mamaroneck review 8-14-2015

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ment to form an advisory group shows that the board understands that the Marine Education Center has been a valuable asset to the village.

“The committee should really be a unity of people who really understand the unique qualities that the center has,” Desmond said, adding that it serves as mostly a hangout for residents and out-of-towners.

Desmond originally estab-lished the Marine Education Center in April 2013 as a free educational museum for the wildlife that is native to the Long Island Sound. Now three years

into the project, Desmond felt that there was room for improve-ment, but the center’s day-to-day operations were already a hand-ful for her, her husband Jim Des-mond and 15 volunteers.

With a modest amount of vol-unteer employees, the center was only open during the summer season on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to noon. Recently, the cen-ter was able to see more guests by extending hours until 2 p.m. with the help of a new volunteer. Following the pattern of a small operation, the center ran with only $5,000 in annual funding that all went toward tank sup-

plies and maintenance.After establishing an advisory

committee, the center may be able to extended their hours, begin fundraising efforts, and achieve a wider outreach in the village.

About approving the commit-tee formation, Mayor Norman Rosenblum, a Republican, said there’s a possibility of extending the operation into the winter sea-son or expanding the center into a Village of Mamaroneck muse-um further down the line.

Desmond agreed with the mayor’s goal of expanding hours

1, 2014 by the DEC. Accord-ing to the violation, the village would be subject to a $37,500 fine for each incident of dis-charge and each day the issue wasn’t resolved. Although Spor-time operates the red clay tennis courts, the village is the ultimate owner of the property, making them responsible for the fines or violations.

When asked if the DEC would be issuing any fines to the village upon news of the recent discharges, the department’s representatives said they are aware of the incident, currently investigating the matter and have been in contact with the village about it.

Village Manager Richard Slingerland said he is unsure if the DEC will issue any fines, but added, “It’s anticipated that the village is going to receive some violation.”

To address the long-term is-sue of discharge, the village submitted a remediation plan to the DEC that included retro-fitting the catch basins around the tennis courts and installing the Stormceptor, a storm water system that retains sediment for later removal and traps oils and debris through floatation.

Still, even with the remedia-tion plan in effect for the July 30 storm, the tennis court material leaked into the harbor because the intensity of the rainwater flow proved to be too many gallons

Village board OKs marine education committee

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By JACKSON CHENStaff Writer

The Village of Mamaroneck’s Marine Education Center will soon have its own advisory com-mittee to foster the sustainability and future of the center.

After the village’s Board of Trustees voted to approve the creation of a Marine Education Center Advisory Committee dur-ing its Aug. 10 meeting, they will begin seeking residents who are interested and will review re-sumes for consideration.

For the center’s director Kath-erine Desmond, the commit-

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By JACKSON CHENStaff Writer

The Village of Mamaroneck Harbor was tinted red twice after discharge from the nearby clay tennis courts yet again seeped into the village waters over the past two weeks.

The more recent discharge on Aug. 11 showed the flowing storm water, muddled with the reddish-brown stone dust from the Sportime tennis courts, rip-pling into the Mamaroneck Har-bor. The contamination, which was recorded by nearby resident and Marine Education Center staffer Jim Desmond, was a re-sult of the early morning thun-derstorms of that day.

According to Desmond, the August discharge was the third time this summer that the ten-nis court material flowed into the harbor. Besides the most recent spill, Desmond also caught pol-lutants entering the harbor on July 18 and July 30 and reported all three instances to the New York State Department of Envi-ronmental Conservation.

“All that suspended stuff in the water goes down and settles on the floor of the harbor,” Des-mond said. “And whatever is down there is being suffocated by silt.”

While the recent discharges were just a few incidents prov-ing the red clay courts’ impact over the years, the village need-ed to address the issue after they were issued a violation on Oct.

Red clay runoff resurfaces in harbor

Man’s best friend?A rally was held in Mamaroneck on Sunday, Aug. 9 to protest a local pet store whose owner has been accused of inhumane treatment of animals on the premises. For story, see page 8. Photo/James Pero

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Ex-Rye Golf GM sentenced to state prisonBy JACKSON CHEN

Staff Writer

Scott Yandrasevich, the dis-graced former general manager of the Rye Golf Club, will serve a one-to-three-year sentence in state prison for grand larceny and two counts of falsifying records.

The sentence was handed down on Aug. 6 by Supervis-ing Judge of Criminal Courts Barry Warhit after he denied another request by Yandrasev-ich’s lawyer, Kerry Lawrence, to adjourn the case once again in Westchester County Supreme Court in White Plains. With three charges, the former gen-eral manager will serve each of his one-to-three year sentences concurrently.

Following the sentencing, which was attended by Yandra-seivch’s wife Anna, he was hand-cuffed, escorted out of the court-room and taken into custody.

While the former manager would have received a lower sentence if he paid back resti-tution to the City of Rye, Yan-drasevich was unable to come up with the $271,120 within the time allowed after multiple adjournments. Furthermore, he seemed to show a lack of re-morse, according to prosecutors with the Westchester County District Attorney’s office.

