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BY STEPHEN E. LIPKEN

Harrison resident Shauna Rae Long led a de-termined delegation during the Wednesday, November 16 Town Board meeting against newly-opened L and L Sports, a gun shop owned by Louis Zacchio, “located in a Gun-Free School Zone,” according to Long. “I live downtown and have a six-year old student at Harrison Avenue School. Tonight we would officially like to have our petition, signed by over 3,500 people read into the record.”

Former Harrison res-ident Eric Stone acknowl-edged that although Zacchio serves hunters and sport shooters “it dampens the safety of those living in this town…

“On February 9, 2012,

Emotional, Heated Battle over Gun Shop at Town Board Meetingmy father was walking home from Harrison Train Sta-tion on South Road and was robbed at gunpoint. Har-nessing his prowess as a dis-tance runner, he ran. The robber caught up with him and smashed him in the face with the butt of a gun three times…”

Stone later learned that this robber made people get down on their knees and beg for their lives; later finding out that the gun was unload-ed.

“The reason why I am here is to dispel some ru-mors,” Zacchio replied. “Did they find out where he got his weapon? Seventy percent of my customers are police and military personnel.

"I don’t sell guns to crim-inals. Teachers have asked me what students should do if they see someone with a

gun coming down the street. They should be smart enough to call 911.

“If someone comes to my store with an uncased gun, I will deny them entrance and call the Harrison Police. As far as being near a school, federally licensed firearms dealers are exempt.

Anyone carrying a fire-arm near a school, as long as

Left to right: Lieutenant/Acting Police Chief Michael Olsey; resident Shauna Rae Long.


On Friday, November 11, West Harrison and Harrison communities, with VFW and American Legion Posts paid tribute to the late Air Nation-al Guard Staff Sergeant Jo-seph Lemm, killed in a suicide bombing on Monday, Decem-ber 21 in Bagram, Afghani-stan, leaving behind his wife Christine and two children: a teenage daughter, Brooke and younger son Ryan. Brooke sang the National Anthem and “G-d Bless America.”

Veterans Day Ceremony CommemoratesAir National Guard Staff Sgt. Joseph Lemm

Left to right: Navy Chief Petty Officer Steven Triano; Captain Gregory Davis.

Public-Private Partnership to Improve Westchester Airport Announced

it is cased and locked is ex-empt.”

“The 1,000 foot rule was initiated by the federal gov-ernment to give drug dealers harsher penalties. I am will-ing to move to another loca-tion but will not accept ‘shut him down and let him sue the Town.’ I want to be a good neighbor.”

In other Village busi-ness, Mayor Ron Belmont mentioned that the 2017 Tentative Budget is $59,228, 389, an increase of $369,114 or .063. The Public Hearing will continue on Thursday, December 15 at 7:30 p.m.

Former Harrison resident Eric Stone

County Executive Robert P. Astorino with Emmett McCann, managing director at Oaktree and Marsha Gordon, president and CEO of the Westchester Business Council

Westchester County Executive Robert P. Astori-no recently announced a visionary plan for the future of the Westchester Coun-ty Airport that would save taxpayers more than $140 million, improve the overall passenger experience, ener-gize the local economy, and strengthen environmen-tal protections, all while maintaining the current footprint of the airport and preserving the quality of life of the surrounding commu-nities.

The plan – made pos-sible by Westchester’s eligi-bility in a Federal Aviation Administration program that allows small to mid-sized airports to be run as

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From the Mayor’s Office and Town HallBY MAYOR RON BELMONT

The holidays are a mag-ical time with festive occa-sions and memorable tradi-tions. This year, the Town/Village of Harrison is once again brightening the season with two fantastic holiday events. The West Harrison Neighborhood Association is holding its ninth annual Christmas Tree Lighting and Holiday Celebration. This event will be held on Friday, December 2nd at 7 PM and entertainment will be on hand on the Village Green. Refreshments will be served and I encourage all residents to attend. It’s a perfect way

to share the excitement of the season with family and friends. The Holiday Hap-pening will kick off in Ma Riis Park (across from Town Hall) at 3:30pm, on Sunday December 4th, with a host of fun activities for the kids. Our elementary school cho-ral groups will be regaling visitors with holiday music and songs. Children will be able to write a letter to Santa, play the dreidel game and en-joy hot chocolate and baked goods.

Santa will be making a special appearance and will visit with children, young and old alike. This wonderful affair will culminate with a Christmas tree and menorah lighting in the park. So, em-brace the holiday by bringing your kids, your cameras, and your holiday spirit because the West Harrison Christmas Tree Lighting and Holiday Celebration and the Holiday Happening are the must at-tend events of the season! Both are open to all and are free of charge. Thank you to all who participated for their

generosity and hard work.As part of the Harrison

Holiday Happening daylong activities, Cris Spinner, Har-rison resident and Chorus teacher at LMK, is producing and performing in Voices Heard 8 - Home For The Hol-idays, a concert to benefit The Center For Discovery, on Sunday Dec. 4th, 2:00pm, at the LMK Middle School Theater. Fourteen friends, six of whom are Harrison teachers, will be performing with Cris. Visit https://voic-esheard8.eventbrite.com to order tickets ($25 Adult, $10 Student -18 and under). Tick-ets may be purchased at the door, as well. Come enjoy an afternoon of great music and kick off the holiday season by giving.

The SafeWise Report has released its 2016 Safest Cities in New York list and Harrison is ranked #9 in NY State. I believe this high ranking stems from excep-tional policing and common sense precautions on the part of our residents. Our community has always been

responsive to advice from our law enforcement personnel and I’m happy that we have been acknowledged in this way.

I would like to recognize the Harrison High School Band for their recent perfor-mance at Yankee Stadium. It was an honor to accompany the band as they regaled foot-ball fans with energetic and beautifully executed musical selections. Congratulations to all involved.

