July 2014 Serving Tarrytown, Sleepy Hollow, Irvington, Scarborough-On-Hudson and Ardsley-On-Hudson Vol

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July 2014 Serving Tarrytown, Sleepy Hollow, Irvington, Scarborough-on-Hudson and Ardsley-on-Hudson Vol. IX No. 7 GM Site’s Return to Tax Photo by Rick Pezzullo Rolls Projected by 2015

by Robert Kimmel

By the time the calendar turns to 2015, General Motors’ vacated riverside site in Sleepy Hollow could return to a multi-million dollar tax generating property for the village and the Tarrytown School District. Following GM’s signed agreement in May for the sale of the property to a developer, that timing is the more optimistic view expressed by village officials. That perspective comes despite the Sleepy Hollow Village Trustees’ vote last month for a year’s extension to its Special Permit that originally required a developer to provide a site plan for the first phase of the project before September 4 of this year. While General Motors LLC and the developer, Lighthouse Landing Venture LLC, have an agreement, its details remain confidential and the property’s sale has not been officially completed. Once the developer takes over the property, a special, reduced “Payment-In-Lieu-Of-Taxes,” (PILOT), in effect since 1985, terminates and full taxation of the site resumes. The PILOT was arranged by Sleepy Hollow at that time in an effort to keep GM’s auto-making plant, with its thousands of jobs, operating in the village; however, GM closed the plant in 1996. Sleepy Hollow Mayor Ken Wray told The Hudson Independent that GM previously had Graduation 2014: Seniors from Irvington, Sleepy Hollow and Hackley celebrated informally requested an extension of the Special Permit, but that he had refused to consider their graduations in June. For a complete list of all the graduates and photos it. “I did not see any reason to grant an extension if they did not have a developer in place,” from the ceremonies, see pages 11-14. he explained. The mayor said that he expected to see GM and Lighthouse Landing Venture conclude the sale and get the “property back on the tax rolls by January.” Once that happens, revenue from the site will escalate from the PILOT’S annual payment of approximately $140,000 to more than $1 million for the village and possibly to more than $2 million for Phelps Hospital First to Offer the school system rather than the payment of about $209,000 that the district now receives annually. When fully developed, the property’s tax revenue will rise even more. Those increased revenue streams New Breast Diagnostic Technology could soften tax hikes for property owners caused by any potential boosts of school or village budgets. by Rick Pezzullo The Invenia ABUS uses 3D ultrasound The extended Special Permit transfers to the developer technology to comfortably photograph

PAID once the property sale is closed. In requesting the Per- Phelps Memorial Hospital Center in women with dense breast tissue in approxi- PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE U.S.

PERMIT NO. 971 PERMIT NO. mit’s extension before the Trustees at their June meeting, Sleepy Hollow is the first medical hospi- mately 15 minutes. The more dense breast WHITE PLAINS, NY WHITE PLAINS, representatives of Lighthouse Landing Venture and its tal in the country to install a breakthrough tissue a woman has, the higher her risk of lawyers explained that the September 2014 deadline gave ultrasound system designed to provide a developing breast cancer, oftentimes up to them too little time to develop a proper site plan. The more accurate diagnosis in women with four to six times greater. Special Permit, “approving the Riverfront Development” dense breasts. “We are excited about launching our was issued by Sleepy Hollow to GM on June 7, 2011. According to GE Healthcare, which de- most innovative and intuitive ABUS sys- The original expiration date this September marks ap- veloped the technology, the Invenia Auto- tem yet, the Invenia ABUS, and are proud proximately a year since litigation was discontinued by mated Breast Ultrasound System (ABUS) to make our first installs at the renowned Tarrytown against Sleepy Hollow and GM. Tarrytown has proven to help clinicians find 37.5% facilities at Phelps Memorial and Fairfax had charged that the size of the project would have cre- more cancers in women with dense breasts Radiological Consultants (outside Wash- ated traffic congestion in its streets. The sale of the prop- than mammograms. ington D.C.),” said Anders Wold, presi- erty had stalled during the litigation. “Phelps Memorial Hospital Center dent and CEO of GE’s ultrasound busi- In a letter to the trustees on May 29, the law firm for prides itself on keeping up with cutting ness. the developers, BelBello, Donnellan, Weingarten, Wise edge technologies and we are very excited “As part of our ongoing commitment to and Wiederkehr, said the remaining period before the to integrate ABUS into our mammogra- improving women’s health, GE Healthcare 2014 expiration “...is simply not sufficient time for LLV, phy program,” Michael Glennon, senior is focused on proving timely and meaning- ( Lighthouse Landing Venture), to collaborate with the administrative director of ancillary services ful technological innovations spanning the Planning Board about the first phase site plan (and relat- at Phelps, said in early June. “This highly care continuum, including those for the ed subdivision of the site), and complete detailed design sophisticated system is more efficient than screening of patients with dense breasts,” and engineering necessary to make formal applications the traditional ultrasound exam and will Wold added. for approval.” Attorney Mark Weingarten pressed that significantly enhance our diagnostic capa- The Invenia ABUS is also constructed point before the trustees at their June meeting, and was bilities and potentially improve outcomes with a patented Reverse Curve transducer supported by Jonathan Stein and Continued on page 5 for our patients.” to conform to a woman’s anatomy. www.thehudsonindependent.com Sleepy Hollow Collects $400,000 in Unpaid Property Taxes by Elaine Marranzano for another property. Six liens did not sell the property taxes after that time, the lien The liens sold in May are for unpaid tax- and were purchased by the village at a cost holder can initiate foreclosure proceedings es dating back only to 2010, the remain- The Village of Sleepy Hollow held its of $45,000. to take ownership of the property. der, some going back to the 1980s, will be first tax lien sale in 20 years last month to In a tax lien sale, instead of selling the ac- Tax lien sales are a common practice. sold at another time. The property owners collect approximately $400,000 in unpaid tual property, the governmental entity sells Tarrytown, for example, holds tax lien sales were notified in advance of the sale, which property taxes. a lien for the amount of delinquent taxes, annually. Sleepy Hollow officials could of- was advertised for three consecutive weeks In the board room at village hall, five typically to an investor. The investor pays fer no explanation for why the village wait- in a daily newspaper. investors bought liens on 27 commercial the back taxes in return for the right to ed two decades to take action. “We wanted to make sure that every- and residential properties for a total of collect interest and fees from the property “I can’t speak to what happened in the thing we were selling was absolutely cor- $358,000. The largest lien sold was against owner until the debt is repaid. In Sleepy past,” said Mayor Ken Wray, who was first rect,” said Village Treasurer Sara DiGia- 48 Beekman Ave. for $67,000. Other liens Hollow, the allowable interest rate on tax elected trustee in 2007, “but this is the como. “It will take time to verify the older ranged from $40,000 for a home in Phil- liens is 12 percent annually for two years. first time we have had a serious discussion records, but we hope to have tax lien sales ipse Manor to just a few hundred dollars If the property owner fails to pony-up about it.” annually now.” EF Students in Tarrytown: Crossing Borders, Building Bridges by Alexa Brandenberg old Nya, who walks eight hours daily for water in Southern Sudan today. EF Students from six nationalities partic- After arriving in the United States, ipated in a bake sale fundraiser and “walk Dut was hosted by a family in New York to water” from the EF campus to the Hud- State, learned English and went to college. son River on May 30, to raise awareness for Eventually, he started a not-for-profit or- the predicament of villagers in Southern ganization ‘Water for South Sudan,’ which Sudan. They were inspired by the book “A installs deep-water wells and builds schools Long Walk to Water” by Linda Sue Park, in remote villages like Nya’s. Before the and by their EF teacher, Dr. Jasmin Bey organization was founded, families had to Cowin, of Tarrytown. trek for hours to collect contaminated dis- “A Long Walk to Water” is a dual nar- eased water, leaving no time for education. rative, a novel based on true events which “With students from more than 50 speaks with two voices. One is Salva Dut, countries attending The EF Internation- a Sudanese “Lost Boy” who walked 1,800 al Language Center in Tarrytown,” said miles during the Civil War in Sudan in Philip Johnson, Executive Director of EF search of refuge and was airlifted to the Tarrytown Campus, “global awareness is United States in the mid 1990’s. The other integral to our curriculum.” voice belongs to a fictional girl, 11-year- The entire campus read the novel, but EF students pose on the bank of the Hudson River.

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2 The Hudson Independent July 2014 www.thehudsonindependent.com Sleepy Hollow Collects $400,000 in Unpaid Property Taxes Family YMCA’s Early Learning Center to Beneﬁ t from Annual Masquerade Ball The Hudson Independent to Receive Laurance S. Rockefeller Award at Event

by Robert Kimmel YMCA selected the founders and leader- ship of Th e Hudson Independent for the Old time radio characters who enter- Laurance S. Rockefeller Award,” said Mat- tained a huge unseen audience and famous thew Brennan, President of the Hudson journalists who kept millions of readers, Valley News Corp, the newspaper’s par- listeners, or viewers aware of world events ent organization. “Th e main motivation EF Students in Tarrytown: Crossing Borders, Building Bridges in the past will mingle at the Trump Na- among the group who started the newspa- tional Golf Club in Briarcliff Manor this per more than nine years ago was to pro- coming October 17. In reality, of course, vide services to the community. Our inter- you will not see the original Lone Ranger ests were not only to present objective and chatting with a real Edward R. Murrow, fair reporting of local events in our com- but you might catch their costumed or munities, but also to support the many masked impersonators enjoying the eve- worthy non-profi ts whose work is directed ning at the Family YMCA at Tarrytown’s toward sustaining our environment, and annual Masquerade Ball. to contributing to the health, and welfare While the ball’s masquerade theme will of the public. We are pleased that an orga- revolve around old time radio stars, early nization such as the YMCA has recognized TV personalities and well-known vintage our initiatives.” journalists, its purpose is to “celebrate and Th e YMCA’s Rockefeller award has had dedicate funds raised to our new Y Early a number of eminent local recipients in Learning Center at Tappan Hill,” said Bar- past years, including William F. Olson, bara Turk, the Y’s Vice President of Market- John Garrison, Sadie McKeown Singman, ing and Community Development. Turk Aubrey Hawes, Dr. Howard Smith, Len explained that, “Our new childcare facility Andrew, Brian Doyle and Nick Bell. Last enables us to provide much needed daycare year the award went to the Eileen Fisher and after school services to a wide range of Foundation and more than 230 people children in the surrounding areas, includ- were at the Trump National Golf Club for ing many who require fi nancial aid to re- the Masquerade Ball and presentation. ceive our nurturing, daily care. Proceeds Opportunities remain for business and will also “...help support the Y Strong Kids individual sponsorships associated with the Fund, which provides Y membership and event, from its pre-ball Champagne Recep- program fi nancial aid for our underserved tion to ads in the event Journal. “We pro- neighbors and friends,” she added. vide our sponsors with maximum publicity Th e Masquerade Ball will also serve as in our marketing collateral over the com- the setting for the presentation of the Lau- ing months and with much fanfare at the rance S. Rockefeller Award to the found- event,” Turk said. “We invite sponsorship of ers and Corporate Board members of Th e this momentous event,” she continued. To Hudson Independent. In announcing the sponsor, volunteer, or for more information award, Gerry Riera, the Y’s President, stated about the Y Halloween Masquerade Ball, that, “Th e founders and original support- contact Turk at 914-418-5662, or email ers of Th e Hudson Independent continue [email protected]. Additional to demonstrate strong commitment to the information about sponsorship and tickets issues upon which we base the criteria for may be found on the Y’s website, http:// this award, including helping children and www.ymcatarrytown.org. families, volunteering at the Y, and promot- As of June, the sponsorship list included, ing nonprofi ts in our community, as well as Abbott & Price Incorporated and Putnam through their dedication to public health, County Savings Bank, as event sponsors; “The doctors understood how important recreation, land preservation and ecology, Marshall & Sterling, band sponsors; Hud- C it was to get me back to work in a week.” which were also areas of concern to Mr. son Harbor, sponsoring the dinner; Paycor Ricky R., colon patient M Rockefeller in his lifetime.” Inc, the dessert and EF School, the photog- “We are very appreciative that the Family raphy. Y