The former golf club man-ager, according to Warhit, was allowed four months’ time since the first adjournment on April 9, 2015. As a defense, Yandrase-vich’s attorney said he was un-able to pay up due to the re-cent passing of his mother, who he expected to be a source of restitution.

However, Warhit said that given a four-month timeframe, Yandrasevich’s mother would have given him the money, but didn’t. On top of his mother’s money, the judge added that Yandrasevich made no effort in liquidating his own real estate assets to attempt to reach the restitution amount, leading to his ultimate denial of another adjournment.

“The case was really about decisions and choices that were made,” Warhit said. “It hap-pened over a long period of time and involved many steps on his part, many deceitful acts and of course couple with that under-mining relationships with people who trusted him.

“He had to, in order to pull this off, lied to them all the time, routinely. And he did it for greed and he’s now going to go to state prison as a result.”

In assessing the impact that Yandrasevich had on the city, Mayor Joe Sack, a Republican testified in court on Aug. 6 that the former golf club manager contributed to a “severe under-mining of trust in our commu-nity, our government in general and has caused turmoil with other issues related to the trust of the City of Rye government.”

In Sack’s eyes, the restitution amount was a far more conser-vative estimation regarding the money he believes Yandrasevich stole from the city during a six-year period—2007 to 2013—in question. According to a Rye City Council commissioned re-port that investigated Yandrase-vich’s actions, the former man-ager may have stolen upwards of $7 million through invoices from a bogus shell company called RM Staffing.

Unable to recoup any of the money to date, the city filed a lawsuit against its own insur-ance company, Travelers, to at-tempt to expedite a $2.1 million insurance claim that has seen no movement since August 2013, back when Yaandrasevich was

originally being investigated. For Leon Sculti, chairman

of the Rye Golf Club Commis-sion, Yandrasevich’s sentencing was representative of the efforts of the club’s membership to speak out about the suspicion of wrongdoing initially.

“We had to fight the city man-ager and the council who did not want this exposed,” Sculti said. “The fact that the Rye Golf Club members could fight through and have a general manager be found guilty of grand larceny just says a lot about the charac-ter of the members.”

Yandrasevich was originally charged with 10 felony counts of falsifying records and one felony count of grand larceny in the second degree after forming several shell staffing companies which allowed him to embezzle approximately $342,120 from the city’s golf club.

The former golf club manag-er, who resigned from the club in January 2013 and was ar-rested in November of that year, accepted a plea deal on Nov. 6, 2014 and as part of the agree-ment was required to pay resti-tution to the city for the money he stole from the golf club and its members.

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After two adjournments, former City of Rye Golf Club General Manager Scott Yandrasevich will serve a sentence of one to three years in state prison for failing to make restitution to the City of Rye in the amount of $271,120. The sentence was handed down in Westchester County Supreme Court in White Plains on Aug. 6, where Yandrasevich, seen here with wife Anna, was handcuffed and taken into custody. Photo/Andrew Dapolite


What’s going on...Mamaroneck Public Library $25 for non-members. Registration is required and

space is very limited. Sign up at the reference desk or call 630-5887.

Larchmont Public Library

Fairy House Craft TimeChildren can create fanciful fairy house struc-

tures from a variety of art, natural and recycled materials on Tuesday, Aug. 18 at 4 p.m. The pur-pose of this workshop is to create an opportuni-ty for youngsters to engage in the magic of the realm of fairy and nature in all its wonder. This activity is presented by the Westchester Children’s Museum. To register, visit larchmontlibrary.org/fairy-house-craft-workshop.

Family Time with a therapy dogCome relax with your family and a therapy dog

on Friday, Aug. 21 from 4 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. Chil-dren will learn to practice kindness, patience, re-spect, compassion and good manners with a lov-ing therapy dog. Children and adults will take turns petting the dog, asking questions and sharing stories. For children ages 3 and up and their care-givers. Register online at larchmontlibrary.org/registration-for-therapy-dog-program.

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For regular programs and events, visit mama-ronecklibrary.org.

All Ages HourCome in every Saturday at 11 a.m. for stories

that will appeal to all ages of kids and their care-givers. Stay or come at 11:30 a.m. to do a craft simple enough for the little kids and creative enough for the big kids. No registration required for both events, and both activities meet in the Children’s Room on the second floor.

Teen Monday MoviesThe next movie is “Spare Parts,” rated PG-13.

This drama is inspired by the true story of four undocumented Mexican-American high school students who enter the National Underwater Ro-botics Competition and face-off against some of the brightest minds at MIT. Showing in the Teen Room on the lower level on Monday, Aug. 17. Running time: 83 minutes.

Saturday Dance at the MoviesThe next dance-themed series of films being

screened are in honor of Bob Fosse, American dancer, musical theater choreographer, director, screenwriter, film director and actor. Movies will be screened on Saturday, Aug. 22 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the Community Room. Admission is free. For more information, call the reference desk at 630-5888.

