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Frank Cuce Named Citizen of the Year at Local Celebration

BY STEPHEN E. LIPKEN

The 37th “It’s Great to Live in Harrison” Day Celebration/Columbus Day Observance got off to a soggy start with the Harrison Po-lice Department (HPD) Open House held in pouring rain on Saturday, October 11, but that did not dampen the enthusiasm of children of all ages, as they wandered happily around the Harrison Fire Department; Purchase Fire District and West Harrison Fire Department trucks; WHFD fielded a 95-foot Tower Ladder.

HPD welcomed visitors with a tent where they dispensed hot dogs, popcorn, distributed free Frisbees; backpacks; flashlights; D.A.R.E. tee shirts and crime prevention literature.

Police exhibits included an Army sur-plus Humvee. “As most people know, recent events have occurred involving active shooter incidents. This armored vehicle can be used

for mutual aid in Harrison, White Plains and flooding in Rye, which is so close to the wa-ter,” according to Police Officer Kevin Kraus.

Officers Richard Abbate and Rob-ert Carlucci fingerprinted and pho-tographed children for the New York State Safe Child program. HPD Net-work Administrator Hugo Rubio used a battery of laptops to register citizens for emergency notification, www.My-CommunityAlert.net.

That night, Gene DiNapoli warmed the crowd outside of the West Harrison Fire House on a cold evening with songs by Italian-American artists such as Danny and the Juniors; Bobby Darrin; Dion; Louis Prima; Frank Sinatra and Franki Valli, followed by an elaborate fire-works display.

The Sunday, Octo-ber 12 Patrolmen’s Be-nevolent League (PBA) Car Show featured an-tique, customized and exotic vehicles, with many interesting stories behind them. David Marinelli, Jr. kept his 1954 Chevrolet pick-up “in the family.” “It belonged to my father, David Marinelli, Sr. My son David Marinelli III restored it.”

Anthony Suozzo found his “lost love” after 34 years. “My 1960 Austin-Healey orig-inally belonged to my Harrison High School shop teacher. In 1978, we worked on it in

shop class. I wanted to buy it; the

teacher offered to sell it for $300. My parents did not approve but did let me trade my Norton motorcycle for it. I sold it in 1980 and went off to college. Recently I saw the car on e-bay in Denver, CO. The numbers matched, so I knew this was the one.”

Festivities concluded with an elaborate parade on Monday, October 13. A Wells Fargo stagecoach with complete team of horses headed up the parade plus the Harrison High School Marching Band; Dixie Dan-

dies; Iona Pipe Band; Yonkers Military Band; Archbishop Stephanic High School March-

ing Band and Westchester Brassmen along with Magical Movements School of Dance, International School of Gymnastics and New

York Performing Arts Center.Ethnic groups with their colorful cos-

tumes were well represented by I Paesani, an Italian folk dancing group; Japanese Com-munity; Communidad Mexicana (Mexican Community) and Jewish Community Center of Harrison’s “Sukkah Cycle,” ridden by Rabbi Eytan Hammerman. Fire…Drumline, Yonkers, sponsored by Habitat for Humanity did excit-ing dance steps in the street.

Harrison Paint Supply owner Roy Aletti pulled out all the stops, fielding a 1,249 pound pumpkin; his ever-popular Band Organ and newly restored 1924 Model T Fire truck “paint-ed by the BOCES auto body shop.

The Festival at Ma Riis Park following the parade featured entertainment from local dance schools; rides; food; games and many booths including a 50-50 Raffle from Veter-ans of Foreign Wars Post 3047 to raise money for free phone cards for overseas servicemen/women; New Rochelle Humane Society, show-ing live kittens, a puppy and HFD firefighters clad in pink tee shirts, asking citizens to fill a pink boot with contributions to combat breast cancer.

Mayor Ronald Belmont then introduced 2014 Citizen of the Year Frank Cuce, a senior litigation and management consultant spe-cializing in sports and entertainment. “Frank Cuce is involved with the youth of our com-munity and we appreciate the many [All American Games] awards you have brought home to Harrison.”

“When I think about Harrison, all I can say is that I want to raise a family here the way I was raised,” Cuce replied. “What sets Harri-son apart is that it is a giving, caring commu-nity with First Responders, Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts and Senior Center workers—all Citizens of the Year every day.”

Rabbi Hammerman Brings Sukkah to the Residents

Jewish Community of Har-rison (JCCH) Rabbi Eytan Ham-merman announced a new fea-ture for the Sukkot Holiday, the “Sukkah Cycle,” a tricycle with a sukkah in back, reminiscent of the “Hum-phrey Mobile,” a similar vehicle with a dilapidat-ed shack behind it, driv-en by boxer Joe Palooka and comic strip character Humphrey Pennyworth.

The Sukkah Cycle appeared in the “Great to Live in Harrison Day” Parade, on Monday, Octo-ber 13, where JCCH had a booth at Ma Riis Park.

Explaining how he conceived the mobile Sukkah, Rabbi Hammer-man said, “The message of Sukkot is to bring our practices out into the open. It has been our tradition for hundreds of years…and in our modern lives we try to come up with novel and creative ways to observe ancient practices;

hence the merging of two of my passions, appreciating the great outdoors through recreation and bringing age-old Jewish practices

to life in 2014 C.E. “Sukkot brings us back to

our agricultural origins and re-minds us of the fragility of life. It

Jewish Community Center of Harrison Rabbi Eytan Hammerman at his “Sukkah Cycle.”

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New Building Proposed at Town Board Meeting

BY STEPHEN E. LIPKEN

Attorney Frank Mc-Cullough of McCullough, Gold-berger and Staudt, LLP, appeared at the Wednesday, October 15 Harrison Town Board meet-ing, petitioning a Zoning Amendment for 103-105 Corpo-rate Park Drive to be referred to Planning Board for an in-depth review.

“We are re-questing the erec-tion of a six-story multi-family resi-dential building for young professionals and ‘empty nest-ers’ on two current stand-alone, fully developed 1965-70 office build-ings, with utilities already in place. One building is vacant;

the other is almost vacant, both in poor shape.

