eastchester review 10-2-2015

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More than 800 participants crowded the streets of Eastchester to compete in the second annual 5K race on Sunday, Sept. 27 For more, see page 6. Photo/Bobby Begun

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October 2015Planning ahead...Sunday Monday TueSday WedneSday ThurSday Friday SaTurday

1Eastchester Architectural

Review Board meeting7 p.m., Town Hall auditorium

Tuckahoe small claims court

7:30 p.m.

Eastchester Environmental Committee meeting

7:30 p.m., Community Room

2 3Anne Hutchinson

Photo Day

SAT and subject tests

Eastchester Homecoming

EHS/EMS Spirit Week Pep Rally

7 p.m., EHS/EMS

4 5Greenvale Photo Day

Bronxville Board of Education workshop

6 p.m.

Tuckahoe Board of Education workshop

7:30 p.m., TMS/THS library

Tuckahoe village board meeting

8 pm., Village Hall

6THS Photo Day for

underclassmen 8 a.m.

EHS Bond Forum7 p.m.

Tuckahoe Planning Board work session

7 p.m., Village Hall

7Eastchester Library Board

of Trustees meeting6 p.m., Library auditorium

Bronxville criminal court6 p.m.

Eastchester Lake Isle Advisory Board meeting

7 p.m., Lake Isle

8EHS Photo Day

9Bronxville superintendent’s

conference day no school for students

November SAT registration deadline

EMS/EHS progress report period ends

EHS Photo Day

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11 12Columbus Day

schools and offices closed

13THS progress reports

Eastchester Zoning Board of Appeals meeting

7 p.m., Town Hall auditorium

Eastchester Board of Education work session

8 p.m.

Bronxville Board of Trustees meeting

8 p.m.

14PSAT Exam

Bronxville Vehicle and Transportation meeting/

small claims court9 a.m., Justice court

Tuckahoe zoning board

meeting7:30 p.m.

Bronxville Planning Board meeting7:30 p.m.

15HS Senior Group Photo

raindate

16EMS mix it-up day

17

18 19Waverly Photo Day

Tuckahoe library board meeting

7 p.m.

Tuckahoe Board of Education meeting

7:30 p.m., TMS/THS library

20EHS Bond Vote

6 a.m.-9 p.m., EMS gymnasium

Tuckahoe Planning Board meeting7:30 p.m.

21EHS Underclassmen

Photo Day

South Westchester College Fair

6:30 p.m.-9 p.m., Westchester County Center

EHS PTA meeting7:45 p.m., EHS

22EHS Underclassmen

Photo Day

North Westchester College Fair

6:30 p.m.-9 p.m., Yorktown Heights HS

Eastchester Planning Board meeting

7 p.m., Town Hall auditorium

23 24ACT Exam

25 26TMS Spirit Week

Anne Hutchinson PTA Executive Board meeting7:15 p.m., Anne Hutchinson

27November SAT late

registration deadline

Bronxville zoning board meeting7:30 p.m.

Board of Education meeting8 p.m.

28Bronxville Vehicle and

Transportation meeting/small claims court9 a.m., Justice court

EMS PTA Executive Board meeting

6:45 p.m., EMS

EMS PTA meeting7:30 p.m., EMS

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Halloween

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Kensington Road lawsuit settled

By JOhN BraNDiStaff Writer

The development company behind the Kensington Road condominium project, currently in the construction phase, has settled with a fair housing non-profit and is expected to make changes to its marketing effort and certain elements of the proj-ect’s design, United States Dis-trict Court papers reveal.

Westchester Residential Op-portunities, Inc., a fair hous-ing nonprofit, filed a lawsuit against the Village of Bronxville and the development, Gateway Kensington LLC, claiming that it limits potential tenants with school-age children from mov-ing in due to the lack of child-friendly amenities incorporated into its design.

The seven-month-old lawsuit, filed back in January in U.S.

District Court in White Plains, alleges that the zoning code in Bronxville was “deliberately discriminatory” by allowing the village to collect additional tax dollars from the new living com-plex, while discouraging families with school-age children from moving into the new building, slated to open in 2017.

The lawsuit contends that this discriminatory practice—which WRO, Inc., feels violates fair housing practice—is illus-trated by the facility’s lack of additional bedrooms, spaced out bathrooms and dens with-out closets. And in of those units, the layout will be limited to one to two bedrooms.

As part of the settlement, the village is being pushed to make a concerted effort to ensure fair housing practices over the next four years. These efforts include encouraging any developer who

is renovating or constructing a multi-family development with 10 or more units to become famil-iar with fair housing policy, hav-ing village officials and employ-ees read up on the subject and hosting fair housing workshops and training programs available to village employees, elected of-ficials and the public at large.

Bronxville Mayor Mary Mar-vin, a Republican, has since said the original age-targeted amend-ment, passed in 2006 prior, no longer exists as part of the vil-lage’s zoning code for develop-ers to use as a special-permitted use. She said Bronxville is con-cerned with providing housing without discrimination for pro-tected categories.

“Bronxville is a wonderful place to raise children—with our great schools, beautiful parks

The terms of the settlement between the Gateway Kensington Road development, the Village of Bronxville and Westchester Residential Opportunities, Inc., a fair housing nonprofit, have come to light. The condominium project will no longer be restrictive to families with school children. File photo

A simple reminder of how and why we matterBy hOwarD sTurmaN

Publisher

Several weeks ago, I accom-panied one of our salespeople to the office of the advertising di-rector of a giant retailer. In and of itself, getting the appointment was a big deal; if we could con-vince him to advertise with us, it would be an even bigger deal.

Although I firmly believe in the values and benefits of our five weekly newspapers, I must have been a little intimidated by the size and importance of this retailer because the first question I asked was, “What do you think of local newspapers, especially as an advertising vehicle?”

To my delight, the advertis-ing director demonstrated a true sense of excitement.

“I love them,” he said. “While

I live in New York City during the week, reading my local pa-per is the first thing I do when I return to my weekend home in the suburbs. Like everyone else, I’m keenly interested in what’s going on around town, so let’s talk about how advertising in your papers can help us.”

