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Larchmont American Le-gion Post 347 honored the fall-en, POW/MIA’s and living vet-erans in a series of poignant, emotional ceremonies at their Flint Park location on Friday, November 11.

Officials attending in-cluded Village of Larchmont Trustees Peter Fanelli; Mal-colm Frouman and John Komar on behalf of Mayor Lorraine Walsh; Town of Ma-maroneck (TOM) Council-woman Jaine Elkind Eney;

A.L. Post 347 Honors the Fallen, POW/MIA’s and Living Veterans

Facing Staggering Clean Water Repair Costs, Coalition Calls for State Public Works Grants and Assistance

Left to right: Larchmont Trustee Peter Fanelli; New York State Senator George Latimer; Trustees Malcolm Frouman, John Komar.

Seaman First Class Eric Fridenvalds displays his Bronze Star.

Councilman Thomas A. Mur-phy; Councilman/Deputy Su-pervisor Ernie Odierna; New York State (NYS) Assemblyman Steven Otis; TOM Supervisor Nancy Seligson and NYS Sena-tor George Latimer.

“I am very happy and honored to be with veterans on Veterans Day because I think that the veterans in our com-munity give us such an added dimension, with their experi-ence, their service and being part of the community,” Selig-son stated. “They add to the richness of our lives…”

Commander Al Bend-er performed the POW/MIA Remembrance Ceremony, accompanied by members of Boy Scout Troop 4 utilizing a little table with symbols of captivity. “This table set for one is small—symbolizing frailty of one prisoner alone against his/her oppressors... More than 78,000 Americans are still unaccounted for from World War II; 8,100 from Ko-rea; 120 from the Cold War; 1,810 from Viet Nam and 3 from the Gulf War,” Bender stressed.

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Joining an unlikely coa-lition of construction execu-tives, union officials and con-servationists, a group of local municipal officials and state lawmakers gathered on No-vember 16 at Hommocks Con-servation area in Mamaroneck to focus attention on the critically needed clean water infrastructure projects in Ma-

maroneck, New Rochelle and surrounding communities.

“Projects discussed not only included needed upgrades to wastewater and drinking water facilities, but the very underground infrastructure of pipes and culverts that are currently crumbling beneath our feet,” said Nancy Seligson, Supervisor of the Town of Ma-

maroneck. “Aging infrastruc-ture is a crisis not just here in the Sound Shore area but throughout the county, state and nation,” she added.

These projects, which in many cases will cost millions of dollars, cannot be fully funded by the municipalities on their own, the group explained. The projects are vital to ensuring

that wastewater is properly treated and managed in order to protect streams, rivers and Long Island Sound.

At the news conference, it was pointed out that the fragile conservation area along Hommocks Road itself could be threatened by over-flow. The group commended

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A wealth of love, goodwill and musical entertainment flowed through Benziger Hall at Manhattanville College during the 15th Annual Thanksgiving Diversity Breakfaston Thurs-day, November 17 under the auspices of American Jewish Committee (AJC) Westchester/Fairfield and record 130 spon-sors and partners.

Over 350 Jewish, Muslim, Christians of many races and creeds from Westchester and outlying communities attend-ed. This year’s Diversity Break-fast theme was “#We Walk Together,” honoring Dr. Mah-jabeen Hassan, a plastic sur-

Thanksgiving Diversity Breakfast Honors Community Leaders

Left to right: AJC Westchester/Fairfield Director Scott Richman; former Westchester County Legislator and New Rochelle School Board President Pearl Quarles.

Westchester Jewish Council President Paul Warhit; Damon R. Maher, Interreligious Council of New Rochelle.

geon and founder of American Muslim Women’s Association; Reverend Stephen C. Holton, St. James Episcopal Church, North Salem and Dr. Carl Pro-cario-Foley, Office of Mission and Ministry at Iona College, New Rochelle.

Procario-Foley’s depart-ment developed many pro-grams such as the Success After School Center plus student out-reach initiatives including Hab-itat for Humanity, Best Buddies and Project Sunshine chapters.

Reverend Holton helped organize #We Walk Together and directs “Warriors of the Dream,” at St. Philip’s, Harlem where people of many back-grounds share their spirits

through prayer, drumming, food and sacred words of the heart.

Manhattanville College President Dr. Michael E. Geisler suggested that G-d confused the language and scattered the peo-ple of Babel not to build vertical towers, competing with Him but horizontally, using different lan-guages and skills to help solve problems facing humanity.

In the Benediction, Tem-ple Israel Center Senior Rabbi Gordon Tucker referred to the 59th chapter of the Book of Isa-iah in which the prophet depicts G-d as “donning righteousness (or charity) as a coat of mail.”

“Later rabbinic commen-

Ruth Hassel-Thompson, Special Advisor for Policy and Community Affairs of State homes and Commu-nity Renewal, Office of NY Governor Andrew Cuomo.

tators wondered why righteous-ness would be described in that unusual way; the answer they gave is that a coat of mail is composed of many small met-al plates, each one seemingly so insignificant in size that it would hardly seem to make a difference…But when they are hooked together, they combine to create a protective armor.

“In the same way, they said, individual acts of char-ity, of support, of solidarity, of compassion may all seem insignificantly small by them-selves… It is precisely then that we are asked to heed this reas-surance…that they can draw to-gether…and create a protective armor for the society of decen-cy, love and generous inclusion for which we fervently pray…,” Tucker concluded.

The Co-Op Summer En-richment Committee recently released their findings regard-ing the longstanding Co-Op Summer program in the Ma-maroneck School District. The committee was formed in July 2016 and is made up of parents, educators, community mem-bers, non-profit partners, local businesses and young adult Co-Op counselors. Together, they studied the importance of a school-based summer program for “at risk” students” — stu-dents who are “at risk” for low academic performance and/or socio-emotional/behavioral problems as indicated by so-cio-economic risk factors and/or identification by school-based professionals.

STEM Alliance Vice Pres-ident of Programs, Antonella Kauffman further explained the Steering Committee’s work saying, “The importance of summer enrichment cannot be understated. The STEM Alli-ance is thrilled to work in collab-oration with so many interested stakeholders to consider how we can use summer learning as a platform for offering creative, student-driven experiences. What’s more, we can employ teenagers and give them valu-able mentoring and leadership experience.”

Using a collaborative de-sign process and relevant re-search, the committee made two primary recommendations about the Co-Op program. First, the Mamaroneck School

Co-Op Steering Committee Envisions Equal Access to Summer Enrichment

District should make equal ac-cess to summer enrichment an explicit finan-cial and policy priority. Sec-ond, the school district should hire a commu-nity based or-ganization to administer the program and focus on contin-uous quality im-provement.

Iris Her-nandez, Mama-roneck Avenue School teacher and Co-Op El-ementary Pro-gram Director, stated “The Co-Op program offers an en-riching, stimulating summer academic experience that is woven into recreation and ex-ploration. All students — es-pecially those with academic and social needs — benefit tremendously from the conti-nuity of a school-based expe-rience.”

Recently, both locally and nationally, there has been a focus on “summer slide” — the loss of academic skills and knowledge over the course of summer vacation. This loss contributes to a cumulative achievement gap between stu-dents from higher income ver-sus lower income households.

The Co-Op Steering Commit-tee stated that the mission of Co-Op should be to mitigate summer slide by “providing a continuum of services and ac-ademic enrichment while en-couraging summer fun.”

The Steering Commit-tee presented their findings during the public meeting of the Mamaroneck School Board on Tuesday, November 15th in the Mamaroneck High School Tiered Classroom.

More information and the full report of the Co-Op Steer-ing Committee can be found on the STEM Alliance’s website: www.lmstemalliance.org/co-op-summer.html.

Co-Op students participate in a story telling workshop during summer 2016. Credit: Iris Hernandez

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BY LINNET TSE

“Access! Access! Ac-cess!” . . . is what LMCTV is all about, explained Matt Sulli-van, LMCTV Chief Operating Officer, at the Larchmont-Ma-maroneck Local Summit’s Oc-tober 18 breakfast program. Since its inception in 1983, LMCTV has been the Larch-mont-Mamaroneck-Rye Neck community’s public access television station. Since those early days, it has focused on serving three segments of the community – the public, the school districts, and the municipal government. It provides the community with

LMCTV: So Much More Than Just a Public Access Television Stationaccess to local government/school proceedings, while at the same time providing those bodies with access to broad audiences. As times, needs, and technology changed, LMCTV expanded its services in order to fulfill its objective of providing the best service to the community. Panelists – Sullivan, Studio Production Manager Dena Schumacher, Senior News Producer Sheyla Navarro, and Office and Com-munity Bulletin Board Man-ager Sharon Latimer-Mosley – highlighted key LMCTV of-ferings for the Local Summit audience.

