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Town steps in to fund enrichment camp

KINGS OF THE JUNGLE

By JAMES PERO Staff Writer

Tommy Martin soars past a Suffern defender during a Dec. 9 game.

Mamaroneck topped the Mounties 58-52.

For story, see page 15.

Photo/Mike Smith

Westchester County budget finalized, includes airport deal

By JAMES PERO Staff Writer A $1.8 billion budget was passed by both the Westchester County Board of Legislators and County Executive Rob Astorino, a Republican, this week, even despite lawmakers trepidation over the inclusion of $15 million in tentative revenue from a deal privatizing the county airport.

The 2017 budget, which was passed by the Board of Legislators on Monday by a slim margin of 10-7, and modifies a previous budget submitted to the legisla-

tive chamber by Astorino last month, will retain the county executive’s proposed flat tax rate, but will also add four additional engineering positions to the county’s depleted Department of Public Works roster, in addition to injecting $1 million to the county’s Title XX child care program as a result of legislators’ amendments.

After what was shaping up to be a dead-end deal, legislators also voted to include $15 million in projected revenue derived from a deal privatizing the management of Westchester County

Airport on the condition that the plan undergo a public bidding process.

Previously, the $130 million, 40-year agreement, which was sent down to legislators on Nov. 3 by Astorino, a little more than a month before the budget’s final approval deadline, would have given the investment firm Oaktree Management the exclusive bid.

After backlash from lawmakers across the board, however, the board voted unanimously to send out a request for proposals, RFP, that could possibly transfer the management of the

county’s airport—which is being processed through an FAA-run privatization program—to another company.

Current operator of the county’s airport, AVPorts, has already said it would have bid on the contract if there had been an opportunity to do so.

“The feeling on our floor was that there might be real merit to participating in this FAA privatization program,” said Legislator Mary Jane Shimsky, a Hastingson-Hudson Democrat, who had AIRPORT continued on page 8

For the first time in nearly a decade, the Mamaroneck Town Board of Trustees will step in to help fund a summer camp amidst waning financial support from a budget-constrained school district.

The 40-year-old camp— called the Mamaroneck Coop Enrichment Camp—serves more than 350 students in the town of Mamaroneck as well as the villages of Larchmont and Mamaroneck, and combines normal summer camp activities with extended academic-year programming.

For the first time since 2008, the town plans to allocate $20,000 in funding to help it carry out its services this upcoming summer.

“It took us a little while to understand what kind of program it is,” said Town Supervisor Nancy Seligson, a Democrat. “In some ways you think the school should support it, in other ways it could be a more typical camp program.

Bottom line is it will help kids be more successful students.”

According to the camp’s mission statement, it aims to serve children in the area’s lower socio-economic bracket by extending the academic period into the summer where many students are at risk of falling behind.

“A lot of kids fall behind over the summer,” said town Councilman Tom Murphy, a Democrat,

who lobbied his fellow board members to fund the program.

“The camp helps those students stay on track,” he said.

Over the past several years, however, its services have been increasingly hard to fund as the school district has cut back contributions for the program.

“Over the past several years, the camp budget has been dramatically reduced,” said Meg Kaufer, a member of the CO-OP Steering Committee and also the president of the STEM Alliance of Larchmont-Mamaroneck.

According to Kaufer, in 2016, due to budget constraints, the Mamaroneck Board of Education proposed cutting all of the funding for the camp, and while the camp eventually received $20,000 compared to its usual $100,000 in funding from the annual school budget, it was saved primarily through fundraising efforts and money from municipalities.

Currently, both the town and the village of Mamaroneck are contributing about $20,000 to the program, while the village of Larchmont is not contributing to the program.

“Only because individuals coming together and making private donations was anything able to be restored,” Kaufer said.

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Officials promote scam awareness to seniors

By FRANCO FINO Staff Writer State and local lawmakers gathered at the Leo Mintzer Community Center in West Harrison on Dec. 8 to conduct a presentation aimed at helping senior residents identify common computer and telephone scams.

Harrison Mayor Ron Belmont, a Republican, state Assemblyman David Buchwald, a Democrat, and state Assistant Attorney General Irma Nimetz addressed an elderly audience and conducted their “Smart

Seniors” presentation at the community center, which is located at 251 Underhill Ave. Nimetz chose to identify three common telephone scams, and explained how con artists can often use trickery to deceive seniors. She said scammers manipulate people with a distracting “hook,” which causes people to pay less attention to details, and they attempt to appear trustworthy by associating themselves with relatives and mutual friends. According to Nimetz, con artists also present urgent deadlines, which are clear give-

Harrison Mayor Ron Belmont addresses a group of senior residents at the Leo Mintzer Community Center in West Harrison.

aways of a scam.

“They all have emotional hooks and tend to play on your fears,” she said. “[Scammers] usually present something that sounds too good to be true.”

According to Nimetz, three common telephone scams that costs victims nearly $3 billion a year include the sweepstakes scam, in which a caller requests the “winner” to send a check or wire money to cover taxes and fees; the grandparent scam, in which the caller identifies as a grandchild and claims to need money to cover an accident or medical expenses; and the home improvement scam, in which the caller offers free home inspections.

