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MHS Athletic Champions Honored by Mayor WalshBY STEPHEN E. LIPKEN

On Monday, May 16, the Larchmont Village Hall Court-room was jammed to capacity as Mayor Lorraine Walsh pre-sented a Proclamation to Ma-maroneck High School (MHS) Track Coach Robert Morrissey for leading the MHS Girls 4x800 Relay Team to a 2016 National Title with a time of 8.58.86, the seventh fastest time in Ameri-can high school history, setting School, County, Sectional and State records. Walsh also gave Certificates of Appreciation to the Tiger Relay Team members.

Next, Walsh conferred Certificates of Appreciation to

the Field Hockey Team, Coach John Savage and Assistant Coach Tricia Miller for their team’s 2015 Class A Champi-onship, followed by a Procla-mation to Ice Hockey Coach Michael Chiapparelli, plus Cer-tificates to Assistant Coach Art-ie Bruno, Manager Kurt Jack-ner and pupils for their 2016 Division 1 State Championship.

Earlier, Justice Jerry Bern-stein administered the Oath of Office to Malcolm Frouman, appointed by Mayor Walsh to finish out her Trustee term.

In other Village business, Walsh explained delays in wa-ter and tax bills due to instal-

lation of new software billing systems. Updating the Land Use Review and Zoning Code, Walsh mentioned the retention of Consultant Richard Price to ascertain whether properties could be divided. At a commu-nity meeting with Price, res-idents expressed fear of new developments resulting in loss of open space.

“Other things mentioned at the meeting were the size and height of homes relative to their neighbors, regrading… and loss of trees as properties are rebuilt,” Walsh stated. “Af-ter conducting an exhaustive survey, Price identified few

properties that could be divid-ed. They were struck by the size of new construction rel-ative to lots and neighboring homes.

“We talked about possible ways to address these issues. We asked the Consultant to in-vestigate regulating size of new homes and renovations of exist-ing homes. One possibility…dis-cussed was increasing the size of setbacks, requesting Mr. Price to review our Land Use Regulations and get proposals for revision as soon as possible. Please watch the Village website (www.villa-geoflarchmont.org) for future meetings on this topic.”

Girls 4x800 Championship Relay Team, left to right: Coach Robert Morrissey; Shari Rauls; Lauren Chapey; Katie De Vore; Mayor Lorraine Walsh. Not shown: Lauren Shpiz.

Rotary Club Features Anne McAndrewsThe Larchmont Rotary

Club recently hosted Anne McAndrews, former Mayor of Larchmont, at their April 15th weekly luncheon at the Larchmont Yacht Club. McAn-drews spoke of 3 initiatives that she was most proud of. She told the attentive audi-ence that maintenance of the infrastructure is one of the most important duties of local government. She noted there were improvements done for

Left to right: Michael Gedick, present president of Larchmont Rotary, new member Senada, Former Mayor Anne McAndrews, Marilyn Masiero (future president), Carolyn Gallaher (publicity)continued on page 4

Mayor Rosenblum, MHS Students, and Save the Children Kickoff Red Nose Day Campaign

Mamaroneck Mayor Norman Rosenblum, Mama-roneck High School students, and global nonprofit Save the Children Club joined Wal-greens staff on May 4 at the Larchmont Walgreens to help celebrate the national Red Nose Day charitable campaign benefitting Save the Children and other charities fighting childhood poverty. Save the Children gives children in the

Mamaroneck High School Save the Children club members pose with Mama-roneck Mayor Norman Rosenblum and Save the children’s head of partnership and innovation, Nazanine Scheuer

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At Home on the Sound Hosts Spring Gala

At their May 12, Spring Gala, At Home on the Sound honored Frank Soriano for his philan-thropy and positive impact in the community. Soriano, pictured with NYS Senator George Latimer, is the owner of House of Flowers in Mamaroneck. At Home on the Sound provides programs and services which enable older adults in the Larchmont- Mamaroneck community to remain in their own homes as they age. For more information: www.athomeonthesound.org

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This year the Larchmont Lions celebrated their 90th Anniversary and the Mama-roneck Lions their 95th. For most of those years both Clubs, along with the International Lions, has been dedicated to eyesight health and care for the blind. That commitment was inspired by a 1927 meeting with Helen Keller and continues to this day.

In May, the I n t e r n a t i o n a l Lions Recycle for Sight Month and the NEI’s Healthy Vision Month took place as the 2 local Li-ons Clubs jointly participated in a community wide campaign for eye health and care for the blind. The effort began in late April at The Larchmont Farmers Market and put a fo-cus on the many eye health and blindness organizations both Lions Clubs annually support.

Throughout the year, both Lions Clubs collect used eyeglasses from locations in the community including the 2 Larchmont Wells Fargo Bank branches, the Larchmont Post Office and Library, The Larch-mont Hunan Restaurant, Ray-mond Opticians, Larchmont Vision Care amoung others. Glasses were also collected by the students at Mamaroneck High School. All the glasses collected by the end of May will be distributed through the International Lions to needy individuals in develop-

ing countries throughout the world. The Larchmont and Mamaroneck Lions set a target of 1000 glasses.

At some local events, the Larchmont Lions brought guide dogs and their train-ers from Guiding Eyes for the

Blind to draw further attention to their efforts. This nonprofit organization finds, trains and provides guide dogs, without charge, to the visually im-paired and has been a recipient of fundraising and promotion-al support by the Larchmont Lions over the years.

KidsSight (Lions SEE.org) is a direct Lions activity that screens preschoolers, too young to read an eyechart, for abnormal vision. To date, the Larchmont Lions’ regional dis-trict has screened more than 34,000 children, resulting in more than 1000 children re-ferred to ophthalmologists for early eyesight correction. The Larchmont Lions took part in May in eye screenings through-

out lower Westchester. The Larchmont Lions

sponsor a cabin at VCB (Vi-sions Center on Blindness), a very special 35-acre residen-tial family camp for the blind/vision impaired. It is specially designed to encourage free-

dom of movement and inde-pendence. The Lions are re-sponsible for its upkeep and preparation for each camping season. They have just com-pleted renovations and were on site this May, working to get the cabin ready for the start of the new camping season in June.

In addition, the Larch-mont Lions provide the Larch-mont Library with funds and donations of reading materi-als – including audio books, braille and large print reading material, for the blind and vi-sion impaired. The Lions plan on donating a set of Jon She-berg Reads the Bible CD’s, as well as a CD collection of “old radio shows”.

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The Mamaroneck Board of Education Approves 27 Staff Members for Tenure

In May, the Ma-maroneck Board of Education approved 27 tenure appoint-ments and enthusias-tically welcomed the following administra-tors, teachers, guid-ance counselors and teaching assistants to the Mamaroneck School District fam-ily:

Chatsworth Av-enue School-Lori Ka-plan - Teaching Assistant; Tara Lynch-Flahive - Elementary Teacher.

Mamaroneck Ave School-Nicole Bautista Delgado - Elementary Teacher; Amanda Franco - Spe-cial Education; Jeanette Jimenez - Elementary Teacher; Shannon E. O’Donnell - Special Education; Ali Siotkas - Elementary Teacher; Amy Strekas - Speech & Language Disabilities.

Murray Ave School- Andrea Occhiogrosso - Elementary Teacher.Mamaroneck High School-Michael -Joseph Mercanti-Anthony - Assistant Principal; Peter

Greene - Social Studies; Mary Jordan – English; Evan Madin – English; Isabel McCarthy – Mathe-matics; Lauren Petersen - Guidance Counselor; Cathryn Quackenbush - Guidance Counselor; Yuan Zhao - Foreign Language.

Hommocks Middle School- Maria Barajas – Art; Stefan Birek – Science; Nicole Gasparino - Teaching Assistant; Courtney Jukic – English; Joshua Kirsch - Social Studies; Alyssa Mongelli - So-cial Studies; Arthur Nigro - Teaching Assistant; Andrew Scopp - Social Studies; Leon Whyte – Music.

District-Wide- Amanda Gundling – Music.

The New Jewish Home (for-merly, Jewish Home Lifecare), one of the nation’s largest and most diversified nonprofit geriat-ric health and rehabilitation sys-tems, has named Sandra Mundy, LMSW, NHA, Administrator of its Westchester campus, the Sarah Neuman Center in Mamaroneck. In this top position she replaces Rita Morgan, who is retiring after 27 years of service, most recently as Interim Administrator at Sarah Neuman. Olivia Babol-Ibe, RNC, BSN, MSN, and Christina Giar-ratano, LMSW, have been named Director Nursing and Director of Social Work, respectively.

Ms. Mundy and Ms. Babol-Ibe come to Sarah Neuman from Jewish Home’s Bronx campus, where they were Associate Admin-istrator and Director of Nursing, respectively. Christina Giarratano rejoins Jewish Home after a brief hiatus as Director of Social Work at the Methodist Home for Nursing and Rehabilitation in The Bronx.

As Administrator of the Sarah Neuman Center, Sandra Mundy will hold the senior-most position on Jewish Home’s West-

chester campus. She will oversee a 300-bed facility whose 450-per-son staff cares for 1,000 elders each year through short-term rehabilitation, long-term nurs-ing, and a day center. Mundy will also be responsible for Sarah Neuman’s various special pro-grams, including Westchester’s first overnight respite program for people living with Alzheimer’s and other forms of severe de-mentia, and first elder residenc-es, known as the Small Houses, based on the groundbreaking Green House Project® model of

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in 2014 Mundy spent 11 years as Assistant Administrator for Qual-ity Assurance and Performance Improvement at the Newark Extended Care Facility in New Jersey. She earned both an MSW from New York University and a BA from the State University of New York at Albany.

Director of Nursing Olivia Babol-Ibe brings with her more than 30 years’ experience that includes senior positions at the Schervier Nursing Care Center, part of the Bon Secours New York Health System; the Hebrew Home at Riverdale, and New Rochelle’s Dumont Masonic Home. Ms. Babol-Ibe is Chairperson of the LeadingAge New York Downstate Council of Nursing Directors and holds a BSN from Velez College, Philippines and an MSN from Silliman University in Dumaguete City, Philippines.

