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which is located in Purchase.

On Aug. 21, 2015, Sharlise Smith-Rodriguez, the college’s With a considerable amount dean of students, sent a welcome of attention centered on the re- letter to the student body alerting cent death of Robby Schartner, a them of upcoming events and Manhattanville student who was changes in policy for the 2015killed by a drunk driver on Oct. 16 academic year. According 9, the college’s student body to the memo, which was delivhas reignited a debate about the ered as a blast email, the school changed the schedule for the school’s shuttle bus service.

Schartner, a 21-year-old ju- Valiant Express.The bus service October 28, 2016 | Vol. 4, was Number www.ryecityreview.com nior, struck 44 and |killed by changes included the addition of Emma Fox, of Rye, while walk- four early morning runs to transing along Westchester Avenue in port students from the college White Plains in the early morn- to and from White Plains from ing hours. It is believed that 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Monday Schartner was walking back through Friday. Additionally, the to campus after a night out on last two weekend runs would be Mamaroneck Avenue in White eliminated.

“I get why they changed the Plains.According to police, Fox, 24, had been traveling east- hours because they didn’t want bound on Westchester Avenue to be seen as encouraging drinkat about 5 a.m. when she fatally ing,” said Gianni Mogrovejo, a hit Schartner with her car, a 2012 senior at the college. “But, I’ve had friends who have had to Nissan Sentra.

White Plains police reported walk back to campus at night, that Fox had been intoxicated at which is extremely unsafe. By the time of the incident and was not having those hours, you’re measured with a blood alcohol waiting for an accident to hapof 0.21; the legal limit in New pen; and it may have already happened with the recent loss York state is 0.08.

In the aftermath of the tragic the school took.” been discussed at a Board of EdPrior to the service changes, event, Manhattanville students ucation meeting.

Mustich told the Review that are pointing to last year’s con- the Valiant Express ran until it’s “urgent” to address the roof troversial change by the school 3:30 a.m. on Fridays and Saturreplacements and repairs needed administration to alter the bus days. Since the changes, the final bus on Fridays and Saturdays, districtwide, which were includ- service schedule.

“What’s it going to take for which transports students from ed in the previous $35.5 million borrowing plan that failed, and the school to realize that hav- downtown White Plains back to to date, have not been tackled in ing transportation provided is campus, comes at 1:30 a.m. for our own safety?” asked Jess BUS continued on page 10 BOND continued on page 8 Cowle, a junior at the college,

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A new parking system recently created in the village of Mamaroneck has done little to alleviate congestion and frustration, as village officials continue to tweak the plan.

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Rye Neck school district prepares for second bond try

By FRANCO FINO Staff Writer The Rye Neck Union Free School District is preparing to propose another bond after voters narrowly rejected a previous $35.5 million bond for districtwide improvements on Oct. 6, according to the schools superintendent.

The school district plans to propose another bond with an adjusted scope of construction unlike the preceding one that failed earlier this month by 17 votes, according to Dr. Peter Mustich, the schools superintendent. “Clearly we are still disappointed with the results of the bond vote,” he said.

According to Veronica Ses-

sler, the district clerk, 263 residents voted in favor of the bond proposal while 280 voted it down.

Despite the school district’s plans for a second bond proposal, there is no time frame, according to Mustich. The superintendent added that the scope of construction, and the estimated cost of another bond, has not yet

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County capital budget wants $110M for parks

By JAMES PERO Staff Writer A $300 million capital budget sent down to the Westchester County Board of Legislators on Oct. 14 allocates nearly $110 million to recreation and parkland, and could inject millions of dollars at Kensico Dam and into the county’s affordable housing requirements.

The capital budget serves as a guiding blueprint for major infrastructure and planning projects to be undertaken in the following five years and in tandem with the operating budget, which will be unveiled by County Executive Rob Astorino, a Republican, in November, and serves as the county’s overall budget.

Among the major projects included in the 2017 capital budget’s ambitious parks plan are comprehensive improvements to Glen Island bridge—which would total nearly $10 million—as well as the restoration and transformation of Kensico Dam’s reflecting pool which has been barren since 2007.

The Kensico Dam project,

which could cost upwards of $21 million, was unveiled earlier this month by Astorino and would see the construction of a skating rink and regulation size hockey rink.

According to county Legislator Sheila Marcotte, the chairwoman of the Board of Legislators’ Budget and Appropriations Committee and an Eastchester Republican who is currently reviewing the proposal with the committee, Astorino’s plan is an ambitious one.

“It’s an aggressive plan of action,” Marcotte said. “Infrastructure, as we know, in the county has aged; roads; bridges…. And I’m pleased that we are putting a fair amount of [the budget] into infrastructure.”

Not grouped in with the budget’s list of recreation proposals are $33 million in improvements to one of the county’s most famed assets, Playland Park in the city of Rye. Those projects are a part of an ongoing agreement between the county and the management company Standard Amusements, which will also inject $30

million of its own funds into improvements at the park, according to a contract approved by the Board of Legislators in May. Among the major Playland projects included in the budget are a proposed $8.5 million for structural renovations, as well as $5.1 million for renovations to Playland’s Switchgear building, which houses important electrical equipment.

Marcotte said that since these projects are mandated through a separate agreement with Standard Amusements, they were itemized as distinct from the rest of the county’s prospective recreation budget.

Playland’s pool, which must also undergo significant rehab, was not listed in the projects, but is currently under review from the Board of Legislators, which aims to renovate and keep it after a proposal from Astorino’s administration to remove the structure was shot down.

After recreation, which constitutes 36 percent of the budget’s proposed expenditures, building and improvements, renovations to county-owned

A recently proposed capital budget would see Westchester County invest $110 million into parks, including a transformative project at Kensico Dam, pictured. File photo

roads and bridges comprise the next largest categories targeted; 24 percent and 16 percent, respectively.

Projects enumerated in the both the buildings and infrastructure categories include the replacement of roofs for various government buildings across Westchester, totaling $4.5 million, as well as renovations to the Ashford Avenue Bridge in Greenburgh for another $4.5

million.

The capital budget will also work toward reaching the required affordable housing mandated in a contentious settlement with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development dating back to 2009.

Since 2010, the county has spent nearly $60 million implementing affordable housing requirements. According to Ned McCormack, spokesman for

the Astorino administration, the county doesn’t currently have a figure on how much more it will spend this year.

As outlined in the settlement, the county is required to have secured building permits for 750 units of affordable housing by the end of 2016.

Currently, it has finalized 658 of those permits, according to PARKS continued on page 17

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What’s going on...

Mamaroneck Public Library

Visit mamaronecklibrary.org for more information on library hours and programs.

Off the Hook! Coat Drive Through Friday, Nov. 4. Help keep our neighbors warm this winter by donating new and gently used coats of all sizes, as well as children’s boots, hats and mittens. Donations will benefit Hope Community Services, Mamaroneck Child Development Center, the New Rochelle Boys and Girls Club, and the New Rochelle CAP. Please bring your donations to the drop box inside the front lobby of the Mamaroneck Public Library, located at 136 Prospect Ave. in Mamaroneck.

All ages story and craft hour On Saturdays from 11 a.m. to noon in the Children’s Room. No registration required. There will be stories will appeal to all ages of kids and their caregivers, and a craft simple enough for the little kids and creative enough for the big kids.

Bilingual Storytime/Hora del cuenta bilingüe On Mondays at 10:30 a.m., excluding Nov. 14.

A drop-in Spanish/English storytime for children ages 6 months to 7 years old with siblings and caregivers.

Los lunes a las diez y media de la mañana, excluyendo el 14 de noviembre. Una hora del cuento en español y inglés para niños de los 6 meses a 7 años con hermanos y cuidadores/as.