While Nimetz focused on highlighting the number of scams seniors often fall victim to, Buchwald said that it’s imperative for residents to take action by pressuring telephone companies. “Part of the issue is that telephone companies just don’t know where these phone calls are coming from,” he said.

The presentation comes in wake of a major telephone scam

A group of senior residents watch state Assistant Attorney General Irma Nimetz conduct a “Smart Seniors” presentation to raise scam awareness. Telephone and computer scams costs victims nearly $3 billion a year nationwide. Photos/Franco Fino

that occurred in Mumbai, India, in October, where police busted nine call centers that telephoned U.S. citizens pretending to be the IRS. As of press time, 80 people have been charged in connection to the scam and po-

lice are planning to charge 630 more employees. According to Nimetz, the alleged con artists managed to rake in $150,000 a day from U.S. citizens through the scam.

“This is serious stuff,” Bel-

mont said. “It happens every day and it involves people of all ages, backgrounds, and levels of intelligence; as soon as it happens, you should call the police.”

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dren’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.

3-D printing workshop for teens

Visit mamaronecklibrary.org for more information on library hours and programs. The library will close at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 24 through Monday, Dec. 26 for Christmas.

Do You Need Health Insurance?

Make an appointment for a one-on-one information session with a Westchester County health department navigator, who will be in the library’s Tech Room on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Representatives will answer questions about health insurance-related topics, including essential plans, Medicaid, Child Health Plus and health coverage for business owners’ employees. Clients should be prepared with their Social Security numbers, documents for legal immigrants, birth dates, employer and income information and insurance policy numbers.

For more information or to schedule an appointment, call the Westchester County Department of Health at 813-5192. Appointments are available in English and in Spanish.

All ages story and craft hour On Saturdays from 11 a.m. to noon in the Chil-

The first session will be held on Thursday, Dec. 22 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. in the Tech Lab. For the second session, participants will have to choose between Wednesday, Dec. 28 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m., or Thursday, Dec. 29 from 11 a.m. to noon, both in the Tech Lab. This program is open to middle and high school-aged teens. Registration is required as space is limited. Please call the Teen Library for further details and to register at 630-5875.

In the first session, teens will learn the basics of a 3-D printer and how to manipulate and download STL files for printing. In the second session, participants will follow up and present their files.

Items will be printed and are to be picked up during the first week of January in the Teen Library.

Larchmont Public Library

Visit larchmontlibrary.org for more information on library hours and programs. The library will be closed from Saturday, Dec. 24 to Monday, Dec. 26 for Christmas.

Saturday Sahaja Meditation On Saturdays from 11 a.m. to noon in the Michael P. Coords Activity Room. No registration required. Imagine being able to awaken your spiritual energy and to experience and enjoy the many benefits of meditation almost immediately. You will feel calmer, more relaxed and better focused every time you meditate. Try it for free and see.

Monday Morning Open Play Mahjong On Monday, Dec. 19 from 10:30 a.m. to noon in the Michael P. Coords Activity Room. No instruction is provided and it is recommended that you bring your own mahjong pieces. So, come join the fun and make some new friends, too.

Chair Yoga with Vincenza Madonia On Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. in the Village Center. No registration required. Join certified yoga instructor, Vincenza Madonia, for these five sessions of chair yoga. Chair yoga consists of arm, leg and head movements, as well as twisting your torso, that are done while seated in a chair. There are also standing movements that use a chair for support. These sessions also include learning breathing exercises that are incorporated into each yoga position. Chair yoga is a terrific way to maintain fitness of your body and mind through very low-impact exercises.

Project Linus Knitting & Crochet Group On Tuesday, Dec. 20 from 10 a.m. to noon in the Village Center. Join this knitting/crochet group and use your talents for a good cause. The group has created and donated several blankets to Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital for the benefit of local children. No registration required. For all questions related to Project Linus, contact Doris Patt Smith at momdsmith1@yahoo.com

Tinkerlab SCIENCE On Thursday, Dec. 22 from 10:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. For ages 3 and 4. Online registration required.

Come to the library to do age-appropriate, handson, creative science experiments.

At Home on the Sound

Gentle Chair Yoga with Arlene On Mondays at 10 a.m. Yoga instructor Arlene Towers specializes in yoga for older adults.

This class is appropriate for men and women at all fitness levels. Fee: $10 payable to the instructor. Open to At Home on the Sound members only.

The class will be held at United Methodist Church, 546 E. Boston Post Road in Mamaroneck. Visit athomeonthesound.org for more information.

‘Great American Songbook’ singalong By popular demand, John McIntyre returns to At Home on the Sound on Tuesday, Dec. 20, with a reprise of his “Great American Songbook” singalong. McIntyre will lead the room in a variety of tunes, from Cole Porters’s “Kiss Me Kate” and “Brush Up Your Shakespeare” to “Swinging on a Star,” along with joyful seasonal melodies. Lyrics will be provided for maximum enjoyment.