Recently, I attended an event celebrating Fordham University and their many years of dedication to creat-ing higher education oppor-tunities not only in NY City, but here in West Harrison, as well. To our benefit, Fordham saw the enormous potential for expanding the university to offer courses in the heart of Westchester. They have long enjoyed a reputation of being a leader in education by providing meaningful, unique, and challenging op-portunities for students from across the globe. I congratu-late Fordham University on

their success in providing a top-notch educational expe-rience to so many and I look forward to celebrating more milestones with them in the years to come.

In closing, I am happy to report that the Town Board recently held a public hearing on the 2017 preliminary bud-get. This budget maintains the high quality services and facilities our community val-ues and has come to expect. The budget will keep the town under the state-man-dated property tax cap for the fourth consecutive year and represents a slight per-centage increase in spending over 2016. The bulk of that in-crease will go toward capital improvement projects. Harri-son is rated Aa1 by Moody's, as of our last bond issue in 2015. Within that rating, Moody’s cited our strengths as healthy financial position, conserva-tive budgeting and sizable and affluent tax base benefiting from ongoing commercial and residential development. They also cited our average, man-ageable debt burden and our

rapid amortization of princi-pal. I am very happy with the budget we came up with. It does not rely on fund balance reserves and it is, again, with-in the mandated tax cap. I am completely confident that the Town/Village of Harrison is in a financial position to success-fully face the years ahead.

The road restoration project, on Halstead Avenue, is nearing the finish line. I know it’s been a long ordeal as the project began in early August. As the construction work continues, I would greatly ap-preciate your patience while this important infrastructure project moves toward comple-tion. Their may be some slight travel delays and added cau-tion is advised as you operate vehicles through our commer-cial district.

The next “Lunch with the Mayor” is on Friday, De-cember 2nd and I will be at NY Pizza Station, located at 370 Halstead Avenue in Harrison. I will be at this location from 12:30 to 1:30 and look forward to talking about issues facing our community.


A wealth of love, good-will and musical entertain-ment flowed through Ben-ziger Hall at Manhattanville College during the 15th An-nual Thanksgiving Diversity Breakfaston Thursday, No-vember 17 under the auspices of American Jewish Commit-tee (AJC) Westchester/Fair-field and record 130 sponsors and partners.

Over 350 Jewish, Mus-lim, Christians of many races and creeds from Westchester

Thanksgiving Diversity Breakfast Honors Community Leaders

Dr. Michael E. Geisler, President, Manhattanville College.

Left to right: Temple Israel Center White Plains Senior Rabbi Gordon Tucker; Assemblyman David Buchwald.

and outlying communities at-tended. This year’s Diversity Breakfast theme was “#We Walk Together,” honoring Dr. Mahjabeen Hassan, a plastic surgeon and founder of Amer-ican Muslim Women’s Associ-ation; Reverend Stephen C. Holton, St. James Episcopal Church, North Salem and Dr. Carl Procario-Foley, Office of Mission and Ministry at Iona College, New Rochelle.

Procario-Foley’s depart-ment developed many pro-grams such as the Success After School Center plus stu-

dent outreach initiatives in-cluding Habitat for Humanity, Best Buddies and Project Sun-shine chapters.

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

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

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

“Later rabbinic commen-tators wondered why righ-teousness would be described in that unusual way; the an-swer they gave is that a coat

of mail is composed of many small metal plates, each one seemingly so insignificant in size that it would hardly seem to make a difference…But when they are hooked to-gether, they combine to create a protective armor.

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

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A colorful parade, con-sisting of the Harrison High School Marching Band; Navy, Marine and Police Color/Hon-or Guards from New York City and Harrison; Fire/Emergency vehicles from Harrison, West Harrison and Purchase along with antique and classic auto-mobiles plus a parade favorite, Roy Aletti’s Barrel Organ, pro-ceeded down Underhill Avenue to the West Harrison Honor Roll.

Following Invocation by Father Christopher Monturo, St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church, West Harrison, U.S. Army General Evo Riguzzi spoke of “Ghost Ships” ordered by President Harry S. Truman to bring home 40% of Ameri-can servicemen buried over-seas.

“A widower in Missouri received the bodies of his three sons, laid them out in his bed-room and then buried them on his farm.”

American Legion Carle Anderson Post 559 Commander Joseph Mazzulo recalled talking to World War I veterans, “and the new President has prom-ised to take care of veterans. Let us hold him accountable.”

In the Benediction, Rab-bi Eytan Hammerman, Jewish Community Center of Harrison quoted from the Siddur (He-brew Prayer Book): “At the ris-ing sun and its going down; we remember them. At the blow-ing of the wind and in the chill of winter; we remember them. At the opening of the buds and

Veterans Day Ceremony CommemoratesAir National Guard Staff Sgt. Joseph Lemm

in the rebirth of spring; we remember them…

“Veterans Day re-minds us how precious peace is and how horrible war is…May G-d who has created peace in the heav-ens help us, and help our newly elected leaders bring peace to us here on earth.”

Officials attending including Congresswoman Nita Lowey; Assemblyman David Buchwald; Harri-son Mayor Ron Belmont; Councilwoman/Trustee Marlane Amelio; Town Clerk Jackie Greer and Judge Pat Gizzo.

Navy Operational Support Center, Bronx, NY Color Guard left to right: Petty Officers Leonard Ash; James Sinatro; Daniel Morrison; Mark Jones; Vincent Minan.

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Family of the late New York City Police Detective Joseph Lemm, killed in action at Bagram, Afghanistan


Local Doctor to Go the Distance at TCS NYC Marathon

Public-Private Partnership to Improve Westchester Airport Announcedpublic-private partnerships – would be structured under a 40-year revenue-sharing lease with Oaktree Capital Manage-ment, L.P. (“Oaktree”), whose record includes the successful completion of similar projects in Baltimore, Puerto Rico and London.

Backed by key airline ten-ants, including JetBlue, Ameri-can and United – the plan would keep in place the current limits on passengers, the footprint of the terminal and the hours of operation. The number of gates at the airport would remain at four. There will be no addition of new runways or extensions of existing runways.

