “she doesn’t have a care in
the world.”
How do we know when we find
it?
It took Michelangelo four
years to paint the Sistine chapel ceiling, which is comprised
of over three hundred figures.
As Michael Jordan dribbles and
dunks the basketball, he feels the
ball, smells the air, sees the basket. He is completely connected
to the here and now. While we
may not have the innate talent
of a famous painter or an elite
athlete, finding an activity that
makes us feel that way ought to
be a priority, and we should allow
our children and teens the freedom to do the same. A teenage
boy may be the best soccer player
on his team, but soccer may not
be his flow. A stellar student may
never get lost in a book or lose
track of time solving a math problem because they are not in flow.
Just because we are good at something does not make it a flow activity. There just may not be the
right balance. However, if a teen
or child is allowed to truly focus
on the moment instead of the end
result they can find their flow
either in an activity they are already doing or a completely new
one. If we strive to approach all
of our activities in a mindful way,
as if we are that three year old
splashing in the puddle, we will
eventually find our flow. Flow
exposes us to a state of mind,
which positively impacts the way
we experience, understand and
respond to the other parts of our
day. This activity reduces stress,
worry and frustration and is a
natural mood elevator. Flow activities contribute to the maintenance of mental health, but they
can also be used to manage and
cope with traumatic life events.
When I talk with patients
who are experiencing debilitating anxiety I find that most of
the time the anxiety has taken
over and while they may have
had activities that they labeled as
“stress releases” in the past they
are no longer doing those activities on a regular basis. Anxiety
creates and feeds off of a skewed
cognitive view of the world that
drives action, which then circles back to perpetuate negative
cognitive schemas. It can be a
vicious cycle, difficult to break.
Flow is one way to break that cycle or, even better, it can help to
prevent the cycle from beginning
in the first place. But we have to
keep at it and fight for our flow.
As our lives get busier and faster paced, obligations, and the
‘shoulds’ in life can take over
and slowly squeeze out our flow.
It is very sad to see this happen
in children and teens, because
childhood should be the stage of
development when we have the
time and freedom to find and
cultivate our flow. This is why it
is important to ask our children
what they think about and how
they feel when they are doing an
extra curricular activity. Not every activity is going to be a flow
activity, but finding at least one
should be a goal.
Finally, what is really great
about flow is that once we find
it and practice it every day we
become more confident and are
more likely to take positive risks
in our lives, such as asking for
a promotion at work or a boy to
the prom. Even if we are disappointed, rejected or experience a
significant loss we know we have
our flow, which belongs to us and
cannot be taken away.
The morning of my father’s
funeral I got up early, left my
relatives asleep in my home and
went for an eight mile run. I run
almost every day, but that day I
really needed my flow. I hope you
find yours.
(If you want more watch the
TED talk Mihaly Csikszentmihalyl: Flow, the secret to happiness).
Dr. Kathryn Kehoe-Biggs is a
psychotherapist in private practice in Pelham. To contact Dr. Kehoe-Biggs, call 914-420-9173 or
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Kitchen & Bath Insider: Duck and Cover – Under Your Countertop!
BY PAUL BOOKBINDER, M.I.D., C.R.
Now that nuclear proliferation has once again crept into
our lives it brings to mind the
1950’s, when we were taught in
elementary school, in case of a
nuclear attack, to duck under
our desks and cover our heads.
This we were assured, by Bert
the turtle, would certainly protect us from Armageddon and
in case of a nuclear blast we
would live to tell about it. Hard
to believe, but that was the
syllabus back then. Just click
here,
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com/watch?v=IKqXu-5jw60
(or if your reading the paper,
type the link in your browser)
to watch the riveting 1951 production of Duck and Cover.
Obviously, we now know
that the only real protection
against radiation (and Kryp-
tonite too, I think) is lead. So
I’ve decided to use a crowdfunding source like Kickstarter
https://www.kickstarter.
com/ to create a lead countertop business. When the bombs
start to fall, just empty your
cupboards and climb in. You’ll
be safe and sound when all
your neighbors are fried to a
crisp.
It’s not so outrageous.