Of the many services LMCTV provides, it is prob-ably best known for its local programming, which airs on three different channels (Ca-blevision 75/76/77 and Veri-zon 34/35/36). Sullivan shared that in 2015 alone, LMCTV covered 150 municipal meet-ings, 80 sports contests, 225 student-produced segments, 200 community events and on-location shows, and 50 segments of its popular news show, “The Local Live.”

Keeping the com-munity informed of local government proceedings is a fundamental part of

LMCTV’s mission. Channel 76/35 is dedicated to munic-ipal meetings; it airs live and replayed coverage of village board, town council, and school board meetings (both Mamaroneck and Rye Neck). LMCTV also covers other key municipal meetings and provides a platform for local official and candidates to be heard, through programs such as “Meet the Candi-

dates.” According to Sullivan,

LMCTV plays a similar role for our two school districts and local not-for-profit or-ganizations. Besides school board meetings, it broad-casts high school sports contests, concerts, plays and other events and also fosters programming produced by students. Through its cov-erage of community events

and on-location shows, in-cluding the Local Summit’s monthly breakfast pro-grams, LMCTV also provides not-for-profit organizations with an important means of reaching the community. In addition, community mem-bers can request coverage of their not-for-profit organi-zation’s events, and are also encouraged to produce seg-

Matt Sullivan, COO of LMCTV, and the other pictures the four panelists, from left to right: Studio Production Manager Dena Schumacher, Senior News Producer Sheyla Navarro, Chief Operating Officer Matt Sullivan, and Office and Com-munity Bulletin Board Manager Sharon Latimer-Mosley.

A Gift of Art has become a celebrated tradition at the Mamaroneck Artists Guild. The annual Holiday Show and Boutique, which show-cases affordable and unique handmade gifts for every-one on your holiday list, opens on Friday, Novem-ber 25, 2016, and continues through Thursday, Decem-ber 24, 2016. An opening

Original Fine Art Available at Mamaroneck Artists Guildreception will be held on Saturday, December 3, from 4 to 6pm.

Original, one-of-a-kind fine art is available in a va-riety of media including paintings, photographs of local interest, sculpture, handmade jewelry, ceram-ics, and wearable art. They have calendars, cards, art-ists’ books and gifts for the

tree. Or, for the art lover on your list, give a gift card or ‘Friend of the Gallery’ mem-bership.

Gallery Hours during Gift of Art are 7 days from 12 Noon to 5 PM and by ap-pointment.

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The Board of Education’s November 4 meeting fea-tured an update on District Elementary literacy initia-tives, which include a collab-orative all-hands-on-deck ap-proach by faculty members to build a community of en-gaged student readers. Ad-ministrators and staff mem-bers described an intense focus on helping individual students in the youngest

Board of Education Meeting Puts a Spotlight on Literacy grades (K-2) progress along their personalized reading continua and pointed to stu-dents’ unprecedented “en-ergy and excitement around books.”

“Each reader is a puzzle. We’re really the facilitators of 2,600 idiosyncratic read-ing journeys,” said Assistant Superintendent for Curric-ulum and Instruction An-nie Ward, who, along with

her team, has been working tirelessly to ensure that stu-dents have access to engag-ing books in subject areas of interest to them and that they benefit from reading in-struction and intervention in the early years, beginning in Kindergarten.

Ward was joined by Literacy Ambassador Mag-gie Hoddinott and RTI (Re-sponse to Intervention) Co-ordinator Julie Wright in discussing alignment of the literacy work with one of the District’s primary Stretch Goals: “Ensure all students read capably and volumi-nously across genres for a variety of meaningful pur-poses.” (Stretch Goals were presented to the community at the September 20 Board of Education meeting.) The team presented on several key components in place that are critical to achieving this goal -- including sum-mer slide prevention; class-room library renovations/bookmatching; and what they call the early literacy “lift.”Summer Slide Prevention

Based on research

showing that the expected rate of reading regression among economically disad-vantaged students over the summer is two months, the District implemented a pro-gram this past summer to prevent summer slide. With staff guidance, more than 400 Mamaroneck School District students from all four elementary schools participated in an initia-tive that replicated a book give-away program created by well-known research-ers Dr. Allington and Dr. McGill-Franzen. Students self-selected 15 books to take home and keep over the summer, and the reading levels among these students were assessed in June, 2016, just prior to the start of the summer, and then again in September, 2016. Of the 422 students participating in the program, 84% of them ended up reading between four and 15 of the books; us-ing the District’s universal screening tool, Fountas and Pinnell, 80% of participating students were shown to have advanced or maintained their reading levels over the summer.

“These results are ex-traordinary, given the sam-ple size and that it was in a single year,” remarked Su-perintendent of Schools Dr. Robert I. Shaps. “What we found was that the students participating in our summer initiative seemed to experi-ence a similar rate of growth to the rest of our body of kids.”

Classroom library ren-o v a t i o n s / B o o k m a t c h i n g Hoddinott talked about the infusion of 1,100+ hand-se-lected titles into classrooms last spring, totaling more than 17,000 new books for all elementary classrooms. She emphasized the impor-tance of the collaborative work among teachers, librar-ians, reading specialists, and coaches to match the ‘just right’ book with individual students so that students will interact with the text. From graphic novels and nonfiction picture books, to books on bizarre and/or for-bidden topics, or wordless books, Hoddinott has been researching books with “kid appeal” and revamping class-room libraries so they are vibrant and dynamic places

for all readers. As one of the elementary school prin-cipals said, “The new books have created a new culture. When the students open the books, they are excited by them.” Bookmatching is taking place with both striv-ing and thriving readers.

Kindergarten Early Literacy “Lift”

In identifying a set of non-negotiable skills and/or benchmarks that the young-est learners must achieve in Kindergarten -- such as let-ter identification and sound recognition -- the District has been placing an empha-sis on reading instruction, assessment and interven-tion in the early years.

Wright explained how reading growth among stu-dents is a community-wide issue and one that all staff members throughout the district, at all grade levels, are involved with. “Collec-tively, we have a shared responsibility for the read-ing growth of all of our stu-dents,” she said. Reading in-terventions begin in grades K-2 and continue in the up-per elementary grades for those who need them.”

After a long October weekend, Hommocks 8th grader Juliette Nask and MHS sophomore Katherine Orgielewicz, made it into the New York State Public High School Tennis Finals and brought home the Bronze medal for a 3rd Place win! Their 3rd Place win followed several weeks of competitive tennis against 12 different sections in New York State, 785 public high schools and more than 6,000 students. Both girls represented Ma-maroneck schools and com-munity proudly.

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The Mamaroneck School District has a record number of students chosen at the State level to perform in Rochester at this year’s All-State Music Festival December 1-4, 2016. With 12 acceptances, eight Ma-maroneck High School (MHS) students will participate in the Festival. Additionally, on the county level, 34 MHS students were chosen and performed in the Area All-State Festival on November 10, 2016 at SUNY Purchase.

“The number of students selected to perform in these festivals this year is testament to the exceptionally hard work our students put in and to the talent that we have here in Ma-maroneck,” said Coordinator of K-12 Music Dina Madden. “We’re so proud of what our music students accomplish.”

Thousands of students audition from all over New York State for the opportunity to participate in the All-State Festival with guest conduc-tors from various universities

Record Number of MHS Students Participate in Music Festivals this Year

throughout the United States. Selection of high school mu-sicians to All-State and Area All-State, where students participate with top student musicians throughout West-chester, is based on students’ ratings from the New York School Music Association (NYSSMA) Solo Festival last spring.

All-State and Area All-State groups are open to all high school music students throughout the State and Westchester respectively. Band, chorus and orchestra students selected to partic-ipate come together to re-hearse for their upcoming performances.

This year’s All-State ac-ceptances include: Jared Berg-er, Instrumental Jazz – trum-pet; Skyler Lesser-Roy, Mixed Chorus - soprano; Will Fishell, Instrumental Jazz – trum-pet; Carly Levin-Santalone, Women’s Chorus - soprano; Will Fishell, Wind Ensem-ble – trumpet; Ian Melamed,

Alternate – cello; Ties Jansen, Mixed Chorus – tenor; Spen-cer Robinson, String Orches-tra – double bass; Lucie Le Blanc, Alternate – cello; Benny Rosenzweig, Instrumental Jazz – tenor sax; Skyler Lesser-Roy, Alternate – violin, and Molly Sloane, Women’s Chorus – alto.