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www.thehudsonindependent.com July 2014 Th e Hudson Independent3 Tappan Zee Bridge Project Not Just a Man’s Job by Krista Madsen pleting a free six-week training course is currently stationed midway across the first day or 30 years, everyone out there is in welding, pile-driving, and more, Mc- Hudson to bottle-wash the piles, using learning something new,” McGreedy said. With a pristine manicure and brown bob Greedy entered a four-year apprenticeship heavy-duty hosing to clean huge pieces of She’s among a small handful of female under her hardhat and work gloves, Colette program and “never looked back.” steel spiked with heavy barbs. On another dockbuilders on the project and the only McGreedy, 42, is equal parts girly and grit. A member of dockworkers union Lo- day she might be cutting the pile to grade woman on her “gang.” The men are protec- “Half the time you can’t tell if we’re fe- cal 1556, McGreedy boasts an on-the-job level using a torch circling on a track, or tive of her, even chivalrous. “I have hun- male under it all,” McGreedy said with a education from a two-year stint construct- maneuvering big clam buckets of muck. dreds of big brothers, they take such good Queens accent. The sticker on her hardhat ing Manhattan’s Willis Avenue Bridge to The labor is always shifting and every- might help: “I want to be like Barbie,” it time doing firewatch at the World Trade one’s learning as they go. “Whether it’s your Continued on page 7 says. “That little bi*** has everything.” Center site, making sure the controlled She used to like getting gussied up and burning of the “false” work structures they going out, now McGreedy just wants to remove to make way for the true construc- take a hot shower and tion is all done accord- relax at day’s end. “I ing to regulation. She Irvington Student in Coma never slept so good.” “It’s great work, physically and was constructing the The labor of build- mentally, you feel good. Know- Jersey City boardwalk ing a bridge is, in a ing there’s a new bridge I’ll drive when Hurricane Sandy After Being Struck by Car word, tough. It’s not over someday and say ‘I was a hit. Then they started by Rick Pezzullo that women can’t do part of that.” again. the work of assembling McGreedy relocated in a release to the school community. H-beams into a three- — Colette McGreedy to northern New Jer- Irvington Mayor Brian Smith said the mile span, Tappan Zee sey for the Tappan Zee A sixth grade student from Irvington Board of Trustees will be working with Constructors Community Outreach/Di- Bridge rebuild, which means she commutes Middle School was in an induced coma school officials, the state Department of versity Manager Carla Julian noted, it’s just across the very bridge she is replacing. She at Westchester Medical Center after Transportation and village Police De- that traditionally there aren’t many of them used to have a hard time imagining how a being struck by a passing motorist on partment to make safety improvements doing it. bridge gets built. “How do they do that?” Route 9 (North Broadway) on June 19 on Broadway, including the entrance to That, and: “you really do have to be a Now it’s her daily routine, the unfathom- while exiting the school campus. the high school/middle school campus bad-ass,” McGreedy remarked. able broken down into a series of simple No charges have been filed against the on Heritage Hill Road, also known as A beauty school grad, McGreedy was tasks, albeit super-sized. unidentified driver but an investigation “The High School Hill.” cutting hair and working in insurance “It’s great work, physically and mental- is continuing, according to Irvington Smith noted trustees have asked the for nearly a decade when she heard about ly, you feel good. Knowing there’s a new Police Chief Michael Cerone, who de- Police Department to increase enforce- Nontraditional Employment for Women bridge I’ll drive over someday and say ‘I clined to reveal the name of the male ment efforts in the area. (NEW), a NYC-based nonprofit aimed at was a part of that,’” McGreedy said. student or specific details about the ac- “While I promise that the village getting women in the trades. After com- From 6:30 a.m. until 5 p.m., McGreedy cident. will do everything we can to improve “We are hoping and praying for the the overall safety of Irvington, the real student and his family,” Cerone said. changes need to come from residents Irvington Superintendent of Schools themselves,” he said. “While we are Kristopher Harrison said counselors looking at making crosswalks more were made available to any students or prominent, adding signage, improving staff that required assistance. lighting, reducing speed limits, adding “We are all shaken by this terrible in- crossing guards, etc., if residents do not cident, and our thoughts and prayers are start to better obey existing traffic laws, with the student and his family in the much of our efforts will be in vain.” hope for full recovery,” Harrison stated

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4 The Hudson Independent July 2014 www.thehudsonindependent.com Tappan Zee Bridge Project Not Just a Man’s Job Students Win Plaudits for Donating Blood

While students sought approval for aca- dents was heartening. Students had to be 17 demic achievements in the school year now (or 16 with a note from their parents), weigh drawn to a close, there were other accom- at least 110 pounds, without having had tat- plishments that drew praise. Such was the toos in the last 12 months or travelled to case when more than 50 Sleepy Hollow malaria-endemic parts of the world. High seniors and faculty members rolled up Phelps’ honor roll of participating donor Continued on page 7 their sleeves to donate blood for patients at students, not including those whose par- Phelps Memorial Hospital Center. ents did not wish their children’s names to The turnout inspired Donor Services be noted, were Madison Bernstein, Deya- Supervisor Carol Stanley to comment that nira Cabreja, Tomas Correa, Thalia Crio- in this era of the “me” generation, “It was llo, Maureen Ector, Dante Ellis, Michael heartwarming to see so many compassionate Fortugno, Gabrielle Friedman, Meghan and selfless kids. Kudos to their parents and Geary, Sara Handleman West, John Jele- to the high school!” nek, Mark Jelenek, Jeremy Klami, Evgeniy Superintendent Christopher Clouet en- Kondratenko, Molly Leavey, Lydia Lee, Jac- thusiastically approved the spring blood queline Maldonado, Jane Maloy, Mikaela drive at the high school, and Bonnie Berry, O’Donohue, Francis Pace-Nunez, Randy Student Government Advisor, organized the Perez, Ashley Pesantez, Luisa Rivera, Este- turnout that included four faculty members: fani Rodriguez, Amanda Schwartz, Pauline Anthony Baxter, Jessica Hunsberger, Mary Sealtiel, Liam Sullivan, Alexandra Tejada, Rosenberg and Lara Vivolo. Josephine Thayer, Katherine Thayer and Fe- Given the strict qualifications Phelps must lipe Valdez-Munoz. follow, the volume of donations among stu-

GM Continued from page 1 els, and the utility system; the need to develop the plan to optimize reuse or removal of Peter Johnson speaking for the developers. existing piles, pile caps and concrete slabs in Wray related at the meeting that, “This is conjunction with the final design for streets, a first time that a developer, with a signed mixed-use buildings, multi-family residential contract with General Motors, is appearing buildings, and townhomes; and the need to before the Village Board. Today, we have ensure that the ultimate design of the site ac- reached a milestone,” he said in recalling complishes the goals of the site plan.” that, “It has been 17 years since the GM The Special Permit authorizes the con- plant closed and nearly 30 years since it was struction of 1,177 residential units as well off the village tax rolls. The redevelopment as shops, restaurants, office space and a 140- process has taken so long, and has been so room hotel to be built on the site, along with fractured that many people in the village a small parcel for village facilities and a large do not believe we will ever get it done.” He recreational open space. lauded members of the board and its attor- neys for pursuing the project with GM. “Make no mistake,” Wray added, We still have much work ahead of us. As the GM Computer plant helped to define this village in the last Classes for 3- century, this new development will help de- and 4-year olds. fine the village in this century,” he stated. He Small group concluded by saying that “The work now instruction provides rests with our Planning Board and its Chair, an encouraging Eliot Martone.” learning environment. In unanimously approving the extension of the Special Permit, trustees noted that Great part-time job available “...there are extenuating circumstances by which it would be appropriate to grant the Be a Computer Kids instructor. Patience, dedication and a funny bone developer’s request to extend the Special Per- required. Mostly morning hours. $15/hr. mit and Concept Plan approval to permit Email [email protected] additional time for the developer to submit to apply the first phase of the site plan to the Planning Board.” Among the circumstances they cited To find out how to bring the were “the impact of the 2013 FEMA advi- Computer Kids program to sory maps issued after Hurricane Sandy on your child’s daycare, email Karen at [email protected]. proposed garage levels, residential floor lev-

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www.thehudsonindependent.com July 2014 The Hudson Independent 5 Where Magic Happens Y Early Learning Center at Tappan Hill care of me. Th ey’re all about ‘ladies fi rst,’ Serving Infants, Toddlers, Pre-school & but they don’t baby me, they teach me a lot and make sure I’m safe.” School Age children Bright, colorful & Her own brother, a captain in the Air large classrooms Three outdoor play Force, thinks she’s the one with the crazy spaces, each dedicated to one age group job. Huge indoor play space Tumble Tots • As a journeywoman now, she said, reveal- ing the four-leaf clover tattoo on the back Field Trips Nature, Arts, Music & Dance of one wrist and a heart on the other, “I Specialists Vacation & Summer Camps feel extremely lucky. Th is is the fi rst job I’ve Flexible Hours; Full Day & Part Day started from the beginning. What an op- Options Age Appropriate Curriculum • portunity to watch a bridge get built from Photo: Tim Thayer Tim Photo: the very fi rst pile, and one of the biggest Nurturing Staff projects in the country.” Y Early Learning Center at Tappan Hill “It’s once-in-a-lifetime for us all,” agreed 50 Ichabod Lane, Tarrytown, NY 10591 (914) 418-5561 Julian. “It’s massive.” At summer’s beginning, McGreedy already sports deeply tanned forearms. Her manicurist had to use an electric fi le to get 10th Anniversary of the dirt out of her nail beds. She’s recently Summer Shakespeare at Patriot’s Park Julius Caesar and Romeo & Juliet Directed by Peter Royston

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6 Th e Hudson Independent July 2014 www.thehudsonindependent.com TZ Bridge Continued from page 4 lost 50 pounds, attributing this to diet, exercise and “running around like crazy care of me. They’re all about ‘ladies first,’ out there. I’ve gotten very strong. Things but they don’t baby me, they teach me a lot are big and heavy and there’s not a lot of and make sure I’m safe.” downtime.” Her own brother, a captain in the Air Winter is tough, and then there’s the ex- Force, thinks she’s the one with the crazy treme heat of summer. While demolishing job. the original trestle under the bridge, she As a journeywoman now, she said, reveal- enjoyed her breezy perch in the shade. Now ing the four-leaf clover tattoo on the back fully exposed in mid-river it’s “as if you’re of one wrist and a heart on the other, “I going to burst into flames.” feel extremely lucky. This is the first job I’ve Unless the portable toilet is dirty, Mc- started from the beginning. What an op- Greedy is not one to complain. Rather, portunity to watch a bridge get built from she seems to enjoy being the woman in a the very first pile, and one of the biggest man’s club. In her giant old-school lunch- projects in the country.” box is healthier food than some of her junk “It’s once-in-a-lifetime for us all,” agreed food-inclined gang members, though she’s Julian. “It’s massive.” not above baking cupcakes “for the boys.” At summer’s beginning, McGreedy al- She raves about the hammer necklace she’s ready sports deeply tanned forearms. Her found on ConstructionJewelry.com and manicurist had to use an electric file to get the prized gift she received of an original the dirt out of her nail beds. She’s recently Rosie the Riveter figurine.