The public-private part-nership between Westchester County and Oaktree, known as a P3 under the FAA program, is not a sale. The airport will continue to be owned by West-chester County and will con-tinue to be privately managed, as it has been since the end of World War II. What is changing is that Oaktree will be the new manager and that by structur-ing a new lease in accordance with the terms of the FAA pro-gram, money paid to the county by Oaktree can be used for all county programs. Until now, any revenue generated at the airport could only be used at the airport.

The net payments and savings to the county will total more than $140 million.

The county will receive an upfront payment of $130 mil-lion from Oaktree, which after revenue share and expenses will provide the county with net proceeds of $111 million over the course of the lease. The pro-ceeds have been structured like an annuity to create a steady, long-term revenue stream that the county can draw on to off-set expenses and help to keep taxes stable over the next four decades.

First year net revenue to the county will be $15 million; followed by a net revenue of $5 million in each of the next four years; followed by average net revenue of more than $2 million for the remaining years on the lease.

Oaktree’s payments can be applied to the county’s oper-ating budget as early as 2017.

The partnership with Oaktree also relieves the county of the financial responsibility for capital improvements and ongoing maintenance at the air-port. For its part, Oaktree will now pick up those expenses

and has committed to expend-ing at least $30 million in Oak-tree-funded capital improve-ments in the first five years, in addition to other federal funding available to the airport. Oaktree will also make significant ad-ditional investments over the course of the lease. The $30 mil-lion in Oaktree capital spending will produce an estimated 300 construction jobs.

Oaktree’s investments in technology, infrastructure and amenities will go toward:

• Redesigning the pas-senger lounge with enhanced seating,

• Reconfiguring the ticketing area to simplify board-ing,

• Improving parking with valet and garage check-in options,

• Enhancing the arriv-al area with new baggage claim equipment, and

• Upgrading conces-sions and restaurants with more food and dining offerings.

Airport improvements resulting from the deal will also include enhanced airline op-erations, efficiencies and envi-ronmental protections. JetBlue Airways, American Airlines and United Airlines all advocated for and support the improvements, which will help them enhance the passenger experience, im-prove airline operations and bet-ter maintain airport infrastruc-ture. As part of the agreement, each has agreed in principal to a long-term use agreement to serve the airport. The deal pro-vides the airlines with long-term price certainty, greater opera-tional efficiencies and guaran-teed capital improvements.

“JetBlue looks forward to a reinvigorated and modern Westchester County Airport to provide our HPN customers the same award winning customer experience at the airport that they enjoy onboard,” said Jeffrey Goodell, vice president Govern-ment and Airport Affairs, Jet-Blue. “JetBlue customers will be able to move seamlessly through the airport and enjoy enhanced food and beverage offerings to significantly improve their air-port experience. We commend County Executive Astorino for pursuing a solution that mod-ernizes HPN to the benefit of all airport stakeholders.”

Specifically, as part of the agreement, a new on-site wastewater treatment facility will capture and treat de-icing fluid. In addition Oaktree will also bring in wildlife manage-

ment and protection programs to the airport, which it has pre-viously pioneered at its other airport projects. In Puerto Rico, it started a pioneering recycling program and was praised by the FAA for its effec-tive management of trees and green spaces.

Westchester County Board of Legislators Majority Leader Catherine Borgia re-leased the following statement regarding the County Exec-utive’s proposal to have the Westchester airport managed by a new, outside vendor:

“The County Executive’s announcement to turn the management of the county airport over to a new outside

vendor came as a surprise to many, if not all of us on the Board of Legislators. The airport is a significant asset owned by the people of West-chester. While the non-tax-payer revenues resulting from this deal might help to balance a very unbalanced budget, we have seen that the County Ex-ecutive has had false starts and missteps in executing these kinds of partnerships in the past and is growing more and more reliant on one-shot gimmick budget tactics that make it look like Westchester is having a fire sale.

“As a result of that track record, we believe it is im-portant to conduct a thorough

review to ensure that these revenues do come to fruition, especially if the county spend-ing additional taxpayer dollars on vital programs is condi-tioned on this backroom deal. We can only surmise that an arrangement created behind closed doors, with no public input, was done with the in-tent of forcing Legislators to approve this in exchange for funding various programs and services that the County Exec-utive has always desired to cut including public safety efforts and services for children and families. It is also very import-ant that the Legislature give the public ample time and op-portunity to weigh in on a proj-

ect of this magnitude.“It is imperative that the

Board of Legislators do our due diligence of all the aspects of this lease before we vote on whether or not it should be approved. The people of West-chester deserve nothing less than competent and complete legislative review.

“The Democratic Caucus is looking forward to working with all legislators, especially those who represent the com-munities that will be most im-pacted by any alteration of any size at the airport, on this full review and make sure this is acceptable to their communi-ties and feasible for the coun-ty’s finances.”

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS

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

Upcoming“Family Gatherings: The

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Mamaroneck Public Library, 136 Prospect Avenue

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

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

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

The Larchmont Public

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

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

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

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

5The Osteoporosis Aware-

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

6In recognition of Israel’s

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

10At 2 and 4pm, Charles

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

11The Rye Arts Center, 51 Mil-

ton Road, Rye presents “Seasons

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

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

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

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

18St. Thomas Episcopal

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


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December 15, 8pm

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HOLIDAY CONCERT

December 16 & 17, 8pm

Local residents and musicians raised more than $30,000 at the 14th annual Music for Parkinson’s Re-search (MPR) concert on November 13 at Congrega-tion Emanu-El in Rye. One hundred guests attended the afternoon of chamber music to benefit the research pro-

Tom Weinberger

14th Annual Music for Parkinson’s Research Concert grams of the Parkinson’s Disease

Foundation (PDF). Dr. Eger has been a tireless

advocate for the Parkinson’s community since his diagnosis in 2000. Under his leadership, the annual concert has raised more than $530,000 since its in-ception.