AARP Driver Safety ProgramRefresh your driving skills with AARP’s Smart

Driver course on Monday, Aug. 24 from 10:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. The class will teach drivers defensive driving skills, safety strategies and new traffic laws and rules of the road. The class does not include exams. Upon completion of the class, drivers can save up to 10 percent on their car insurance and re-move up to four points from their license. Course materials are provided. Please bring lunch and a pen. Class fees are $20 for AARP members and

For regular programs and events, visit larch-montlibrary.org.

Saturday Morning YogaStart your day with yoga and learn about its

history, philosophy and practice. Instructor Da-mien Germino guides participants to understand-ing the poses and breathing techniques that will bring peace and beauty to relieve stress while you stretch. Appreciate how to incorporate the exer-cises and meditations into your daily life to make this year one of contemplation and concentration on centering yourself while finding gratitude and empathy for others. Yoga can have profound posi-tive effects physically when it is practiced regu-larly as well as provide a foundation for relaxation and spirituality. Saturday, Aug. 15 from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. in the Village Center. No registration required, but please note you will need to bring your own yoga mat or blanket to use on the floor.

Open play mahjong and chess Start the week off with a game of mahjong or

chess. No instruction is provided and we recom-mend that you bring your own mahjong or chess pieces. Come join the fun and make some new friends. Meets every Monday from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. unless the library is closed.

Heroes Movie MatineeHear the true story of a group of young boys

who become sports heroes by winning the 1980 Olympics in hockey. The 2004 hockey-themed Disney movie “Miracle” will be screened on Wednesday, Aug. 19 at 3:30 p.m. in the Michael P. Coords Activity Room. No registration required. Rated PG. Running time: 136 minutes.

after that, depending on the vaccine used. Owners who fail to get their pets vaccinated and keep the vaccinations up-to-date may be fined up to $2,000.

Rabies is a fatal disease that is spread through the bite or saliva of infected animals. Those ani-mals most commonly infected are raccoons, skunks, bats and foxes. However, domestic ani-mals such as cats and dogs are also at risk because they can easily contract rabies from wild or stray animals.

A pet that is up-to-date with its rabies vacci-nations would only need to get a booster dose of vaccine within five days of the pet’s exposure to a known or suspect rabid animal. Animals not up-to-date with rabies vaccinations would need to be quarantined or potentially euthanized following contact with a rabid or suspect rabid animal.

Senior citizen programs

The Town of Mamaroneck Senior Center op-erates under the auspices of the Town of Mama-roneck Community Services Office. The center, located at the VFW Lodge Post 1156, 1288 Boston Post Road, is completely accessible with handi-capped restroom facilities and ample parking. The center provides a wide variety of recreational, so-cial and educational activities year round, open to seniors 55 and over.

Most activities are free or have a nominal charge. Some classes have a fee for participants. A monthly calendar of events and programs is avail-able at the center and at townofmamaroneck.org/senior-center. The present membership fee is $35. Non-resident members may pay a higher fee for events or trips held outside the center. Identification and proof of residency is required. For membership information and a calendar of events, call activities coordinator Maria Gallagher at 834-8840.

The Walk to End Alzheimer’s

Did you know that every 67 seconds an Ameri-can is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s? Or that the price tag for this disease, which has no cure, no ef-fective treatment or way in which its course can be slowed, will total $226 billion in the U.S. in 2015 alone? Alzheimer’s affects more people in the U.S. than any of the other top 10 diseases, yet it receives the least financial support.

The Walk to End Alzheimer’s is the single greatest source of funding for research, educa-tion and treatment. Please join us and bring your spirit and energy to a walk near you. To locate a walk, for information on how to form a team, join a team, contribute time or make a donation, visit alz.org/hudsonvalley.

The 2015 walk for Westchester County is tak-ing place on Sunday, Oct. 4, meeting at the White Plains High School, 550 North St., near the Bryant Avenue entrance. Check-in is at 9 a.m., with a wel-come and the walk starting at 10 a.m. To sign up, visit alz.org/walk or call 800-272-3900. For more information, contact Terry Kean at 253-6860 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 acco modate your listing. Please send all items to [email protected].

Internship programLMCTV is offering an internship program for

interested and qualified students from neighbor-ing area schools. The program includes training in field and studio television production, devel-opment of documentary video and news projects. The program provides training in Final Cut Pro, and creates promotional clips for series shows, sta-tion promos and public service announcements. Interns can learn hands-on production techniques by assisting with the production of existing shows.

‘The Local Live!’Tune in to LMCTV’s hyper local, interactive

news show Thursday nights at 7:30 p.m. on Ca-blevision Channel 75, Verizon Channel 36. During the show, join the discussion. Call 381-0150, email [email protected] or tweet @thelocallive.

Free Rabies Vaccination Clinic

Westchester County residents can bring their dogs, cats and ferrets in for free rabies vaccina-tions on Saturday, Aug. 22 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the SPCA of Westchester, 590 North State Road, Briarcliff Manor. Call 941-2896, Ext. 10 to sched-ule a required appointment.