Back in the 1880’s and 90’s,
zinc was all the rage for counters. I visited the mansions in
Newport last fall (and by examining the kitchens was able to
write off the whole trip). Each
palatial home had a zinc counter in the kitchen. But in time
zinc lost out to stainless steel;
stainless to granite; and now
quartz composite is the latest
fad. Concrete rears its ugly
head every once in a while, but
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Each material has its own
benefits but quartz is the zinc
of the 21st century. Sold under the trade names of Cambria, Viatera, Caesarstone,
etc., quartz is the second most
abundant mineral on earth,
and is a basic component of
granite. In a typical quartz
countertop, the raw quartz is
crushed and combined with
pigments, to give it color, and
resins (sticky stuff ), to hold it
together. The resulting process creates one of the most
durable countertop surfaces
on the market today. It is harder than granite, more scratch
resistant and non-porous. For
the geologists who follow the
K&B Insider, quartz ranks #7
on the Mohs hardness scale
(whatever that is) and only di-
amonds, sapphires and topaz
are harder. But it still doesn’t
block radiation as well as lead.
The fact that quartz
counters
are
non-porous
makes them considerably
more stain resistant than granite and safer in terms of bacteria growth. They require very
little care, and perhaps that is
why they are so popular today.
But don’t rule granite out
yet. Considered by many as the
most beautiful surface available, granite has movement!
Movement is the suggestion
of motion in the elements
making up the finished surface. The swirls and patterns
created by nature cannot be
completely duplicated in engineered stone, however some of
the new quartz composites are
approximating this attribute.
If you exercise a little care with
granite, you can avoid staining
and scratches. Granite should
be sealed when it is installed
and at least once a year afterwards.
The cost of the average
granite slab is pretty stable;
however, granite prices are
dependent on the rarity of the
color and the hardness of the
stone and as quartz becomes
more popular, its price is going
up.
If you’re not ready to duck
and cover under the protection of your new lead countertop, and your not concerned
about outliving your neighbors, quartz and granite are
probably the way go to. Take
your time when making your
choice and examine all the
options that are available, selecting the one that best suits
your lifestyle and the current
political climate. This has been
a public service message.
Paul Bookbinder, M.I.D.,
C.R., is president of DreamWork
Kitchens, Inc. located in Mamaroneck, New York. A Master
of Design (Pratt Institute), and
E.P.A. Certified Remodeler, he
serves on the Advisory Panel of
Remodeling Magazine. A member of the National Kitchen &
Bath Assoc., he is also a contributor to Do It Yourself magazine.
He can be reached for questions at 914-777-0437 or www.
dreamworkkitchens.com.
Estate Planning or Root Canal?
BY BERNARD A. KROOKS, CERTIFIED ELDER
LAW ATTORNEY
Having been a lawyer for
over 30 years, I have had the privilege of representing a wide variety
of clients; each one unique in his or
her own way. Nevertheless, there
have been some common themes
among clients that seem to hold
true for almost everyone. One trait
that many clients seem to have is
the reluctance to engage in estate
planning. In fact, many of them
would rather go to the dentist for
root canal than spend the necessary time to ensure that their estate planning is taken care of.
Upon identifying this phenomenon, I started to think about
why people are reluctant to do
their own estate planning and it
became clear that me that it was
not because they were too busy or
they didn’t want to spend the money on lawyers’ fees, etc. In fact,
most people understand how important it is take care of their own
estate planning and they recognize that they will have to make an
investment to get this done. However, what keeps them from taking
the first step is the apprehension
they feel when forced to talk about
things that are unpleasant for
them. I hate to admit it, but this
is what estate planning attorneys
do: they force people to talk about
things that they just don’t want to
talk about. I’m not saying that it
is wrong for us attorneys to bring
up these topics, because we must.
I am simply suggesting that this
is the reason people don’t follow
through on their estate planning.