Free SAT/ACT math prep and homework help On Mondays from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. for middle and high school-aged teens. Former high school math teacher Lynne Prior will be on hand to answer any questions in the Mamaroneck Teen Library on the lower level. The schedule follows that of the Mamaroneck school district, so if there is no school, there is no tutor.

Blood Drive On Wednesday, Nov. 2 from 1 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in the Community Room. Help save lives by donating blood. New donors are needed, and 16-yearolds may donate with parental consent. To donate, call 1-800-Red-Cross or visit RedCrossBlood.org and enter the sponsor keyword: MamLibrary.

Get There Safe!

On Saturday, Nov. 5 at 11 a.m. in the Community Room. Allison Lester, a safety education program specialist for Metro-North, will speak about three vital issues: grade crossings, rider safety and trespassing. This is part of the TRACKS community outreach program—Together Railroads and

Communities Keeping Safe—created in partnership with the MTA police department, designed to educate the Metro-North community about rail safety.

Larchmont Public Library Visit larchmontlibrary.org for more information on library hours and programs.

The Places We Come From: The Stories We Tell On Tuesdays, Nov. 1, 15, 22 and 29 from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Online registration is required.

A reception will be held on Dec. 6. “The Places We Come From: The Stories We Tell” will be a reading, discussion and writing seminar that raises questions about how the worlds that we come from—place and time, history and memory, family and culture—shape our own identities and the stories we tell about ourselves and others.

The seminar promises to engage the participants in reading as a writer. To read as a writer is to “experiment with the dangers and difficulties of words.” Participants will keep a writer’s notebook for their own experiments with reading and writing a variety of texts. The scholar/facilitator will be Judith Pearl Summerfield, professor emerita of English at Queens College, The City University of New York. Summerfield, a longtime Larchmont resident, is a scholar/teacher of literature, composition, rhetoric and narrative studies. Her new book, “A Man Comes from Someplace: Stories, History, Memory from a Lost Time,” will serve as the springboard for the seminar. This program is made possible by a grant from the New York Council for the Humanities.

3-D programming and printing On Wednesdays, Nov. 2, 9, 16 and 30 from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. For grades 6–12. Online registration required. Participants must be able to attend all four workshops.

This workshop consists of four 90-minute sessions, enabling teens to build an understanding of 3-D programming and printing. Starting with the history of 3-D printing and how these printers work, participants will learn how to use 3-D modeling software. Participants will make simple objects, like name tag key chains, before having the opportunity to model an object of their own design. The culmination of the program will be a reception in The LOFT, the library’s new young adult space, on Wednesday, Dec. 7. This program partially funded by a grant from the Westchester Library System.

Senior Gaming Thursdays On Thursdays, Nov. 3 and 17 from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Do you think electronic games are just for kids? Well, think again. Come to the Village Center and find out how much fun electronic games can be. The library will be featuring electronic bowling. And who doesn’t get a thrill from knocking down all 10 pins for a strike? Only in this game, there’s no heavy bowling ball. Come out and see if you can bowl a perfect game.

Village of Mamaroneck news Annual Turkey Trot 5K The village of Mamaroneck is happy to

announce its 50th annual Turkey Trot 5K (3.1 miles) Fun Run on Sunday, Nov. 20. Registration opens at 8 a.m., but is also available and encouraged online at register.chronotrack.com/r/24040.

Fee: $30.

The race start is at approximately 9:30 a.m. on Boston Post Road right by Library Lane. Parking and registration will be in Harbor Island Park. There will also be a 1-mile Gobbler Run for younger children and others who would prefer or whose running abilities match a shorter distance.

The village is also welcoming runners and interested parties to bring non-perishable food items to the race to benefit the Larchmont/Mamaroneck Food Pantry and provide food assistance to those in need for the upcoming holidays.

The Woman’s Club of Mamaroneck Monthly meeting The next monthly meeting of the Woman’s Club of Mamaroneck will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 1 at 7:30 p.m. at the clubhouse, located at 504 Cortlandt Ave. in Mamaroneck. The guest speaker will be author Don Capria, who will discuss his book “Colombo - The Unsolved Mystery.”

New members are always welcome. If interested, leave a message at 698-9749.

Westchester Jewish Center Sammy Spider musical The PJ Library is bringing “Sammy Spider’s First Mitzvah: the Musical” direct from NYC TO WJC on Sunday, Nov. 6 at 12:30p.m. at the Westchester Jewish Center, located at 175 Rockland Ave. in Mamaroneck.

Sammy Spider comes to life in a new family musical. Join in as Sammy Spider learns what it means to care for others—and how we all have something to contribute—in this original, one-time-only performance. Sing along and clap your hands as Sammy makes the audience part of the story. Meet Sammy and the rest of the cast after the show.

Recommended for families with children ages 8 and under. Tickets are only $5. Based on the book

by Sylvia A. Rouss. Adapted by Rebecca Schoffer and Joel Esher. For more information, contact Aleza Kulp at 698-2966 or visit wjcenter.org.

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Letters to the Editor

Julie Killian for state Senate

Julie Killian gets my vote

To the Editor, Now is finally the time for real change in Albany and there is no better person to lead that fight than Julie Killian. As a longtime Larchmont resident, I have known Julie as one of my dearest friends for more than 30 years. I can tell you she is “the real deal”; honest, smart, and the fresh face we need in Albany.

Julie, Rye City councilwoman, deputy mayor and mother of five, has been committed to our community for more than 25 years. Like many of us, she is disgusted by the corrupt “old boys network” in Albany that has led us to be the highest taxed state and one of the worst places to do business.

Thankfully for us, feeling she could not stand the criminal behavior and inertia anymore, she decided to take action and run for state Senate. Julie is a social moderate, fiscal conservative who knows how to lead. Realizing Rye was having serious issues with teen drug and alcohol abuse, she co-founded Rye-ACT, a substance abuse prevention and education coalition that just received federal funding for the next five years.

Sen. George Latimer has recently smeared her as a “snake oil salesman,” a ludicrous accusation coming from a 29-year career politician who complains the reason he can’t get anything done is because of the leadership he has been working with all this time. He is also a man who stood by as scandal after scandal of sexual abuse and “pay for play” continued to permeate the halls and elevators of Albany.

We do not need a bystander like George in Albany. What we need is a person who will stand up and speak out against any criminal activity; someone who will finally do something about the unfair proportion of educational dollars we pay that subsidizes upstate, someone who will streamline and get rid of the exorbitant regulations that make it so difficult and expensive to do business here, and someone with fresh ideas and a new approach. That someone is definitely Julie Killian and I urge you to support her on Nov. 8.

To the Editor, As a lifelong resident of Mamaroneck and an active member of the community, I urge you to make the right choice and vote for Julie Killian. I have known Julie and her entire family for more than 20 years and have watched her raise her five children as their coach and counselor for many summers. She has worked tirelessly in Larchmont/Mamaroneck for your vote, and I know she is committed to fight for the reforms we need to get New York back on track for our families, schools and businesses. Believe me, I know a winner when I see one, and without a doubt, it’s Julie Killian.

Linda White Banta, Larchmont

Mike Chiapparelli, Mamaroneck

Latimer: Strong on the environment To the Editor, I’m proud to call George Latimer my friend, and to support his re-election to the state Senate. He has been a terrific senator on environmental issues: endorsed by The Sierra Club, the New York League of Conservation Voters, and he scored a 92—tied for highest in the Senate—in the legislative environmental scorecard of Environmental Advocates of New York. George has been a leader on renewable energy, wetland protection and climate change efforts.

He takes the time to visit our Eastchester Environmental Committee, generally unheard of among elected officials (and I hear he does the same in other towns). He shows his interest in these issues every day and is there for anyone or any organization when he is needed.

