What you need to know Opinion COUNTESS, AUTHOR, SPY: We PREPAYING TAX WON’T SAVE: EDITORIALS reprise the glamorous and some- For people who thought prepaying This Week: & LETTERS times dangerous life of Aline their property tax bills would buy Out & About Griffith, the Pearl River girl who them immunity from the reduced Pages 15 Pages made dreams of a castle in Spain tax deductions in the new federal 8 & 9 come true, literally, while a mem- regulations, here’s bad news-they Our Town newspaper ISSN 025457. Periodical ber of the jet set. Page 3 won’t be credited for 2017. Page 4 Postage rates paid at Pearl River NY 10965 and at additional mailing offices. School districts IN PRINT & ONLINE FOR ORANGETOWN, CLARKSTOWN, ROCKLAND & N. BERGEN may gain WEDNESDAY flexibility December 27, 2017 in setting Vol. 45, No. 9 Our 46th Year annual calendar Entire contents By Suzanne Daycock Our Town copyrighted STAFF WRITER Changes may be coming to the way that your child’s school dis- trict establishes its annual calen- dar. State Education Orangetown,religiouscommunities Commissioner MaryEllen Elia spoke out this week about a rec- ommendation under consideration could be poles apart on erection of eruvs by the Board of Regents that she claims responses to a request from By Anne Phyllis Pinzow February 6, to prohibit eruvim (plural of was installed by a licensed workman and the state’s public school superin- STAFF WRITER eruv) from being established in that there was proper insurance coverage in tendents for more flexibility when Orangetown. Based on a suggestion made at case of injury. There’s a list six pages long it comes to scheduling – especial- Eruvs have become controversial in a Town Board meeting in September, by of regulations and documentation and pro- ly if families support them. Rockland and northern Bergen communi- then candidate for the office of Town cedural requirements with heavy fines for “One thing superintendents ties as the begin to appear on utility poles. Supervisor, Christopher Day the language noncompliance, ($1,500 for each and every have requested is flexibility on An eruv is a continuous rope clad in white in the law would use a different term in ref- violation per day and imprisonment for no this issue of, ‘Can I start earlier? plastic PVC pipe which marks out a bound- erence to the eruv and expand the term more than 10 days.) ary in which observant Jews can move Come on, let us start earlier. Our “sign,” to include eruvim. A permit obtained from the police is about more freely on the sabbath. families, everybody would be OK Day referenced laws that had been pro- needed to comply with the installation of a with it. But under the law we They appear to be part of the utility infra- posed in New Jersey, most of which have security camera, but what that might entail can’t,’” Commissioner Elia told a structure when attached to poles, but in been struck down by the courts or are being was not included. Noncompliance can mean reporter for the Albany Times effect while not a specific religious symbol challenged. The one proposed in Mahwah a fine of $50,000 and possible imprison- Union this week. are valued by strictly observant Jews, was withdrawn in a vote on December 14 ment of up to one year. whether orthodox, conservative or reform. The possibility of removing a by the Mahwah Township Council as a During the public hearing the attorney barrier to an August start date for The appearance of eruvs in Mahwah and counter move to the State of New Jersey Marzolla reviewed a brief and limited histo- the state’s public school districts Upper Saddle River, both upscale commu- suing Mahwah over the ordinance which it ry of “permeant non-utility devices,” saying comes while state policymakers nities with relatively small populations of states illegally targets Jews. that O&R does not provide for any insur- are considering a proposal to observant Jews has sparked efforts to ban ance protection for the town, or legal pro- begin to count school years in them countered by lawsuits claiming reli- Regulates use of poles rather than eruvs tection, notification of when and where an hours rather than days. New York, gious bias. The proposed, legislation authored by eruv will be established or provide licensing like most states, current requires Orangetown has joined the fray, before outside counsel and presented by Mary E. status of the contractors. She said, “Because that public schools remain open eruvs have appeared on poles. Marzolla of Freerick, Lynch MacCartney & A law was being considered by the Town Nugent PLLC., focused on making sure that SCHOOL CALENDAR: Board on December 19 to be continued on any type of device attached to utility poles ERUVS: Page 6, please Page 2, please Scouting for a project, Eagle candidate restores long-forgotten cemetry

Story and photos for the Eagle award in scouting. by Arthur R. Aldrich Every Eagle Scout candidate must plan and complete a community Some folks whistle while they service project as part of the multi- walk past a graveyard to prove they tude of requirements to receive the are not afraid of whatever in that rank. Slattery was scouting for a graveyard they may be afraid of. project. Thousands of people walk or “The first person I thought of drive past a postage-stamp size speaking to was James Cassetta, graveyard in Pearl River every day the historian at the Pearl River without whistling, largely because Library,” Slattery stated at the ded- they are either unaware that the ication Tuesday of his completed graveyard exists, take it for grant- project. “He suggested the little ed, or know nothing about it at all. cemetery.” Sandwiched between a bagel shop and ShopRite supermarket parking But first Slattery had to learn lots on Middletown Road, the tiny about the cemetery and its place in burial plot has been fenced off and Orangetown history. Again Cassetta, who has published one Ryan Slattery, Eagle Scout candidate in Troop 2097 New City, at dedication of his ceme- abandoned for decades. tery restoration project on Tuesday. He rehabilitated the old Bogert burial ground, restored Among the frequent passersby headstones and erected a signboard tracing the history of the long-abandoned graveyard was Ryan Slattery, a seniort at Pearl on Middletown Road. River High School, and a candidate CEMETERY: Page 10, please or your friends & neighbors! Treat Our Town Your Hometown Newspaper Yourself Sign up now, see page 2 In Print... On Line... The Best Source for Over 43 Years! 2....OUR TOWN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2017 School year may be reckoned in hours, not days for flexibility

Continued from Page 1 prise this past spring when the approach, districts would be able for 180 days each year, which is state Education Department to schedule half days that they counted as at least five hours of issued a memo reminding them Districts would gain more discretion are not allowed to use to meet the instruction at the elementary of the state’s minimum instruc- 180-day requirement today. They level and five and a half hours at tion requirements. Under the new to manage snow days and other would also have the option to the middle and high school lev- approach, all instructional hours schedule in lengthier lunch and els. spent in a classroom could be scheduling issues without losing recess periods, and parent- This, of course, means half counted toward the state require- teacher conference periods at the days don’t count — something ment and all public schools, apart attendance-based aid discretion of the district school that took some districts by sur- from charter schools, would have board. the option to open “Any change to the instruc- before cials posted on their website as their districts were not comply- tional day or year would require September. Listen to a preview of the stories part of a report on the December ing with the 180-day instruction- revisiting and possibly changing “After five meeting of the state’s Board of al requirements despite reporting teacher contracts,” NYSCOSS in this week’s Our Town every hearings around Regents. compliance to the department’s warned. “Of further note, the the state, the “During meetings with SED, state aid office; districts falling Board and SED will work with Board has pro- Wednesday @ 7:45 am on council staff and our superin- short of the yearly requirement the legislature to amend state law posed new regu- are docked a percentage of their tendent representative, Bob Ike to allow instructional days in the lations governing annual state aid. “The Morning Show with of Palmyra-Macedon, argued last two weeks of August, the the 180 session vociferously for as much flexi- School officials responded that day requirement,” same time frame that conference Steve & Jeff” bility as possible. On first read, it a late-in-the-season Nor’easter days are authorized.” New York State appears that we have gotten pret- that dumped several feet of snow The proposed changes to WRCR AM 1700 and wrcr.com Council of School ty close to that result.” on portions of New York State Superintendent had prompted a statewide snow department regulations require (NYSCOSS) offi- Sets instructional hours day after they had already used that the public be provided with a NYSCOSS notes that the up their allotted days off. Though 45-day comment period before key change under the new the day was made up, the storm they can be acted upon by the proposal would be a school opened a door on the fact that Regents, who currently expect to year calculation that would some districts had counted days consider a final recommendation require that students in where schools started late due to during their March meeting. kindergarten through sixth weather as full days even though Those recommendations may Suffern Free Library grade would need to com- many counted these days as full also include a possible exemp- Sat, Jan 6, 10 am–4 pm plete a minimum of 900 instructional days even though tion from the 180-day require- Call for info: 845.357.1237 instructional hours during students attended only four hours ment when a state or local emer- of instruction versus the mini- Nanuet Library the school year. Students in gency is officially declared. mum of five that are required Fri, Jan 26, 10 am–4 pm grades seven through twelve New York State United Call for info: 845.623.4281 would need to meet a mini- under state regulations. Teachers spokesman Carl Korn mum requirement of 990 In response to concerns and told the Times Union on Monday Pearl River Public Library instructional hours for a dis- questions, the department con- his union is still waiting to hear Thurs, Feb 8 trict calendar to be in com- vened an advisory committee to back from teacher leaders around 9 am–3 pm pliance with the proposed discuss whether statutory and the state on the proposed Call for info: 845.735.4084 requirements. regulatory fixes that might help changes. He also said that the The problem of meeting to streamline, clarify or modern- union appreciates the state’s the somewhat inflexible ize school calendar requirements. decision to form a committee to Course fee $30, Pre-registration required requirements of the 180-day During the December meeting, consider the issue, affirming the calendar approach emerged the committee recommended to point that any push to start school last spring, when the depart- the Regents that they abandon earlier should be decided at the ment’s Fraud, Waste and the 180-day rule for one that local level, and made subject to mandated a minimum number of Abuse hotline received a collective bargaining and com- instructional hours instead. number of reports from par- munity sentiment. ents, who complained that By moving to an hourly