And we did. Not so surprisingly, the meet-

ing had the kind of happy ending we had dreamed about.

I think this little story dramat-ically illustrates the importance of local papers to their commu-nities—both to readers and busi-nesses, which depend on them to build customer traffic.

What’s more, and for good reasons, I believe the newspa-pers that comprise our Home Town Media Group warrant your support, especially from an

advertising standpoint; after all, no one offers what we do: a cap-tive audience who appreciates hard news about their communi-ty, and prefers shopping locally whenever possible.

I like to characterize us as a scrapbook of the local scene, with each and every week repre-senting a new entry in an ongo-ing, exciting saga.

We appreciate those of you who already support us and we yearn to move even more of you over to our side. And to show you our appreciation, every is-sue, beginning in October, will contain a highly-visible box not-ing your support.

It serves as just another way of celebrating your importance to us.

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What’s going on...Bronxville Public Library will. Presentations will take place at 1:30 p.m. and

3:30 p.m. Trained volunteers will be on hand to distribute proxy forms, answer questions and assist with the completion of forms.

Tuesday matinee The library will be screening “McFarland USA”

during their Tuesday matinee on Oct. 13 from 1:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. Follow the true story of novice runners from McFarland, an economically-chal-lenged town in California’s farm-rich Central Val-ley, as they give their all to build a cross-country team under the direction of Coach Jim White, a newcomer to their predominantly Latino high school. Rated PG, running time: 129 minutes.

Board of Trustees meetingThe library will host their monthly Board of

Trustees meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 13 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the Board Room on the lower level of the library.

Battle of the BooksVolunteers are needed to be judges, room

monitors, timekeepers and scorekeepers at the Second Annual WLS Battle of the Books Tour-nament on Saturday, Oct. 17 from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Ossining High School. The Bronx-ville Public Library, the reigning champions, are upping their game and will be entering teams in both the childrens’ and teens’ competition. Peo-ple interested in volunteering should contact Erin Scirota in the Youth Services Department

at [email protected] or call 337-7680 ext. 34.

Westchester Italian Cultural Center

The library’s regular fall and winter hours are: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1 p.m. to 9 p.m.; Saturdays, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sundays, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. The library will be closed on Mon-day, Oct. 12 for Columbus Day.

The golden age of radio and television: a retrospective

The library will be hosting a nostalgia-filled program that will examine a wide range of popular radio and television shows on Wednesday, Oct. 7 from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Using a variety of au-dio and video clips, participants will relive and discuss classic comedies, newscasters and game show hosts, commercials, radio theme songs and famous western and mystery stories.

Health care proxy discussionThe library will be hosting an educational work-

shop about health care proxies on Thursday, Oct. 15 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Participants will learn about the importance of having a health care proxy, how to complete a health care proxy and the difference between a health care proxy and a living

Italian language classesThe Westchester Italian Cultural Center will be

holding Italian language classes for adults in the fall. New students are encouraged to have a phone or in-person interview with the professor to bet-ter determine their proficiency level. From the first day, students are fully immersed in the Italian language and culture. Individual students’ require-ments are met in a classroom of free expression and differentiated learning. Each class session will be $395 for members and $495 for non-members, with 10 percent discounts offered when students register for more than one session simultaneously. For a class session schedule or for more informa-tion, call the Westchester Italian Cultural Center at 771-8700 or visit wiccny.org.

Art Exhibit: Abruzzo and Molise, Yesterday and Today

The exhibit Abruzzo and Molise, Yesterday and Today, represents a journey through the regions of Abruzzo and Molise, a single combined region until 1963, located at the bottom of the Apennine. The exhibit highlights the regions’ natural resourc-es, ancient history, culture, traditions, social his-tory, craftsmanship, literature, and culinary excel-lence. The exhibit runs from Oct. 8 through Nov. 20, is open to the public and is free of charge (sug-gested donation: $10).

Bronxville Women’s ClubArt Reception

The Bronxville Women’s Club’s artists of the month are Masako Sato and Kathleen Rehil. There will be an opening reception for the artists of the month on Sunday, Oct. 4 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Artworks shown will be for sale. Admission is free and open to the public. The gallery is open Mon-day through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Afternoon entertainmentThe Bronxville Women’s Club hosts afternoon

entertainment every four weeks running from Wednesday, Oct. 7 from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. through May 18. Enjoy a luncheon and stay for table games. Open to club members and their guests.

Midland Music ConcertThe Bronxville Women’s Club will be hosting

the Midland Music Concert on Sunday, Oct. 25 at

3 p.m. Performers will include Joyce Rasmussen Balint on violin and mandolin, Regan Nikol-Stas on clarinet and Oxana Mikhailoff on piano. Din-ner will be provided following the concert at 6 p.m. Ticket costs for non-members are $20 in advance, $25 at the door and $5 for students and children. Ticket costs for members are $15 in advance, $18 at the door, $18 for seniors in advance and $20 for seniors at the door. Tickets for dinner are $30 for members, $35 for non-members and $10 for chil-dren under 12. For more information or to order tickets in advance, call 337-3252 or visit bronx-villewomensclub.org.

Tuckahoe Senior CitizensAnnual Bazaar

The Tuckahoe Senior Citizens will host their annual Bazaar on Saturday, Oct. 3 at Fr. Fata Hall from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The fundraiser will include gift raffles and 50/50 raffles. For more information or to volunteer for the event, call 337-8487.

Masquerade ball fundraiserKeller Williams Realty will host this year’s

Masquerade Ball fundraiser on Thursday, Oct. 8 at 6 p.m. to benefit Tuckahoe Senior Citizens. Mem-bers are invited to attend as Keller Williams’ VIP guests for an evening of dinner, music and raffles. Registration for the event is required. Friends and family are welcome, and tickets for guests are $25 at the door. For more information or to reserve a spot, call 337-8487.

Oktoberfest celebrationOktoberfest will be celebrated with lunch and

a show at the Villa Roma Resort on Oct. 13. The Alex Meisner Band will be featured and guests will be able to use the resort’s pool, sauna and sports facilities. For more information or to re-serve a spot, call 337-8487.