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lage Administrator was McAn-drews third point. Justin Da-tino, presently overseeing the computerization of several Village functions, supervises the day to day operations of the village and also prepares the capital plans to assure the future needs of the Village are identified and adequately funded.

During the Q and A peri-od which followed, the former Mayor smiled several times and pointed out that the ques-tion would require another full program to address properly.

On Friday, April 22 Milan Bhatt the new Director of Ma-maroneck’s Community Re-source Center was the speaker at Larchmont’s Rotary Club. After describing the acitivies , such as the fall Health Fair and the organization of the CRC, he talked of his vision for the future. In the Q and A peri-

od Rotarians found out about CRCs work in helping their clients find meaningful work. Ideas were discussed of de-veloping jobs. Ernie Odierna, Town Trustee, suggested that as a Sound Shore community, perhaps businesses involved in marine work might have need of workers. A win-win situa-tion for all concerned. Rotary will be helping to make con-nections so that this idea can be further explored.

On May 6th, a special luncheon and reception for a Swedish delegation visiting in the area took place. A May 13th celebration was held for the winners (and the their families) of the Hommocks es-say contest.

Those interested in learn-ing more about the Larchmont Rotary Club should contact Marilyn Masiero at mmeta-phor.com

Rotary Club Features Anne McAndrewscontinued from page 1

road maintenance and the flood drain system. The sew-er and flood drain systems are aging, she explained, with the major problem being water getting into and overwhelm-ing the system. This required work that included identifying those lateral lines from homes that need to be fixed. The club members were also given a “heads up” of a possible sewer tax.

McAndrews mentioned that her second accomplish-ment was the completion of the Palmer Avenue Streets-capes that presented so many challenges in its realization but now enhances the crucial Palmer business district. As part of Phase 11 of the streets-cape project, the village will be looking at parking lots, decid-ing on such issues as the effec-tiveness of parking meters.

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As part of an ongoing effort to pro-mote STEM educa-tion in Westchester, County Executive Robert P. Astorino joined with repre-sentatives of Acorda Therapeutics and ra-dio broadcaster Lisa Wexler to recognize this year’s winners of the Acorda Scientif-ic Excellence Award (ASEA) on May 11.

A special live broadcast of The Lisa Wexler Show took place on AM 1490 WGCH from the County Office Build-ing, where students were each given the opportunity to speak about their scientific research. The show was simultaneously rebroadcast on West-chesterTalkRadio.com.

“In this global economy, the jobs not only of tomorrow, but of today, call for a solid grounding in science, technol-ogy, engineering and math,” Astorino said. “I am proud to join in supporting STEM ed-ucation in Westchester, and

congratulate these students on their groundbreaking re-search.”

The 2015-16 ASEA win-ners from Mamaroneck High School are Griffin Williamson, and Yi Zhao.

Acorda Therapeutics, a biotechnology company based

in Ardsley, launched the pro-gram in 2014 as a way to spot-light some of the impressive scientific research being done by students, thereby support-ing the next generation of sci-entists and encouraging them to consider careers in related fields.

The awards are presented in partner-ship with Acorda and The Lisa Wexler Show on AM 1490 WGCH.

“Acorda Ther-apeutics is proud to sponsor the ASEA program to recognize the innovative and im-pressive research that so many of our local high school students are doing in the area of STEM,” said Tierney Saccavino, Executive Vice President, Corpo-rate Communications at Acorda. “We hope

that these inspiring students will become part of the next

generation of leaders in medi-cal research and in all areas of science, math and technology.”

All Westchester, Put-nam and Fairfield county high school students are eligible for the award, including students at public, parochial or private schools as well as students who are home-schooled. Applica-tions are evaluated by a com-mittee comprised of scientists from Acorda Therapeutics, Westchester science educa-tors, Wexler and a representa-tive from Westchester County government.

“The Acorda winners are some of our brightest and most inspirational youth,” Wexler said. “Our winners are

As part of an ongoing effort to promote STEM education in Westchester, County Executive Robert P. Astorino, center, joined with representatives of Acorda Therapeutics and radio broadcaster Lisa Wexler to recognize this year’s winners of the Acorda Scientific Excellence Award (ASEA) on May 11, 2016. Pictured left to right: Cayla Hamann, Yorktown; Gowri and Amba Viswanathan, Yorktown; Pradeepa Krish, Yorktown; Tierney Saccavino, Executive Vice President, Corporate Communications at Acorda; Alyssa Wei, Blind Brook; Jacob Zeitlin, Blind Brook; County Executive Robert P. Astorino; Lisa Wexler, AM 1490 WGCH; Andrew Castellano, WestchesterTalkRadio.com; Kelly Heinzerling, Convent of the Sacred Heart; Grace Passannante, Convent of the Sacred Heart; and David Carratu, New Canaan.

working on solutions to dis-eases like Alzheimer’s, cancer and Parkinson’s, and create an environmentally sustainable future. I’m delighted to intro-duce these students and their research to my prime time au-dience.”

The Acorda Scientific Ex-cellence Award is a reflection of the Acorda’s long-stand-ing commitment to support both science education and the Westchester community. Acorda Therapeutics also sup-ports the Westchester Science and Engineering Fair (WESEF) and the BioGenius Award, which recognizes students for outstanding original research in biotechnology.

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The group purchased red noses at the 1333 Boston Post Road store and encouraged all local residents to do the same this spring to support kids in need in the U.S. and some of the poorest communities in the world. The students, mem-bers of Mamaroneck High School’s Save the Children Club, also issued themselves a Red Nose challenge that af-ternoon, pledging to do a “se-riously silly” dance every time a customer at the Larchmont Walgreens purchased a red nose for the remainder of the day.

Mamaroneck High School’s Save the Children Club is an independent, stu-dent-run group that builds awareness and raises money to support the work of Save the Children. Save the Children clubs are ambassadors for Save the Children’s cause, and every dedicated club member enables Save the Children to help children in need here in the U.S. and around the world.

The iconic red noses – as well as new Red Flair mer-chandise, including red hats, “deely boppers,” bowties, and red noses for cars were on sale at Walgreens in Fairfield and at Walgreens and Duane Reade stores nationally, leading up to Red Nose Day May 26. The day’s events culminated in a star-studded TV broadcast, The Red Nose Day Special, on NBC.

Red Nose Day is a special

day to come together, have fun and raise awareness and money for kids who need it the most. The inaugural Red Nose Day was held in the U.S. in 2015 and raised more than $23 mil-lion, benefitting charities that help lift kids out of poverty, in-cluding Save the Children.

“Last year, Americans came together around Red Nose Day to help Save the Chil-dren and other charities lift kids out of poverty, and as a result, 20,000 children in our programs in Haiti and Bhutan are getting a better education through new lesson plans and teacher training,” said Naza-nine Scheuer, a Mamaroneck resident who is Save the Chil-dren’s Head of Partnerships and Innovation. “We’re excit-ed to team up with Red Nose Day and Walgreens again this year -- it’s a great way to share a laugh and support Save the Children’s efforts to provide a brighter future to children around the world.”

Atoosa Scheuer, a soph-omore at Mamaroneck High School and president of the school’s Save the Children Club, said club members were proudly going to wear their red noses through Red Nose Day, May 26, and tell their family and friends about how they too can help support kids in need through the campaign.

“We are fortunate to at-tend a high-performing school that’s among the top 2 percent of high schools in this coun-try, but not nearly every kid gets that chance,” said Atoosa Scheuer, who is Nazanine’s

daughter. “That’s why we’re here today as ambassadors of Save the Children, because we want to give more kids an op-portunity to get a good start in life and a good education through Red Nose Day.”

Mayor Rosenblum said he was proud of the students from the Mamaroneck High School club, all working to sup-port the kids who need it most.

“I always say you kids are the future -- the students of Larchmont are great for volun-teering,” he said. “This whole country is based on volunteer-ing.”

Rob Demeester, district manager for Walgreens, said “Walgreens is very proud to be an exclusive retail partner for Red Nose Day in the U.S., help-ing to raise funds for children in poverty.”

Red Nose Day (rednose-day.org) is a fundraising cam-paign run by the non-profit organization Comic Relief Inc. (comicrelief.org), a registered 501(c)(3) public charity. Red Nose Day has raised over $1 billion globally in the last 25 years, and in the UK has be-come a cultural phenomenon where people across the coun-try come together to have fun, raise money and change lives. Red Nose Day launched in the U.S. in 2015, dedicated to rais-ing money to help children who are most in need, both in the U.S. and in some of the poorest communities in the world. Last year it benefited children and young people in all 50 states and in 15 countries internationally.

Mayor Rosenblum, MHS Students, and Save the Children Kickoff Red Nose Day Campaigncontinued from page 1

Bernard A. Krooks Named Advocate of the Year by Arc of Westchester’s Children’s School for Early Development

Bernard A. Krooks, Esq., of Littman Krooks LLP has been named 2016 Advocate of the Year by Arc of Westchester’s Children’s School for Early Development. He will be honored at their annual Golfing for Kids benefit event on June 7, 2016 at Hampshire Country Club in Mamaroneck.

Krooks is a founding partner of the law firm Littman Krooks LLP and Chair of its Elder Law and Special Needs Department. He is the President of the Board of Di-rectors of the Arc of Westchester, the largest agency in Westchester County serving people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families. Krooks also has served as a board member of the Hudson Valley Chapter of the Alzheimer’s As-sociation and is a current member of the Board of Directors of the Caregiver Insights Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to assisting individuals and their families with end-of-life issues.

The Children’s School for Early Development at Arc of Westchester provides early intervention and pre-school services for children with autism and other developmental disabilities that enable them to learn and develop to their potential. Each year, Golfing for Kids raises funds to bridge the gap between what it costs to keep the school’s programs exceptional and what is covered by government funding. To learn more, visit arcwestchester.org/GolfingForKids2016

Littman Krooks LLP offices are located at 399 Knollwood Road, White Plains and 655 Third Avenue, NYC. Visit the firm’s website at www.littmankrooks.com

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Mamaroneck Union Free School District Budget Vote

On May 17, the 2016-2017 Proposed Mama-roneck School District budget was passed over-whelmingly by the community. Unofficial budget results show 85% of the voters (1,078) voting YES and 15 % (197) voting NO.