Here’s an example of some of the
things you will have to talk about
when you do your estate planning:
Relationships with loved
ones that may not have turned
out the way you envisioned. This
one really hurts. It forces us to talk
about, and perhaps acknowledge,
that we don’t have the “perfect”
family. Lawyers need to know
about your important relationships because it may impact the
documents we draft for you as
part of your estate plan. Let’s face
it; you may not want your daughter
who you have had a rocky relationship with to be the person making
medical or financial decisions for
you if you became incapacitated.
You may pre-decease your
minor children. This one should
be illegal, but all we know that
sometimes an unnatural order
of death does occur. Your estate
planning lawyer must talk to you
about this possibility because failure to do so could cause your family much unnecessary heartache
and stress. There are few things in
life that are more important than
planning for the well-being of your
family upon your demise. When
you have minor children, these
issues are magnified. In addition
to making sure that you have adequately provided for them financially, you need to think about who
will be their legal guardian. This
person will effectively become a
parent of your child when you are
gone.
What about Fido? While
pets typically have shorter life ex-
pectancies than humans, sometimes humans die first. If it is important to you that Fido continue
to have the same quality of life
upon your demise as he had while
you were alive, then you need to
take the necessary steps as part
of your estate plan to increase the
likelihood that this occurs. Fortunately, New York has a law that
allows you to provide for Fido by
placing assets in a trust for his
benefit.
What should happen to all
your online accounts? Many of us
have become so involved with the
internet and our online presence
continues to grow. We bank and
do our investing online, among
many other websites such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, Shutterfly, Dropbox, etc. All of these
accounts have usernames and
passwords. The estate planning
process forces you to think about
what should happen to these accounts when you pass away or become incapacitated. Many clients
are uncomfortable giving out passwords to others, even close family
members. However, failure to
address these issues while you are
alive could mean your heirs could
face a long drawn-out legal process
attempting to gain access to some
of this information.
End of life decisions. The
right to die with dignity has become a big issue recently. If you
are terminally ill or in a persistent
vegetative state and the quality of
your life has deteriorated to the
point where you do not want to be
kept alive with artificial nutrition
or hydration, then you need to express those wishes to others prior
to that point in time. Failure to do
so could cause enormous family
conflict.
These are just some of the
things you need to think about as
you go through the estate planning
process. None of them are pleasant but, in all cases, you and your
family are better off talking about
them in advance instead of waiting
for something to happen. Root canal anyone?
Bernard A. Krooks, Esq., is
a founding partner of Littman
Krooks LLP and has been honored as one of the “Best Lawyers”
in America for each of the last
seven years. He is past President
of the National Academy of Elder
Law Attorneys (NAELA) and past
President of the New York Chapter of NAELA. Mr. Krooks has also
served as chair of the Elder Law
Section of the New York State Bar
Association. He has been selected
as a “New York Super Lawyer”
since 2006. Mr. Krooks may be
reached at (914-684-2100) or by
visiting the firm’s website at www.
elderlawnewyork.com.
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Artie’s Steak & Seafood on City Island Marks 20 Years
Artie’s Steak & Seafood
Restaurant would thrive anywhere
and its right in the middle of City
Island, the charming seaport
village in the Bronx. The Zagat
N.Y.C. Restaurant Survey always
designates it one of the best in the
Bronx.
Now marking almost 20
years under dynamic proprietor
Spiro Chagares, Manager Laura
Vendenberge, the talented kitchen and floor staff have geared up
to serve patrons an inspired global
menu of Italian, traditional and
contemporary dishes served with
modern style. Sit back in one of
several comfortable dining areas
recently enhanced with new artworks and let the knowledgeable
wait staff help you thru your meal.
Great starters include: hearty
Seafood Chowders; signature Slid-
Classifieds
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Most cash paid for paintings,
antiques, furniture, silver, sculpture,
jewelry, books, cameras, records,
instruments, coins, watches, gold,
comics, sports cards, etc. Please
call Aaron at 914-654-1683.
COLLEGE/GRAD STUDENT:
SUMMER SITTER WANTED
Looking for responsible and exp’d
college student to care for (2) kids
-- 12 yrs/16 yrs; Approx 25-30
hrs/wk; Driving to/from activities;
Light Housekeeping; Dog Walking;
Access to Club & Pool; Excellent
Driver A Must!!! Contact:
[email protected]
SPANISH TUTOR
High school students and adults.