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www.thehudsonindependent.com July 2014 The Hudson Independent 7 Irvington Democrats Streetscape: Village of Irvington’s Endorse Gilliland, Giliberti New Groove by Dylan Etzel Developing space for informal gather- for Fall Elections ing, including “mini-parks,” is a major What vision do Irvington residents theme of the proposed recommenda- have for the future of the Main Street tions. Several areas have been reviewed: by Rick Pezzullo fordable housing in multi-family or multi- district? In late 2013, the Irvington the Recreation Center side (east) yard, home development. Board of Trustees contracted Saratoga the grassy space between Village Hall Th e Irvington Democratic Committee “I’m not a career politician at heart, Associates to gather recommendations and the Rip Van Winkle statue, and on endorsed candidates last month for two rather I’m a concerned citizen and environ- regarding how to improve the beauty, both the north and south sides of Main available seats on the Board of Trustees in mentalist who wants to ensure that Irving- safety and comfort of the downtown Street near the War Memorial and the November. ton remains a great place to live and raise a Main Street district; their fi nal report Old Croton Aqueduct trailway. A small In a unanimous vote, the committee family,” Gilliland said. “Together, we need comprising a comprehensive, concep- area is proposed for plantings and a backed incumbent Trustee Mark Gillil- to address many pressing issues relating to tual enhancement plan for the village to bus shelter at the top of Main Street at and, who is running for a climate change and man- consider, either as a whole or as piece- Broadway. second term, and Christina aging growth.” meal, will be completed in early July. Survey results rated the bus shelter Giliberti, a 2002 graduate After graduating from Th e proposals have evolved with input highest, followed closely by remodeling of Irvington High School. Barnard College in 2006, from the public as well as the Streetscape the War Memorial area, where the Old Republican Trustee Walter Giliberti, 30, the daughter Steering Committee, consisting of 12 Ir- Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park Montgomery is not seeking of a small business owner vington residents, including three with crosses Main Street, and where village reelection. in Dobbs Ferry, spent fi ve businesses on Main Street. Although ceremonies are held. Currently very little “Given the strength of years in the public sec- nothing will be initiated without ap- seating is available and the monuments these two candidates, we tor working with former proval from the Irvington Board of are less visible due to overgrown and couldn’t be more eager County Legislator and Trustees, an online survey, conducted poorly located shrubbery. Th ough one for the fall,” said Irving- current State Assembly- by Saratoga via the village website and of the busiest crosswalks in Irvington, ton Democratic Com- man Tom Abinanti, State Facebook page, found that the public pedestrians, bicyclists and visitors must mittee Chairman David Senator Andrea Stewart- was favorable to most proposals. Many often search hard to cross and then fi nd Imamura. “Mark has been Cousins and County Leg- survey participants added extensive and the Old Croton Aqueduct from Main a tremendous asset to the islator MaryJane Shimsky valuable comments. Street, despite the fact that this is a des- village and has tackled the Christina Giliberti on legislative and budget According to Saratoga’s project man- tination resource. issues that Irvington has issues. Since leaving gov- ager, Harriet Grimm, who, along with Factors considered in the Main Street faced with dedication, pas- ernment, she has pursued Saratoga’s William Kohl presented at Streetscape Design Project include sion and results. We were a career in media and mar- both a June 5 public meeting and again downtown Irvington’s “walkability,” extremely impressed by keting both as a writer/ at the June 16 Board of Trustees meet- street safety, aesthetic value, historical Christina’s familiarity with producer at CBS News and ing (where they were joined by Peter character, and environmental footprint. local and regional govern- as an associate at Peter J. Bakarich of Weidlinger Engineering), Th e next Steering Committee meet- ment. But more impor- Solomon Company. the 184 survey responses constituted ing will be held on July 10 at 7 p.m. in tantly, Christina’s election “As any student of politi- an “excellent amount of participation.” the Trustees Room at Village Hall. Th e will signal that a new gen- cal science knows, there’s Th is survey, the review by the Steering public is invited to learn more about the eration of Irvington resi- typically a strong correla- Committee, public meetings and email project and review the Streetscape Mas- dents is prepared to step up tion between quality of life comments along with Saratoga’s own ter Plan by visiting: http://www.irving- to the plate and contribute and civic engagement,” said analysis, have shaped the soon-to-be- tonny.gov/index.aspx?nid=366 to the village.” Giliberti, who serves on completed fi nal report. Gilliland, 59, was fi rst the village’s Housing Com- elected to the board in mittee. “I had a wonderful 2012. He is a Cornell- childhood growing up in Mark Gililand trained Master Gardener Irvington; now more than For stories on summer programs being offered at who owns and operates a ever, as a property owner landscape fi rm and has more than 20 years myself, preserving and enhancing, where Irvington and Warner libraries and the sports awards of software development experience. possible what Irvington off ers to its resi- Since being elected, Gilliland helped dents—young and old, and small business at Sleepy Hollow High School, pass an updated Tree Preservation Code, owners--- that’s become very important to enhanced sign and awning regulations to me, and I feel like I’m at a point where I’m visit www.thehudsonindependent.com. better protect the historic feel of the vil- ready to help make that happen.” lage and restructured requirements for af-

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8 Th e Hudson Independent July 2014 www.thehudsonindependent.com Business News Hudson Valley Surgical Group Practices Minimally Invasive Surgery by Neal Rentz Phelps. The group spe- then be taken out. By By using minimally invasive surgeries, the cializes in abdominal, utilizing minimally group’s doctors have cut down on the num- In the past, if patients needed surgery for hernia, gallbladder, ap- invasive procedures ber of breast removals in their work with a variety of conditions, long hospital stays pendix, colon and rectal there is less damage to cancer patients, stated Lau, who resides in and potentially large scars could result. and breast care surger- the surrounding tis- Ossining. Now, the Hudson Valley Surgical Group, ies. Most of the patients sues and the recovery Minimally invasive surgery has been in located on the Phelps Memorial Hospital who have their surgeries time is shorter than it existence since about the late 1980’s, Lau Center property in Sleepy Hollow, provides performed by the three would be by using tra- explained. “It’s evolved tremendously. The doctors who use techniques that can get doctors in the group do ditional surgery. “Since cameras have gotten better so we see bet- patients home quickly and with minimal not require an overnight there’s less trauma, the ter,” he said. “The instruments have gotten scarring. or longer hospital stay, body heals faster,” he better. Everything along the route that is as- The group consists of Dr. Har Chi Lau, Lau said. “Patients don’t said. “Patients are going sociated with the procedures has gotten bet- Dr. Michael Weitzen and Dr. Robert Ra- want to be in the hospi- home much faster.” ter, so we are able to do a lot more.” niolo. tal. You’re much more Dr. Har Chi Lau, is a member of the Minimally invasive Lau said the doctors in his group stress Lau said, in a recent interview, that the comfortable in your Hudson Valley Medical Group in surgeries translate into individualized care “Most of the surger- doctors in the group, which has been in ex- own home,” he added. Sleepy Hollow, which specializes in less scarring, Lau add- ies are tailored to the patients specifically. istence for about 25 years, are known for “If you had colon can- minimally invasive surgery. ed. “In the old days, We don’t use standardized sizes like small, their use of minimally invasive procedures. cer in the old days, we Photo by: Neal Rentz you could have a scar medium and large. We evaluate the patient; “It’s doing traditional surgery but with used to make an incision that could be 10 inches we’ll take a piece of mesh and we’ll cut it newer techniques and small incisions so you to take out your colon cancer. Nowadays we to a foot-and-a-half long, Nowadays you’ve or fashion it to that person specifically. The don’t have to do as much tissue disruption,” can make some smaller cuts, put a camera got a scar that’s half an inch long or an inch surgery we do for most people is individual- he said. “It’s less painful.” in so we can see what we’re doing,” Lau ex- long. You can barely see the scar. In a year’s ized, of course, based on their medical con- Most of the surgeries, except for some plained, adding that the cut could be about time most of the people can’t even see their dition and what their extenuating problems small outpatient operations, are done at a half-inch deep, and the colon cancer can scars.” may be.” New Women’s Boutique Opens in Irvington by Janie Rosman effortless items you can wear all the time,” out complimenting shoes, jewelry, and other months in culinary school and decorated she said. “My service motto is I don’t ever accessories. the 128-year-old house she shares with her You can’t miss the awning and white steps sell anything that doesn’t look good on you.” In addition to jewelry, handbags, gifts, husband and three children. of Love, Leeann, Irvington’s newest bou- What distinguishes her from the com- trendy accessories, home goods, and go-to “I put my husband through law school tique on Main Street. A stylist and merchan- petition is her personal attention to each clothes are gifts and home goods. Cerrito working two jobs,” she said, “And now I’m diser with more than 25 years of experience, customer: she knows how each article of offers at-home consulting to show clients doing this for me. It’s fun, it’s what I always Leeann Cerrito said freelance fashion con- clothing will look, and her keen eye picks “how to wear clothes, and maximize what wanted to do, and I enjoy helping people sulting helped her gain a following. they currently have.” She’ll also bring find outfits for an occasion they’re going to, “I have many friends who love com- clothes from her store to the client’s or for everyday wear.” ing over and having ‘clothes parties,’ in home. As a way of giving back, Love, Leeann do- my closet,” Cerrito said. “My friends Taking a shirt and pants from the nates five percent of sales proceeds to a dif- enjoyed the intimate shopping expe- closet, she gestured. “Add jewelry, ferent non-profit on a three-month rotating rience so much that it inspired me to shoes and a bag, and it’s a complete basis. create a store that felt like shopping in outfit.” your best friend’s closet.” Love, Leeann has for-sale art dis- If You Go Customers who walk into her spa- played on the walls. Brands carried in- cious boutique will notice everything clude good hYOUman, Love Quotes, 94 Main St., Irvington pink, from the walls to the large hot KamaliKulture, Elan, Cotton Citizen, Phone: 646-831-9822 pink chair with pillows, to the water Peace Love World, and Solo. New Hours: Tuesday to Friday: bottles with a Love, Leeann label. “I items arrive daily, expanding the line 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. love pink,” she emphasized. of designers. Saturday: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Love, Leeann has “transitional, basic, A go-getter, Cerrito spent six