Online with Just 1 Click… And Still in Print... Suicide: Survivors of attempts Your Best Source for Over 43 Years. and families face challenges Our Town By Anne Phyllis Pinzow meetings as part of organizations STAFF WRITER that develop resources and gather- ing information on what is available Suicide has been described as a in the County. She also visits with long-term solution to a short-term patients in Nyack Hospital on the problem and for many, those who Behavioral Health Unit and at Good have survived suicide attempts, the Samaritan Hospital on the DeTox long-term solutions are unclear as Unit as well as the Adult homes and they may still feel that same despair rehabilitation facilities and visits which can exist, not only for the schools to provide information survivor but for family, friends and “One of the very huge problems caregivers. that (I) encounter way too many How the amount of care, quality times is that parents that are calling of care, availability of care as well me to tell me that their child had as the cost of care are perceived can attempted suicide 12-year-old be different depending on where a through 14-year olds through 17 person is in the equation, from the years old. The parent rushes their suicide survivor to the organiza- child to the hospital and after a few tions who are charged with and hours of the child being in the emer- whose missions are delivering the gency room they are asked a serious needed and extended care. of questions. I’m told they are eval- This appeared to be the case dur- uated and sent home with the parent ing interviews conducted with rep- with my phone number or sent resentatives of the Mental Health home with the parent and told to Association on December 7 at the call the primary care physician. MHA offices in Valley Cottage, This is unacceptable.” after a presentation was made by She said a mother called her on a Wendy Blanchard a representative Wednesday morning. “On Tuesday of the MHA on the topic at the night she walked into her child’s Rockland County Legislative bedroom as he was about to hang Multi-Services Committee on himself. He is 12 years old. She was November 28. able to save him and rushed him to January 3rd, 10th & 17th Blanchard, a Client and Family the emergency room and they sent Advocate for the County for the her home around midnight with her Mental Health Association recently child and she waited until 9 a.m. to to advertise call 845-735-1342 became an ambassador for the call me because she had no other Mental Health Association. As such, it is her function to be out in or e-mail: [email protected] the community participating in SUICIDE: Page 11, please WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2017, OUR TOWN....3 training, she was one of only two escape German aircraft fire. women to graduate from spy school During her inaugural flight, in December 1943 and soon found Ms. Griffith was invited into the herself on a glamorous Pan Am plane’s dining salon by a four-star Clipper flight to Portugal, and then, general. Across the white linen Spain. tablecloth sat a young OSS agent by The college-trained journalist later the name of William Casey. admitted in her book The Spy Wore Mr. Casey had been assigned to Red: My Adventures as an head the OSS secret intelligence Undercover Agent in World War II branch in Europe. Years later, he that she had never slept in a hotel or would gain public renowned when flown in plane before that flight he was appointed as Director of across the Atlantic Ocean. She also Central Intelligence by President noted that she received her first taste Ronald Regan. Director Casey also of the dangers ahead when that plane was forced to change course to GRIFFITH: Page 7, please

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Countess, model, From her back- ground as a home- author, spy; town Pearl River girl, she led a glamorous Aline Griffith dies at 95 life as an internation- al hostess, author, By Suzanne Daycock dent, played for the school basketball model and wartime spy for the OSS. STAFF WRITER team, tackled the school’s riding club, Aline Griffith photo Once upon a time in the tiny hamlet graduated second in her class, and won the admiration of her peers for from her Facebook of Pearl River there lived a pretty little page. girl. The big house where she lived her prowess with dance. 220 Closter Dock Road, Closter, NJ with loving parents and siblings had She also was a budding writer. Ms. 201-768-6136 been built by a prosperous man – an Griffith received a scholarship to Monday – Saturday 10–6 entrepreneur and industrialist, and as study at the College of Mount Saint fate would have it. The apple would- Vincent in Riverdale, where she n’t fall far from the tree. majored in journalism. After graduat- Aline Marie Griffith was born in ing, her dramatic good looks won her 1923 – the eldest of the six children a job with designer Hattie Carnegie in THE AVERAGE ADULT IS born to Marie Dexter Griffith and New York City modeling haute cou- William Griffith, Sr. Her maternal ture gowns for elegant ladies during grandfather, Talbot Dexter, had the day, and often dancing the evening Missing at Least 2 Teeth. moved east from Little Rock, Iowa in away in one of the city’s many elegant the 1890s to be closer to the heart of hotel ballrooms. the nation’s largest newspaper market. Throughout this period, Ms. She died Monday in Madrid at the Griffith resided in the Pearl River age of 95. home where she had grown up until Brothers Talbot and Thomas Dexter her innate spirit of adventure was chose Pearl River as the site of the tweaked by the onset of World War II. Dexter Folder Company. The brothers The nation’s young men were leaving had invented a machine that crisply for battle while patriotic women like and precisely folded a printed news- Ms. Griffith searched for ways to paper page in half – a feat that had make a difference in the U.S. war defeated publishers until that time – effort despite the clear disadvantage and a railroad line ran adjacent to the of her sex. factory offering cheap and easy access Aline Griffith finally caught her to the nation’s largest market of break in 1943, when she accepted an invitation from a fellow model to a newsprint. You’re not alone. We can help. Their business ran successfully dinner party, where she would be introduced to her blind date. Speaking Call Dr. Guller today until the nation’s economy collapsed to schedule your into the Great Depression, forcing the with a stranger who had been intro- Dexter brothers to sell most of the duced to her earlier in the evening, the IMPLANT company they had founded to Pearl River native conversed openly CONSULTATION investors to remain personally and about her desire to discover a role for professionally afloat. Thomas Dexter herself in the ongoing war effort. $79 later committed suicide, leaving The gentleman responded that he Includes X-rays and Talbot to carry on with what was left might be able to help, and a short time 3D Cone Beam Scan of the business. later, Ms. Griffith received an invita- VALUE UP TO $295 Expires February 28, 2018 Though his fortune dwindled, his tion to a country retreat near Langley, family thrived. Daughter Marie raised Virginia. When she arrived, she dis- covered that it was a school for spies ROBERT H. GULLER, D.M.D. 201-391-5565 Aline and her siblings in the home & Associates www.pascackdental.com where she had grown up in a commu- operated by the U.S. Office of nity that she had long since claimed as Strategic Services, which later her own. became known as the Central Intelligence Agency. Aline Griffith attended school in a building in Pearl River that at the time Ms. Griffith had been granted her housed all local children from kinder- wish and she eagerly accepted the 21 SOUTH KINDERKAMACK RD., MONTVALE, NJ garten through high school. By the pro-offered invitation. She joined the time she graduated in 1937, Aline had American war effort as OSS “Agent CAN served as 4H and junior class presi- 527” bearing the code name of “Tiger.” After three months of intense DENTAL IMPLANTS HELP! 4....OUR TOWN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2017 Prepaying won’t save under GOP tax law: Orangetown By Anne Phyllis Pinzow we’re allowed to do so according to of the Building Department’s find- perature outside, cracked ceilings, ney allegedly misrepresents the STAFF WRITER the New York State Comptroller’s ings. The ZBA, after a public hear- water coolers that don’t, if ever, truth under oath at a ZBA meeting. advice.” ing, may rescind the approve deci- worked and flooding basements. (Testimony at Zoning Board of Residents might send in their Supervisor Stewart said his sion and any building permit and/or Seven proposals had been Appeals meetings are given under taxes early, but that doesn’t mean certificate of occupancy that has oath.) they’ll be credited as paid in 2017. farewells to the Town Board, reviewed which had been devel- appointed officials as well as been issued. oped by the Musial Group. The Allyson Sullivan of Blauvelt Supervisor Andrew Stewart said employees, thanking them all for She said the town attorney’s Town Board approved scheme asked what can be done to make at the December 19 meeting of the their commitments to the town’s office is working towards prosecu- which Building Department sure that companies that continue Town Board, the last to be held this wellbeing. He gave a short review tion of the violations of terms and Director Jane Slavin said is the to operate below the radar in viola- year, that many town residents of his six years in office. conditions set for Aluf. She most cost effective in part because tion of town code can be prevented have called in to his office asking explained summons have been pre- less excavation is needed. to do so. She also asked if the Town about this stratagem to beat the Councilman Paul Valentine said that during Stewart’s tenure as pared for: Scheme seven is to build a three- Board can prohibit plastic products implementation of President’s tax from being produced in legislation which limits the amount Supervisor, “I firmly believe that • Denying inspector access to floor building including a basement Orangetown was improved. We perform inspections on the north side of the eastern sec- Orangetown. She said the town of deductible property tax and state code in prohibited use lists plastic and local income tax to $10,000. brought new clean ratables to the • Incomplete work per a ZBA tion of the present Town Hall, town, improved our infrastruc- decision named for this purpose Building B. materials and synthetic resins and According to results released in a asked how this applies to Aluf. 2017 Zillow analysis, median prop- ture…completed the Rails to • Release of water from the During construction, the only erty taxes in Rockland are $10,550 Trails…we kept our taxes under chiller office which would have to be Healher Hurley asked for what compared to the national median of the state cap.” He said the position • The presence of plastic pellets moved to a temporary location is purpose is an environmental