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Meetings pave way for Army Corps approval By JAMES PERO Staff Writer

As part of a community service project, Rye Neck High School senior Camryn Sullivan hosted The Prom Collective, offering girls an opportunity to purchase their prom dresses. For story, see page 6. Photo/Andrew Dapolite

Village of Mamaroneck hires new manager, attorney By JAMES PERO Staff Writer The search for a new village manager and attorney was decided in tandem this week, with the village of Mamaroneck Board of Trustees hiring attorney Robert Spolzino and manager Robert Yamuder. Yamuder, who is slated to fill a gap created by the resignation of Richard Slingerland, will bring previous experience as an administrator and treasurer in the village of Pelham as well as a background in engineering to the job.

For Spolzino, the appointment will mark a return to a village attorney position, reprising a role he filled previously for Mount Kisco from 1987 to 1995. In addition to his tenure as a municipal attorney and a career in private practice, Spolzino also acted as an appellate judge for New York state from 2004 to 2009. According to Trustee Leon Potok, a Democrat, Yamuder will be earning $185,000 per year, while Spolzino will be earning $6,000 per month. Both employees’ contracts are substantially similar to those of their

predecessors. The village attorney serves on a part-time basis. Trustee Victor Tafur, a Democrat, characterized replacing current Village Attorney Charles Goldberger—who has held the post since 2012—not as an indictment on Goldberger’s performance, but more of a pivot toward an equitable approach to the position’s appointment. “The entire board is engaged in overseeing policies and how the village is moving forward,” he said. “So it does make sense for [the appointment] to be a consensus of the board.”

Mayor Norman Rosenblum, a Republican, criticized board Democrats, claiming the process of appointing a new attorney was lacking transparency. “It’s not necessarily a matter of what you do in the village, it’s how you do it,” he said, adding that the decision to negotiate over Spolzino’s appointment in a special meeting was opaque. Rosenblum—who abstained on the vote for village attorney—has been a consistent critic of that search, advocating for the HIRES continued on page 8

An $80 million flood mitigation plan looking to channelize portions of the Mamaroneck and Sheldrake rivers cleared another major hurdle last week after receiving the green light from a panel of federal regulators. According to Mamaroneck Village Manager Richard Slingerland—who attended a forum last week in Washington, D.C., to discuss the project with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials and state and federal lawmakers—following a recent round of approvals, the plan is ready to be finalized. “We all went through the plan and talked about alternatives,” Slingerland said. “We determined it was the ‘sweet spot’ plan… it maximized the cost-benefit ratio.” The recent sign-offs come from the Army Corps’ Civil Works Review Board, which consists of Army Corps senior officers and other federal staffers, in addition to the Government Accountability Office. Also in attendance, according to village of Mamaroneck Mayor Norman Rosenblum, a Republican, was U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel, a Democrat, as well as a representative from U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer’s office, both speaking in support of the project. From here, Slingerland said the Army Corps’ plan will move forward to state agencies who will give the final authoriza-

tion on whether the project can proceed. Of the plan’s $80 million price tag, the village would foot $8 million to $10 million while the rest of the cost will be split between the state, federal and county governments. While the federal government would foot 65 percent of the bill, the remaining 35 percent would be shared between the state, county and village. Specifically, this iteration of the Army Corps’ flood plan— which was chosen amongst several more expensive alternatives—would deepen and widen portions of the Mamaroneck and Sheldrake rivers in addition to constructing 7,500 feet of concrete retaining wall. The most recent approvals of the plan come after scrutiny from both state and local regulators this past summer that deemed the project noncompliant with the village of Mamaroneck’s Local Waterfront Revitalization Program. After revisions, however, language in the plan was eventually revised and received approval by the New York state Department of State. Recent approvals and support of the plan mark a second coming of a previous flood mitigation effort dating back to the 1980s when a similar proposal from the Army Corps was sidelined due to lack of support APPROVAL continued on page 9

INSIDE Village to look into new DPW facility Story on page 9.

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Bill would protect employee, student online accounts By FRANCO FINO Staff Writer In an attempt to adapt to an ever-changing landscape of social media and technology, state officials have introduced legislation that would prohibit employers and educational institutions from requiring workers and students to disclose personal online account information. On Feb. 21, state Assemblyman David Buchwald, a White Plains Democrat, proposed an amendment to the labor law aimed at protecting the privacy of students’, employees’ and prospective employees’ social media accounts. The bill, known as the Uniform Employee and Student Online Privacy Protection Act, would amend the state’s current labor law, which is enforced by the Department of Labor. The proposal would restrict employers from requiring employees and applicants to disclose any log-in names, passwords or other means of accessing a personal account or service through an electronic

communication device, which includes computers, telephones and other personal gadgets. The act would also prevent higher educational institutions—colleges and universities—from requesting access to a student’s and applicants’ similar online accounts. “This is an issue that affects all Americans,” Buchwald said. “It’s already problematic when government intrudes on our privacy. We want to make sure that there’s a basic principal at stake that says, just because you’re affiliated with a big business or a powerful educational institution, that doesn’t mean you’ve given away your privacy rights to them.” The act would restrict employers from penalizing or terminating employees that refuse to disclose any personal account information. The idea for the proposal came from the Uniform Law Commission, ULC, which provides nonpartisan uniform proposals to states throughout the nation. As of press time, only Hawaii and New York have in-

troduced ULC’s proposal. “Cellphones and laptops are not just a means of communicating; they are now the essential place of storage for all details of a person’s life, personal as well as professional,” said state Sen. George Latimer, a Rye Democrat who endorsed the bill. “An individual’s constitutional rights extend, in this day and age, to modern technology which houses information as important as that which may found in their home residence.” According to the bill, the act would not prohibit an employer from complying with the federal Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, which allows companies to monitor employee communication and screen applicants prior to hiring. In 2012, Maryland became the first state in the nation to prohibit employers from requesting personal username and password information. Similar legislation was proposed in 15 other states and was enacted in Illinois, Nebraska, Virginia and West Virginia last year, according to the National