Students accepted into the Westchester County Area All-State Festival include: Mi-chayla Baigel, Patricia Ballard, Lauren Barragan, Jared Berger, Alex Birger, Natalie Bunta, Will Fishell, Hannah George, Haru-ki Gonai, Rosa-Sofia Kamins-ki, Lucie Le Blanc, Kyle Lefler, Skyler Lesser-Roy, Evan Maca-luso, Grace Maffucci, Rebecca Mancuso, Max McLoughlin, Ian Melamed, Samuel Morton, Joshua Nidus, Seamus O'Brien, Sofia Pantigoso, Victoria Rev-ich, Spencer Robinson, Leah Roffman, Atoosa Scheuer, Kevin Shen, Julia Shen, Mol-ly Sloane, Julianne Stowell, Chase Thede, Grant Tucker, and Darcy Tyler, Hayley Weis-stuch.

Continuing a Stepinac High School tradition of supporting Special Olym-pics New York in the Hudson Valley, a contingent of 40 se-niors raised $8,000 by par-ticipating in the 8th Annual Polar Plunge (Freezin’ for a Reason) held recently in Glen Island, New Rochelle. After braving the chilly waters of Long Island Sound, students proudly struck a victorious pose for Special Olympics that provides year-round sports training and athletic competitions for children and adults living with intel-lectual disabilities.

Taking the Polar Plunge (Freezin’ for a Reason)Founded in 1948,

Archbishop Stepinac High School’s mission is to offer young men a highly compet-itive academic and extra-curricular program that will prepare them for college and leadership roles. The faculty and staff accomplish these objectives by pursuing ex-cellence and creating a sup-portive, disciplined atmo-sphere with a strong sense of camaraderie and Chris-tian values that are unique to the Stepinac experience. For more information on Stepinac High School visit www.stepinac.org.

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The Women’s Club of Larchmont Holiday Book and Author Luncheon takes place December 9, at Orienta Beach Club. Featured authors are Nancy DeRosa, Michael Riedel and Jennifer McCartney. They will all be available to autograph their books. The Luncheon is also the clubs Pantry Drive, donations are appreciated. Call Anne-Mieke Smeets at 834-0194 for tickets and additional information.

Upcoming“Family Gatherings: The

Photographs of Richard Mar-golis” will be on view in the Koslowe Gallery of Westches-ter Jewish Center, Palmer and Rockland Avenues, Ma-maroneck through Decem-ber. Call 698-2960 for details.

Painting Classes with art-ist Patricia Miner-Sutherland are held at the Larchmont-Ma-maroneck Senior Center at the VFW Post at 1288 Boston Post Road, Larchmont, every Wednesday from 1pm-3pm. All media are taught, beginners and advanced painters are wel-come. Call 834-8840 for more information.

The Greater Westchester Orchid Society meets at the Harrison Community Center, 216 Halstead Avenue, Harrison on the second Tuesday of each month at 7pm. Those interest-ed are asked to contact Cordelia Dirlam at 973-420-4966.

Harrison residents can write letters to Santa (remem-ber to include name and home address). Letters should be addressed to NORTH POLE and dropped off at the Sollazzo Center, 270 Harrison Avenue or The Recreation Department at Town Hall, 1 Heineman Place or the Leo Mintzer Center, 251 Underhill Avenue, West Harri-son. All letters must be received prior to December 20.

The Larchmont Chamber of Commerce will Light up Larchmont on December 3 from 3-6pm in Constitution Park. Visit Larchmont-Chamber.org to learn more.

Westchester Philharmonic Annual Winter Pops concert takes place on December 18 at 3pm in The Concert Hall at the Purchase Performing Arts Center, 735 Anderson Hill Road, Purchase. The concert is led by Principal Conductor Ted Sperling and features the return of audience favorite singer, Ashley Brown. Meet the artists and enjoy hors d’oeu-vres and wine at the “Pops after Party” (reservations required). For tickets visit westchesterphil.org.

The League of Women Voters of Westchester host retired Chief Judge of New York State and Chief Judge of the New York State Court of Appeals, The Honorable Jonathon Lippman, who will be the speaker at the annual holiday luncheon on Dec. 9 at 1pm at the Scarsdale Woman’s Club, 37 Drake Road, Scarsdale. Visit www.lwvw.org for tickets or call 450-2684.

Red Grooms: The Blue and The Gray exhibition runs through February 12 at The Hudson River Museum, 511 Warburton Ave., Yonkers. In this new exhibition Grooms, fascinated by military history turns to the Civil War. His paintings and installations are a parade of Civil War person-alities, Grant, Jackson, Sherman, Southern Belles and union spies. Visit HRM.org for details.

On December 7, a Workshop, Plan for your Future and Avoid Guard-ianship, from 10am – 12Noon at the Greenburgh Public Library, 300 Tarrytown Road, Elmsford will be presented by attorneys from the firm of Littman Krooks LLP, including Amy O’Hara. Reservations are required, seating is limited, call 898-2114 or email [email protected].

The Performing Arts Cen-ter of Purchase College, 735 An-derson Hill Road, Purchase host the following: On December 15 at 8pm, Hip Hop Nutcracker at 8pm in the Concert Hall; And on December 16 and 17 at 8pm, The Rob Mathes Holiday Concert with a new spin on Christmas classics. Tickets at www.artscen-ter.org or call 251-6200.

Westchester County Co-ed Volleyball Tournament will be held at the Westchester County Center in White Plains on Wednesday and Thursday, January 4 & 5, 7pm to 11pm.The Tournament is open to men and women, 18 and older and will be played in a Round Robin format on Wednesday to determine the ranking of each team and a double elimination tournament round on Thursday. Fee is $200 per team. The Tournament is sponsored by Westchester County Parks and Westchester Parks Foundation. Go to county-center.biz to download an appli-cation. Registration deadline is December 20.

Shop Local for the Holi-days! Jingle, Shop and Mingle and show your Larchmont Local Spirit with the Chamber Selfie Contest. Visit Larchmontcham-ber.org for rules or post to Insta-gram or Facebook using #larch-montjingleshopandmingle and #lovelarchmont. Tag your loca-tion.

The Mamaroneck Public Library, 136 Prospect Avenue

will present the following pro-grams; On December 5, Coloring for Grown Ups, 4-6:30pm in the Community Room; December 22 at 11am the film Florence Foster Jenkins featuring Meryl Streep in the Community Room. Call 630-5887 for details.

Westchester County Holiday Model Train Display takes place weekends through December 18 at Lasdon Park Arboretum and Veterans Me-morial in Somers. Santa will be on hand, visitors can take trac-tor drawn wagon rides and the Lasdon main garden will be lit with sparkling lights. The main house will display the huge model train display. The library will present holiday movies and storytelling at various times. For hours and prices visit www.lasdonpark.org or call 864-7268.

On December 7, The Pur-chase College Conservatory of Music present The Purchase Latin Jazz Orchestra in the Conservatory of Music, Choral Hall at 8pm, and the program is free. On December 9 at 7pm and December 10 at 1pm, “Amahl and the Night Visitors” a fully staged opera, performed in En-glish, tickets at the website. On December 11 at 5pm, Mozart's Mass in C minor featuring the Purchase Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in The Performing Arts Center. For tickets and ad-ditional information visit www.purchase.edu.

The Larchmont Public

Library, 121 Larchmont Avenue, Larchmont hosts the following events: Wednesday, December 28 at 3pm, “Joe the Magic Man” for ages 5 – 10 (a free ticket is re-quired and distributed on a first come first served basis); Decem-ber 8 at 7pm, a presentation by National Parks Services Ranger, Mark St. John, on the History of Ellis Island, in the Village Center, registration is not required; De-cember 14 at 11am and 2:30pm, the movie “Florence Foster Jen-kins” presented in the Village Center, registration not neces-sary. Call 834-2281 for details.

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Rye Historical Society presents a Holiday Program – “Square House by Candlelight” from 7-9pm. The free event features docents who will guide visitors by candlelight for a tour or the historic land-mark. Mulled cider and holiday cookies will be offered during the festive evening. The Square House is located at 1 Purchase Street, Rye. For additional in-formation contact www.rye-history.org or call 967-7588.

St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Heathcote Hall, Post Road and Mount Pleasant Ave-nues, Mamaroneck host their Annual Christmas Fair and Auction from 10am to 4pm. All proceeds support At Home on the Sound, a local non-profit serving older adults in Larch-mont and Mamaroneck. For

more information contact [email protected] or call 698-0300.

5The Osteoporosis Aware-

ness Group will meet from 7-9pm at Burke Rehabilitation Hospital, 785 Mamaroneck Ave-nue, White Plains, Bldg. #4. The guest speaker is Robert Lindsay, MD, PhD, and former President of the National Osteoporosis Foundation. The meeting also celebrates the Holiday and at-tendees are encouraged to bring a calcium rich dessert or appe-tizer. Contact Susan at 260-9339 for more information.