attor- $2,132. of Supervisor is not an easy one in the area of the Sparkill Creek. Of that of the Town Clerk. ney being hired. and Stewart excelled at it. Some relief might be coming for this last item, Slavin said the DEC After the addition is completed, Tom DePrisco of Pearl River New York residents as State Tom Diviny said of Supervisor the Rockland County Drainage Building A, the oldest section of asked if the town builds a new Senator David Carlucci has intro- Stewart, “Six years under the (tax Agency and the Health Department the present Town Hall would be Town Hall could the include a duced a bill (S6502) that will allow levy) cap, Chase, New York City have been notified of possible pol- demolished. This scheme provides recreation room for senior citizens. property taxes that are no longer Football Club, the LED, that’s pret- lution of the Sparkill Creek. the most parking space, 233. He also asked when the lights in the deductible from Federal income ty impressive.” The Musial Group presented a Another advantage is that the Town area where he lives will be convert- taxes (because of the $10,000 cap) revised report of the layout for a Board Chambers would be located ed to LED. He was told by Jane to be deducted from state personal Simon’s farewell concept for a Town Hall. The group in the western wing of the new Slavin that the conversions are hap- income taxes. This will allow tax- Robert Simon also gave a short had been hired to come up with building and would be accessible pening very quickly and should be payers in New York to continue to farewell speech. It was more than cost/benefit comparisons on pro- from three directions while the rest by his area soon. There is a map on take the full deduction against their four years ago that, his position posals for a renovated town hall, a of the building could be locked line that should show where the New York State income tax. was voted by referendum into con- new town hall and/or a new loca- down. An atrium would exist along lights have been converted but it solidation with that of the Town tion for a town hall which would the entire length between Building needs to be updated. Supervisor Stewart said the town B and the new building giving will accept payment of taxes in the Clerk. Simon has been in the posi- include all the present departments Concerning Linen Choice tion for 20 years after working in (Town Attorney, Police, Town access to sunlight on both sides of (which has plans to build a 170,000 new year as it usually does. each building. Property owners can go online to that department prior to his prede- Clerk, Assessor, Justice, Personnel, sq.ft. “light manufacturing/ware- cessor’s retirement. He wished Finance, IT, as well as the Building house/office for distribution pur- the Orangetown website to pre-pay Public comment their taxes, or mail them in, but the Charlotte Madigan whose position Department and Fire Prevention poses, Councilman Tom Diviny Town Clerk isn’t allowed to will now include the duties of Department under one roof coming Michael Mandel of Pearl River said there was a previous approval process until 2018. He said the tax Receiver of Taxes, his best wishes. to 53,671.5 square feet. expressed his opinion on “civility for a larger building for the same bills will be available as usual right Concept plan for new town hall in the town and land use board” purpose. To change the use the at the end of the month. (December Aluf update approved. meetings, aiming his criticism at applicant would have to go before the attendees siting a previous the Planning Board. 27 by 5 p.m.) He said property Jane Slavin, Director of the Orangetown Town Hall original- owners might try to mail their pay- Department of Building, Planning, meeting when the topic of the The town is bringing in Carter, ly was first built in 1963 with an odors allegedly coming from Aluf ments in through the post office to Zoning, Administration and addition constructed in 1991 com- Ledyard and Millburn, to handle get this year’s postmark it’s Enforcement gave a detailed Plastics, Inc. was taken up by resi- environmental and air permitting ing to 47,858.75 square feet, and is dents. He said they had left before unknown at this point what affect, update on what has been happening suffering from a host of deficien- loss. He said they will deal with the if any, that might have. concerning the mitigation of odors Jane Slavin, Director of the DEC to enforce environmental cies including leaking ceilings, Building Department had given her “The town will issue the bills and coming from Aluf Plastics, Inc. She missing façade, a structural beam compliance and advise the town on said the upgrades proposed and report which would have answered legal strategies. “We want experts collect them but does not have the bending directly under the Town most if not all of their questions. He legal ability to invite everybody in completed by Aluf have not Board chambers and nearly break- to advise us.” He said this is to addressed the issues and inspection suggested and the Town Board fol- force compliance from every com- before the collection starts and ing a gas pipe, heating systems that lowed through, on having Slavin process those payments before requests have not been honored. get a little confused about the tem- pany in that corridor. He said that She said the ZBA is being notified report prior to public comment. he’s also spoken to TRC about Barbera Delo of Blauvelt com- doing odor testing inside Aluf mented that sometimes govern- Plastics, Inc. The fees paid to the ment regulations used to protect the firm are not to exceed $35,000. safety of its citizens are used to A public hearing was started on harass individuals. She said this has the regulation of devices in the happened to her and warned that public right-of-way. It will be con- regulations can be misused and tinued on February 6. asked that the Town Board be care- A public hearing was held to ful to appropriately administer the amend chapter 14C Filming. This regulations. transferred the duties and responsi- Alex Gant of Blauvelt asked bilities for issuing filming permits what penalties are there if an attor- from the Town Clerk to the Chief

A Holiday Tradition... REQUEST YOURS NOW ~ SEE PAGE 10 Online with Just 1 Click... And Still in Print… Your Best Source for Over 43 Years. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2017, OUR TOWN....5 of Police. Stewart said that revenues was made between the Town of from this endeavor have plummeted Orangetown and New York Sharks over the past year and it seems it is Aquatics of Clarkstown for the year due to some confusion and this move 2017 to 2018 in the amount of will alleviate some of the problems. $17,886.61. Along with the switch, Stewart said The Town Board authorized a con- there is a small increase in the fees. tract with Hi-Tor Animal Care Center, During public comment, Heather Inc. in the amount of $49,060 by quar- Hurley of Pearl River made a sugges- terly payments for fiscal year 2018 for tion concerning time restrictions be the statutory shelter/pound services extendable towards the end of the required to be provided by the town. week. She said a different structure The Town Board approved the might be set up to be more welcoming installation of a “Stop Sign” on Old and easier for film crews to save Mountain Road (County Road 28) at money in scheduling their shooting South Boulevard in Upper Grandview times. requiring motorists to stop before Stewart said no part of the permit entering South Boulevard. concerning this will be changed. He A change order was approved for said this has not generated any contro- additional services request by the versy. He said there’s a fee for filing town of TRC Environmental during the day and another one for Corporation for engineering and con- later hours. sulting services. The original contract The amendment was passed unani- was not to exceed $59,000 and the Supervisor Andrew Stewart presents Esta Baitler with a Certificate of Appreciation for her work mously. additional work is $8,338. in spurring the government to construct the Rt.340 sidewalk. A bond which Orangetown had A tax certiorari settlement for taken out to finance the purchase of $2,848 was made with MC Corp of Paul Valentine – nominated to the position of cially hire the officers until after the Orangetown part of the Rockland Psychiatric Stony Point. police officer pending successful completion of test- PBA contract is settled. Center campus in 2003 is being A donation was accepted by the ing and investigation of background defeased with $3,535,000, some of town from the of John M. Perry Post Mark Meyers - nominated to the position of Public Hearings the money paid to the town (about of a monument/plaque to be installed police officer pending successful completion of test- February 6, 8:05 p.m. Starting the public hearing $7.5 million) by Chase for 60 acres of in Sparkill Memorial Park. The new ing and investigation of background process over again concerning the Town Board the property. monument will be installed to the Luke Graney - nominated to the position of police declaring its intent to serve as Lead Agency in con- William Sherwood is being retained north the flagpole and existing monu- nection with the environmental review of the pro- ments and will honor the men and officer pending successful completion of testing and to act as a Hearing Officer pursuant to investigation of background posed local law, under the State Environmental §75 of the Civil Service Law of the women who served in the Iraq and Quality Review Act (SEQRA), due to Aluf’s lawyer State of New York with in respect to Afghanistan Wars. James Scaccia - nominated to the position of police officer pending successful completion of test- challenging procedure being followed as the public certain disciplinary charges, dated The Town Board approved an hearing was held thought the law was not in its final September 13, 2017, preferred against agreement with GHD Engineers to ing and investigation of background. Orangetown Police Chief Kevin Nulty said this form. This law has to do with performance stan- Employee # 1321. Sherwood will be prepare design plans and specifica- dards. paid at a rate of $225 an hour. tions to comply with the latest NYS- would bring the force up to 83 officers. Councilman Diviny said he did not want to offi- February 6, 8:15 p.m. Continuation - Regulation Symprocity Software Solutions, DEC requirement regarding Total of Devices in Public Right-of-Ways and Easements Inc. is being contracted for the inspec- Residual Chlorine in the final effluent tion and record keeping software pro- for $73,400.00. gram and database customized for the A bid for purchase of a new show Bureau of Fire Prevention, for a sum mobile was accepted for $136,418. of $5 per Inspection performed; and This is reimbursable through a grant for the lease to the Town of a “Field from the Tappan Zee Bridge Inspection Tablet Computer”, specifi- Community Benefits Fund. cally, the latest version of a Microsoft Surface tablet(s) (or comparable sub- Personnel changes stitute) with Internet Access for $4 per Assistant Automotive Mechanic – inspection. newly created position in the Caretaker agreements were Highway Department. approved for a two percent rent Riffat Mansoor – provisionally increase for a term for one year appointed information specialist at a between the town and Thomas Grade 15 salary. Iacobellus for Nike Park and Anthony Brian Connolly – appointed Limandri for Henry V Borst Park. Supervisor of Parking Enforcement, A Memorandum of Understanding part-time at a rate of $27.85 per hour. 6....OUR TOWN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2017 Orangetown, religious communities poles apart on eruvs