Finally, he is as regular and down-to-earth as you will ever find in someone who is a senator; we truly enjoy being with him. It is a rare quality, one that we should not take for granted on Election Day. Please join me and vote for George.

Peter McCartt, director of Sustainable Westchester and chairman of the Eastchester Environmental Committee

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Q. Why did you decide to run for elected office?

A. It’s pretty frustrating to watch what’s going on [with the Board of Trustees]. Obviously there’s a lot of infighting going on; I don’t even [exclude] the mayor and deputy mayor. We have a pretty dysfunctional Board of Trustees right now—especially Leon Potok, I hope he doesn’t get re-elected. He’s this guy who pretty much doesn’t want to listen to anyone. He thinks he knows all the answers. You’re not getting elected for your personal agenda.

STATUS: Challenger AGE: 48 OCCUPATION: Commercial real estate banker YEARS IN VILLAGE: 10 POLITICAL AFFILIATION: Republican ENDORSEMENTS: Republican, Reform and Independence parties COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT: Chairman of Board of Architectural Review; treasurer of German Evangelical Church of St. Paul ONE THING THE AVERAGE VOTER DOESN’T KNOW ABOUT YOU: I love sailing. I just started a year ago and I’m totally hooked on that.

Q. What is the overall platform that you plan to run on?

A. I don’t have all the answers; the only promise I’m going to make is I’m going to listen. There are several things that tickle me. Parking is completely out of control. Flooding obviously is a big thing in Mamaroneck, especially in

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A. The village faces a lot of challenges and I believe I can make a significant contribution to address those challenges. I enjoy the interactions with the people that I work with. It’s a worthwhile challenge, but it’s rewarding to make a meaningful contribution to my community.

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Leon Potok STATUS: Incumbent AGE: 65 OCCUPATION: Retired YEARS IN VILLAGE: 18 POLITICAL AFFILIATION: Democrat COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT: Former chairman of the Budget Committee; current liaison to the Recreation and Parks Commission, the Flood Mitigation Advisory Committee and the Marine Education Advisory Board.

ONE THING THE AVERAGE VOTER DOESN’T KNOW ABOUT YOU: In my last year of high school and first year of college, I worked as a vendor selling snacks and drinks in Madison Square Garden. I got the chance to see a lot of New York Knicks and New York Rangers games, and attended Barnum and Bailey circus events.

Q. What is the overall platform that you plan to run on?

A. Our team has spelled out three items: sensible development, environmental sustainability, and community involvement, and the backdrop to that is fiscal responsibility. For sensible development, we encourage development that maintains the character of our neighborhoods and preserves the quality of life for residents. For environmental sustainability, we look to preserve the health and beauty of our coastline, rivers and green areas. We want to improve water quality and address flood mitigation proactively. For community involvement, we want to empower nonpartisan volunteer committees and help them include and listen to our residents

Washingtonville but also Orienta and some other areas. We have the Army Corps of Engineers [project]. That’s certainly something we have to make sure happens. Another thing I think for me is actually village code. I think we have too many stupid rules in [it]; I think we should go through and potentially clean that out.

Q. What differentiates you from your Democratic challengers?

A. Based on experience of what I’ve been watching on the Board of Trustees meetings, I’m certainly going to be willing to listen to everyone. When I run my meetings on the Board of Architectural Review I let everyone talk; everyone can voice their opinion. I’m willing to listen to everyone and my goal is just to do what’s best for the village.

Q. The village board hasn’t had a Republican majority since 2009. Why do you in their role as volunteers. We want to pursue responsible and practical problem-solving.

Q. What differentiates you from your Republican challengers?

A. What I and the other Democrats bring is independent thought, leadership, and a willingness to grapple with challenges. We collect information analytically and transparently to solve problems as a community and not at a distance from residents. We are inclusive and nonpartisan and are trying to solve problems.

Q. Village Democrats have often decried a mayor who has, in their opinion, overstepped his boundaries. Do you feel Democrats’ power has been usurped by Republican Mayor Norman Rosenblum?

A. The role of the mayor, the village board trustees, and the village manager is defined in our village code. What we found as we have served is that the role of the mayor was expanded, whereby the mayor was trying to take on executive functions by making decisions on behalf of the board that he did not have [the] authority to make, such as appointing liaisons to commit-

think the party has struggled to regain a board majority and how do you plan to address those failures?

A. It’s more speculation on my part because I pretty much stayed out of politics, but obviously the demographics have changed. People are moving in from the city and I would make the argument that a lot of them are more Democratic. It’s just change of the populace, really.

Maybe we have to be a little bit better organized. I think social media helps. One thing that I did which we didn’t have before is creating a real mailing list we can use. Before it was more like a spreadsheet.

Q. Current Mayor Norman Rosenblum, a Republican, has been criticized for being pro-development.

Do you feel that such claims are warranted and how would you balance development with eco-friendliness in the village?

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tees. At some point we looked at this and said, ‘Why is he making those decisions and why aren’t we discussing which liaisons would be best for our committees on our own?’

We don’t define where the lines of authority are; the law defines it. We need to clarify where those lines are.

Q. Village politics have shown a tendency to become divisive over the past several years. Do you consider this division a problem? And, if so, how would you plan to address it?

A. It is a problem and I wish village elections were nonpartisan.

The problem we have is that elections are every year, and therefore elections are always on people’s minds. I’ve tried to do what’s right, and have often been criticized for my positions; not based on merit, but based on trying to gain political advantage, and that is disappointing.

Q. Between August and September the village saw five overdoses as a result of opiate abuse. If elected, how would you address a growing opioid epidemic and its effects on the village?

POTOK continued on page 12

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Letters to the Editor

George Latimer needs to be re-elected To the Editor, George Latimer is one of our best advocates in Albany. I saw this first hand when I was president of the Rye City Board of Education. Today, I continue to see Latimer listening to the communities he serves and standing up for our children, our schools and our local taxpayers: • Latimer has been a leader in the fight against GEA, a program that hurts our children and drives up local property taxes by allowing Albany to rob school aid coffers and use the money for other things; he has been hard at work to restore and protect state aid for our schools.

• He is tireless and fearless in his fight to stop Albany from imposing unfunded mandates on our schools; state mandates that drive up local taxes and divert funding away from our core educational programs.

• He remains an ardent defender against Albany and Washington, D.C., micromanaging our classrooms; Latimer supports having statewide goals and standards that give local schools and teachers the flexibility and control they need to best serve our students, making sure our children taught by educators, not legislators.

I’m voting for George Latimer because he is fighting in the best interest of our children, our schools and our local taxpayers.

Please vote on Nov. 8 for George Latimer for New York state Senate.

Josh Nathan, Rye

George Latimer’s environmental efforts To the Editor, As an environmental attorney and advocate, I strongly support George Latimer for New York state Senate. During his career in public service, George has amassed an excellent record of working to protect our environment. His accomplishments are too numerous to list, so I’ll just mention a few.

George voted to boost energy efficiency standards and get toxic chemicals out of our children’s and our

grandchildren’s toys. He is working to continue the cleanup of “brownfields,” properties contaminated with hazardous substances. During his career, he has passed legislation to protect the Long Island Sound, cut through red tape to save Rye residents and other Sound Shore taxpayers millions of dollars, and authored legislation to protect us from the effects of flooding. He is currently working on funding for capital projects under NY Rising to reduce flooding. He is helping state and local governments work together on flood prevention, and obtained funding for our Bowman Avenue sluice gate.

George is a supporter of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative to protect New Yorkers against climate change. This may be the most important issue in our lifetime. The world’s climate scientists are now in virtual agreement on the necessity to work to reduce our emissions or face major ecological and economic problems in the near future. All of us who want to preserve our local environment—and, indeed, our planet—should be grateful to have George Latimer fighting for our future.