“At the Parkinson’s Disease

Foundation, we know that ending Parkinson’s is a team effort and we’re indeed fortu-nate to have Dr. Eger as part of that team. For more than a decade, he has put his passion for music to work to help us advance Parkinson’s research. This year’s Music for Parkin-son’s concert was no exception

— it was a warm gathering of friends who share a commit-ment toward the same goal — a world without Parkinson’s, "said Robin Anthony Elliott, CEO.

The Attacca Quartet, the Quartet in Residence for the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Gena Raps, of New York,

On December 9, 10, and 11, Purchase College, SUNY, home to “one of the country’s most highly regarded dance conservato-ries,” according to the New York Times, will present the Purchase Dance Company in three stunning pre-mieres and one fresh re-staging.

Members of the Purchase Dance Com-pany, students chosen from the highly com-petitive BFA program, will perform pre-mieres by prominent Israeli dance artist Tom Weinberger and French-born chore-ographer Manuel Vignoul-le, along with a new work created by award-winning alumnus Doug Varone. The program will also include a re-staging of Talsik (2015) by acclaimed contemporary bal-let choreographer Norbert de la Cruz III.

Born in Israel, Tom Weinberger is well known for his work, with the leading Batsheva Dance Company and with Sharon Eyal and Guy Behar’s Company, L-E-V. He has spent the last several years teaching Gaga and per-forming around the world. In 2014 he won the Internation-al Solo Tanz Theater Festival with his work Nemek, which has toured in Brazil and Ger-many.

Weinberger is the Fall 2016 Schusterman Art-ist-in-Residence. The goal of the Schusterman Visiting Artist program is to engage American audiences with Israeli artists of different dis-ciplines and enable them to experience in depth a vibrant and creative face of Israel. The residency is supported by the Israel Institute, which

pianist and faculty member at Mannes College, The New School of Music, returned to the stage. Guests enjoyed a wine and cheese reception fol-lowing the concert.

To donate in honor of Mu-sic for Parkinson’s, visit www.pdf.org/music or contact PDF at (800) 457-6676 or info@pdf.

org. Music for Parkinson’s Re-

search (MPR) was founded in 2003 by Dr. Eger, John Stine and the late Marsha Winokur. The trio established the an-nual chamber music concerts with the mission of raising funds to support Parkinson’s disease research.

From left to right: Stanley Fahn, M.D., Former PDF Scientific Director and world-renowned Parkinson’s specialist, and Charlotte Fahn, of Hastings-on-Hudson, NY, and Robin Elliott, CEO of PDF, of New York.

is dedicated to enhancing knowl-edge and study of modern Israel.

“We are excited to give our tremendously talented students the opportunity to work with lead-ing choreographers whose work challenges them as dancers. This

program reflects the Conserva-tory’s stature as a leading cen-ter for world-class professional dance training. Our students’ exposure to classic, contempo-rary, and cutting-edge choreog-raphy uniquely prepares them for successful careers with a wide range of companies,” said Nelly van Bommel, Director of Dance at Purchase College.

Performances will take place at the Pepsico Theatre at the Performing Arts Center on Friday, December 9 at 8 p.m., Saturday, December 10 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., and Sunday, December 11 at 3 p.m. A special pre-event talk featuring Doug Varone, Tom Weinberger, and Manuel Vignoulle will take place on Friday, December 9 at 7:15 p.m. Visiting Assistant Profes-sor of Dance, Darra Carr will moderate.

Purchase tickets by calling (914) 251-6200, in person at the box office, or by visiting www.artscenter.org.

Purchase Dance Company to Perform New Works by Cutting Edge Choreographers

This holiday season, Pur-chase Opera will present Gi-an-Carlo Menotti’s beloved opera, Amahl and the Night Vis-itors, for families and adults of all ages.

“Amahl and the Night Vis-itors is a perfect introduction to opera for young audiences, and a beautiful way to mark the holiday season. Regardless of faith, opera goers can’t help but be transformed by this hopeful work,” according to Jacque Trus-sel, director of Purchase Opera and Purchase College Conser-vatory of Music’s Department of Opera Performance/Vocal Stud-ies.

Performances will be held at The Performing Arts Center at Purchase College, SUNY, Friday, December 9, at 7 p.m. and Satur-day, December 10 at 1 p.m.

Purchase College Opera Presents Amahl and the Night Visitors

Amahl and the Night Visitors was the first opera commissioned for television and was premiered by the NBC Television Opera Theatre in New York City on December 24, 1951.

Based on Italian folk tales of the Nativity and Epiphany, Gian-Carlo Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors is a retelling of the story of the Magi from the point of view of a young disabled boy named Amahl, who with his widowed mother, lives in poverty among the shepherds near Bethle-hem. One night, three kings stop for shelter at their crude and humble dwelling. They have traveled from far away following a wondrous star and bring with them treasures and

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Thomas J. Schwarz, President of Purchase Col-lege, SUNY, hosted the 2016 President’s Donor Apprecia-tion Event on November 15th at The Neuberger Museum of Art on the Purchase College campus. The annual event welcomed more than 100 benefactors who support the College, The Neuberger Muse-um of Art, and The Perform-ing Arts Center.

Five recipients were honored with a Purchase Col-lege “Leaders in Philanthropy Award.” The new award rec-ognizes the contributions of benefactors who have demon-strated a longstanding and unbridled enthusiasm for the arts, education, and the Pur-chase College mission.

“’Thank you’ hardly conveys our deep respect and heartfelt appreciation for the collective leadership, guidance and financial sup-port provided by these gen-erous donors,” said President Schwarz.

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

Harrison Resident Don-ald Cecil, a founding partner of private investment man-agement firm Cumberland Associates, formed the Jan-don Foundation with his late wife, Jane. The Foundation

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

Purchase College President Thomas J Schwarz with Mrs Emily Grant

provides scholarships and helps to integrate the arts and business through programs such as the Jandon Business of the Arts Distinguished Lec-ture series.

Emily Grant of Mama-roneck has been a driving force for the institution, serving as a member of the Purchase College Foundation Board of Trustees since 1969 and spend-ing 18 years as its chair. Sup-port from Mrs. Grant and her husband, Eugene, funds pro-ductions in the Conservatory of Music, provides student schol-arships, and underwrites the recruitment and retention of distinguished faculty.