Continued from Page 1 security cameras, (an eruv) they fill with practices used for all other pole attachments of that the town is seeking to exam- out a joint use application to O&R. such as security cameras, Christmas lighting and ine this law to insure the protection They have to comply with the private communication lines. of the public’s health, safety and agreement.” “These attachments are installed by their own- welfare.” The agreement with O&R limits ers or their contractors to the requirements of a Michael Mandel of Pearl River the use to 200 poles and a complete pole attachment agreement with the company. said he approved of the legislation. description of the device(s) must be The rates charged for these attachments are filed “In today’s times we must know included. Also, the utility company with the New York State Public Service who is working on any utility, be it has to complete “make-ready work” Commission (PSC) or the New Jersey Board of gas, electricity or water.” He refer- before the device can be attached. Public Utilities (BPU).” enced that according to the draft O&R also charges a pro-rated annu- The proposed legislation does not use the term proposed law the installer must be al attachment rate. eruv but defines a set of possible attachments as properly licensed by the County of “unregulated and unmonitored non-temporary Rockland so that all protections of Already regulated by OSHA private non-utility third-party device” (Non- the public are in place. He said that As to installation according to the Utility Device for short). That were, “being if a permit is on file for the work Rockland Eruv Association, which attached to utility poles owned by utility enti- being done, and people call the is responsible for the eruvim, they ties.” police questioning the work being are regulated by the OSHA done, it stopsCalling an unnecessary All call. (Occupational Safety and Health Substantial safety concern? A spokeswoman for Orange and Administration). According to the legislation, the PVC pipe Rockland, Militarywhose utility Veterans!poles, The Jewish community using the along the pole and wires which are installed along with Verizon’s, are the ones eruvim pays for maintenance, insur- more than 15 feet above the ground that stretch beingPlease used, consider said the visiting company the has ance, repairs and weekly inspection from pole to pole, impact upon the traveling and been grantingPearl access River for decades by both the utilities and the residential public within the town and must be but Americaneruvim have been Legion going up for Rabbinic authorities. lawfully regulated to protect the public health, the past 14 years. “According to Orange and Rockland Utilities’ safety, and welfare of all residents as well as federal andPost state courts, 329. we need to official statement on this subject is, those traveling and otherwise using,” the areas provideOur access. Friendly Anyone organization who wants supports“Eruv attachments on Orange & that are defined. to installmany something veterans’ on causes our poles, and offersRockland a and Rockland Electric The proposed law states that as currently these likegreat a firefacility siren, for Christmas socializing lights, & fundraising.poles have been installed consistent devices “present substantial safety concerns as well as also detracts from the diverse communi- ty and neighborhood character of the town.” The only visible sign of an eruv is a white Eruvs have been established in Washington, PVC pipe attached to a utility pole. While it D.C., most of Manhattan, Las Vegas, and more looks like part of the power grid infrastruc- than 200 towns, villages and major cities, ture, inside is a piece of rope which is throughout the United States. attached to others to form a continuous Language in Orangetown’s proposed law indi- boundary of great practical and religious cates that the presence of an eruvim (which are importance to observant Jews. not religious objects nor do they display reli- Non-Utility Devices as markers are provided gious symbols) in a town could give the impres- with a map or other document that indicates that sion that one religion is favored over the other: areas with in which any markers have been “markers in a manner that may promote the per- placed.” ception of the endorsement of one religious group over another religious group, in areas The law goes on to say that before such a (demarked by an eruv) throughout the town, and transparent device may be placed on a utility the Town Board finds that it is important to strike pole, among other requirements a physical a balance between religious and other rights of description of it must be included. individuals, as well as the rights of the town to But the legalities were not the issue during the not have any excessive entanglement in religious discussion which engendered the development uses or displays that would signal to anyone that of the proposed law. Christopher Day’s sugges- any particular place within the geographical con- tion was made during a Town Board meeting in fines of the town is not open and welcoming to which some residents were angered because all individuals of any race, religion, creed, or Hassidic Jews were in their neighborhoods nationality from using the areas.” scouting out the placement for PVC pipes. There The law also states this, “The town neverthe- was also fear that this was a sign that members less finds it is important to accommodate reli- of “the bloc,” of Ramapo, would seek to move gious practices to the extent possible provided into the community. that such practices do not appear to promote one religious group over another within the town. Symbolic enclosures centuries old The Town also finds that said practice can be Modern day eruvim are symbolic enclosures, accommodated by having any Non-Utility marked by a half inch, schedule 40 white, PVC Devices transparent so that the existence of such Non-Utility Devices can be ascertained periodi- cally since any such individuals relying upon the ERUV: Page 14, please

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January 17th, 24 & 31st January 24th to advertise call: 845-735-1342 or email [email protected] WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2017, OUR TOWN....7 Hometown girl to author, model, countess and spy Continued from Page 3 would serve as CIA chief during the final decade of Aline Griffith the cold war. LEFT: in Paris, as a fashion Ms. Griffith was assigned to a post with the model in the 1950s. American Oil Mission in Madrid, where she posed With as an employee. In truth, the young American BELOW: Elizabeth Taylor, one worked as a code reader during the day and as a spy of the many jet-set- in the ballroom after dark. ting celebrities in her circle of friends that Story straight from Hollywood script also included Ava In her book, she made it clear that her new job Gardner, Ernest closely resembled the script of a Hollywood spy Hemmingway and flick. She recounts terrifying tales of running the Duke and informers to Spain through occupied France, carry- Dutchess of ing attachés cases with false bottoms, drugging Windsor. German spies to gather information, capturing images on hidden cameras and dodging assassins in a country that had declared itself to be neutral as Germany waged war with most of the remaining continent of Europe. Despite the high intrigue and danger that accom- panied her role with the OSS, the event that would set the course for the rest of her life didn’t occur until after the conclusion of World War II. While on assignment in Madrid, Ms. Griffith had engaged in a romantic liaison with a famous Spanish bullfighter. Later, she would enter the bull ring herself to prove that she could match the Smith recounts that the couple passed under prowess demonstrated by a German countess. oil lanterns lighting up massive stone arches with In her book, Ms. Griffith asserts that a momentary great wooden carved doors leading into the main distraction caused her to miss the charge of an residence. When they entered the residence, the approaching bull, which knocked her to the ground. couple took a step back into the 16th century, As the bull prepared for a new assault, she was where they were greeted with bare stone rooms, pulled from under its hoofs without serious injury vaulted ceilings, flickering candlelight from the by a Spanish nobleman, who also happened to be an wall sconces, vast fireplaces with stone benches American sympathizer, and as it would turn out, on each side and kneeling women preparing food besotted with the woman he had just saved. over open flames. Luis Figueroa y Perez de Guzman El Bueno, Aline, Countess of Romanones, fell in love Marques of Santa Marta, Count of Quintanilla and with Pascualete, and over time, lovingly restored heir to the ancient title of the Count of Romanones it. When the countess penned her first book in had fallen in love with the young spy on the dance 1963, it was the story of that ancient estate and floors of the ballrooms of Madrid. He saw that the work undertaken to bring it back to life. moment of rescue as the perfect occasion to ask the The new countess also quickly became a fix- Pearl River native to be his wife. ture in the European and American social scenes as a consequence of her marriage – a role she From former spy to countess enjoyed playing even after the death of her hus- The couple were married in a spectacular affair in band in 1987 after 40 years of marriage. Madrid in 1947, where according to a Vanity Fair “Their world was peopled by Ava Gardner, the report, “one of the most eligible bachelors of the Maharajah and Maharani of Jaipur, the former Continent” was taken off the marriage market by a King of Italy and Audrey Hepburn,” Smith former American spy. The newly-wedded Count recounts. “They attended bullfights with Ernest and Countess of Quintanilla set off on a year-long Hemingway, went on shooting parties with honeymoon with the bride’s promise that her days Francisco Franco, stayed dozens of times with as an American spy were now behind her. the Duke and Duchess of Windsor at their Paris The couple made their first appearance together in mansion, and eventually, escorted the Duchess’ Pearl River during their honeymoon trip, and to the countess’s clear surprise, the Spanish Grandee was awestruck. According to Hudson Valley journalist GRIFFITH: Page 11, please Gene Smith, the Count “looked at the red-brick school, which housed all the grades she had gone through from first to high school, and at the nearby football field. After staring for several moments, he is reported to have said: “I never went to school,” adding, “You saw your parents all through the day?” The Count later had the opportunity to witness a similar reaction from his countess when she viewed his ancestral home of Pascualete for the first time – a grand estate in the western Spanish province of Estremadura near the Portuguese border. Pascualete had been owned by the Figueroa family for seven centuries though it was seldom visited.

