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May 13, 2016 | Vol. 4, Number 20 | www.mamaroneckreview.com
Draft of residential site plan laws set for hearings By JAMES PERO Staff Writer
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Peter Matt crosses home plate as the Mamaroneck dugout celebrates the Tigers’ league title win on May 10. A seventh-inning walk-off single by Emerson Genovese clinched the 6-5 Mamaroneck victory. For story, see page 14. Photo/Mike Smith
Outsider challenges status quo for Board of Education seat By SARAH VARNEY Education Reporter In Mamaroneck, as in several other Westchester communities, Board of Education candidates are chosen and endorsed by a designated selection committee. These candidates are typically chosen to replace board members after one or two three-year terms. In Mamaroneck, for the Tuesday, May 17 school board election, the 24-member Mamaroneck School Board Selection Committee has chosen Rina Beder and Sari Winter to replace James Needham and Nancy
Pierson, who were each elected in 2013. But this year, voters will also have a third option on their ballot. This situation last occurred in 2012. Attempting to thwart the efforts of the pro forma candidates is Michael Rosenbaum, a longtime Mamaroneck resident whose four sons graduated from Mamaroneck High School. He currently has a grandson at the high school, a granddaughter at Hommocks and a grandson approaching kindergarten. Before his retirement, Rosenbaum, 77, worked at the Vector Group.
He is currently a member of the Mamaroneck Arts Council and recently donated two sculptures to the village of Mamaroneck, which were recently placed at 169 Mount Pleasant Ave. Rosenbaum said he is running because he feels there is a lack of courage and leadership on the current school board. He cited the controversy over the proposal to set up an on-site medical center at the Mamaroneck Avenue School. The school health center would primarily serve the large number of impoverished students at the Mamaroneck Avenue School. Open Door Medi-
cal Center Director Lindsay Farrell first offered to set up a facility at the school at no cost to the district in 2012. The project has been mired in controversy and stalled since then. Opponents of the proposal fear the spread of disease and a decrease in their property values. According to Rosenbaum, somebody should step up and make a decision. “Take some leadership on the issue. Say ‘yes’ or ‘no,’ but don’t just kick the can down the road,” he said. The decision to decrease education continued on page 5
After a brief moratorium on residential development and deliberations between town officials and an outside planning consultant, residents will soon get their chance to provide input on a new set of site plan laws. At a recent Town Council meeting, the council announced that an official draft of the town’s revised site plan laws—meant to shift the parameters of allowable development in residential areas—will go to public hearing on May 18. Mamaroneck Town Supervisor Nancy Seligson, a Democrat, said, “It’s been a good process in the sense that we learned a lot. Even when you think something is going to be fairly simple; when it comes to changing municipal law, it becomes more complicated.” The newly revised laws are a product of a three-month moratorium on townwide residential development passed in December 2015. According to Town Administrator Steve Altieri, the purpose of hitting the pause button was to steer the town’s site plan laws in a direction that fits the nature and volume of development. “There’s a new wave of larger homes being built,” he said. “There is probably now a need for a review of the larger construction projects.” The current draft of the site plan laws, according to Alt-
ieri, are meant to only hone in on those developments that the town board and residents feel are pushing the boundaries of Mamaroneck’s planning laws. A number of the draft laws’ provisions are meant to reel back what the town views as a recent acceleration of large-scale developments. Among the provisions, Altieri explained, is a new Planning Board review process that would be triggered by certain variables of a project, including plans that require demolishing more than 70 percent of a home, homes being built on vacant lots, and site grading that exceeds 45 percent of the property. Although the moratorium helped give the town board time to mull over current zoning laws, Seligson said she’s aware that there are still major issues that residents feel have been unaddressed. “This particular law does not address floor area ratio,” she said. “[Residents] would like there to be more control over teardowns and what can be built.” Seligson added that, as a part of zoning discussions going forward, the town will be looking at concerns over floor area ratio and any other loose ends. Currently, Larchmont is also in the midst of re-evaluating its zoning laws after passing a six-month villagewide moratorium on residential development in January. Similar to the town of Mamaroneck’s moratorium, Larchmont RESIDENTIAL continued on page 8
INSIDE Village recipient of art sculptures Story on page 10.
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County health dept. combats mosquito growth, disease To eliminate mosquito breeding sites and prevent the spread of West Nile virus and other mosquito-borne diseases, the Westchester County Department of Health will offer free minnows, mosquito dunks and “Keep Healthy and Bug Off” brochures to residents on six Mosquito Control Days this month. Residents with ornamental ponds should add the fathead minnows to the water to keep it from becoming a mosquito breeding site. The dunks serve the same purpose in birdbaths, rain barrels and unused pools. Health department staff will be available to answer questions and give out “Keep Healthy and Bug Off” brochures, which offer advice on how residents can prevent mosquito bites and eliminate standing water around their homes to keep mosquitoes from breeding nearby. “We’ll show residents things they can do to protect themselves and their families from mosquitoes,” said Peter DeLucia, assistant commissioner for Public Health Protection. “We’ll also give them minnows and dunks to prevent mosquitoes from breeding on their property. Minnows are our natural ally in the battle against West Nile virus and they’re very popular with residents. They eat many times their weight in mosquito larvae.” Residents with ponds who want the minnows should bring a bucket or pail to 2 Loop Road at the Westchester County Airport. The building is the first right from the airport access road.