6In recognition of Israel’s

“Honor Day” which honors soldiers and victims of terror, Westchester Jewish Council and The JCC of Harrison, 130 Union Avenue will host The Consul General of Israel in New York, the Hon. Dani Dayan, the Hon. Shuli Mualem, a member of the Knesset and Gil Revivo, an Israeli soldier. Call 835-2850 for infor-mation or 328-7001.

10At 2 and 4pm, Charles

Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, Live Radio Theater will be held in Glenview Great Hall, Hudson River Museum, 511 Warburton Avenue, Yonkers. Visit hrm.org for details.

11The Rye Arts Center, 51 Mil-

ton Road, Rye presents “Seasons

Readings” a family friendly af-ternoon of holiday plays followed by refreshments from 4-5:30pm. For tickets visit ryeartscenter.org or call 967-0700.

The Town of Mamaroneck Annual Toy Drive/Skate with Santa event takes place at Hom-mocks Ice Rink from Noon to 2pm. Gifts should not be wrapped and can be dropped off at either The Mamaroneck Fire Department, 205 Weav-er Street or at the Santa Skate Event. All gifts are donated to local hospitals and charities. Visit TMFD.org to learn more.

Westchester Jewish Cen-ter, Palmer and Rockland Ave-nues, Mamaroneck will present a Brunch and Learn program called “Welcome the Stranger; Support the Refugees” at 10am. To RSVP contact Holly Fink at [email protected]

A Blue Christmas Service is scheduled at St. Thomas Church, 168 West Boston Post Road, Mamaroneck at 2pm The service, with liturgy and music is intended for those for whom the holidays are not a joyful time. For more information call 698-0300.

18St. Thomas Episcopal

Church, 168 West Boston Post Road, Mamaroneck presents a candlelight Advent Service of Lessons and Carols. For more information visit www.sainttho-masmmrk.org or call 698-0300.


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More than 130 communi-ty STEM enthusiasts attended a landmark fundraising cel-ebration at Derecktor Ship-yards on Saturday, October 22nd to celebrate the launch of a groundbreaking new educational partnership be-tween the STEM Alliance of Larchmont- Mamaroneck and Mamaroneck’s historic ship-building company.

The STEM Alliance, a non-profit organization creat-ed to support STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math) learning initiatives for public school students, plans to launch an apprenticeship program centered around boat building in partnership with the shipyard, connecting students to the boat building industry and applied STEM learning.

“These local craftsman are a dying breed, and we are at a critical moment where a generation of mentors could pass on their skills to the next generation while also working to bring the next generation’s knowledge of cutting-edge technology to age-old hand-work skills,” said Margaret

Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs for Brooklyn College, Dr. William Tramontano and STEM Alliance President Margaret Käufer. Photo Credit: Sam Nesser

STEM Alliance Celebration Cements Partnership with Derecktor Shipyards Käufer, President of the STEM Alliance. “It’s the crafts of the past meeting the workforce of the future - right now and right here in our town.”

The October 22nd event brought together area par-ents, local business leaders, and the educational commu-nity — including Dr. William Tramontano, Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs for Brooklyn College, which has commissioned a research vessel currently be-ing built at Derecktor Ship-yards.

“We’ve been part of the fabric of the Mamaroneck community since 1947. My brother and I grew up work-ing in the shipyard so we know personally the value of hands-on learning,” said Paul Derecktor, President of Derecktor Shipyards. “That’s why we were so excit-ed when the STEM Alliance reached out to us, because we welcome the involvement of young people in what we’re doing here and we think it will be tremendously beneficial for everyone involved.”

Founded in 2013, the

STEM Alliance is committed to fostering the development of applied STEM learning proj-ects in the community by con-necting local individuals and organizations with educators at public schools. In addition to the boat building appren-ticeships, the Alliance is also working on a variety of initia-tives, including:

• Hour of Code – Working with schools to en-courage each student to devote at least one hour to coding-re-lated activities during Com-puter Science Education Week (December 5 - 11);

• Tinkering Nights – Interactive “maker” nights at local public schools for ele-mentary school students and their parents, starting in No-vember and running all year;

• Robotics Team Com-petitions – Hommocks Middle School and Mamaroneck High School teams will be com-peting at local and regional competitions. The teams are seeking local sponsors. {Learn more at http://lmstemalliance.org/robotics-k-12.html}

• AMC-8 Math Com-petition at Hommocks Middle

School held on November 15, 2016

• Mini STEM-tas-tic “Choose Your Challenge” Night – A free event that will mix hands-on learning with competitive spirit. Friday, March 24, 2017, 6-9pm, Hom-mocks Middle School.

For more information on the STEM Alliance of Larch-mont-Mamaroneck, to get involved, or to find out how you can provide support, visit their website: www.lmste-malliance.org

By popular demand, John McIntyre returns to At Home on the Sound on Tuesday, De-cember 20, with a reprise of his “Great American Songbook” sing-along! At Home on the Sound caters to residents 60 and over with services and programs on a variety subjects.

McIntyre will lead the room in a variety of tunes, from Cole Por-ter’s “Kiss Me Kate” and “Brush Up Your Shakespeare” to “Swinging on a Star” along with joyful season-al melodies. Lyrics will be provided John McIntyre

At Home on the Sound Features a Sing-alongfor maximum enjoyment.

McIntyre, a retired Mama-roneck High School teacher with a Master’s from Middlebury, says that wherever he has found him-self in life, he has always sung in groups, large and small. The pro-gram is free and open to the en-tire community. Refreshments are served at 3:30pm. Singing begins at 4:00 pm at Larchmont Avenue Church, Russell Hall, 60 Forest Park Avenue, Larchmont. More information is available at www.AtHomeontheSound.org

Supporters of the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) gathered at the Time Warner Building in the Fall, to meet Israeli soldiers who have benefited from FIDF’s IMPACT! Scholarship Program, which grants college scholarships to Israel Defense Forces (IDF) combat veterans of modest means. The event honored all supporters of the program.

The evening featured a briefing by CNN regular, Pulit-zer Prize-winning Wall Street

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The evening, hosted by Karen and Dr. Joseph Levine of Manhattan, gave IDF veterans and the supporters who spon-sor their scholarships through FIDF the chance to meet. Bob Wiener of Mamaroneck has sponsored a total of 100 full four year academic scholar-ships, each costing $16,000 for these combat veterans through the FIDF IMPACT! Scholarship program. This year, Wiener will sponsor 18 new IMPACT! students.

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New York State for current in-vestments made to date under the Clean Water grants pro-gram, but the local officials and broader coalition at the event called on New York State to re-authorize and increase fund-ing to its successful statewide Clean Water Grants program as part of the 2017-18 NYS budget.

Findings from the recently released report on Clean Water Infrastructure Needs for Com-munities in Westchester and the Hudson Valley published by the Construction Industry Council of Westchester & Hud-son Valley and the Construc-tion Advancement Institute of Westchester & Mid-Hudson, Inc. emphasized the even great-er needs region-wide. The re-port, “Clean Water Infrastruc-ture Needs for Communities in Westchester County and the Hudson Valley,” identified nearly $1 billion of public works projects needed to control pol-lution and protect drinking wa-ter in the region. Of that need, the report documented $250 million in “ready to go” clean water projects. Long-term statewide clean water infra-structure needs remain in the tens of billions of dollars.

The Clean Water Jobs Coalition, which endorsed the report, launched its Invest in Clean Water/Invest in Jobs campaign that calls upon the governor and the State Legis-lature to add $800 million to its fiscal year 2017-2018 budget that begins April 1, 2017. “Now is the time to allocate more public resources for the health and safety of our cities, towns and

Facing Staggering Clean Water Repair Costs, Coalition Calls for State Public Works Grants and Assistance

L-R: Noam Bramson, Mayor, City of New Rochelle; George Latimer, State Senator, 37th SD; Carolyn Cunningham, longtime board member, Federated Conservationists of Westchester County (FCWC); Dave Miller, staff member, Construction Industry Council; the Construction Advancement Institute; Ross Pepe, president, Construction Industry Council; executive director, the Construction Advancement Institute; Assemblymember Shelley Mayer, Yonkers; Jaine Elkind Eney, Mamaroneck Town Councilwoman; Steve Otis, State Assemblyman, 91st AD; Norman Rosenblum, Mayor, Village of Mamaroneck; Nancy Seligson, Mamaroneck Town Supervisor; Edward Doyle, president, Building & Construction Trades Council of Westchester & Putnam Counties, Inc.; Ernie Odierna, Mamaroneck Deputy Town Supervisor and Councilmember

villages,” the report urged.“These Clean Water funds

are vital to the environmental and economic well-being of our region,” said Ross J. Pepe, president of the CIC and ex-ecutive director of the CAI. “Our findings demonstrate that communities cannot do it alone and need the support of New York State to meet this challenge. It is vital that com-munities in our region take ad-vantage of and apply for funds under these programs and work together with us to advocate for the program’s continuation and the allocations of more funds.”