Finding castles in Spain When the Count finally gave way to his wife’s eager pleas to visit the medieval fortress, in the Spanish hills, the couple became the first family members to visit the property in nearly 150 years. “An overseer turned up once a year to hand over rental and crop proceeds,” Mr. Smith wrote. “She decided to go down and take a look, accompanied by her husband (he agreed to go only after he real- ized she was determined to indulge her curiosity), the French actress Annabella (wife of Tyrone Power), plus the Brazilian ambassador to Spain and his wife. “They found castles built in the days of knights in armor, the birthplaces of famous conquistadors, mountain-peak watchtowers, fortified medieval cities with narrow, twisting cobblestoned streets over which their chauffeur could only barely navi- gate the limousine, and a populace absolutely flab- bergasted to find the Count and Countess actually in their presence.” Our Town welcomes submissions for our Opinion pages. Please mail, fax or email your letter or comment. Submissions reflect the opinions of the writers and do not necessarily AGE reflect those of this newspaper. P Email to: WEDNESDAY8, [email protected] DECEMBER 27, 2017 OPINION

Resolutions Among the year’s best cartoons by Ed Chorba- this from the October 4, 2017 edition of Our Town. More cartoons on for the Page 9 opposite new year

RITUAL common to many cultures is using the new year as time to reflect A on the old one to make resolutions for the year to come. Hopefully the resolutions will reflect a motivation for improvement and positive change – a chance to learn from negative consequences of the past, move for- ward and establish positive patterns for the future. Babylonians made promises to their gods at the start of each year that they would return borrowed objects and pay their debts. Libraries and credit card companies were overjoyed. The Romans began each year by making promises to the god Janus, for whom the month of January is named. Janus was the Romans’ two-faced god, one looking back- ward at the old year, the other looking into the new year. In 1740, the English clergyman John managed to keep their resolutions for one “dotard” in the dictionary (that’s the book For Clarkstown Supervisor George Wesley, founder of Methodism, created the week. By Week Two, that number had with all those words in it). Ask a trusted advi- Hoehmann: Covenant Renewal Service, most commonly slipped to 71 percent. After one month, 64 sor, preferably one not yet under indictment, Read “The Monkey’s Paw” and hope for held on New Year’s Eve or New Year’s Day. percent. By the time the year was half over, whether or not it is a compliment. three wishes that can make Michael Sullivan Jews cast their bread crumbs, symbolizing only 46 percent were able to keep on the Another resolution for Trump: Listen to disappear. They may not be strong enough their previous year’s burdens into bodies of straight and narrow. your own press people and start disbelieving for the job. Or look for a genie in a bottle water as part of the Jewish High Holidays The strategy for keeping resolutions goes your own press releases, just like most of the with greater powers. Tashlikh ritual between Rosh Hashanah and back to desktop psychology – set a series country does after hearing conflicting, inac- Yom Kippur. It is a time for reflection, medi- goals that are specific and attainable rather curate and downright false pronouncements. ation and resolution for self-improvement For the Town of Ramapo: than grandiose. Long-range strategic goals and building better communities. Change the message on all those $45,000 are best achieved through a series of inter- For Andrew Cuomo: street clocks Chris St. Lawrence erected that mediate tactical achievements. To be effec- Research the number of New York gover- boom his voice over busy intersections. How OMMON resolutions involve promises tive, progress should be measurable. And to lose weight, to adopt more healthy nors who made it from Albany to the White about “help, I am being held captive against don’t forget to structure rewards for achiev- House. Martin Van Buren, Grover my will.” And while you’re at it, be sure they Chabits, to spend more time with friends ing goals; reward, rather than self-criticism Cleveland, Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin all display the correct time. Most do not. On and family or to save more money and for back-sliding is a more effective incentive. reduce debt. Some are harder to take serious- D. Roosevelt. Compare that number to the some of them, each of the four faces is stuck Sharing those resolutions with friends can New York governors who ran for the presi- at a different hour and minute. Not to worry. ly, like the procrastinator who resolves to live also provide helpful reinforcement and sup- up to the resolutions he or she made in 2015. dency and lost-Al Smith and Thomas E. Even a four-faced clock is right twice a day. port. Dewey. Dewey ran twice and lost twice. That’s a good average for the Town of From Twitter comes such resolutions as Having lived through a year of triumph or programming a pet parrot to recite its name, Naming a new bridge after yourself may Ramapo, better than we’ve seen in recent tragedy (depending on one’s point of view) be a better way to secure your legacy. Dewey months and years. address and telephone number in case it flies we can suggest a few resolutions for 2018. away and gets lost…or teaching an owl to has a Thruway that bears his name and RFK Also for the Town of Ramapo: Rename the correctly hoot “to whom” instead of the has his own bridge. So does George infamous Pomona stadium appropriately: For Donald Trump: ungrammatical “to who.” Watch a re-run of Washington. Abraham Lincoln rated a tunnel Ponzi Park might be suitable, “The Wizard of Oz” to learn why the Tin According to Forbes about 40 percent of of his own. Martin Luther King, Jr., has Man wanted a heart, the Scarecrow wanted a us make resolutions, serious or facetious. boulevards named after him all over the For outgoing Orangetown Supervisor brain and the cowardly lion craved courage. Unfortunately, only about eight percent of country. Andy Stewart: There is a lesson at the end of the Yellow people who make resolutions actually have Read “What Color is Your Parachute?” Brick Road. And make no inappropriate kept them by year’s end. If the road to hell is For the New York State Legislature: before looking for another job. boasts involving Dorothy, either, at least not paved with good intentions, the duration of Put the Constitutional Convention in the during the movement for women to speak resolve, if graphed, would show a slippery rearview mirror. Not happening. Instead, sal- out about harassment. For former Supervisor Thom Kleiner: slope. vage the most useful of the proposed amend- Also for Donald Trump: Look up the word Encourage Andrew Cuomo to run for pres- Seventy five percent of people surveyed ments and work toward the longer process of ident in 2020 and sign onto his campaign getting them on the general election ballot as staff as soon as possible. referendum items Our Town For incoming Orangetown Supervisor Our Town For County Executive Ed Day: Serving Rockland Established 1973 Chris Day: Read your father’s resolution and northeast Bergen Worry less about the threat of being inun- about stirring fears of sinister hordes inun- Arthur R. Aldrich...... Founder, Editor & Publisher dated by sinister hordes referred to in cam- ******* dating and overwhelming the community. Michael O’Sullivan...... Associate Publisher paign rhetoric and figure out a way to unload Published by And also resolve not to believe all your own Kate Meagher Raffa...... 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May 3, 2017 10....OUR TOWN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2017 Scouting for a project, Eagle candidate restores cemetery Continued from Page 1 book om Pearl River history and is working on a second, was able to fill in the blanks. The graveyard was established early in the 19th century as the Middletown Baptist Cemetery locally known as “The Bogert Family Burial Ground.” It was originally a rural family cemetery of the Bogert family on whose land it stood. The first Bogert family burial was interred in 1805. It then became a Baptist cemetery church yard by 1805. The Baptist Faith came to Pearl River on October 18, 1797 at the invitation of resident Edward Salyer who converted in 1796. Services were held in local homes until about 1805, when a wooden church was constructed on this site. Many revival meetings were held here and baptisms were conducted in the Hackensack River at Blue Hill. The Baptist faith spread in popularity in this section due to the preaching of the Reverend Mr. Joseph W. Griffiths, Middletown's Baptist Ryan Slattery reviews the history of the old Bogert burial ground and explains his project at the dedication ceremony Elder. The first Baptist Church was built at the head Tuesday afternoon. His signpost traces the lineage and history of the residents who are buried in the cemetery of the road from Pascack (Washington Avenue) and Middletown Road, approximately 100 feet east abandoned and fell into disrepair. It chased land and a log tavern from the today’s John Street and Washington Avenue. David south east of this cemetery. now is the legal property of the town Ackerman family, which had been Bogert owned two African American Slaves to help of Orangetown. damaged by an earthquake splitting work his farm according to census records, which Congregants started to be buried here at the begin- was common at this time. ning of the 19th century (1805) in front of the The county widened the road some- the north side of the building around church. After 1859 the Pearl River Baptist congre- time in the 1950’s. The original 1787. During this period, about 19% of the population gation dissolved and by the mid-19th century it was gravesite was moved. Placed in its of Orangetown were held slaves. The Bogert farm- current position. Some remains were Noted burials stead stood near the south west corner of either moved to Westwood Cemetery David Bogert (1747 to 1805) Middletown and Braunsdorf Roads. It was com- in New Jersey or were reinterred in a promptly tore down the tavern build- prised of about 30 acres of land. For