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That “replace the zoning analysis” performed by Feuding parties who are at opposite ends Westchester have zoning rules or other con- deadline has also passed; however, the BOL the County. Astorino charges that the plan of the stalemate that has kept some $5.2 straints that limit the development of what has been given even more time by having “puts local control of zoning in extreme million in federal Community Develop- one official called a “fully integrated society.” the court monitor of the original settlement, jeopardy. “Washington bureaucrats get con- ment Block Grants from reaching county Astorino asserts that the County analysis New York Lawyer Jim Johnson, conduct trol of local zoning, and locally elected of- municipalities this year are in standby mode. found no evidence of exclusionary zoning, a fresh Analysis of Impediments in the 31 ficials and communities are left defenseless,” The dispute between the U.S. Department and that Westchester is ahead of schedule in municipalities targeted as not having appro- he stressed. Rather than accept HUD grants, of Housing & Urban Development, which developing the 750 units of affordable hous- priate zoning rules. That analysis is not likely Astorino has proposed that the County re- provides the grant funds, and County Ex- ing required by the 2009 settlement. He has to be completed before mid or late August. place the federal money with its own grants, ecutive Rob Astorino’s administration may called the progress “phenomenal. “ Even if it is satisfactorily concluded, and costing each local household only $1. reach its conclusion in August - or it may HUD was prepared to reallocate the the BOL has managed to come up with a Sleepy Hollow has already lost about not. $5.2 million in grants to other locations in set of acceptable rulings resulting from it $360,000 in allocated HUD grant money Sleepy Hollow, Tarrytown and Irvington the state by May 7, if the County had not among the politically split legislators, it is and stands to lose more. Tarrytown’s loss has are among the communities that would see agreed to meet its “... ongoing duty to “af- unlikely to pass muster with Astorino. He reached $200,000, and a $200,000 HUD hundreds of thousands of dollars in HUD firmatively further fair housing,” as agreed states that he will veto any plan stemming grant awarded to Irvington for a flood con- grants, awarded in 2012, lost for projects to in the settlement, adopt the findings of from the monitor’s analysis, because he de- trol project will likely go down the drain. that they had scheduled if the impasse is a monitor regarding “fair housing choice,” not settled. Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow and the monitor’s analysis of municipal zon- have already lost allocated funding cut off ing, as well as agree to “submit a final zoning Sleepy Hollow Man to be Sentenced by HUD last year. submission for 31 municipalities” by July of HUD officials contend that Westchester is this year, and implement a strategy to “over- for Murdering Wife not in full compliance with a 2009 afford- come exclusionary zoning practices.” Howson, a computer software program- able housing agreement that saw Westches- At the urging of the County’s Board of by Rick Pezzullo mer, was facing life in prison after originally ter settle a legal action brought against it by Legislators (BOL), HUD agreed to post- being charged with second degree murder. the federal agency. They have rejected the pone the deadline to early in June so the A Sleepy Hollow man could spend the According to Westchester District Attorney next 25 years behind bars after pleading Janet DiFiore, Howson called 911 on Janu- guilty in late May to murdering his wife by ary 5, 2013 at about 3 a.m. stating he had choking her in their home in Webber Park just strangled his wife and believed that she ® last year. was dead. Christopher Howson, 50, pled guilty on Gorski, a part-time staff attorney for SQUINT May 29 to manslaughter and strangula- Bronx Legal Aid Society, died at Phelps Me- tion in the first degree, both felonies, in the morial Hospital when she was taken off life PTOMETRY death of Theresa Gorski, 47, and is sched- support four days after the incident at 127 uled to be sentenced on July 16. New Broadway. eye exams frames contact lenses accessories

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www.thehudsonindependent.com July 2014 Th e Hudson Independent13 Corinne Taylor Alini Melanie Allen Variano Luca Tao Aloe Sebastian Gustavo Arnavat Kielan Barua 1: A ribbon cutting ceremony was held at the Old Croton Aqueduct, new access Isabella Nicole Berland from Lyndhurst across Broadway adjacent to the Greystone on Hudson prop- Anne Harrington Berning erty, with developer, Andy Todd, and his business partner, Barry Prevor. Also in Sarah Claudia Bonanno attendance were state Assemblyman Tom Abinanti, county Legislator MaryJane Kyla Noni Elizabeth Brathwaite Shimsky, Deputy County Executive Kevin Plunkett and others. Frederick Phillips Brooks III Luke Joseph Buquicchio 2: A trolley picks up a passenger during Irvington Historic Celebration Day. Xavier Michael Carmona Alessia Casale 3: Nu Toy Store raised more than $400 to support Pets Alive, a no-kill shelter in Laurel Anne Cassidy Elmsford, during Third Friday in Tarrytown. Benjamin Wells Caulkins Marisa Zenaida Cedeño Alexander Justin Cherry Caroline Jean Chmiel Amanda Mi Chung Daniel Stephen Chung Anthony Joseph Cortese Zhaneque Nijah Craig Gianna D’Alessio Mustafaa Iyatuallah Dais Brandon Michael DiFalco Joseph Edward Dioguardi IV Austin Dowdell Disher David Michael Gray Diwik Jillian Frederique Dressler Kevin Michael Dronzek Stefanie Nicole Frolo Rafael Palatnik Girardello Liam Tatsumi Gray Joey Frances Gutﬂ eish Hackley School Class of 2014 Samantha Joy Heyward Jennifer Anne Horing Gabrielle Anna Troya Katherine Anna Ippolito Nia Celene Vogel Alexander Samuel Jarecki John David Wahrhaftig Eva Rose Jewett-Gatschet Sarah Joelle Walker Colleen Murray Jones Zachary Hudson Walsh Jordan Lexandria Jones Ann Channing Wechsler Akaash Reddy Kancharla Charlotte Sloane Wechsler Christian Addams Kelling John Harrison Wechsler Juliet Kim Evan Lee Gathrid Weisberg Sonya May Kuzminski Thomas Randall Wolfgang Michael Glenn Leonard Damis George Yancopoulos Harry Carl Lieblich Philip Young Yoo Rachel Mercedes Livermore Alexandra Ada Longo Angela Melissa Mauri Joseph Patrick McDermott Rodrigo Alberto Mejias Gabriella Teresa Mezzacappa Rebkha Mariam Michael Thomas Edward Middleton Sofi a Minvielle Dabdoub Omar Momani Jack Thomas Monaghan Ian Campbell Mook Zachary Loha Morant Sienna Mori Alexandra Peyton Mueller Andrew Richard Muo Catherine Shedd Mykrantz Corey Joseph Noriega Jr. Aine Niamh O’Sullivan Gabrielle Elyse Oppenheim Catherine Mary Orlando Peter Theodore Patapis Cara Jacqueline Petrucci Meghan Elizabeth Philpott Charles Anthony Pidoriano Gabriel Henry Pinkus Wenkai Qin Zachary Giroux Reeber Megan Marie Retzloff Sarah Barbara Rossman Katherine Lasch Sadé Lauren Nicole Santo Camille Josephine Schmidt Morgen Elizabeth Seim Daniel Francis Shaw Thomas Slipsager Rebecca Gayle Slutsky Spencer Lockwood Sohmer Benjamin Morris Spar Natasha Suri

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1: A ribbon cutting ceremony was held at the Old Croton Aqueduct, new access from Lyndhurst across Broadway adjacent to the Greystone on Hudson property, with developer, Andy Todd, and his business partner, Barry Prevor. Also in attendance were state Assemblyman Tom Abinanti, county Legislator MaryJane Shimsky, Deputy County Executive Kevin Plunkett and others.

2: A trolley picks up a passenger during Irvington Historic Celebration Day.

3: Nu Toy Store raised more than $400 to support Pets Alive, a no-kill shelter in Elmsford, during Third Friday in Tarrytown.

1 Kids race for fi nish line during Color Run at Sleepy Hollow High.

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July 6 Mark Wilson / American Spirituals July 13 Claudia Kanile’a Goddard / Hawaiian July 20 Kim and Reggie Harris / Folk/Gospel/Pop July 27 KJ Denhert / Jazz/Folk Aug. 3 Jerry O'Sullivan / Uillean Pipes Aug. 10 Broadway Performers Cris Groenendaal and Sue Anderson Aug. 17 Hymn Sing

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www.thehudsonindependent.com July 2014 Th e Hudson Independent15 Food for Thought Salmon Sides Smoked on the Grill by Linda Viertel Brining Recipe Now that spring fi nally HAS arrived, we’re all ready to burst at the seams and Put all the following ingredients in doubled kitchen pail garbage 1 head outside to eat, clean out our barbe- bags to prevent any leakage. Best to hold the top and set the bot- cues, and buy fresh meat, fi sh, poultry and tom in the sink. vegetables to grill our favorite way. One of the most wholesome main courses one can 8- 9 cups water 1 cup brown sugar grill is salmon – a fi sh now becoming more 1/3 cup kosher salt 4 bay leaves plentiful thanks to un-damming many of 10-15 black peppercorns America’s rivers. Prices have gone down consequently, so purchasing a whole side of Mix well to dissolve salt and sugar while holding top of bag , then salmon (or two for that matter) is no more place salmon fi llets in brine and tie top tightly. Place bag with salmon in expensive per pound than the fi nest prime roasting pan with sides and slide into refrigerator shelf carefully to avoid meat – better for you too. any spilling. Let sit for one day – occasionally massaging fi sh in water to Th e following recipe for “smoked salmon” make sure the salt, and sugar are well distributed. in the middle of the grill. Cover and wait 15 minutes, then add another is extremely easy but involves forethought Remove the side (or sides) of salmon from the brine, wash thoroughly handful of chips on each side and paint with the maple glaze. for brining prep time – starting the day be- and lay them out (skin side down) on a double layer of cheesecloth on fore serving – and vigilance day of in treating a cookie rack. Make sure the cheesecloth sticks out amply on all sides the salmon and air-drying it before placing it – you’re going to cook the salmon on the cheesecloth, and pick it up by on the grill. It cooks for an hour, and with the the cheesecloth when it’s done so it won’t stick to your barbecue grill. Maple Glaze maple/soy glaze slathered on top as it smokes, Air dry the salmon for one hour– the brine will make sure there’s no just the right amount of sweetness is added spoilage. When dried, you can use needle-nose pliers to remove any little 1/4-1/3 cup maple syrup for that “umami” mouth feel that is indescrib- bones you see or feel with your fi ngertips – there are bound to be some. (depending upon whether or not you able. Put about eight charcoal briquettes on each side of a barbecue kettle, are cooking 2 large fi llets) or light your gas grill on a very low temperature – the inside of the cham- No matter how many sides of salmon we 1/2 teaspoon powdered ginger ber should be only about 200 degrees when the fi re is hot. And by putting serve, there are never any leftovers. It’s perfect 1 teaspoon soy sauce for crowds as well as small dinner parties – but the charcoal on the side, you leave a big empty channel down the middle. Fourth of July is the best time of all to treat That’s where the salmon is going to go. Mix all ingredients well in your guests to this delight. See for yourself. When the fi re is ready, throw a handful of hardwood chips (apple is small bowl, and brush glaze best, but hickory will certainly do) on the coals and lay out the salmon onto fi llets as they fi nish 2 cooking. 3 Finishing the Salmon: Add chips and maple glaze at the half hour mark back to the kitchen you can tuck the visible bits of serving it skinless. Serve with dill sauce on the side. and again at 45 minutes. When the fi sh has slow- cheesecloth under the fi sh for a nicer presentation. One side of salmon (depending on the size of the smoked for an hour, it’s done. You can add some dill weed stems along the edges original fi sh) will serve about eight to ten people. Wearing some mitts, get a good grip on the to cover any visible cheesecloth and fancy up the cheesecloth around the salmon and transfer it to dish a little if you’d like. Visit Th e Hudson Independent’s website: a platter – it’s best to have the platter nearby, be- Cut it cross-wise and serve. You’ll notice that the www.thehudsonindependent.org for dill cause the fi sh falls apart easily. When you get it skin stays stuck to the cheesecloth, so you’ll be sauce recipe.

The Pastry Chef

by Linda Viertel a variety of cheese-fi lled Danish, croissants, ricotta-fi lled sfogliatelle, heavenly melt- An overwhelming array of pastry delights aways , muffi ns, donuts or apple turnovers. has arrived in Tarrytown at Th e Pastry Chef Beautifully prepared fruit tarts with cus- – a bake shop that will delight the eye and, tard fi lling make the perfect summer des- above all, satisfy any sweet tooth. New own- sert. So why not order a cherry, apple, apple ers, Maria Trindade, with 20 years manag- crumb or coconut custard pie for the 4th of ing Th e Delite Bake shop in Yonkers, and July holiday? Th e Pastry Chef has a multi- her husband, Frank Cosio, with 15 years’ tude of pies and cakes to choose from. Red experience baking all the cakes and pastries velvet cake, and Molly Brown (chocolate Frank Cosio and Maria Trindade proudly there, have opened their own welcoming cake layered with bananas, strawberries and display a decorative cake. shop, displaying Cosio’s skilled, in-house whipped cream), fudge, lemon or peach If You Go baking talents. melba, plus many other scrumptious selec- Custom-baked cakes for all occasions are tions. your icing preference, are perfect treats for 57 North Broadway available. So, bring in a photo of a wed- Cheesecakes come in a variety of fl avors, children or the centerpiece for a special oc- Tarrytown ding cake or special event cake, and Frank and cookies of all kinds fi ll a display case: casion. A display of ever-popular cupcakes 914-631-6556 will recreate the dessert to order according black and whites, Greek wedding cook- presents a selection of charmingly decorat- (orders welcome) to your wishes. Th eir most popular pastry ies, Italian sesame, biscotti, butter cookies ed and inviting cake choices. has become chocolate mousse-fi lled can- with fi llings and others colorfully decorated Even sugar-free options are available for Daily: 6:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. noli. But, stop by for breakfast and enjoy – the array will make it diffi cult to pick a those who have to resist all the appealing, (summer hours) a cup of coff ee or espresso at one of their favorite. mouth-watering baked goods Th e Pastry charming sidewalk tables and choose from Cake pops, your choice of cake dipped in Chef has to off er.