“The success of the clean water infrastructure grant pro-gram in its first two years under-scores the enormous need for state funds to make critical water quality projects affordable for lo-

cal governments and taxpayers,” said Assemblyman Steve Otis, who helped initiate the program in the State Assembly. “With the strong support of Governor Cuomo and Assembly Speaker Heastie we have already enabled over $1 billion in water projects to move forward. We need to continue to increase and expand this vital program, which creates jobs, cleans our environment and lowers property taxes.”

"With the enactment of the Water Infrastructure Im-provement Fund in 2015, and the funding commitment our state has put into it, we are tak-ing major steps forward. But the work to be done is great, and a greater financial commitment is needed, to make sure that our families and businesses can get the high quality water they

need," State Senator George La-timer said.

Mr. Pepe of the CIC and CAI added, “Mamaroneck and neighboring municipalities are key examples of our aging infra-structure needs. The CIC/CAI report findings demonstrate that municipalities throughout the region cannot do it alone and desperately need the sup-port of New York State to meet this challenge. It is vital that New York State increase Clean Water funds in next year’s bud-get to $800 million to address municipal needs and enhance our environment, economy and quality of life.”

"We need to repair our wa-ter infrastructure and the costs are so high we can't do it alone,” Mamaroneck Town Supervisor Seligson added. “The state clean water funds are crucial to help us move forward with the re-pairs that protect water quality and create jobs."

“A robust state/local part-nership is vital to meeting our region’s infrastructure needs,”

said Noam Bramson, Mayor of the City of New Rochelle. “By working together, we can make the essential, necessary invest-ments in the future of our envi-ronment, economy, and quality of life.”

The Federated Conserva-tionists of Westchester County longtime board member Caro-lyn Cunningham, said, “These water and sewer infrastructure

funds are crucial to help West-chester communities leverage needed projects that will keep our water clean, including in-flow and infiltration solutions to old sewer lines. FCWC has long supported such efforts.”

A copy of the report has been distributed to the gover-nor’s office and leaders of the State Legislature for their re-view and consideration.


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The Sound Shore St. Patrick's Day Parade Com-mittee has announced that life-long Sound Shore resi-dent Valerie Moore O'Keef-fe will be the Grand Mar-shal for its 2017 parade. "I am very honored to be named Grand Marshal of the Sound Shore St Pat-rick's Day Parade," noted O'Keeffe. "The history of our area has been marked for centuries by the contri-butions of Irish immigrants and their descendants, to the benefit of the whole of Westchester County."

O'Keeffe is well-known in the community for her decade-long posi-tion as Town Supervisor for the Town of Mamaroneck, from 2000 to 2011. She also held a number of local and countywide offices, includ-ing President of the West-chester-Putnam Associa-tion of Town Supervisors, and President of the West-chester Municipal Officials Association. Most recently, O'Keeffe was named Chair-person of the Board of Di-rectors of the nonprofit Ho-locaust and Human Rights Education Center, "which is dedicated to the teach-ing and learning of the les-

eMusic Lab Ribbon-Cutting at Hommocks Middle SchoolOn November 15, the eMusic Lab

officially opened with a ribbon-cut-ting at Hommocks Middle School. The lab will allow students to use science, technology, engineering and mathematics as a driver of in-novation.

The lab was made possible by a grant from the Mamaroneck

Valerie O'Keeffe to Lead 2017 Sound Shore St. Patrick's Day Parade

The Sound Shore St. Patrick's Day Parade Scholarship Committee honors 2016 scholarship winners, New Rochelle HS graduates Anya DiSalvo and Haley Fullertono. Dignitaries in attendance included Senator George Latimer and VOM Mayor Norm Rosenblum. Photography: Peter Krupenye

Valerie Moore O’Keeffe

Schools Foundation and a donation from Abelton. As part of the Abelton donation, a year-long study in which the effectiveness of music technol-ogy in engaging students will be ex-amined. Abelton is one of the lead-ers in music technology hardware and software. This is partnered with Shift Learning – a UK based Educa-

tional Research firm. The eMusic lab al-

lows the Hommocks Mu-sic Department to be an extension of other MSF grants received (Ukulele and Recording Studio). Music technology allows students to synthesize musical information learned from their expe-riences in other classes to create, perform and ar-range music.

Students now have access to an eMusic Lab that allows them to ob-tain compositional and arrangement skills. This is a skill grounded in stu-dent-centered pedagogy

that forces student to use prior knowledge to generate and concep-tualize their own artistic ideas.

Through the use of the eMusic lab, students will develop robust musical skills by focusing on mu-sical concepts such as harmony, melody, rhythm, and the creative process. More importantly, stu-dents will synthesize and apply these musical skills and concepts to generate their own artistic ideas and work.

The eMusic Lab {Electron-ic Music} was made possible by a grant from the Mamaroneck Schools Foundation to replace the existing keyboard lab at the Hom-mocks Middle School. This grant will expand the current 6th and 7th grade Exploring Music curricu-lum, as well as serve as a lab for the choir, band and orchestra. In addi-tion, the lab will be the home of a new 8th grade course called eMu-sic. The eMusic Lab will consists of one iMac and one MIDI keyboard per student, fostering creativity and group learning. Music is played on a synthesizer keyboard and is

automatically entered into the com-puter where students can manipu-late it and create their own pieces. Projects will include individual and group compositions, musical ar-ranging, film scoring, commercial/jingle writing, and recording of mu-sic, music performance and many others. The grant also provides

for the purchase of Makey Makey devices, which allows students to design, code, create and perform on their own instruments through electronic coding and composition. Ultimately, the eMusic Lab allows teachers to tap into what students are doing outside of music class and to increase student engagement.

sons of the Holocaust, and the right of all people to be treated with dignity and respect." According to the organization's website, the Center helps schools fulfill the New York State mandate to include the Holocaust and other human rights abuses in its curriculum.

"We are thrilled to have Valerie Moore O'Keef-fe leading the Sound Shore St. Patrick's Day Parade as our 2017 Grand Marshal, and delighted to celebrate someone like her who has given so much of herself to our community," stated committee president Laura Murphy. "Her distinguished

career in local government, and commitment to vol-unteerism and education, makes her the ideal repre-sentative of accomplished Irish Americans in West-chester County."

The Sound Shore St. Patrick's Day Parade began as a community event in 2012, to promote and cele-brate Irish heritage in the Sound Shore community, and to provide a meaning-ful, honorable, and festive occasion for families and friends. Even more import-ant is the parade organiza-tion's commitment to edu-cation by raising money for college scholarships. Appli-cation letters are sent to lo-cal high schools every year, and the Parade Committee is excited to have the oppor-tunity to continue this im-portant tradition. To date, the organizers of Sound Shore St. Patrick's Day Pa-rade have bestowed $17,500 in college scholarships.

The primary duty of the Grand Marshal is to rep-resent the Sound Shore St. Patrick's Day Parade Com-mittee and Irish Americans in the area, and lead all the parade participants down Mamaroneck Avenue. The

Grand Marshal also par-ticipates in fundraisers so that the group can continue to give back to the Sound Shore community. The im-pressive list of previous Grand Marshals includes:

Jim Killoran, Execu-tive Director of Habitat for Humanity of Westchester; Jim Hynes, Principal, Hynes Capital Resources; Kevin Plunkett, Deputy West-chester County Executive; Robert McCooey, Senior

VP at NASDAQ; and James Sullivan, President, Pearl Restaurant Group.

The parade is tradi-tionally held the first Sun-day after St. Patrick's Day. The 2017 parade route will step off in front of Mama-roneck Avenue School and travel down Mamaroneck Avenue through the vil-lage, ending in Harbor Is-land Park. Marching bands, schools, scout troops, Irish dancers, classic car enthu-

siasts, and a variety of other groups - from Port Chester to Pelham - are welcome to participate. As the saying goes, "Everyone is Irish on St. Patrick's Day." For more information on how you can participate as a volunteer or marcher, contact Tania McMenamin [email protected], or call 914-715-7468. For sponsorship information, contact spon-s o r s @ s o u n d s h o re p a ra d e.com.


On Sunday, December 11, at 4:00pm, join bestselling au-thor Jennifer Armstrong, for the entertaining and hilari-ous behind-the-scenes story of two guys who went out for coffee and dreamed up Sein-feld—the cultural sensation that changed television and bled into the real world, al-tering the lives of everyone it touched.

On Monday evening,

December 12, at 7:00pm, a Westchester holiday tra-dition will again take place at the Larchmont Public Library as librarian Frank Connelly performs Charles Dickens’ timeless classic A Christmas Carol. This will be the tenth consecutive year that Connelly has performed the piece, fully decked out in frock coat and stovepipe hat.