many years the common grave in the center of this ing and used the logs to build his barn farm’s old water well stood in the center of the road cemetery covered by concrete and just and home. He also worked as the area where Braunsdorf meets Middletown Road. The below the surface. Blacksmith. During the American well was removed in the 1950’s when Middletown Revolution, continental soldiers and Road was widened. Bogerts predominate family militia, who were on the run from By the middle of the 19th century this area was The predominant family buried in British Regulars after the famous known as Muddy Brook. The Bogert family now this plot was a Dutch family named Baylor’s Dragoon Massacre in River joined their neighbors and began to build green- Bogert, whose farm and tannery busi- Vale, New Jersey. They took refuge in houses on the farm to cash in on the huge flower ness was located on Middletown the swamps behind this cemetery. trade which was booming in places like Jersey City, Road running westward along an old They were also sheltered by patriotic Manhattan, and Brooklyn. Bogert greenhouse Indian trail later named Washington members of the Bogert family. David Roses were grown, cut, and driven by wagon to Avenue, to the Cherry Brook, and served as a private in the local colonial Blauvelt and then shipped to Jersey City and New North along Middletown Road to militia under Major General Peter Van York flower markets by way of the West Shore Braunsdorf Road. The Bogert farm Orden. It is probable that it was David Railroad. World News Every Hour consisted of 30 acres. Bogert who led them to his home John A. Bogert, (1824 to 1907) was known to his The first Bogert in America was ground in Middletown to hide out neighbors as “Squire” Bogert. This practice fol- On The Hour Cornelius Bogert, who immigrated to from British Troops and escape lowed an old English tradition of giving the local the village of Flatbush, in today’s through the swamp just east of Justice of the Peace, who represented law and order Local Weather at Brooklyn, New York City from Middletown Road. in this section, this title. He was active in the politi- Holland in 1661. Subsequent migra- David A. Bogert (1814 to 1895) cal life of the county. On Nov 1st of 1877, he was 15 and 45 of every hour tion of the Bogert family from was known to his neighbors as nominated for the position of Justice of Sessions for Brooklyn to Rockland County “Tanner” Bogert. He built a water Rockland County by the Democratic Party. He MONDAY – FRIDAY brought descendant David Bogert to operated tannery mill for animal hides served in the court of Oyer and Terminer. Pearl River around 1780. He pur- on the banks of the Cherry Brook at He was also a notary public, licensed auctioneer, The Morning Show real estate and insurance agent, and a constable. In with Steve & Jeff 1892, he appointed the first official surveying of the Online with Just 1 Click... and Still in Print… county line between Orange and Rockland 6-10am The Best Source for Over 43 Years! Counties. In 1900 he surveyed the Village of Spring Valley for incorporation. In 1872 he surveyed Steve Possell and Midland Avenue in Nyack. John was a farmer by as low as occupation. He was farming 30 acres of land he Jeff Lewis inherited from his father. John also worked as a sur- veyor in Orangetown and throughout the county. He and their many guests ¢ surveyed the land plot originally purchased by keep Rockland up to Julius Braunsdorf in 1869. This plot became the per week Hamlet of Pearl River in 1872. John A. Bogert was 32 married to Charity H. (Johnson) Bogert, on January speed on all fronts. delivered direct to your home 18th of 1845. Catch up on the leading Charity H. (Johnson) Bogert (1827 to 1898) Born in Monsey on August 1, 1827 and died February political and social 21st 1898. Charity is buried next to John in this Subscribe Now… cemetery. She was known as “Aunt Charity” to issues impacting Copies of Our Town will be available for pick up at local merchants or via email free. locals because of her kindness to her neighbors. 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Date: ______Email Address: Abandonment & wrcr.com Baptist authority effectively ended over this www.ourtownnews.com to subscribe or mail this form to: cemetery after the schism of the Pearl River Baptist 845-362-0013 Our Town Newspaper, PO Box 750, Pearl River, NY 10965 CEMETERY: Page 14, please WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2017, OUR TOWN....11 is not an exception. “There is a challenge to risk categories like the recently unemployed, atrist who can either see the child directly by SUICIDE: find enough psychiatrists who are comfort- a lot of family stressors going on, changes in telepsychiatry and do a face to face consulta- able working with children and who are financial status. “Those are all kinds of tion or if the pediatrician or primary care Continued from Page 2 qualified to work with children.” things where educating the medical field in provider is comfortable assessing and dis- resources given to her. When she called me, So there is a struggle with having child suicide prevention and helping to take care of cussing the case on the phone then they can the first question I had to ask her was what is psychiatrists in every single community that the survivors after a completed suicide is a prescribe with the telephone support of the your insurance.” do not have wait times and who are available health priority.” child psychiatrist.” Blanchard said a cooling off place is need- for crisis intervention. She said the MHA has One challenge is that Rockland County She said that one of the focuses at the ed if a child is not going to be admitted to the worked to build capacity, “I think we would does not run its own suicide prevention hot- County is to make sure that as many primary hospital. We’re talking (Rockland) all admit that there were times where there is line. There is a national life line which is 1- care providers as can are connected to Children’s Psychiatric Center. “They have to not as much availability and accessibility of 800-273-talk (8255). Project Teach as possible. “It’s a way to con- be referred through the hospital.” She said state child psychiatrists as would be ideal.” Another challenge that is being faced is the nect kids to treatment when there is this there’s a limited amount of beds and room She said the same is true for many thera- high-risk patients are in when they switch national shortage.” for this care. She said what is needed is a pists in Rockland County. She said some say from one source of care to another. “As Madison said that because the younger facility, like a home, a warm place to send the they don’t have the capacity to accept new providers we need to be highly competent generation is much more tech savvy and children, “where they’ll be safe, to have cli- clients or that there is a wait list to get in. and skilled and instill a sense of hope for comfortable with it many of the forms of nicians or psychiatrists that are trained in this people. When they’re seeking help either support are texting support. This is big in area.” “The are lots of ways to overcome those challenges and we work very hard to create a because they feel desperate or their loved Orange County. “They don’t want to talk to a She said another problem is when she’s broad safety net of providers who have col- ones or their employer has pushed them into psychiatrist over the phone and they certain- asked to find psychiatrist trained for this, laborative relationships,” which is one way looking for a way out, they don’t tend to ly don’t want to sit with a psychiatrist but they don’t take Medicaid or the insurance the MHA can help resolve the obstacles to come to our doors feeling hopeful. They they will reach out for help in a text.” that the parent has for the child. getting the appropriate follow-up care. come feeling like this is their last chance.” The MHA has a mental health satellite Blanchard advocated for a facility for chil- Susan Horder, of the Department of Madison said they need to hear very load clinic that’s located in a Middle School in the dren who have attempted suicide, where they Mental Health said that Rockland County and clear that their provider is there for them County. “We want to find services for chil- can recover and receive the services they has the lowest suicide death rate outside of and is optimistic about their recovery. dren where they already are, through their need. “This is what we at MHA see as a lapse New York City. This is backed up by the “Sometimes they need to borrow that hope if pediatrician…and we want to, as much as in services.” “New York Suicide Prevention Plan for they don’t have it themselves so we have to possible, having services in schools. It helps Stephanie Madison, president and CEO of 2016,” by the New York State Office of be very generous in instilling that feeling.” with scheduling issues and transportation, the Mental Health Association of Rockland Mental Health which shows that according The logo for the Suicide Prevention and stigma.” County stated that Blanchard is very pas- to vital records of 2015, six people died by Coalition in Rockland is, “There is hope, When a child who has attempted suicide sionate about the work that she does but that suicide in Rockland County and it is one of there is help.” has been discharged from the hospital, this in there are ways to work with what they have the ten counties with a death by suicide rate In order to back the hope and help, MHA itself is a critical juncture. There is a need for to provide the needed services. of under 8.2 per 100,000 people along with creates opportunities for support, said a treatment provider to be brought into the “She was invited to speak largely about the Westchester, Orange, Bronx, New York, Wagner. picture as well as finding support for the par- programs and services that the Mental Health Queens, Nassau, Kings and Richmond. She said they have become very creative in ents. “This is an area, I think nationally that Association offers and also share her obser- Pigott said the 2016 figures from the finding physicians. “But there is no question needs increased attention.” In Rockland vations, her experiences and her opinions Medical Examiner’s Office show that there that we would like to see more