A local resident picks up free minnows distributed by the Westchester County Department of Health to help prevent the spread of mosquitoborne diseases. Photo courtesy Westchester County
Minnows will be distributed in watertight plastic bags, and residents should plan to bring them straight home and release them into ponds with at least 8 inches of water. The minnows will be distributed on: • Thursday and Friday, May 19 and 20, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. • Saturday, May 21, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. To eliminate breeding sites, the health department began to apply larvicide to catch basins that hold standing water but are clear of debris starting Monday, May 9. Larvaciding teams will evaluate and treat, as needed, all catch basins on county and municipal roads throughout Westchester over the next few months. To help prevent mosquitoes from breeding, residents should eliminate standing water from around their properties, especial-
ly after it rains. Large areas of standing water on public property that cannot easily be removed should be reported to the health department by calling 813-5000. “If we use all the available strategies, we can minimize our exposure to mosquito bites and reduce the mosquito population in Westchester, but we need residents to help,” said Health Commissioner Dr. Sherlita Amler. “Please remove from your yard or turn over anything that could hold standing water and make use of the dunks and minnows we are offering.” To learn more about mosquito prevention, visit the health department’s website at westchestergov.com/health, like the department on Facebook at facebook.com/wchealthdept or follow it on Twitter @wchealthdept. (Submitted)
Village of Mamaroneck named Tree City USA The village of Mamaroneck was named a 2015 Tree City USA by the Arbor Day Foundation in honor of its commitment to effective urban forest management. Started in 1976, the Tree City USA program, sponsored by the Arbor Day Foundation in partnership with the U.S. Forest Service and the National Association of State Foresters, is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. The village achieved Tree City USA recognition by meeting the program’s four requirements: a tree board or department, a tree-care ordinance, an annual community forestry bud-
get of at least $2 per capita and an Arbor Day observance and proclamation. “Tree City USA communities see the impact an urban forest has in a community first hand,” said Dan Lambe, president of the Arbor Day Foundation. “Additionally, recognition brings residents together and creates a sense of community pride, whether it’s through volunteer engagement or public education.” The village of Mamaroneck has planted close to 850 street and park trees over the past six years, with the assistance and helping hands from the volunteer members of the Tree Com-
mittee and village employees in the Parks and Public Works departments. Trees provide multiple benefits to a community when properly planted and maintained. They help to improve the visual appeal of a neighborhood, increase property values, reduce home cooling costs, remove air pollutants and provide wildlife habitat, among many other benefits. The Arbor Day Foundation is a million-member nonprofit conservation and education organization with the mission to inspire people to plant, nurture and celebrate trees. More information is available at arborday. org. (Submitted)
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What’s going on... Mamaroneck Public Library
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Bilingual Storytime/Hora del cuento bilingüe On Wednesday, May 18 from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the Community Room on the lower level. A dropin Spanish/English storytime for all ages. El miércoles, mayo 18 desde las 4 p.m. hasta las 5 p.m. en el Community Room. Únase con nosotros una hora de cuentos español y inglés que consiste en historias, canciones y artesanías para niños/as con un/a cuidador/a.
Information session: ‘Do You Need Health Insurance?’ Make an appointment for a one-on-one information session with a Westchester County health department navigator, who will be in the library’s Tech Room on Wednesdays from 5 p.m. to 7
p.m. Representatives will answer questions about health insurance-related topics, including essential plans, Medicaid, Child Health Plus and health coverage for business owners’ employees. Clients should be prepared with their Social Security numbers, documents for legal immigrants, birth dates, employer and income information and insurance policy numbers. For more information or to schedule an appointment, call the Westchester County Department of Health at 813-5192. Appointments are available in English and in Spanish.
Larchmont Public Library Although the main library is under renovation, the library is open and operating from the Larchmont Village Center, located directly behind the main library building. For information about the library’s renovation, call 834-2281 ext. 3 or visit larchmontlibrary.org.
Planting Time in Ryder’s Garden Drop in anytime on Saturday, May 14 from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. to help begin to grow the first vegetable garden in Ryder’s Garden. Plant with Giovanni Green, from the organization Break Bread not Hearts. Participants will be planting and watering tomatoes, basil, kale and other vegetables. The garden will be used all summer for a food literacy and cooking program series for children. This program is open to children of all age and their caretaker. Registration is not necessary.
Short Stories with Alan Sklar On Monday, May 16 at 7 p.m. Set in Africa, Ernest Hemingway’s “The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber” was published in the September 1936 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine concurrently with “The Snows of Kilimanjaro.” The story was eventually adapted to the screen as the Zoltan Korda film “The Macomber Affair” in 1947. The story has been critically acclaimed as one of Hemingway’s best, and voice actor Alan Sklar brings the story to life. Sklar has been a freelance voice actor for more than 25 years, voicing radio and TV commercials and narrating everything from audiobooks and documentaries to thousands of corporate and medical video projects. He has one of the most recognized voices on radio and TV.
Stories and Crafts: Chickens! On Thursday, May 19 at 3:30 p.m. For ages 5 to 7. Flock together for chuckle-worthy chicken stories. Then make your own hilarious hen to take home. A free ticket is required to attend this event. Tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis beginning at 3 p.m. on the day of the program.
cancer. Your donations are much appreciated. To learn more, make a donation or start/join a team, please visit relayforlife.org/MamaroneckNY.
Neighborhood Tree Walk Spring has been waiting for you. Please join the second family-friendly Neighborhood Tree Walk on Saturday, May 21 at 2 p.m., sponsored by the town of Mamaroneck. Come find out why the town is so fortunate to have many wonderful trees and discover the treasured Sheldrake River Trail. You will never look at trees quite the same way again. Sheldrake Environmental Center’s naturalist Jenny Geer will lead the interactive walk. Meet at the stone wall on Rockland Avenue near the trail. The event is free. For any questions or to RSVP, please contact the Sheldrake Environmental Center at 834-1443 or email jgeer@sheldrakecenter.org.
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Silver Tips Tea presents a tea tasting On Thursday, May 19 at 7 p.m. No registration required. Think you know tea? Think again. Many people think tea means Lipton, but there is a world of teas and tea flavors beyond that. Join Anupa Mueller, owner of Eco-Prima Tea and Silver Tips Tea Room in Tarrytown, for this unique and informative presentation. From black tea to green tea, to herbal teas and flavored teas, from loose-leaf tea to tea bags, you’ll learn the history of tea, where it is grown and how it is manufactured. Also included will be tips on how to steep the perfect cup, how to store it and the health benefits of tea. A guided tea tasting of as many as five different teas will follow the presentation.