Yazidi Women’s Relief Fundraiser

A fundraiser to help refugees will be held at Broken Bow Brewery on Friday, Oct. 2 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. All proceeds will go to WADI, a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering women and advancing their political and social equality through community-based projects. Tick-ets for the fundraiser are $35 per person and can be purchased on the Events tab at brokenbrow-brewery.com. For more information, contact Jean Gismervik-White at 516-698-8683 or [email protected].

Deadline for our What’s Going On section is every Thursday at noon. Though

space is not guaranteed, we will do our best to accommodate your listing. Please send

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EMPIRE CITY

Last month, the Jay Heritage Center was awarded $391,056 in Hurricane Sandy funding to repair significant roof and in-frastructure damage to the 1917 Palmer Tennis House. The struc-ture located at the Jay Estate in Rye is the third oldest remaining indoor tennis house in the coun-try. The grant will allow the Jay Heritage Center, JHC, to save the original wood truss system and copper-trimmed skylights as well as stabilize the stone foundation and clapboard siding. Improve-ments will facilitate historic usage and interpretation.

U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel, who wrote a letter of support for the project, said, “Superstorm Sandy took a heavy toll on areas of the Long Island Sound, particularly Rye, which is still recovering from the damage almost three years later. The roof of the Palmer Tennis House at the historic Jay Heritage Center endured signifi-cant damage in the storm, and as a result was in desperate need of repairs. Now, thanks to Gov. Cuo-mo’s allocation of $391,056 in grant money to the center, the roof

Jay Heritage Center awarded $391Kcan be stabilized and restored, and this historic property can once again be enjoyed by everyone in the Rye community and beyond.”

JHC was one of 16 historic organizations awarded a share of more than $6 million in aid to re-store New York heritage sites dev-astated by the hurricane in 2012. Other sites awarded grants in-clude Fraunces Tavern, Old West-bury Gardens and Green-Wood Cemetery.

Once preserved and rehabili-tated, the 1917 Palmer Indoor Tennis House has the potential to be a useful venue for young indi-viduals to learn the sport of tennis and its life lessons of sportsman-ship in a rare historic setting. With this grant as a keystone, the cen-ter hopes that private donors and corporations who are passionate about preservation and their com-munity will step forward and help complete the project.

State Assemblyman Steve Otis, who worked to preserve this build-ing when he was mayor of Rye, said, “The Palmer Tennis House is of great architectural and histori-cal importance and its restoration

offers valuable opportunities for public use and enjoyment. Many thanks go to Gov. Cuomo and OPRHP for their support of these repairs and storm recovery projects throughout the state.”

The project has also received a ringing endorsement from the USTA which has offices in nearby White Plains. Executive Director Gordon Smith wrote, “The USTA believes in celebrating inclusion and promoting the idea that ten-nis should be available to every-one to play and compete equally and fairly. We are committed to diversity which is a pillar prin-ciple behind our signature tourna-ment, the US Open. By restoring the Palmer Tennis House, this will open such doors.”

The Jay Heritage Center is the nonprofit steward of the Jay Es-tate grounds and buildings under a public-private partnership agree-ment with New York State Parks and Westchester County Parks.

For information on the Jay Heritage Center, visit facebook.com/jayheritagecenter and follow them on Twitter @jayheritage. (Submitted)

The 1917 Palmer Tennis House suffered damage from Hurricane Sandy. The Jay Heritage Center has received funding for the extensive repairs. Contributed photo


eastchester 5k takes to the streets

More than 860 runners and walkers participated in the sec-ond annual Eastchester 5K Race on Sunday, Sept. 27. The winner was Marc Guberti, an Eastches-ter resident and senior at Ford-ham Prep. The first female to cross the finish line was Heather Joyce-Caliendo, an Eastches-ter resident and a sophomore at Eastchester High School.

Prizes were awarded to the top male and female finishers in 14 age groups ranging from 12 and under to 60-plus. Sponsored by the Eastchester Irish Ameri-can Social Club, EIASC, the race raised $15,000 to support the Friends of the Eastchester Library.

Tracy Wright, the library’s di-rector, accepted the ceremonial $15,000 check from John Col-lins, EIASC president, after the race concluded. The race was organized through a partnership of the EIASC, the Eastchester Sports Club and the Eastchester Alumni Association. The major corporate sponsor was The Tem-perance Center-Pathways for Healing, of Eastchester. (Submitted)

From left to right, Antoinette Raccoppo, Lori Becker and Monique Dixon, members of The Westchester Kangaroo Club.

The Eastchester 5K race starts on front of Town Hall on Mill Road. The race had approximately 860 runners and walkers.

Trophies await the winners of the The Eastchester 5K race on the morning of Sept. 27.

John Collins, center, president of the Eastchester Irish American Social Club, congratulates winners of the Eastchester 5K, Marc Guberti, the overall winner, and Heather Joyce-Caliendo, the winning female runner. Photo courtesy Connie Cullen

Runners prepare for the 5K race. Photos/Bobby Begun

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The history of Bronxville from a new platform

During my new and glorious role as first time grandmother, I find myself spending more and more time on the southbound side of our train station as I head to Brooklyn for a visit or to babysit.

Always too early, even for the on-schedule trains, I have taken to really studying the surrounding environment and I continue to be in awe of the beauty, gravitas and history of our village.

The train system I wait to catch first arrived in the village in 1844, more than 50 years before we were considered the Village of Bronxville. Our first petition attempt to incorporate was in-validated by the Eastchester town supervisor who declared the vote illegal because women had signed it. Now 53 percent of our village population is female, and I dare-say Bronxville women can move mountains when called upon.

In fact, the village was a hot bed of the suffrage movement and it has been chronicled that in 1911, village women clapped so vociferously for their right to vote that they “split from thumb to wrist their arm-length suede gloves.”

The first actual village gov-ernment was formed at “Dog-woods,” the home of Frances Bacon, newly-installed village president, at 61 Sagamore Road. Still familiar names, Bacon, Kraft and Ken Chambers were our first governing body.