Connelly’s reading of Dickens’ most famous work takes the audience back to Victorian Era Britain; a time when there was both strong nostalgia for old Christmas traditions as well as an initi-ation of new Christmas prac-tices that are with us today, such as Christmas trees. The story is credited with being one of the greatest influences on Christmas traditions now practiced the world over.

There are perceived coincidences regarding the readings of A Christmas Carol by Dickens and later by Con-nelly. In 1853, A Christmas Carol was chosen by Dickens for his first public reading and his performance was an immense success. Connelly,

Fresh off the festival cir-cuit, LARCHMONT is a come-dy/drama about a recent col-lege graduate who questions his medical school plans while his dad tries to hide his new unemployment. The Friends of the Larchmont Public Li-brary are pleased to invite you to this free screening of the film on Sunday, December 18, at 4:00pm. Refreshments will be available at 3:30pm.

The movie was written, directed, and scored by Ben Zuckert and shot and edit-ed by William Seife. The two co-produced the film and they both grew up in Larch-mont. The film, which was

LARCHMONT: THE MOVIEself-funded, features many well recognizable locations in-cluding The Larchmont Public Library, Sherwood’s, Le Serine Ristorante, Foley’s Hardware, and Half Time Beverage in Ma-maroneck, as well as other lo-cations. Additionally, many of the actors in the film are local personalities that viewers will also recognize.

Ben Zuckert, a graduate of Mamaroneck High School, studied political science at Tufts and while in college began to think about film and writing scripts. Aside from a short film that he made in college with no budget, LARCHMONT rep-resents his film debut.

Meet Jennifer Armstrong, Bestselling Author In her latest bestseller,

Seinfeldia: How a Show About Nothing Changed Everything, Jennifer Armstrong tells the story of how comedians Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld, who never thought anyone would watch their silly little sitcom about a New York comedian sitting around talking to his friends, created one of the most iconic television shows

in history. NBC executives didn’t think anyone would watch either, but they bought it anyway, hiding it away in the TV dead zone of summer. But against all odds, viewers began to watch, first a few and then many, until nine years later nearly 40 million Americans were tuning in weekly.

Seinfeldia celebrates the creators and fans of this American television phenom-enon, bringing readers be-hind the scenes of the show while it was on the air and into the world of devotees for whom it never stopped being relevant, a world where where the Soup Nazi still spends his days saying “No soup for you!”, Joe Davola gets ques-tioned every day about his sanity, Kenny Kramer makes his living giving tours of New York sites from the show, and fans dress up in Jerry’s fa-mous puffy shirt, dance like Elaine, and imagine plotlines for Seinfeld if it were still on TV.

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Charles Dickens Returns to Larchmont As a Holiday Tradition Continuesafter performing numerous unknown minor authors with questionable success, chose the piece for his first public reading of a Dickens work in 2005, precisely 135 years after Dickens’ final perfor-mance. Connelly’s reading quickly became his biggest success. Dickens read the tale in an abbreviated version 127 times, usually decked out in a frock coat and stovepipe hat. Connelly, reading the same abridged version as Dickens, has quite a distance to go before he reaches 127 readings and while he claims to be working on it he does perform the work decked out in a frock coat and stovepipe hat. Dickens read the text of A Christmas Carol as his “fare-well reading” shortly before his death in 1870 and with his readings of A Christmas Carol, Connelly makes it clear that he is bidding farewell to no one. However, Connelly does concede that he has no con-trol over anyone wishing to bid farewell to him. Dickens was able to generate a tidy in-come from A Christmas Carol while Connelly has yet to earn anything for his annual effort.

While the characters and the story are indeed fa-miliar to all of us, it is Connel-ly’s reading that keeps it fresh and that brings out the story’s true meaning and character. Connelly has made it his mis-sion to perform the reading in a fashion that is as true to its writer and as historically accurate to the original 127 readings as possible. Connel-ly’s reading of A Christmas Carol has become one of the premier holiday traditions in Westchester.

Charles Dickens (Feb-ruary 7, 1812 – June 9, 1870)

was born in Portsmouth, England, and was catapulted to fame with the publication of The Pickwick Papers in 1836. By the end of his life, he had penned some of the most beloved novels the world has ever known in-cluding David Copperfield,

Bleak House, Oliver Twist, A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations. His novella, A Christmas Carol, was written in 1843 and became an instant best seller and its charac-ters, Ebenezer Scrooge, Bob Cratchit, Jacob Marley, Tiny Tim, and the Ghosts of Christ-

mas Past, Present and Future, became household names instantly recognizable even today.

For more information about this or any of the other programs offered at the Larch-mont Public Library, visit: www.larchmontlibrary.org.


Larchmont Mayor Lor-raine Walsh re-opened the Public Hearing regarding Land Use Laws at the Mon-day, November 21 Board of Trustees meeting.

Opening the meeting, Walsh thanked the emer-gency responders from several municipalities to the fire at 1912 Palmer Av-enue on Sunday, November 6 as well as citizens who answered her call on “Love Larchmont” Facebook for donations to the displaced residents of clothing, places to stay, food and gift cards, especially from Tiffany Smith of Love Larchmont and “Golden Shoestring,” run by the Junior League.

Mayor Walsh then is-sued a Special Commen-dation to Barbara Thomas, retiring after 15 years of be-ing a Village crossing guard for Chatsworth School at Chatsworth and Forest Park Avenues.

Preserve Larchmont member Sarah Bauer ex-pressed concern that a Plan-ning Board request to the builder of a 2,200 square-foot home to remove 100 square feet would cause financial hardship; a 7,000 square-foot home would not have the same impact.

Many of the speakers met with enthusiastic ap-plause when they finished. Michael Puglisi scored that fact the proposed amend-ments would make devel-opment more time con-suming and potentially costly.

“Based on the public commentary, the BOT is moving to adopt regula-tions that will now provide significant concessions/flexibility to developers as compared to what the BOT originally proposed…

“To many in the com-

Historic Preservation, Tree ConservationKey Residents’ Concerns at meeting

munity, it seems most unusual for the BOT to be readily ac-cepting request-ed changes from developers who simply want to build and move on….,” Puglisi noted.

Walsh re-plied that the only change made was in Lo-cal Law D/C2 re-garding remov-al/relocation of Mature Trees, “It will not be deemed feasible to require such relocation or removal where doing so would substantially interfere with a permitted use.”

Carla Porter opined their tree protection legisla-tion does not go far enough. Other residents stressed Historic Preservation. Carol Akin noted that “40 Ocean Avenue started it...Taking

Mayor Lorraine Walsh, left, presents a Special Commendation to School Crossing Guard Barbara Thomas, retiring after 15 years of service.

down historic homes will change the face of Larch-mont as we know it…”

Regulations passed include increased setback requirements, lot size lim-itations and standards for shared driveways. Com-ments on proposed Local Laws G, J, K, M, O and R will be heard at the Monday, De-cember 19 meeting.

Treasurer Denis Brucciani.

Connelly Dickens Credit Geoff Colquitt


Thomas J. Schwarz, Presi-dent of Purchase College, SUNY, hosted the 2016 President’s Do-nor Appreciation Event on No-vember 15th at The Neuberger Museum of Art on the Purchase College campus. The annual event welcomed more than 100 benefactors who support the College, The Neuberger Muse-um of Art, and The Performing Arts Center.

Five recipients were honored with a Purchase Col-lege “Leaders in Philanthropy Award.” The new award recog-nizes the contributions of bene-factors who have demonstrated a longstanding and unbridled enthusiasm for the arts, educa-tion, and the Purchase College mission.

“’Thank you’ hardly con-veys our deep respect and heartfelt appreciation for the collective leadership, guidance and financial support provided by these generous donors,” said President Schwarz.

The honorees were: Dr. John R. Ambroseo ‘83,CEO of Coherent Inc., recently en-dowed a new faculty fellowship in honor of Associate Professor Emerita of Chemistry Taina H. Chao.

Donald Cecil, a founding partner of private investment

Ten Million girls in 146 countries in the world are members of the Girl Scouts with over 1,9 mil-lion in the United States declared Pat Allen, a well -respected local leader at the October 21st meeting of the Larchmont Rotary.

Larchmont Rotary Members Learn about The Girl Scouts and Visions

Patrons of Art and Education Honored with Inaugural Leaders in Philanthropy Awards

Purchase College President Thomas J Schwarz with Mrs Emily Grant

management firm Cumberland Associates, formed the Jandon Foundation with his late wife, Jane. The Foundation provides scholarships and helps to in-tegrate the arts and business through programs such as the Jandon Business of the Arts Dis-tinguished Lecture series.