“The proposed new build-ing will be located partially on each lot. The parking structure

will house approxi-mately 755 cars, hid-den by 421 residen-tial units. Our goal is to revitalize their ap-pearance. Principals for this project will be Normandy Real-ty and Toll Brothers Construction, along with John Sullivan, Sullivan Architecture; BHB and SA Vice President John Fry,” McCullough said.

“If you incor-porate residents and business together, tenants will be able

to walk to work, saving traffic and parking,” Justin Krebs, part-

Normandy Realty Partner Justin Krebs

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For New York State Safe Child (Child ID), left to right: Police Officers Richard Abbate; Robert Carlucci; Lili Miko, 6.

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Left to right: Town Clerk Jackie Greer; Trustee Marlane Amelio; Citi-zen of the Year Frank Cuce; Mayor Ron Belmont.

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

As many of you are aware, the Town Board entered into a cable fran-chise agreement, with Verizon, at a June Town Board meeting. Many residents have been con-tacting my office to fol-low up. Currently, we are

awaiting the necessary approval from the NY State Public Service Commission. I have been in contact with the Commission, urging them to review the agreement in a timely manner. Res-idents may track the status of the petition by visiting http://documents.dps.ny.gov/public/MatterManagement/CaseMaster.aspx?Matter-CaseNo=14-01212. The tracking number and case information can be found on this site.

On Saturday, October 25th the Harrison Public Library held its renovation kickoff in Ma Riis Park, across from Town Hall. It was a plea-sure to speak about the exciting plans for our Library’s transformation. The Harrison Public Library serves as a center for community ac-tivity, supporting cultural programs, art exhib-its and concerts in addition to providing ESL classes, computer instruction and enrichment programs. I am confident that this construction project will give Harrison a state of the art library

that our community will be very proud of for years to come.

I am very happy to announce that Harri-son residents will be safer thanks to a $10,144 grant to the Harrison Fire Department. Awarded by HUB International Northeast and Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company, the grant will fund the purchase of new fire hoses and hand tools to be carried on fire apparatus. As a result, the Department’s ability to provide an effective wa-ter supply to crew members, as they battle fires, will be greatly improved thereby providing a safer environment for fire fighters as well as our community.

On Wednesday, November 10th, from 4 to 5 pm at the West Harrison Library, a team from Digital Arts Experience will be on hand to show patrons how to safely operate a 3D printer, how to load models into the machine and how to create objects. This printing application is the process of making three dimensional solid ob-jects from a digital file. I encourage all interested residents to join the team and the Library staff

for this highly informative program. The Harrison Youth Council, a non-prof-

it organization dedicated to reducing the use of alcohol, tobacco, drugs and other harmful substances, is proud to announce that Sabina Perez, Youth and Family Counselor, was hon-ored as one of the “Ten Powerful and Influen-tial Latinas” at a celebration sponsored by The Bronx Women’s Business Resource Center and the Bronx Hispanic Chamber of Commerce on October 17, 2014. Ms. Perez has been with the Harrison Youth Council for the past 6 years and provides individual, family and group counsel-ing and crises intervention as well as delivers school and community-based programs and pre-sentations. For more information on the Youth Council, please call 835-7500.

Recently, my office has been contacted by Con Ed’s Vice President of Government Rela-tions concerning the reduction of consumer en-ergy costs. The company expects heating bills to be approximately 10 percent lower this winter season and encourages customers to save even more by utilizing energy efficient methods such as setting thermostats to 68 degrees during the

day, 60 degrees at night and cleaning heating systems annually by a qualified contractor.

Please take note of the following sanitation schedule change for November: Town/Village offices will be closed for Election Day, Veteran’s Day, and Thanksgiving Day. During the week of each Holiday, the Sanitation Department will be working on a Holiday Schedule. Week of Nov. 3 (Election Day Holiday): Garbage and recycling normally collected on Tuesday, Nov. 4, will be collected on Wednesday, Nov. 5. There will be no Bulk Trash collected on Wednesday, Nov. 5. Week of Nov. 10 (Veteran’s Day Holiday): Gar-bage and recycling normally collected on Tues-day, Nov. 11, will be collected on Wednesday, Nov. 12. There will be no Bulk Trash collected on Wednesday, Nov. 12. Week of Nov. 17: Sani-tation collection is on a normal schedule during this week. However, please note that this is the only week in November for Bulk Trash pick-up. Week of Nov. 24 (Thanksgiving): Garbage and recycling normally collected on Thursday, Nov. 27, will be collected on Wednesday, Nov. 26. There will be no Bulk Trash collected on Wednesday, Nov. 26.


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is a festive holiday after the solemn Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur holidays… The sukkah was used in harvest periods to enable the farmer to live close to his crop during the most delicate part of the season, the actual harvest. The food is never more vulner-able than during actual harvest time. One way to connect to these times is to decorate our Sukkahs with fruits and vegetables.”

Referring to the lulav, shaken in every direc-tion to signify the omnipresence of G-d, Hammer-man observed, “I think it is great to have a ‘hands on’ holiday after the more introspective Rosh Ha-shanah and Yom Kippur Season.”

In spirit of sharing bountiful harvests, over 250 food packages, collected by the JCCH So-cial Action Committee were donated to the

Harrison Food Pantry, received by Harrison Mayor Ron Belmont and Nina Marriccini.

Assuming the JCCH rabbinate on August 1 after previously serving at Temple Beth Sha-lom, Mahopac, Rabbi Hammerman is a Jewish Theological Seminary graduate where he held the prestigious “Gladstone Fellowship in Entre-preneurial Rabbinic Leadership” and was a Rab-binic Intern at Temple Israel Center.

Before beginning his rabbinic studies, Hammerman served as Director of the Youth Philanthropy Institute in Washington, D.C., an innovative community service and tzedakah (charity) organization for teens.

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Purchase Community House Files New Motion to Dismiss Suit

BY JAMES E. KELLY,

DIRECTOR, PURCHASE COMMUNITY HOUSE

The Purchase Community Inc. (PCI) filed a motion October 16 to dismiss the suit brought by supporters of the Purchase Free Library. It also asked the Court to postpone the special meeting of members until the Court rules on these issues.