New York state Assemblyman David Buchwald has proposed legislation that would restrict employers and higher educational institutions from requiring students, employees and prospective students and employees to disclose personal social media account information. Photo courtesy pexels.com

Conference of State Legislatures, a bipartisan non-governmental organization that serves members and staff of state legislatures nationwide. Buchwald told the Review the bill would permit the state’s attorney general to bring civil action against an employer or educational institution for violating

the law; the attorney general could also impose a $1,000 fine for each violation of the law up to $100,000. “This can be a very effective prevention device, and companies will think twice about violating the law,” he said. As part of the bill, employers would still be able to require

workers to disclose non-personal account information, such as a password to a work-related email address. The bill has been referred to and is awaiting approval by the state Labor Committee, as of press time. CONTACT: franco@hometwn.com

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What’s going on... Mamaroneck Public Library

cuento en español y inglés para niños de los 6 meses a 7 años con hermanos y cuidadores/as.

Stars of the Sea

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

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 to 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.

AARP Driver Safety Program On Monday, April 3 from 10 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. in the Community Room. The library is currently taking reservations for April’s AARP Driver Safety Program. Please call 630-5888 to make your reservation.

Bilingual Storytime / Hora del cuento bilingüe On Mondays from 10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. A drop-in Spanish and English storytime for children ages 6 months to 7 years old with siblings and caregivers. Lunes de 10:30 a.m. hasta 11 a.m. Una hora del

On Monday, April 3 from 4 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. in the Children’s Room. These amazing creatures will visit the library during the new Stars of the Sea programming series. Explore what lives in the Harbor Island Park ecosystem just blocks away from the library. Participants will also replicate sea creatures with littleBits technology. The day’s star: the sea star. Please call 630-5894 to register.

Math Help for Teens On Mondays from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the Teen Library. Math Help follows the Mamaroneck school district schedule. If the schools are closed, there will be no sessions. Call the Teen Library at 630-5875 for further details.

Teacher in the Library On Mondays from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. and on Wednesdays from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Children’s Room. Free homework help for children in grades K–5 when school is in session. This program follows the Mamaroneck school district schedule.

Help Lower Your Property Taxes On Wednesday, April 5 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Are you paying higher property taxes than you think you should? Do you believe your property is over assessed? Would you like to lower your

taxes, but don’t know where to start? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, let Richard O’ Donnell, a property tax consultant, help you navigate the tax process in a free seminar. Space is limited, so please RSVP to ilisa.crosby@elliman. com or call 917-626-9865.

AARP income tax assistance On Fridays through April 14, from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Community Room. AARP tax aide volunteers will offer free tax preparation and assistance at the Mamaroneck Public Library. Assistance is available on a drop-in basis for seniors and low- and moderate-income taxpayers.

Free SAT practice test On Saturday, April 8 from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Community Room. For students in grades 7–12. This is your chance to register for an academic practice SAT exam. Upon registration, Adam Ratner, Brienza’s Academic Advantage advisor, will schedule a score report review at a time convenient for you. During the session, he will breakdown your score to understand areas of strength and weakness and develop a custom preparation plan. To register, please email mamkteens2017@ gmail.com and include your name, parent/guardian name, telephone number, email address, school name and grade in school. Questions? Please call the Teen Library at 630-5875.

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

Larchmont Spelling Bee On Sunday, April 2 from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Social Hall, Larchmont Temple, 75 Larchmont Ave. The Friends of the Larchmont Public Library will present its fifth annual Spelling Bee for adults and teens. Admission is free for spectators and refreshments will be available at 3:30 p.m. Lou Young, Larchmont resident and CBS-TV news personality, will once again serve as master of ceremonies. The judges for this year’s Bee are Nancy Seligson, Mamaroneck Town supervisor; Lorraine Walsh, village of Larchmont mayor; and state Sen. George Latimer. It’s going to be a fun and exciting event, so Bee there!

Great Courses: Turning Points in American History On Thursday, April 6 from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Village Center. No registration required. “Turning Points in American History” is your chance to relive the most powerful and groundbreaking moments in the fascinating story of the United States of America. Professor Edward T. O’Donnell, of College of the Holy Cross, begins with the arrival of the first English colonists and continues to the chaos of the Civil War to the birth of the computer age and beyond. After each DVD lecture there will be a brief discussion period. The topics on April 6 will be “1803: Supreme Authority – Marbury vs Madison” and “1807: On the Move – Transportation Revolution.”

DIY Kids: Kites On Friday, April 7 from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. For grades 3–5. Online registration required. Did you know April is National Kite Flying Month? Participants will find out what makes an object take off, make their own kites, and fly them on the lawn, weather permitting.

Reader’s Theater: How the People Came to the Upper World On Saturday, April 8 from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. For ages 6 to 9. Online registration required. Join Paula Romero and hear about the chief who calls a council meeting because everyone must find a new place to live. Particiapants will have fun picking their favorite part of the story, creating dialogue for the characters, and then acting out their dialogues for each other.

St. Thomas Episcopal Church Down to Earth Winter Farmers Market On Saturdays through April 15 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Check out local vendors offering food of the season and other goodies. St. Thomas Episcopal Church is located at 168 W. Boston Post Road in Mamaroneck. For more information, visit downtoearthmarkets.com.

Christians Come Together for Lent Observe the season of Lent The churches of Mamaroneck are gathering to observe the season of Lent by holding ecumenical services throughout Lent every Tuesday night at 7.30 p.m. at a different church. The last gathering will be on April 4 at St. Vito’s - Most Holy Trinity, 816 Underhill Ave.