Marcella Kahn is a com-

munity activist and passionate patron of the arts. A former executive of Alkahn Labels, Inc., she served for more than 20 years on the Friends of the Neuberger Museum Board and as a benefactor for ballet stu-dents in the Conservatory of Dance.

Lucille Werlinich is the current chair of the Purchase College Foundation Board and an ardent supporter of all as-pects of the College. Through her family foundation, she sponsors multiple undergrad-uate scholarships each year while providing support for faculty and production proj-ects across the College and Performing Arts Center.

gifts as homage for a child, born to be King. As the story unfolds, the true miracle and meaning of life is revealed.

The one-act opera is per-formed in English. The opera is just under one hour and performed without an inter-mission.

Amahl and the Night Visitors will feature students in the Purchase College Con-servatory of Music’s Voice and Opera Studies department—a

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highly selective conservatory program that has won 10 top awards for its professional-lev-el productions from the Na-tional Opera Association.

“We are thrilled to give our students the opportuni-ty to perform this timeless piece—and also provide the community with an approach-able, world-class opera experi-ence in a local venue,” Trussel said.

This production is made

possible with support from The Emily Grant Opera Per-formance and Production Fund, The L. Werlinich Opera Production Endowment, the Friends of Music, and the Pur-chase College Foundation.

Tickets are $20 for adults, and $10 for children. Discounts are available for Purchase College students and seniors. To order tickets, vis-it www.artscenter.org or call 914.251.6200.

Fordham Westchester recently celebrated the Uni-versity’s 40th anniversary in Westchester County with a Fall Gratitude Reception on Thursday, November 10, at the West Harrison cam-pus. The ceremony featured remarks from County and Town officials and Fordham University representatives, as well as recognition of fac-ulty, staff, students, alumni and community partners. The event also celebrated 175 years of Fordham Universi-ty, 100 years of the Graduate School of Education, and 100 years of the Graduate School of Social Service.

Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, a Fordham University Alum-nus, kicked off the program

Fordham Westchester Hosts Fall Gratitude Reception in West Harrison by proclaiming November 10, 2016, Fordham University Westchester Recognition Day in Westchester County. Ron Belmont, Mayor of Harrison, spoke to the more than 150 at-tendees about the strong rela-tionship between the town and University, and how Ford-ham’s move to Westchester Avenue from its Marymount Campus in 2008 spurred many other businesses to re-locate to the area.

During the event, the Deans of the Graduate School of Education, Graduate School of Social Services and School of Professional and Continu-ing Studies bestowed Com-munity Leadership Awards to 12 Westchester partners with deep connections to Fordham University, its faculty, staff

and students. The honorees included: Graduate School of Education Honorees included Noelle Beale, Regional Super-intendent, Central Westches-ter Catholic Schools; Patricia Langan, Principal, Patricia A. DiChiaro School, Yonkers;

Robert Maher, CEO, St. Christopher’s School, Dobbs Ferry; and Arlene Moliterno, Clinical Professor, Curricu-lum and Teaching, Graduate School of Education.

The Graduate School of Social Service Honorees were Sarah Beard, Director of Clinical Services, Low-er Naugatuck Valley Parent Child Resource Center; Polly Kerrigan, Senior Vice Pres-ident, Family Services of Westchester; Kevin McGuire, Commissioner, Westchester

County Department of Social Services; and Raven Water-man, Director of Clinical Services, Graham Windham.

School of Profession-al and Continuing Studies Honorees included Eileen Burchell, Assistant Vice President, Office of the Pro-vost, Fordham University; Angie Cercone, Director Tal-ent Team, Ernst and Young, Student Affairs Subcommit-tee Chair, PCS Dean’s Advi-sory Board; Kevin Mahoney, Senior Vice President, In-vestments, Raymond James, Chair of the PCS Dean’s Ad-visory Board; and Karen Parrish, Vice President and Lead Partner, IBM, Subcommittee member of the PCS Dean’s Advisory Board.

A Community Leader-ship Award was also given to Marc Rosa, Wealth Man-agement Advisor at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management and Co-President of the Fordham University Alum-ni Chapter of Westchester.

“This event was much

Fordham Westchester celebrated its 40th anniversary in Westchester County with a Fall Gratitude Reception on Thursday, November 10, at the West Harrison campus. L-R: Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino; Virginia Roach, Dean of the Graduate School of Education; Anthony Davidson, Dean of the School of Professional and Continuing Studies; Debra McPhee, Dean of the Graduate School of Social Service; Grant Grastorf, Academic Operations Administrator; Dr. Marsha Gordon, President/CEO, Business Council of Westchester

more than a celebration of the 40th anniversary of Fordham University’s oper-ation in Westchester Coun-ty. It truly was an opportu-nity to bestow gratitude on the faculty, staff, students, alumni and community partners that have been an integral part of this institu-tion’s success,” said Grant

Grastorf, Academic Oper-ations Administrator of Fordham Westchester, the evening’s emcee.

The Fall Gratitude Re-ception also featured a time-line and exhibit highlight-ing 40 years of Fordham in Westchester, self-guided tours of the campus and more.

Ron Belmont, Mayor of Harrison, discussed the town’s close relationship with Fordham Westchester at the University’s Fall Gratitude Reception on Thursday, November 10.


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The Stepinac High School Crusaders varsity basketball team recently met its toughest physi-cal challenge more than a month before it begins to compete in the 2016-2017 season, hopeful of captur-ing a CHSAA champion-ship.

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Stepinac High School’s Crusaders Varsity Basketball Team Meets Its Biggest Pre-Season Challenge

Shown with Stepinac High School's Crusaders basketball team are members of the U.S. Marines Corp leadership seminar (l-r): Sgt. James Marchetti, Sgt. Erwin Paredes, Gunnery Sgt. Ernest Green,Sgt. Harry Benoit, Pvt. Danny Vigo, Pvt. Alejandro Barrioscruz and Pvt. William Kean.

participated in a two-hour U.S. Marine Corps “Lead-ership Seminar” led by Sgt. James Marchetti and a contingent of six other Ma-rines on active duty with the Recruiting Office in Albany and its Westchester substation based in White Plains.