16 Th e Hudson Independent July 2014 www.thehudsonindependent.com Mary Poppins Flies Into Watercooler WBT to Cheer Its 40th Anniversary Around the Watercooler

2006 with only minor changes from the by Jenifer Ross by Morey Storck West End version. It closed March 3, 2013 after running over six years and 2619 per- On July 9, Westchester Broadway The- formances. AWARDED & RAISED atre will celebrate its 40th anniversary, a The story revolves around the rather dys- celebration which includes 184 main-stage functional Banks family, (Mother, Father, The Kids’ Club of Tarrytown and productions and nearly 1,000 Monday/ two children, Jane and Michael, cook and Sleepy Hollow supports and celebrates the Tuesday special events and concerts. Kiss odd-job man.) Into the mix arrives Mary achievements of hard-working Sleepy Hol- Me Kate was the first production and Poppins, a very self-confident “Practically low High seniors with two programs: first, Mary Poppins, now playing, is the 184th. Perfect” new nanny and her friend Bert, a with the introduction of The Kids’ Club It was a different theatre in 1974. Bill wise chimney sweep. Together, Mary and College Scholarship, which was awarded Stutler and Bob Funking initiated the din- Bert devise lessons and adventures to teach to Frandy Cisnero on June 9, and second, ner theatre concept in Westchester by de- the family values which have been largely by a “Bedding for Breakfast,” which took signing, building and opening An Evening ignored or misunderstood. It takes about place on June 24, to collect brand new SELECTED Dinner Theatre, which has now become 2 hours for them to succeed. When Mary bedding and gift cards for approximately Rivertown Artists Workshop (RAW)’s the longest running year-round profession- realizes that her job is complete, she bids a 40 first-generation college bound students. Community Supported Art project is ex- al equity theatre in New York State. That fond farewell and flies off high above the Phelps Memorial Hospital Center CEO cited to announce the four artists selected unique Westches- and President, Keith F. Safian was awarded to be part of the Hudson Valley’s first “CSA ter theatre venue the “Champion of Children” Award by the for artists”: Jill Liflander, Marta Renzi, Re- boasted a thrust Child Care Council of Westchester at the beca Tomas and Joel Sherry. Each of these stage where ev- Council’s recent annual awards breakfast. artists will receive commissions funded by ery seat and table Safian was selected for his support of The our community of CSA shareholders and faced the stage. Robin’s Nest, a child care center located on present their original performance work That allowed the Phelps campus, which serves Phelps staff in RAW’s fall 2014 season. To play a part actors and danc- and the surrounding community. in this unique and exciting initiative, visit ers considerably www.rivertownartistsworkshop.org and more freedom of learn more. Rivertown Artists Workshop movement with- SUPPORTED (RAW) was also this year’s Westchester out a strict front- Thank you everyone who helped make Magazine’s editorial pick for Best New line assembly that the W@tercooler Three-Year Anniversary/ Contemporary Dance Series. a conventional Fundraiser for Jill Rose of Chiboust a suc- proscenium stage cess, from the two dozen women (and one requires. Then, in man) who made the BrArt (Bra Art), to ANNOUNCED serving it skinless. Serve with dill sauce on the side. 1991, the theatre the shop owners of Tarrytown who dis- The JCC, at its Hudson’s 85th Anni- One side of salmon (depending on the size of the was relocated not played them in their windows, to the mer- versary Celebration, announced the start original fish) will serve about eight to ten people. far from the orig- chants who donated food (Mint and Bella of a “$1 Million in 8 Weeks” campaign inal, to allow for Roma Deli), and artist Margie Nugent, of to complete the $7 million needed for its Visit The Hudson Independent’s website: a larger perfor- Making Faces Parties, who painted a lovely new 75,000-square-foot, 6.6-acre campus. www.thehudsonindependent.org for dill mance space, state-of-the-art technology, audience. All is happiness ever after. body art bra onto a live model, to Doro- The JCC on the Hudson, located in Tar- sauce recipe. increased seating capacity, and of course, As usual, the voices assembled for WBT thy Handelman who photographed the rytown, has been part of the community a bigger kitchen for better service. Plus, a productions are superb, and in this case BrArt and designed a poster to raise more for 85 years. Last year, the JCC provided new name: Westchester Broadway Theatre. the score they are given to sing doesn’t skip money, and the many who helped set up, nearly 400 hours of counseling, educa- Its first production was A Chorus Line. a beat. With so many good songs written clean up, and purchase BrArt!! $2,800 was tional workshops, and referral services; In 2004, Bill and Bob were inducted to move the story along, it’s hard to pick raised to help Jill fight cancer. daily childcare programs for more than into the Westchester County Business Hall and choose. Leo Ash Evans, playing Bert, 200 children; day camp for 350 children; of Fame in recognition of their work. gets things going with the award-winning social and recreational programming for It’s never very easy being successful. Ask “Chim Chim Cher-ee” and continues with LOCALIZED more than 500 adults and seniors; and any Broadway producer. There are new au- great production numbers such as “Jolly Artist turned mystery writer, Ronnie programming for more than 150 family ditions for every production at WBT. Au- Holiday” and, particularly, “Step In Time.” Levine, will be conducting readings and members with developmental disabilities. ditions are held in New York City for leads Lauren Blackman, as Mary Poppins, sings book signings in early July for her book and featured players, separately for male the aforementioned “Practically Perfect,” The Ice Cream Shop Detective. Her fictional and female, equity and non-equity, agent- and follows with her cheerful wit and wis- story of art forgery and murder has roots ACCEPTED sent and open call. And then there are the dom in the crowd-pleaser “A Spoonful of in her years of studying art, including Congrats to Margaret Liston of Sleepy ensemble, singers and dancers, plus the Sugar,” and, after that, the wonderful en- a period in which she did copies at the Hollow and Kathleen McCarthy-Udoff of hiring of the creative staff, director, cho- semble piece “Anything Can Happen.” Of Metropolitan Museum, and in her many Tarrytown for having been accepted into reographer, musical director, set, costume course, how could we possibly forget “Su- conversations with (now retired) Detec- “Space on Ryder Farm’s” Artist Residency and lighting designers. All in all, it can take percalifragilisticexpialidocious.” It can ex- tive Sergeant Eugene Buonanno at Tarry- Program. up to two weeks to get everyone in place. plain almost anything that needs explain- town’s Main Street Sweets, the ice cream Please send any submissions to Luckily, Bob and Bill have Lisa Tiso who, ing, in a word. shop owned by his family. Readings are [email protected] since 1991, is able to lend a helping hand Set design by Steve Loftus, costumes scheduled at Main Street Sweets on Friday, as Associate Producer. by Derek Lockwood, lighting by Andrew July 11 at 7 p.m., at Warner Library on Mary Poppins is London’s West End/ Gmoser and special effects are all tops and Thursday, July 17 at 7 p.m., and at Bella’s Jenifer Ross owns W@tercooler, a shared Broadway musical with music and lyrics perfect for the show. As far as the sound Boutique in the fall. workspace located in Tarrytown, NY by the Academy Award-winning brothers, goes, we still clench teeth in the higher reg- www.watercoolerhub.com Robert and Richard Sherman, (with ad- isters. But, apart from the multi-talented ditional music and lyrics by George Stiles cast, the star of the evening is Richard Staf- and Anthony Drewe) and a book by Julian ford for his professional direction and his Fellowes. It is based on the similarly titled happy, inventive choreography. series of children’s books by P.L.Travers and A very fun evening. If you haven’t seen the 1964 Walt Disney film. The New York it, go. It is heartily recommended - at your version opened on Broadway in November favorite local equity theatre until July 27.

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CoPeland house musiC in the mansion: At 4 p.m. experience the What’s Happening music of American composers and their French influencers at Lynd- hurst in Tarrytown. Call 631-4481 Saturday 5 library.org. or visit www.lyndhurst.org.