Community events St. John’s annual tag sale St. John’s Lutheran Church will be holding its annual tag sale on Saturday, May 14 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., rain or shine. Dishes and glassware, all kinds of household and furniture items, brica-bracs, jewelry, toys, electronics, clothing and much more will be on sale. St. John’s is located at 122 Fenimore Road in Mamaroneck. Call 6984348 or email office@stjohnsny.org for more information.
Relay for Life The first Relay for Life of Mamaroneck/Larchmont will be held at Harbor Island Park on Saturday, May 21 at 7:30 p.m. Relay for Life is an organized, overnight community fundraising walk in which teams camp out and take turns walking or running around the track. Each team is asked to have at least one participant on the track at all times. The philosophy behind doing this is that cancer never sleeps. We’re coming together to honor cancer survivors, remember loved ones lost and fight back against this disease. The public is invited to come for this family-friendly event. There will be tons of food, games, entertainment and crafts, along with emotionally powerful ceremonies to honor anyone who has been touched by
Teen summer filmmaking workshops Geared for young people ages 13 and up, LMCTV’s summer filmmaking workshops are an opportunity to learn hands-on video and filmmaking skills. With scriptwriting, cinematography, computer video editing and more, participants will write, shoot, direct, act in and edit their own movie. Each workshop is held Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. for three weeks at LMCTV’s Studio 2, located at 145 Library Lane in Mamaroneck. Workshop I runs from July 5 to July 22 (no class on July 4) and Workshop II from July 25 to Aug. 12. Led by independent filmmaker and LMCTV staff member Dena Schumacher, the workshop is in its 16th year. Open enrollment starts now. Space is limited, so please visit lmctv.org or call Matt Sullivan at 381-2002 ext. 202 to sign up today.
Emelin Theatre Dance off the Grid On Friday, May 20 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $25 each. Dance off the Grid wraps up its third season at the Emelin with three characteristically eclectic performances. Come join as the ingenious Cornfield Dance tells stories of everyday human interaction with wit, playfulness, passion and beauty; the youthful Graham 2 brings fresh energy, passion, and vision to the brilliant tradition of Martha Graham; and the soulful Reggie Wilson/Fist and Heel Performance Group delivers full, all-inclusive performance art pieces. A lively and insightful Q&A session with the choreographers and the dancers to learn more about what inspires their work follows the performance. For more information, visit emelin.org/ event/dance/dance-grid-4. Deadline for our What’s Going On section is every Thursday at noon. Though space is not guaranteed, we will do our best to accommodate your listing. Please send all items to news@hometwn.com.
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funding for the Mamaroneck Coop Camp, a decades-old day program for disadvantaged elementary and middle school students, also concerns Rosenbaum. While it is fully funded in the current 2015-2016 budget, the budget on the ballot May 17 cuts funding for middle school students. Rosenbaum favors future overrides of the 2 percent tax cap, if needed. Rising enrollment and the increasing need for more space may necessitate tax increases exceeding the cap in the future, he noted. “To capitulate on the tax cap is a mistake,” he said. But to sanctioned candidate Beder, operating under the tax cap is just one of the issues that the board must continually juggle. She has been involved with PTA groups at every level, starting with the Chatsworth Avenue School. “This is the right time for me to step in and see the district from a different perspective,” Beder, 47, said. “Issues are never as simple as they seem from the outside. They’re more complex. There are a lot
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of moving parts.” The issue of the proposed onsite medical center is one example of such a complex issue. “I think the board has done a good job of balancing community input with the information they’re getting,” she said. “This issue demands a thoughtful response. Things sometimes take longer than it seems like they should.” Beder and her husband and two sons have lived in Larchmont for 15 years. Her older son just graduated from Franklin &
Marshall College and her other son is a senior at Mamaroneck High School. She holds a law degree from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and a master’s in Management and Organization Studies from University College Dublin, Graduate School of Business. She practiced land use, environmental and construction law on the corporate side before her family spent four years living in Ireland for her husband’s business. She is realistic about the time and amount of work a school
board seat requires she said. “I’m going into this with my eyes open. I know what I’m getting into,” Beder said. Winter, the second pick of the selection committee, has three children between the ages of 4 and 9. Next year, all three will be students at the Murray Avenue School, MAS. She has a B.A. degree in philosophy from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, and like Beder earned a law degree at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. Winter earned an M.A. in
English from Teachers College, Columbia University. She and her husband have lived in Larchmont for six years. She is confident her background in both law and education will be helpful as a board member. “Having actual experience in a classroom will also be a plus,” Winter, 42, said. Like Beder, she hasn’t come to a conclusion about the proposed onsite medical center at The Mamaroneck Avenue School. Winter said there are several factors that would seem to make the project feasible. “I haven’t been in on any of the information the board has, but it seems like it doesn’t cost the district and the closer you bring medical care to people the more people use it,” she said. On the other side, she said that she’s unsure of whether a medical center at MAS might affect space issues or what services would be offered and to whom. “I haven’t come to a conclusion yet,” Winter added. “I don’t know if it’s [a clinic at MAS] a good fit for us.” CONTACT: sarah@hometwn.com
Budget tidbits Total budget: $133M Tax levy increase: 0.74% Budget-to-budget increase: -0.55% Date and time: Tuesday, May 17 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Polling locations Central School 1100 Palmer Ave., Larchmont Chatsworth Avenue School 34 Chatsworth Ave., Larchmont Mamaroneck Avenue School 850 Mamaroneck Ave., Mamaroneck Murray Avenue School 250 Murray Ave., Larchmont
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proves to be a shuckin’ good time By SUZY BERKOWITZ Editorial Assistant Despite the cloudy weather, families were as happy as clams to attend the village of Mamaroneck Recreation Department’s first official Mother’s Day Clambake, held on Saturday, May 7 beachside at Harbor Island Park. The afternoon of music, dancing, sand and seafood brought out approximately 130 people, with dishes cooked on-site by The Smokehouse of New York, drinks courtesy of Half Time Beverage and entertainment from local five-piece band FastForward. The clambake was organized in an effort to celebrate Mother’s Day and kick off this year’s beach season. Recreation Superintendent Sandy Mary Korkatzis said the department will be looking to host similar events during the summer months to bring people together on the beach, and the clambake served as a unique way to start. “Everybody had a good time, and it was exciting to watch the food being cooked right on the beach,” Korkatzis said. “It was a laid-back day, the kids had a nice area to play in and the band was fun.” Korkatzis told the Review the idea to host a clambake came from suggestions by members of the Recreation Department who were looking for a different kind of activity to host. Although
Five-piece band FastForward performs family-friendly cover songs. Drummer Jimmy Abbate said attendees of all ages enjoyed the music.