Classes in your home by experienced native Spanish teacher. Call
Leonor @ 914 631 0003 or email
[email protected].
BUYING ORIGINAL ART
Buying original illustration art done
for magazines, books and paperback
covers, ads, pinups, comics. Also
antique posters, maps, all interesting
paper. 914-588-9359. mwi0729@
aol.com
NEWBORN CARE SPECIALIST
I would be very happy to be your
Newborn Care Specialist or Nanny for
your infant or toddler. I am looking for
fulltime/weekend position with 23 years
experience. CPR certified. Driver’s license.
Call Eva: 917-596-1540.
MOVING? DOWNSIZING?
Buying single items to entire estates: 1930s thru 1980s, contemporary & modern furniture, lighting
& household items. Call Shaun at
Cooper Modern, 914-819-0419.
ers; delicious Mediterranean Grilled
Baby Lamb Chops, served over field
greens with crumbled feta and herb
dressing; Tuna Sashimi with mango
and wasabi dipping sauce; Chargrilled Calamari Salad with mesclun
greens and lemon basil vinaigrette;
a marvelous Seafood Salad for two
with clams, mussels, calamari, scallops and shrimp tossed in a fresh
herb-diced tomato vinaigrette; notable Clams Casino; Buffalo Chicken
Wontons with bleu fra diavolo sauce;
and Littleneck Clams Posillipo with
cherry tomatoes, garlic and white
wine. There are also loaded Hot &
Cold Antipasto Platters for two. The
expertly hand crafted Mediterranean Pizza for two is listed as an
appetizer but can easily make a full
meal. It is served with a variety of toppings each week.
rabe. Combos are priced accordingly.
Changing seasonal blackboard
specialties served with pizzazz include: Crispy Duck; hunks of tender Short Rib; Pan Seared Grouper
with horseradish mashed potatoes;
Squid Ink Spaghetti with Calamari,
toasted panko, white wine, garlic
and evo; All Natural 14 oz. Flat Iron
Pork Steak stuffed with prosciutto,
mozzarella, sun dried tomatoes,
served in a mushroom demi-glaze
with smashed potatoes and grilled
asparagus; Baked Atlantic Codfish
with tarragon aioli, toasted panko
served over quinoa and asparagus
salad; Bacon Wrapped Filet Mignon
with melted Stilton Blue Cheese with
a cabernet sauvignon demi-glace,
sweet potato fries; and Wood Grilled
Tuna served over a ragu of black
beans, cilantro and beet mashed potatoes.
Carnivores will enjoy the Blackened Rib Eye Steak; Baby Back BBQ
Spare Ribs and Fried Shrimp with
country style slaw and fried potato
wedges; Wood Grilled Center Cub
Pork Chops served with roasted red
potatoes and vinegar peppers; and
Chargrilled New York Sirloin served
with crunchy onions. Artie’s big
Grilled Hamburger Classic served
with fries and slaw is truly deluxe.
There’s a loaded Lobster Salad
Roll and fresh Mediterranean Salads
and sandwiches at lunch.
Special Hint: Check out the redesigned bar/lounge most evenings
for good networking. Eating at the bar
is also encouraged. There are over 30
imported and domestic beers available.
The wine list has also been upgraded
and there is a large selection by the
glass. There is also a signature cocktail
and martini list.
Artie’ s Steak & Seafood Restaurant is located at 394 City Island Ave.,
City Island, Bronx, N.Y. The restaurant is
open for lunch and dinner 7 days a week,
noon to midnight. Main courses at lunch:
$9 to $20. Dinner: $13 to $36. Combination platters and some seafood items:
market priced. Bar/lounge. Cocktails.
TVs. Private party facilities. Off premise
catering for home or office. Credit cards.