Woman’s Club of Mamaroneck Monthly meeting The next monthly meeting of the Woman’s Club of Mamaroneck will be held on Tuesday, April 4 at 7:30 p.m. at the clubhouse, located at 504 Cortlandt Ave. in Mamaroneck. The program for the evening will be presented by members of the Mamaroneck Historical Society. New members are always welcome. If interested in joining the club, leave a message at 698-9749.

Town of Mamaroneck news Annual 5K Run and Lil’ Bunny Hop On Sunday, April 23, the town of Mamaroneck Recreation and Fire departments will be hosting the third annual 5K Run and Lil’ Bunny Hop at Memorial Park on Myrtle Boulevard in Larchmont. The Lil’ Bunny Hop is for ages 12 and under and will start at 8:30 a.m., with the 5K run starting at 9 a.m. Registration is online at townofmamaroneckny.org/recreation or in person at the Recreation Office at the Town Center, located at 740 W. Boston Post Road in Mamaroneck. For more information, call 381-7865. 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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Letters to the Editor

Lockdown drills and guns in Westchester

Astorino’s fiscal recklessness

To the Editor, Thursday morning I picked up my second-grade son from our local public school in Westchester. His teacher reported to me that he had a tough time managing his behavior during an unplanned lockdown drill that took place while the class was outside of their regular classroom. On previous days if there was a report of goofing off, I would offer an immediate reprimand or statement of disappointment to my son, but on this day I was at a loss for anything say. I couldn’t even offer to the teacher a reflexive parental “I’m sorry” that we’ve given to strangers in the restaurant, grandparents in their houses, and so on. Because I wasn’t sorry for my son. If anyone was at fault, it is me. As a parent, I have watched the parents of Sandy Hook take on Washington and have done nothing to help them. As a neighbor, I have watched a gun shop open up in Harrison, a stone’s throw from my house, and kept silent. As a resident of Westchester County, I witnessed our own County Executive Rob Astorino overturn a majority vote by his own legislators to allow gun shows back on county property, where there had been none for years, without picking up the phone or lifting my pen. My complacency makes me complicit. I remember as an elementary-aged student in the early 1980s, we would have bomb drills in our public school in Massapequa, New York. Our teachers would file us into the hallways where we were instructed to ball up with our hands over our heads so we would be out of the way of flying glass. But one day, those drills stopped. And whoever that enemy was faded away. Today in elementary schools all across the county, children practice lockdown drills where they tape paper over the classroom door and hide in a closet in case the bad guys come for them. Sadly, those bad guys aren’t from an ocean far away—they are folks around us who shouldn’t have gotten guns in the first place, and the well-pocketed suits who bully their way around government preventing any common sense regulations from happening. Our children should not have to prepare for shooting incidents in their schools. It is my hope that someday we can extinguish the root of these drills altogether, and not live in fear of the bad men with guns who might be coming. We must stay vigilant on the most local of levels to stop the gun culture from creeping back in.

To the Editor, I was dismayed to read about another instance of fiscal recklessness by our Westchester county executive, Rob Astorino. Under the direction of Astorino, Westchester County leased an office in New York City that cost taxpayers $85,000. The office has been under utilized and served no justifiable purpose, and will now be closed when its lease expires. Why does Astorino continue mismanaging the county budget? He has leveled draconian reductions in essential services that many residents of Westchester depend on, like the Bee-Line bus transportation system. He has endangered our public safety by leaving county police positions unfilled. And yet, somehow he can justify wasting our taxpayer money on unused office space. Astorino has repeatedly touted himself as a prudent financial manager, but a closer examination of his record belies this claim. I certainly hope that the voters of Westchester County hold him accountable this November.

Laura Rosenthal, Larchmont

Rye may sue Port Chester over United Hospital By JAMES PERO Staff Writer After the removal of a major traffic mitigation facet to Starwood Capital’s $450 million plan to revamp the former United Hospital site in neighboring Port Chester, the Rye City Council will now consider litigation. “These Article 78s are never a slam dunk, so I’m not going into this with any delusions,” said Rye Mayor Joe Sack, a Republican. “But they served this one to us on a silver platter.” According to Sack—who said the city will wait to file a lawsuit against Starwood until the April 6 deadline to do so in hopes of negotiating with the developers out of court—a major provision that would have added two lanes of traffic to one of the development’s major exit points was removed from the project at the last minute. Specifically, the Rye City Council’s focus has been on two

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major arteries; exit ramps from Interstate 287 and Interstate 95 that already see a high volume of traffic. The project, the City Council worries, may only exacerbate current conditions. Sack said the deviation from the traffic plan—for a project which is proposing 730 units of housing in addition to 90,000 square feet of retail space—will force vehicles into adjacent Rye neighborhoods through one of its back entrances. “We had relied on the fact that it was in there,” Sack said. “We are shocked and dismayed that it was taken out at the last minute without telling us.” According to village of Port Chester officials, who voted in favor of accepting a set of crucial zoning changes allowing the project to move forward earlier this month, the two lanes were taken out due to their own traffic concerns; at least for the time being. “If we make Boston Post Road into an eight-lane super

highway, it’s going to make it very unsafe for people to cross it,” said outgoing Port Chester Mayor Dennis Pilla, a Democrat. “And it won’t help the aesthetics either.” According to Pilla, while the construction of those lanes is not currently in the plan, Starwood will be required to keep empty where the lanes were slated to be built, in order to afford the board an option to construct them at a later date. The decision on whether to add the lanes would be the purview of the village board and would likely come after a postimplementation traffic analysis, Pilla said. Additional lanes had been previously included in the project as per the recommendation of traffic consultants hired by the village, the city, and also the New York state Department of Transportation. CONTACT: james@hometwn.com