Butterfly Count: At 10 a.m. adults and chil- “le Week-end”: At 8 p.m. this film about a late Monday 14 dren over 6 can participate in the annual North adulthood lark will be shown at the Nyack Cen- American Butterfly Count at Teatown Lake ter, Broadway at Depew. Call (845) 353-2568 or author visit: At 7 p.m. Robert Reservation in Ossining. Call 762-2912, ext. 110 visit www.rivertownfilm.org. Livesey discusses his novel “Waiting or visit www.teatown.org. for the Bomb” at the Warner Li- Thursday 10 brary in Tarrytown. Call 631-7734 Pirates of the hudson: At 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and or visit www.warnerlibrary.org 3 p.m. watch a rollicking theater performance at PerPlexing Polymers: At 3:45 p.m. ages 4-8 the Tarrytown Music Hall followed by a fun day make slime and find the secret of the dancing Tuesday 15 interacting with pirates at Philipsburg Manor. oobleck at the Irvington Public Library. Call Advance tickets required. Call 631-8200 or visit 591-7840 or visit www.irvingtonlibrary.org. “Creating the future”: At 7 p.m. www.hudsonvalley.org. students entering grades 8 and up “this is all an aCt”: At 6 p.m. teens try im- learn how to create a fictional world ComPosting for the Whole family: At 11 prov acting at the Irvington Public Library. by Ari Shavit will be discussed at Temple Beth in writing at the Irvington Public Library. Call Abraham in Tarrytown. Call 631-1770 or e-mail a.m. learn how to turn your wastes in valuable 591-7840 or visit www.irvingtonlibrary.org. fertilizer at the Greenburgh Nature Center in Book disCussion: At 7 p.m. the Warner Library [email protected] to RSVP. Book Group discusses “The Light in the Ruins” defensive driving Course: 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 Scarsdale. Call 723-3470 or visit www.green- stuffed animal sleePover: For boys and girls burghnaturecenterorg. by Chris Bohjalian. Call 631-7734 or visit www. p.m. at JCC on the Hudson in Tarrytown. Call warnerlibrary.org. ages 3 & up at the Irvington Public Library. Call 366-7898 or visit www.jcconthehudson.org. 591-7840 or visit www.irvingtonlibrary.org. honey tasting & extraCting: At 11 a.m. for Continued July 16. family ConCert: At 7 p.m. Jay Mankita presents ages 12 and up at Stone Barns Center for Food third friday in tarrytoWn: July features the and Agriculture in Pocantico Hills. Call 366- The Amazing Time Travel Show at the Warner Wednesday 16 Library in Tarrytown. Call 631-7734 or visit Annual Softball Classic at Pierson Park plus a 6200 or visit www.stonebarnscenter.org. circus performance, live music and much more. www.warnerlibrary.org. “the young viCtoria” : Film will be shown at Call 631-8347 or visit www.tarrytownthirdfriday. Monday 7 2 p.m. at the Warner Library in Tarrytown. Call com. Friday 11 631-7734 or visit www.warnerlibrary.org. shakesPeare reading grouP: Meets at 7 p.m. to youth Poetry and story slam: 6 p.m. at Y read “The Taming of the Shrew” at the Warner Bodies in the liBrary Book grouP: At 12 $5 movie night: At 7 p.m. “The Blues Brothers” noon discussion of “The Case of the Man Who Theatre Arts Studio in Tarrytown. Call 418-5562 Library in Tarrytown. Call 631-7734 or visit will be shown at the Tarrytown Music Hall. Call or visit www.ymcatarrytown.org. www.warnerlibrary.org. Died Laughing” by Tarquin Hall at the Ossin- 631-3390 or visit www.tarrytownmusichall.org ing Public Library. Call 941-2416 or visit www. Saturday 19 history Book CluB: At 7 p.m. discusses “The ossininglibrary.org. “gasland Part ii”: Film and discussion take a deeper and broader look at hydraulic fracturing Women of the House” by Jean Zimmerman at riverWalk aPPreCiation day: Help clean and the Warner Library in Tarrytown. Call 631-7734 Saturday 12 at 7:30 p.m. at the Greenburgh Nature Center restore RiverWalk from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Meet or visit www.warnerlibrary.org. in Scarsdale. Program co-sponsored by the Sierra at the bottom of West Main St. in Tarrytown. alien invaders: At 10 a.m. learn how animal Club Lower Hudson Group. Call 723-3470 or Call 419-7229 or visit www.frw-ttown.org. Tuesday 8 invaders affect local ecology at Teatown Lake visit www.greenburghnaturecenterorg. Reservation in Ossining. Call 762-2912, ext. 110 Writers forum: At 11 a.m. Eileen Palma WaCky Wednesdays: roBert the guitar guy: Songs, movement and or visit www.teatown.org. At 3:30 p.m. ages 5 - 10 en- discusses how she found a publisher for her novel fun for all ages at 1 p.m. at the Irvington Public joy a fun activity at the Irvington Public Library. “Worth the Weight” at the Warner Library in Worm Bin: At 10 a.m. make your own worm Library. Call 591-7840 or visit www.irvingtonli- Call 591-7840 or visit www.irvingtonlibrary.org. Tarrytown. Call 631-7734 or visit www.warner- brary.org. bin for composting at the Greenburgh Nature Also July 30. Center in Scarsdale. Call 723-3470 or visit www. library.org Cooking at home With kids: At 1:30 p.m. for greenburghnaturecenterorg. Thursday 17 ConCert: Natalie Merchant performs at 8 p.m. ages 18 and up at Stone Barns Center for Food at the Tarrytown Music Hall. Call 877-840-0457 rooftoP underground ConCert series: At author visit: and Agriculture in Pocantico Hills. Call 366- At 7 p.m. local author Ronnie or visit www.tarrytownmusichall.org. 6200 or visit www.stonebarnscenter.org. Also 7:30 p.m. at Curious-on-Hudson, 145 Palisade Levine talks about her book “The Ice Cream July 22 and Aug. 5. St., Dobbs Ferry. Reservations at www.curiouson- Shop Detective, an art mystery” at the Warner Sunday 20 hudson.com. Also July 19, 26 & Aug. 9. Library in Tarrytown. Call 631-7734 or visit www.warnerlibrary.org “trunks and travel”: Wednesday 9 Comedy night: Sinbad performs at 8 p.m. at the At 2 p.m. Mary Jeanne Bialas talks about the intricacies of 19th century reCePtion for neighBorhood house art Tarrytown Music Hall. Call 877-840-0457 or Craft grouP: At 7 p.m. ages 16 and older make visit www.tarrytownmusichall.org. travel at Lyndhurst in Tarrytown. Call 631-4481 shoW: 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Warner Library in beaded earrings at the Warner Library in Tarry- or visit www.lyndhurst.org. town. Call 631-7734 or visit www.warnerlibrary. Tarrytown. Call 631-7734 or visit www.warner- Sunday 13 library.org. org.. Wednesday 23 yoga rehaB: At 11 a.m. workshop on Iyengar history leCture: At 7 p.m. Dr. Richard “the grand BudaPest hotel”: Film will be hitChCoCk series: “North by Northwest” will Yoga for lower back pain at Riverstone Yoga, 2 Borkow talks about the pivotal role played by shown at 2 p.m. at the Warner Library in Tarry- be shown at 2 p.m. at the Warner Library in Tar- Hudson View Way, Tarrytown. Call 332-9462 or Westchester County in the American Revolution town. Call 631-7734 or visit www.warnerlibrary. rytown. Call 631-7734 or visit www.warnerli- visit www.riverstoneyoga.com. at the Irvington Public Library. Call 591-7840 or org. brary.org. visit www.irvingtonlibrary.org. Wild ediBles Walk and taste: At 1 p.m. for BuBBle mania: At 3:30 p.m. children will be Buzz Worthy films: “Saving Mr. Banks” will ages 12 and up at Stone Barns Center for Food after dark: “The Visitor” will be shown at 9 entertained by Casey Carle and his soap bubbles be shown at 6:30 p.m. at the Ossining Public and Agriculture in Pocantico Hills. Call 366- p.m. at Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville. at the Irvington Public Library. Call 591-7840 Library. Call 941-2416 or visit www.ossiningli- 6200 or visit www.stonebarnscenter.org. Call 747-5555 or visit www.burnsfilmcenter.org or visit www.irvingtonlibrary.org. brary.org. disCovering Wild ediBles With Wildman “sPark a reaCtion”: At 7 p.m. teens can learn Friday 18 “PartiCle fever”: steve Brill: At 1 p.m. at Teatown Lake Reserva- At 8 p.m. this documentary about mind reading at the Irvington Public about science and scientists will be shown at the tion in Ossining. Call 762-2912, ext. 110 or visit Book CluB: Library. Call 591-7840 or visit www.irvington- At 10 a.m. “My Promised Land” Nyack Center, Broadway at Depew. Call (845)

SENIORS yoga on the Chair: 11:15 a.m. Wednesdays. exerCise: 10 a.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and bingo. Fridays. senior Benefits information Center: art WorkshoP: 1 p.m. Wednesdays. yoga: 8:30 a.m. Mondays. niCkel Bingo: 12:30 p.m. Mondays. Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. a representa- reCePtion for art exhiBit: 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. sWimming: 10 a.m. Tuesdays at Kendal-on- tive from the Medicare Rights Center is on hand July 9 at Warner Library. sWimming: 11 a.m. Tuesdays at Kendal-on- Hudson. at the Warner Library in Tarrytown. Sign up Hudson. tai Chi: 11 a.m. Thursdays. exerCise Class: 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays. at the Reference Desk or call 631-7734. To ask games: 1 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. questions outside regular counseling hours call senior Canteen: informal social group, 1 p.m. niCkel Bingo: 1 p.m. Tuesdays. 269-7765. Thursdays. annual PiCniC: Noon July 23. CeramiCs: 10 a.m. July 1 and 15 (subject to senior van: Beginning at 9 a.m. Monday yoga on the Chair: 11:15 a.m. Fridays. yoga: 10 a.m. Thursdays. change). through Friday, a van is available for seniors who need transportation. Call the Tarrytown Village movies: 1 p.m. Fridays. Book CluB: 1 p.m. July 25. senior PiCniC: 12:30 p.m. July 24 at Kingsland Point Park. Hall at 631-7873 or the Sleepy Hollow Recre- Bridge and Card CluB: 1 p.m. Fridays. other Classes: Check bulletin board. ation Dept. at 366-5109. exerCise Class: 10:15 a.m. Fridays. Bingo night: 5:30 July 11 (45-cent cards). Pool taBles: Available any time. hot lunCh: Available Monday to Friday knitting: 1 p.m. Fridays. 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for $2.50 donation at Closed Independence Day, July 4 Closed Independence Day, July 4 Knights of Columbus Hall in Tarrytown. Call oPen Weekdays for soCializing, Card Playing, 631-2717. TARRYTOWN SENIOR CENTER etC.: 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. JAMES F. GALGANO SENIOR CENTER THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE Pierson Park, 631-2304. Annual donation is Closed Independence Day, July 4 $15. 55 Elm St., Sleepy Hollow, 631-0390. Annual 43 Wildey St., Tarrytown, 631-0205 donation is $10, due before March 1. meetings: 1 p.m. July 1 and 15, followed by art exhiBit: July 1 – 31 at Warner Library. games. meetings: 1 p.m. July 7 and 21, followed by

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suPPort grouP: The Tarrytown/Sleepy Hol- stone Barns’ Programs: A series of produce- low chapter of GRASP (Grief Recovery After a related talks and tours are offered on Saturdays Substance Passing) meets the 1st Tuesday of the and family programs on Sundays at Stone Barns month at 7 p.m. at Christ Church, focusing on in Pocantico Hills. Call 366-9606 or visit www. child loss. E-mail tarrytownsleepyhollowgrasp@ stonebarnscenter.org. gmail.com. healthy life series: Phelps Memorial Hospital “mary PoPPins”: Through July 27 at the West- Center in Sleepy Hollow offers the community a chester Broadway Theatre in Elmsford. Dinner wide range of programs on health-related subjects at 6:15 p.m. & show at 8 p.m. Call 592-2222 or as well as health screenings and support groups. visit www.broadwaytheatre.com. Visit www.phelpshospital.org.