Casual dress. Free parking. Reservations
accepted. Phone: 718-885-9885. www.
artiescityisland.com
(Morris Gut has been tracking
and writing about the food and dining
scene in the Bronx and Westchester for
30 years. 914-235-6591. E-mail: [email protected])
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Girl in Transit: Journey through the Centuries -- Old Saybrook,
CT, Where Past Meets Present
BY BARBARA BARTON SLOANE
Indeed, Old Saybrook is a journey through centuries of time. A quiet, picturesque, Colonial shore town,
it’s where the River meets the Sound,
(Connecticut River and
Long Island Sound) and it
also happens to be one of
“The Last Great Places.”
In the 1990s, The Nature
Conservancy rallied enormous financial and community support around
conservation with its call
to save “The Last Great
Places.” The happy news is
that this enchanting destination has done just that.
Here one finds over 100
homes designated with
historical significance and15 National
Register Historical Landmarks.
Beloved actress Katherine Hepburn first came to the town of Old Saybrook in 1912 when she was five years
old. Her family’s house, in the borough
of Fenwick, became her refuge from
the demands of her career; she called
it “paradise” and it was here that she
retired in 1997. In 2003 the town of
Old Saybrook restored the Town Hall
and Hepburn’s family allowed the hall
to be named after her. “The Kate,” as
it is affectionately known, is dedicated
to music, opera, dance, comedy and
children’s theater, as well as a summer
camp for kids.
During my visit, I took the 10-mile
scenic Loop Ride from Main Street to
Fort Saybrook Monument Park, along
the shore and back again. Many of
the homes I passed were built by sea
captains and ship owners. My autumn
day was brilliantly enveloped by strong
sun, trees glowing golden, and a light
breeze perfuming the air with salt from
the Sound.
Back in 1635, Saybrook Point – a
hamlet of Old Saybrook - was under the
rule of the Dutch, but John Winthrop,
Jr., the first Governor of the territory,
had other plans and the next year he
and 12 men established a permanent
settlement, Saybrook Point. Today this
area is the site of the Saybrook Point
Inn & Spa. It is a luxury inn, spa and
conference center where
notables like Robert DeNiro, Ted Kennedy and
Billy Joel have stayed - and
now, lucky me!
My stay at the Saybrook Point Inn was
festive as I was there on
Halloween for their second annual Pumpkins on
the Point affair. Amidst a
boatload of locally grown
pumpkins hand-painted
or hand-carved by area
school kids, nighttime was
particularly enchanting as the jack-olanterns lit up the Inn’s terraces and
marina docks. I took a silly picture at
a photo booth, tried my hand at pumpkin painting and had a hayride with a
truckload full of happy families. I also
joined an historic tour of Cypress Cemetery where graves of notable residents
dated back to the mid-17th century.
With a brilliant Fall sun illuminating
vividly colored trees, it was somewhat
difficult to assume a proper somber
mood but hey: cemetery - All Hallows
Eve - perfect.
Later, I indulged in a cozy massage at Sanno, the Inn’s spa. I don’t
know exactly what the treatment involved but it smelled spicy and nice –
pumpkinny to be sure. The highlight of
the event for adults was the glamorous
after-party in the Waterfront Ballroom.
Everyone came in costume, some quite
elaborate. Standing near my table was
a man in a tuxedo who huffily removed
my empty champagne glass that I’d just
placed on a tray. Hey, what’s that about?
I asked. He patiently explained to me
that he wasn’t a real waiter and the tray
in question was his prop. Sorry. The
DJ spun good vibrations, the sort of
sounds we of a certain age love to dance
to.- Laura Brannigan’s “Gloria,” the
Beatles “Twist & Shout,”; doesn’t matter that’s it’s Halloween, no Smashing
Pumpkins for this crowd.
The Inn features 82 elegant guestrooms and the historic Three Stories,
an Italianate guesthouse is just across
the street. Each room in the house conveys the story of a famed local resident,
including Katharine Hepburn’s mother who was a leading suffragette. This
guesthouse offers balconies, luxurious
bedding and private gardens. Three
Stories is great for a family reunion or a
girls getaway where the rooftop firepits
are the perfect place for gabbing and
dishing, inspired by the Inn’s renowned
Pinot Noir! Best of all, one still has access to all of the amenities of the Inn.