The following points are in the memoran-dum:

- Contrary to the Plaintiffs’ allegations, PCI and the Library have maintained an arms-length landlord-tenant relationship. The Li-brary has no “right” of renewal.

- Independent security consultants estab-lished that the Library’s status as a public space permitted any individual to access the Com-munity House, regardless of the security threat those individuals may pose to young children. The Library’s own security consultant also found that the security threats were sufficient to warrant certain changes at the Library.

- After the PCI Board informed its members of this unacceptable security risk to children and the likely need to terminate the Library’s tenancy, the Board noticed and held PCI’s an-nual meeting of members, and the Board was

re-elected. Plaintiff Martha Greenberg was in attendance and voted to re-elect the Directors she is now suing.

“The Board of PCI ended the Library’s lease at The Community House because of seri-ous security concerns that were discussed with the Library over many months. Now a small group of Library supporters wants to overturn that decision and change PCI’s corporate pur-pose to make the Library a permanent tenant. Such steps have no legal basis and would harm the interests of everyone in the Purchase com-munity,” noted Justine Gaeta, President of the PCI Board of Directors.

A hearing before Justice Linda Jamieson was held Tuesday, October 28 and she ordered both parties to find common ground for the wording of the agenda for a Notice of a Special Meeting of the PCH Members in December. The attorneys for each side will confer and the Judge will likely review the proposed wording for the Notice at a hearing in November. A date for the Members meeting has not been set but it is likely to be scheduled for early-mid December.

The Purchase Community, Inc. is a Not-For-Profit corporation supported entirely by user fees and donations, located at 3095 Pur-chase Street, Purchase.

Rye Brook Adoption Agency Hosts Sixth Annual Food-Wine TastingOn October 9th, Forever Families

Through Adoption, Inc. (FFTA), a NY and CT-authorized non-profit adoption place-ment agency and resource center based in Rye Brook, hosted “An Evening at Crawford Park Mansion,” its sixth annual gourmet

food tasting and silent auction event. Gen-erous local sponsors and auction item con-tributors were vital to the evening’s success.

FFTA’s Executive Director, Joy S. Gold-stein, LCSW, ACSW, who co-founded the agency in 2007 with her husband and adop-tion attorney, Michael S. Goldstein, Esq., LCSW, was inspired by the generosity and

dedication of attendees, community vol-unteers and contributors. “These collective efforts greatly enhance our ability to sus-tain and expand our outreach and educa-tion efforts in the community for which FFTA receives no fees,” said Mrs. Goldstein.

Proceeds raised enable FFTA to develop new programming with the continued goal of increasing knowledge and understanding of adoption issues. “Our mission is to increase positive adoption awareness, empower fam-ilies and serve the community and we pride ourselves on offering services and support to those who need it,” she said.

In addition to FFTA staff, members of its Board, and committed volunteers, also lending support to the event was notable guest Maria-Alana Recine, Court Attorney Referee to the Honorable Kathie E. Da-vidson, Supervising Judge of the Family Court/Ninth JD and New York State Senator George Latimer, a local Rye resident who acted as Auctioneer.

During the event the guests watched a

powerful slide show of forever families cre-ated with the help of FFTA and which also documented the number of children wait-ing for permanent homes in the foster care system. The presentation reinforced a sim-ple but important fact — children belong with families — and highlighted the critical fork in the road when states and govern-ment attempt to become substitute parents to these 125,000+ children.


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Hudson Valley Honor Flight for VeteransCounty Executive Robert P. Astorino re-

vealed that Westchester County helped to send 74 Westchester World War II veterans to Washington, D.C., thanks to $5,000 from the County Veterans Service Agency. The money went toward the Hudson Valley Honor Flight (HVHF), a not-for-profi t group that underwrote the one-day trip that left from Westchester County Airport October 18.

“Giving our veterans the opportunity to visit their Washington memorials is the least we can do to thank them for their service to our country,” said Astorino. “Thank you to the Hudson Valley Honor Flight and all those who support this great cause for making the trip pos-sible.”

Several times a year, HVHF organizes a free, one-day trip to and from Washington, D.C., for veterans, mostly from WWII. The organization coordinates all trip details from transportation to meals and tours. The trip this fall was en-joyed by all and a second fl ight will take place in April 2015.

Becky Boone, executive director of HVHF worked closely with Westchester County Air-port and the county’s Veterans Service Agency to coordinate trip logistics.

The veterans including Julius Schultz of West Harrison were escorted by bus from West-chester Community College to Westchester County Airport via a police motorcade to add to the excitement of the day.

“The reception and support in Westches-ter County has been phenomenal,” said Boone. “Hudson Valley Honor Flight is excited about the opportunity to honor more heroes from Westchester and surrounding areas.” In the fu-ture, the Honor Flight Network would like to expand to include Korean War and Vietnam War veterans.

At an October fundraiser at Westchester Broadway Theatre in Elmsford to benefi t the Honor Flight, the Theatre donated $10,000, a portion of all ticket sales from the opening night of the South Pacifi c performance, for the inaugural fl ight. Theatre owners Bob Funking and Bill Stutler received a Proclamation of Mer-

it from the County Executive for their efforts on be-half of the veterans.

Vito Pinto, director of the Westchester County Veterans Service Agency, said it is imperative that oth-er communities and organization throughout West-chester join the cause to allow other veterans the chance to take future trips. “Please, join with us in helping to send the Greatest Generation on the fl ight of a lifetime.”

Astorino awarded each World War II veteran with the Westchester County Certifi cate of Service and Medal. “Thank you to the hundreds of residents, volunteers, donors and sponsors who came out in support of our veterans,” he said at the send- off. “This is such a wonderful initiative to honor the he-roes from our greatest generation and I was extremely proud to be part of it.”

To learn more about HVHF or to inquire about reserving a spot for a future fl ight, contact Becky Boone at (845) 391-0076 or becky@hvhonorfl ight.com.