child psychi- County there is Healthlink, a database that is based on her life in Rockland.” were 14 deaths by suicide. “We don’t count atrists and psychologists entering the field.” shared across health care providers. It means At the table aside from Madison were attempted suicide.” Dr. Horder said, one of the things that the for the first time a provider can receive in real Sonia Wagner, executive vice president of “The State’s goal, (and the County’s goal) State is doing through the Office of Mental time information about a pending discharge.” MHA, Dr. Susan Horder of the Department is that we should have zero suicides.” She Health is Project Teach. This links and pro- She said that when the parents have signed of Mental Health and Bridget Pigott or the said that she and Dr. Horder as well as other vides referral and linkage services to assist off, it gives MHA an opportunity to know Rockland County Department of Mental members of the Rockland Suicide families and pediatric primary care physi- there’s someone out there in need. Health, to talk about what exists in Rockland Prevention Coalition (with representatives of cians to access community mental health and MHA has employed the services of a County and how the MHA of Rockland has all agencies involved in mental health care) support services such as clinic treatment, young person, a peer, who can connect with addressed gaps and needs that have been have been going to the federally qualified case management, or family support. “It’s a a child, outside of school, where the child identified by providers of service. She said health centers, like Hudson River Health telephone consult with a child psychiatrist doesn’t have to fear being bullied or that their that the problems expressed by Blanchard Care and Rufuah, throughout the County that’s available to primary care providers.” story will be up on Facebook, and can talk were industry wide, nationwide and not spe- talking to them about recognizing the warn- The child’s doctor can call a regional hub and with the child. cific to Rockland County and that the County ing signs and people who could be in high be connected with a consulting child psychi- GRIFFITH: Continued from Page 7 body to England for interment by the Duke’s side.” “They enjoyed friendships with Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, whose racehorse involvement was similar to that of Count Luis – he maintained one of Spain’s leading stables and won the country’s equivalent of the Kentucky Derby – with various Rothschilds, Jackie Kennedy, William Paley, and later, Donald and Ivana Trump, Nancy Reagan, Malcolm Forbes, Liz Taylor, Oscar de la Renta and other members of what used to be called the Jet Set.” As Countess of Romanones, she also become the proud mother of three sons. When the ancient fami- ly titles of Count and Countess of Romanones passed to her eldest son Alvaro and his wife in 1987, she doted over her grandchildren as a dowager countess, though her influence continued to be evi- dent in European and New York social circles. In a 1990 Gannett interview that accompanied the release of the third of her spy memoirs, The Spy Wore Silk, the dowager spoke candidly about her Cinderella story and the influence that her Pearl River roots had on her life choices. “Being born into a small-town American family gave me a wonderful background of principles,” she said. “When I took my husband to my hometown in Pearl River, he was the one who felt underprivileged because he was tutored and never allowed to go to public school.” She also shed some light on why the books she penned tended to become best-sellers. “Truth is often stranger than fiction,” she said. “The events I talk about are exciting because of the settings, the families and the people involved. There were parties attended by people like Princess Grace and Elizabeth Taylor, and kings and ministers of this or that country.” The Pearl River Cinderella, who once packed a gun and married a count, also shared the secret of her fairytale life with a New York Times reporter in a 1991 interview, saying “I think it’s what happens to everybody in America.” “We always feel that we have the opportunity of doing anything we want to do, and this is the big adventure around the corner. You’re born in a very simple, unimportant place, to an unimportant, unknown family,” she said modest- ly, “and yet the whole world is yours.” 12....OUR TOWN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2017 PProfessionalProfessionalrofessional DI RECTORY

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David Jewish Center who were all asked pipe and wire on utility poles, that only Bogert family relatives were interred on ceme- was the son of Cornilia Ryckman and David Albert for their comments. All said they enables those Jews who strictly tery grounds as the Pearl River congregation moved Bogert. observe the prohibition against car- had never been informed of this twice and had withered away by 1870. Emily Van Buskirk - wife of Daniel J.A. Bogert, rying outside the domicile on the proposed legislation or told of the Historical records show the following burials died on August 12, 1856. She died in child birth Sabbath, to carry within the area public hearing. were interred from 1805 to 1907: along with her baby. Emily’s remains and headstone defined by the eruv. It’s obnoxious: Rabbi David Albert Bogert, Born 1747 - died, October were removed, and reinterred at the Westwood Centuries ago, eruvim were Cemetery, Westwood, New Jersey, when Rabbi Kurland said of the legisla- 22nd 1805, aged 58 years 5 months and 8 days. defined by the walls around cities. Middletown Road was widened sometime in the tion, “It’s obnoxious.” Rachel (Blauvelt) Bogert, wife of Albert Bogert Here in Rockland County, eruvim 1950’s. were defined by natural boundaries, Rabbi Pernick said, “Obviously, born in 1788 and died April 12th 1846, aged 57 David Augustin Bogert - child of Emily and a stream, a hedgerow or a fence as had the town board sought a Jewish years, 10 months and 12 days. Daniel J.A. Bogert, died at birth. August 12, 1856. well as doorframe posts. According perspective on the issue, they would Albert D. Bogert- born January 16th 1783 and to the Rockland Eruv Association, not have had to look very hard, as died June 15th, 1862 aged 72 years 2 months and 29 Long-term project days. the rabbinic laws concerning where they are very familiar with several Slattery began work on the project in the spring of and how an eruv can be established rabbis with synagogues located John A. Bogert - born October 4, 1824 and died 2017 and was responsible for all phases of the work, are complex. within Orangetown. October 12th 1907. from drawing plans, to obtaining approvals to rais- Critics have decried eruvim as a Rabbi Craig Scheff said, “1) Until Charity H. Johnson - wife of John A. Bogert. ing the funds to purchase materials. Along the way, loophole but what has been misun- our Town leadership consults Born August 11, 1827 and died February 21st 1898. local groups and individuals became involved in the derstood is that this loophole proactively with the leadership of David Bogert - born June 1, 1790 died March 15, restoration and helped Slattery achieve his goal. He enables Jews to perform a mitzvah, the Jewish community residing in 1849 aged 58 years - 9 months and 15 days. David also felt he needed to understand the mindset of a commandment to observe the sab- Orangetown in advance of these was the son of Cornilia Ryckman and David Albert people who lived, worked and died in the 19th cen- bath and keep it holy, by not work- decisions, we will continue to foster Bogert. tury to make his history depiction come alive. ing on that day (carrying anything resentment and anger while we Emily Van Buskirk - wife of Daniel J.A. Bogert, Mary Cardenas, who heads the Orangetown outside the domicile) and in going fight to preserve the character of died on August 12, 1856. She died in child birth Museum and Archives provided access to books to synagogue. our neighborhoods; 2. It seems a bit along with her baby. Emily’s remains and headstone and papers about the Bogerts. That led to a connec- Without the eruv, strictly obser- disingenuous for the town to say it were removed, and reinterred at the Westwood tion with the Tappantown Historical Society and vant Jews cannot carry a prayer doesn’t want to promote one reli- Cemetery, Westwood, New Jersey, when another cache of papers and record. book, house keys, push a wheel gious group ahead of another, but Middletown Road was widened sometime in the Rudy Hansen, in charge of the Pearl River chair, bring medication, push a will apparently do so if the devices 1950’s. Cemetery, provided advice on the proper care and stroller, use crutches, all of which is are invisible; 3. I’m interested to David Augustin Bogert - child of Emily and preservation of the headstones in the Bogert plot, considered work and which is for- know the basis upon which the Daniel J.A. Bogert, died at birth. August 12, 1856. many weathered and broken over years of neglect. bidden on the sabbath. In other town “finds” that the prohibition of A local genealogist, Susan Schwinn, noticed the words, they would not be able to such devices doesn’t prevent the work at the burial plot and also become involved. practice of religion, but only makes 22nd 1805, aged 58 years 5 months and 8 days. perform the mitzvah of going to The hardest part of the job, Slattery concedes, was synagogue to worship. it harder to travel. As a religious Rachel (Blauvelt) Bogert, wife of Albert Bogert leader in the community for over born in 1788 and died April 12th 1846, aged 57 raising the $1800 needed to complete the work. Copies of the proposed law were years, 10 months and 12 days. “Now,” says Slattery,” the people of Orangetown sent by Our Town to Rabbi Paul twenty years in a synagogue that has been a good neighbor in Albert D. Bogert- born January 16th 1783 and died will get to know and understand who the Bogerts Kurland of Nanuet Hebrew Center, were and their importance to Pearl River history.” Rabbi David Pernik of Beth Am Orangetown for the past 58 years, I June 15th, 1862 aged 72 years 2 months and 29 days. Temple in Pearl River and Rabbi welcome and still await the conver- John A. Bogert - born October 4, 1824 and died sation.” October 12th 1907.