McIntyre, a retired Mamaroneck High School teacher with a master’s from Middlebury, says that wherever he has found himself in life, he has always sung in groups, large and small. The program is free and open to the entire community. Refreshments are served at 3:30 p.m. Singing begins at 4 p.m. in Russell Hall at Larchmont Avenue Church, 60 Forest Park Ave. in Larchmont. For more information, visit athomeonthesound.org.

Volunteers needed At Home on the Sound is seeking additional summer volunteers to drive older neighbors in Mamaroneck and Larchmont to errands, shopping or appointments. The local nonprofit supports adults who want to remain in their own homes as they age. Rides will be provided on weekdays, and volunteers can determine when and how often they drive. For more information or to become a volunteer, call 899-3150 or email athomeinfo@athomeonthesound.org.

Village of Larchmont news Down to Earth Farmers Market On Saturday, Dec. 17 from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The farmers market is located at the Metro-North parking deck off Chatsworth Avenue. Peruse produce, meat, seafood, baked goods, specialty foods and much more, and support local farmers and businesses for the last time this year.

St. Thomas Episcopal Church Advent service of lessons and carols An Advent service of lessons and carols, comprised of music, readings and prayers, will be held at St. Thomas Episcopal Church on Sunday, Dec. 18 at 4 p.m. Tickets are $25, and can be purchased at the door or through saintthomasmmrk. org.

It will be the first time in recent years that the church will offer this special service. This particular program, in accordance with the Anglican tradition of King’s College-Cambridge, is performed during the Advent season. The Rev. Carol D. Gadsden, rector of St. Thomas, will preside. St. Thomas’ choir will be joined in this performance by the choir of St. John’s Lattingtown, under the baton of St. Thomas’ director of music, Eric Milnes.

Carols and readings will include both ancient and contemporary, set in a festively decorated and candlelit 19th century architectural gem that offers crystalline acoustics.

St. Thomas Church is located at 168 W. Boston Post Road, at the corner of Mt. Pleasant Avenue, in Mamaroneck. There is ample parking space, and it is five blocks from the Metro-North station.

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Ulbricht to teach ballet master class at JCC New York City Ballet principal dancer Daniel Ulbricht will once again teach an intermediate-level ballet master class, with pianist Miles Fusco, at the JCC Dance School on Wednesday, Dec. 28 from 10 a.m. to noon. This will be Ulbricht’s seventh year teaching the JCC’s Holiday Master Ballet Class.

Born in St. Petersburg, Florida, Ulbricht began his dance training at the age of 11. At age 16, Ulbricht was invited by the School of American Ballet, the official school of the New York City Ballet, to continue his training. In 2000, he became an apprentice with New York City Ballet and a year later, he joined the company as a member of the corps de ballet.

In 2005, Ulbricht was promoted to the rank of soloist; he has been a NYC Ballet principal dancer since 2007. Currently, Ulbricht is the artistic advisor of Manhattan Youth Ballet; coartistic director of the New York State Summer School for the Arts in Saratoga Springs; and serves as a consultant to a number of schools and guest teacher at the School of American Ballet and the Ballet Academy East. He also teaches at wellknown national dance schools, private schools and universities throughout the United States.

The dynamic Ulbricht is also co-founder of Dance Against Cancer, an annual fundraising event to benefit the American

Cancer Society, and directs Stars of American Ballet, a chambersized group of top-level ballet dancers that tours the world as an outreach program.

Fusco, who is on faculty at the JCC Dance School as a pianist, holds two degrees from Juilliard and has worked with such artists as Alvin Ailey, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Erik Bruhn, Fernando Bujones, Margot Fonteyn, Carla Fracci, Cynthia Gregory, Susan Jaffe, Rudolph Nureyev, and Twyla Tharp.

The JCC Dance School, one of Westchester’s most respected dance programs, provides all levels of dance training by professional faculty for pre-school, teen and adult students. Classes include ballet, pointe, hip hop, tap, contemporary, musical theatre jazz, salsa, Israeli folk and Zumba. Most ballet classes feature live piano accompaniment.

JCC Dance School students have gone on to careers with professional dance companies such as American Ballet Theatre, Joffrey Ballet, New York City Ballet, Atlanta Ballet, Carolina Ballet, and Norwegian National Ballet.

New York City Ballet principal dancer Daniel Ulbricht will once again teach an intermediate-level ballet master class at the JCC Dance School on Dec. 28. Photo courtesy JCC

The fee for the master class is $35. Space is limited. Pre-regis-

tration is required. To register, contact the JCC front desk in

person or by phone at 472 3300 ext. 0. (Submitted)

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‘Newtown’ film shines light on Westchester

By COREY STOCKTON Staff Writer

A screening of the 2016 documentary “Newtown” was held in Harrison on Nov. 21; although purely coincidental, the timing seemed apropos as the issue of gun control has recently surfaced in the Westchester community.