Emily Grant of Mama-roneck has been a driving force for the institution, serving as a member of the Purchase Col-lege Foundation Board of Trust-ees since 1969 and spending 18 years as its chair. Support from Mrs. Grant and her husband, Eu-gene, funds productions in the Conservatory of Music, provides student scholarships, and under-writes the recruitment and re-

tention of distinguished faculty. Marcella Kahn is a com-

munity activist and passionate patron of the arts. A former ex-ecutive of Alkahn Labels, Inc., she served for more than 20 years on the Friends of the Neu-berger Museum Board and as a benefactor for ballet students in the Conservatory of Dance.

Lucille Werlinich is the current chair of the Purchase College Foundation Board and an ardent supporter of all aspects of the College. Through her family foundation, she sponsors multi-ple undergraduate scholarships each year while providing sup-port for faculty and production projects across the College and Performing Arts Center.

There are 800,000 adults involved with 60 million Girl Scout alumni. Further impressive numbers - that there are 800,000 adults as well as 60 million Girl Scout alumni,-confirmed the im-portance of scouting to com-munities throughout the

world. In the local 7 county region which is governed by council, there are 6 camps, 60 troops with over 639 girls and 150 adults dedicated to the motto of building hon-esty, fairness, courage and strong scholarship through development of personal

skills and community ac-tivity.

Today’s Girl Scouts have more levels (Daisy, Brownie, Junior, Cadette, Senior and Ambassador) but they still earn badg-es and one can still aim for the highest level of achievement: the Curved Bar Scout and Gold Award. (Larchmont –Mamaroneck has had 15 Gold Award scouts since 2010! Quite an achievement for these girls who meet on Harmon Drive in what was the old Larchmont Gardens train station).

What has changed in Girl Scouting according to Allen, is that in addition to time honored activities, girl scouts now have robotics teams, competitive singing groups and their badges include topics needed in today’s world such as finan-cial literacy, computer, cre-ativity fostered in Broadway workshops as well as more

demanding outdoor skills. You will see the Girl Scouts and their mentors working in the Food Pantry, organiz-ing Operation Cookie Drop for the military, setting up their own on-line stores and having fun at the annu-al Father-Daughter dance.

Leadership develop-ment, not just camping and crafts, mentioned Allen, is the focus of the modern Girl Scout whose guide is Discover, Connect and Take Action. There is a waiting list for this dynamic organi-zation where membership is much more flexible (i.e. you can join just to go to camp.) If someone is inter-ested in becoming a leader, contact Pat Allen.

Larchmont Rotary was also privileged to learn about Visions from Amy Gordon, Director of Fund-raising for this crucial non-profit group that provides services for the blind and visually impaired as well as

for their caregivers. Coun-seling services and support for those with caregiving responsibilities, as well as teaching coping skills for both caregivers and the vi-sually impaired are provid-ed by Vision. They educate on such topics as how to talk to your eye doctor and the common eye diseas-es (macular degeneration, glaucoma, cataracts and di-abetic retinopathy).

This important or-ganization also provides tips on how to keep eyes healthy (wear sunglasses or brimmed hat, avoid alcohol, stop smoking, get yearly di-lated eye exam, for exam-ple). Rotary members were grateful to learn about Vi-sions, located at 500 Green-wich St, 3rd floor, NY 10013, (212-625-1616), knowing it would help them in their own community work. Vi-sions also can be accessed through their web site at www.visionsvch.org

Bayside Travel’s Annual Travel Showcase

On November 17, Barbara Nichvals, third from right and some of the staff of Bayside Travel held a well attended Travel Showcase at the Pelham Country Club.

Emilie Pellaud, a stu-dent at The French-Ameri-can School, sponsored by the Larchmont Lions Club and Marc Seemer, a student at Rye Neck School, sponsored by the Mamaroneck Lions Club, have taken the first step to becoming an internationally recognized artist by winning their local competitions.

The Lions International Peace Poster Contest is an an-nual worldwide competition for children 11-13, encourag-ing them to express their vi-sions of world peace through art. For more than 25 years, millions of children from nearly 100 countries have participated in the contest.

A winning poster from each club was selected by a panel of judges, including artists Carey Federspiel and Amanda Schlumberger and Historical Society President Dee van Eyck, based on origi-nality, artistic merit and por-trayal of the contest theme, “"A Celebration of Peace.”

The winning posters will advance through the dis-trict, multiple district and international levels of com-petition.

The local winners were

Local Lion Clubs Announce Winners of Peace Poster Contest

Larchmont/Mamaroneck Lions Clubs Peace Poster Contest Winners Emilie Pellaud from The French-American School and Marc Seemer from Rye Neck School.

honored for their participa-tion by both the Larchmont and Mamaroneck Lions Clubs on Friday November 18, 2016 at the Larchmont Library.

In addition to the win-ners the following students received honorable men-tions: Mikael Wind-Benitez and Brandon Molina from Saints John & Paul School; Victor Fontaine and Victo-ria Remotti from The French American School and Geor-

gia Meyer and Moises Tejeida from Rye Neck School.

Diane Oldham of the Larchmont Lions and Rose Sil-vestro of the Mamaroneck Li-ons are proud to have worked with Angela Howard from Saints John & Paul, Rachel Levine from the French-Amer-ican School and Trisha Appel from Rye Neck School to bring this contest to the communi-ty and provide these students with the opportunity to share their visions.


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BY: BERNARD A. KROOKS, CERTIFIED ELDER LAW ATTORNEY

Your uncle recently passed away and you were ex-pecting to inherit his brand new, bright red Ferrari. After all, you were very close with him and often went for drives in the countryside in his Ferra-ri. In fact, on several occasions he mentioned to you that he wanted you to have his car if something happened to him. However, when he died he left you a $50,000 bequest. Not bad, but you certainly can’t buy a Ferrari for $50,000. So, what should you do?

When clients feel like they have not been treated fairly by a relative (or anyone else) who has passed away, their first inclination often is to think about challenging the will. However, in many cases the client should hit the pause button and think twice before doing this. Will contests are not easy to win.

Here’s a recent case which shows what can happen if you challenge someone else’s will. Sam and Erica were married. It was Erica’s first marriage and Sam’s second, his first marriage ending in divorce. Sam had one child, Jason, from his first marriage. Erica did not have any children. They each had identical wills, leav-ing their entire estate to the other, and on the death of the survivor everything goes to Ja-son.

Their wills also contained a provision, requiring the sur-viving spouse to live at least six months after the first spouse’s death. If the survivor did not live that long, he or she would be treated as having prede-

What Happened to My Bright Red Ferrari?ceased the first spouse. This type of provision is sometimes included in a will to avoid hav-ing to do two probate proceed-ings (or, for that matter, fig-ure out who died first) if both spouses die together in an acci-dent or within a relatively short period of time.

In March of 2015, Sam died. Erica filed a probate pro-ceeding in May and submitted Sam’s will to the court. Because she filed just two months after Sam’s death, Jason objected. He argued that she had no author-ity to take over Sam’s estate be-cause she had failed to survive him by six months.

Erica apparently became angry, and revoked her own will to make sure that Jason did not receive any share of her estate. Erica signed a new will a few months later (well after she had reached the six-month survi-vorship requirement). She left her entire estate to her sister and nothing to Jason. She died five months later.

Jason contested her new will, arguing that she had been subjected to undue influence by her sister in preparing her new will. The probate court dis-missed his complaint and up-held Erica’s will. Not satisfied, Jason appealed.

The higher court affirmed the probate court finding and stated that it was clear that Er-ica was angry with Sam, and that no one influenced her in her decision to revoke the ear-lier will or to do her new will. Once she revoked the earlier will, she was intestate — that is, she had no will at all — and since Jason was not her child, he would have no right to any share of her estate if she had died without a will.

Why would that make a difference? Because if she had no will prior to signing the new will, Jason had no standing to even challenge that will. Ac-cording to the appellate court, there was no question that Eri-ca had revoked her earlier will a few months prior to her execut-ing a new will and thus Jason’s objections were dismissed.

Moral of the story: care-fully think through all potential consequences of objecting to someone’s will; not only finan-cial costs, but also emotional impact. So, while it would have been nice to drive around in that gorgeous Ferrari, some-times it makes sense to be hap-py for what you have been left and not to look a gift horse in the mouth!

Bernard A. Krooks, Esq., is a founding partner of Littman Krooks LLP and has been hon-ored as one of the “Best Law-yers” in America for each of the last seven years. He is past President of the National Acad-emy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA) and past President of the New York Chapter of NAE-LA. Mr. Krooks has also served as chair of the Elder Law Sec-tion of the New York State Bar Association. He has been select-ed as a “New York Super Law-yer” since 2006. Mr. Krooks may be reached at (914-684-2100) or by visiting the firm’s website at www.elderlawnewyork.com.