WBT presents $10,000 check to Honor Flights. L-R CDR Bob Foster, VFW Post 2285; Fred Abatangelo, Hudson Valley Honor Flight; Bob Funking, Owner; Vito Pinto, WC Veterans Agency; Morgan Rappe, Edgemont HS Senior Veterans Club; Frank Kimler, Hudson Valley Honor Flight Executive Board; Bill Skennion, Hudson Valley Honor Flight; Bill Stutler, Owner.


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Tracy Fitzpatrick Appointed Director of the Neuberger Museum of Art

Purchase College President Thomas J. Schwarz has announced that Tracy Fitzpatrick, Chief Curator of the Neuberger Museum of Art of Pur-chase College, will become the Muse-um’s eighth director, effective Novem-ber 1, 2014.

“As a scholar, art historian, and art museum professional, Dr. Fitzpat-rick has a strong commitment to new scholarship, and to maintaining the museum as an unparalleled education-al resource for students, scholars, and members of the public. With her un-common wisdom and boundless en-ergy, she will strengthen and advance the Museum’s reputation as a cultural and intellectual magnet for modern and contemporary art, and build upon a strong tradition of distinguished leadership. We couldn’t be more de-lighted.”

In her new role as director, Dr. Fitzpatrick will be responsible for all Museum decisions and operations, in-cluding collections, acquisitions, and exhibitions; will collaborate closely with the Board of The Friends of the Neuberger Museum of Art and donors to enhance the Museum’s role in the region; and work actively with the Pur-chase College leadership to continue integrating the Museum into the edu-cational experiences of students at the College.

“I am deeply honored and tremendously excited,” she said. “I have long admired the legacy established by Roy R. Neuberger, our founding patron, whose guiding principle was to support living artists by purchasing their works. Mr. Neuberger was one of the twentieth century’s most important collectors of contemporary art and this collection is one of the best of its kind.”

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URI Theatre Student Christopher Morris of Harrison Featured in Production of “Seminar”

In October, University of Rhode Island student Christopher Morris of Harrison, was featured in URI Theatre’s upcoming production of “Seminar.” Morris played the loathsome teacher, “Leon-ard”.

An edgy, contemporary, comedic play written by Pulitzer Prize nominee Teresa Rebeck, “Sem-inar” involves four post-graduate aspiring writers who hire a well-known writing guru to critique their work. They get much more than they bargained for as his powerful persona disrupts their well- being in many unexpected ways.

The University of Rhode Island’s pioneering research extends the University’s infl uence well beyond its coastal borders, while its unique interdisciplinary courses provide its 16,637 undergrad-uate and graduate students with global opportunities in an intimate environment. In May 2014, more than 3,000 undergraduate and about 680 graduate degrees were awarded. The University now has more than 115,000 alumni worldwide.

Left to right: Belamy Brophy-Baermann (Douglas), Laine Wagner (Izzy), Christine O’Connell (Kate), Stephen Peterson (Martin), Christopher X. Morris (Leonard) - Courtesy: URI Theatre/Photo by Randy Osga

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PurcHase, $3,195,000Prestigious Purchase Estates is the setting of this custom designed stone and clapboard Colonial on 1.27 acres. this handsome home features 6 en-suite bedrooms, 4 fireplaces, mahogany library, bonus room, plus finished third floor playroom. Everyday living and lavish entertaining can all happen here.MLS: 4436423, Vickie Cox

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Builders own custom built 6-bedroom brick and stucco Colonial set on

.81 private acres on Forest Lake. MLS: 4435095, Julia Brasesco

Harrison, $849,000

Custom 4-bedroom Colonial with a lovely sun-filled open floor plan, cathedral

ceilings and hardwood floors throughout. MLS: 4433033 Maria Stilo


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Wonderful five bedroom Arts & Crafts influence shingle-style Colonial featuring current technology inside and out. Traditionalists will appreciate the pergola, pool, spaand an outside brick oven. Modernists will savor the state-of-the-art kitchen. Carefullysited on two landscaped acres. Lifetime membership to Windmill Club included.


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Located on Isla Del Sol in Palma Del Mar this two-bedroom, two-bath second floor condo overlooks the 12th green of Isla Del Sol Yacht and Country Club. Extensive renovations in-clude new kitchen with granite counters, new tile throughout the main living areas, new neutral colored carpeting the bed-rooms and updated baths. This unit also has a washer and dryer for your convenience. Pool and parking are convenient. Freshly painted and waiting for your finishing touches…just bring your toothbrush, golf clubs and bathing suit!

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Enjoy a carefree lifestyle in this fully furnished two-bedroom, two-bath condo located on Isla Del Sol. The renovated interior offers a split bedroom plan with the master bedroom located waterside. The kitchen is fully outfitted and has granite count-ers. There is a washer and dryer in the unit for your convenience. The combination living-dining room opens to your screened lanai overlooking the lake. Parking is at your door. Located in St Petersburg, Florida it’s convenient to Tampa International or Sarasota Airport. Minutes to St Pete Beach, Ft De Soto Park, the Dali Museum and Raymond James Stadium.

This condo is offered for sale or rent, seasonally (3 consecutive months minimum) or annually.

Offered for sale at $230,000. Seasonal rental $3000/mo. Annual rent $1350/mo. Owner/Broker

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Interfaith Congregational Laymen’s Committee of Harrison Sponsors Thanksgiving Service

“Created in Freedom – Sharing our Faiths” will be the theme of the 2014 Harrison Com-munity Thanksgiving Service sponsored by the Interfaith Congregational Laymen’s Commit-tee of Harrison to be held on November 20, 2014 at 7:30 p.m. at the Church of St. Anthony of Padua, 85 Harrison Street, West Harrison.

A social hour with refreshments follows the hour-long service comprised of readings, student compositions, music, singing and ben-edictions. The Community is cordially invited to this 51st annual event. Non-perishable food offerings will be accepted for the Harrison Food Pantry.

In addition to the host Church, partici-pating Harrison congregations are All Saints’ Episcopal Church, Congregation Emanu-el of Westchester, Greek Orthodox Church of Our Savior, Jewish Community Center of Harri-son, Memorial Community Church, Purchase Friends and St. Gregory the Great. The ICLC is an interfaith fellowship of lay representatives of these congregations.