Suffrage was not high on the agenda; rather, our first ordi-nances were for the fear of the establishment of saloons and brothels. Gambling and the use of profane language was out-lawed as well. One of the first official acts was to create a vil-lage seal. The motif chosen was a bumblebee, though we don’t know why.

Under the category of “his-tory always repeats itself,” ad-dressing noise pollution was

also an early priority. The same adage is true in reference to the neighborhood just to the back of me as I stand on the railroad platform. The Parkway Road residents formed a neighbor-hood association in the early 1900s named Bronxville Manor Improvement Association with the goal of addressing “public improvements long neglected.” As early as 1905, residents asked village government to address the decayed bridges on Parkway Road, soon to be followed by a petition to increase the inad-equate street lighting.

These old meetings also ob-served the complete submer-sion of the old Girl Scout Cabin on Paxton Avenue due to cata-strophic floods in 1910 and 1938.

The “Lowlands” neighbor-hood area near our present-day school was also plagued by early flooding. In 1920 when the cur-rent site on Pondfield was cho-sen for the public school, a vil-lage elder remarked that “the only problem was that much of it was covered by water.”

Chief among the tall buildings on the downtown side of the rail-road is Lawrence Hospital, now part of the New York-Presbyteri-an network. It was created out of necessity as Dudley Lawrence, the son of the village founder William Van Duzer Lawrence, was struck with acute appendi-citis while his parents were va-cationing in Europe. The local doctor advised that an immedi-ate operation was required, so a baggage car was outfitted with a bed and mattress from the fam-ily-owned Gramatan Hotel and attached to the first train com-ing south from White Plains. Dudley’s life was saved and his parents donated the land and a $250,000 endowment to open a village hospital on the site.

The crown jewel in the Law-rence family holdings was in-deed the Gramatan Hotel. With 300 guest rooms and 165 private baths, it was home for extended stays by such notable guests as Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant, Mrs. Jef-ferson Davis, Teddy Roosevelt

and even Greta Garbo, as well as many bachelors who were seg-regated to a separate wing for single gentlemen housing. It is also recorded that President John F. Kennedy was a very reluctant ballroom dance student at the hotel when it was first the home of the venerable Miss Coving-ton’s School of Dance.

A particularly poignant story relating to the Gramatan Hotel surrounds the protracted death of a young 15-year-old visitor from Pittsburgh. Stricken with incurable influenza, Margaret Brown’s spiritual needs were tended to by the kind neigh-boring rector of Christ Church, Albert Wilson. To show their thanks, the Browns commis-sioned the very first stained glass window in Christ Church in grat-itude to Rector Wilson and as a lasting Bronxville memory of their daughter.

The hotel closed in 1972 be-cause of the increasing cost of taxes, labor and maintenance. The entire structure was de-molished in just two days. The Gramatan Hotel was the early home for the village’s Catholic community. Without a church to call home, but with a congrega-tion growing too large to con-tinue to meet in private living rooms, the pastor of Tuckahoe’s Immaculate Conception Church rented space at the hotel for Sun-day services. The present home of St. Joseph’s was not built until 1928.

As I stand on the train plat-form in the quiet off-hours now thrice weekly, my thoughts often revert to the prophetic words of famed architectural critic Paul Goldberger who spoke on the “Power of Place” at the Histori-cal Conservancy’s First Annual Brendan Gill Lecture. He ob-served that Bronxville as a com-munity has been “endlessly cop-ied, but never matched.”

Note: Special thanks to the plethora of local historical books, lectures and journals and their esteemed authors from whom I have borrowed freely for this column.

BRONXVILLE TODAY

MayorMary Marvin

There’s more to life in the ‘burbsBy mara rupNers

Contributor

It’s peaceful here in the ‘burbs. Our nights are filled with the sounds of crickets, not the sounds of traffic horns. We’ve got two or three neighbors, not two or three hundred. We’ve got fresh air, trees and lawns, park-ing spots for our minivans, a bit of elbow room.

Still, our counterparts living in the big city wonder about our quiet life, thinking it is perhaps a tad provincial, assuming we are missing out on something. “What of art?” they may ask us. “What of culture?”

Clearly they haven’t taken a look at the fall schedule at The Performing Arts Center. We here at The Center take great pride in the fact that the artists you can see and hear on our stages are not only of the same caliber as those you can catch on a night out in Manhattan, they are, in fact, the very same artists.

For example, on Sunday, Oct. 11, we’ll be presenting the Or-pheus Chamber Orchestra. Or-pheus was founded in New York City in 1972 by a group of mu-sicians who aspired to apply the chamber music principles of individual participation and

personal responsibility to an orchestral setting. Central to these principles was the musi-cians’ commitment to rehearse and perform without a conduc-tor, which they do to this day at their home base in Carnegie Hall.

The conductor-less orchestra concept is interesting enough by itself, but on Oct. 11, our audiences are in for an even bigger treat—the chance to ex-perience the world premiere of contemporary master Wolfgang Rihm’s new “Duo Concerto,” written especially for Orpheus and the award-winning hus-band and wife team of cellist Jan Vogler and violinist Mira Wang. It won’t be until a few days later that the piece will be heard at Carnegie Hall in New York City; the European pre-miere isn’t until the 24th.

The concert, a celebration of German Romanticism, includes works by Mendelssohn and Schumann in addition the Rihm premiere. It will begin at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 11; tickets are $80, $65 and $50.

Also in October: classical pi-ano quintet The 5 Browns, Oct. 3; and the hilarious and very talented Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain, Oct. 4. On Oct.

10, Vertigo Dance Company brings us contemporary dance from Israel that explores the connections among society, art and movement. Back by popu-lar demand, the world-renowned Chamber Music Society of Lin-coln Center kicks off their four-concert series on Oct. 17. And as the weather gets cooler, the Per-forming Arts Center turns up the heat on Oct. 24 with Ana Gas-teyer’s “I’m Hip,” a show that evokes the swagger of an era when a lady ruled a nightclub and an audience knew they were in for a good time.