The film, which documents the shooting of 20 children, ages 6 and 7, and six staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, and the emotional trauma that ensued, was featured in the Sundance Film Festival and the

South by Southwest Film Festival. The film was directed and co-produced by Kim Snyder and released in January 2016, three years after the shooting in December 2012. To date, Sandy Hook stands as the deadliest mass shooting of schoolchildren in American history.

“It’s a film about grief, and about trauma and coping as a community,” said Marie Cuomo Cole, one of the film’s producers, adding that besides the issue of gun control, community resilience was one of the biggest themes which she hoped to address in producing

the documentary.

Whether because of the degree of emotional suffering the film depicts or its timeliness to issues currently in Harrison, the screening drew tears from its audience. “I feel like Newtown could have been Harrison; it could have been Rye,” Cuomo Cole said. “It could have been any-and-every-town, U.S.A. I think that’s what really struck so many people about the tragedy.”

According to Galina Chernykh, the Harrison Public Library’s executive director, the screening was set up several months ago; but the timing of

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The “Newtown” film, released on Jan. 24, 2016, documents the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, and the emotional fallout of the parents, teachers and rescue workers that resulted. Photos courtesy newtownfilm.com

A scene from the “Newtown” documentary featuring one of the wrenching funerals following the Sandy Hook tragedy.

the event seems appropriate, as an ongoing debate over L&L Sports, a gun store that opened on Harrison’s Halstead Avenue in early November, continues to draw significant amounts of attention. An online petition on Change.org protesting the location of the store, which is less than 1,000 feet from an elementary school, has nearly 3,500 signatures, as of press time.

“I think the response has been, at the onset, prudent,” Cuomo Cole said about the local issue in Harrison. “It’s important to check out the sellers. There are many bona fide, acceptable sellers and there are those that are not, so I think that the caution is well-supported.”

The controversy over the store’s opening has even led neighboring communities to mobilize.

In the city of Rye, a gun committee has been formed in the wake of the Harrison saga, which aims to promote gun safety measures and may look to establish zoning tactics to put stricter regulation on where a gun store can be located. And in the village of Rye Brook, a draft legislation is being proposed that would also look to regulate where gun shops could be located.

The success of local laws could eventually have ramifications for Westchester as a whole.

If any of those potential laws garner enough support on the local level, Westchester County Legislator Catherine Parker, a Rye Democrat, said she may consider proposing one on the county level. “It should be on notice that this is something that we should certainly look into, and doing something on a county level would be fantastic; but I don’t think the county executive [Rob Astorino] would support it,” she told the Review.

Parker referred to legislation

proposed in June to reinstate a ban on gun shows at the Westchester County Center which was enacted in 2000 under then-County Executive Andrew Spano, a Democrat. Astorino, a Republican who took over as county executive in 2010 after defeating Spano, repealed the ban that year.

The contentious fight over gun control is evident in “Newtown”; Cuomo Cole is no stranger to school shootings, having previously produced a documentary on the mass shootings at Virginia Tech. In 2010, she was a producer of the film “Living for 32,” a documentary about the push for gun control legislation after the 2007 shooting of 32 students at Virginia Tech.

A similar surge in gun control laws also occurred after Newtown.

Just a month after that tragedy, Cuomo Cole’s brother, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, signed the Safe Act into law in New York state. That law widened the definition of assault rifles, put stricter limits on magazine capacities, and put tighter restrictions on the background check system in the state.

The Safe Act also included an amendment to the Mental Hygiene Law, requiring mental health professionals to report patients who they considered could be hazardous to themselves or others if they possessed a gun.

Adam Lanza, the 20-year-old Sandy Hook shooter who also took his own life during the event, had been diagnosed with several behavioral and cognitive disorders, including Asperger’s syndrome, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and sensory-integration disorder, according to his father, Peter Lanza.

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After backlash from many legislators, a deal to privatize Westchester County Airport will move forward after a bipartisan decision to budget $15 million in prospective revenue. Photo courtesy westchestergov.com

previously expressed doubt over the proposal’s efficacy. “And with putting the whole concept out to competitive bid, you could get a deal that is worthy of being signed off on.”

The deal plans to extract revenue from the airport by charging a fee for its management while simultaneously—through the FAA’s program—altering a federal law that dictates that revenue from the airport be used for airport-related expenses.

Through the program, the county would be allowed to funnel airport revenue into its operating budget.

Though the money has been budgeted, Shimsky said any deal, and therefore revenue, is still contingent upon a successful RFP process, necessary approvals from stakeholders in the airport—including 65 percent of the airlines operating there—and an expedient processing of the application by the FAA, which has in some cases dragged on for as long as 29 months.

If that revenue doesn’t come to fruition, Shimsky explained, the money budgeted from the airport deal would likely have to come from the county’s cash reserves, which could have adverse impacts on the county’s AAA bond rating and therefore its ability to issue low-

interest debt.

The county is already projecting a $30 million budget shortfall for its 2017 budget due to declining sales tax revenue, increasingly high health care costs, and lower gas and energy prices.

Currently, of the 10 airports that applied to the FAA’s program since its introduction in 1996, only one—Luis Muñoz Marín airport in Puerto Rico— has completed the process and has since remained privatized.