For more information call Lola Geiger at 914/939-7066.

Rose Stokoe Wins Scholastic Press Award

Harrison High School senior Rose Stokoe was awarded a prestigious Certificate of Merit by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association in its 31st Annual Gold Circle Awards. Stokoe was cited in the category of General or Humor Com-mentary for news publication for her article #No One Cares in this past year’s Husky Herald.

Stokoe, under the guidance of advisor Gary Glauber, has been writing for the Husky Herald for the past three years. While she has written many articles on a wide-range of topics, she is enjoy-ing the commentary style of writing and hopes to continue contributing to a college newspaper wherever she chooses to attend next fall.

Since 1984, the Columbia Scholastic Press Association has recognized outstanding achieve-ment in both verbal and visual categories for newspapers, magazines, and yearbooks. Digital media categories were added in 2009. This year, the Gold Circle Awards attracted 7,128 entries from newspapers and magazines produced by students at colleges, universities, and secondary schools throughout the United States.

Rose Stokoe (left) and advisor Gary Glauber

Three HHS Seniors Recognized in 2015 National Merit Scholar ProgramHarrison High School senior Catherine

Rocchi has been named a 2015 Semifinalist in the National Merit Scholarship program. She is among 16,000 semifinalists nationwide to be selected as the highest scoring entrants in each state and will be notified in February/March if she is a finalist and possibly Merit Scholarship winner.

In October 2013, over 1.5 million U.S. high school students, who took the Prelimi-nary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualify-ing Test (PSAT/NMSQT) and met other program participation requirements, entered the 2015

competition for National Merit Scholarship Program recognition and scholarships. NSMC uses PSAT/NMSQT Selection Index scores – the sum of critical reading, mathematics, and writing skills scores- to determine 50,000 high

scoring participants who qualify for program recognition.

Nearly two-thirds of those high scorers re-ceived National Merit Scholar Letters of Com-mendation in recognition of their outstanding academic promise. Harrison High School is proud that two of its seniors were acknowl-edged as Commended Students in 2015. Na-tional Merit Commended Students are Mat-thew Rube and Olivia Barbulescu.


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November 2014 Calendar of Events

UPCOMINGThe new location for Brown Bag Cinema is now Harrison Town Hall, 1 Heineman Place screening “Jersey Boys” on November 21 and “The Hun-dred-Foot Journey” on December 19 both at noon. Bring your lunch, beverages (water) provided by the Friends of the Library. Call 948-2092 for questions.

Village of Mamaroneck Arts Council presents Ways of Seeing: Visions of Artists from the Westches-ter Sound Shore Community in ArtsWestchester’s Gallery 9, 31 Mamaroneck Avenue, White Plains through November 8. Call 428-4220 for more in-formation.

The Mamaroneck Public Library, 136 Prospect Av-enue will feature recent paintings by Regina Gelfer in the Warner Gallery through November 30 with an artist’s reception November 8 at 2pm. Other programs include the following: November 5 at 6:30pm – free workshop with host Daniel M. Patti, CFP about The Federal Student Aid Program (RSVP

to 630-5875). November 8 from 11am to noon – World War II/Hell on Earth, Blue Max Memo-rabilia presents Operation Overload: D. Day 6. 6. 1944, lecture with video and display; November 12 at 6:30pm – Embracing Fear: How to overcome self-sabotage and live better; and December 7 from 2 to 4pm – Paws a While to read with CGC/TDI Therapy Dogs. Call 698-1250 for more information.

The Larchmont/Mamaroneck Senior Center Art class has openings and classes held Wednesdays from 1 to 3pm at the Veteran’s Lodge, 1288 Boston Post Road, Mamaroneck open to Larchmont and Mamaroneck resident seniors. For further details, call 834-8840 and ask for Cathy.

The Westchester Sandbox Theatre, 931 East Boston Post Road, Mamaroneck presents the premiere of “Greedy Gracie Shares the Happy” from November 15 through 23, Saturdays at noon and 2pm and Sundays at noon. Visit wstshows.com or call 630-0804 for tickets.

The Rye Historical Society, 1 Purchase Street, Rye will host a John Wayne Film Series at 2:30pm on Novem-ber 9 and December 14. Call 967-7588 for details.

AJC Westchester presents the following: November 13 – Annual Learned Hand Lawyers Award Dinner honoring the Hon. Sam Fredman and Jeremy Tem-kin at the Ritz-Carlton Westchester at 6pm; and November 20 at 7:45am – Annual Westchester/Fair-field Thanksgiving Diversity Breakfast at Manhat-tanville College, Purchase. For more information, call 948-5585 or visit ajc.org/Westchester.

Volunteer drivers are needed by At Home on the Sound, the aging-in-place organization serving older adults in Mamaroneck and Larchmont. The drivers take senior citizens to local appointments, on errands or shopping. For information, call 899-3150 or visit athomeonthesound.org.

A support group for people who are dealing with re-tirement, aging, handling free time, family relation-ships, health and other issues will meet bi-monthly on Mondays from 1 to 2:30pm at the Mamaroneck Town Center, 740 Boston Post Road. Call 834-7174 for details.

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

NOVEMBER 6At 11:30am, the Garden Club of Larchmont will host their annual fundraising luncheon at The Larchmont Shore Club, 1 Oak Bluff Avenue. RSVP to Jeanne Kiernan, 834-1132.

7Learn how you can participate in scientific research happening in your own backyard and help make a positive impact on the environment during People Power: How Citizen Science is Changing the Way Scientists Work, to be presented during the Conser-vation Café from 8:30am to 10:30am at the West-chester County Center in White Plains. To receive free parking at the County Center lot, you must pre-register for the program on November 6 at coc-itizenscience.eventbrite.com or [email protected] or call 234-6992, ext. 22.

9At 11am, Cranberry Lake Preserve, 1609 Old Or-chard Street, North White Plains will hold Volun-teer Day to help with projects around the preserve. Call 428-1005 to ask questions.