The “boot camp”-like

session, held at the school, was loaded with physical challenge comprising a cir-cuit course that the team ran repeatedly. The reg-imen is designed to link Marine Corps leadership values and principles with high school and college sports.

The Stepinac basket-

ball team is one of 15 high school and college teams throughout New York State which has participated this year in the Albany Recruit-ing Station’s leadership sem-inar.

Stepinac’s introduction to the program began in 2014 when a leadership seminar was conducted for Crusad-

ers football team, followed by another in 2015 that was part of gym classes through-out the day. Earlier this year, Pat Duffy, Stepinac’s gym teacher, participated in the annual U.S. Marines Corps “Educators’ Workshop” held at the Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C.

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Stepinac’s head varsity bas-ketball coach noted, “The ex-perience with the Marines was great in providing lead-ership qualities and lessons to our students that they can use daily, on and off the basketball courts,” adding, “We appreciate the time Sgt. Marchetti and his team gave us. "

The Harrison High School Varsity and Junior Varsity Cheerleaders sup-ported the walkers and runners at the 12th Annual Lindsey’s Run, the annual fundraiser for PEACE OUT-side Campus – The Lindsey M. Bonistall Foundation, by cheering them on and provid-ing motivation to finish for this important organization.

Highlighted in the me-dia and on college campuses across the country, the topic of campus assault, both on

Harrison High School Cheerleaders Support Lindsey’s Run for PEACE OUTside Campus

and off campus, continues to be a necessity for both incoming freshmen as well as the entire student body, faculty, and parents. PEACE OUTside Campus – The Lind-sey M. Bonistall Foundation was created on behalf of Ms. Bonistall, who was a 20-year-old University of Delaware sophomore majoring in Jour-nalism when she became the victim of a violent crime in her off-campus apartment that took her life.

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the 5K Run/Walk will sup-port programs such as Teens N’ Transition, a program for high school seniors about to embark on this monumental transition by providing them with tools to be proactive in safeguarding themselves, and Identify The Risk, a pre-sentation specifically for parents to inform about risks and safety issues their child could face in college.

For more information visit www.peaceoutsidecam-pus.org.


More than 120 Purchase College-SUNY students have just added emergency med-ical response to their list of extra-curricular activities.

Recently, the Purchase College Student Government voted to fund the creation of the Purchase College Emer-gency Medical Services (PC EMS), a student-run organiza-tion dedicated to providing the highest quality pre-hospital emergency care possible to pa-tients on the Purchase College campus.

The only student-run EMS agency in Westchester, the program is headed by part-time student Stephen Schiff. A trained EMT and University of Albany graduate, Schiff is tak-ing additional science classes in order to apply to physician’s assistant school. As a member

Stepinac High School Head Football Coach and Athletic Director Michael O’Donnell Inducted Into Westchester Sports Hall of Fame

Michael O’Donnell, Stepinac High School’s Head Football Coach and Athletic Director, was inducted into the Westchester Sports Hall of Fame during a ceremony held in October at the Westchester County Center in White Plains

O’Donnell’s distin-guished tenure at Stepinac began in 1980 as an assistant football coach. He worked his way up to head varsity coach, a position he has held for the past 28years. In 2006, O’Don-nell assumed additional duties as Athletic Director and head of the Physical Education de-partment

Designated Daily News Coach of the Year three times, O’Donnell had a banner year in 2014 when he coached the Stepinac team to the CHSFL

AAA Championship, record-ing the most wins—12— in a single season in school history and winning the league trophy, the Dubois Trophy (Cardinal Hayes High School) and the Turkey Bowl (White Plains High School). The following year, he led Stepinac to anoth-er CHSFL Championship and its first New York State Catho-lic Championship Title

O’Donnell has also served on Westchester County Exec-utive Rob Astorino’s Concus-sion Panel, created by Stepinac alum, Dr. Mark Herceg, Coun-ty Commissioner of Mental Health. Among O’Donnell’s several honors, he was one of the first recipients of the prestigious Stepinac Board of Trustees Award.

O’Donnell was one of four

Purchase College Starts on a College Campus of the Eastchester Volunteer Ambulance Corps, Schiff saw the benefits of creating a sim-ilar organization at Purchase College.

Schiff says, “I look for-ward to making a positive im-pact on campus and inspiring others to volunteer. While I hope no one on campus will need our services, when the call for help goes out I am confident that the dedicated students of PCEMS will be able to respond and cut down on the response time signifi-cantly, ensuring the safety of our community.”

Previously, the cam-pus had to rely exclusively on Harrison EMS, which has seen a steady increase year af-ter year in their call volume.

The $10,000 budget approved by the PSGA will

provide free CPR and first aid classes, as well as fund oxygen tanks and other po-tentially life-saving equip-ment. Working in tandem with the University Police Department and Harrison EMS, PCEMS will serve the entire campus community, including students, staff, faculty, as well as the chil-dren’s center.

Student volunteers study CPR and first aid tech-niques along with important skills related to dealing with patients suffering a wide range of medical emergen-cies. PCEMS is comprised of at least a dozen student EMTs who have received additional training and cer-tification. Volunteers are required to take at least one 12-hour shift per week.

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inductees to be recognized for their unique accomplish-ments. A plaque in his honor will be permanently displayed in the Westchester County Center’s Hall of Fame gallery.

Many Harrison High School seniors were recognized by the National Merit Scholar Program as 2016 Semifinalists and Commended Students. The HHS Semifinalists are: Madeline Rawson and Matthew Zinman.

The HHS Commended Stu-dents are: Spencer Korek, Richa Mehra, Grant Muller Romy Pein and Andrew Rocchi.

The Harrison High School Debate Team is picking up where they left off last year – capturing a National Cham-pionship, a National Round Robin Invitational, a Region-al tournament and a Novice championship.