Carolyn Cunningham, Rye

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Opinion-Editorial

Knowledge, leadership and the presidency

By GLENN SLABY “The greatest achievement of medieval philosophers was, not systematic theology, but the discovery that the more we know, the more we are aware of what we don’t know.”

—Bernard Lonergan He stated that there are three types of knowledge: Things we know that we know. Things we know that we don’t know. Things we don’t know that we don’t know.

This November, we have a diverse choice for the individual whom will become the most powerful and important person in country and the world. Knowledge, its awareness and its understanding are mandatory to leadership, no matter the discipline or endeavor. These three levels, its intrarelationships are engulfed in complexity. What is knowable now or in future instants of time

is always in a state of constant, complex flux, especially with the rapid availability of information and the fog of “too much data” that is entwined within it.

This great nation has been blessed with individuals who understood the above. From Lincoln to FDR, Edison to R.J. Oppenheimer, Eleanor Roosevelt to Martin Luther King Jr., Marshall to Eisenhower, men and women from many fields and enterprises knew what can be accomplished now and what needs to be put off momentarily until acceptable information is available. Unfortunately, all nations and cultures have experienced those whose pride, ego or ignorance have led to deaths of innocents and fallen societies.

On Nov. 8, we must decide not only on policy and ideology, but also how their egos and pride will affect their ideological

goals, this country’s complex configuration, and their understanding of the multifaceted, national, international effects of every possible option/decision. One’s vote based on political beliefs is fine, but can that candidate rule beyond the “self’s understanding of knowledge” (ego) and be capable of managing, ruling our nation?

Ideology has its limits. Ability and experience will also determine success. One mustn’t believe he knows “more than the generals” and “has a great brain.” With the above types of knowledge, combined with experience, understanding, judgment, and technological growth, our leader will be governing a diverse culture, history and people, intertwined in a complex world.

Glenn Slaby is a resident of New Rochelle. The views expressed are his own.

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25 years. The bond encompassed a total of $6 million specifically allocated to replacing roofs at the Daniel Warren and F.E. Bellows elementary schools, and the joint Rye Neck middle and high schools’ building.

The middle school and high school would have also received new equipment and furnishings, renovation work to convert science rooms into classrooms, eight general classroom expansions, and upgraded seating in the auditorium for a total cost of $13.9 million. Reconstruction plans would have also included a number of improvements to the school’s gymnasium, including a new set of bleachers and lighting upgrades.

Additional renovations would have taken place in Daniel Warren’s main offices, library and nurse’s office, as well as updated equipment and furnishings, and two new additional classrooms for a cost of $3.6 million.

The F.E. Bellows school would have received an estimated $6.1 million in improvements toward the library, cafeteria and the expansion of four classrooms, as well as renovations to the cafeteria’s kitchen, updated equipment and furnishings, and new lighting and plumbing systems.

While there has not been any

The Rye Neck school district plans to propose another districtwide infrastructure bond after voters rejected a $35.5 million bond proposal on Oct. 6. File photo

official action to propose new construction to date, Mustich confirmed that roof replacement and repairs would be necessary components of the next capital bond. “We will have to talk to the community first and gather some more information before we take our next steps,” he said.

The superintendent added that the Rye Neck school district has one of the lowest amounts of debt of all school districts throughout Westchester County, ranking 38 out of 54 districts, with a total outstanding debt of $12.3 million.

According to Mustich, the school district can still capitalize on state aid toward the overall scope of work if it decides to move forward on a second infrastructure bond. The school district was expected to receive 13.6 percent in state aid toward its failed bond proposal.

Barbara Ferraro, the assistant superintendent for curriculum and high school principal, and April Tunno, president of the PTSA’s Executive Committee, could not be reached for comment as of press time.

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New parking system sparks outcry from residents

By JAMES PERO Staff Writer After several iterations, and dozens of complaints, a newly amended residential parking system will continue to be scrutinized by village officials.

Following several amendments, the newest system, which went into effect this month, will encompass the hours of 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and only Monday through Friday, effectively overwriting the previous 24-hour iteration.

According to Assistant Village Manger Daniel Sarnoff, the program, which has been under discussion for several months and was first implemented in March, was originally meant to alleviate congested parking conditions in areas surrounding the Metro-North train station, but has instead unintentionally caused hardships for many residents.

“The problem we’re trying to solve is having a system that meets our objective, but is flexible enough to allow those scenarios where people need visi-

tor parking and things like that,” Sarnoff said.

An original version of the village’s program required parking permits for various neighborhoods that surround the train station, including sections of Mamaroneck Avenue and Fenimore Road, and stipulated permit parking hours would last from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

However, after parking congestion continued despite the new regulations, mandatory permit parking in those neighborhoods was expanded to 24 hours, seven days a week.

Instead of quelling the problem, however, what ensued as a result of the amended system was discontent.

“They put [the system] in place, but they didn’t do enough research into what the different areas of Mamaroneck needed,” said Maria DeRose, the chairwoman of the village’s Ad Hoc Parking Committee who is also running for village trustee as a Republican.

According to a memo from village administrators to the

Board of Trustees, on top of various complaints from residents, the 24-hour stipulation was viewed as too onerous on residents entertaining guests, as well as those with home health aides that required their visitors to park on the street.

Now, after another amendment, the current system mandates permit parking between the hours of 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Friday and does not allow for the issuance of visitor passes.

These new mandates will also continue to be scrutinized and tinkered with accordingly if problems persist, according to Village Manger Richard Slingerland.

“After a few weeks have passed we’ll do another revaluation,” he said.

According to Slingerland, major obstacles for the current system include allowing parking for visitors to residences in the neighborhoods encompassed in the program as well as individualizing the system to make it work for different conditions

A residential parking system meant to alleviate parking congestion in the village of Mamaroneck’s neighborhoods will be rejiggered after dozens of complaints from residents. File photo

in various neighborhoods.

“We have different needs for different neighborhoods,” Slingerland said. “Washingtonville is very densely populated, and places like Union Avenue and Melbourne Avenue have different needs.”

Sarnoff said the village is currently working to rejigger the

system in a way that makes sense for everyone, and that can also be easily implemented and digested.

“The program has to be easy to understand,” Sarnoff said. “If, as administrators, we can’t understand it, just imagine what the general public is going to think.”

A part of that process will be devising a system that works for

residents’ needs in addition to ensuring that the systems have enough personnel—police patrolling the streets—to enforce the policies.

“You have to take into account the hundreds of homes which are affected,” Sarnoff said.

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According to J.J. Pryor, the college’s managing director of the office of communications, the college enacted the bus service changes in order to follow the Drug Free Schools and Communities Act of 1986.

Pryor told the Review that if an institution is aware of oncampus or off-campus conduct that encourages the use of illicit drugs and alcohol by students and does not take active steps to implement programs to prevent such abuse, it could lose federal financial assistance as a result of the law.

However, according to Mogrovejo, despite its reputation for transporting students under the influence, the late night weekend shuttle service, which was once deemed as the “drunk bus,” serves much more of purpose than escorting drunk students back to campus. He said many students utilized the late night service to travel back to campus after returning to White Plains from their afternoon internships in New York City.

Mogrovejo added that some students just enjoy hanging out in the downtown area to see a late

Students at Manhattanville College are demanding a change in the school’s shuttle bus service schedule, following the death of Robby Schartner on Oct. 9. The bus schedule was previously adjusted on Aug. 21, 2015. Photo courtesy Karina Cordova

night movie at the City Center 15: Cinema de Lux, or to eat at Buffalo Wild Wings, both located on Mamaroneck Avenue.