Even despite the county board’s unanimous decision to pursue the deal, both Shimsky and other Democratic legislators, many of which voted against the approval of the budget, have continued to express concern over what they describe as an “unbalanced” budget.

“This budget puts the county’s finances at the edge of the cliff without any financial flexibility,” Democrats said in a joint statement this week.

Among the chief concerns listed by the Democratic caucus are what they describe as an overly optimistic sales tax revenue of 3 percent in addition to negotiations regarding the county’s union contracts—all of which are expired this year— which could result in increased salaries and benefits.

Lawmakers cut Astorino’s

plans for an enhanced Kensico Dam from the budget; an extensive project to revamp the area was announced by the county executive back in October and would have poured upwards of $17 million into a revamped reflecting pool and skating rink.

But one major amendment to the budget, prompted by the legislators’ review, will be four new engineering positions to the county’s Department of Public Works.

These positions—through supervising construction sites and processing RFPs—will help tackle the $1.5 billion in capital project backlogs that include repairs to roads, bridges, and other critical infrastructure. “[The budget adds] critical positions to our county police and engineering positions in the Department of Public Works to help address a major backlog of capital projects,” said Board of Legislators Chairman Michael Kaplowitz, a Yorktown Democrat.

Nonprofits, some of which have been faced with significant budget cuts in 2016, will see a marginal increase of $210,000 for community-based organizations in the most recent county budget.

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between July and August—is currently looking at a budget shortfall between $40,000 and $50,000. If the camp cannot stay afloat due to financing, Kaufer said that students’ success could be on the line.

“Equal opportunity has a dramatic impact on a kid’s ability to perform in the school year,” Kaufer said.

According to research from the National Education Association—the largest labor union in the country—extended school programs, including those that carry on past the typical academic year, have been shown to increase positive outcomes for students, especially those with less resources.

Additionally, a national study carried out by the Afterschool Alliance, a nonprofit educational advocacy group, looked at 35 different enrichment programs and found that students who participated in those programs showed improvements in work habits and lower misconduct in and out of school.

Now, Kaufer said, the camp will again have to rely on fundraising efforts to make sure the

Even despite funding earmarked in the town of Mamaroneck budget, a 40-year-old cooperative enrichment camp in Larchmont and Mamaroneck is facing significant budget shortfalls.

Photo courtesy coopcampmamaroneck.org

camp has the resources it needs.

To help fund the camp, Kaufer said to send an email to

info@lmstemalliance.org.

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Small-business forum focuses on e-Commerce

From left, Jennifer Shaheen, president of the Technology Therapy Group; state Assemblyman Steve Otis; and Anne Janiak, executive director of the Women’s Enterprise Development Center. Contributed photo

On Oct. 20, state Assemblyman Steve Otis, a Rye Democrat, and the Women’s Enterprise Development Center, WEDC, held their annual Small Business & Economic Development Forum at the Larchmont Village Center. This year, small-business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs were treated to an informative presentation by Jennifer Shaheen, president of the Technology Therapy Group, on the rapidly expanding e-Commerce marketplace. An industry expert and frequent speaker, Shaheen provides understandable, accessible and actionable information to help businesses develop digital shopping strategies that meet the needs of today’s consumers.

According to Shaheen, an average online shopper in the United States spends more than $1,800 per year in online purchases. To compete for a share of this e-Commerce revenue, small businesses must provide an attractive shopping experience. Details such as the speed that an online shopping page loads, the use of multiple, high quality photos, loyalty programs and an active social media presence can help to translate online browsing into actual purchases.

Similarly, favorable return policies and free shipping with a set minimum purchase can help boost sales. Once a purchase is made, small businesses should make the order fulfillment a personal experience. A handwritten thank you note, automatic shipping notifications and an email follow-up after the purchase can help build customer loyalty.

Shaheen also discussed the differences between custom and proprietary e-Commerce platforms, advising small businesses to prioritize their desired functions and goals to determine which platform best suits their needs. Fortunately, many of the top platforms provide free trials so that businesses can experiment with a particular platform before deciding to use it.

“I am grateful to [Shaneen] for her enlightening presentation,” Otis said. “The questions posed by the audience demonstrate how engaged they are on this topic and reflect the increasingly stiff competition that brick and mortar stores and businesses face from online retailers. I hope that this well-attended forum has given these businesses the tools they need to establish or expand their e-Commerce presence and

grow their operations through online sales and marketing.”

“WEDC too was pleased with the valuable information that Jennifer provided the attendees,” said Anne Janiak, executive director of WEDC. “As a women’s business center, WEDC’s goal throughout the year is to offer these types of forums and business training sessions to help our clients achieve their business goals.”

Otis and WEDC sponsor the annual small business conference to present topics of importance to local Chamber of Commerce members and other entrepreneurs. Past forums have focused on strategies to encourage buying local, cybersecurity, and health insurance options for small businesses. Representatives from state agencies and other organizations that provide services to small-business owners are also present to provide advice and answer questions on a one-on-one basis.