On my last night, I dined at Fresh
Salt, the Inn’s graceful, relaxed restaurant right on the water (read seriously
fresh seafood). The meal was spectacular - and I am now planning to return
for their Thanksgiving buffet. The Saybrook Point Inn & Spa, an AAA Four Diamond hotel, is located only two hours
away from New York City and Boston.
Just follow Interstate 95 to the point
where the salty waters of the Long Island Sound meet the fresh, cool waters
of the Connecticut River. Something
tells me I’m gonna become very familiar with this drive.
If You Go: Saybrook Point Inn, Spa
& Marina, www.saybrook.com
Barbara Barton Sloane is a Pelham-based
Travel
Editor/Columnist
who writes for a
number of both national and international publications.
She delights in sharing her global travel
experiences.
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SOLD MORE HOMES YEAR-TO-DATE IN PELHAM
THAN OUR NEXT 2 COMPETITORS COMBINED
PELHAM AND NEW ROCHELLE
ALL PROPERTIES
TOTAL UNITS SOLD – PELHAM
1/1/2016 – 3/31/2016
15
HOULIHAN LAWRENCE
MCCLELLAN SOTHEBYS
58
3
JULIA B FEE/SOTHEBYS
LANDITH REALTY
10
2
Source: HGMLS, 1/1/2016 to 3/31/2016, all properties sold in Pelham, by company
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Chester Park Classic – Side
Hall Colonial with great curb
appeal, character and charm.
Hardwood floors, Living Room
w/fireplace & a great Eat-inKitchen that opens to deck
and yard. Upstairs has Three
Bedrooms (don’t miss the En
Suite Master Bath!), Two Full
Baths, plus a third floor Dormitory-Style Bedroom. The bonus Playroom in the basement
adds extra space to this wonderful home! $605,000
The Fairways – First floor fully
renovated, Two Bedroom Corner
Unit Condo in a beautiful Pre-War
building overlooking the Pelham
Country Club Golf Course at The
Fairways. All redone, Kitchen
with stainless steel appliances,
subway tiles, freshly painted,
refinished hardwood floors, new
Bath, private entrance. Deeded
parking space. Enjoy beautiful
grounds, award-winning schools
and a 30-minute commute.
$475,000
On The Esplanade – Classic
Brick Colonial, easy walk to all
schools and train. Four Bedrooms (Master w/Bath), 3 Full
Baths, large rooms & Central
AC! The 1st floor Maids Room/
Office has a full bath. Perfectly
maintained, in need of modernization. Hardwood floors
throughout and a traditional
floor plan. This beautiful Pelham Manor home is very solid
with great bones, awaiting your
21st Century improvements.
$949,000
English Cottage in The Manor – Prospect Hill School area.
Charming details w/many nooks
and crannies. Rooms include a
front facing Sun Room/Sitting
Room, Living Room w/fireplace,
Formal Dining Room w/sliding
doors to screen porch. Off the
Kitchen is a Breakfast Room/Office, a lower-level Family Room
w/stall shower and three nice
sized Bedrooms upstairs, plus
a large, plush yard. $599,000
Pelham Manor Classic w/Pool
– Elegant Colonial situated on
an awesome Manor street!
Oversized Living and Dining
rooms & 2 Family Rooms. The
EIK w/a granite island and
abundant cherry cabinets is
a cook’s delight. Master BR
suite includes office/study with
built-ins, bathroom and steam
shower. Two more double BRs
with large closets and connecting bath on 2nd floor. Third
floor has 2BR/BTH. Great patio
& in-ground pool. $1,425,000
Always Admired! -- 1926 “Lewis
Bowman” Mansion. 1.34 acres of
picturesque property in Pelham
Manor. A grand, two-story Foyer,
with extensive oak, walnut, and
cherry paneling. Oversized Living Room, up-dated Kitchen with
Butler’s Pantry. The Dining Room
features a “must be seen” Gesso
ceiling. The large Master Suite
has a balcony and spa bath. Additionally, there are 4 more Bedrooms and 2 more Baths. Enjoy
the heated pool, lush lawns &
private patios! Just 30 minutes
from Broadway! Brochure available upon request. $2,950,000.
914.738.1133
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