So there you have it. You don’t have to schlepp into the city to be on the cutting edge of the performing arts scene; life right here in the ‘burbs has got plenty to offer.

Mara Rupners is the director of marketing at The

Performing Arts Center. The Performing Arts Center,

Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Road, Purchase, N.Y.

10577 Box Office: 251-6200

Hours: Tuesday-Friday, noon to 6 p.m. and on weekends

before performances Website: artscenter.org


ter’s position as a premier busi-ness location. Businesses enjoy the reliability and quality of an

end-to-end fiber-based network that improves telecommunica-tions transmission quality and

sophistication while also re-ducing overall telecom costs. (Submitted)

Westchester named a top 10 digital countyFor the 10th time and third

consecutive year, Westchester County has been named one of the top 10 digital counties in the United States by the Center for Digital Government and the Na-tional Association of Counties.

“I am proud that Westchester County continues to be recog-nized for leveraging technology to deliver efficient and effective services to all of our residents,” said County Executive Rob As-torino. “The results delivered by our technology team go a long way toward saving taxpayer money at every level of local government and they deserve our thanks.”

Astorino said John McCaf-frey, Westchester County’s chief information officer, and the en-tire Department of Information Technology, DoIT, staff deserve special mention not only for this year’s results but also for being named to the list of top digital counties 10 times since 2005.

The Center for Digital Gov-ernment is a national research and advisory institute focused on technology policies and best

practices in state and local gov-ernment. Along with the Nation-al Association of Counties, they invited thousands of counties to participate in the 2015 Digital Counties Survey which consid-ered citizen engagement, policy, operations and technology, and data. Westchester County fin-ished ninth.

Over the last year, Westches-ter has redesigned the county website, westchestergov.com, to be more mobile responsive, and launched Homeseeker, a com-prehensive one-stop resource for anyone looking to buy or sell fair and affordable housing.

Additionally, the Center for Digital Government cited:

• REACH Westchester, an au-tomated application system that has transformed the county’s paper recertification process for Temporary Assistance custom-ers into a more efficient, stream-lined process. This innovative process enables customers to complete their recertification in-terview independently through the use of a user-friendly, in-office kiosk. REACH Westches-

ter saves county taxpayers more than $2 million annually.

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will help her feel like she has some control, which will empower her. It should be easy to find a knock-off (copy) of what’s trending in a less expensive version. Sneak-ers are a little tougher because kids recognize brand names. Try a consignment shop for kids or ask friends with children if they have sneakers their kids have out-grown. Sites like eBay may be an-other alternative. Encourage her to start a new trend. If her friends are really her friends, they will re-spect her for who she is and not what she looks like.

Dear Tonia:What’s the best way to re-

move underarm stains and mil-dew from clothing? I tend to per-spire a lot and even after wash-ing, my T-shirts still have sweat stains and look terrible.

B.F., Larchmont

Dear B.F.:Unsightly underarm stains

can be a problem, especially if you tend to perspire a lot. You can remove underarm stains from shirts and blouses simply by scrubbing them with a mix-ture of equal parts lemon juice, or white vinegar, and water, then washing them as you nor-mally would. On black shirts, add white vinegar to the wash and let them sit for a little while before you continue the cycle. Treat any stain, especially oil stains, as soon as possible. Until

you get the stain out, don’t put it in the dryer, as the dryer will set the stain and the stain will never come out.

Dear Tonia:Can you give me some easy

basic rules for a man to follow, regarding socks and shoes in particular? I need to step up my style a bit and don’t have a clue.

S.M., Westchester

Dear S.M.:Shoes in traditional colors

such as black, brown, dark tan and navy should always match your belt. Use a dress belt with jeans only when paired with a blazer or jacket and a dress shirt. Socks should match your pants, but the exact shade is not nec-essary. Patterned socks work well for a fashionable, fun look. White socks should only be worn with sneakers.

If you haven’t changed your hairstyle or license photo since high school, it may be time to consider seeing a stylist for an updated style, which will make you look younger and more fashionable. A crisp white or black T-shirt under a casual blaz-er looks great with jeans.

Tonia Tagliaferro is a fashion stylist. For questions and advice, you can contact her at [email protected].

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RHYMES WITH CRAZY

Lenore Skenazy

TONIA SAYSTonia Tagliaferro

How a normal teen can become a sex offender

When Les and Amanda An-derson arrived in New York from Indiana, they headed straight to Times Square, as many tourists do. But as they gaped at the billboards and read the news “19-Year-Old Sentenced to 25 Years as a Sex Of-fender,” they stopped dead in their tracks.

That 19-year-old is their son, Zach.

“It took a minute to absorb; it was 1 a.m.,” Amanda said. I met the Andersons for lunch in Chelsea their second and final day in the city. They’d come to tape a talk show with the popu-lar preacher, T.D. Jakes. “Night-line” had filmed them in their Elkhart, Ind., home a few days earlier, and they’d also been on CNN and in the New York Times, all because of a date their teen-age son made earlier this year.

Zach had gone on the app “Hot or Not?” and met a girl who lived just over the border in Michigan, who said she was 17. They met up and had sex.

But when she didn’t get home by curfew, her worried mom called the cops because her daughter has epilepsy. When she got home, the cops found out not only where she’d been, but also her true age: 14.

Zach was arrested for rape.The judge at the trial knew all

the facts. The girl and her mom also testified on Zach’s behalf. “I don’t want him to be a sex of-

fender because he really is not,” the girl’s mom declared.

The judge ignored them and sentenced Zach to 90 days in pris-on, followed by 25 years on the Sex Offender Registry. “He just turned around and looked at me like, ‘Help,’” said Les, choking up.

The town rallied around the family. “We’re praying for your son every morning,” one busi-ness associate told Les. A mom told Amanda, “All the parents are talking about it. This could happen to any of us!” The South Bend Tribune wrote up about Zach’s story and his case be-came a cause celebre.

But anyone can be a cause celebre and still have to live un-der Sex Offender Registry re-strictions. That meant that three weeks ago, when Zach got out of jail, he could not go home. As a sex offender, he could not reside with anyone under 17, including his younger brother.