Cats and ferrets must be in carriers and dogs must be on a leash. Aggressive dogs must be muz-zled. No examinations will be given and all pets must be supervised by an adult.

Under New York State law, dogs and cats must receive their first rabies vaccine no later than four months after birth. A second rabies shot must be given within one year of the first vaccine, with ad-ditional booster shots given every one or three years


Letters to the Editor

Help us save a ‘diamond in the rough’To the Editor,The DeLancey House, which is located at 408 W. Boston Post Road in Mamaroneck where James Feni-

more Cooper and Susan DeLancey were married in 1811 is in peril of being torn down and we need to preserve it!

We need to preserve it because it is part of our early American history. Sad to say that lately, there appears to be a trend of doing away with many early American historical sites. We have already lost the Gedney House. Yes, let’s just tear down America’s early history and put up something new. Who cares?

Many of us do care about our early history. Presently, we do not have enough money to buy the building, but if everyone gave up at least a latte or two (about five or 10 bucks) and donated this money to the DeLancey Fund, we might be able to save a valuable early American home and provide the community with a valuable historical resource. Hopefully, this could be turned into a histori-cal museum and archive for the benefit of our community and its children.

When someone travels out of our country, what do they visit? They visit museums, historical build-ings and homes. That’s how we learn how people lived.

Just look at our little schoolhouse located across the road from the DeLancey House. It certainly gives one a good idea of our early educational system. They wanted to tear that down, but fortunately, the community worked to save it.

Please don’t let this “diamond in the rough” be destroyed like the Gedney home. Let’s move it to a place where it can be used and enjoyed as an educational museum and home for the histor-ical society. Once it is gone, it is gone forever. Another piece of American history down the drain. Please donate whatever you can. Every bit counts toward saving this valuable piece of our American history. We sent in our donation, please send in yours ASAP. We don’t have much time left. Thank you.

Donations should be sent to Carol Akin at 1226 Palmer Ave., Larchmont, N.Y. Make tax-deductible checks payable to the Mamaroneck Historical Society-DeLancey Fund. For more information, visit mamaroneckhistory.homestead.com

Susan and Tom Amlicke,Mamaroneck

Time is running outTo the Editor,We are now less than two weeks from losing the DeLancey-Cooper House to a developer, the high-

est bidder, to whom the owners will sell the house on Aug. 17. This just must not be allowed to happen. Mamaroneck’s history is rich and surprising. It would be wonderful to establish our own Mama-

roneck historical museum and archives so that everyone can see artifacts, documents and displays in a special, historic place. Such a dream is tantalizingly close to reality if only the Friends of the 1792 Delancey-Cooper House, led by the valiant Carol Akin, are able to raise $500,000 by Aug. 17. Although of course buying the house and leaving it where it is—on Boston Post Road at Fenimore Road—is ideal, there is an alternative plan to move the house to another location, in which case the com-mittee might have a couple of months while permits are obtained by the developer.

This building, now housing a restaurant and apartments, is from the Revolutionary period, and is the oldest remaining large house in Mamaroneck. James Fenimore Cooper, our first well-known truly American author, was married there and later lived and wrote there. Hand-hewn oak beams, ancient fireplaces and many fascinating features await future visitors. The present owners, a longtime Mamaroneck family, are anxious that this treasure not be destroyed but are understandably also con-cerned about saving enough money for their imminent retirement.

The bipartisan DeLancey-Cooper Committee, working with the Mamaroneck Historical Society to save the house, is seeking contributions, large or small, from members of the whole community. Please visit mamaroneckhistory.homestead.com, click on the DeLancey icon and help save the house, our his-tory and our future.

Elizabeth Baird Saenger,Mamaroneck


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A family night of fun

The Village of Mama-roneck’s Parks and Recre-ation hosted its sixth annual Family Fun Night on Sunday, Aug. 9 at Harbor Island Park from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The night included live music with Frank Pisani and Friends, a campfire and s’mores. Sunny skies made it a perfect day for beach games, kayaking and pedal boat rentals. -Mamaroneck Review staff

Frank Pisani and Friends performs on the beach on Sunday night. The group is comprised of Frank Pisani, Tony Traina, Greg Hanna, Keith Gurland, Mike McGuire and Jean Marie Angelo.

Sunny the Clown provides balloons for the kids at Harbor Island Park.

Village of Mamaroneck Mayor Norman Rosenblum and Recreation Superintendent Sandy Korkatzis welcome a large crowd on Aug. 9 at the village’s annual family night. Photos/Bobby Begun

S’mores were the theme during Family Fun Night in Harbor Island Park.

A large crowd turns out for Family Fun Night on Aug. 9.

Donna Hyams of Larchmont is enjoying the s’mores provided by the Mamaroneck Recreation Department.

Sabrina Vaccaro, 8, is all smiles with

her balloon creation by Sunny the

Clown.


By JAMES PEROStaff Writer

Furor over a pet store on Ma-maroneck Avenue where resi-dents of the Village of Mama-roneck have purported animals are being kept under inhumane conditions has culminated in two

Puppy mill protestors rally to shut down store

rallies adamantly protesting the shop.