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By TAYLOR BROWN General Assignment Reporter With prom season only a few months away, Camryn Sullivan, a senior at Rye Neck High School, created The Prom Collective, an event that helps make prom more financially accessible for students. On March 25, Sullivan held a four-hour shopping experience at Mamaroneck United Methodist Church that allowed girls in nearby Westchester communities to find their perfect prom outfit at an affordable price. While Sullivan did not charge for the dresses and accessories, customers were encouraged to make a small donation to benefit the church. “We were not expecting money but people felt like they wanted to contribute,” Sullivan told the Review. Sullivan founded The Prom Collective as part of her school’s Independent Learner Program, an elective class offered at Rye Neck High School, requiring students to conceptualize and implement their own community service project. Sullivan chose this project after recognizing that not all students are able to afford the everincreasing costs of prom night. “Prom [has gotten] so expensive over the years,” Sullivan said. According to a nationwide survey conducted by Visa in 2015, families in the U.S. planned on spending more than $900 for prom night. Expenses

typically range from purchasing a gown or tuxedo, event tickets, hair, makeup and nails, limousine rentals, as well as afterprom activities. Sullivan wanted to relieve some of this financial burden, by offering girls the opportunity to pick out a dress, accessories and makeup for prom. And the event went off better than expected according to Sullivan, who ended up receiving more dresses than she had originally anticipated. Sullivan said that she received donations from friends, church members and customers of her mother’s Larchmont-based store, Village Mercantile. Clothing racks were filled with more than 50 gently used gowns in all styles, sizes and colors. Tables displayed a variety of necklaces, bracelets and earrings, as well as eye shadow palettes, lipsticks and purses. Sullivan reported that by the end of the event more than half of the dresses donated had been taken home by shoppers. Jailene Almonte-Valerio, a senior at Port Chester High School, held up a blue gown, one of the two dresses she had chosen to bring home with her. “This one just [caught] my eye,” she told the Review. “I like the back [and] the straps are really cute.” The shoppers mostly consisted of girls in their senior year of high school that went into the event unsure of what they were looking for, but ended up

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Daisy Gutierrez looks at potential prom dresses available at The Prom Collective. Photos/Andrew Dapolite

leaving with a completed outfit. Sullivan explained that in doing this project, she wanted to combine her two passions: giving back and helping people in need. She said that to make The Prom Collective happen, she received assistance from her mother as well as Dr. Valerie Feit, her teacher from the Independent Learner Program, and Karen Burger, her pastor at Mamaroneck United Methodist Church. Sullivan, who is attending the University of Rhode Island in the fall, says she hopes that the event will continue on in future years, even if that means passing down the responsibilities to another student. Sullivan said that the collective donation made to the Mamaroneck United Methodist Church was just under $100, while numerous girls went home with a prom outfit they loved. “I definitely felt as if the event was a success due to the fact that a majority of the dresses were taken and the girls seemed very happy with what they got,” she said.

Camryn Sullvan, right, and her mother Vonnie, helped girls find affordable dresses and accessories for their upcoming prom nights at The Prom Collective, held on March 25 at the Mamaroneck United Methodist Church.

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Camryn Sullivan collected more than 50 donated dresses, along with accessories including shoes, purses, jewelry, and makeup for The Prom Collective.

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Rye Town Park tax-exempt feud continues

JCC bomb threat suspect arrested in Israel By ANDREW DAPOLITE Contributor

The town of Rye and the Rye Town Park Commission are seeking to appeal to the state Court of Appeals a decision that was handed down last November that allows the city of Rye to impose a property tax on the park’s restaurant. File photo

By FRANCO FINO Staff Writer The town of Rye and the Rye Town Park Commission are considering petitioning to the state’s highest court a recent appellate court ruling that allows the city of Rye to impose a real estate tax on the park’s restaurant, the Review has learned. According to a town official, the town and the park commission will seek to settle the affair in the state’s Court of Appeals to dispute Rye City Assessor Noreen Whitty’s 2011 decision to revoke the tax-exempt status of the land where the upcoming restaurant, Ocean Grill, is situated. The restaurant was also the longtime home of Seaside Johnnies, which closed its doors at the end of 2016. The move to appeal to the state’s highest court comes as a result of a decision that was

handed down in November by the Second Department of the New York Supreme Court Appellate Division, which confirmed the city of Rye’s ability to tax that portion of park. In the midst of the town’s decision to likely file another appeal of the case, Rye City Mayor Joe Sack, a Republican and member of the park commission, said the ongoing battle between the two municipalities should be over at this point. “As far as I’m concerned, the city won the case,” he said. “The [town] hasn’t paid any bills and they need to start doing that.” As of press time, the town has not paid any taxes due to the city, according to Rye City Manager Marcus Serrano. As a result of the appellate court’s ruling, the town has to pay $110,000 in taxes to the city dating back to 2011. Rye Town Park is jointly operated by the city and

town of Rye. While the park, which is located within the city of Rye, was originally created as a public area in 1907, Rye City’s assessor decided that it would be taxable in 2011, after existing on the land for 104 years exempt from taxation by the city’s governing body. Al Ciuffetelli, the president of Homestyle Caterers Inc., which owns and operates the new Ocean Grill at Rye Town Park, said he was unaware the two municipalities were involved in litigation regarding the park’s taxexempt status. Earlier this month, Ciuffetelli accepted a deal with the park commission to run a steak, seafood and grill outlet in the old Seaside Johnnies restaurant space and a Nathan’s Famous fast food chain in the park’s concession areas for 2017.