Small-business owners who were unable to attend the Oct. 20 forum can find a copy of Shaheen’s PowerPoint presentation on her website at technologytherapy.com, under the “Freebies” section. (Submitted)

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Stephanie, the scorpion whisperer RHYMES WITH CRAZY Lenore Skenazy

Stephanie Loria would like to set the record straight: “If you get stung by a scorpion and you are a healthy adult, you won’t die.” She paused, then added, “You may wish you were dead.

But they get such a bad rap.”

Yes, pity the poor scorpions—so misunderstood. Fortunately, the species has Loria on their side. A native of Glendale, Queens, and graduate of New York’s Catholic school system, she is perhaps the city’s only scorpion apologist. She loves the creatures, researches them, and this fall she got her Ph.D. in scorpion studies from the American Museum of Natural History’s Richard Guilder Graduate School. Other grads included a frog researcher, a bat specialist getting an honorary degree, and a guy who has identified 70 new species of wasps.

Not sure I’d want to be at their Christmas party. But having never seen an actual scorpion—or scorpion researcher—I did want to meet Loria. So the other day I went to the museum and was escorted past dozens of dinosaur-demanding school groups, up to the restricted fifth floor, past hundreds of lockers housing insect specimens, and then through a hall lined with clear plastic boxes containing... omg.

Tarantulas. Live tarantulas, the size of chipmunks, waving their furry legs.

How did “Night at the Museum” miss these guys?

One floor up I found Loria in her lab, scorpions at her side— dead. “We have some live stuff

downstairs, but those are more like pets,” she said. “These I actually collected during my trips to Southeast Asia.”

And how does one collect a scorpion? Well, Loria said, cheerful as a flight attendant, you just have to go into the jungle at night. Scorpions are black, so you can’t see them except by using an ultra-violet flashlight, but then they phosphoresce like Jimi Hendrix posters. They also shed their exoskeletons. So you look for glowing bits of dead scorpion on the trail leading you to a live one and then, using foot-long tweezers, you try to grab it as fast as you can before it scurries into its borrow.

At that point, says Loria, you often have “moths swarming around your face and you’re swallowing them, and sometimes you’re also near ants, and you’re covered with them, and some of them are pretty nasty.”

Long story short, if you don’t manage to grab the scorpion with the tweezers, sometimes you just dig them out.

That’s right: You stick your hands into a scorpion den HOPING you’ll find some.

One time, Loria recalls, she and her advisor were on a nighttime hunt in the Malaysian jungle when suddenly, a scorpion stung him. “Two of his fingers were paralyzed and he had a burning sensation moving up his arm and into his chest,” says Loria. “It was just me and him in the middle of nowhere.”

THEN WHAT HAPPENED???

“He took an antihistamine,” says Loria. By the morning, he was fine.

After an agonizing night.

Loria won’t let this prejudice you against scorpions. There are 2,200 species of them, she

says, and only 45 have poisonous venom. What’s more, they can live up to 25 years, and are members of the arachnid family, like spiders, but less popular. At arachnid conventions (I know, I know), “85 to 95 percent of the talks are about spiders,” says Loria, bummed. Scorpions get no respect. And yet, they have been around since before the dinosaurs.

In her own pre-history, Loria grew up digging millipedes and centipedes out of her backyard and bringing them inside, to her parents’ non-delight. She had an ant farm, a moth farm, and a grammar school teacher who showed her rubber replicas of bugs and encouraged her curiosity. One time, Loria wore a dead cicada’s shell on her nose to freak out her schoolmates.

It worked.

But Loria wasn’t really trying to disgust anyone. She was just fascinated by the “behind the scenes” work that insects and arachnids do. “If you watch any nature shows on TV, it’s always about big cats, or other mammals we relate to.” But the real heroes, she says, are the smaller creatures we rely on. Bees pollinate. Millipedes play a role in decomposing. Spiders and scorpions keep the insect population down.

By high school, she was taking after-school classes at the museum and did an internship studying flamingo behavior.

Now that she has her Ph.D., she is heading to San Francisco to start studying the evolution of scorpion venom. Her future looks so bright, she has to pinch herself.

Before anything else does.

CONTACT: lskenazy@yahoo.com

Protect your home against holiday fires Across New York state, people are putting in Christmas trees, hanging festive lights, lighting candles, and otherwise readying for the holiday season.

The Firemen’s Association of the State of New York, FASNY, urges all New Yorkers to enjoy the holidays with care, as this time of the year typically sees an uptick in home and house fires.

According to the National Fire Protection Association, NFPA, from 2010 to 2014, fire departments in the United States annually responded to an average of 210 fires that could be traced back to Christmas trees.

On average, one of every 34 Christmas tree-related fires resulted in a death, compared to the average of one death for every 142 home fires. A full third of these Christmas tree fires began because of faulty or haphazard holiday lighting and wiring.