“I’m pleased that we are able to continually strengthen our educational programs, while keep-ing our budget increases to a minimum year-to-year; for ‘6-’17 , in fact, we lowered our budget by nearly three-quarters of a million dollars,” said Superintendent of Schools Dr. Robert Shaps. “Un-like most districts, which are experiencing de-clining enrollment, our enrollment is increasing. Maintaining the quality of education we provide in Mamaroneck Schools is our priority. Once again, we appreciate the level of community involvement with the budget process leading up to today and thank all community members who came out to vote.”

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ONGOINGPainting classes with artist Pa-tricia Miner-Sutherland are held at the Larchmont-Mamaroneck Senior Center at the VFW Post at 1288 Boston Post Road, Larch-mont, every Wednesday from 1pm-3pm. All media are taught, beginners and advanced paint-ers are welcome. Call 834-8840 for more information.

The annual appeal for the Eu-gene J. Feeley Harrison High School Student Aid Fund is in process. For almost 70 years, "The Feeley Fund” has enabled needy and worthy Harrison High School graduates to attend accredited colleges and schools. Send your contribution to The Feeley Fund, 250 Union Avenue, Harrison NY 10528. For informa-tion call Lola Geiger at 939-7066.

Larchmont Mamaroneck Com-munity Television announces summer workshops on film-making skills. Two three-week programs July 5 – 22 and July 25 – August 12. Call 381-2002 x 202 or email [email protected] to register.

The Village of Mamaroneck Fire Department’s Carnival runs from June 26-July 5 at Harbor Is-land Park. The Annual Parade on Mamaroneck Avenue takes place July 1 at 7pm and the Village of Mamaroneck Fireworks display will be Saturday, July 4 at dark at Harbor Island Park, Boston Post Road and Mamaroneck Avenue, Mamaroneck.

The Village of Mamaroneck Parks and Recreation will spon-sor Summer on the Avenue Block Parties on July 14 and Au-gust 11 from 7-10pm featuring entertainment, music and food. For more information visit sum-mertimeontheavenue.com or call 777-7784.

The Mamaroneck Public Library, 136 Prospect Avenue, hosts the following: June 13 from 3-7pm, adults 18 and over can Destress and Self Express in the Commu-nity Room by coloring; June 16 view “Touched with Fire,” call 698-1250 for details; and on July 18 from 10am-4:45pm take the AARP Smart Driver Course. Call and register at 630-5887 for the Driver Course. The Women’s Book Club meets every Thursday at 2pm in the Community Room.

Greenburgh Nature Center, 99 Dromore Road, Scarsdale hosts the following activities: June 5, 4-7pm, A Farm to Table Fund-raiser; June 19 at 2pm, explore Woodfrog Pond; and June 25, 10am-4:30pm the new Butterfly Exhibit opens. Call 813-1812 for details.

The Larchmont Public Library, 121 Larchmont Avenue offers the following: June 2 at 7pm, The Guilty Conscience Book Group discusses “The Human Come-dy” by William Saroyan; June 10 from 3-5pm, Algebra Regents Re-view for grades 8 and 9; June 23 from 6:30-8:30pm Smash Broth-ers Gaming Tournament; And June 27 from 7-8:30pm for grades 6 and up, “Minute to Win It.” Visit larchmontlibrary.org for details.

Westchester County sponsors annual cultural heritage festi-vals: Albanian Heritage celebra-tion on June 5 from noon-7pm at Kensico Dam Plaza, Valhalla; Portuguese-American Festival on June 5, noon-7pm at Ridge Road Park, Hartsdale; Afri-can-American celebration is June 26, noon-7pm, Kensico Dam Plaza, Valhalla; The Polish Heritage celebration is July 10, noon-6pm at Kensico Dam Plaza, Valhalla. Admission and parking are free. Call 964-PARK for de-tails.

The 16th Annual Golfing for Kids Tournament will tee off at 10am on June 7 at Hampshire Country Club, 1025 Cove Road, Mamaroneck saluting honorees Mary Calvi and Bernard A. Krooks, Esq. Email [email protected] to attend.

Bicycle Sundays will take place June 5, 12, 19, 26 and September 11, 18 and 25 on The Bronx Riv-er Parkway. For details visit the wpf.org.

Littman Krooks LLP invites the public to a free workshop called Protecting the Family Home on June 9 from 10am to noon and June 13 from noon to 2pm at the Greenburgh Public Library, 300 Tarrytown Road, Elmsford. Reg-ister at 914-220-9276.

Register online for Swim Classes at County Pools at parks.west-chestergov.com.

June3-6Playland Park, Rye is open Friday 10am – 10pm, Saturday, noon- 11pm and Sunday, noon-7pm. Go to RyePlayland.org for details.

3At 7:30pm, the Angelica Wom-en’s Chamber Choir, directed by Marie Caruso will present “Rise Up, My Love”: Songs Celebrating the Many Facets of Love, at St. Gregory the Great, 215 Halstead Avenue, Harrison. For tickets visit www.angelicavoices.org or call 478-3267.

From 9:30-11:30pm, Marshlands Conservancy, Route 1, Rye hosts a yearly event to witness “Night of the Horseshoe Crab.” Call 835-4466 for details.

From 9am-3:30pm, Save The Sound will present The 2016 Long Island Sound Citizens Summit and honor Terry Backer at the Student Activity Center, Stony Brook University, Cam-pus Drive, Stony Brook. Contact Brittany Chamberlin at 203-787-0646 to register.

4The Rye Historical Society will host its annual gala benefit from 7-10pm at 60 Forest Avenue, Rye. For tickets visit www.ryehistory.org or call 967-7588.

At 6:30pm, an opening reception for artist Eve Stockton will be held at Kenise Barnes Fine Art, 1947 Palmer Avenue, Larchmont Call 834-8077 for details.

5At 10am, The Pediatric Cancer Foundation will sponsor “Your First Mud Run” for ages 6 and up at Woodlands High School, White Plains. Email [email protected] for sponsorships and register at YourFirstMudRun.com.

At 10am, a Free Bike Rodeo for Kids will be hald on Mamaroneck Avenue at Quarropas Street in White Plains for ages 5-10 years old and able to ride a two-wheel-er with or without training wheels. Bike Safety checks and slow races. Park on Court Street. Visit westchestercycleclub.org for more information.

6At 7pm The Osteoporosis Aware-ness Group features Claudia Lampel, MD discussing the Psy-chiatrist's role in treating osteo-porosis at Burke Rehabilitation Hospital, 785 Mamaroneck Ave., White Plains. Contact grundy-beardr@yahoo. Com for details.

9At 6:30pm, The Scarsdale Wom-en’s Club, 37 Drake Road, Scars-dale hosts Westchester Coalition for Legal Abortion Choice Mat-ters featuring Keynote Speakers, Ruth Messinger and Alex Sanger. Register at the Westchester Coa-lition at 946-5364.

The Refugee Project at Mama-roneck High School, 1000 West Boston Post Road, presents an outdoor benefit rock concert, “Song for Syria” at 6:30pm on the baseball field. Tickets are $8. Vis-it their fundraising page at diy.rescue.org/songforsyria.

13Westchester Community College continues their Celebrity Salon Series to help Westchester Com-munity College Foundation raise funds for student scholarships. At 6pm, Guest, Ambassador John Bolton, discusses diploma-cy, peace talks, security threats and crashing global markets. The event is held at the host’s tranquil Bedford estate. Cock-tails and hors d’oeuvres will be served. To purchase tickets call 606-6558.

14The Junior League of Westches-ter on the Sound will award a local high school senior a schol-arship in memory of the late Margaret Manley at the JLWOS Annual Dinner. Visit jlwos.org or contact 833-2119 to attend.

15Open house to explore Man-hattanville School of Business opportunities in continued edu-cation at 6:30pm in Reid Castle on the Manhattanville Campus, 2900 Purchase Street, Purchase. For additional details call 323-5150 or register at mville.edu/business.

17The 2016 Sprint to Flint starts with a Fun Run at 6:30pm fol-lowed by a 5K run at 7:15pm. Reg-ister at Villageoflarchmont.org or call 834-6230 X 6.

19The Performing Arts Center Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Road, Purchase presents the Westchester Philharmonic Fa-ther’s Day Concert at 3pm. There is a post-concert Father’s Day Barbeque. For tickets visit west-chesterphil.org or call 682-3707.

20The Music Conservatory of West-chester hosts their annual Golf and Tennis Classic at Brae Burn Country Club, in Purchase, hon-oring their Music Therapy Insti-tute, Music Conservatory Board President Rodd Berro and Tony Award winner Laura Benanti. Call 761-3900 or visit www.mu-sicconservatory.org for tickets.

ArtsWestchester's Golf Outing at Wykagyl Country Club, New Rochelle. To reserve your spot call 428-4220 X 326 or visit artsw.org/golf.

21From 10am-3pm at Saxon Woods Pool in White Plains, West-chester County Parks and the county’s Department of Senior Programs and Services sponsor a pool party open to Westches-ter County residents age 60 and over. Seniors are welcome to bring their young grandchildren. Admission and parking for the event are free. Suggested lunch contribution is $4 for seniors and children. Deadline for plac-ing lunch orders is Tuesday, June 7. To order, call the Department of Senior Programs and Services at 813-6380 or 813-6423. Make checks payable to WCDSPS and mail to: Pool Party; Westchester County Department of Senior Programs and Services; 9 South First Avenue, 10th floor, Mount Vernon, NY 10550. Saxon Woods Pool is located at 1800 Mama-roneck Avenue, White Plains. For more information call 231-4500.

At 4pm on June 5, Westchester Chorale presents two 21st century Masses at Larchmont Avenue Church, 60 Forest Avenue, Larchmont with backup music by bluegrass and jazz ensembles showcasing Larchmont resident David Brandom. For tickets call 237-9546 or visit www.westchesterchorale.org.