Half a world away, a 19-yearold man was arrested at his home in Israel for allegedly leveling bomb threats against Jewish community centers throughout the U.S., which forced the evacuation of local centers in New Rochelle and Tarrytown late last month. The arrest was made by Israeli police on March 23, and the name of the teen has not been released. According to Israeli police, his motive remains unclear. The teen is the second individual arrested in a case involving more than 100 phone threats. On March 3, Juan Thompson, a former journalist from Missouri, was charged with one count of cyber stalking and is believed to be responsible for at least eight of the threats. Authorities do not believe Thompson and the teen are connected. According to Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld, the teen used satellite equipment and advanced computer technology to obscure his identity and location. The FBI investigated more than 100 calls made as part HIRES from page 1

retention of Goldberger. Potok rebuffed the mayor’s characterization of the board operating in secrecy. “Any board member could call a special meeting,” Potok said. “There’s no lack of transparency in what was done.” Contract negotiations on new personnel in the village are held in executive session—meetings that are not open to the public—

of an ongoing hoax within the last two months, concluding in the arrest of the teen on March 23 at his home in the city of Ashkelon, located along the southern coast of Israel. “It should be noted that a large number of law and order organizations throughout the world collaborated professionally with the Israeli police, which enabled a coordinated, cross-border investigation integrating the technological know-how of multiple enforcement bodies,” Rosenfeld said in a statement. U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions echoed Rosenfeld’s comments, citing the cooperation among each country’s law enforcement and intelligence agencies. “Today’s arrest in Israel is the culmination of a large-scale investigation spanning multiple continents for hate crimes against Jewish communities across our country,” Sessions said. “I commend the FBI and Israeli National Police for their outstanding work on this case.” While all of the threats across the country proved to be hoaxes, the scare made national news

headlines, with “#IStandWiththeJCC” trending across social media platforms. Growing anxiety prompted President Donald Trump to address the issue in his first address to Congress on Feb. 28. At the 999 Wilmot Road location in New Rochelle, Karen Kolodny, the executive director of JCC of Mid-Westchester, said that about 200 people were evacuated from the building on Feb. 27, including 100 staff members and adult patrons and roughly 100 children, only two hours after the Tarrytown center was evacuated after receiving similar threats. No injuries were reported during either evacuation. In a recent statement released by JCC of Mid-Westchester, Kolodny remarked on the recent outpour of community support. “We are grateful for the remarkable support we have received from local civic, political and faith-based community leaders, and extend once again our appreciation for their commitment to helping make the JCC of Mid-Westchester, a welcoming community convener,” Kolodny said.

due to the private nature of the information discussed, including health benefits. The decision to hire Spolzino follows the success of a villagewide referendum in November that shifted the powers of the mayor to solely appoint the village attorney to a majority vote by the Board of Trustees. While Rosenblum categorized the move as a power grab, board Democrats have claimed the alteration was a shift toward

a more equitable process of appointment. Both of the new village staffers are set to start their positions in May. While Goldberger will remain active for the transition period to help Spolzino get acclimated, Trustee Keith Waitt, a Democrat, said current village staff will fill in gaps for Slingerland, who is set to begin a new job in the village of Tarrytown on April 1. CONTACT: james@hometwn.com

CONTACT: franco@hometwn.com

She’s not crazy, her name just rhymes with it. Read Lenore Skenazy’s column every week in the Review. A past contributor to the Daily News and the New York Sun, Skenazy has also appeared on “The Daily Show,” been profiled in the New Yorker and even had her own reality TV show, “World’s Worst Mom.”

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Village $35M budget clocks in just under tax cap

APPROVAL from page 1

After a meeting with top U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials and state lawmakers, an $80 million project designed to channelize swaths of the Mamaroneck and Sheldrake rivers gained the necessary approvals. File photo

A $35 million village of Mamaroneck budget will stay under the state-mandated tax cap by a margin of $8. Pictured is the village Police Department at 169 Mount Pleasant Ave., the multi-purpose building that also houses the village department. File photo

By JAMES PERO Staff Writer With a $35 million proposed budget, the village of Mamaroneck will tentatively remain under the state-imposed tax cap by just $8. According to budget figures, if the tentative budget were to stand as is, it would mark the fifth year of staying under the tax levy cap since its enactment by the state Legislature in 2011. Property owners will see a tax rate increase of 1.8 percent. Despite the narrow success in remaining under the state levy cap—which is designed to help mitigate property tax burdens— the village will struggle, in tandem with many municipalities across the state, with budgeting for increasing health care and pensions contributions amidst waning revenues. According to a budget memo, pension costs for the village have risen meteorically over the past 16 years, jumping from just $8,261 in 2001 to more than $2.6 million today. Currently, according to Slingerland, health care and benefits constitutes just below 20 percent of the village’s total tentative budget. Behind those costs, Slingerland explained, has been a change—realized starkly over the past several years—in the way municipalities are required to contribute to state pensions. Following the financial crisis

in 2008, Slingerland explained that state pension funds—which consist of a wide array of investments, including bonds and other securities—lost much of their value. As a result, local municipalities have been forced to pick up the slack. Compounding the impact of inflated employee benefits, according to Slingerland, is a tepid economy which has contributed to waning revenues. Since 2007, the village continues to receive about $900,000 less annually from its main, nonproperty tax revenue sources— sales tax, parking, interest earnings, and mortgage tax—according to the budget. As a result of both the expenditures on pensions and the declining revenues, according to Slingerland, the annual burden on taxpayers has been about 11 percent higher each year. In the pipeline for the village will also be a slew of increasingly critical capital projects involving its Department of Public Works, DPW, facility, as well as 169 Mt. Pleasant Avenue, the multi-purpose building that houses its village and police departments. According to a 2014 report issued by the village, as a result of space constraints, members of the Police Department must contend with internal and external security issues, including the frequent intermingling of prisoners and victims. According to Assistant Village

At a glance The village will stay under the state-imposed tax cap by just $8, marking the fifth year since the cap’s passage in 2011 that they have done so Contributions to pension funds have increased substantially over the past 16 years, ballooning from just over $8,000 in 2001 to $2.6M today In the pipeline for the village will be a costly renovation of its DPW facility, which is slated to run the village $2.5M