According to village resident Donna Dickerson, the store, Best Breeds Puppies and Kittens lo-cated at 154 Mamaroneck Ave., has been less than upstanding when it comes to the treatment of their animals.

“These dogs don’t come from breeders, they come from pup-py mills,” she said, referring to establishments where dogs are bred under inhumane conditions. “They come in sick with no food or water.”

Another fellow critic of the store, Carol Marinaccio, said that

even despite attempts to trace the origins of Best Breeds’ animals, residents have come up short.

“Bottom line is the lineage is hard to prove,” she said. “We’ve asked for papers and [they] wouldn’t give us anything.”

While the origin of Best Breeds’ animals is difficult to prove, the physical condition in which some animals are sold to customers is corroborated not only by Dickerson’s com-ments but by the alleged treat-ment of animals at other stores operated by the same owner, Richard Doyle.

On Aug. 6, Doyle, who lives in Mahopac, N.Y., pleaded not guilty to three misdemeanor counts of animal cruelty in Dan-bury Superior Court in Con-necticut; charges which relate to alleged instances that occurred at Doyle’s American Breeders stores in Connecticut.

The charges, which were is-sued by the Connecticut Depart-ment of Agriculture, were re-lated to three separate incidents that occurred between March and April of 2015. According to the court docket, one involved Doyle performing unlicensed eye surgery on a dog, and the other two resulted in the eutha-nasia of two other animals due to improper medical care.

This, however, isn’t the only time Doyle has fallen under scrutiny for the alleged mistreat-ment of animals at one of his storefronts. He was also arrested by the Dutchess County SPCA on April 25 and charged with both animal cruelty and selling

diseased animals to one of his American Breeder storefronts in Wappinger Falls, N.Y.

Now, with more attention gathering around the condi-tions of Doyle’s businesses, even members of the Mamaroneck’s village government are rallying to join the cause.

“The rally is part of the demo-cratic process. I support them 100 percent,” said Mayor Nor-man Rosenblum, a Republican, who has been actively involved in the push to bring awareness to Doyle’s practices.

Although rallies have been effective in bringing attention to the storefront, which some village residents have deemed problematic, the opponents of Doyle’s shops and others like it aren’t ready to stop there.

“Ideally, the outcome of all of this would be to shut down stores like this,” said Dickerson, pointing to the front of Mama-roneck Best Breeds during a rally, “so that puppy mills will have to close down themselves.”

According to Rosenblum—who invited protestors to discuss the issue at a village board meet-ing on Aug. 10—in order to see such a goal come to fruition, the involvement of the New York State Health Department, the New York State Department of Agriculture or the Westchester County SPCA is paramount. So far, according to Dickerson, no complaints have been officially filed with either organization.

Recent efforts on the county level to aid opponents in their fight to ban stores like Best

Breeds in Mamaroneck, howev-er, provide for pending legisla-tion that would institute a mini-mum standard of care—includ-ing mandatory veterinary care and even daily exercise—as well as fines and jail time for non-compliance, according to May-or Rosenblum. The law, accord-ing to Village Attorney Charles Goldberger, was introduced in September 2014 and has been moving “rather slowly” through the county Legislature.

In the meantime, some pro-testors, particularly Mare Hor-ton, a librarian at the Harrison library, offered her proposal to ban all retail pet stores—which according to the Humane Soci-ety often sell puppies purchased from puppy mills—in the vil-lage through ordinances.

Currently, according to Best Friends Animal Society, a na-tional animal welfare organiza-tion, there are nearly 100 juris-dictions throughout the U.S. and Canada that have proactively banned the retail sale of pets completely.

While stores like Mama-roneck’s Best Breeds will re-main open for the foreseeable future, Dickerson and other pro-testors like her hope that their words and awareness will help do the bidding for them.

“We’re not just here protest-ing [Doyle],” Dickerson said. “We’re here to educate people.”

SPCA of Westchester could not be reached for comment, as of press time.


Best Breeds Puppies and Kittens is owned by Richard Doyle who has been arrested on multiple accounts of animals cruelty in relation to his stores in Connecticut. Photos/James Pero

Protesters stand on Mamaroneck Avenue to rally against the owner of a local pet store.


and even wanted the center to be open four days a week, but she disagreed with the physical ex-pansion of the building.

“Given the size, we’re not talking about a committee to talk about enlarging our building,” Desmond said. “We’re thinking of a committee that can make it possible for more people com-ing in.”

While the members of the committee have not been decid-ed yet, Rosenblum said he ex-pects the committee to include

ex officio members such as the Recreation Department Superin-tendent Sandy Mary Korkatzis, and representatives from the vil-lage’s boards, commissions and residents.

In the end, Rosenblum said forming the advisory commit-tee is the first step in making sure the center remains an at-traction of the village. However, the mayor added that eventu-ally, the marine center should become a part of the village’s Recreation Department.

But for Desmond, she holds some hesitancy in making the center bigger and having it be absorbed into the Recreation Department.