At 6pm on June 15, The Mama-roneck Public Library, 136 Prospect Avenue, will welcome Author and Mamaroneck resident Judith Dupre for a discussion on her new book, “One World Trade Center.” To reserve a copy of the book visit Mama-ronecklibrary.org.

The Second Annual Greenwich Film Festival will be held June 9-12. The movie “Robert Klein Still Can’t Stop His Leg” will be screened on June 10 along with a Q and A with Director Marshall Fine and actor/comedian Robert Klein. Visit greenwichfilm.org for details

On June 18, Broadway Actress Kelli O’Hara and Rob Fisher will be fea-tured with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s at the Opening Night of Caramoor in the Venetian Theatre, 149 Girdle Ridge Road, Katonah. For tickets visit Caramoor.org or call 232-5035.

On June 3, The Harrison Public Library, 2 Bruce Avenue, features Chef Melanie Underwood, Institute of Culinary Education Chef at 12:30pm making a summer Fruit Crisp and homemade Ice Cream. Call 835-0324 for details.


Mamaroneck Artists Guild is presenting a solo show by Elan Lewis, titled Continuums and Connections through Saturday, June 18, 2016. Meet the artist at a reception Saturday, June 4 from 3 – 6 pm.

Elan Lewis is an award winning artist whose work has been featured in the New York Times, has been represented by several galleries in the tri-state area, and is in collections in the United States and Europe.

This show highlights his personal and artistic journey over the most recent two years. His pastel works are often noted for their unique and imaginative style and technique. This art conveys a sense of movement, often portrayed in vivid colors. These pastel works are contrasted with his pencil and paper studies of peoples’ faces, which present striking detail. The subject of these sketches is often the dispossessed, and the pieces deliver a more serious tone. In recent years, Lewis has branched out to mixed media and collage, using colored paper to work on form, color and composition all at the same time, and creating pieces that have been described as both whimsical and delightful.

The Gallery is located at 126 Larchmont Avenue, Larchmont. Admission is free. Gallery Hours are Tuesday – Saturday from 12 noon – 5:00 p.m.

This exhibition is made possible, in part, by ArtsWestchester with support from Westchester County Government.

Renaissance Daydream a chalk pastel

Organizing Decades of Possessions Through At Home on the Sound

Professional Organizer, Jocelyn Kenner, will pres-ent a helpful workshop on the fundamental principles for organizing your home on Tuesday, June 28. She will pay specific attention to managing a lifetime’s worth of accumulated possessions. Kenner has a Master’s in Education from Columbia University and taught for 14 years before moving to administrative posts in busi-ness. The seeds for her own company, See Your Way Clear, launched nine years ago, came from emptying her parents’ large house in New Rochelle where she grew up with five siblings. She blends warmth, humor and knowledge into the strategies and resources learned from her varied work experiences and in helping clients in Westchester organize their homes.

Kenner is an active member of NAPO (National As-sociation of Professional Organizers) and ICD (Institute for Challenging Disorganization). This program is free and open to the community at Russell Hall in Larch-mont Avenue Church, 60 Forest Park Ave. Refresh-ments are served at 3:30, the lecture begins at 4:00 pm.

For more information call 899-3150.

Jocelyn Kenner

The Lions Host Larchmont Historical Society and Larchmont Historical Fire Company at Meeting

The Larchmont and Ma-maroneck Lions Clubs host-ed The Larchmont Historical Society and the Larchmont Historical Fire Company at their May joint meeting. The meeting was held on May 16 at the Larchmont Hunan Restau-rant. Speakers were Stephen Rolandi, board member of the Larchmont Historical Society and Harald Duell of the Larch-mont Historical Fire Company.

The meeting was ar-ranged to help both the Lions and the community Historical organizations get to know each other and determine what the joint efforts could be in sup-port of the September celebra-tions for Larchmont’s 125th

anniversary, and the 90th (Larchmont) and 95th (Mama-roneck) Lions Clubs anniver-saries.

Rolandi talked about both the Society’s resources and programs, including do-ing historical searches for new residents interested in the his-tories of their homes.

Harald Duell, in full clas-sic fireman uniform, told of the acquisition and restoration of a Larchmont Fire depart-ment classic 1920’s fire engine. It was acquired from a private party in Washington State and shipped cross country to be re-turned to the Larchmont com-munity. It is of the same 1920’s origin as the 2 Lions Clubs.

Left to Right: Jag Rao, Stephen Rolandi, Harald Duell & Philip Oldham

The idea was raised of having the fire engine as part of the September Lions Anniversary celebration.

The Lions and the His-torical Society are currently involved in a joint effort to understand the Larchmont Lions history in the commu-nity, via a review of its 90 year scrap-book. Seventy year Li-ons veteran Jack Coughlin and Historical Society Historian Lynne Crowley are reviewing the scrapbook for historical connections and behind the scenes stories. A video tape session is being planned for the final review. Other long-term Lions will also be part of this historical story telling.

Continuums and Connections a Solo Show by Elan Lewis


Lecture Honors Dr. Lois Steinberg

“Old Age Is Not For Sissies!” That’s what Bette Davis said about the challenges of aging before she died 30 years ago at the age of 81. Any-one who says that today, is a victim of an ageist culture and unaware that the sig-nificance of growing older has changed.

Paula Span’s perspective on aging in the 21st century is more positive and hopeful. Span, who writes the New Old Age column for the New York Times, re-cently shared her views on how to overcome the obstacles to a healthier and more effective life in a lecture at Sarah Lawrence College on April 14th. The program title was “Rethinking Our Long Lifespan.” Span’s lecture was in honor of Dr. Lois Steinberg of Larchmont, a grad-uate of the Sarah Lawrence Health Advocacy Program, co-founder of the Center for Aging in Place and at Home on the Sound.

The question Span raised was how can we use these later years so that we can be effec-tive? We now have an unprecedented number of people 65 and over: 14% of the population with a projected 21.7 % by 2040. Approximately two thirds of those 65+ live with a chronic condition that will need care in a time when medicine and health care services are more complicated than ever before and few of us have a “family physician” to oversee our care.

“We’re beneficiaries of a lot of public improvements -- such as healthy water,” noted Span, “but we need to accept and overcome the challenges that prevent us from enjoying life.”

Her advice included; Take responsibility for your health care and be prepared; Be your own advocate – know your care options and choose wisely; Find something in the world that you can be passionate about; And Don’t confuse aging with ageism. “Do not allow our cultur-al stereotypes about aging to misdirect you. Be a “Silver Warrior,” Span concluded.

The lecture was underwritten by the New York-Presbyterian Lawrence Hospital, At Home on the Sound and the Westchester End of Life Coalition.

Left to right: Paula Peck, Lynn Reichgott and Lois Steinberg

The Many Causes and Novel Treatments for Arthritis Discussed

At the invitation of At Home on the Sound, Joyce Reyes-Thomas, MD, FACR will discuss the different types of arthritis on Tuesday, June 14. Her talk will cover both inflammatory and me-chanical arthritis with a focus on osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and gout. Board-certified in internal medicine and rheumatology, her clinical interests include systemic and localized rheuma-tologic disorders.

Reyes-Thomas earned her medical degree at the University of Rochester and completed her internal medicine residency at Brown University followed by a fellowship in rheumatology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine where she served as Chief Fellow. She is an active member of the American College of Physicians and a Fellow of the American College of Rheumatology.

This program is free and open to the entire community in Russell Hall at Larchmont Avenue Church, 60 Forest Park Avenue. Refreshments are served at 3:30, the lecture begins at 4:00 pm.

For more information call 899-3150.Dr. Joyce Reyes-Thomas, arthritis specialist

Annual Westchester County Yom HaShoah Holocaust Commemoration Keeps the Memory Alive

BY STEPHEN E. LIPKEN

Over 200 citizens from the Westchester Jewish com-munity gathered under sullen skies at the Garden of Remem-brance, 148 Martine Avenue, White Plains for the Annual Countywide Yom HaShoah Holocaust Commemoration, presented by Holocaust and Human Rights Education Cen-ter (HHREC) and Westches-ter Jewish Council (WJC) on Thursday, May 5.

Officials attending the event included Greenburgh Town Supervisor Paul Fein-er; County Clerk Tim Idoni; Westchester County Legisla-tor Catherine Borgia; Board of Legislators Chair Michael Kaplowitz; HHREC Chair and former Mamaroneck Town Supervisor Valerie M. O’Keef-fe; Assemblywoman Shelley Meyer represented by Chief of Staff Rachel Estroff; Legislator Catherine Parker; Village of Mamaroneck Mayor Norman Rosenblum; Legislator Mary Jane Shimsky and Legislator Bernice Spreckman, repre-sented by Legislative Aide Da-vid Tubiolo.

At the solemn event, there appeared to be a grow-ing theme of optimism and survival, with a procession of Holocaust-Rescued Torahs,

Westchester Day School Choir, conducted by Sandy Shmeuly and Remembrance Speaker Stanley Berger, who survived the Holocaust by going into hiding with a Polish Catholic family, then coming to Amer-ica by way of Canada in 1951. Berger was joined by sons Bri-an, Danny and grandson Dylan Berger.

“As the grandson of sev-eral Holocaust victims, Yom HaShoash has special meaning for me,” explained Marc Klee, Vice President of Westchester Jewish Council. “The program never fails to move me, par-ticularly the talk by a survivor and seeing all the Torot that are present.”

Showing a Torah rescued from Czechoslovakia during the shoah, Rabbi Howard Gold-smith of Congregation Ema-nu-El of Westchester, Rye not-ed, “We are honored to have it at our Congregation.

It is a living scroll. It is one that we use to celebrate holidays and B’nai Mitzvahs. We are honored to keep it and carry on its legacy.”