Manager Dan Sarnoff, while the improvements at 169 Mount Pleasant do not currently have a cost estimate, expansions at the DPW are expected to cost approximately $2.5 million. Neither project is currently funded in this year’s tentative budget. In order to budget for those anticipated costs, Sarnoff said the village administration will recommend the transfer of surplus revenue funds for future projects as opposed to being directed back into the general budget. CONTACT: james@hometwn.com

from nonfederal partners. According to the Army Corps, the plan could decrease first-floor flooding in the village’s flood plain by 86 percent, and could significantly minimize the impact of storms like those seen in 2007, which incurred a total of $50 million in damage. Despite criticism from local environmental overseers, namely members of the village Harbor & Coastal Zone Manage-

ment Commission, which has criticized the project’s reliance on hard structural engineering that could adversely impact local habitats, the project has seen broad bipartisan support. Trustee Victor Tafur, a Democrat, said the project is part of what spurred his first-ever political run this past November. “This was a decisive factor for me to run,” Tafur said. “I’m fully supportive.... Now the goal is to

get it finalized.” Following these key signoffs from senior members of the Army Corps and federal overseers, Rosenblum said he expects the corps to issue a final report to the village on the project sometime in July, at which point the project must then secure the necessary congressional approval for funding. CONTACT: james@hometwn.com

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Homestyle Caterers hosts

The Westchester County Center was overflowing on March 25, literally, as Homestyle Caterers hosted the Beer Fest of Westchester. More than 1,200 lovers of beer and cider filed into the center to sample beverages from more than 300 breweries, some as far away as Iceland. Al Ciuffetelli, owner of Homestyle Caterers and event organizer, said his company wanted to improve on the previous year’s event at the center, which is located in White Plains, adding more food and entertainment in the form of Shilelagh Law, which claims to be New York’s thirstiest band. “There was somebody who did the [Beer Fest last year], but it didn’t work out,” Ciuffetelli said. He told the Review that people approached his company to host the beer fest this time around. “We [gathered] 300 craft beers, instead of 200,” he added. “There are some local wineries here as well.” The festival took six months of planning for it to ultimately come to fruition. “It wasn’t an easy job, it was very difficult because of the timing, especially after St. Patrick’s Day,” Ciuffetelli said of locating and organizing the different manufacturers. Ciuffetelli added that Homestyle Caterers, which operates a Nathan’s food truck out of the White Plains space, has hosted

many events at the County Center. “It’s a good thing for people to utilize this facility,” he said.

“That’s our goal, to make the County Center great again.” -Reporting by Sibylla Chipaziwa

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April 2017

Planning ahead... SUNDAY

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THURSDAY

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

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First Sunday Bird Walks 8:30 a.m., Marine Education Center

VOM budget work session 5:30 p.m., Regatta Conf. Room Larchmont trustees reorganization 7:30 p.m., Village Hall

Larchmont Planning Board 8 p.m., Village Center

Palm Sunday The Masters end

Spring break begins, all schools closed Passover begins

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VOM Ethics Board 7:30 p.m., Regatta Conf. Room

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Easter

All schools reopen

Tax Day

All elementary Walk to School Week

School board meeting 7 p.m., MHS

Larchmont trustees meeting 7:30 p.m., Village Hall

VOM Budget Committee 7:30 p.m., Regatta Conf. Room Passover ends

VOM board work session 5:30 p.m., Courtroom MHS/PTSA/SEPTA elections, budget vote 7:30 p.m. VOM board meeting/ budget adoption 7:30 p.m., Courtroom

VOM Food Truck & Makers Market Noon, Fayette Avenue

School House Open & Demonstration 1 p.m., Harbor Island Park

VOM flood mitigation committee 7:30 p.m., Regatta

CEN PTA meeting and vote 7 p.m.

Rye Neck school board 7 p.m., RNMS/HS Library VOM Harbor & Coastal Zone Management Commission 7:30 p.m., Courtroom

Recreation & Parks Commission 7:30 a.m., Harbor Island Park

PACE Musical Revue 7 p.m.

VOM architectural board 7:30 p.m., Courtroom

VOM Planning Board 7 p.m., Courtroom HOM PTA meeting and budget 7:30 p.m.

Rye Neck PTSA Spring Fair 11 a.m., RNMS/HS

TOM board meeting 8 p.m., Town Center

MUR PTA meeting and vote 9:15 a.m.

Earth Day

PACE Musical Revue 7 p.m.

VOM industrial committee 7 p.m., Library Community Room MAS PTA meeting and budget 7 p.m.

CHAT PTA meeting 9 a.m.

MHS mock ACT 9 a.m.

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My pillow’s smarter than your pillow RHYMES WITH CRAZY Lenore Skenazy

If you’ve been wondering what to do with all that extra cash you’re so sick of, I hope you hightailed it over to the Luxury Technology Show last week in Chelsea. Otherwise, you might not be aware of some of the must-haves coming soon, or already upon us, like the smart pillow. Now, a truly smart pillow would have a mallet that knocked you over the head every time you couldn’t sleep. (Well, every time you were in BED and couldn’t sleep. You wouldn’t want the pillow/mallet chasing you around the apartment.) But this smart pillow, the Zeeq, does things like detect when you are snoring. Then it gently vibrates so you’ll shift position. This is an improvement on the old “smart device” you may have employed, also known as “your spouse,” who would gently (or not) kick your shin when you started sawing logs. For $299, the Zeeq also streams music, and since it, like everything else in the world, is linked to your phone, which is linked to your life, Zeeq also keeps a record of how your sleep correlates with how much you ate, walked, ran, exercised, napped, drank wine and guzzled coffee during the day. Then, as you start trying to calculate out all the connections between those variables—hmm, five blocks of walking and one latte plus a nap minus a Chardonnay—you find your eyes swimming. And so, it works! Other booths were filled with