10From 4 to 5pm, The Digital Arts Experience, a White Plains based learning center, will bring their mobile classroom to West Harrison Library, 2 Mad-ison Street and participate in a 3D Printing Work-shop. Call 948-2092 for details.

13At 5:30pm, The Business Council of Westches-ter presents Dancing with the Rising Stars at The White Plains Performing Arts Center, 11 City Place, 3rd Floor to support Westchester Coalition for the Hungry and Homeless and The Food Bank for West-chester. Register at westchesterny.org.

15All Saint’s Church, 300 Harrison Avenue, Harrison will hold their annual Angel Fair from 10am to 3pm featuring a fresh wreath sale, raffle, hand-made crafts, thrift shop, baked good and much more. Call 835-4716 to find out more.

16At 1:30pm, the Greenburgh Nature Center, 99 Dro-more Road, Scarsdale will feature a Turkey Scaven-ger Hunt. For more information, visit greenburgh-naturecenter.org or call 723-3470.

From 2 to 5pm, Heartsong will partner with UFC Gym, 25 South Broadway, White Plains hosting a Mixing Up the Arts fundraiser for Heartsong’s cre-ative arts therapy programs. Call Sonika Gupta at 358-5613 for tickets.

19The Pediatric Cancer Foundation will hold a Give Hope Shop Boutique at Willow Ridge Country Club, 123 North Street, Harrison from 10am to 3pm. For more information, call 777-3127.

22At 6pm, ArtsWestchester will host the 2014 Gala: When it all Began, at 900 King Street, Rye Brook hon-oring Robert Weiner of Harrison. RSVP to 428-4220.

At 2pm, the Rye Historical Society and the Friends of Rye Nature Center will co-host the program, ex-ploring Native American and Colonial Life at The Square House Museum, 1 Purchase Street, Rye. RSVP to 967-7588.

30From 10am to 4:30pm, the Greenburgh Nature Center, 99 Dromore Road, Scarsdale presents Trains – Your Ticket to the Great Outdoors display of mod-el trains, sponsored by the Yonkers Model Railroad Club. Call 723-3470 for further information.

DECEMBER5The Hollywood Concert Orchestra will present its winter seasonal favorite, “A Viennese Christmas” at 8pm in the Academic Arts Theatre of Westchester Community College, 75 Grasslands Road, Valhalla. Call 606-6262 for tickets and visit sunywcc.edu/smartarts for details.

21At 3pm, the Westchester Philharmonic presents Winter Pops! at the Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Road, Purchase. Call 682-3707 or visit westchesterphil.org for tickets.

On November 17, At Home on the Sound presents “Ten Things You Probably Never Knew about Broadway but Wish You Did” with Robert Viagas at Russell Hall in the Larchmont Avenue Church, 60 Forest Park Ave-nue. The program begins at 4pm with refreshments at 3:30pm. Visit athomeonthesound.org for details.

Purchase College, SUNY School of Humanities will present “An Evening with Masha Gessen” a free lecture, reading and conversation on November 5 from 4:30 to 6pm in the Recital Hall, Music Building at Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Road, Purchase. A book signing will follow the lecture. For details, call 251-6550.

The Salzburg Marionette Theater will perform “The Toy Box” on November 7 at 8pm in the Academic Arts Theatre of Westchester Community College, 75 Grasslands Road, Valhalla. Call 606-6262 or visit sunywcc.edu/smartarts for tickets and information.

On November 22 from 10am to 3pm, St. John’s Episcopal Church, 4 Fountain Square, Larchmont will host a Christmas Bazaar featuring antiques, jewelry, gently-used toys, bikes, books and more. Call 834-2981 for details.


ner, Normandy Realty noted. “Most office build-ings call for 75% of peak occupancy; if you are an on-site resident it is 100%,” Sullivan added.

“I am tired of certioraris with buildings tak-en off tax rolls,” Mayor Ron Belmont emphasized, before the Board approved the measure. “This will bring more revenue.”

Earlier, Braeden K. Cohen, Compost/Sus-tainability Specialist and Educator, Greenburgh Nature Center, Scarsdale, explained the Love ‘Em and Leave ‘Em (LELE) program, (www.lele.org), en-couraging residents to bag and mulch leaves, rather than leaving them out in the street, causing traffic hazards and clogging drains, leading to flooding.

“Mulching leaves enriches the soil, helping it absorb water and saves cost of bagging leaves.

Lawn mowers can be retrofitted with mulch-ing blades and homes with dense canopies have 20% higher property values.

“There will be free leaf mulching workshops for homeowners and landscapers at Chase Park, Scarsdale on Saturday, November 15; rain date, Sat-urday, November 22; Sunday November 16, rain date Sunday, November 23, both at 3:00 p.m.,” Cohen stated.

Trustee Marlane Amelio requested dona-tions of “gently used clothing and food items” to Harrison Community Services, run this year by Coco Lefkowitz, Tabitha Marraccini and Christine De Russo. Their location at 1 Heine-man Place is the first on the left, opposite the Mayor’s Office.

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Debate Team Off to a Stellar Start This Season

The Harrison High School Debate team is off to an excellent start with strong showings at the Greenhill School’s national championship tournament in Texas and at the Yale University Championship event on September 19, 2014. Two of Harrison’s debaters, senior Amy Geller and junior Kathryn Kenny, received their first bid or half of the qualifications toward the na-tional Tournament of Champions, the most prestigious debate event in the country. This event was won last year by Harrison High School’s Danny DeBois.

Greenhill featured 104 Varsity Lin-coln-Douglas debaters from around the coun-try. The tournament only allows a maximum of three entries preschool and all competitors were top-level national circuit talent. Senior Amy Geller reached the octofinal (top 16), re-ceiving her first bid to the TOC.

“She defeated several of the most accom-plished debaters in the country and received perfect speaker points in her final preliminary round,” said HHS Debate Team advisor Chetan Hertzig. “Amy’s achievement is the first of many to come this year!”

Also competing at Greenhill were Harrison High School juniors Sarah Ryan, who had an excellent 4-2 record in preliminary rounds and narrowly missed reaching elimination rounds based on speaker points, and junior Elyssa Al-fieri, who had a highly respectable 3-3 record against stiff competition.