The Andersons broke into their savings and bought Zach a small house far from any school or playground, another registry requirement. Each night, he must be home by 8 p.m.—his curfew.

The police can come at any time to do a search, and they already have. What were they looking for? Movies. Not dirty ones—clean ones. Zach can’t have any G-rated movies like “Home Alone,” under the as-sumption that watching kids on film will trigger his urge to sexu-ally assualt them.

Zach also cannot have a smartphone. “We got him a flip phone and we had to bust

the camera with a screwdriver to break it,” said his dad. Zach can’t have any access to the In-ternet, either, which means he has to change his college major: computer science.

And he’s not allowed into a library, skate park, or mall, be-cause there are kids around. He couldn’t even accompany his parents to New York because of his probation restrictions.

“I asked Zach, ‘Did they ever teach you this in high school? Did they cover the Age of Consent laws?’” said his mom, Amanda. “He said ‘yes,’ which is why he asked the girl how old she was.” But there—as it is here—even if a minor lies about her age, her part-ner isn’t any less guilty.

So here are the laws in New York state, according to criminal defense lawyer Ron Kuby:

• Third-degree rape: Being 21 or older and having sex with someone under 17.

• Second-degree rape: Being 18 or older, and having sex with someone under 15, unless the defendant is less than four years older than the victim when the act occurred.

• First-degree rape: Being any age and having sex with someone under 11, or being 18 or older and having sex with someone under 13.

On Wednesday, Aug. 5, Zach went back to court to request a retrial. Me, I’d like to request a retrial of the laws that are mak-ing “sex offenders” out of nor-mal, young people.


Handling kids’ pressure to look ‘cool’

Dear Tonia:My daughter started school

and some kids are already making fun of her because she doesn’t have the “cool” sneakers or clothes. I am a single mother with two other children so we are always on a very tight budget. I tried buying her a few things but she hates everything I buy her. Can you suggest ways she can look “cool” without me having to spend so much money?

L.L., New Rochelle

Dear L.L.:Kids can be very mean to

each other; in fact, even brutal, and peer pressure is real. Peer pressure affects kids because of their need to feel loved and ac-cepted. Unfortunately, peer pres-sure never really goes away, even as an adult. It’s important for your daughter to feel like she fits in. Not wearing what the oth-er kids are wearing can create a genuine problem for her. Talk to her about deciding how impor-tant “belonging” or “fitting in” is to her. It might tell you if there are other things going on with her as well.

Why not make time to shop together so she can pick things out for herself? You can suggest some stores you can afford. This

and strong community—we cer-tainty welcome new residents with children in the Kensington Road project and throughout our village,” the mayor was stated as saying in the settle-ment papers.

Meanwhile, the development will also have to meet certain criteria outlined in the settle-ment. The floor plans are set to be re-labeled where it once said “den”—one of the main sources

of contention of the lawsuit—will now be changed to “bed-room/den.” In that space, the de-veloper has to give the buyer, at their own expense, the option to add a closet and door.

The developer is being asked to include a sandbox in the de-sign, and that any future market-ing have the HUD logo with a fair-housing pledge and the rep-resentation of children in pro-motional campaigns. Employ-ees of the development compa-ny are also being asked to sign

fair housing policies that WRO will keep on file.

Still, the settlement also in-dicates that WRO has the right to see if both the village and Gateway are complying with the terms by having access to how each are tracking the settlement milestones once a year, which both are expected to keep for the settlement’s duration.

Geoffrey Anderson, execu-tive director of WRO, could not be reached for comment as of press time.

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October 2, 2015 • The easTchesTer review • 13SPORTS

NOTICE OF SPECIAL DISTRICT MEETING OF EASTCHESTER UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT,IN THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER, NEW YORK.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Education of Eastchester Union Free School District, in the County of Westchester, New York, adopted on August 25, 2015,

a Special District Meeting of the qualified voters of said School District will be held on

Tuesday, October 20, 2015from 6:00 o’clock A.M. to 9:00 o’clock P.M. (Prevailing Time) at the following voting places: (1) the Eastchester Middle School for those persons residing in the Eastchester High School/Middle School Election District, and (2) at 235 Garth Road for those persons residing in Garth Road Election District; for the purpose of voting upon the following Bond Proposition:

BOND PROPOSITION RESOLVED:(a) That the Board of Education of Eastchester Union Free School District, in the County of Westchester, New York (the “District”), is hereby authorized to construct additions and improvements at the Eastchester High School build-ing and site (the “Project”), substantially as described in a plan prepared by the District with the assistance of KG&D Architects and Engineers, (the “Plan”), which plan is on file and available for public inspection at the office of the District Clerk; including the construction of additional space for new classrooms and cafeteria expansion; interior reconstruction and space reconfiguration; auditorium and gymnasium renovations, including the installation of new auditorium seating, lighting and sound system; and other infrastructure improvements; and also including site work and parking lot and exterior lighting improvements; all of the foregoing to include the original furnishings, equipment, machinery, apparatus, and all ancillary and related site, demolition and other work required in connection therewith; and to expend therefor, including preliminary costs and costs incidental thereto and to the financing thereof, an amount not to exceed $26,900,000; provided that the estimated costs of the components of the Project as set forth in detail in the Plan may be reallocated among such components if the Board of Education shall determine that such realloca-tion is in the best interests of the District;

(b) that a tax is hereby voted in the aggregate amount of not to exceed $26,900,000 to finance such cost, such tax to be levied and collected in installments in such years and in such amounts as shall be determined by said Board of Education; and

(c) that in anticipation of said tax, bonds of the District are hereby authorized to be issued in the aggregate principal amount of not to exceed $26,900,000 and a tax is hereby voted to pay the interest on said bonds as the same shall become due and payable.