Commenting on the To-rah Scrolls in his Invocation, Bet Am Shalom Synagogue Rabbi Lester Bronstein said, “If these scrolls could speak to us, what would they tell us today? They would tell us of loving,

old hands turning their rollers from column to column to find the Portion of the Week; loving young hands, squeezing them tightly through a frenetic Sim-hat Torah dance... trembling hands, trying to transport these scrolls to places of safe hiding…cruel, rough hands, throwing them into dark, cold warehouses. They would tell us of no hands at all, waiting for months and years in silence without the human contact a Torah needs and craves…

“These scrolls have kept their promise and have come home. We have kept our prom-ise to them and to those who once cared lovingly for them. We have given them a loving home…””

Paul Warhit, President of Westchester Jewish Council concluded, “The annual West-chester Yom HaShoah com-memoration allowed us to take time out of our busy schedules and commemorate the atroci-ties of the Shoah and man’s in-humanities toward man. It also tells us that people are resilient and fight to survive and per-severe. This annual gathering reminded us that the Jewish People continue to survive and contribute to societies through-out the world in an effort to make the world a more peace-ful, humane place to live.”

350 people attended the recent Westchester Countywide commemoration of Yom Hashoah, the Day of Remembrance which honors the memories of 11 million people who perished during The Holocaust, including six million Jews. The commemoration was held at the Garden of Remembrance in White Plains. Children from the Westchester Day School Choir performed. The audience included members of congregations throughout Westchester who participated in a commemorative procession of 25 Torah scrolls that were rescued from The Holocaust. The Holocaust & Human Right Education Center and the Westchester Jewish Council organized and co-sponsored the event. Photo by Will Landin


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Southern Cuisine Meets the Caribbean for Alvin and Friends New Summer MenuBY MIMI STEINBERG

Where to go for a great meal? A simple question, yet at times com-plicated to choose. Which restaurant fits the criteria – great ambience, fla-vorful cuisine for everyone (finicky eaters, kid-friendly, vegan, etc.), is close to home and priced fairly? Not only is there a restaurant that an-swers a resounding “yes” to all these points, but you are treated as though you are family or a good friend the moment you walk in.

Alvin & Friends is exactly “no place like home”! I was greeted by manager Theresa Leghorn, and the proprietor Alvin Clayton in a man-ner usually reserved for celebrities. The restaurant itself is light and airy with sophisticated décor and adorned with beautiful original art. Alvin, a talented and self-taught artist, has lined the restaurant with his paintings highlighting famous jazz musicians and his favorite, a brilliant copy of Clayton’s favorite painter, Matisse’s “The Dance”. He is also an accomplished musician, so naturally jazz is played live on Friday

and Saturday evenings, and Sunday brunch.

The restaurant has been at 14 Memorial Highway in New Rochelle

for three years – across from the New Rochelle Public Library. Alvin felt strongly that, “I love New Rochelle, and felt inspired to bring some-thing special here. I wanted to have a restau-rant that felt as though I was having friends over for dinner.” Theresa added, “We’ve created a place, where we wanted to go!”

Alvin added, “We welcome every single person. Love is put into the restaurant.”

The cuisine at Al-vin & Friends is a mar-riage of Southern and Caribbean recipes, simple like a “mom and pop” diner, but su-perbly packed with flavor and presented in a classic and chic

setting. Alvin described his vision of replicating how his grandparents en-tertained their friends when he was a child. It is clearly evident that Alvin & Friends is a wonderful spot for ev-

erything from “date night” to family brunch on Sundays.

Alvin & Friends recently re-leased their new Summer Menu with such specialties as Fried Chicken Salad (see Chef’s Corner), Southern Fried Catfish Fingers, and the all new – Alvin’s Burger, served with cara-

Alvin & Friends Fried Chicken Salad IngredientsSalad 6 ounces mixed greens (arugula, mescal) Buttermilk Scallion Dressing 2 cups Buttermilk One bunch scallions Olive Oil ½ tsp Salt ½ tsp Black pepper 1 tsp. Alvin’s Signature Spice Mix (Or substitute 2 tsp paprika, 2 tsp onion powder, 2 tsp garlic powder and 2 tsp brown sugar)

Chicken Strips 2 chicken breasts (skinless) 1 cup Buttermilk 2 tbsp Lousiana Hot Sauce 2 cups flour Alvin’s Signature Spice Mix (Or substitute 2 tsp Paprika, 2 tsp onion powder, 2 tsp garlic powder and 2 tsp brown sugar)

PreparationMake the dressing:1. Drizzle the scallions with olive oil, then season with salt and pepper

and roast on a flat baking sheet in a 375 degree oven for 5 minutes2. In a blender combine the Buttermilk and the scallions, blending just

until incorporated For the chicken strips:1. Cut chicken breasts into strips2. Stir together the Buttermilk and Hot Sauce, then marinate the

chicken strips for 10 minutes3. Blend flour with Alvin’s Signature Spice Rub and dredge the mari-

nated chicken strips4. Fry the chicken strips at 375 degrees for 9 minutes or until golden

brown Assemble the salad:1. Drizzle the greens with the dressing2. Top with chicken strips

Alvin Clayton

melized onions, white ched-dar cheese, bacon, lettuce and tomato. Vegan offerings in-clude options such as Sesame Soy and Ginger Infused Tofu. Classic southern cuisine with Caribbean spices and modern American food definitely sat-isfies all palates. One can’t for-get Alvin’s famous Rum Punch that is a perennial hit.

This gem of a restaurant located in downtown New Rochelle brings a sophisticat-ed “city” vibe, great food and warm customer service that stands out from the rest. Over eight years ago Theresa and Alvin met at the New Rochelle library organizing projects together and they instantly

bonded. Once they revealed their shared dream of one day having a restaurant with a similar vision Alvin & Friends was born. Clearly, Alvin and Theresa realized their dream and succeeded!

For more information, call 654-6549 and visit alvinandfriends-restaurant.com

Fried Chicken Salad

‒ Alvin & Friends ‒Chef Kimani Hines

14 Memorial Hwy, New Rochelle(914) 654-6549 alvinandfriendsrestaurant.com

BY MARY DEYOUNG

We recently had the pleasure of sam-pling a few delicious items from the Alvin and Friends new Lunch Menu.

Alvin shared the recipe for his signa-ture Fried Chicken, served over a fresh bed of greens.

When Alvin was just eight years old, his grandmother began passing down her recipes and he learned how to best prepare food by watching her.

Their private dining room seats up to 80 people and features two 60-inch flatscreen TV’s that can accommodate Powerpoint presentations or other media for corporate functions.

A full catering menu is availabe for events, parties and weddings.

Alvin and Friends will be featuring ‘Tango Night’. Lessons begin at 7:30pm and will be led by Maype Vicens. Open dance floor is from 8:30 to midnight, with a spe-cial dance performance at 10pm. $20 cover.

Call for upcoming dates reservations at 914-654-6549.


The Webbys, Recognizes William Pitt and Julia B. Fee Sotheby’s International Realty For New Website

William Pitt and Julia B. Fee Sotheby’s International Re-alty announced that the com-pany has been recognized as an Official Honoree in the real estate website category in the 20th Annual Webby Awards. The company was honored for the cutting-edge new website it launched in 2015.

Hailed as the “Inter-net’s highest honor” by The New York Times, The Webby Awards, presented by the In-ternational Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS), is widely recognized as the lead-ing international award hon-oring excellence on the Inter-net. IADAS, which nominates and selects The Webby Award Winners, is comprised of web industry experts including Tumblr founder David Karp, Executive Creative Director at Refinery29 Piera Gelardi, mu-sicians Questlove and Grimes, Head of Fashion Partnerships at Instagram Eva Chen, Twit-ter co-founder Biz Stone, late night television host Jimmy Kimmel and creator of the .gif file format Steve Wilhite.

The premier real estate brokerage serving Connecti-cut, Westchester County and the Berkshires, Mass., was the only residential real estate bro-kerage named in the real estate website category. The compa-ny was selected from nearly 13,000 submissions from all over the world, with Official Honorees representing the top 20% of all entries.

“We are constantly im-pressed by the extent of cre-ativity showcased by our Web-by Honorees,” David-Michel Davies, Executive Director of

The Webby Awards, expressed to William Pitt and Julia B. Fee Sotheby’s International Realty. “Your work continues to fur-ther the scope of innovation, setting the standard of excel-lence on the Internet.”

The recognition came after the company spent 18 months completely redesigning its web-site, launching in the summer of 2015 to immediate accolades from the trusted real estate news source REAL Trends. De-scribing the site as one of its “personal favorite websites with amazing integration of live list-ings on the homepage,” REAL Trends recognized williampitt.com as the #1 real estate site na-tionally in the category of Best Design, #3 in Best Mobile Expe-rience, #3 in Best Neighborhood Pages, and #5 in Best Overall Real Estate Website.

Standout features include property video clips on the home page, robust content on every listing page, full-bleed

high-resolution photography, site customization according to the user’s location, the abili-ty to custom tailor the site with personal preferences, and de-tailed community information and local knowledge such as accessibility to area schools and precise travel times to Grand Central in New York City. Visitors can also delve into the site’s international side, choosing from 17 languag-es and dialects, and converting prices into more than 50 cur-rencies updated daily with the latest exchange rates.

“This is an honor that be-longs to our entire team,” said Paul Breunich, President and Chief Executive Officer of Wil-liam Pitt and Julia B. Fee Sothe-by’s International Realty. “I am so proud of our company for achieving the Official Honoree designation from The Webby Awards, a testament to all of the hard work we have put into our new web platform.”

bring litigation against municipalities.” Even before such a report is commissioned, the monitor has concluded that seven Westchester municipalities “have zoning that could result in liability.”

Much of Johnson’s latest report ignores or dismisses recent legal decisions supporting the county’s long held position that local zon-ing in Westchester is not discriminatory and that the county is meet-ing the terms of the set-tlement.

In a September ruling, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit said that “there has been no finding, at any point, that Westchester actually engaged in housing discrimina-tion.” In November, the U.S. Mag-istrate assigned to the case ruled that the county had provided fi-nancing for enough units to meet its 2014 benchmark and that there was no basis for the coun-ty to be held in contempt. Judge Gabriel Gorenstein ruled that 28 units in the Chappaqua Station development “should be count-ed,” and he also sided with the county on the contempt issue, saying the federal government had failed to meet the standard for showing such a charge was warranted. The county argued successfully that its behavior had to be measured against what the settlement actually says, not what the Monitor claimed it said in his report.