Junior Kathryn Kenny reached the quarter-final (top 8) at the Yale University tournament and secured her first bid to the TOC. Among the 164 varsity debaters, junior Ella Eisinger reached the octofinal (top 16) after winning her triple and double octofinals rounds.

In the JV division that contained 100 de-baters from across the country, sophomore Sammi O’Reilly reached the semifinal (top 4) and was named the JV tournament’s top speak-er. Sophomores Madeline Rawson and Adam Eljamal, along with Amr El-Azizi, reached the double-octofinal (top 32) round and Adam was named the tournament’s 4th speaker. Junior Evan Burger and sophomores Matt Zinman, Raffi Piliero, and Jack Wilson also had respect-able showings in this difficult field.

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New for 2014 are the Onion Goggles. It’s now possible to chop, mince, dice or slice on-ions without the tears! And that’s nothing to sneeze at. The goggles feature anti-fog lenses and maximum clarity for a pleasure filled ex-perience that used to bring tears to your eyes. They are available on the web at http://www.chefscatalog.com/product/25483-onion-gog-gles.aspx

The book, Grilling for Dummies, available at www.Amazon.com ($16.14), has changed my life. Previously, cooking something on the grill gave me a major anxiety attack, as there is a very fine line between raw and burned. But this book explained how to grill almost everything perfectly, every time, without the stress. And you can get the Grill Alert Talking Remote Thermometer, for $69.99 from Brook-stone’s catalog which will alert you when the food on the grill reaches the proper tempera-

The Kitchen & Bath Insider© – 13th Annual Gift GuideBY PAUL BOOKBINDER, M.I.D., C.R.

I hope that you already got your flu shots this year, but even the latest vaccine won’t protect you from the virulent strain of the holiday virus known as “Catalog Fe-ver”. (Also referred to by its’ street names, “I Have to Have That, Flu”, and, for Steven King fans, “Captain Trips to the Internet”). This year I’ve decided to give some of the follow-ing items as gifts, rather than keeping them all for myself. So here we go, with some new gift ideas and some old favorites that are still available.

Some of these things are soooo clever, they are almost impossible to resist. Take the Apple Peeler & Corer, only $29.49 from Williams Sonoma. Reminiscent of the Honey-mooners’ Chef of the Future, in one easy mo-tion “it can core ‘A’ apple” and peel it too!” (And, rumor has it you can also use it for po-tatoes). If you don’t already get the catalog,

ture.If you’re looking to save money (and left-

overs) consider the Food Saver Vacuum Sealer available from Kohl’s. You can buy in bulk, then divide and freeze, or prepare extra meals and freeze them. At our house, we call it the “food sucker” but it’s really an “air sucker”; extending the life of frozen foods from weeks to months. It takes a couple of tries to learn how to use it, but at $149.99 (on sale), it’s cheap at half the price!

The Deluxe Ring Pull Can and Jar Open-er, previously called the “Can Claw” (not Craw, for Get Smart aficionados) is worth its’ weight in gold (at $1,200 an ounce!). It can open those hard to pull off aluminum lids on various cans and open jars effortlessly. Only $3.99 online at http://www.organizeit.com/ring-pull-can-and-jar-opener.asp

While you’re shopping, don’t miss out on the Simmermat from Bed Bath & Beyond. At $16.99, this product is a lifesaver. Forget about soups boiling over, and no more burned spaghetti sauce. This cleverly designed gadget lifts the bottom of your pan just above the heat, preventing the direct contact that cre-ates overheating. The Simmermat, and many other fascinating items are available from their catalog or visit one of their stores.

Are you cursed with a small space be-tween two base cabinets? You can purchase the slim Rolling Storage and Laundry Cart from ImprovementsCatalog.Com. This inge-nious space filler is at home in the kitchen as well as the laundry room. It has three shelves,

and rolls out for easy access. At only $34.99 it’s a bargain. Available through their catalog or on the Internet at www.improvementscat-alog.com/.

I’ve ordered so many great things, I thought I’d have no money left, and would have to give Can Claws to Liz and the kids this year. However, after consulting with my CPA, by sharing all this research with my readers, these expenses appear to be deductible! But, until they come out with a true vaccine for Catalog Fever (instead of a tax loophole), I suppose that we’ll continue to suffer through the catalog season year after year.

I could go on and on, but I hear the mail-man at the door, and if I guess right, he’s put-ting another 5 or 6 catalogs in my mailbox at this very moment. Before I go to check the mail, I’d like to take this opportunity to wish all of you a very Happy Thanksgiving!

Paul Bookbinder, M.I.D., C.R., is pres-ident of DreamWork Kitchens, Inc. located in Mamaroneck, New York. A Master of De-sign (Pratt Institute), and E.P.A. Certified Remodeler, he serves on the Advisory Panel of Remodeling Magazine.

A member of the National Kitchen & Bath As-soc., he is also a contributor to Do It Yourself magazine. He can be reached for questions at 914-777-0437 or www.dreamworkkitchens.com.

Actor Steve Shirripa Debuts Tomato Sauce Line at DeCicco & Sons

Many know Steve Shirripa for his role as Bobby Bacala in the hit TV series The So-pranos, and on his own cooking show Steve Shirripa’s Hungry. So it was only natural that Shirripa’s passion for “a great tasting Italian sauce” motivated him to launch his own line - Uncle Steve’s - and bring it to market. One being DeCicco & Sons Market, where the fun-loving celebrity visited DeCicco & Sons and talked about his new sauces.

Joseph DeCicco, Sr., one of the owners of DeCicco & Sons explained, “Uncle Steve’s Sauce fits in beautifully within our ‘Quality First’ mission. It has a home-cooked quality with the fresh taste of organic Italian grown tomatoes, basil and vegetables, and infused with organic spices.” DeCicco continued, ”The sauce has a lot of character… just like Steve himself!”

DeCicco & Sons have stores in Pelham, Harrison, Ardsley, Armonk and Brewster. To learn more about Uncle Steve’s Italian Specialties and DeCicco & Sons, visit DECICCOANDSONS.COM.