Despite the less than stellar weather, a crowd of about 130 people chow down during the clambake. Half Time Beverage, located on Hoyt Avenue in Mamaroneck, supplied a cash bar for the event.
participants were able to register until the very last minute, ticket prices were kept affordable to attract as many people as possible, and all profits benefitted the Recreation Department. Korkatzis wanted to host the event on Mother’s Day weekend in recognition of the holiday, but chose Saturday instead of Sunday so as not to take business away from local restaurants. Chefs from The Smokehouse of New York, located on Waverly Avenue in Mamaroneck, provided and cooked traditional clambake foods on-site for the event. The five-hour-long cooking process—which required the burning of a wood fire covered with large stones, seaweed and saltwater—filled attendees with littleneck clams, Prince Edward Island mussels, crawfish and
Maine lobsters. The chefs also facilitated a traditional barbecue for those not interested in seafood. Brett Portier, owner of The Smokehouse of New York, said that although diners enjoyed the food, it took a bit longer than expected to prepare due to a late seaweed delivery. Portier said he has local vendors in place for future clambakes so timing won’t be a factor. “Everyone thought the food
was amazing, but next time, there won’t be any mistakes,” he said. “We’ll come up with some surprises and blow it out of the water, while still providing a great quality of food.” Korkatzis echoed the sentiment, saying that although the clambake went well, the lengthy anticipation for food was a detriment. She said if the event is attempted in the future, the department would like to incorporate more of a demonstration into the on-site seafood cooking, and shift the event’s starting time from 1 p.m. to later in the evening. Jimmy Abbate, drummer of FastForward, said he was excited to perform in his hometown of Mamaroneck. His five-piece band, which consists of vocals, guitar, keyboard, drums and bass, typically performs cover songs
that span the genres of rock, country, disco and contemporary music from the 1950s to present day. “I’m glad we [had] the opportunity to perform at the first clambake,” he said. “We’re a very energetic band and we like to get everyone up and involved.” Abbate said as the band’s drummer, he is able to sit back and take in his surroundings during a performance, and hearing the crowd’s positive response at the clambake was music to his ears. He said attendees ranging from child to senior enjoyed the music, which is his band’s main priority. Overall, from beach to band to bake, the event was a success, and all parties involved are excited for the next round.
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Kids play in the sand at Harbor Island Park during the Mother’s Day Clambake, which served as the village’s summer kickoff event. Photos courtesy Facebook
The Smokehouse of New York, on Waverly Avenue in Mamaroneck, provided seafood for the village Recreation Department’s first official Mother’s Day Clambake at Harbor Island Park.
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MHS wins mobile app development bowl A team from Mamaroneck High School took home top honors at the second annual #WestchesterSmart Mobile App Development Bowl on Friday, April 15, where more than 250 students competed at Pace University’s Pleasantville campus to see who had developed the best mobile application after weeks of design and development. In all, teams from eight high schools and colleges took home cash awards. Presented by County Executive Rob Astorino and Pace’s Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems, the competition challenged students to create an app that will improve the quality of life for people age 65 and older. Ideas ranged from health and memory to finance and money. “The #WestchesterSmart Mobile App Development Bowl sends a strong statement to our students—as well as our communities and businesses—that Westchester is a place where smart things are happening,” Astorino said. “We’re on the cutting edge of so many industries,
from health care to information technology to biotech and more. And we wanted to showcase that Westchester has the highly educated young workforce that makes it easy for businesses to recruit and retain the talent they need. We say Westchester is the ‘smart spot’ for business, and this event makes that very apparent.” The winning team—The Rock Club from Mamaroneck High School—created an app that serves as a “one-stop shop” for seniors to resolve technical issues. After interviewing seniors regarding their most common issues with technology, the team found that most fit into three broad categories: problems with vision, hearing and dexterity. “We hope to solve all these with our app,” the team said in its presentation to judges. “Seniors rely on the younger generation to help them with technology. Wouldn’t it be great if there was a way in which seniors could use their mobile devices without consulting others?” The App Bowl kicked off with a pep rally at the Westchester County Center in February, fol-
lowed by a series of workshops focused on developing the technical skills of design and coding for mobile devices. The completed apps will be available for download via the Apple Store and/or the Google Play Store. “This generation of students is remarkable in that they love technology and they care deeply about their own communities and families. As a result, these digital natives have the intuition and the technical skills to design apps that will help their older relatives and neighbors who increasingly rely on mobile technologies for their health and well-being,” said Dr. Jonathan Hill, interim dean of Pace University’s Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems. William M. Mooney III, director of the Westchester County Office of Economic Development, added, “Westchester is proud to support the Mobile App Development Bowl because it shows people everywhere that Westchester is a place where talents can be developed, displayed and rewarded—now and in the future.” (Submitted)
The Rock Club of Mamaroneck High School was the grand prize-winning team in the 2016 #WestchesterSmart Mobile App Development Bowl. From left, Dr. Jonathan Hill, interim dean of Pace University’s Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems; Mamaroneck teacher Jigar Jadav; MHS students Sam Blumberg and Max Bobby; and County Executive Rob Astorino. The awards ceremony was held April 15 at Pace’s Pleasantville campus. Photo courtesy Diana Costello