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SSNY shall Orangetown, Rockland (Chapter 43) of the Town of Road, Orangeburg, Town mail process to 31-33 Mar- County, New York in the Orangetown Code, Section Notice of Formation of DGLM of Orangetown, Rockland garet Keahon Drive LLC, Greenbush Auditiorium, 3.12, R-40 District, Group Management, LLC. Arts. of Org. County, New York, and as 10 Dutchess Drive, Or- 20 South Greenbush E, Columns 5 ( Lot Area for NOTICE OF A PUBLIC filed with SSNY on 0/31/17. shown on the Orangetown angeburg, NY 10962. Pur- Road, Orangeburg, New lot #1 and for lot #2), 8 ( MEETING OF THE OR- Office location: Rockland County. Tax Map as Section 69.12, NOTICE TO BIDDERS pose: any lawful purpose York at 7:00 P.M. on Front Yard to the existing ANGETOWN ARCHITEC- Block 1, Lot 1.1 in the R-80 The following solicitations SSNY designated as agent January 3, 2018 garage on lot #1), and 9 TURE AND COMMUNITY zoning district. will be received by the Di- of LLC upon whom process At the public hearing, the (Side Yard to existing ga- APPEARANCE BOARD rector of Purchasing, for the may be served. SSNY shall Board shall consider the rage on lot #1) for a pro- OF REVIEW ACABOR #17-45: Linen County of Rockland, Bldg. mail process to DGLM Keep up with following items: posed two- lot residential Choice Plans, a continue A, 2nd Floor, 50 Sanatori- Management, LLC, 33 Kings NEW ITEMS: subdivision. 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Arts. of Orangetown Code, Chapter town Tax Map as Section Town of Orangetown, as “Linen Choice Plans”, in Services In Rockland Org. filed with SSNY on 43, R-15 District, Group M, 70.15, Block 2, Lot 11; in Rockland County, New accordance with Article 16 County-$41,778.00 10/18/17. Office location: OUR TOWN Section 3.12, Columns 9 the R-40 zoning district. York, in the Greenbush Au- of the Town Law of the Closing: 1/11/18@3:00 pm Rockland County. SSNY (Side Yard), and 12 (Build- ditorium, 20 South Green- State of New York and Specifications and solicita- designated as agent of LLC NEWS ing Height) for an addition ZBA#18-03: Application of bush Road, Orangeburg, Chapter 2 of the Code of tion forms may be obtained upon whom process may to an existing single-family Kevin Ramsay for a var- New York at 7:30 p.m. on the Town of Orangetown. by visiting the Purchasing be served. SSNY shall mail for details, residence. The Premises iance from Chapter 43 of Thursday, January 4, 2018. 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This 10:30 a.m. or 1:30 p.m. To register call 845.359.2244 event will run through through Dec. ext. 10. ■ Visit Top-of-the-Stairs Gallery in Orangeburg ■ Library; artist, Sue Barrasi exhibits oil paintings, Pearl River Library presents Teen Library Council to Treasures for Mom, accents floral paintings in North meet over pizza and brainstorm about the future of the Light. Something for Dad showcases landscapes and library from 5 to 6 p.m. Register at the Reference Desk still life paintings. The library is located at 20 S. or online at their website. Greenbush Rd. Tue, Jan 2 ■ ■ Tappan seniors; meetings are set at Manse Barn, 32 Tappan Zee Thrift Shop will reopen from 1 to 4 p.m Old Tappan Rd., Tappan on the 1st and 3rd Tue of each at 454 Piermont Avenue in Piermont. month. Call Marilyn Grosbeck, president at 845.359.0308 for more information. Fri, Jan 5 ■ The Pearl River Library at 80 Franklin Ave. will host ■ Pearl River Library will feature Stories, Songs and Treasure Island at their Fri film beginning at 3 p.m. Silliness with Miss Sarah for children not yet age 2 Sat, Jan 6 accompanied by a caregiver. No registration; just come ■ in Mon from 11 to 11:30 a.m. Palisades Indoor Winter Farmer’s Market is open every Sat through Mar. 31 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at (final seating at 9:00pm)* ■ Pearl River Library provides a state-of-the-art digital Palisades Community Center, 675 Oak Tree Rd. and scanning system for free public use. Scan documents or features local vegetables, fruit, cheese, prepared foods, Arrive early and take advantage of our discounted pricing! photos. bakery items, and more. ■ Sun, Jan 7 Join in every Tue from 11 a.m. to noon at Orangeburg ■ Library for a casual conversational class to improve Sara Louise Wilson will showcase her paintings and their English speaking skills. The ESL class focuses on unique collages at Pearl River Library, 80 Franklin Ave. speaking and listening skills. Call 845.359.2244 ext. 10 from 1:30 to 3 p.m. to register. ■ Soprano Anna Veleva will sing operatic tunes at Pearl ■ The Learning Lab at Pearl River Public Library pres- River Library, 80 Franklin Ave. at 3 p.m. ents Computer Coding and Website building, digital Tue, Jan 9 photography, an Intro to Google, Chess Club, Math ■ Club, YA Book Club, Teen Tech Tutors, Memoir Helen Beba Shamash, a professor at Ramapo Music • Champagne Toast • Watch the Ball Drop Writing for seniors, Teen Writing and more for children College, will host a costume Design at New City to seniors. Programs are free; registration is available in Library, 220 N. Main, St. beginning at 2 p.m. person or online at the library website. Wed, Jan 10 ■ ■ Claire’s Cove Thrift Shop of St. Francis of Assisi Martin Schneit will tell the story of Irving Berlin, a Church, 128 Parrott Rd., West Nyack has served the Russian songwriter, at New City Library, 220 N. Main community for 20 years and is open Thu, Fri, and Sat St. at 2 p.m. *Check website for details. from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. during business hours. Ph. Thu, Jan 11 834.638.2892 ■ Presented by Michael Daigneault, CEO of Quantum 125 N. Kinderkamack Road • Montvale, NJ Governance, the Palisades Institute of Dominican 201.307.6300 • www.hearthandtap.com ■ Pearl River Senior’s Club of Orangetown welcomes College will host Good Governance, a public forum, new members age 60 and over at Beth Am Temple, 60 from 8:30 to 10 a.m at 470 Western Hwy. S Lawrence East Madison Ave. Call Marie Taylor at 845.735.6102 Room of Rosary Hall. Registration fee is $25. for information. ★★★ UNDER NEW OWNERSHIP ★★★ ■ Orangetown, Nyack Senior Citizens Club meets Tue, Jan 16 every 2nd and 4th Wed in St. Ann’s school cafeteria, 32 ■ New City Library, 220 Jefferson St. Enter at the rear from the school parking N. Main St., will host lot. Orangetown residents age 60 and over that don’t FikaTuesdays at 2 p.m. belong to another Orangetown senior club will be wel- Come for coffee, crafts, come to join. coloring and conversa- tions with others. Another Every Tue session will be hosted on ■ Rockland Cadet Squadron of Civil Air Patrol, an the 20th of January at the Auxiliary of USAF, enables members to perform valu- same time. able community service, attain aerospace knowledge, skills, participate in emer- gency services while ORANGETOWN developing the discipline needed to lead and excel. FREE Meet at TTHEHE HHAPPYAPPY FREE CLASSIC DINER DELIVERY 7 p.m. at the Challenger Center, DELIVERY GRASS FED BURGERS • GLUTEN-FREE OPTIONS Rt. 59, Airmont. Call Major Joan Lee, Commander HHELPERSELPERS 845.304.4669 for more NOW SERVING BREAKFAST SPECIALS information. Essential Mon.–Fri. 7am–11am ■ Pearl River Library will TWO EGGS PLATTER $6.50 host Code Club - Event Staff Beginners - Intermediate Open New Year’s Eve Two eggs any style, served with homefries from 4:15 to 5 p.m. Until 10pm Register online or at the and toast. Includes coffee or tea and juice library website. • Professional Waitstaff Open New Year’s Day AND MANY MORE! AT 9AM ■ Sit and knit club meets • Experienced Barstaff at Nanuet Public Library • NEW WEEKNIGHT SPECIALS • from 7 to 8:45 p.m. (not on and Grillers the 4th Tue). Participants Check website for weeknight specials who started a knitting • Call to discuss your project may join a casual • DAILY HAPPY HOUR • and crafty club for people next party who know how to knit but Half price apps, drink specials 3PM–6PM 9PM–12AM need assistance. No regis- tration necessary. Mary O’Sullivan KIDS MENU • REWARDS PROGRAM • TAKE OUT • FREE WIFI Every Wed FRESH JUICE BAR • FULL BAR ■ Pearl River Library 512 ROUTE 303 • ORANGEBURG, NY 10962 | 845.359.3592 hosts a Math Club for 914.584-8280 teens and tweens from 5 to 6 p.m. Visit their website HOURS: Mon.–Sat. 7am–12midnight • Sun. 7am–11pm or register at the reference 845.735-9527 orangetownclassicdiner.com desk. 16....OUR TOWN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2017

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