While students have continuously voiced their frustration about the school’s new bus schedule, it is currently unclear whether or not the college will take immediate action to resolve the students’ demands.

According to Pryor, during an “extensive discussion” on Oct. 19, senior school administration officials deliberated on

possible modifications to the Valiant Express.

Smith-Rodriguez, who is also the chairwoman of the Manhattanville At Risk Committee, a group responsible for recommending actions in accord with existing college policies, declined comment.

Fox is currently being held on $100,000 bail in the Westchester County jail and is due back in court on Nov. 1.

CONTACT: franco@hometwn.com

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Edgar Allan Poe to visit Larchmont library

You should take note that the real Edgar Allan Poe died in 1849 and that the Larchmont Public Library is not in the business of raising the dead. Even though the library has recently gone through a major renovation, raising up dead people is not a new service being offered.

However, this Halloween you’ll swear that the man himself has returned from the grave to once again scare the wits out of folks by reading his most famous—or should we say infamous—works right in the midst of the Larchmont Public Library.

To become a part of this Halloween tradition, come to the Larchmont library on Monday, Oct. 31 at 7 p.m., and tell them you’re looking for Mr. Poe. Frank Connelly, a reference librarian at the library, will again channel the spirit of Edgar Allan Poe through a very public performance of Poe’s works that is set to include “The Cask of Amon-

tillado,” “The Masque of the Red Death,” “The Tell-Tale Heart” and “The Raven.” Never one to shy away from a challenge, Connelly will once again don his frock coat and present himself as the conduit for one of the most famous writers of the macabre the world has ever known. With just a bit of luck, and if Poe’s spirit is in a good mood, Connelly’s mind, body, and perhaps even his soul, will be temporarily the playground for the long deceased author.

How is this possible, you ask?

There are many uncanny similarities between Poe and Connelly that defy logic and understanding, yet conspire to create a spectacle quite unlike anything else you are likely to see on Halloween. Consider that Poe was born in Boston. Connelly wears Bostonian footwear. Poe lived and died in Baltimore, Maryland.

Connelly claims to have never known anyone named Mary

from Baltimore and couldn’t care less if she owned land or not. Poe never actually owned a raven though through his works he claims to have been visited by one. Connelly once owned a parakeet name Bernard who never uttered a word of English, and because of this Connelly swore that he would own another parakeet “nevermore.” Poe was born the same year as Abraham Lincoln. Connelly was not.

These are the things of mystery that should serve to beckon everyone to come do something this Halloween season that is truly unique. There is no other place in the whole of Westchester County that will present such a performance for Halloween.

Connelly as Poe is simply not to be missed.

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A. The reality is we have to constantly evolve. We have a TOD—transit oriented development—that is going to help the whole area. Another issue we have, not just in Mamaroneck, but all over Westchester, is affordable housing. We have to figure out a way of creating more housing units; obviously we have to do it in a way that isn’t stressing our school systems and stuff like that. I think we need development, obviously it’s great tax revenue. What we need is a master plan for Mamaroneck and really figure out where we can create multi-family residential units and where they fit in the village.

Q. Village politics have shown a tendency to become divisive over the past several years. Do you consider this division a problem? And, if so, how would you plan to address it?

A. Again, when Norman [Rosenblum] asked me if I was

interested to run I think my first comment was, ‘Let’s talk about what that entails,’ but I also said, ‘We should agree to disagree and we should do it in a professional manner.’ I think that’s what we need on the Board of Trustees. Everyone needs to chill a little bit and say ‘What are we doing here?’ Common courtesy is completely out of the window.

Ilissa Miller on TV giving other trustees the finger? I mean, come on. What kind of behavior is that? Just look at what’s going on with our presidential election.

Q. Between August and September the village saw five overdoses as a result of opiate abuse. If elected, how would you address a growing opioid epidemic and its effects on the village?

A. Honestly I have no idea.

Obviously you need a strong police force, you need active policing. That’s the only guess I have. I know we have some vacancies in our Police De-

partment that don’t get filled for whatever reason. Community outreach, education; obviously you have to start in schools. I live in the Rye Neck school district, I feel like they’re pretty good at talking about that. You have to educate people but ultimately it’s an illegal activity, so you have to be able to police it somehow.

Q. The company Sheldrake Station Development is planning to build 100 rental units at a distressed property on Waverly Avenue, and will work together with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to alleviate any potential difficulties that may arise with the site’s elevation. Are you concerned about possible flooding and sewage runoff issues that could arise post-construction of the Sheldrake development?

A. We have to make sure that the infrastructure is sufficient to cover that. I know in Orienta, for example, they have huge issues with sewage because all of the [pipes] are pretty old down there. Water is a big thing here obviously, being at the end

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of the watershed, and a lot of stuff comes down to us here.

Our flooding measures are very important.

Q. A $75 million flood mitigation plan from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is currently undergoing analysis for congressional approval. As part of the proposal, some residents would be required to cede portions of their land through easements.

How would you help balance the project’s needs with the wishes of residents, if elected?

A. You could make the argument that it’s the owner’s choice. I mean, do they want less flooding?... I’m very sensitive when it comes to eminent domain, but the reality is something needs to get done.

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A. The prescription drug abuse and heroin epidemic represent a national problem that has reached into many communities, including ours. We should be compassionate for individuals and families suffering from substance abuse.

As a village, we must work with local organizations, and with other municipalities and the county and state governments, to alleviate the suffering and address the problems of drug dealing and abuse.

Q. Do you feel the village is being overdeveloped? If so, how would you balance increasing development in the village with its often detrimental effects on flooding and the environment?

A. Our team is in favor of sensible development. What we have heard from residents is that the zoning board allows developers to build houses and properties that are out of character to the neighborhood. I think we need a strong board that resembles the values of residents and does not simply grant what developers want.

Q. The company Sheldrake Station Development is planning to build 100 rental units at a distressed property on Waverly Avenue, and will work together with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to alleviate any potential difficulties that may arise with the site’s elevation. Are you concerned about possible flooding and sewage runoff issues that could arise post-construction of

erwise [flooding] is going to happen over and over again.

You have to look at every owner affected, but I’m pretty sure if the choice is reducing the potential of flooding, most of them are going to be supportive. The reality is no matter what you do, you’re never going to be able to please everyone. Ultimately it’s about what’s best for the village, so if there’s a hold out, sorry.

The reality is that it’s going to improve the property’s value ultimately if flooding gets reduced. You have to sell the positive.

Q. In January, the village’s Ad Hoc Parking Committee conducted a poll that saw a compelling amount of support for single-space parking meters over their the Sheldrake development?

A. When the development was approved, there was a debate about how many units should be allowed in this location. At the time, the Republican majority approved a larger development than what residents had sought. I expect it will create problems with traffic and parking. One of the amenities the development offers is a public walkway, and the U.S. Army Corps is seeking to widen the river, but the issue is how you have both a public walkway and a wider river?

It’s important to have a strong board that values sensible development and appointees on the land use boards that share those values.

Q. A $75 million flood mitigation plan from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is currently undergoing analysis for congressional approval. As part of the proposal, some residents would be required to cede portions of their land through easements.

How would you help balance the project’s needs with the wishes of residents, if re-elected?

A. The Army Corps’ project went through a public review process in which residents and elected officials could offer feedback. We did so and some of the issues that were raised were about easements. I participated in two meetings with the Army Corps in Washington, D.C., and New York City in which those issues were addressed. The original plan is in

multi-space counterparts. Two Democrats have come out in support of investigating multi-space meters further due to cost effectiveness. How would you approach balancing the cost savings of multi-space meters with the opinion of the majority of residents?