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LMCTV hosts 26th annual award night
LMCTV will host its 26th annual Award Night on Wednesday, May 25 at the David Potts Jr. VFW Post 1156 in Larchmont, pictured. File photo
Larchmont-Mamaroneck Community Television, Inc.— the public access TV station serving Larchmont, Mamaroneck and Rye Neck—is hosting its 26th annual Award Night on Wednesday, May 25 at 7 p.m. at the David Potts Jr. VFW Post 1156, located at 1288 Boston Post Road in Larchmont. In addition to presenting awards for Best Single Program, Best Community Event Videography, Best Series and Volunteer of the Year, the station will be honoring state Assemblyman Steve Otis, of Rye, with the 2016 Mary Anne Sullivan Award for Overall Achievement in Community Television. “Assemblyman Otis has consistently and vigorously supported public access television in general and LMCTV in particular by promoting and using our broadcast services to com-
municate with and serve his constituents,” said Erik Lewis, CEO of LMCTV. Prior recipients of the Mary Anne Sullivan Award have included former state Sen. George Latimer, then state Sen. Suzi Oppenheimer and The Larchmont Mamaroneck League of Women Voters. LMCTV will also recognize Mamaroneck High School teachers Joseph Liberti, Emily Dombroff and Evan Madin with the Val Estabrook Award for Outstanding Work in School Video. Liberti, the AP government teacher, Dombroff, the film production teacher, and Madin, the journalism teacher, worked together to arrange an expedition of 115 Mamaroneck High School students to take part in, report on, document and create video of the New Hampshire presidential primary, giving in-
terested students, in the words of Liberti, “[a] truly authentic learning experience we can’t create in the classroom.” The Val Estabrook Award is named for former LMCTV board member Val Estabrook, who, in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, worked with Mamaroneck grade school students to create a series of therapeutic videos about how they viewed the tragedy. A small reception will be held before the award ceremony, with light food and drink. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, please visit lmc-tv.org. Please RSVP by Friday, May 20 to Christina Carino-Forrest at ccarino@lmctv.org. To purchase an ad in this year’s award night brochure, please call 381-2002 ext. 201 or email elewis@lmc-tv.org. (Submitted)
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village officials continue to deliberate new zoning laws meant to scale back what residents and village board members view as a trend of unchecked development. Since the passage of the moratorium, however, the village has faced the threat of multiple lawsuits after developers blocked by the moratorium were denied by the village board in an appeal. A particularly divisive project that aims to tear down an iconic home, located on Larchmont’s 40 Ocean Ave., has been at the center of this issue after a firm associated with the project filed the beginning stages of a formal lawsuit. Public hearings for the town of Mamaroneck’s site plan laws will begin during the next town board meeting. CONTACT: james@hometwncom
A revamped set of residential site plan laws will make its way to public hearing after a three-month moratorium on residential development in the town of Mamaroneck. File photo
Rye Town Park Commission appoints park director After reviewing 16 applications and conducting multiple interviews, the Rye Town Park Commission announced its selection of a new director for the park, Teresa “Terry” Fanelli. She was the unanimous choice of the commissioners. Gary Zuckerman, Rye Town supervisor and president of the Rye Town Park Commission, said, “After an extensive search of four months, I am pleased that the commission has unanimously selected Terry Fanelli as our new park director. Her knowledge and commitment to Rye Town Park is exemplary, and we are thrilled that she has accepted the position. I am sure that she will do a terrific job for Rye Town Park and all its visitors.” A longtime resident of Port Chester, Fanelli has worked at the park since the spring of 2009— first as cashier supervisor, and starting in 2012 as assistant park
director for finance. Since 2008, Fanelli has worked concurrently as an after-school administrator for the Port Chester Council of the Arts. She has been serving as acting park director since the spring of this year. Fanelli is the park’s first woman director. Prior to joining Rye Town Park, Fanelli had a long career as a senior operations executive in banking, working with firms such as Fieldpoint Private Bank and Trust, USA Bank and the US Trust Company. When accepting her new position, Fanelli said, “I am delighted to be given this opportunity to make the park the best that it can be.” She noted that one of her priorities will be to make the park’s operations run as efficiently as possible. “We want visitors to feel that the park is being managed with the quality of their experience in mind. “I look forward to getting out
into the park to see that all the park employees are working effectively to achieve the park’s goals,” Fanelli added. “We want to make people welcome when they come to Rye Town Park.” Rye Town Park is a 62-acre preserve located at 95 Dearborn Ave., off Forest Avenue, in the city of Rye. It was established in 1907 by an act of the state Legislature. The main buildings were completed in 1909. Generations of families have made happy memories at the park and beach over the more than 100 years of its operation. The entire park was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 18, 2003. The preserve has 28 acres of lawns, paths and a pond, as well as an expansive beachfront of 34 acres. The park is a wonderful facility for public recreation and relaxation. Visit the park’s website at ryetownpark.org. (Submitted)