high-tech wrinkle reducers, headsets that look like iPhone earmuffs, apps to interact with your dog when you’re on the road, and earbuds that do everything but revive the dead. So it was refreshing to stumble upon a booth selling something that didn’t seem too hard to operate. “OPEN CAN!” I commanded, and voila! The voice-activated garbage can opened up. This can is not actually on the market yet, explained Mia Fields, who works for simplehuman, a line of home goods found at Bed Bath & Beyond and beyond. But come May, you will at last be able to talk to your trash receptacle. And if you don’t feel like chatting, a wave of the hand opens it, too. I didn’t want to mention that there are already garbage cans on the market where you press a little pedal with your foot, no voice recognition or batteries are required. So I shut up (like a garbage can messing with its owner) and asked Fields about the other item on display: A light-up makeup mirror. The mirror’s lights are controlled by, what else? Your phone. But this is not a question of “off” and “on” or even “daylight” versus “Hollywood.” “There are 50,000 different light settings,” Fields said. So, for instance, “If you want to do your makeup based on the lighting in your office, you can take a photo in the app and mimic the same lighting on the mirror.” This struck me as the most first world solution to the most first world problem I’d ever heard. But when I mentioned the mirror to two of my friends, they both thought it sounded fantastic. A male friend has a similar

reaction when I tried to describe the “Fizzics” geegaw at the show. “If you take a can or bottle of beer and do a normal pour”— the Fizzics demonstrator proceeded to pour a can of beer into a plastic cup—”the bubbles are all different sizes. You lose the flavor and aroma.” You do? I didn’t want to drink the beer, so the demonstrator obliged by drinking it for me and shaking his head to indicate this sub-optimal beer experience. BUT, put your can or bottle into the “Fizzics” machine, and the ultrasound technology controls things so precisely that when you press a lever and the beer comes out, the bubbles are perfect and the head is more impressive than the snow on Mount Fuji. The demonstrator drank this beer for me too, exclaiming at its creaminess and aroma. “The micro-foam locks all the flavor in!” His eyes looked slightly glassy as the next customer came up to ask for a demonstration. But it was a happy glassy. And then there were the folks selling the LumiDiet—a belt the size of the one you get if you’re heavyweight champion of the world (no pun intended), except it’s lined with red LED lights. When the lights are on, the belt melts the pounds away. The marketing specialist, Jay Lee, said, “We recommend you use it prior to exercise, for better, faster results.” Yes, I’ll bet that helps. “Can I eat while I wear it?” I asked, causing Lee to snap, “You can’t eat five hamburgers a day and still lose weight.” Maybe technology still can’t do everything we need it to. CONTACT: lskenazy@yahoo.com

LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND ANNUAL MEETING AND ELECTION OF THE SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEES OF THE MAMARONECK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing of the qualified voters of the Mamaroneck Union Free School District, Westchester County, Mamaroneck, New York, will be held in the Tiered Classroom at Mamaroneck High School at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 2, 2017 for the presentation of the budget document. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual Meeting and Election of the Mamaroneck Union Free School District, Westchester County, Mamaroneck, New York, will be held on Tuesday, May 16, 2017, for the purpose of voting upon: Adoption of the budget for the 2017-2018 fiscal year; and 2. Election of Two members of the Board of Education for full three-year terms, beginning July 1, 2017, and ending June 30, 2020, to succeed Ann LoBue and Steven Warner. The vote will be taken between the hours of 7 o’clock a.m. to 9 o’clock p.m. in each of the four election districts at the following places: 1. Central Election District: The voting place of this Election District shall be the Central School, Palmer Avenue, Larchmont New York. 2. Mamaroneck Avenue Election District: The voting place of this Election District shall be the Mamaroneck Avenue School, Mamaroneck Avenue, Mamaroneck, New York. 3. Chatsworth Avenue Election District: The voting place of this Election District shall be the Chatsworth Avenue School, Larchmont, New York. 4. Murray Avenue Election District: The voting place of this Election District shall be the Murray Avenue School, Murray Avenue, Larchmont, New York. A qualified voter shall vote at the place herein above designated within the School District and Election District in which such qualified voter resides. Voting machines will be used to record the vote. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that personal registration of voters is required. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that for the purpose of preparing a register for each election district, the members of the Board of Registration shall meet at Mamaroneck High School, 1000 W. Boston Post Road, on the following day and for the indicated hours: Wednesday, May 10, 2017 Superintendent’s Office from 7:00 -10:00 a.m. Conference Room N101 from 4:00 – 8:00 p.m. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Board of Registration shall meet during the Annual Meeting and Election at the election districts (each elementary school) for the purpose of preparing a register for meetings or elections to be held subsequent to such Annual Meeting or Election. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that immediately upon the completion of the register so prepared by members of the Board of Registration, and not later than five days prior to Tuesday, May 16, 2017, the register shall be filed in the District Clerk’s office and thereafter shall be open to inspection by any qualified voter of the school district between the hours of 9 o’clock a.m. and 4 o’clock p.m. on each day up to and including Monday, May 15, 2017, except Sundays and also available for inspection on Saturday, May 13, 2017, from 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that any person who shall be registered with the Board of Registration of the school district, and who has voted in 2013, 2014, 2015, or 2016 in a School District election, or who shall be registered to vote in general elections, shall be entitled to vote at said election without re-registering with the School District. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that petitions nominating candidates for office of member of the Board of Education must be filed in the Office of the District Clerk, 1000 West Boston Post Road, Mamaroneck, New York, between the hours of 9 o’clock a.m. and 5 o’clock p.m. not later than thirty days preceding the date of election of members, to wit, April 17, 2017, and shall be subscribed by not less than 25 qualified voters of the district. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that copies of the text of any resolution which will be presented to the voters at this Annual Election and a statement of estimated expenses for the ensuing year will be completed and copies made available at each schoolhouse in the district in which a school is maintained, from 9 o’clock a.m. to 3 o’clock p.m. on each day other than a Saturday, Sunday or holiday during the fourteen days immediately preceding said Annual Election, to wit, May 2, 2017 to May 16, 2017, inclusive, and also on said Annual Election Day. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that any and all further propositions to be placed upon the voting machines shall be by petition filed in the Office of the District Clerk not later than thirty days preceding the day of election, to wit, April 17, 2017, and shall be subscribed by not less than 64 qualified district voters. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that applications for absentee ballots may be applied for at the Office of the Clerk of the District. Such application must be received by the District Clerk at least seven days before the election, if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or the day before the election if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter. A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots shall have been issued will be available in the said office of the clerk on each of the five days prior to the day of the election, except Sundays and also available for inspection on Saturday, May 13, 2017, from 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that a Real Property Tax Exemption Report prepared in accordance with Section 495 of the Real Property Tax Law will be annexed to any tentative/preliminary budget as well as the final adopted budget of which it will form a part; and shall be posted on District bulletin board(s) maintained for public notices, as well as on the District’s website By order of the BOARD OF EDUCATION Joanne Rice District Clerk