Senior Raffi Piliero has been leading the team in wins, traveling to Dallas, Texas and placing first in both the Green-hill Round Robin Invitational and the Greenhill National Championship. Piliero placed first among 102 national Lin-coln-Debate participants and bested the top 16 debaters na-tionwide in the Invitational. Piliero also won the Byram Hills Championship after be-

Harrison students of Ital-ian from Louis M. Klein Mid-dle School and Harrison High School were recognized for excellence by the Westchester County Board of Legislators and the Meucci Lodge celebrat-ing Italian Heritage and Cul-ture Month in October. Har-rison Central School District’s

The Green Key Club at Parsons Memorial School partnered with Westchester Family Orthodontics in Harri-son to collect unused and do-nated Halloween candy.

Supervised by Parsons teachers Christine Gallagher and Emily Almeida, over three hundred pounds of candy was collected by the Green Key Club to donate to Operation Gratitude - which will be sent as care packages to United States military personnel overseas.

Parsons Green Key Club Sends Care Packages Overseas to US Military

According to its web-site, Operation Gratitude an-nually sends 200,000+ care packages filled with food, entertainment, hygiene, and handmade items, plus per-sonal letters of appreciation to Veterans, First Respond-ers, New Recruits, Wounded Heroes, their Care Givers, and to individually named U.S. service members de-ployed overseas and their families waiting at home. Since its inception in 2003, Operation Gratitude volun-

teers have shipped more than 1.6 million care packages.

“Our mission is to lift the spirits and meet the evolving needs of the Military and First Responder communities, and provide volunteer opportuni-ties for civilians anywhere in America to express their ap-preciation to all who serve our nation.”

The Green Club members sorted all of the candy and wrote letters, coinciding with Veterans Day, to soldiers serv-ing their country overseas.

High School Debate Team Successful

ing the top seed and the top speaker, and he was named the top speaker at the Bronx High School of Science’s New York City Invitational. Senior Matt Zinman was a finalist at the invitation-only Byram Hills Round Robin.

Senior Sammi O’Reil-ly placed in the top 16 at the prestigious Yale National Championship while juniors Carl Spana and Brian Siegel reached elimination rounds. Sophomores Caroline Wong and Matt Wilson also had an outstanding showing at this event, reaching elimination rounds in the JV division.

Showing the depth of the younger Harrison High School

debaters, sophomore Eli Lap-kin placed in the semifinals of the national Valley Soph-omore Throwdown in West Des Moines, Iowa. Lapkin was invited as one of the top soph-omores in the country.

The HHS Freshmen also showed their strength by win-ning and taking seven of the top 10 places at the Regis First Timers’ Tournament at Regis High School in New York City including;

Ava Zinman – 1st Place; Matthew Repecki – 3rd Place; Eva Rogers – 4th Place; Daiana Djangaracheva – 5th Place; Victoria Lendino – 9th Place; and Logan Wasserman – 10th Place.

Seniors Are National Merit Semifinalists

In October 2015, over 1.5 million U.S. high school students, who took the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qual-ifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) and met other program participation requirements, entered the 2016 competition for National Merit Scholarship Program recognition and scholarships. NSMC uses PSAT/NMSQT Selection Index

scores – the sum of critical read-ing, mathematics, and writing skills scores- to determine 50,000 high scoring participants who qualify for program recognition.

Nearly two-thirds of those high scorers received National Merit Scholar Let-ters of Commendation in rec-ognition of their outstanding academic promise.

LMK and HHS Students of Italian Recognized For ExcellenceItalian teachers include Maria Conte, Christina Zaccagni-no, and Enzina Zaino from LMK and Maria Battapaglia, Cristina Distasio, and Dana Jakubowski from HHS.

The three LMK students acknowledged by County Ex-ecutive Rob Astorino were: Parker Gibbons, Alexandra

Greshman and Jillian Wil-liams.

Harrison High School Students recognized were: Victoria Lendino – 9th grader – Level 2 Italian; Luis Giacomo – 11th grader – IB Italian Year 1 – DeCicco Scholarship winner; and Samantha O’Reilly – 12th grader – Italian Year 2.

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Rock the Cure Evening Gala

A $250,000 gift from a Har-rison couple will help advance a scientific and cultural partner-ship between UConn and a ma-jor public research university in Israel to conduct cutting-edge research in clean energy.

The gift from Jerry Lieb-erman ’69 (BUS) and his wife, Eileen, will support research as well as faculty and student exchanges between UConn and Technion—Israel Insti-tute of Technology in Haifa, Israel, the UConn Foundation

More than 200 guests heard Seth Pinsky, an executive vice president at RXR Realty, discuss trends, challenges, and opportunities for Westchester at UJA-Federation of New York’s Westchester Business and Pro-fessional Division Fall Breakfast. The event took place on Thurs-day, November 3, 2016, at Willow Ridge Country Club in Harrison.

At RXR Realty, Pinsky is leading the company's efforts to invest in “emerging opportuni-ties” in the New York region, par-ticularly in the outer boroughs and suburban downtowns. He is leading the project to revital-ize New Rochelle’s downtown area, once one of Westchester’s premier economic engines. The transit-oriented initiative spans multiple sites and in-cludes a mix of uses, ranging from commercial to retail to residential.

Prior to RXR, Pinsky was director of Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Special Initiative for Rebuilding and Resiliency, which developed a $20 billion plan to protect the city from climate change impacts. He also served at the New York City Economic Development Corporation, where he was president from 2008 to 2013.

Bonnie Shyer, PCF President; Paul Jimenez; Joanna Jimenez; Cheryl Rosen, PCF Chairman of the Board

U2 - Unforgettable Fire Band members, Craig Kiell, George Levesanos, Anthony Russo, Mick Normoyle

On November 2, The Pedi-atric Cancer Foundation held a Rock the Cure Evening Gala, in loving memory of Paul Ulysses

Jimenez. Long-time supporters and new friends made the event a huge success at Brae Burn Coun-try Club in Purchase. One day,

they are hoping to find a cure for pediatric cancer. For now, the organization is an advocate and voice for many sick children.