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The US rapprochement with Cuba By Clifford Jackson President Barack Obama has re-established diplomatic relations with Cuba, meeting with President Raúl Castro. It is an attempt to bring vestiges of the Cold War to a close and to bring about an end to the 55-year economic embargo against Cuba. There has been a “white washing” of history that certainly includes Cuba. There has been a demonization of Fidel Castro and mythological representation of the United States that needs to be corrected for people to learn if the normalization of relations between these two countries is bound to continue, and if the United States should engage in the same criminal behavior that led to a severing of diplomatic relations in 1961. Cuba, like most of Latin America, has been a victim of the rapacious nature of the “white Western world,” especially the United States. Che Guevara said it in his speech at the United Nations in 1964, and this has been said over and over again by people like Dr. W.E.B. Dubois and Malcolm X, who met with Fidel Castro in their famous three-hour meeting at the Theresa Hotel in Harlem in 1960. Cuba was subjected to centuries of colonialism by the Spanish empire, like Puerto Rico was. Since the Spanish-American War in 1899, the U.S. started its brutal, rapacious and colonialist relationship with Cuba that lasted for 60 years. It used the
congressional Teller and Platt amendments to first allow for the so-called liberation of Cuba and then to say, “We are the best ones to determine how Cuba should be governed because it is in their best interest.” This racist, condescending and imperialistic relationship allowed dictators like Dr. Ramón Grau San Martín and Fulgencio Batista to rule the island. They liberalized laws that allowed Western countries to steal and exploit Cuba’s sugar plantations and mill factories for companies like United Fruit. Cosa Nostra was able to pillage Cuba as a vacation resort for the wealthy and drug and prostitution center that was governed by Meyer Lansky, Santos Trafficante and Sam Giancanna. The scene from “The Godfather” with Lee Strassberg, Al Pacino and other members of major organized crime families in “Havana” depicted that. Thousands of Cubans during this period were tortured and killed by the Batista dictatorship. The Cuban constitution was suspended. This continued until Fidel Castro and Frank Pais, who was a part of the student movement against this brutal regime, fought back. Pais was murdered by Batista’s soldiers in 1957. Castro, Guevara and President Raúl Castro ultimately defeated the Batista regime and overthrew it in a very bloody war. That’s when the United States started its war on an independent Cuba. First, the Bay of Pigs invasion, that was initiated by
Eisenhower and carried through by JFK, was the beginning. The economic embargo has “crippled the Cuban economy” because it has been a quarantine on Cuba in the Western Hemisphere. Harry Belafonte, Dr. Cornel West and many others have said that. Not as many people in this country like to propagandize as a “failure of communism.” This war was stated eloquently by Guevara in his 1964 speech where he said “daily Cuban fisherman and the island itself are fired upon by U.S. ships off the coast of the island.” There have been no less than 50 attempts to kill Castro and to overthrow his government by the U.S. and anti-Castro forces since the Bay of Pigs invasion. Stop the imperialism and allow for sovereign countries like Cuba to live in peaceful coexistence. That has been very difficult for the United States and the “white Western world” to do. Guevara, in quoting Fidel Castro in 1964, said, “If you stop with the plundering and stealing of another countries resources, you stop war.” That still has not been learned by the U.S. Chile, Grenada, El Salvador and Iraq are just continuing examples of these crimes that Raúl Castro and his brother Fidel are acutely aware of as they re-establish ties with the United States of America. Clifford Jackson is a resident of Larchmont. The views expressed are his own.
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public art By KILEY STEVENS Staff Writer In an effort to make art more visible within the village of Mamaroneck, two sculptures were recently installed outside of the Paonessa Public Safety building at 169 Mount Pleasant Ave. The sculptures, created by artist Ernest Shaw, were donated to the village by local resident Michael Rosenbaum. The unveiling of the two sculptures, one untitled and one called “Jacob’s Ladder,” mark the debut of a new Arts Live program spearheaded by the Arts Council. According to Solange De Santis, chair of the council, the initiative came to fruition during a visioning session last fall when the council decided it wanted to make art more visible in the village. Although De Santis said the Arts Council already hosts poetry events for high school students, arts and crafts fairs and the summer concert series, she said the council wanted to involve art more within the community. De Santis added that Rosenbaum’s desire to donate the sculptures went perfectly with the Arts Live program. “It was really his initiative to donate two sculptures so that more people could enjoy them, and so that they would be a village asset,” she said. Rosenbaum, who is also a member of the Arts Council, told the Review that he thought the sculptures would be an attractive addition to the community. Rosenbaum has been collecting the works of Ernest Shaw for many years, and the sculptures that now sit outside 169 Mount Pleasant Ave. previously adorned the lawn at Rosen-
“Jacob’s Ladder,” a sculpture by Ernest Shaw, is one of a two-sculpture installment that marks the debut of a new arts initiative in the village of Mamaroneck.
On May 6, Mayor Norman Rosenblum gives a short speech at the unveiling of two new art installments on the grounds of 169 Mount Pleasant Ave. in the village of Mamaroneck. Photos/Kiley Stevens
baum’s townhouse on Fairway Green in Mamaroneck. In addition to placing more physical art around the village, De Santis said that the Arts Live program will include art lectures at the library and an outdoor mural, which will be done by a local artist. In addition to a CVS on Mamaroneck Avenue, the sculptures mark the first installation of public artwork within the village. “It’s sort of a feeling among municipalities that art enhances everything,” De Santis said, citing economic development, an enjoyment of the community and tourism. De Santis joined Rosenbaum
and his wife Maj-Britte, Mayor Norman Rosenblum, a Republican, and town of Mamaroneck Councilwoman Jaine Elkind Eney, a Democrat, in front of the sculptures for the official unveiling on May 6. De Santis told the small crowd gathered around the artwork that the council hopes the pieces will be a source of inspiration and wonder for all to enjoy. Additionally, she told the Review that the Board of Trustees had been supportive of their endeavor to install these sculptures around the village. Rosenblum said, “We’re adding to the beauty and diversity of the village of Mamaroneck.”
One of the sculptures, an untitled piece from artist Ernest Shaw’s “Ruin” series, was donated to Mamaroneck by village resident Michael Rosenbaum.