Jazz Wednesdays @the Prime: Mark Mor- films for Children: Weekends at noon at the ganelli, Vic Juris & Nilson Matta play jazz and Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville. Call Brazilian jazz from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at 19 747-5555 or visit www.burnsfilmcenter.org. Main St., Hastings-on-Hudson. Call 478-1147 or visit www.jazzforumarts.org. Children’s Programs at the liBraries: Stories, rhymes, crafts and songs for children of various teaCher/student exhiBition: The work of ages at Tarrytown’s Warner Library and Irvington Athena Bing He and Emily Denise is on view Public Library. For Warner, call 631-7734 or visit until July 13 at Studio A Gallery, 52 Main St., www.warnerlibrary.org. For Irvington, call 591- Saturday July 12: Sinbad performs at 8 p.m. at the Tarrytown Music Hall. Call Tarrytown. Call 347-755-6069 or e-mail stu- 7840 or visit www.irvingtonlibrary.org. 877-840-0457 or visit www.tarrytownmusichall.org. [email protected]. Walk among live Butterflies exhiBit: From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. through Aug. 3 at the Green- burgh Nature Center in Scarsdale. Call 723-3470 353-2568 or visit www.rivertownfilm.org. join Teatown and Strawtown Art and Garden or visit www.greenburghnaturecenterorg. Studio at the RiverWalk Center in Sleepy Hollow Thursday 24 to seine for fish and other creatures. Afterwards annual story Walk: At 1 p.m. through Sept. 28 make a symbolic driftwood sculpture with paint for children ages 8 and younger at the Green- teen Crafts: At 7 p.m. make earrings for and sand. Call 762-2912, ext. 110 or visit www. burgh Nature Center in Scarsdale. Call 723-3470 yourself and for a battered women’s shelter at the teatown.org. or visit www.greenburghnaturecenterorg. Irvington Public Library. Call 591-7840 or visit www.irvingtonlibrary.org. Ongoing Irvington farmers market: Every Wednesday from 3:30 p.m. to 7p.m. at the Main Street “hoW to Pay for College Without going from a Child’s PersPeCtive: Thursdays through School parking lot. Visit http://irvingtonfarmer- Broke”: Program for students and parents at August from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. travel back to smarket.net. 7 p.m. at the Warner Library in Tarrytown. To the 19th century and play games, hear stories, register call 631-7734 or visit Reference desk. race through a scavenger hunt and participate farmers’ market at PhelPs hosPital: Thurs- in hands-on-activities at Washington Irving’s days starting June 12 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday 25 Sunnyside in Tarrytown. Call 631-8200 or visit across from the 755 Medical Arts Building in Sleepy Hollow. Call 366-3937. “hairsPray, Jr.”: Random Farms Kids’ Theater www.hudsonvalley.org. performs at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. at the Tarrytown “seven Bells for stone Barns”: Original sound TarrytoWn farmers’ market: Open from 8:30 Music Hall. Call 877-840-0457 or visit www. art exhibition through Nov. 2 at Stone Barns a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturdays at Patriots’ Park. Call tarrytownmusichall.org. Also July 26 and 27 at 1 Center for Food and Agriculture in Pocantico 923-4837. p.m., Aug. 1 at 11 a.m. & 7 p.m., Aug. 2 and 3 Hills. Call 366-6200 or visit www.stonebarnscen- at 1 p.m. ossining doWn-to-earth farmers’ market: ter.org. Open Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. all year at Saturday 26 karate for kids: Mondays and Wednesdays Spring and Main Sts. Call 923-4837. from July 2 – Aug. 13 at JCC on the Hudson farm market: Stone Barns Center’s produce, afriCan heritage Presentation: At 2 p.m. Rita in Tarrytown. Beginners through Yellow belts at Wagener will talk about the culture and customs meat and eggs are on sale Sundays from 10 a.m. 5:30 p.m.; Green and Purple belts at 6:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. at 630 Bedford Road, Pocantico Hills. of her native Uganda at the Ossining Public Call 366-7898 or visit www.jcconthehudson.org. Library. Call 941-2416 or visit www.ossiningli- Call 366-6200 or visit www.stonebarnscenter.org. sunset Jazz @ lyndhurst: brary.org. Thursdays July 10 mah Jongg: Play Mondays at 1 p.m. at Temple to Aug. 28 at 6:30 p.m. Call 478-1147 or visit Beth Abraham in Tarrytown. Call 631-1770 or What a hummer!: At 2 p.m. learn about hum- www.jazzforumarts.org. mingbirds and make a feeder at Teatown Lake e-mail [email protected] to ensure there are Reservation in Ossining. Call 762-2912, ext. 110 sounds of summer: New music documentaries enough players for a game. or visit www.teatown.org. July 10 – Aug. 31 at Jacob Burns Film Center BaCkgammon night: Starts at 6 p.m. the first in Pleasantville. Call 747-5555 or visit www. Monday of the month at the Warner Library in Wednesday 30 burnsfilmcenter.org Tarrytown. Call 631-7734 or visit www.warner- hitChCoCk series: “To Kill a Thief” will be “the Wizard of oz”: July 31 – Sept. 21 at library.org. shown at 2 p.m. at the Warner Library in Tarry- the Westchester Broadway Theatre in Elmsford. mah Jongg: Play Tuesdays at 10 a.m. at JCC town. Call 631-7734 or visit www.warnerlibrary. Dinner at 6:15 p.m. & show at 8 p.m. Call 592- on the Hudson in Tarrytown. Call 366-7898 or org. 2222 or visit www.broadwaytheatre.com. e-mail [email protected]. neighBorhood house art shoW origami for teens and tWeens: At 3 p.m. at the : During July yiddish: Read, learn and sing on Tuesdays at Warner Library in Tarrytown. Call 631-7734 or at the Warner Library in Tarrytown. Reception 12:30p.m.at JCC on the Hudson in Tarrytown. visit www.warnerlibrary.org. July 9 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Call 631-7734 or Call 366-7898 or visit www.jcconthehudson.org. visit www.warnerlibrary.org. Thursday 31 men’s CluB: Meets every Wednesday at 9:45 a.m. exhiBit: “Contemplation of Water”, digital art at JCC on the Hudson in Tarrytown. Meetings halloWeen in July!: At 3:45 p.m. ages 4 & up by Lev Gogish on display at the Irvington Public have varied speakers and are open to the public don costumes and celebrate at the Irvington Library. Reception July 12 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. free of charge. Call 366-7898 or visit www.jc- Public Library. Call 591-7840 or visit www. Call 591-7840 or visit www.irvingtonlibrary.org. conthehudson.org. irvingtonlibrary.org. exhiBit : Lighthouses & Landscapes” by Dani torah study: Rabbi Holtz leads a class every BlaCk-lighting for moths: At 8 p.m. watch Jackson on view at the Ossining Public Library. Wed. at 10 a.m. at Temple Beth Abraham in Tar- Grape Expectations night flying insects at Teatown Lake Reservation Reception July 2 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. rytown. No previous knowledge required. Call in Ossining. Call 762-2912, ext. 110 or visit Call 941-2416 or visit www.ossininglibrary.org. 631-1770 or e-mail [email protected]. WINE AND LIQUOR MERCHANT www.teatown.org. PhotograPhy exhiBit : Cherry blooms by Re- Chess CluB: The Warner Library Chess Club Thursday 31 – August 2 becca Singer through July 27at the Greenburgh meets on the second, third and fourth Thursday Nature Center in Scarsdale. Call 723-3470 or of the month from 6:30 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. Call y summer theater: Teen Troupe presents “Ro- visit www.greenburghnaturecenter.org. 631-7734 or visit www.warnerlibrary.org. meo & Juliet” Thurs. at 10 a.m. & 4 p.m., Fri. at kayaking: Rent a kayak between 12 noon and 15% OFF 10 a.m. & 7:30 p.m., Sat. at 4 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. Buddhist meditation: Westchester Buddhist 5 p.m. on the Tarrytown Lakes Saturdays and Center meets every Sunday at 10 a.m. at Eileen ; Youth Troupe presents “Julius Caesar” Thurs. at Sundays. Instruction available 9 a.m. to noon, 7 p.m., Fri. at 4 p.m., Sat. at 10 a.m. at Patriot’s Fisher headquarters in Irvington. All are wel- and Thursdays and Fridays 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. come. Visit www.westchesterbuddhistcenter.org. YOUR NEXT Park in Tarrytown. Call 418-5562 for more by appointment. Call 682-5135 or visit www. information. KayakHudson.com. used Books: Friends of the Irvington Library is Friday, August 1 partnering with Curious-on-Hudson Bookshop, WINE PURCHASE guided kayak tours: Thursday/Friday evenings 145 Palisade St., Dobbs Ferry to offer used books and weekends at Kingsland Point Park, Sleepy WITH THIS AD. CANNOT BE year round. Proceeds go directly to the Library. COMBINED WITH OTHER Bodies in the liBrary Book grouP: At 12 noon Hollow. Call 682-5135 or visit www.KayakHud- discussion of “Death in the Andes” by Mario Call 412-8393 or e-mail friends.irvingtonli- DISCOUNTS. SOME ITEMS ARE son.com for complete schedule. EXCLUDED. NO MINIMUM OR Vargas Llosa at the Ossining Public Library. Call [email protected]. MAXIMUM. 941-2416 or visit www.ossininglibrary.org. summer musiC series: Wednesdays through homeBound serviCes @ your liBrary: If you Aug. 20 Jazz Forum Arts presents free concerts 92 NORTH BROADWAY (RTE9) are unable to leave your home due to illness or TARRYTOWN, NY. 10591 Saturday, August 2 from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at The Masters School disability, a Warner Library staff member or Phone# 332-0294 in Dobbs Ferry. Call 478-1147 or visit www. WWW.123WINEAVE.COM great hudson estuary fish Count: At 10 a.m. volunteer will bring library materials to you. Call www.thehudsonindependent.com July 2014 The Hudson Independent 19 Obituaries DWYER & VANDERBILT Remembering a Lifelong FUNERAL HOME Tarrytown Resident Who Tarrytown Made a Difference by Kim Gaudin de Gonzalez most of his first 10 years living in the gate- keeper’s cottage of the Axe Castle, (now While Lugari Hall on the EF Campus The Castle Resort & Health Spa) where bears the name of lifelong Tarrytown resi- his Teamster father (6’6”) Ed Lugari Sr. dent Ed Lugari, it’s unlikely that students protected the road and cared for the es- who sleep in the 325-bed dormitory know tate. He often accompanied his mother ATERBURY ELLY anything about the man whose life adven- Viola to the castle tower where she would W & K tures manifested a character with a Paul look out for enemy aircraft during WWII Bunyan-like strength and skill, a Clint while Lugari would do his homework. The Eastwood cool, and a Marlboro Man rug- family lived with no heat, no phone and gedness. plenty of roosters, chickens, rabbits, geese, UNERAL OME Lugari, who died on June 16, 2014, and dogs. It was at the Axe Estate where F H in his Tarrytown home, was the facilities Ed’s passion for the sport of hunting first manager at Marymount College, and then developed. of Briarcliﬀ Manor Marymount/Fordham, and finally EF for Over his life time, he hunted big and 19 years. He oversaw the restoration of the small game around the globe. He is list- Butler Dome and the refurbishment of all ed by the Safari Club International for a the dormitories. 408-point elk he hunted, and also holds Certificate of Occupancy Needs to be Better Explained in Sleepy Hollow His meticulous care of the 11 buildings in his collection a 10 foot, 9 inch Kodiak e Guarino Family continues and grounds of the campus was renowned bear. He is also registered in the Mountain by co-workers, contractors, and adminis- Hunter Record Book for having taken a re- trators alike, and in 2009, just as he was cord Coastal Black Bear in the Vancouver the warm and personal service retiring, administrators and county legis- Island Region, scoring a record 18 3/16 on lators honored him by renaming a build- June 7, 2006. For years his collection was which was originally ing after him and declaring December on display in his office at Rita Hall on the 17, 2009 Edward Lugari Day throughout Marymount campus. Westchester County. Perhaps his expertise in hunting was a re- established by Jack Kelly “Ed had the tough frontiersman sort sult of his athletic abilities and sharpshoot- of exterior which betrayed a very warm er eye. After graduating from Washington and generous man inside,” said Brian By- Irving High School, where he lettered in rne, Ph.D., a vice president at Fordham baseball, track, shot put, and football, Celebrating Life with dedication, excellence and innovation. University. “He was the kind of guy who Mr. Lugari joined the U.S. Marine Corps, Our sta have over 100 years of combined experience serving families. would automatically say “no” three times where, because of his skill in precision to anything you asked and then put his shooting, he was designated Rifleman No. We serve all faiths, and can provide a full range of options to meet your whole heart and soul into accomplishing 1. After finishing his four-year commit- individual religious or nancial needs. We o er immediate out of town the task if it was for the betterment of this ment to the marines in 1958, Mr. Lugari campus—an incredibly dedicated, honest was invited to try out for the New York funeral services and transfers and are within close proximity guy.” Giants football team. He was recruited and to all Westchester houses of worship and cemeteries. Co-workers tell stories about how this played very briefly in a game that autumn 6’3” man once threw a drop cloth over a against the Cleveland Browns. He was deer who had wandered into a Marymount knocked out for 20 seconds, received 185 Win Tickets to the YMCA’s classroom, wrestled it to submission, and stitches, and lost mobility in his left leg. carried it outside to freedom. In another Not long after, the Giants trainer informed October Masquerade Ball! tale of campus heroism, dressed in a suit him his time as a recruit was finished. and tie for graduation, he single-handedly That same year, he married high school sawed up a tree that had fallen across a sweetheart Bettejane Speno. In 1962, the Individualized Service campus road. When he oversaw the 1999 couple had a daughter, Wendy. They also restoration of the historic Butler Dome, have a 23-year-old granddaughter, Allaire he climbed up on it with the contractor to Jane. Pre-Planning decorate it with a blue ribbon. As an active member of the Tarrytown Sister Brigid Driscoll, former president community, he fought fires in Tarrytown of Marymount and one time neighbor, for more than 60 years with the Washing- remembers a nattily dressed man walking ton Engine Company—including a major Dwyer & Vanderbilt Waterbury & Kelly up the hill to Marymount every morning blaze in 1969 that almost wiped out Main Funeral Home Funeral Home well before the offices opened. “He could Street. have easily been the President of IBM— Before landing the Marymount job, Mr. 90 North Broadway 1300 Pleasantville Road that’s how he carried himself as he strode Lugari’s colorful employment history in- along,” she said. “He had a sense of dignity cluded many years work in maintenance Tarrytown, NY 10591 Briarcliﬀ Manor, NY 10510 about him, and a great energy for work— at The County Trust Company, and serv- (914) 631-0621 (914) 941-0838 anything he could wrap his hands around.” ing as a bodyguard at the Premier Theatre During his tenure from 1990 to 2009 he and at the Yonkers Raceway $50 window. never once closed the college for a snow In 1973, he appeared on the cover of the day—and was often seen cleaning snow, or original motion picture soundtrack LP for on his hands and knees in summer plant- Electra Glide in Blue, a film starring Rob- ing begonias himself. He never took a sick ert Blake. After retiring from EF, he served Our Family Serving Yours day. as facilities manager for the Tarrytown Born in Tarrytown in 1936, he spent Music Hall.