Left to right: Steve Shirripa, Diane DeCicco, and Joe DeCicco, Sr.

Teens Visit the Met Museum with Clay Art CenterPort Chester Teens visited The

Metropolitan Museum of Art Muse-um this October as part of Clay Art Center’s “Around the World in Clay” program. During this year-long free after school program funded by the Common Sense Fund, Port Chester teens explore the transformational qualities of clay. While creating cul-turally relevant art works teens meet professional ceramic artists, tour ce-ramic art exhibits, and visit Clay Art Center’s artist studios. During the program teens also have the oppor-tunity to travel to in NYC to explore the incredible Met collections and find inspiration from the relevant historical artworks.

During their recent trip to the Met, teens visited the Greek and Roman collections, seeing ar-chitecture, statuary and mosaics. With the help of Clay Art Center teaching artists, teens sketched portrait busts and studied the many ways ancient Greek artists represented the figure. After visiting the museum teens will use their inspiration to craft their own self-portraits in clay during class.


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court to appoint a guardian even though the per-son in question has capacity but is willing to allow appointment of a guardian.

In order to have the court appoint a guardian for someone else, you would need to show, by clear and convincing evidence, that the person you are seeking guardianship for (1) is unable to provide for his or her own personal needs and/or proper-ty management and (2) cannot adequately under-stand and appreciate the nature and consequences of such inability. This determination is primarily based on the person’s functional level and function-al limitations.

A power of attorney, on the other hand, does not involve courts at all. Signing a power of attor-ney is a voluntary act undertaken by an individual with capacity who understands the purpose and effect of his or her signature. As you can see, that is likely not possible for most people for whom a guardian could be appointed.

So the question is usually not which approach would be “better” — it is which approach is possi-ble. If the individual is not able to sign a power of

Which is Better: Guardianship or Power of Attorney?BY BERNARD A. KROOKS, CERTIFIED ELDER LAW ATTORNEY

Here’s a question we get asked a lot: “which is better for me to get for my mother — a guardian-ship or a power of attorney?”

The question itself is misleading, and our an-swer almost never satisfies. The problem is simple: if your aging parent needs someone to make deci-sions (medical, financial or otherwise) for him or her, you almost never have a choice about whether to pursue getting a signed document (like a power of attorney) or a court order (like a guardianship). Why not? Because if your parent is able to sign a power of attorney, he or she is probably not a can-didate for a guardianship. Conversely, if you could get a guardianship order, your parent probably doesn’t have the legal capacity to sign a power of attorney.

A “guardianship” is a court proceeding in which one person is given decision-making au-thority over another person’s personal and finan-cial matters. New York even has a procedure for a “consent” guardianship, which would allow the

attorney, we usually add our own question to the mix: is getting a guardian appointed the best way to handle the problems that have arisen — is it even necessary to pursue guardianship?

Now pose the question differently. You are an adult with full legal capacity, thinking about your future. You are worried about having some-one available and able to take over your personal (health care) and financial decisions if you should become unable to do so yourself. Is it better for you to sign a power of attorney, or should you simply rely on the legal system to establish a guardianship when the time comes for you?

The answer to THAT question is easy, at least in the vast majority of cases. The cost, difficulty, and invasion of your personal dignity involved in a guardianship almost always makes it better for you to sign a power of attorney now, while you can make your own choice. Who should NOT sign a power of attorney? Really only people who have no one trustworthy enough to take responsibility (and there are people in that unfortunate situation — too many people, in our experience) should make a conscious decision to NOT sign a power of attorney.

Notice that we have not distinguished here be-tween health care decisions and financial decisions. That’s because the same values and decisions apply to both. However, in New York, at least, there is one important difference between the two decisions: your next of kin might have the authority to make some health care decisions for you even though you have not signed a health care proxy (and no court proceedings have been initiated). However, family members — even spouses — do NOT have

any authority to handle your finances without a power of attorney.

Which is better? If you are in a position to plan for yourself, it is almost always a good idea to choose an agent (you can choose different finan-cial and health care agents, if you’d like) and sign powers of attorney. Do it now — don’t wait until you actually “need” the documents, because that will almost certainly be too late. Don’t rely on your belief that everyone knows what you want — that carries no weight in the legal system, unless it has been reduced to writing.

If you’re facing the problem from the adult child’s perspective, we’re sorry to say that it’s almost never relevant to tell you which approach is “bet-ter.” Usually it is a question of which is available. We can help, but it is likely to be more expensive and difficult if your relative didn’t get around to signing a power of attorney.

Bernard A. Krooks, Esq., is a founding partner of Littman Kro-oks LLP and has been honored as one of the “Best Lawyers” in Amer-ica for each of the last seven years. He is past President of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA) and past President of the New York Chapter of NAELA. Mr. Krooks has also served as chair of

the Elder Law Section of the New York State Bar Associa-tion. He has been selected as a “New York Super Lawyer” since 2006. Mr. Krooks may be reached at (914) 684-2100 or by visiting the firm’s website at www.elderlawn-ewyork.com.


Wendy AlperLicensed Real Estate Salesperson 49 Purchase Street, Rye, NY 10580

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Purchase, $5,600,000 Expect the unexpected. This spectacular 6-bedroom 7.2 bath property, set on 2.96 lush acres in an exclusive Purchase enclave, redefines the term “renovation.” The former carriage house has been transformed into a sexy, sophisticated retreat, exquisitely customized throughout with the finest materials and imaginative detailing. Entertain in glamorously appointed formal rooms; kick back in the Hollywood-worthy media room; relax in the seductive master suite; and savor summer days and evenings in the breathtakingly beautiful pool house. Brilliantly designed, superbly executed, this remarkable home resets the bar for luxurious living. MLS: 4437847

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Purchase, $2,200,000 Just move in and unpack in this wonderful 6 bedroom spacious Colonial. Located in the heart of Purchase on 1 acre this home has everything today’s buyers are looking for. MLS: 4414056

Purchase, $1,550,000 A wonderful home within the private gated community Morningside! Beautifully situated on lush .59 private acres. This house has been renovated and is ready for easy living! MLS: 4434159

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