A. The reality is that multispace meters on Mamaroneck Avenue don’t work. The reality is that we need single-space meters and from what I heard from [Charwoman of the Parking Committee] Maria DeRose, there’s no way [multi-space] meters will cost $2 million. There are very nice single-space meters out there that can use credit cards and electronic payments with an application. I’m totally against multi-space meters on Mamaroneck Avenue.

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the process of being modified.

As a result of residents raising their concerns, the project is now estimated to be an $82 million project because of changes. I expect that the village board will continue to be in dialogue with the Army Corps when the project gets congressional approval.

Q. In January, the village’s Ad Hoc Parking Committee conducted a poll that saw a compelling amount of support for single-space parking meters. Despite the unpopularity of the multi-space meters, a minority of Democrats, including yourself, have championed them as a way to save as much as $2 million due to their easy levels of maintenance and ability to hold more money. How would you approach balancing the cost savings of multi-space meters from the opinion of the majority of residents?

A. My concern all along has been that the decision about single-space meters and multispace meters be made openly and transparently. To be clear, I support single-spaced meters if that’s what residents want and they know what the cost is. I thought the survey that was taken was flawed and so did members of the parking committee.

I have not been pushing for multi-space meters. I have been pushing for a fair comparison in which residents can have all the information they need to make an informed decision.

-Reporting by Franco Fino

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“Grande Disco,” a 1974 sculpture created by Italy’s Arnoldo Palmodoro, is among the 45 works of art at the Donald M. Kendall Sculpture Gardens at the PepsiCo headquarters in Purchase which have been closed to the public since December 2012. PepsiCo representatives say they expect the garden to be reopened by March 2017. Photo courtesy flickr.com

to the public, said there had been concern among the Westchester arts community over the garden’s closure.

But that concern appears to have been quelled. “It’s a relief,” Langsam said. “This is a stunning, one-of-a-kind collection.

It’s a living history of 20th-century monumental sculptures and it’s a wonderful example of a gift to the public.”

In a statement, she also underscored the importance of keeping places with “great artistic significance” open to the public.

PepsiCo moved its head-

quarters from 500 Park Ave. in Manhattan to 700 Anderson Hill Road in Purchase in 1970. When Donald M. Kendall, then PepsiCo’s CEO, moved the company to Purchase, he said he hoped the property would become the site of “one of the greatest modern sculpture exhibits in the world,” according to a brief published in The New York Times that year.

The sculpture garden that now bears Kendall’s name consists of 45 modern art sculptures from the 20th century spread across 168 acres on the PepsiCo property.

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The Donald M. Kendall Sculpture Gardens on the PepsiCo headquarters in Purchase, which have been closed since December 2012, will be open to the public in as little as eight months, according to PepsiCo officials.

Aurora Gonzalez, a spokeswoman for PepsiCo, told the Review that the Kendall Gardens would be reopened in March 2017, but declined to further discuss the exhibit’s reopening.

The exhibit features the works of Joan Miró, Alberto Giacometti, Henry Moore, Alexander Calder, Jean Dubuffet, George Segal, Arnoldo Palmodoro and Auguste Rodin, among other prominent 20th-century sculptors.

But those sculptures have been kept from public access since late 2012, before the soft drink company temporarily closed its headquarters for $240 million in campus renovations, which the company entitled “Project Renew.” The project was completed in June of this year.

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Harrison voters approve $46.5M school bond

By COREY STOCKTON Staff Writer In an Oct. 18 public referendum, residents of the Harrison school district overwhelmingly passed a $46.5 million bond aimed at addressing infrastructural and overcrowding concerns in each of the district’s six schools.

Eighty percent, or 1,693 residents, voted in support of the bond, which is to be repaid over a 30-year term; just 414 residents voted against the bond.

Harrison Schools Superintendent Louis Wool said the bond will have no impact on district property taxes. The bond will be repaid through the district’s capital improvements budget, about $2.6 million. And the district has no other debt; debt from a $22 million bond borrowed in 1996 was paid off last year.

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McCormack, who said that the county is on pace to meet the 750-unit threshold before the end of 2016.

If the county fails to meet the benchmark, it could be subject to extensive federal fines.

County Legislator Mary Jane Shimsky, a Hastings-on-Hudson Democrat, said that while most of the projects included in the capital budget are “sorely needed,” in particular those projects dealing with roads, any trepidation towards the aggressive

The largest portion of the funding—more than 50 percent—will be used to address infrastructural concerns at Louis M. Klein Middle School, LMK. That work will include replacement of the school’s roof and façade. The LMK auditorium will also undergo a complete overhaul, and the cafeteria will be renovated with a small expansion. The field adjacent to the school will also be upgraded with a new surface, lights, restrooms and bleachers.

Ilissa Marks, president of the PTA and a district parent, told the Review, “The biggest part for me is [repairing] the exterior of LMK,” adding that she thought the district’s plan was well-prepared.

Parsons Memorial and Harrison Avenue schools will both undergo minor infrastructural repairs as well as major expansions, totaling about $11 mil-

lion. Parsons will see six new classrooms and a new cafeteria, as well as an elevator to bring the school closer to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Harrison Avenue will get four new classrooms, plus new bathrooms and a cafeteria expansion.

Wool said Harrison High School will see the creation of eight new classrooms will allow students to continue challenging themselves and filling their schedules with collegelevel classes. Expansions to the school’s guidance department, including a new guidance center, will help students plan for college and meet with representatives in a space designed for those types of interactions.

Purchase and Preston schools will also undergo slight infrastructural upgrades.

plan is centered on seeing the work to fruition.

“We need to make sure that the work actually gets done or it’s all just window dressing,” Shimsky said. “And to do that we need to make sure we have the boots on the ground.”

According to Shimsky, the county has cut its engineering staff significantly over the past several years, making extensive capital projects much harder to execute.

The result, she said, is a $1.5 billion backlog in capital spending.

“We simply don’t have enough

[staff] to operate on a $330 million-a-year clip,” she said.

Ideally, Shimsky said she would like to see the county bolster the public works and engineering staff in the coming operating budget.

Last year, $234 million in capital projects was eventually adopted in the final operating budget after being vetted by the Board of Legislators.

According to Marcotte, legislators will mull over the budget and the final capital budget will be voted on in mid-December.

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November 2016

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Native American Heritage Month

TOM board meeting 5 p.m., Town Center

TOM budget meeting 5 p.m., VFW building

Rye Neck school board planning session 6:30 p.m., Administration Building

Mamaroneck school board study session 7 p.m., MHS Library

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TOM budget meeting 5 p.m., Town Center

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VOM trustees work session 5:30 p.m., Courtroom New York City Marathon

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Election Day, schools and government offices closed

Larchmont trustees work session 7 p.m., Village Hall

Rye Neck Superintendent’s Conference Day

Larchmont Planning Board 8 p.m., Village Center

VOM Ethics Committee 7:30 p.m., Regatta Conference Room

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TOM budget meeting 5 p.m., Town Center

VOM Board of Trustees meeting 7:30 p.m., Courtroom

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TOM budget meeting 5 p.m., Town Center VOM trustees work session 5:30 p.m., Courtroom

VOM Planning Board 7 p.m., Courtroom

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TOM Planning Board 7:30 p.m., Town Center

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Cyber Monday VOM Board of Trustees meeting 7:30 p.m., Courtroom

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VOM Board of Traffic Commissioners 7:30 p.m., Courtroom

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VOM Committee for the Environment 7:30 p.m., Courtroom

TOM board meeting 5 p.m., Town Center

VOM Board of Architectural Review 7:30 p.m., Courtroom

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VOM Harbor & Coastal Zone Management Commission 7:30 p.m., Courtroom

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Mamaroneck schools noon dismissal

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HOM Chorus Concert 6:30 p.m., HOM Auditorium

Elementary schools early dismissal

HOM Winter Arts Show 6:30 p.m.