20 The Hudson Independent July 2014 www.thehudsonindependent.com Inquiring Photographer by Alexa Brandenberg “What do you enjoy most about summer?”

Ather Adams, 58 John Sarofeen, 51 Cecily Hunter, 6 Argelia Pliego, 30 Tarrytown Post Office (lives in Yonkers) Tarrytown Tarrytown Tarrytown “It’s my birthday!” “Rosé!” “I like having ice pops and playing in the “The beach, the pool, and my kids are sprinkler” home from school” Letters Certificate of Occupancy Needs to be Better Explained in Sleepy Hollow

To the Editor: The owner we had purchased from in 2003 not ready to close in mid-April as originally For everybody else, I guess it will just be a I wish that someone in Sleepy Hollow had apparently done a lot of improvements planned. I even found myself on the phone case of “Caveat Venditor,” or Village government had chosen to be more without gaining the proper permits and in- explaining it to my buyers’ mortgage broker, Seller Beware! communicative about the ordinance that spections from the Village along the way. who works for a private mortgage lender Sincerely, was passed some years ago requiring that a If I had been more aware of the need to which was founded in 1925, has initiated current Certificate of Occupancy be in place have improvements done by previous own- hundreds of mortgages across the country, David Rudofsky when a property is purchased in Sleepy Hol- ers of my home “legalized,” I certainly would and yet had never run into this situation. New York, NY low. not have waited until the last couple of weeks It would seem to be to be a simple and ap- My wife and I purchased our home in before our closing to do so. propriate thing for someone in Village gov- Editor’s Note: The Sleepy Hollow Village 2003 when there was no such policy and As it was, I found myself extremely chal- ernment to write a brief blurb describing the Board of Trustees began a hearing last week on sold it privately (not using a realtor) earlier lenged and stressed to understand what the “C of O” statute and its implication to po- a proposal to amend the Village Code so that this month. The first I learned of a “C of O” Sleepy Hollow Village Building Department tential home sellers and include it in an up- one- and two-family homes would no longer be requirement was from my attorney, when was asking me to do based on their initial in- coming water bill mailing, just as was done required to have an updated Certificate of Oc- the contract of sale was being drawn up and spection report, to find contractors who were by Mayor Zegarelli to explain a 13.95% cupancy. The exemption from that requirement I noticed and inquired about a clause stat- both qualified to do the work, and would sewer rent charge based on water usage, back would include condo units and co-op units. ing a maximum amount of $2,500 for “C not unfairly exploit my time pressure to get in 2004. Meanwhile, I thought writing this The hearing was continued to a trustee meet- of O” required improvements (our cost was the work completed, to supervise the work, letter would help get the word out to readers ing scheduled for earlier this week, after this ultimately more than that.) and to explain to my buyers why we were of the “Hudson Independent.” newspaper went to press. Win Tickets to the YMCA’s

October Masquerade Ball! Editor RICK PEZZULLO [email protected] 914.631.6311 21 North Broadway, Tarrytown, NY 10591 The Family YMCA and the Family Y’s Early Phone: 914.631.6311 The Hudson Independent are Learning Center at Office Manager joining forces to present a Tappan Hill School. SHARON KIRSCHNER Please visit us on the Web at www.thehudsonindependent.com contest in which two Mas- To participate, write 914.631.6311 [email protected] querade Ball tickets (worth your answer in an To contact Hudson Valley News Corporation or for $160 each), provided by the email addressed to Ad Production Manager general information, e-mail us at: TOM SCHUMACHER, [email protected] Y, will be given to the lucky masqcontest@the- [email protected] participants who correctly hudsonindependent. Send listings for events/activities to: Advertising Director [email protected] answer monthly questions com, and include SUZANNE STEPHANS about the YMCA and this your name, address, Send letters to the editor to: 914.631.6311 or 914.255.1314 [email protected] newspaper. There will be a phone number and [email protected] winner this month and in August and email address. The deadline for this Ad Sales Manager September from among those who cor- month’s responses is July 20. JONATHAN MARSHALL Published by the Hudson Valley News Corporation: rectly answer questions posed here and 914.374.7564 [email protected] Matthew Brennan, president; in each of The Hudson Independent’s next Morey Storck, vice president; two issues. July’s question: What three sports Art Direction Robert Kimmel, Zak Shusterman The Masquerade Ball takes place at the were invented at the YMCA? WENDY TITTEL DESIGN [email protected] Editorial Board: Trump National Golf Club in Briarcliff Robert Kimmel, chair, Manor on Friday, October 17. One cor- Look for our second question in August’s Circulation Manager Kevin Brown, Paula Romanow Etzel, JOANNE M. TINSLEY rectly answered response will be drawn issue! Good luck and we look forward to Steven Gosset, Jennie Lyons, Alexander Roberts, [email protected] Barrett Seaman, Morey Storck, Joanne M. Tinsley, at random each month by youngsters in seeing the winners at October’s Masquer- What’s Happening Editor Donald Whitely Daycare and After School programs at ade Ball SALLY KELLOCK, [email protected] www.thehudsonindependent.com July 2014 The Hudson Independent 21 “Sleepy Hollow Film Fest Shorts” Invite Video Contest Entries In the interest of promoting year-round Of course, everyone is expected to respect excitement surrounding the village of Sleepy local laws, private property, and personal Hollow and not just in months that be- privacy and to seek out permission when re- by Dylan Etzel gin with the letter “O,” Krista Madsen has quired for sites at which you plan to film. At launched and is conducting a little film fest, the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, for example, with which The Hudson Independentis col- video is prohibited and photography re- laborating. quires advanced written permission of the Use your video shooting, (and editing?) cemetery. talents to enter the “Sleepy Hollow Shorts” Upload your film to YouTube.com or Film Fest Contest. There are only two key Vimeo.com using hashtag #SleepyHol- rules: films have to weigh in at 30 seconds lowShorts so we can find you! Please add maximum, and at least some of the tags for the locations where you filmed footage has to be filmed here while you’re at it. This newspaper’s in Sleepy Hollow. Yes, 30 website,www.thehudsonindependent. seconds; think of all those com, will be linking to en- 30 second commercials tries for your amusement that send a message and inspiration. in half a minute. Be aware that your The Hudson In- submission may be dependent, in col- Tweeted, Facebooked laboration with the and generally shared all village, will help narrow the over the social media entries down to 10 finalists. These will be universe, as well as posted on www. screened sometime in October where the VisitSleepyHollow.com. audience will decide the grand prize winner Submission deadline is, Sept. 30, 2014. of two VIP Sleepy Hollow Haunted Hay- So, roll ‘em. ride tickets (meaning you get to cut the line!) Krista Madsen, as former Tarrytown-Sleepy Check our Complete and honourable mentions in categories to be Hollow Patch and Ossining-Croton Patch edi- determined. (Suggestions welcome.) tor was a filmer of all sorts of around-town ac- It is hoped that the submissions will cover tion clips. She is now a regular contributor to “Happenings” the gamut from Sleepy Hollow’s spooky side The Hudson Independent with both words and to slices of everyday cinematic magic. Your images. For more information on this contest, directory for JULY at www.thehudsonindependent.org video should tell a very short story, but what visit SleepyHollowInk.com or email krista@ story you choose is entirely up to you. sleepyhollowink.com

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22 The Hudson Independent July 2014 www.thehudsonindependent.com “Sleepy Hollow Film Fest Shorts” Our Neighbors Invite Video Contest Entries Rockefeller Preserve Director Tackles Challenges Head-On by Dylan Etzel management and planning. She has helped Antenen already feels right at home. She trails and setting priorities for the long-term conserve the high-elevation forests of Maui, walks a few miles along the Preserve every care of the graceful carriage road system de- Last October, the Rockefeller State Park and assisted Long Island state parks by im- day, taking care to notice something new signed by John D. Rockefeller Jr. 100 years Preserve in Pleasantville welcomed new proving the natural con- each time. “I love the ago,” she explained. director, Susan Antenen. After a successful ditions for federally pro- mix of forest, pastures, Though the Preserve’s volunteer program spring season, challenging goals await the tected bird species, while hayfields, lake and river.” is essential for its maintenance, bringing in Preserve moving forward. Expanding the paying close attention to And she relishes sharing new involvement can be difficult. “We have volunteer program, protecting the Preserve fragile habitats and rare this enthusiasm with oth- volunteers who have been coming here for from invasive plants, and making repairs plants. ers. “I like working in a many years. Getting people to go on nature on trails are issues that Antenen has tackled When the Nature Con- place that’s important to walks used to be the goal. Now it’s getting head-on. With her extensive conservation servancy was invited to people and makes them them outside.” As a result, Antenen has experience and respect for nature, Antenen Mongolia, Antenen was feel good.” helped introduce the use of apps like Meet- hopes to utilize social networking and ad- designated to scout out the Antenen also recog- Up to recruit volunteers, young and old, hoc solutions to augment the Preserve’s out- conservation potential; af- nizes the historical sig- through digital means. She has installed reach and environmental education efforts. ter several years of investi- nificance of the Hudson pop-up tables at critical points in the Pre- Though Antenen’s résumé includes 25 gation and program design, Valley for art, archaeol- serve that explain the trails of the surround- years in naturalism with the Nature Conser- the Conservancy officially ogy, and natural beauty. ing area, as well as present bones, feathers, vancy and other groups, she began her for- started its new country She has gotten to know and skins that visitors can touch and feel. mative experiences with nature as a young program in Mongolia in Rockefeller State Park Pre- how the land changes “People go to places they’ve never been to serve Director Susan Antenen girl in southern Ohio. An avid camper and 2008. She also worked at throughout the seasons, experience something new.” hiker, she fondly remembers bird watching, Wave Hill, a Public Gar- Photo by Sam Kornhauser and is planning manage- One way to discover something new at catching crayfish and snakes, and family den in Riverdale, when she ment of regional wildlife the Preserve is to visit the Peony Gardens. trips to state parks. She went on to lead na- first made the Hudson Valley her home. and forests. She redesigned the Preserve’s After 9/11, naturalists in Japan sent native ture walks and campfire programs, while at After gaining even more experience in map, while at the same time overseeing peonies to the Preserve, as a way to offer the same time becoming versed in the histo- California’s Sierra Nevada woodlands, An- the repair and placement of over 150 trail support. The peonies bloom every May, in ries of land use, first in Vermont and then in tenen decided to return to Westchester to markers all along the Preserve. time for Mother’s Day, but require atten- her native Ohio. She inventoried birds and accept the Rockefeller State Park Preserve’s Antenen’s goals include carriage road tion throughout the summer. wild flowers before joining the Nature Con- directorial position. “In California, every- maintenance and planning for infrastruc- A blogspot page highlighting volunteer servancy, where she built a career. thing was new, and although it was excit- ture repairs. “With support from the activities at the preserve offers opportunities Antenen has a highly accomplished, di- ing, the Preserve is a return to something Friends of Rockefeller State Park Preserve, for all ages at rsppvolunteers.blogspot.com. verse history in land and natural resource familiar to me.” we are repairing and reconstructing eroded

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