Under the terms of the 2009 settlement reached be-tween the federal Department

Overreach by HUD’s Housing Monitor EscalatesBY THE OFFICE OF THE

COUNTY EXECUTIVE

Monitor to Department of Justice: Sue seven Westchester municipalities in connection with the 2009 affordable hous-ing settlement if they don’t change their zoning. That is the latest line of attack from James Johnson, the monitor assigned to the housing settlement, De-partment of Housing and Ur-ban Development.

In his “Third Biennial As-sessment” of the housing set-

tlement, which was recently re-leased, Johnson admits that the county has met its latest annual benchmarks for developing af-fordable housing.

Nevertheless, the monitor claims that Croton-on-Hudson, Harrison, Lewisboro, Pelham Manor, Larchmont, North Cas-tle and Rye Brook have “zoning that could result in liability” and that “the Department of Justice is encouraged to give se-rious consideration to bringing legal action against one or more of these municipalities.”

Westchester County Ex-ecutive Robert P. Astorino said the latest action by the monitor was more confirmation of the county’s predictions of federal overreach stripping away local control of zoning and land use decisions.

“The level of overreach is breathtaking,” Astorino said. “In March, the monitor ques-tioned our First Amendment rights to challenge him and HUD. Now he is trying to put control of local zoning into the hands of an unelected consul-

Rob Astorino

tant that he appoints. These are powers he does not have. They are not in the settlement. West-chester is in compliance with the settlement and will contin-ue to defend its communities against this unprecedented overreach.”

Specifically, the moni-tor is now asking the court to change the settlement so that it gives him the power “to approve or reject” and “determine” a consultant that would “submit an AI [analysis of impediments of county zoning] for HUD’s re-view and approval within 120 days;” the county would then be “ordered to implement the strategy to overcome the im-pediments identified by the AI;” with no feedback by the county other than “to review the AI prepared by the consul-tant prior to its submission to HUD;” and if the zoning is not changed, the “Department of Justice is encouraged to

of Housing and Urban Develop-ment and the administration of former County Executive Andrew Spano, the county is required to spend at least $51.6 million to develop 750 units of affordable housing by the end of 2016 in 31 so-called “eligible” or mostly white communities based on 2000 census data.

Along the way, the set-tlement calls for the county to meet annual, interim bench-marks. By the end of 2015, the county had financing in place for 649 units, 49 more than re-quired, and building permits in place for 588 units, 63 more than required. The county has exceeded the benchmarks each year since they began in 2011.

A key concern for the county is that the monitor’s lat-est report appears to further a strategy by the federal gov-ernment to make the housing settlement never ending. As Astorino said in his 2016 State of the County Address: “I really believe HUD does not want us to build the 750 units on time.” He warned that the federal govern-ment wanted to tie up the coun-ty with legal maneuvers. “Once in court, stay in court. And that’s HUD’s end game: a settlement that never ends,” he said.

On this point, the Second Circuit in its September ruling called on the lower court to “ap-ply a flexible standard” with the goal that “at some point in time this litigation has to be ended.”

Astorino said the county would continue to follow its two-pronged strategy of follow-ing the law and continuing to defend the rights given to West-chester’s local municipalities under the law.

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Go Red for Women Luncheon Targets Family Health

The American Heart As-sociation’s Go Red For Wom-en Luncheon and Health and Wellness Expo, entitled “Building Healthier Families,” was held on Wednesday, May 4th at the Stamford Marri-ott Hotel and Spa. More than 300 people, mostly women dressed in red, attended to learn more about heart dis-ease and stroke prevention, and to support survivors.

This year’s keynote speaker was Connecti-cut-based David Katz, MD, MPH, FACPM, FACP, an in-ternationally recognized au-thority on nutrition, weight management and the preven-tion of chronic disease. Katz asked the audience to raise their hand if they knew some-one affected by heart disease, then another hand if they someone affected by stroke. Nearly everyone in the room raised their hands.

Katz told the audience that more than 80% of heart disease and stroke incidence could be prevented with their “feet, forks and fingers,” en-couraging the crowd to make healthy lifestyle choices like exercising more, eating

healthier and quitting smok-ing. He also spoke of the epidemic of childhood obe-sity and serious health con-sequences from it, including childhood diabetes, high cho-lesterol, hypertension and, yes, even stroke.

“Is there anything more unconscionable than a stroke in a child?” said Katz to a stunned audience when he presented statistics showing stroke on the rise in children and young adults.

May was American Stroke Month and the audi-ence was reminded to learn the F.A.S.T. stroke symptoms by Lauren Scala, NBC 4 New York traffic reporter, who served as event emcee.

“If you see F-Face drooping, A-Arm weakness or S-Speech difficulty, it’s T-Time to call 9-1-1 if any of these symptoms exist.”

Heart health breakout sessions were presented by Greenwich Hospital and

Stamford Health where wom-en were provided with the tools, resources and inspira-tion to prevent women’s num-ber one killer—heart disease.

Several local women were featured in two videos shown at the event. All are survivors of either heart disease or stroke.

Women can learn about preventing heart disease and stroke at www.goredforwom-en.org. Learn more about mak-ing healthy changes at www.heart.org/gettinghealthy.

Now celebrating its 38th year, the annual Museum Mile Festival takes place rain or shine on Tuesday, June 14, 2016, from 6:00pm to 9:00pm. Over 1.5 million people have taken part in this annual celebration since its inception. Festival attendees can walk the Mile on Fifth Av-enue between 82nd Street and 105th Street while visiting seven of New York City’s finest cultural institutions, which are open free to the public throughout the eve-ning. The Museum Mile Festival’s opening ceremony takes place at 5:45pm at The Metropolitan Mu-seum of Art (1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street). Traditionally, the Commissioner of Cultural Affairs and other city and state digni-taries open the Festival. Details on the Festival’s offerings can be found at MuseumMileFestival.org.

Fifth Avenue is closed to traffic and becomes a strollers’ haven for New York City’s biggest block party. Special exhibitions and works from permanent col-lections are on view inside the museums’ galleries and live mu-sic from jazz to Broadway tunes to mariachi is featured in front of several of the museums. The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Neue Galerie New York; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Mu-seum; The Jewish Museum; The Museum of the City of New York; and El Museo del Barrio are the seven institutions participating in this highly successful collabo-ration.

Additional street entertain-ers perform along Fifth Avenue all evening. Exhibitions on view include: Antonio Lopez: Future Funk Fashion, exploring the artist and illustrator’s daring explora-tion of race, gender and the body through fashion, at El Museo del Barrio; Roz Chast: Cartoon Memoirs, featuring more than 200 works by this distinguished artist, and showcasing her keen eye for the absurdities and inse-curities that permeate daily life, including many situations that are particular to New York City, at the Museum of the City of New York; Isaac Mizrahi: An Unruly History, the first museum exhibition to focus on the influential American fashion designer, artist, and entre-preneur, at the Jewish Museum; Beauty - Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial, exploring aesthetic innovations through 250 works by 63 designers from around the globe, at Cooper Hewitt, Smith-sonian Design Museum; Moho-

ly-Nagy: Future Present, the first comprehensive retrospective of the work of László Moholy-Nagy to appear in the United States in nearly fifty years, revealing a uto-pian artist who believed that art could work hand-in-hand with technology for the betterment of humanity, at the Solomon R. Gug-genheim Museum; Gustav Klimt’s iconic portrait Adele Bloch-Bauer I at Neue Galerie New York; and Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology, exploring how designers reconcile the hand-made and the machine-made in the creation of haute couture and avant-garde ready-to-wear, at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Established in 1978 to in-crease public awareness of its member institutions and pro-mote public support of the arts, the Museum Mile Festival serves as a model for similar events across the country. For details on the Festival’s offerings, the public may call 212-606-2296 or visit Mu-seumMileFestival.org.

Participating museums offer programs and services for visitors with disabilities. Contact the museums you plan to visit to arrange access accommodations and for further information.

MUSICAL ENTERTAINERS will perform in front of these par-ticipating institutions:

104th Street El Museo del Barrio – It’s Showtime NYC: music by DJ Mickey Perez spinning Afro Latin disco

92nd Street The Jewish Mu-seum – Mariachi Flor de Toloache, in collaboration with Bang on a Can

89th Street Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum - Alsarah and the Nubatones, perform-ing Nubian/Sudanese inspired East-African Retro-Pop

86th Street Neue Galerie New York – cabaret singer Kim David Smith

A wide variety of addition-al entertainers will be featured along Museum Mile that evening,

including Magic Brian; Daisy Doodle’s Parties, Magic, Face Painting & Balloons; Silly Billy the Very Funny Clown; and Sammie & Tudie’s Imagination Playhouse

FAMILY ACTIVITIES:

There will also be an array of outdoor family activities for Museum Mile Festival attendees: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Solomon R. Guggen-heim Museum will offer chalk drawing. Cooper Hewitt, Smith-

sonian Design Muse-um entertainment will include Imagination Playground in the mu-seum’s garden, and a sidewalk design activi-ty in conjunction with the exhibition Pixar: The Design of Story. Visitors to the Jewish Museum can create an abstract fabric de-sign using stamps and drawing techniques inspired by imagery in the exhibition Roberto

Burle Marx: Brazilian Modernist and the looks on view in Isaac Miz-rahi: An Unruly History. El Museo del Barrio will offer art-making for the entire family.