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Alternate side of the street parking holidays RHYMES WITH CRAZY Lenore Skenazy
There are now 34 holidays on which New York City suspends its parking rules, ranging from Ash Wednesday to Chinese New Year to Eid al-Adha to Diwali. That’s quite the holiday buffet. Which is not to mention Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Abraham Lincoln’s birthday, Washington’s birthday and Veterans Day. There are a bunch of standard-issue holidays, too, like Labor Day and Thanksgiving, and a bunch of Jewish holidays beyond those. Since I’m Jewish, I can confide in you: Many of us don’t even know what these holidays are. Shemini Atzereth? I’ve got to ask Rabbi Google. (Then again, what percentage of Christians are familiar with the Solemnity of the Ascension, which was on this year’s Mother’s Day? That solemn day was cause for auto-owner awe as alternate side of the street parking requirements miraculously disappeared!) Since this list seems to be growing faster than the Monday morning line for MetroCards, I couldn’t help but add a few more suggestions for holiday parking consideration: Thigh-Knees New Year: A holiday celebrating the first sunny day of spring, when New Yorkers suddenly realize their knees and even thighs will soon be visible in shorts. The day is devoted to doing squats.
Howard Stern’s birthday: Jan. 12. Any car parked at a meter may remain there for 24 hours, but any person walking by the meter must dance around it, one leg up, and lean backwards. Lumpy Rug Day: An actual holiday—look it up, it’s May 3. The website Holiday Insights reports: “Lumpy Rug Day is intended to appreciate a good rug. A rug should be smooth, even, and definitely not lumpy. Many of us stretch out on a rug to watch TV, play games and even catch 40 winks. If the rug is lumpy, you’ll know it. There are a number of ways to enjoy Lumpy Rug Day: “If you have a lumpy rug, toss it out and get a nice, lump-less rug; If you once had a lumpy rug, take a minute to remember the soft, comfortable feel of the new rug when it arrived; If you never had a lumpy rug, count your blessings. You don’t know what you’re missing.” I’m counting! But since that exciting day won’t come around for almost another year, let’s move on to: Sick Passenger Monday: The first Monday after Labor Day, when everyone has slept a little late and is rushing to get to school or work on time, shall be dedicated to the mysterious Sick Passenger who is always on the train ahead of us. Not that car drivers care, but they get the free parking day anyway, just like the rich get richer. Pranksgiving: A day we give thanks for practical jokes. NOTE: Although this will appear as a holiday on city-issued alternate side of the street suspension cal-
endars, it really ISN’T and you will be TOWED. Kwanzadanukkah: A day that falls on both Hanukkah and Kwanza, when everyone is so busy lighting candles that they can’t get to their cars. Happy Halaladays: Day dedicated to the halal carts around the city, which have made lamb over rice as New York as a Sabrett’s dog. Celebrated the Thursday after Thanksgiving, when people are willing to start thinking about food again. Too Heavy Purse Tuesday: A day we pause to reflect on the fact we are carrying around WAY too much junk, including candy bars, letters we keep forgetting to mail, receipts in cuneiform, and two dozen pens (one leaking). Why do we celebrate this by suspending parking regulations? How ELSE would you propose we celebrate? What says “Too heavy purse” to YOU? Do you even HAVE a purse? If you did, you’d know. All Saints Weekend: Expansion of popular day. Mayor’s Wild Card: A day chosen by the mayor on which all parking tickets are torn up as soon as they are issued. Wildly popular. Often celebrated after the indictment of a crony, dis by a sitting governor or disconcerting New York Post cover. Trump Day: Nov. 8. You wouldn’t cast your vote for someone just because they’re promising to give you an extra day of parking freedom, would you? WOULD YOU? CONTACT: lskenazy@yahoo.com
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Ode to joy LIVE MIKE Mike Smith
There’s something about high school sports that makes a big moment hard to shake. On Saturday morning, I was sitting in the dugout with some of my men’s baseball teammates in between games and, as we often do, we started talking about some of our best sports memories. We’re not young men anymore, and the majority of us have played baseball from the time we were 5 years old all the way through college and beyond. So why was every single great moment we mentioned from our high school days? Our centerfielder recalled getting a hit off of current Mets’ hurler Stephen Matz as a junior. Our ace remembered squaring off against—and ultimately losing to—Rick Porcello, who currently plies his trade
as a member of the Boston Red Sox. Our closer and I, both Scarsdale products, mentioned beating archrival Mamaroneck on the mound in our respective senior seasons. What makes these memories much fonder than any others in our long—perhaps too long— time of competitive athletics? On Tuesday, I witnessed a moment that is sure to live on for a long time in the minds of some of our local athletes, as Mamaroneck celebrated yet another league title after a stunning walk-off hit by senior centerfielder Emerson Genovese. In the grand scheme of things, a league title may not appear to be a huge deal for the Tigers, who came into the year as the reigning Class AA state champions and seem to be on the hunt for a Section I championship every single season. But watching Mamaroneck stream out of the dugout to mob Genovese, it struck me that no matter what else the Tigers go
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on to achieve this year, this could very well be the game that comes up again and again, years from now, when they talk about their greatest athletic accomplishments. I can attest, firsthand, that big wins—or losses—in college just don’t carry the same weight. Players are older, more mature, their interests are more diverse, and no matter how much work they put in to becoming better ballplayers over the years, few things compare to celebrating with a group of teammates and friends who have been by your side since elementary school. A great high school sports moment comes at a time when both the stakes and the youthful enthusiasm that every player continues to bring to the field are high. That unbridled joy can sometimes be worn down by the grind of collegiate athletics, where playing sports can often feel more like work than pleasure.
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Mamaroneck streams out of the dugout as Peter Matt crosses the plate in a 6-5 victory against White Plains on May 10. Watching the Tigers clinch another league title reminded Sports Editor Mike Smith that high school sports memories only get better with time. Photo/Mike Smith
So to Mamaroneck—and all the other schools that have something to celebrate this season—congratulations, and enjoy
the time you have left. As you get older, these great moments might be few and far between.