BY PAUL BOOKBINDER, M.I.D., C.R.

Whatever your age, I hope that you still feel the spe-cial magic of the holiday sea-son. Whether it’s Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanzaa, Festivus or just celebrating the winter solstice, now more than ever

Kitchen and Bath Insider© #193 : The Holiday Kitchenit behooves us to take the time out of our busy schedules to enjoy this time of year. And, one part of the magic of the holidays is making up your holiday “wish list”, even if it’s only in your imagination.

Let yourself go. What would you really like? A dia-

mond bracelet. A home the-ater. Maybe a trip to Maui. Or perhaps, something you could really use . . . like a new kitch-en! After all, most of us spend more time in the kitchen than any other room in our house, and this is especially true throughout the holiday season,

when the kitchen becomes the focal point of your home.

During the holiday sea-son kitchens are not only filled with the immediate family, they’re also cluttered with welcome (and unwel-come) guests as well; helping, visiting, kibitzing, snooping, etc. With all the time spent in this oasis in the middle of your home, and all the people milling around, folks have a tendency to notice what doesn’t work well, in terms of design and function, so it’s no wonder that more people start to think about remodel-ing during the holidays than any other time of the year.

Unless you’re very for-tunate, no one is going to buy you a new kitchen for Christ-mas, Chanukah or even Fes-tivus. It’s just not considered a romantic, holiday type gift, but it should be. What could say “I love you” more than a gorgeous new room to pre-pare meals for the family? Okay, maybe the “preparing meals” takes some of the ro-mance out of it, but work with me on this.

Wouldn’t it be great to have enough room to prepare next year’s holiday delicacies without bumping into every-one else? And enough stor-age space for all your spices, as well as places to put away all the dishes, glasses and sil-

verware after the shiny, new dishwasher has made them spotless.

If a new kitchen is on your holiday wish list, (or you wish it was), you can get the process started by making a “wish list for the kitchen that’s on your wish list”. It should include ev-erything that you would like in your new dream kitchen. Then make another list of what you really must have in case you need to trim things, if budget or space don’t allow everything from the first list.

Next step: pick up some kitchen magazines in town or go to www.Houzz.com or www.pinterest.com and look at what other people are do-ing. When you see something that interests you, tear it out or print it out or save it on your computer so that you can show it to your kitchen designer. It’s easier and safer to show someone a specific concept rather than trying to explain it, leaving less chance for misinterpretation of what you had in mind. This will ensure that your dream kitchen ends up looking like your dream kitchen and not a lump of coal.

When the magical, hol-iday season is over, if some-one loved you enough to give you a new kitchen, or you decided to give one to your-

self, you’re now ready to be-gin the actual project. Gather up your lists, your pictures, your iPad, and find a cre-ative designer who under-stands you and will be able to combine all your ideas into a stunning, functional and affordable new kitchen just for you. But, whether or not you get a new kitchen this season, I’d like to take this opportunity to wish all of you a very joyous holiday season and a happy and healthy new year.

Paul Bookbinder, M.I.D., C.R., is president of Dream-Work Kitchens, Inc. located in Mamaroneck, New York. A Master of Design (Pratt In-stitute), and E.P.A. Certified Remodeler, he serves on the Advisory Panel of Remod-eling Magazine. A member of the National Kitchen & Bath Assoc., he is also a con-tributor to eZine and Do It Yourself magazine. He can be reached for questions at 914-777-0437 or www.dream-workkitchens.com.

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The Holiday Season is upon us, so whether you’ve been naughty or nice, time to make plans with friends and family. If you are going out, here are some festive suggestions for every pal-ate, each offering a good dose of Holiday Cheer!

Italian Holiday Classics!A major renovation is now

complete and it is stunning! Pro-prietor Michael Vivolo and his wife Margaret of La Riserva, 2382 Boston Post Road, Larchmont (914-834-5584), have been serv-ing ‘the Italian classics’ here for over 38 years and the refreshing atmosphere and friendly am-biance keep it a treat. Be seated in the lovely refurbished dining room, now part vintage photo gallery, and let the friendly staff suggest such specialties as: fla-vorful Polenta al Gorgonzola with shrimp; fresh Spiedini ooz-ing its cheese; Angel Hair Abissi Marini, thin egg noodles in a

Where To Celebrate The Holidays!light cream sauce with shrimp and mushrooms; Veal Chop alla Griglia, with mushrooms and roasted potatoes; or Branzino Mediterraneo. There is a daily luncheon for $15.95. Michael’s son Dean operates Trattoria Vi-volo in Harrison. Private party facilities. Open 7 days for lunch and dinner. Free parking. www.lariservarestaurant.com

Holiday Cheer at The Diner!Chef-owner and person-

able host Dean Vivolo of Trat-toria Vivolo, 301 Halstead Ave., Harrison (914-835-6199), serves his robust regional Italian cui-sine out of a vintage diner just across from Harrison's Met-ro-North station. Sit at the counter, tuck into a booth, or take a table in the rear green-house and enjoy the surprising contemporary and tradition-al flavors emanating from his kitchen: tasty thin-crusted pizza; Crostino di Polenta topped with

wild mushrooms, gorgonzola and tomato sauce; Grilled Rack of Lamb; Braised Lamb Shanks; Boneless Rabbit; Lasagna Bolog-nese al Forno; and wonderful Spaghetti a la Vongole. Crusty pizzas too. Good wine list. Spar-kling lights evenings. Open 7 days for lunch and dinner. Free parking. trattoriavivolo.com

Feliz Navidad!The artsy red statue guard-

ing the Palmer Ave. entrance to the new Rio Bravo Tacos & Tequila in Larchmont is just a hint of the south-of-the-border pleasures waiting inside. It is a sprawling 200-seat restaurant strewn with colorful Mexican art and artifacts, multiple seat-ing areas in the front, side and rear, along with a big galloping bar for socializing. Personable hosts and owners Edgar and Hector Brambila, along with General manager Omar Topete and his staff will give you a tasty

tour through the menu. An adorable guacamole cart will come whizzing by to test your palate. And the menu: we have come to describe it as Mexi-can/Tex-Mex, and it will sur-prise you. The signature tacos are overloaded and delicious! Rio offers Happy Hours Mon-day thru Friday from 3 pm to 6 pm featuring half price house drinks and appetizers. You can also create your own Margarita. Rio Bravo Tacos & Tequila, 1879 Palmer Ave., Larchmont. Open for lunch and dinner 7 days a week. Private party facilities for up to 60 guests. 914-341-1546. rio-bravotacosandtequila.com

(Morris Gut is a restaurant marketing consultant and former restaurant trade magazine edi-tor. He has been tracking the food and dining scene in greater West-chester for 30 years. He may be reached at: 914-235-6591. E-mail: [email protected])


LMCTV: So Much More Than Just a Public Access Television Stationments to air on LMCTV.

One exciting development for LMCTV is its popular new shows, “The Local Live,” a hy-per-local weekly news program geared for residents of the tri-mu-nicipal area. Now in its third year, the program features municipal and school news, community events, and local issues.

As Sullivan shared, be-yond its programming, LMCTV prides itself in serving as a training ground for communi-ty members of all ages who are interested in learning about video production. Beginning with our youngest residents, LMCTV offers an after-school club – “Lights, Camera, Action!” in all six elementary schools in Mamaroneck and Rye Neck; the club often serves as stu-dents’ first foray into the world of video storytelling. For old-er students, LMCTV has been

holding a popular summer teen filmmaking workshop since 2001 that works with students to write, produce, act and edit short films. At the high school level, there are several more opportunities, including the Varsity Sports program, one of LMCTV’s “crown jewels,” ac-cording to Sullivan. The Varsity Sports program hires dozens of high school students to cov-er Mamaroneck and Rye Neck sports events. LMCTV also airs the Mamaroneck High School student-produced daily morn-ing news brief, “MHS Info.” For college students, there are also opportunities for internships working with “The Local Live.”

And for anyone who is interested, studio production manager Dena Schumacher, is available to help people use the LMCTV studios to create their own video productions. Video equipment can be rented (free to those producing segments that will air on LMCTV, and available to others for a fee), and studio time booked.

Whether it’s a public ser-vice emergency announcement or publicity for a local not-for-profit organization’s event, LMCTV’s digital Community Bulletin Board can help, accord-ing to Sharon Latimer-Mosley. Last year, LMCTV featured over 700 not-for-profit and munic-ipal events and alerts. Latim-er-Mosley provided tips on how to publicize not-for-profit events, noting that fees and ticket prices cannot be includ-ed. A listing may be requested online at: http://lmctv.org/bul-letin-board-request-form/ or may be called in.

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