“The mission of the marine center is not recreation,” Des-mond said. “We want to make sure where the direction we head in includes input and ideas from entities already existing in the village, like the Committee for the Environment.”


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The Village of Mamaroneck’s Marine Education Center, located in Harbor Island Park, may soon be subject to improvements, as the village Board of Trustees approved of establishing an advisory committee for the center. Photo/Jackson Chen

LEGAL NOTICESSUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS

Index No.: 50926/2015Date of Filing: June 23, 2015

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORKCOUNTY OF Westchester

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, Plaintiff,

-against-

MARILYN TOLLINCHI AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF NELSON TOLLINCHI; LISA TOLLINCHI AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF NELSON TOLLINCHI; CONNIE F TOLLINCHI AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF NELSON TOLLINCHI; GILBERT A TOLLINCHI AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF NELSON TOLLINCHI; JOHN DOE 1 THROUGH 50; JANE DOE 1 THROUGH 50, INTENDING TO BE THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, DISTRIBUTES, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, TRUSTEES, LIENORS, CREDITORS, AND ASSIGNEES OF THE ESTATE OF NELSON TOLLINCHI WHO WAS BORN IN 1929 AND DIED IN 2012, A RESIDENT OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER, THEIR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST IF ANY OF THE AFORESAID DEFENDANTS BE DECEASED, THEIR RESPECTIVE HEIRS AT LAW, NEXT OF KIN, AND SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF THE AFORESAID CLASSES OF PERSON, IF THEY OR ANY OF THEM BE DEAD, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE HUSBANDS, WIVES OR WIDOWS, IF ANY, ALL OF WHOM AND WHOSE NAMES AND PLACES OF RESIDENCE ARE UNKNOWN TO THE PLAINTIFF; NELSON TOLLINCHI AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF NELSON TOLLINCHI; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA-INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE; ‘’JOHN DOES’’ and ‘’JANE DOES’’, said names being fictitious, parties intended being possible tenants or occupants of premises, and corporations, other entities or persons who claim, or may claim, a lien against the premises, Defendants.TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS:YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a Notice of Appearance on the Plaintiff’s attorney(s) within twenty (20) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service, where service is made by delivery upon you personally within the State, or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where ser-vice is made in any other manner, and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint.NOTICE: YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOMEIf you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mort-gage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home.Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property.Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action.YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT.YOU ARE HEREBY PUT ON NOTICE THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS:The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Honorable Mary H. Smith of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, signed on June 22, 2015, and filed with supporting papers in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Westchester, State of New York.The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage upon the premises described below, executed by NELSON TOLLINCHI to THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK bearing date May 2, 2000 and recorded in Control # 401610355 in the County of Westchester on June 14, 2000. JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION is successor by merger to THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK. A second mortgage from NELSON TOLLINCHI to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. bearing date February 2, 2006 and recorded in Control # 461090525 in the County of Westchester on May 9, 2006. Said mortgages were thereafter consolidated by agreement dated February 2, 2006, and recorded in the County of Westchester on May 9, 2006 in Control # 461090527, creat-ing a single lien of $300,000.00.

Said premises being known as and by 120 TERESA LN, MAMARONECK, NY 10543.Date: June 15, 2015

Batavia, New York Virginia C Grapensteter, Esq.

ROSICKI, ROSICKI & ASSOCIATES, P.C.Attorneys for Plaintiff

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Help For Homeowners In ForeclosureNew York State Law requires that we send you this notice about the foreclosure process. Please read it carefully. Mortgage foreclosure is a complex process. Some people may approach you about “saving” your home. You should be extremely careful about any such promises. The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. There are government agencies, legal aid entities and other non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about foreclosure while you are working with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Banking Department at 1-877-BANKNYS (1-877-226-5697) or visit the Department’s website at www.banking.state.ny.us. The State does not guarantee the advice of these agencies.

Freestyle Spectacular takes center stage County Executive Rob As-

torino invites dance-pop fans to the Freestyle Spectacular on Sat-urday, Sept. 26 at 8 p.m. at the Westchester County Center in White Plains.

“The electrifying music of freestyle will get you on your feet and moving,” Astorino said. “Come enjoy a great night out with some amazing entertain-ment.”

The Freestyle Spectacular will feature Exposé, the Cover Girls and C+C Music Factory, Brenda K. Starr, Shannon, Nay-obe, Debbie Deb, Seduction, Soave, Alisha and DJ Dan the Man.

With their hit ballad “Sea-sons Change,” and upbeat song “Point of No Return,” Exposé is a freestyle girl group composed of Gioia Bruno, Ann Curless and Jeanette Jurado. They are

the first girl group to have seven back-to-back Top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100.

C+C Music Factory is a dance-pop and hip-hop group comprised of Robert Clivilles and Eric Kupper, with such hits as “Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)” and “Here We Go (Let’s Rock & Roll).”

Originating out of New York City in the late 1980s, the Cover Girls are a freestyle girl group with memorable songs, such as “Inside, Outside” and “Show Me.”