Larchmont Board of Architectural Review 8 p.m., Village Center

VOM Planning Board 7 p.m., Courtroom

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Veterans Day, schools and government offices closed

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VOM Recreation and Parks Commission 7 p.m., Harbor Island Park

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SAT testing

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MHS Parent Athletic Information Night 7 p.m., McClain Auditorium

Rye Neck school board meeting 9 a.m., MS/HS library

MHS Vocal & Strong Ensemble 7:30 p.m., McClain Auditorium

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Larchmont Traffic Commission 8 p.m., Village Hall

Larchmont Board of Trustees meeting 7:30 p.m., Village Hall

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Rye Neck Middle School Variety Show 6 p.m.

Mamaroneck school board study session 7 p.m., MHS tiered classroom

VOM Budget Committee 7:30 p.m., Regatta Conference Room

Mamaroneck Turkey Trot 8 a.m., Harbor Island Park

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VOM Zoning Board of Appeals 7:30 p.m., Courtroom

VOM Board of Architectural Review 7:30 p.m., Courtroom

Daylight Savings Time ends

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Thanksgiving, schools and government offices closed

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Black Friday Schools closed

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MHS A Cappella Festival 2 p.m., McClain Auditorium

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The riddle of the shrinks RHYMES WITH CRAZY Lenore Skenazy

“In 20 years, they can tell it to their therapist.”

That’s a line parents hear—and say—a lot. (Especially in New York.)

Most of us somewhat jokingly/ somewhat earnestly believe that our kids are keeping track of all the little things we’ve said and done wrong, and will someday divulge these while free-associating on a couch. If only we could be raising our kids with the expert wisdom of the real child experts: Psychiatrists.

Well, a new book should make us all breathe a little easier. “Great Psychologists as Parents” by David Cohen looks at 10 towering shrinks and child development experts, from Freud to Dr. Spock, and finds that their track record is… mixed. In fact, the British Cohen told me in a phone interview that the shrinks’ odds of raising happy, well-adjusted offspring were “not very different” from the rest of ours.

“The idea that if you study child psychology you become a better parent? Historically, there’s no evidence for it,” Cohen said.

To illustrate, he added, “I went to a funeral not long ago and met the son of a very famous British psychologist and I said to him, ‘You must miss your dad.’ And he said to me, ‘You must be joking!’”

Which makes me feel kind of good.

Not that I want any child to suffer a traumatic upbringing! I just like knowing that there isn’t necessarily a cheat sheet that the experts get that the rest of us don’t. And I say this as someone

sometimes described as a parenting expert myself, since I write the blog Free-Range Kids. (I always say I’m not an expert on how to parent; I’m an expert on how we got so afraid for our kids.)

So anyway: How did Freud fare as a papa?

He was very close with his daughter Anna—“perhaps too close,” writes Cohen. He actually analyzed her. And since Freudian analysis deals a lot with childhood sexuality and fantasies, you have to assume this was awkward at best. These days, there’s no way a father could ethically analyze his own child. But back then it was all new—Freud basically founded the field—so you can’t hold it against him. And rather than castigate her dad, Anna followed right in his footsteps and became another distinguished psychoanalyst.

The same dynamics are not found in the Klein family. Melanie Klein was a student of Freud’s who became famous for her work on play therapy—the idea that children express their fears and frustrations through play. (For instance: a toddler angrily punishing her doll for being a “bad girl.”)

Like the Freud family, Klein’s daughter also went into the family business. That meant that mother and daughter were sometimes at the same psychoanalytic conferences, where they’d be shrieking at each other. “It was a soap opera,” Cohen says. Then came 20 years when they didn’t speak to each other at all. When the mom died, daughter Melanie not only refused to go to her funeral; she wore special red shoes to celebrate.

So let’s put that family relationship on the “not so great” side.

Darwin and his children go on the other. Though Darwin was not really a psychologist, since the field had not yet been invented when his kids were born in the mid-1800s, he was a keen observer of species, including his own. He lost three children—a terrible fate that was painfully common until recently—but those who survived felt very warmly toward him, and were at his bedside when he died.

Not so the kids of John B. Watson, one of the first scientific psychologists, as well as one of the founders of modern advertising (he took his insights and went to work for J. Walter Thompson). Watson wrote a book on the psychological care of the infant that was hugely influential in the first half of the 20th century. And yet, he was a harsh disciplinarian who only shook hands with his kids. In fact, says Cohen, “He accused American mothers of hugging their children and making them homosexual”—a good reminder that accepted truths in one generation do not always last into the next.

Nor do parenting books. When Dr. Spock’s “Common Sense Book of Baby and Childcare” came out 1946, it quickly supplanted Watson’s as the most popular guide around. That’s in part because it sounded so much gentler—even though Spock, too, was a “quite severe father.”

Whether he practiced what he preached, Spock’s book famously begins: “Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.”

Maybe he should have added, “And we don’t really know what we’re doing either.”

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‘FAST’ response urged for World Stroke Day When punch dribbled out of the side of Dan Merritt’s mouth during a Halloween celebration at his daughter’s house, his wife quickly recognized stroke signs and drove him to the hospital.

“In hindsight, we did the right thing, the wrong way,” Barbara Merritt said. “We should have called 911 right away. Fortunately, Dan’s story turned out okay, but we know we got incredibly lucky.”

Lucky, because people who don’t go to the hospital via EMS reduce the odds of getting the best treatment for stroke, according to recent American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s “Get With The Guidelines—Stroke” data.

For World Stroke Day on Oct. 29, the American Stroke Association will join others across the world to encourage people to save lives by responding quickly to a stroke emergency. Stroke is the second leading cause of death worldwide.

“As a health care professional and as a stroke survivor myself, I can tell you that getting help quickly for stroke is more important than anything else you may be doing or have planned,” said Teri Ackerson, neuroscience program coordinator at Saint Luke’s Health System in Kansas City, Missouri, and American Heart

Association/American Stroke Association volunteer. “Whether you are the one experiencing symptoms or you see them in someone else, remember that stroke won’t wait, and neither should you.”

People reported varying reasons for delaying stroke treatment in an informal survey of American Stroke Association website visitors: • Several hoped symptoms would resolve on their own.

• Many had other priorities, including finishing work, meeting up with family or even a scheduled hair appointment.

• Some expressed an outdated, fatalistic view of the disease.

“Looking back, the right response is clear, but in the moment, doubt and denial are natural responses to stroke signs and can lead to bad decisions,” Ackerson said. “The heartbreaking thing is that for many of these patients, we might have been able to decrease disability if they would have gotten to us sooner and by ambulance.”

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An objective lens LIVE MIKE Mike Smith

It’s an age-old adage in the world of sports journalism: There’s no cheering in the press box. But although it may be embarrassing to admit, I—and other sportswriters—often fall short in that regard.

Sometimes, when you’re a beat writer for a particular team, you can develop personal connections with players and coaches, often making it tough to abide by journalism’s golden rule of remaining objective. It’s only natural.

Sometimes, however, our intentions are a bit more selfish.

On Monday night, two of our local teams, New Rochelle and Mamaroneck, squared off in the Class AA boys soccer quarterfinals for what might have been the best game—regardless of the sport—of the fall season.

No matter what the final score

read, it would mean that one of the Review’s teams would be moving on to the semifinals and another would be going home, but that didn’t mean that I was exactly neutral.

I was rooting for the Tigers; not because of any particular allegiance to the top-ranked team in New York state, but because of a photograph. Yes, a photograph.

With 11 minutes to play, Mamaroneck was trailing 1-0 when Alex Alma tied the game on a flawlessly executed header.