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Game Notes: • Mamaroneck beat White Plains twice last week to win the league title • Emerson Genovese hit a two-out single to score Peter Matt from second base in the bottom of the seventh inning • Truman Devitt did not allow a walk in seven innings of work
By MIKE SMITH Sports Editor If there is one lesson the White Plains baseball team learned last week, it’s that whether he is in the field or at the plate, Mamaroneck’s Emerson Genovese is going to find a way to break through. On Tuesday, May 10, just three days after the senior centerfielder’s acrobatic catch preserved a Tigers’ win against their league foes, Genovese sank White Plains again, delivering a walk-off hit to lift Mamaroneck to another league title with a 6-5 win. With two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning and run-
Peter Matt barehands a ball behind the mound at Mamaroneck High School.
Truman Devitt throws a pitch against the Tigers. Devitt threw a complete game and allowed just five hits on the afternoon.
ners on first and second, Genovese singled off White Plains starter Spencer Lodes, plating the winning run in the form of Tiger third baseman Peter Matt, and prompting the Mamaroneck bench to empty onto the field, celebrating the league championship that hung in the balance of the final showdown between the two teams. “It’s tough to decide between the two plays,” Genovese said after the game. “But right now, in the moment, winning the league championship on that hit, I’d say that this probably feels better than making the catch.” Genovese, who was waiting for a fastball, drove the ball into the left centerfield gap and said he knew right away that his hit
Brian Knapp hits a ball against White Plains. Mamaroneck would score a 6-5 win and a league title.
was going to send the Tigers home happy. “[Lodes] had a pretty good curve, so I was just looking for something straight,” he said. “And right off the bat, I knew that if he was going to catch that ball, it was going to be a better catch than the one I made.” Although Genovese’s heroics put the exclamation point on the day, it was the Tigers’ steady resilience that kept them in the ballgame. Although Tiger starter Truman Devitt was solid, allowing just five hits on the afternoon, White Plains managed to take two run leads on their hosts in both the
first and third innings. Both times, however, Mamaroneck answered right back in the bottom half of the inning to tie the game. “That was big for us today, because if you look at our season, we haven’t really come from behind a lot,” Genovese said. “In the games we lost this year when we went down, we
Emerson Genovese hits a walk-off single against White Plains on Tuesday, May 10. Genovese’s heroics helped Mamaroneck win another league title. Photos/Mike Smith
just didn’t come back.” Mamaroneck coach Mike Chiapparelli was especially pleased with the team effort on Tuesday, and said that tough league games, such as the ones the Tigers saw against Scarsdale and White Plains this year, should prepare the team well for the postseason. Mamaroneck will play non-league games against Arlington and Suffern
this weekend before the playoffs kick off next week. “When you look at our league, it’s always tough and records don’t mean a whole lot,” Chiapparelli said. “Each game, it comes down to who plays better in that game, and I thought that White Plains played a pretty good one today.” Contact: sports@hometwn.com
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Game Notes: • Eric Greenberg had four goals to lead Mamaroneck to a tight win • Mamaroneck has gone 8-1 over its last nine games • The loss snapped Rye’s six-game win streak By MIKE SMITH Sports Editor On Tuesday, May 10, Mamaroneck and Rye squared off in a showdown between two of the pre-eminent lacrosse programs in southern Westchester. But a game that many assumed would feature a glut of offensive firepower turned out to be a defensive struggle, as the Tigers bested the Garnets 9-8 despite a lategame surge from the visitors. Behind a four-goal performance from Tigers’ star Eric Greenberg, Mamaroneck headed into the final quarter of play with a 9-5 lead. The Garnets
Rye’s Will Hynson tries to beat Mamaroneck goalie Jack Dente on May 10 at Mamaroneck High School. Dente had 14 saves as the Tigers’ held on for the win.
proved unwilling to go out without a fight, however, scoring two fourth-quarter goals thanks to Billy Chabot in less than a minute and another from Ryan Kirkpatrick with just 1:23 left to cut the deficit to one. With 35 seconds on the clock, the Garnets had one last chance to tie the game, but the Tigers’ defense clamped down, forcing a turnover to seal the win. “Last year, they beat us and we felt we should have won that game,” said Mamaroneck goalie Jack Dente, who had 14 saves on the evening. “This year, it was just about getting even, and playing well in the playoff push. We
Billy Chabot rushes past a Mamaroneck defender. Chabot had four goals on the evening, including two scores in the fourth quarter.
needed this win and we got it.” Dente and the Tigers knew they had their hands full against a potent Rye team that came into Tuesday’s showdown riding a six-game winning streak, but Mamaroneck’s defense effort caused problems for the Garnets who didn’t gain any real momentum until late in the game. “It was just about switching it up; if we needed to go into a zone, we went into a zone,” Dente said. “We wanted to make them pass it around more so they couldn’t break down our defense like they wanted to.” At 11-4, Rye will take on Bronxville on Thursday, May 12, after press time, looking for one last win before the playoffs kick off next week. Mamaroneck, which has gone 8-1 over its last nine games to finish the season at 11-5, seems to be clicking as the Tigers await the results of Friday’s seeding meeting. Although the road to another Section I championship won’t be an easy one for Mamaroneck, Tigers’ head coach Jeff Barnard said the team has shown a marked improvement after a few early hiccups in the season. “We have a lot of talented kids and they play hard,” Barnard said. “Class A is tough, so we’re just going to do our best to prepare and hopefully not go home disappointed.” Dente, for one, feels the Tigers’ win over Rye is a good sign. “Our defense stepped up huge, our offense was terrific,” he said. “I think we’re ready.” Contact: sports@hometwn.com
Bobby Bizzard picks up a groundball as Rye’s Ryan Kirkpatrick looks on. Mamaroneck topped Rye 9-8 in the Tigers’ regular season finale.
Chris Conley looks for open space against the Garnet defense. Photos/Bobby Begun
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