Brenda K. Starr’s music spans dance-pop, salsa and freestyle genres, while Shannon’s mil-lion-selling “Let the Music Play” charted in 1984. Artists Nayobe, Debbie Deb and trio Seduc-tion will perform, with Soave, Alisha and DJ Dan the Man

completing the bill.Tickets are priced at $125,

$99, $79 and $59 each and can be purchased in person at the County Center box office, online at ticketmaster.com or by calling Ticketmaster at (800)745-3000. The County Center box office is open Mondays through Fridays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturdays 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The Freestyle Spectacular is presented by Homestyle Enter-tainment and Westchester Coun-ty Parks.

The County Center is located at 198 Central Ave. at the Bronx River Parkway in White Plains. It is also accessible from the White Plains Metro-North rail-road station, and via the West-chester County Bee-Line bus system. For more information, visit countycenter.biz or call 995-4050. (Submitted)


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per minute for the Stormceptor, according to Slingerland.

As part of the remediation plan, Slingerland said the village added a third level of protection by including a pump system that digs into the catch basins and spews the contaminated water into the nearby fields where the water is expected to be ab-sorbed into the ground soil in-stead. The manager added that the pump process would cost an extra $45,000.

However, despite the three levels of defense in the remedi-ation plan that cost the village approximately $100,000 in to-tal, the August spill was a result of the newly-executed pump system failing. Slingerland said the pumps could not be primed and couldn’t draw in the con-taminated water to be mitigated into the nearby soil. The village manager added that a plug de-flated, which was supposed to

stop the flow of polluted water within the pipes.

The village manager said the new three-level system of the Stormceptor, the pump sys-tem and the natural bio-filtra-tion greens around the courts, should still prove to be more than 90 percent effective. How-ever, Slingerland said there is red stone dust material still sit-ting in the storm drains, despite the village’s efforts to flush and clean them out three times.

With the expected costs bal-looning, Slingerland said addi-tional expenses were something that would have to be discussed with the village’s Board of Trustees when looking at fur-ther improvements, although the board isn’t just focused on a temporary fix.

According to Trustee Dave Finch, a Democrat, the long-term future of Sportime has al-ways been a topic of discussion.

“While we’ve got to continu-ally mitigate immediate prob-lems, spending an undue amount of money on the current location wouldn’t seem to be prudent,” Finch said of the remediation ef-forts. “Part of the long-term dis-cussion is, does Sportime move further inland up behind the wastewater treatment plant?”

Finch said the relocation is still a matter of discussion, and the village is working with Spor-time to come to a compromise.

As for Desmond, the decision can be as simple as changing the surface of the courts to prevent further discharges and subse-quent punishments, but nothing has happened so far.

“Three weeks these [dis-charges] have happened and no resolutions from the powers that be, whether it’s the village or the DEC,” Desmond said.


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A third incident of red clay runoff from the Sportime tennis courts leaves the Mamaroneck Harbor with a rusted hue, despite the remediation plan that’s in effect. Photo/Jim Desmond

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Don’t sacrifice a good time and the opportunity to stockpile hap-py memories.

Dear Tonia:I love sales but I’ve noticed

that I hardly ever wear what I buy. I have many things in my closet with tags still on them and wonder why I ever bought them in the first place. Either I don’t know what to wear with it or I save it for a special occasion. When I find it in the back of my closet, I often hate it when I try it on or it doesn’t fit or look good on me, then I’m stuck with it. How do I resist a bargain?

F.T., Pelham

Dear F.T.:Take advantage of buying on

sale, but don’t buy just because of price. Buy only what you like, what fits properly, and what you can wear year-round. Avoid buy-ing trendy items at any price—even designers make mistakes—and invest in timeless, classic styles. Look for quality in jeans, black pants, skirts and basic layer-ing tops with different necklines. You don’t want to look the same every day in a different color so avoid buying more than two of the same style. Be sure to check the return policy. Use good judgment and if in doubt, leave it out.

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Dear C.L.:Although skinny jeans may

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years and hate being invited any-where because it’s so stressful to figure out what to wear or what fits, so I usually decline. Later, I regret it, especially when I see photos or hear others tell me what a great time they had. I’m also tired of making excuses. How can I get out of this rut?

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Dear E.R.:What a shame to sacrifice a

happy occasion and the opportu-nity to reunite with people who are a part of your life. Every minute is worth living. Don’t miss a life experience because you have nothing to wear. That’s why we are here: to experience joy and awe and the good things life has to offer.

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14 • THE MAMARONECK REvIEw • August 14, 2015 SPORTS

I’m sure the 14-year-old me would cringe if he heard me admit it, but I have to say, I can’t wait for the school year to start up again.

I love summer, I always have. When I was a kid, summer al-ways meant no homework, no responsibilities and long, lazy days playing endless games of stickball in the street.

Of course now that I’m an adult (in theory anyway), sum-mertime doesn’t mean quite what it used to. Sure, I’ll take the occasional trip to Jones Beach, maybe I’ll sneak out of work a little bit early on a Friday after-noon to go catch a ball game, but ultimately, the change in my day-to-day routine isn’t quite as drastic as it was 15 years ago.