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Eileen and Jerry Lieberman

Harrison Couple Funds UConn Partnership with Israeli Universityannounced on November 17.

“Teams of professors and students at UConn and Tech-nion have been conducting joint research in a number of technical areas in advanced energy technologies that will lead to clean and efficient power generation with little or no pollution, minimizing the carbon footprint,” said Pra-bhakar Singh, director of UCo-nn’s Center for Clean Energy Engineering.

The teams, for example,

are currently working on high temperature, electrochemical power generation systems, such as solid oxide fuel cells, which have negligible emis-sions, Singh said.

“This is the world of to-morrow in engineering and technology,” Jerry Lieberman said. “This is a field of great promise that both universities have emerging research in and have the labs and expertise to further this work.”

The gift is the final piece

in a $500,000 matching grant challenge from UConn alum-nus Ed Satell ’57 (BUS) to devel-op clean and efficient energy systems that will revolutionize the way we consume and store energy.

Satell contributed $500,000 and challenged Technion and UConn to come up with $250,000 each. The American Technion So-ciety, the U.S. fundraising arm of Technion, has already stepped forward with its match and the Lieberman gift provides the final UConn piece.

“This generous gift will allow us to deepen our research with Technion and foster broad-er scientific collaboration in Is-rael,” said Daniel Weiner Ph.D., vice president for global affairs at UConn.

Singh also plans to even-tually host an international fo-rum on clean energy, drawing experts from around the globe.

Jerry Lieberman, a retired president of AllianceBernstein, a global asset management and research firm in New York, has given generously to UConn in

the past. He and Ei-leen, who is active in non-profit work fo-cusing on the inclu-sion and accessibil-ity of children with special needs, have endowed a schol-arship in UConn’s School of Business and donated gener-ously to UConn’s Hil-lel Building Fund.

They have also funded a Cerebral Palsy Center of Ex-cellence in Israel and are underwrit-ing a nine-year STEAM (Science, Technology, Engi-neering, Art, and Mathematics) program at the Solomon Schecter School of Manhattan. Jerry also served on the board of directors at the UConn Foundation, including several years as chair of the fi-nance committee. He is current-ly a member of the Teva Phar-maceuticals’ board of directors.

Jerry said he feels privi-leged to give back because UCo-

nn has transformed his life.“I grew up in a very modest

home in Hartford, Conn. and UConn really gave me a chance to excel,” he said. “Eileen and I feel blessed and fortunate to be able to give back to the Univer-sity and help kids who are less fortunate while building bonds with Israel through excellence in education.”

Fall Breakfast Speaker Examines Westchester’s Downtowns

While at NYCEDC, he was lead negotiator for projects includ-ing Yankee Stadium, Citi Field, and the World Trade Center.

Susan Taxin Baer of Scars-dale, who chairs the Westches-ter Business and Professional Division along with Ben Blum-berg of Larchmont, spoke to the gathering about the division’s partnership with the POINT (Pursuing Our Independence Together) community, an ini-tiative of Westchester Jewish Community Services and the Jewish Child Care Association, two UJA-Federation beneficiary agencies. Members of this com-munity are young adults with developmental and learning dis-abilities who live independently in the downtown area.

“Here is a community of young adults that needs a hand to get jobs. We know that a job means self-sufficiency, pride, and independence. What a wonderful gift to give some-one!” Baer said. “Imagine our delight when we realized we might be able to help further those goals.”

The Westchester Business and Professional Division is deeply committed to sustain-ing UJA-Federation's network of life-altering nonprofits by bring-ing together like-minded indi-viduals with shared interests, values, and purpose.

Mark Weingarten of Gold-ens Bridge and Susan Lampert of Armonk served as chairs of the event.

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BY: BERNARD A. KROOKS, CERTIFIED ELDER LAW ATTORNEY

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

when the kitchen becomes the focal point of your home.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

Italian Holiday Classics!A major renovation is now

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

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

Holiday Cheer at The Diner!Chef-owner and personable

host Dean Vivolo of Trattoria Vi-volo, 301 Halstead Ave., Harrison (914-835-6199), serves his robust regional Italian cuisine out of a vintage diner just across from Harrison's Metro-North station. Sit at the counter, tuck into a booth, or take a table in the rear greenhouse and enjoy the sur-prising contemporary and tra-ditional flavors emanating from his kitchen: tasty thin-crusted pizza; Crostino di Polenta topped

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

Feliz Navidad!The artsy red statue guard-

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

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

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

Harrison Council for the Arts presents “Changes” oil paintings by Sherri Paul at the Harrison Public Library, Halp-erin Building, 2 Bruce Avenue, Harrison, on view December 4 to January 6. A reception to “Meet the Artist” will be held on De-cember 10 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.

This exhibit consists of a retrospective of the last twenty years of the artist's work, from

Oil Paintings Depicting New York

the New York downtown vibe to the pastoral landscapes, from the characters populating her style of "urban realism" to the softer seasonally-inspired landscapes featuring natural elements such as water, air and light. All paint-ings are oil on linen or canvas.

Paul, an award-winning lo-cal artist, works out of the Green Studio on Fulton Street in Lower Manhattan. At Penn State, she studied under acclaimed graphic artist Harold Altman, and then went on to receive an advanced degree at Lehman College.

In her New York series of paintings, Paul explores the city and its bewildering world of un-limited possibilities in a style she calls “urban realism.” These city-scapes and portraits capture the color, light and moods of the City and the variety of its inhabitants. The paintings, all in oil on linen or canvas, record fleeting mo-ments in time with a snapshot quality and a quirky humor.

The exhibit may be viewed Mondays and Wednes-days 9:30am to 9pm; Tues-days, Thursdays, Fridays. Sat-urdays 9:30am to 5:30pm and Sundays 1:00 to 5:00pm. For information call the Library at 914/835-0324 or see http://www.harrisonpl.org.

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