“FASNY urges all New Yorkers to exercise care and caution while enjoying this holiday season,” said FASNY President Ken Pienkowski. “Please be certain that your homes are properly protected against fire, which includes showing care when setting up decorations, and ensuring smoke alarms are installed and functioning. Taking these simple steps will not only protect oneself, but also the brave firefighters who would respond to the emergency.”

In addition to the following holiday-specific safety tips, having working smoke alarms is critical in protecting against fires. Three of every five home fire deaths in the United States occur in homes without smoke alarms or working smoke alarms.

In 2015, legislation was passed and signed in Albany that will require all smoke alarms sold in New York state to be equipped with sealed-in, non-removable batteries capable of powering the device for at least 10 years.

These alarms do not require bat-

tery changes during their lifespan, and greatly reduce the possibility of human error impacting the fire safety of the home.

FASNY and the National Fire Protection Association offer the following safety tips.

When choosing a Christmas tree: • Check a tree for dryness while at the seller’s lot—shake the trunk above a light-colored surface and watch for falling needles. If too many dry needles fall, choose a fresher tree. A locally grown tree from New York may be fresher than one brought in from out of state.

• Avoid trees with an artificial-looking green tint on the branches or trunk—these trees may have been spray-painted to improve their appearance. The paint used may be combustible and could be hazardous as well.

When in doubt, ask the seller if they sell painted trees.

• Have the merchant saw off an inch or two from the trunk of the tree to help keep the tree fresh longer at home; also, if your tree is left outside, placing the trunk in a bucket of water will help keep it fresh.

• When disposing of a tree, DO NOT leave it inside a home or building; DO NOT place it against the exterior of a home or building. In both cases, the tree is likely dried out and thus poses an increased fire hazard.

When choosing holiday decorations and lighting: • When possible, choose decorations made with flame-resistant, flame-retardant or noncombustible materials. Look for these designations on the product’s packaging.

• Purchase lights and electrical decorations stamped with the name or symbol of an independent testing lab—for example, “UL” or Underwriters’ Laboratories—and ALWAYS follow the manufacturer’s instructions for installation and maintenance.

• Carefully inspect new and

previously used light strands.

Look for frayed cables and replace any damaged or missing bulbs before plugging lights in.

• Do not overload extension cords, power strips, or electrical outlets.

• When using power cords to illuminate outdoor displays, ensure that they are designated for EXTERNAL or outdoor use only— NEVER use power cords that are meant for indoor use. This information is usually indicated on the product’s packaging.

• Turn lights off overnight. If possible, use a timer device to turn your lights off automatically. This not only lessens the risk of fire, but saves on energy bills as well.

If you light holiday candles or candelabras (menorahs, window candles, etc.): • Keep lighted candles and candelabras at least 1 foot away from any combustible materials. DO NOT place candles anywhere near window curtains, furniture, wrapped gifts or anything else that could ignite.

• Place candles and candelabras where they cannot be knocked down or tipped/blown over. If possible, keep the candle inside a weighted holder or one with a wide base.

• Extinguish a candle before it burns to within 2 inches of its holder.

• NEVER leave a lighted candle unattended—extinguish a candle before leaving the room.

• Discourage the use of candles in bedrooms and other areas where you may fall asleep.

• Store matches and lighters in high places, out of the reach of children, and ideally inside a locked cabinet.

• Consider using battery-powered candles instead; if using electrical “plug-in” candles, follow manufacturers’ instructions.

For more information, visit the National Fire Protection Association’s website at nfpa.org.

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Foul shots LIVE MIKE Mike Smith

Maybe it’s because I’ve been watching a lot of Knicks basketball, but lately, I’ve been thinking about free throws. Over the last week, the Knicks have squared off twice against the Sacramento Kings in contests that have featured two All-Star big men—Kings center DeMarcus Cousins and Knicks center Joakim Noah—who just so happen to be absolutely abysmal from the charity stripe.

Now, perhaps it’s a little bit unfair to put Cousins’ struggles from the line quite in the same vein as Noah’s. So far this year, the burgeoning superstar has shot just 75 percent from the foul line, which is bad enough to put him in the bottom 25 of all qualified NBA players.

Noah, on the other hand, who made his money as a player who can do just about everything

other than score the basketball, has been more than a bit worse, making his free throws at an absurd 31 percent clip.

It might seem strange to see these stars—men at the top of their physical profession—fail so mightily at what seems to be the easiest part of their jobs, but then I started to think that maybe shooting foul shots is one of the sneakily most daunting tasks in sports.

Putting aside the physical aspects of the free throw (it’s been well documented that taller players are at a disadvantage when it comes to hitting at a high percentage), I have to imagine that the foul line is the loneliest place in all of sports.

Athletes—no matter the level—are certainly not exempt from facing mental obstacles.

Just look at a golfer who inexplicably loses the ability to sink putts or a baseball player—looking at you, Steve Sax or Jon Lester—who suddenly can’t make a routine throw to a base; a small hiccup in the mind can undo

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years and years of work on the most basic fundamentals.

But whereas a case of the yips on the baseball field or on the golf course can serve to quickly derail a once-promising career, bad foul shooting in the NBA seems to be an accepted part of the game. As long as a player can help his team in other ways, like the explosive DeAndre Jordan, he’s going to be out on the court, playing meaningful minutes, and inevitably called upon to head to the foul line several times a game.