As someone whose job de-pends heavily on the rhythm of the high school sports sched-ule, what I miss most during the

Legends of the fallsummer months is the sense of urgency.

On Aug. 17, the 2015 fall campaign officially kicks off, as varsity players from all over the county report for their first taste of preseason workouts. But as much as players may secretly be dreading the start of two-a-day practices, for me, it’s like New Year’s Day.

On Aug. 1, I headed over to New Rochelle High School to watch a few local teams compete at the Huguenots’ annual Cham-pions Camp, one final summer football event before the mid-Au-gust start date. Just being on the field, watching teams like New Rochelle, Harrison and Eastches-ter square off against one another, got me absolutely amped up for the next few months.

Within the realm of high school sports, football is a unique animal. Because it’s played just once a week and most teams, in general, have only eight or nine regular season games each year, every contest

takes on more significance. I’ve been lucky enough to have seen some great games across every sport: playoff soccer nail-biters, back-and-forth sectional tennis matches and extra-inning base-ball games. But on a week-to-week basis, there’s not much that can compare to football.

I saw it at Champions Camp, with every player on each team giving maximum effort on ev-ery rep, knowing full well that the work they were putting in on a 95-degree day in August could pay off if the team found itself playing in Mahopac come November.

So yeah, the summer is fine. Barbecues, sunshine and roof parties are a perfectly acceptable way to spend your time. But I’d much rather be on the sidelines, watching our young athletes go all-out on the weekends.

And really, I can’t believe that I get paid to do that.

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On Aug. 1, local football teams took the field at New Rochelle’s Champions Camp. The weeklong event served as an appetizer for the upcoming fall season. Photo/Mike Smith

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August 7, 2015 • THE MAMARONECK REvIEw • 15SPORTSLake Isle takes county title

By MIKE SMITHSports Editor

On Aug. 6, the Lake Isle Swim and Dive team took the title at the 90th annual West-chester County Swim Champi-onships, holding off a late charge by Wykagyl Country Club to outpoint the second place finish-er 301-253. The victory—Lake Isle’s first since 2012—may also mark the end of the long-running swim meet, as its future remains uncertain.

Heading into the final day of the competition, Lake Isle held a 57-point lead over Wykagyl, which proved to be more than enough, as the Eastchester club was buoyed by strong perfor-mances from some of its relay teams to stay perched atop the standings.

“I was happy with our lead coming into the last day, but Wykagyl had outscored us the previous two nights,” Lake Isle coach Kevin Lavelle said. “I was still confident that we would be able to win.”

In fact, Lavelle was confi-dent in his team’s chances even before the event kicked off on July 27. With a strong group of returning swimmers in each age group, Lavelle thought his

team might have a chance to un-seat last year’s champions from Greenburgh.

“We had strong swimmers whose ages fell right on those years,” Lavelle said. “Instead of having strong 11-year-olds com-peting against 12-year-olds, they were the 12-year-olds.”

The return of 13-year-old Nick Torres, who did not swim with Lake Isle last summer, also paid huge dividends for the team. Torres set three county re-cords last week in the 100-yard freestyle, 200-yard individual medley and 100-yard backstroke events.

He also helped Lake Isle’s 13-and-under 200-yard freestyle relay and 200-yard medley relay teams set new pool records.

“He has been one of our better swimmers for a few years now,” Lavelle said. “And seeing him set these records as a 13-year-old, we knew what a great swim-mer he was.”

Lake Isle’s relay teams proved to be the difference-maker this year, and Lavelle attributes his squad’s success to the familiar-ity his swimmers have with one another.

“The fact that they swim to-

gether, some of them even in the winter, definitely helps especial-ly in the transitions,” the head coach said. “You know how your teammate is going to finish and they’re close-knit; they feed off each other.”

Although Lake Isle is cur-rently enjoying the win, Lavelle said that he hopes his team has the chance to defend its title in 2016. Considering the un-known future of the Playland Pool—with a new manage-ment company in line to take over operations—which hosts

the final week of competition and the retirement of several key Westchester County Swim-ming Association officials, it remains unclear whether or not last week’s event marked the culmination of the 90-year-old tradition.

“Hopefully this isn’t the last one,” Lavelle said. “I swam in this event, a lot of the coaches and officials did too, so hopeful-ly we can work something out for next year to keep this going.”


Kimberly Wei of the Rye Golf Club participates in the 10-and-under 50-yard butterfly event on Aug. 6.

Chris Torres of Lake Isle gets set to swim his leg of the 13-and-under 200-yard freestyle relay. Torres and the Lake Isle team set a new meet record with a time of 1:43.94.

A Lake Isle swimmer competes in the girls 13-and-under 200-yard freestyle relay at Playland on Aug. 6. Lake Isle’s strong relay teams helped the squad win the 90th annual Westchester County Swim Championships.

A swimmer from the Pelham Country Club competes in a relay event at Playland. Photos/Mike Smith

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