EXHIBITIONS ON VIEW:El Museo del Barrio: Anto-

nio Lopez: Future Funk Fashion; Figure and Form: Recent Acqui-sitions to the Permanent Collec-tion; Joiri Minaya: Redecode; Sar-ah Zapata: Siempre X

Museum of the City of New

York: Chris “Daze” Ellis: The City Is My Muse; Scenes from the South Bronx, 1976-82; Roz Chast: Cartoon Memoirs; New York’s Yid-dish Theater: From the Bowery to Broadway; Picturing Prestige: New York Portraits, 1700 – 1860; Activist New York; Gilded New York; and

TIMESCAPES :The Jewish Museum: Isaac

Mizrahi: An Unruly History; Roberto Burle Marx: Brazilian Modernist; Using Walls, Floors, and Ceilings: Beatriz Milhazes; Masterpieces & Curiosities: The Fictional Portrait; The Television Project: Some of My Best Friends; Culture and Continuity: The Jew-ish Journey; for children, Archae-ology Zone: Discovering Trea-sures from Playgrounds to Palaces

Cooper Hewitt, Smithso-nian Design Museum: Beauty—Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial; Thom Browne Selects; Pixar: The Design of Story; Energizing the Everyday: Gifts from the George R. Kravis II Collection; Passion for

the Exotic: Louis Comfort Tiffany and Lockwood de Forest; Fragile Beasts; Immersion Room

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum: But a Storm is Blowing from Paradise: Contemporary Art of the Middle East and North Afri-ca; Moholy-Nagy: Future Present; Guggenheim Collection; Thann-hauser Gallery

Neue Galerie New York: Neue Galerie New York invites attendees of the 2016 Museum Mile Festival to visit the second floor gallery where Gustav Klimt’s iconic portrait Adele Bloch-Bauer I (1907) hangs on permanent dis-play. This work is joined by a se-lection of landscape and portrait paintings by Klimt, and a display of Austrian decorative arts from the early twentieth century.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology; The Roof Garden Commission: Cornelia Parker, Transitional Object (Psy-choBarn), weather permitting; and P.S. Art 2016: Celebrating the Creative Spirit of NYC Kids

The 38th Annual Museum Mile Festival


A good working relationship between trustee and family members is critical.

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.

Special Needs Trusts: What happens when all parties do not see eye to eye?

BY BERNARD A. KROOKS, CERTIFIED ELDER LAW ATTORNEY

I have previously written about the different types of special needs trusts and when it might be appropriate to con-sider one or more of them as part of your estate planning. Basically, the world of special needs trusts is divided in two: first party special needs trusts and third party special needs trusts. Within each catego-ry, there are several different variations, including pooled trusts, which are managed by a non-profit organization. Re-gardless of the type of special needs trust; they all have one thing in common: they pro-vide a source of funds to pay for items and services that improve the quality of life of a person with special needs.

All trusts, including spe-cial needs trusts, must have a trustee. The choice of who to select as trustee is made by the person creating the trust. In a special needs trust situation,

the selection of the proper trustee is often the key to the success of the entire plan to en-sure the highest quality of life of the beneficiary with special needs. The role of trustee can be served by a family member or by a bank or trust company or other professional trustee. For good reason, many people who set up special needs trusts name professional trustees. Family members are often un-familiar with the applicable trust, tax and government ben-efit laws that may impact the administration of the trust. Moreover, family members of the trust beneficiary (the per-son with special needs) often feel that they should be given more autonomy and control in management of special needs trusts. Trustees of a special needs trust, however, are re-quired to consider the needs of the trust beneficiary first — not the needs or desires of family members.

One of the challenges to a trustee of a special needs

trust is to maximize the ben-efits to the beneficiary while minimizing any reduction of Medicaid, Supplemental Secu-rity Income or other programs providing assistance or care to the beneficiary. The trustee also has to keep administra-tive costs, accounting require-ments and tax considerations in mind. All that must be bal-anced to make sure the trust’s administration is handled as carefully and efficiently as pos-sible. The trustee is a fiduciary and could be held responsible in the event things are not han-dled properly. In fact, courts are starting to hold trustees of special needs trusts to a higher standard than trustees of oth-er types of trusts. This is not a job for the faint of heart.

Family members often see the above-mentioned con-straints as unnecessarily re-strictive. When families (par-ticularly caretaker families) have settled on what they see as a good use of the funds, they often resist any discussion of

alternatives, limitations or explanations about why their planned use may need to be modified. Tensions can and do arise, and can be exacerbated by what the family sometimes sees as bureaucratic excuses. To avoid unnecessary expense and litigation, it is important that the trust contain a mech-anism for resolving disputes between the trustee and the family members of the bene-ficiary. Often, the beneficiary is not able to speak for himself and the family members serve the role of ensuring the trust-ee is doing its job. However, in the world of government ben-efits and special needs trusts, there are many gray areas and reasonable people can differ regarding the appropriateness of a trust distribution. Thus, the need for a clearly-defined dispute resolution process in the trust.

Some trustees require that requests for distributions be put in writing. In many cas-es, this makes good sense and

serves as a reasonable limita-tion on trust fund use. A good special needs trustee must decline to make a distribution when it is not appropriate; however, the trustee should also be pro-active and make distributions that will improve the quality of life of the spe-cial needs trust beneficiary. After all, that is why the trust was created in the first place. Sometimes, family member trustees can put the trust at risk of violating one or more rules of the many government benefit programs that the ben-eficiary relies upon. This can cause a diminution of the trust value and possible unintended effects on Medicaid and other public benefits.

It can be a challenge to figure out how best to manage and spend special needs trust funds for a trust beneficiary with considerable medical and social needs. Family members’ wishes are of course import-ant, but should be carefully considered and monitored.

Buying Products from a Country You can TrustBY PAUL BOOKBINDER, M.I.D., C.R.

Forget about sleeper cells and the dangerous “lone wolves”. What’s really going to do us in is the dreaded imports that are slowly killing us, just as sure as a direct attack on our homeland. They’re putting ar-senic in our orange juice, lead in our kid’s toys, and there’s even sulfur in our sheetrock. God only knows what’s in the cabinets. U.S. health regula-tors have recently reported that certain types of laminate flooring imported by Lumber Liquidators was found to have a greater risk of causing cancer, or other health problems, than previously believed. They said that “people who purchased the China-made flooring are about three times more likely to get cancer than it had calculated earlier this month.” And yet we keep importing products and produce from countries that do not regulate their manufactur-ing.

So really, what’s the big deal? Where’s the harm in a lit-tle arsenic, or lead, or hydrogen sulfide gas, when you can save a couple of bucks? Haven’t you

heard? We’re still recovering from the recession. Our health and well being is a small price to pay when you’re talking about saving money.

But if you are concerned about avoiding the perils of haz-ardous material exposure when eating, buying toys, homes or remodeling you must use your common sense (see K&B Insid-er #123, Common Sense, Price-less!). The best way to begin is by reading labels, assuming you still can read after exposure to all those noxious fumes. If not, have your BFF (Best Friend For-ever) read the label for you. If the product does not have a label, ask the proprietor for a Materi-al Data Safety Sheet, which lists the properties (both harmful and inert) of the product.

In the remodeling indus-try, most cabinet and counter-top manufacturers have been making a concerted effort to clean up their act. Now you can purchase American made cabi-nets that have little or no harm-ful ingredients, such as volatile organic compounds, at very competitive prices; although they will never be as inexpen-sive as cabinets made in coun-

tries where the average hourly wage is less than a (US) dollar.

Some of these same coun-tries sell granite counters with high levels of radon, a cancer causing, radioactive gas. Just shut off the lights and see them glow! But hey, they’re cheap! Consider instead quartz com-posite countertops which are certified by various environ-mental organizations as to their lack of harmful emissions or buy granite that has acceptable radon emissions.

Now, I’m not saying that everything made in America is great, in fact some of our stuff could stand a little room for improvement, but at least there are some government standards to adhere to. And I’m not saying that exposure to some chemicals is all that bad. When I was an Industrial Arts teacher, for many years I taught both woodworking and print-ing. In print shop we handled type that was made primarily of lead and washed our hands with kerosene. Having dinner with a product liability attorney the other day, I mentioned this and said it didn’t seem to have any ill affects. Her reply was, “think of

what you could have been”!So sit back, take a deep,

formaldehyde filled breath, and watch the kids sip arsenic laced apple juice while putting their lead painted toys in their mouths. It really doesn’t matter much because the hydrogen sul-fide gas coming from the sheet rock will eventually kill you anyway. Unless, of course, you decide to spend a couple of ex-tra bucks and buy safe products from a country you can trust.

Paul Bookbinder, M.I.D., C.R., is president of DreamWork Kitchens, Inc. located in Mama-roneck, New York. A Master of Design (Pratt Institute), and E.P.A. Certified Remodeler, he serves on the Advisory Panel of Remodeling Magazine. A member of the Na-tional Kitchen & Bath Assoc., he is also a contributor to Do It Your-self magazine. He can be reached for questions at 914-777-0437 or www.dreamworkkitchens.com.

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New Specialties and Enclosed Deck at DubrovnikPartners Jerry Tomic

and Nada Bernic of Dubrovnik Restaurant in New Rochelle are marking the new season with ex-citing specialties and an upgrad-ed weather-controlled enclosed deck that overlooks their urban organic farm.

Enter the handsome multi-level Dubrovnik Restau-rant and there is a bar/lounge to the right with a dozen seats, semi-divided from the main 49-seat dining room. The beige and brown stone and wood motif is reminiscent, Tomic would say, of his grandfather’s home in Cro-atia. Handsomely dressed tables and chairs add polish. A ship’s wheel on the wall symbolizes the sea. “I love the sea”, he said. “As a child I had to ferry from my Island home on the Adriatic al-most every day.” Vintage photos of his native Croatia highlight the walls.

In the rear of the restau-rant there is a dramatic newly enclosed outdoor patio with a hand-crafted wood burning ro-tisserie brick oven just waiting to sear fish, meat and signature specialties from home like whole BBQ lamb. Grape vines hug the brick walls. Downstairs you can see neat rows of herbs and veg-etables growing in season in the lush organic urban garden. In the center is a soothing Europe-an style fountain for meditation. It is most impressive. The deck is a wonderful spot for cocktails or a meal.

Ms. Bernic promises to continue using only the finest ingredients she can find in the seasonal marketplace. In season, they grow much of their own or-ganic herbs and vegetables. Local farms and organic products will be resourced as much as possi-ble. And most everything will be

house made from the bread to desserts.

“Fresh food, simply pre-pared is the Croatian way”, say partners Tomic and Bernic. “At Dubrovnik specialties of the house are contemporized and beautifully plated by our talent-ed Head Chef Antonio Selendic in delicious fashion.” Reciting of the daily specialties includes a showy presentation of the daily catch brought out on a large sil-ver tray.