Such Bond Proposition shall appear on the ballot labels to be inserted in the voting machines used for voting at said Special District Meeting in substantially the following condensed form:

YES BOND PROPOSITION NO RESOLVED:(a) That the Board of Education of Eastchester Union Free School District, in the County of Westchester, New York (the “District”), is hereby authorized to construct additions and improvements at the Eastchester High School building and site, and to expend therefor an amount not to exceed $26,900,000; (b) that a tax is hereby voted in the aggregate amount of not to exceed $26,900,000 to finance such cost, such tax to be levied and collected in installments in such years and in such amounts as shall be determined by said Board of Education; and

(c) that in anticipation of said tax, bonds of the District are hereby authorized to be issued in the aggregate principal amount of not to exceed $26,900,000 and a tax is hereby voted to pay the interest on said bonds as the same shall become due and payable.

The voting will be conducted by ballot on voting machines as provided in the Education Law and the polls will re-main open from 6:00 o’clock A.M. to 9:00 o’clock P.M. (Prevailing Time) and as much longer as may be necessary to enable the voters then present to cast their ballots.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Board of Registration shall meet on October 13, 2015, from 8:00 o’clock A.M. until 12:00 o’clock Noon (Prevailing Time), in the Administration Building, 580 White Plains Road, Eastchester, New York, for the purpose of preparing a register of the qualified voters of the school district for said Special District Meeting, at which time any person shall be entitled to have his/her name placed upon such register, provided that at such meeting of the Board of Registration he/she is known or proven to the satisfaction of such Board of Registration to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at said Special District Meeting.

AND NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN that qualified voters may also register on any day on which school is in session during school hours until October 13, 2015, at the Administration Building, 580 White Plains Road, Eastchester, New York, between the hours of 8:00 o’clock A.M. and 4:00 o’clock P.M. (Prevailing Time).

The register of the qualified voters of said School District prepared at the Annual District Meeting and Election held on May 19, 2015, shall be used by said Board of Registration as the basis for the preparation of the register for said Special District Meeting to be held on October 20, 2015. Any person whose name appears on such register or who shall have been previously registered hereunder for any Annual or Special District Meeting or election and who shall have voted at any annual or special meeting or any election held or conducted within the District at any time since January 1, 2011, will not be required to register personally for this Special District Meeting. In addition, any person otherwise qualified to vote who is registered with the Board of Elections of Westchester County under the provisions of the Election Law, shall be entitled to vote at said Special District Meeting without further registration.

Immediately upon its completion, said register will be filed in the office of the District Clerk and will be open for inspection by any qualified voter of the District from October 14, 2015, to the day of the vote, October 20, 2015, Sunday excepted, between the hours of 8:00 o’clock A.M. and 4:00 o’clock P.M. (Prevailing Time), and on Saturday, October 17, 2015, between the hours of 8:00 o’clock A.M. and 11:00 o’clock A.M. (Prevailing Time).

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that applications for absentee ballots may be applied for at the office of the District Clerk. If the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, the completed application must be received by the Clerk of the District no later than 4:00 o’clock P.M. (Prevailing Time) on October 13, 2015. If the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter, the completed application must be received by the District Clerk no later than 4:00 o’clock P.M. (Prevailing Time) on October 19, 2015. No absentee ballot shall be canvassed unless it is received in the office of the District Clerk by 5:00 o’clock P.M. (Prevailing Time) on October 20, 2015.

A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots shall have been issued will be available in the office of the District Clerk on each of the five days prior to the day of the election, except Saturday and Sunday, between the hours of 8:00 o’clock A.M. and 4:00 o’clock P.M. (Prevailing Time).

The place in each election district where the Special District Meeting shall be held is as follows:

EASTCHESTER HIGH SCHOOL/MIDDLE SCHOOL ELECTION DISTRICT - The place of voting will be the Middle School.

GARTH ROAD ELECTION DISTRICT - The place of voting will be 235 Garth Road.

Only qualified voters who are duly registered will be permitted to vote.

BY THE ORDER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION

Dated: August 25, 2015

Lisa Sanfilippo, CPA, District Clerk

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LIVE MIKEMike Smith

If you’re not absolutely tin-gling with anticipation for next week to arrive, I’m going to have to ask that you renounce your baseball fandom immediately.

Yes, we’re finally here. After slogging through a 162-game season, it’s playoff time once again, and I’d be hard-pressed to remember a time when there was as much baseball buzz in the area heading into October.

On one hand, you’ve got the Mets, the brash upstarts with a fearsome rotation who just clinched the NL East title for the first time in almost a decade. On the other hand, you’ve got a Yankees team that is still at-tempting to nail down that final win and has far surpassed expec-tations this year—though you wouldn’t know it judging by the grumblings of the fanbase on the

There’s only one Octoberairwaves of WFAN.

The Mets are preparing for a first-round showdown with the one team in the postseason that can seemingly match them ace-for-ace, as Grienke, Kershaw, and the Los Angeles Dodgers come to town, while the Yanks’ postseason fate is still technical-ly uncertain. But even before the Bombers (likely) take the field on Tuesday night for the one-game playoff, there are so many questions that will no doubt be captivating the tri-state area.

Will Tanaka be healthy enough to pitch?

How will rookies like Luis Severino and Greg Bird fare dur-ing their first-ever postseason?

Should current Yankees rub the head of Derek Jeter for good luck in the postseason?

The Mets, too, have their own uncertainty as they head to-ward their first postseason since 2006. Over the last month or so, Terry Collins has employed

seemingly endless permutations of lineups and defensive align-ments, but will need to deter-mine which players have earned starting spots in the NLDS. His deep pitching staff also gives him flexibility—and decisions to make.

But even if you’re not a fan of New York teams, there is so much that makes this one of the most intriguing postseason land-scapes in recent years. Three teams from the NL Central will be in the mix, vying for the pen-nant: the long-suffering Cubs, the steady Cardinals and a Pi-rates team that is hoping to chan-nel 1979 for this year’s run.

Toronto, perhaps the best team in the American League, could potentially be without its all-world shortstop.

The last AL wild card spot? That’s still up in the air with the Angels, Astros and Twins all hoping to extend their season and earn a shot at the Yankees.