Late in the Knicks’ Sunday night win over the Kings, Noah was fouled late in the game and proceeded to sink both shots to help New York hold on to a slim lead. But it wasn’t the Knicks big man’s actual shots that came to mind when I thought about the game the following day.

After Noah’s first shot, Cousins walked up to him with a smile on his face and mimicked his “unique” motion, causing Noah to flash a sheepish grin.

Will Tuck takes a foul shot during Mamaroneck’s Dec. 9 game against Suffern. If you ask Sports Editor Mike Smith, the foul line is the loneliest place in all of sports. Photo/Mike Smith

And maybe, that’s the most healthy way to deal with being a poor shooter from the

line; just chuckle, put your head down, and keep shooting until you make one.

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Tigers take third in tourney

A Mamaroneck wrestler battles a Rye opponent on Dec. 10 at the 43rd annual Tiger Tournament at Hommocks. The hosts finished in third place behind two Long Island schools. Photo/Mike Smith

On Dec. 10, Mamaroneck played host to the 43rd annual Tiger Tournament, as wrestlers from all over Section I and beyond took the mat at Hommocks Middle School. When the dust had settled, it was Long Island-based Wantagh that took top honors, although Mamaroneck’s grapplers acquitted themselves well, placing third out of 18 schools.

Wantagh’s A-team dominated

the competition, earning top finishes in eight weight classes to outpoint second-place Shoreham-Wading River A 349.5-202.

With 132.5 points, Mamaroneck A edged the CHSAA program from Monsignor Farrell to finish a healthy third.

The Tigers’ A squad was led by a number of top-three finishes, as Crew Fullerton (132 pounds), Mike McGowan (145),

and Trent Wechsler (152) all earned a trip to the podium with solid performances.

Other local teams in attendance included Iona Prep, which finished with 84 points to tie for seventh place, and Rye, which gathered 47 points to place 10th.

Mamaroneck’s B team ended up tied for 12th place with 38 points.

-Reporting by Mike Smith

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Tigers stop Suffern boys basketball non-league

MAMARONECK 58 SUFFERN 52 MAMARONECK HS

12/9/16

Game Notes: • Will Tuck scored a teamhigh 15 points, 11 of which came in the second half • Jared Bader and Christian Pincon combined for 22 points • Mamaroneck is currently 3-0 on the season, with two wins coming in OT

By MIKE SMITH Sports Editor Victories haven’t been easy to come by for Mamaroneck’s basketball team this year, but, easy or not, they’ve been coming nonetheless. On Dec. 9, the Tigers picked up their secondstraight victory of the season, outlasting Suffern in a 58-52 tilt.

Of the Tigers’ three wins this year, the game against Suffern was the only contest not to be decided in overtime—although a late run by the Mounties did

Ethan Renner brings the ball up court against Suffern.

make things interesting for a time.

Mamaroneck built up an eight-point lead by halftime, but Suffern turned the tide in the third quarter, cutting the Tiger lead to just three points. According to Mamaroneck coach Ty Carver, the Tigers have struggled

Will Tuck drives to the lane in the fourth quarter of Mamaroneck’s Dec. 9 game against Suffern. Tuck had 15 points in the win.

somewhat in the second half this year, and their showing against Suffern was no exception.

“We’ve got to give them credit for the way they came out in the second half; they had a little more fire than we did,” he said. “But that has been the second game in a row now where we’ve had a pretty lethargic third quarter, and that’s a point of emphasis that we’re going to need to correct or else we’re going to be in trouble.”

Luckily for the Tigers, Mamaroneck was able to roar back to life late, thanks in part to a tremendous effort by forward Will Tuck, who scored 11 of his team-high 15 points in the second half, including converting on a 3-point play late in the fourth quarter that effectively put the game out of reach.

“I just think Will refused to lose, he’s played well in our first two games and he’s been a leader for us,” Carver said. “He just had that mentality where he wasn’t going to let us lose tonight.”

The win came on the heels of Mamaroneck’s Dec. 7 seasonopening double overtime win against Ramapo in which Tuck tallied 31 points and six rebounds. On Dec. 10, at the Harry Jefferson Showcase at White Plains High School, the Tigers came away with another overtime win, riding 19 points from Tuck to top Tuckahoe 55-52.

These early tests have been

James Manetta finds an open teammate against Suffern. The Tigers are 3-0 on the year.

Tommy Martin hoists up a shot in traffic against the Mounties. Photos/Mike Smith

important for Mamaroneck, Carver said, especially given the relative youth of his team.

“To be honest with you, I actually love it,” he said. “We have a bunch of inexperienced guys,

so to have these guys get that experience of playing in close games and to be able to get victories through it, it’s definitely a good process.”

The Tigers will be on the road

on Dec. 15, after press time, when they travel to East Fishkill to take on John Jay before hosting Sleepy Hollow next week.

CONTACT: sports@hometwn.com

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