The crowd went nuts and Alma, flanked by two of his teammates, roared up the sidelines with his arms outstretched to egg on the Tiger faithful.

I’m not going to lie, I just happened to be in the right place at the right time, but as Alma ran towards me, I snapped a few quick shots, then looked at the results; this was going to be one heck of a front page photo, for sure.

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roneck to hang on for the win.

In that moment, I stopped being an objective viewer and started imagining clever headlines for our Mamaroneck paper; I had something about “Tigers roaring” lined up and ready to go—admittedly, the front page tease is not a strength of mine.

In 2014, I won a New York Press Association award for a similar photograph, a full-page image of Rye Neck shortstop Chris Cascione raising his hands in victory following the final out of the section championship game. I’m not going to say that my shot of Alma was a shoe-in to get me some more hardware from the NYPA, but it’s only human nature to wonder “what if?”

As it turned out, however, it wasn’t meant to be.

Regulation and two overtime periods ended with the teams locked at 1-1, moving the game into penalty kicks. The Huguenots scored the huge upset on

Alex Alma celebrates a goal in the 69th minute of a Oct. 24 Class AA quarterfinal game against New Rochelle. Sports Editor Mike Smith was hoping to make the shot a front page teaser, but New Rochelle had other ideas. Photo/Mike Smith

the strength of a Felipe Tobon goal, and while I was disappointed to see my hopes of a huge front page photo vanish, I couldn’t help but think that from a narrative standpoint, a New Rochelle victory made for a better story; namely, the plucky underdogs shocking the

overwhelming Class AA favorites for a thrilling, emotional win.

Now, with the Huguenots set to take on Scarsdale in the semis, I can root, without trepidation, for the purple and white to continue to win and make a bid for a sectional title.

I just hope that when the Huguenots score a big goal, they don’t forget to run right to the cameras.

I’m still trying to get that front page spot.

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Panthers blank Croton

No. 1-seeded Rye Neck club is still one of the heavy favorites QUARTERFINALS in the postseason.

John Casas’ first-half goal was the game’s only score, as the Panthers’ defense clamped down on the Tigers to pitch a RYE NECK HS 10/24/16 shutout on the afternoon. According to co-head coach Bryan Game Notes: Iacovelli, the Panthers feel comfortable in low-scoring games, • John Casas scored the game’s only goal in given a tough regular season the first half schedule, though he would have liked to see the team capital• Panther keeper Tom ize on a few more offensive Bermingham made five end chances. saves on the afternoon “Obviously we’d love to score • The Panthers will play more goals, although we were Blind Brook in the Class used to playing in 1-0 games,” B semis on Oct. 26 he said. “Our league schedule was tough this year, with teams like Blind Brook, Keio, EdgeBy MIKE SMITH mont and Bronxville, and we Sports Editor played some bigger schools, On Oct. 24, Rye Neck’s soc- too, so we were definitely ready cer team took its first step toward for the challenge.”

Goalkeeper Tom Bermingthe Class B section crown with a hard-fought 1-0 win over Croton ham made five stops on the Harmon. Although the Panthers’ afternoon to maintain a clean performance might not have re- sheet against the Tigers, but Iasulted in the decisive victory covelli said that his team will many would have predicted, the have an even tougher test in

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the semis, when they host No. 4 seed Blind Brook on Oct. 26, after press time.

Blind Brook earned a 1-0 first-round win over Valhalla on the strength of a Jon Souza goal and will be upset-minded when they head to Rye Neck on Wednesday afternoon.

The Trojans and the Panthers split the regular season series, with Rye Neck winning one game 1-0 and dropping the second 2-1.

“They’re a good program, and they’re solid all the way around,” Iacovelli said. “They’ve got a solid player in the midfield that we’ve got to keep an eye on, and we’ve played two tight, evenly matched games.”

The winner of the tilt will take on the winner of No. 2 Hastings and No. 3 Bronxville for the Section I title on Saturday, Oct. 29 at Lakeland High School.

Iacovelli hopes to see a better offensive effort against the Trojans and believes that the Panthers’ first-round win will be something of an eye-opener for

Luis Galeano battles against a Croton Harmon defender on Oct. 24. The Panthers beat the Tigers 1-0 to advance to the Class B semifinals. Photo/Mike Smith

the top-seeded club if it hopes to come away with a title this year.

“We had a lot of opportunities [against Croton], but once

the second half started, I think we relaxed with the lead,” he said. “I’d like to see us score a lot more goals, because we’re

not going to be able to do that going forward.”

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Game Notes: • The Huguenots edged Mamaroneck 4-3 in penalty kicks • Javier Amezcua scored the game’s first goal on a direct kick in the 46th minute • New Rochelle will play Arlington in the Class AA finals

By MIKE SMITH Sports Editor Just after his penalty kick beat Mamaroneck keeper Dante Rhodes to give his Huguenots a playoff win over the top-ranked soccer team in

New York state, New Rochelle’s Felipe Tobon sank down to the pitch, and put his hands over his face with tears welling in his eyes. As a wild scene unfolded at Mamaroneck High School, Tobon knew he would be crushed under a rush of exuberant teammates and fans eager to celebrate New Rochelle’s unlikely victory over a juggernaut Tiger team; but for a few short moments, the Huguenots’ biggest moment of the season belonged solely to the junior defender.

“Did you see me?” he asked with a grin after the game.

“I think I got a little emotional out there.”

Tobon’s game-winner came after 80 minutes of regulation, two 15-minute overtime periods and four rounds of penalty kicks. As soon as Mamaroneck captain Jack Spiradellis fired high to begin the fifth round, Tobon knew that he would have a chance to send the Huguenots

to the Class AA semifinals; and he did just that, firing a low, hard shot into the bottom right corner of the net to give the Huguenots a 4-3 edge.

“I wanted to be in that position, I wanted to go last,” Tobon said. “I knew the fifth kick had the most pressure and I tried to keep a calm head, but I was nervous. But I knew my teammates were there backing me up.”

The two squads battled to a one-goal draw over the course of regulation, with New Rochelle jumping out to a lead in the 46th minute on a long direct kick from Javier Amezcua.

“I did my job, I put the kick on the back post,” Amezcua said. “I guess I just got lucky and it went in.”

Amezcua’s goal seemed to wake up Mamaroneck’s attack, however, as the Tigers proceeded to take control of the game late in the second half, finding the equalizer on a beautiful header by

Alex Alma in the 69th minute.

From there, Amezcua explained, it was up to the Huguenots to dig deep and regroup, which they did for the next 41 minutes, holding Mamaroneck scoreless.

“I honestly felt that our intensity was dropping for whatever reason,” he said. “I don’t know why it was, but it was lacking so me and some of my teammates, we were just trying to pick it up.”

With the win, New Rochelle advances to the Class AA semifinals, where they will play another league foe in Scarsdale on Oct. 26, after press time.

Although he believes a win over the Tigers will be a great confidence boost, Amezcua said that, for now, the team’s focus will simply be on the next contest. “[Mamaroneck] was a hell of a team, and they earned their spot as number one,” he said. “But we haven’t won anything yet; the win was great, the feeling was great, but we’ve still got work to do.”

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Mamaroneck’s Alex Alma controls the ball near midfield. Alma scored a goal for the Tigers.

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Felipe Tobon plays a ball against the Tigers. Photos/Mike Smith

New Rochelle goalkeeper Danny Ayala pounces on Felipe Tobon on Oct. 24 at Mamaroneck High School. Tobon’s penalty kick sealed the Huguenots’ win over the top-seeded Tigers in the Class AA quarterfinals.

Cole Diccico and Marcos Garcia battle for the ball at Mamaroneck High School.

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