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The first pitch LIVE MIKE Mike Smith

The Major League Baseball calendar is set to kick off on April 3, and while every team’s fan base comes into the season with a host of questions about playoff chances, roster spots and divisional races, I’ve got another question as we wait for Opening Day. Will President Trump throw out the ceremonial first pitch at Nationals Park? Now, before huge swaths of readers begin to turn the page, alarmed at politics creeping into the sports section, fear not; this isn’t a politically charged column. But for some reason, presidential first pitches have always been an interest of mine, and after hearing reports this week that Trump was considering making the long walk out to the mound this year, I’m wondering

if he will go through with it. There’s a long history of presidential first pitches, dating all the way back to William Howard Taft in 1910. Every sitting president since then has undertaken the task at least once, be it before Opening Day, the MLB All-Star Game or a World Series contest. The degrees of success have been, well, varied. Franklin Delano Roosevelt famously hit a newspaper camera back in 1940. In 2009, Barack Obama made waves for his first pitch at the All-Star Game in St. Louis, and was derided for his decision to wear jeans, and worst of all, a Chicago White Sox pullover. George W. Bush, on the other hand, fired a perfect strike from the mound before the first World Series game in New York City following the events of 9/11 in what even his most ardent critics would agree was a moment that transcended our national pastime.

So what will President Trump do? I have no idea. There’s no doubt that the president has a long history with baseball. He played the game in high school and was a longtime fixture at Yankee Stadium when the Bronx Bombers were owned by his pal George Steinbrenner. He fashions himself as a man of the people, and what better way to demonstrate that by participating in a century-old tradition that is about as American as it comes? On the other hand, he similarly revels in the idea of being an iconoclast, of breaking away from the trappings of the presidency, so maybe he will forgo the pitch? Not to mention, the crowd in Washington, D.C.—a city in which Trump drew just 4 percent of the vote in the presidential election—might not give him the warmest reception, something that might also scare him away from stepping on the field.

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Major League Baseball’s Opening Day is coming up on April 3. Sports Editor Mike Smith wonders if our newly elected president will be throwing out the ceremonial first pitch. Photo/Mike Smith

But if he’s reading—he isn’t— I’d urge him to get out there on Monday, throw out the first pitch, and let us get on with the baseball season as if was simply business as usual in the Capitol.

It may not fix the problems facing this country, it may not bridge any political divide between our citizens, but it will, for at least a few minutes, possibly distract us from the grave

problems facing our nation. And at its core, isn’t that what baseball is all about?

Follow Mike on Twitter @LiveMike_Sports

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Rye tops Tigers in opener boys lacrosse

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RYE 12 MAMARONECK 5 3/28/17

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Game Notes: • Rye’s Teddy Aquilino and Billy Chabot each scored three goals in the win • The Garnets went on a 6-1 run to close out the game • The win was Rye coach Steve Lennon’s first victory By MIKE SMITH Sports Editor The area lacrosse season opened up on March 28, as two local squads hit the turf to kick off the 2017 campaign. Although Mamaroneck would drew first blood, it was ultimately Rye—in their first game under new head coach Steve Lennon— that would come away with the win, overcoming a slow start to top the Tigers 12-5. For the Garnets, earning a win against a solid Mamaroneck team meant quite a bit in terms of gaining some big game confidence.

Billy Chabot fends off a defender at Rye High School. Chabot had three goals in a Rye win.

“Honestly, it felt like some sort of championship win; the guys were jumping around in the clubhouse and it was a big win for me, personally,” Lennon said. “But we told the guys, be happy today and then come back tomorrow ready to work.” The two teams played a fairly even first half, which saw the Tigers heading into the third quarter with a 3-2 lead. “Our game wasn’t what we were looking for in the first half. We weren’t clearing, we turned the ball over and we were giving them second chances,” Lennon

A Tiger player fires a shot on net on March 28.

said. “So at the half, we talked about coming out and playing our own game and not worrying about what [Mamaroneck] was trying to do.” The message worked as Rye came to life in the second half, establishing a two-goal lead and then pulling off a 6-1 run to close the game and put the contest out of reach. Both Billy Chabot and Teddy Aquilino had three goals and an assist for the Garnets, while Ryan Kirkpatrick and Will Hynson contributed two goals apiece. George Ross, who got the start in goal for Rye, finished with seven saves. A big reason for Rye’s success, Lennon said, was the team’s increased tempo. “Typically my systems have been a little bit slower, more focused on defense,” he said. “But we were able to push the pace in transition and that played a big role.” The Tigers will be back in action on April 5 when they travel to Mahopac to take on the Indians, while the Garnets will host Pleasantville on March 30, after press time, before traveling to Somers to tangle with the Tuskers on Tuesday. “I’ve always been taught that you have to adapt to what your team does well,” Lennon said. “We’re still learning the kids and their style, and if that’s what your team does well, that’s great, but we just have to talk about when it’s appropriate to push in order to control the game.” CONTACT: sports@hometwn.com

Rye’s Peter Chabot carries the ball towards the goal against the Tigers. Photos/Mike Smith

Players battle behind the net in a game between Mamaroneck and Rye on March 28. The Garnets topped the Tigers 12-5, thanks to a late run.

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