Fine starters include: Grilled Jumbo Shrimp, over a medley of grilled vegetables; Warm Octopus Salad, with po-tatoes, extra virgin olive oil and garlic; Adriatic Cuttlefish Risotto with ink; Fresh Anchovies mar-inated in Croatian olive oil and lemon juice, served on a bed of arugula; and a Dalmatian Platter with aged cheeses, smoked and cured meats.

Delightful pastas include: Veal Ragu, veal with homemade gnocchi; and Pasta ‘Lopud’, half lobster with wild tiger shrimp over homemade fettuccini in chef’s tomato sauce.

Main courses include a changing variety of fish, sea-food, meat and poultry options: Spit-Roasted Baby Lamb, Goat or Pig (must be ordered a day in ad-vance); a Mama Teresa Special of Lobster, Shrimp, Scallops, Fish, Clams and Mussels steamed in a seasoned broth over pasta; Sau-teed Chicken Breast stuffed with julienne vegetables and basil pes-to, served with mashed potatoes with field mushrooms and truf-fle oil; Grilled Lamb Chops with rosemary-garlic sauce served with potato croquets; Grilled Tuna over arugula pesto puree and grilled squash; Grilled Fillet of Salmon with tomato, basil and herbs over asparagus risotto; Pan Seared Pork Chop served with steamed potatoes in garlic

sauce; Roasted Free Range Or-ganic Chicken in natural sauce with roasted potatoes, onions and carrots; and Aged Rib Eye Steak grilled with steak fries or mashed and green pepper corn sauce. Daily specialties augment the regular menu.

Homemade desserts in-clude: seasonal fruits and pas-tries; Palacinke, Croatian style crepes, and a delightful Croatian flan called Rozata.

Special Hint: There is live guitar music Sunday evenings and a special 3-course prix fixe luncheon is served weekdays for $20.95 per person.

Dubrovnik Restaurant was originally built and operated by founder Jerry Tomic of Top Drawer Custom Cabinetry, New Rochelle, located next door. It caused a sensation here and abroad as the first restaurant to specialize in Croatian cuisine, ambiance and atmosphere in the metropolitan New York area.

Dubrovnik Restaurant is located at 721 Main Street, New Rochelle. The restaurant is open 7 days a week for lunch and dinner, from11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m , from 3 pm to 9 p.m. Sundays. Dinner menu appetizers, soups and salads: $8 to $18; main courses: $20 to $47. Lunch menu main courses: $11.75 to $16.75. Three course Prix fixe lunch: $20.95. Catering and pri-vate party facilities. Bar/lounge. Bar menu. International wine list includes organic bottles. Major credit cards. Proper casual dress. Municipal and valet parking. Reservations accepted; suggested for larger groups. Phone: 914-637-3777. www.dubrovnikny.com

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


What’s Happening at the Larchmont Public LibrarySt. Paul’s Church and the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

On June 17 at 3:00pm, join David Osborne, Historian with the St. Paul’s Church National Historic Site, for an engaging and information-packed pro-gram about the church’s role in our nation’s history and its connections to Abraham Lin-coln at The Larchmont Public Library. In April of 1865, 151

years ago, President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. It’s a sto-ry that we all know very well. However, it isn’t as well known that St. Paul’s Church in Mount Vernon has a striking and sur-prising connection to that ter-rible and historic event.

In 1763, the people of Eastchester began building the present stone and brick church of St. Pauls. The build-ing replaced a wooden meet-ing house that had been in use since around 1700 which stood just west of the current church. In the early 1850’s the area we now know as Mount Vernon was established and the church became a part of Mount Vernon. The church has played a significant role in the history of Westchester County and helps to tell the story of de-velopment of colonial society and the road to the American Revolution.

The church, which is one of New York State’s oldest par-ishes (1665-1980), has played a role in a number of our na-tion’s historic events includ-ing being used as a hospital during the Revolutionary War and with a burial ground with burial stones dating to 1704. The grounds contain the rem-nants of a Village Green that was the site of the Election of 1733 which raised issues

of Freedom of Religion and Press. The church has also been significant for five U.S. Presidents, including George Washington, John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Abraham Lincoln and Franklin D. Roos-evelt. The church was restored in 1942 with funds that were raised by a committee chaired by Sara Delano Roosevelt (the mother of FDR). The church ceased to provide services in 1980 when the land and build-ings were transferred from the

Episcopal Diocese of New York to the National Park Ser-vice. The church and grounds were opened as a na-tional historical site and muse-um in 1984. The Church is part of the National Parks Service, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2016.

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the St. Paul’s Church National Historic Site, visit http://www.nps.gov/sapa/index.htm.

Conquering the College Essay with Alan Gelb

For many high school students, one of the biggest hurdles to college or university admission is the College Ad-missions Essay. To be sure, it is a daunting exercise and can make the difference between getting into a first choice of school and having to settle for a lesser choice. How then, to craft a winning essay? Enter college essay ex-pert Alan Gelb, author of Conquering the Col-lege Admissions Essay in 10 Steps. Gelb will be featured at The Larch-mont Public Library on June 9 at 7:00pm.

In this program, he will conduct a workshop on how to approach this daunt-ing assignment, an-swering questions and getting one started on a most important essay.

Alan Gelb is the author of Conquer-ing the College Ad-missions Essay in 10

Steps, which often ranks on Amazon as the #1 best-selling resource on this subject. He has writ-ten about the college ad-missions essay for many different outlets, includ-ing The New York Times website “The Choice.” His work as a college es-say coach has been pro-filed in The Wall Street Journal.

Gelb’s theories about the college admis-sions essay draw upon a long and varied writing career. His novels and nonfiction have been published by G.P. Put-nam’s Sons, E.P. Dutton, Dell, Avon, St. Martin’s Press, and others. He is also a marketing consultant who works with colleges and universities across the coun-try. In addition, he regularly appears as a featured speaker at conferences and events.

Every year, Gelb tutors a limited number of students from around the world on their admissions essays. He and his students engage in a process that is highly collaborative and that allows for students to maintain complete ownership over their work. He remains constantly amazed by the depth of feeling and expres-sion that his students achieve--a feeling shared by all of the nation’s top schools.

How to Cut Your Cable Cord

For decades, cable tele-vision was the best way to get quality shows geared toward

Alan Gelb

specialized audiences. Today, that’s what streaming services do, while cable is more like a lumbering dinosaur, slowly laying waste to both consum-ers’ wallets and their sense of good taste. Cable TV still has some great shows, but you no longer need to pay through the nose to get them — not when you can cut the cord.

On June 16 from 6:30 to 8:30pm, The Larchmont Pub-lic library hosts Lance Pend-leton for a program that will teach you the basics of how to enjoy hundreds of programs, local TV and additional en-tertainment options without having to purchase cable TV from your local provider. Un-derstanding the different op-tions, providers, and costs as-sociated with cutting the cable cord, you will be able to decide if eliminating cable is right for you. This program will also discuss how you can expand your options while keeping cable, but possibly downsizing your entertainment package to save money. There will be a question and answer session at the conclusion of Pendleton’s presentation.

Pendleton is a corporate trainer, business development coach, speaker and consultant to independent contractors in CT, NY and MA. He brings 15 years of experience in cor-porate training and education from a background including three Fortune 500 companies, the most recent being Apple. He specializes in sales and marketing training with a fo-cus on experiential learning. His ability to effectively com-municate across generations

proves an asset while teach-ing current applications of technology and social media. Pendleton’s mission is to pro-vide consistent and compre-hensive training, incorporat-ing a company’s mission with its employees’ needs. With a history in adult education, his comprehensive programs in-tegrate communication skills with real-life situations to help correlate the link between business success and inter-personal relationships. In his personal life, Pendleton’s phil-anthropic work stems from his life experiences. He is an advo-cate and speaker for the Plan-trician Project, a non-profit organization that helps bring whole food, plant-based nutri-tion education to physicians. As a graduate of the Institute of Integrative Nutrition, and Rouxbe Culinary School, he is a board certified holistic health advisor and profession-al plant-based chef.

Why do drugs take so long to get to your Pharmacy?

Why does it take so long for new drugs – many of which might be life saving – to be-come available? Is the process of bringing new drugs to the pharmacy responsible for the

ever-increasing pricing of pre-scription medications?

Join Harald Duell on June 13 at 7:00pm at the Larchmont Public library for a look at some of the reasons behind the high cost of developing new drugs, and for a brief history

Lance Pendleton

of the FDA and reasons for its existence. You’ll learn what an IND is and why it takes three phases of tests and reviews to get a new drug into the phar-macy. Duell will trace the his-tory of a cancer treatment drug (available for a decade now), which began its long journey to become a drug in the early 80s and focus on a new compound for chronic pain that has bare-ly begun the process, and the hopes for it to become a drug by 2021. Duell will discuss the two specific drugs and why it takes 10 to 20 years and end-less millions of dollars to bring them to pharmacy.

In the United States, it takes an average of 12 years for a new drug to travel from the laboratory to your medicine cabinet. That is, if it makes it at all. Only 5 out of 5,000 drugs entering the preclinical testing progress to being tested on hu-mans. On average, only one of these 5 drugs that are tested on people gets approved. The chance for a new drug to ac-tually make it to market winds up at only 1 in 5,000. Needless to say, these are not good odds. The process of drug approval is controlled in most countries by a governmental regulatory agency. In the U.S., the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) governs this process.

Duell, a Larchmont res-ident for the past 16 years, became a father of two (more than 20 years ago) while working in Eu-rope. As a family of four, they had the op-portunity to sample the health care sys-tem in three coun-tries. His interest in biotech and vary-ing pricing models in health care goes back to his father’s first open heart sur-gery in 1969. As a former generalist stockbroker for Eu-ropean stocks, he has covered a fair number of pharma-ceutical companies,

and currently works for a small biotech company.

Duell is an active volun-teer firefighter with the Town of Mamaroneck and enjoys par-ticipating in the local parades.

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