Next week, Major League Baseball begins its second season. Sports Editor Mike Smith can’t wait for some playoff action. Photo courtesy MLB.com

For the next five weeks, each baseball game is appointment viewing. You don’t know what you’re going to see, which play-ers are going to raise their games

or who will crumble under the pressure. Even for fans like me, those without a rooting interest, there’s more than enough drama to keep me invested.

I just hope the rest of you feel the same way.

Follow Mike on Twitter @LiveMike_Sports

14 • The easTchesTer review • October 2, 2015 SPORTSBroncos bounce back

By mike smiThSports Editor

After a relatively tough stretch last week, the Bronxville girls soccer team got back on track with consecutive wins over Sleepy Hollow and North Salem in the last few days. And with a few difficult games on the hori-zon, the Broncos seem to be hit-ting their stride at just the right time.

Bronxville downed the Horse-men 5-0 at home on Sept. 27 and followed that game up with a one-sided 4-1 victory over North Salem two days later to improve to 6-1-2 on the season.

In Bronxville’s latest winning streak, the Broncos have had a number of girls step up and find the net. Beth Finley scored three goals in the two wins, but Sarah Richards, Margot Rich-ards, Natalie Kister and Cece Haims all contributed goals as well. According to head coach Don Cupertino, that kind of bal-ance makes Bronxville a diffi-cult team for opposing squads to game plan against.

“Beth [Finley] has been the go-to girl with 11 goals on the year, but we have a lot of really strong players complementing her,” he said. “I think we had a lot of girls come out really strong against North Salem despite the fact that we were missing three starters with injury.”

One injured starter, Rachel Peacock, has missed the last four games after suffering a concus-sion. But Cupertino expects his standout midfielder to be back on the field by the end of this week.

Although Bronxville’s fire-power manifested itself in the fi-nal scores on Saturday and Mon-day, the Broncos had a tougher time putting up points last week, when it tied Eastchester 1-1 and lost a 2-1 overtime game to Pearl River.

In those games, Cupertino said, the team came out strong but simply couldn’t find a way to finish.

“I saw a lot of positive things in those games, against East-chester we must have put up 35 shots,” he said. “But Eastches-ter’s keeper was very good and she just kept us off the board.”

Bronxville will look to continue

its winning ways this week when it hosts Edgemont on Sept. 30, after press time, and heads to Byram Hills to take on the highly-touted Bobcats in their homecoming game. Byram Hills

lost a heartbreaker to Harrison on Sept. 26, but always plays Bronxvillle tough, according to the Broncos’ coach.

“It doesn’t matter that they’re Class A; these teams always

look forward to playing each other,” he said. “Our girls are ex-cited to go in there and play at their homecoming.”


Sasha Ircha battles with a Sleepy Hollow defender. Ircha had two assists against the Horsemen.

Gabriella Amboss makes a play on the ball. Photos/Mike Smith

Beth Finley makes a move. Finley leads the Broncos with 11 goals this season.

Mason Warble fires a shot on goal against Sleepy Hollow on Sept. 26. Bronxville beat the Horsemen 5-0.

October 2, 2015 • The easTchesTer review • 15SPORTS

Eagles stay perfect

By mike smiThSports Editor

Through the first four games of the 2015 season, there have been few teams in Section I that are playing as well as the East-chester Eagles. With a 32-7 win

over Sleepy Hollow on Sept. 26, Eastchester improved to 4-0 on the year and is enjoying its best start since 2007. As the Eagles look for their fifth straight win when they host Pearl River this week, they don’t plan on deviat-ing from the approach that has

John Blume hauls in a catch on a two-point conversion. With their win over the Horsemen, the Eagles are now 4-0 on the season.

Andrew Schultz blocks for Jacob Risi against Sleepy Hollow. Photos/Mike Smith

Quarterback John Arcidiacono rolls out to pass. Arcidiacono threw for 103 yards, rushed for 163, and returned an interception for a touchdown.

Michael Cesarini sheds a tackle against Sleepy Hollow on Sept. 26. Eastchester topped the Horsemen 32-7.

gotten them to this point: work-ing hard and staying loose.

“I don’t think we’re feeling any pressure, we’re going out there and having fun,” said se-nior Andrew Schultz, who had two interceptions in the East-chester win. “We went out and played a good Sleepy team who has some weapons, but we just kept flying to the ball.”

After giving up a 43-yard touchdown pass to Sleepy Hol-low’s Wendell Brand on the opening possession, Eastches-ter’s defense clamped down, racking up four takeaways in total. Junior defensive end An-tonio Rogliano led the push up front, notching 3.5 sacks on the afternoon.

“We tell everyone that there’s really no secret; we just work our hardest every play,” Rogliano said. “We prove that effort is re-ally the most important thing.”

Offensively, Eastchester was again led by standout quarterback John Arcidiacono, who rushed for 163 yards and three scores, completed 13 of 17 passes for 103 yards, and also returned an interception 30 yards for a touch-down in the third quarter.

Although many quarterbacks around the section are one-way players, Arcidiacono said his ef-forts on the defensive end are simply an extension of the Ea-gles’ hard-nosed attitude. Satur-day marked the second straight week that Arcidiacono has re-turned an interception for a score.

“I put a lot of pride in [play-ing defense],” Arcidiacono said. “When I’m getting tired, my teammates pick me up. They know what I have to do, they know what they have to do, and so far, it’s been working.”

Through four games, East-chester has allowed just 28 points, but they will be in for a test on Saturday, Oct. 3 when they host an unbeaten Pearl Riv-er squad that has demonstrated a knack for finding the end zone. The Pirates stayed perfect last week, topping Har-rison 34-28 in a wild

overtime game on Sept. 26. The solid Eagle defense will likely be keying on Pearl River’s ver-satile running back Kyle Mur-phy, who rushed for 113 yards against Harrison, tallied 190 receiving yards, and scored three times.

As the Eagles prepare for their next test, they simply plan on getting back to basics and working on the things that have gotten them off to such a hot start.

“We’re feeling good,” Arcidi-acono said. “We really like what we have right now and we just

want to keep the ball rolling next week.”


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