April 10, 2015 | Vol. 3, Number 14 | www.mamaroneckreview.com Mamaroneck REVIEW T HE up of entirely Democrats, agreed to table the vote until next week. “Having to subpoena the ad- ministration for information that should’ve been readily shared is a sad day in the history of West- chester County,” Parker said. The planned legal tactic comes after Ned McCormack, spokesman for the county exec- utive, backtracked on an earlier promise Deputy County Execu- tive Kevin Plunkett, a Repub- lican, made to legislators that the consultant report would be discussed during the April 15 parks committee meeting. County Legislator Peter Har- ckham, a North Salem Democrat wasn’t complying with the site plan that he was previ- ously approved for, he would abstain from voting on his appointment. “It would be problematic to sit on the Planning Board and pass site plans on appli- cants and expect them to abide by those site plans when one of your own members has not abided by their site plans,” Po- tok said. “As soon as this issue is resolved, I’ll be prepared to turn the vote from abstaining to voting in his favor.” Joined by trustees Ilissa Miller and David Finch, both Democrats, there were three abstaining votes for Verni’s appointment to the Planning Board, leading to a stalemate for securing a new member. However, Verni said he amended the site plan with considerations from the MTA and the village and the issues have been resolved. He added that the site plan was before the Planning Board again and approved by the board chair- man on March 6. While still an interim member, Verni said he’s now able to join the board for their meeting on April 8, after press time. As for the zoning board, Rosenblum nominated Jim Bilotta to replace a member who is also in holding. Bi- lotta, if approved, would have replaced David Neufeld, who was actually appointed to the zoning board by the mayor, to fill a vacany. But Bilotta’s appointment was also shot down by Miller Business owners oppose extended meter hours By ALINA SURIEL Staff Writer Trustees in the Village of Mamaroneck are working with local businesses to try to iron out installation details and make multi-space parking me- ters on Mamaroneck Avenue a reality. Members of the Mama- roneck Chamber of Com- merce were even invited to sit in at a village board work ses- sion discussing the impend- ing installation of multi-space parking meters. To date, the biggest objection from local business owners in the Chamber was in response to a recommendation to extend the hours of the meters until 8 p.m., two hours later than the current hours of until 6 p.m. In a report commissioned by the village, Walker Parking Consultants suggested that ex- tending the hours would make sense because Mamaroneck Avenue is busy well into the evening and the extra hours of enforcement are also thought to further discourage local employees from using street parking for prolonged periods. There are several bars and res- taurants that line the thorough- fare, which remain open long past 6 p.m. on a daily basis. The installation of multi- space meters and possible enforcement reforms were recommended by Walker in a study meant to research so- lutions for a perceived lack of parking resources in the business district. and with the implementation of new multi- space parking meters, several other changes are being pro- posed including an increase in hourly parking rates on Ma- maroneck Avenue and a limit to allowable parking time. On Oct. 27, 2014, the Board of Trustees awarded a bid to Cale America of Tampa, Fla., to install 28 electronic meters along Mamaroneck Avenue for a total cost of $226,100. The meters will take both credit cards and coins, and will work on a pay-by-plate model which will enable users to uti- lize any one of the machines along the avenue. Robin Campbell, a 28-year resident of the village and owner of a local event planning company, attended the recent METER continued on page 9 PLAYLAND continued on page 9 Follow us on Twitter @mamaroneckview Like us on facebook.com/mamaroneckreview APPOINTMENTS continued on page 8 Appointments shot down By JACKSON CHEN Staff Writer Some of the Village of Ma- maroneck’s volunteer boards are in a state of disarray as a result of elected officials butt- ing their partisan heads. During the March 23 Board of Trustees meeting, Republi- can Mayor Norman Rosenblum attempted to nominate two resi- dents for seats, which are cur- rently filled by temporary mem- bers, on the Planning Board and the Zoning Board of Appeals. Currently, John Verni fills in as an interim member of the Planning Board since his ap- pointment by Rosenblum in December 2014. But Verni, a partner in a Mamaroneck-based real estate development company, has re- cused himself from board meet- ings in their entirety as one of his properties had open issues with a site plan that was ap- proved by a previous Planning Board. Verni said that the Metro- politan Transportation Au- thority, MTA, wanted to close down a pedestrian tunnel that commuters frequently use to access the Mamaroneck Met- ro-North station’s parking lot. The tunnel was in close prox- imity to a property owned by Verni’s company, Verco Prop- erties LLC, leading to issues with the compliance of the building’s site plans. Nonetheless, Rosenblum decided to nominate Verni on March 23 to a full term until 2019 on the Planning Board. Trustee Leon Potok, a Dem- ocrat, said that since Verni Dems ready Playland subpoenas By CHRIS EBERHART Staff Writer On April 8, Democratic Westchester County legisla- tors were ready to subpoena the county executive’s office for a $100,000 Playland con- sultant report. But after some discussion during a Parks, Housing, Labor and Planning Committee meet- ing, cooler heads prevailed and the administration was given one more week to provide the long-awaited document. On April 8, Westchester County Legislator Catherine Parker, a Rye Democrat, put forth a motion to issue a sub- poena to the administration of County Executive Rob As- torino, a Republican. The mo- tion was seconded by Legisla- tor Mike Kaplowitz, a York- town Democrat who chairs the Westchester County Board of Legislators. But after some debate, the parks committee members in attendance, which were made Members of the Westchester County Board of Legislators gave the county executive an April 15 deadline to deliver the $100,000 Playland consultant report, otherwise they will move forward with issuing subpoenas. Photo/Andrew Dapolite
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up of entirely Democrats, agreed to table the vote until next week.
“Having to subpoena the ad-ministration for information that should’ve been readily shared is a sad day in the history of West-chester County,” Parker said.
The planned legal tactic comes after Ned McCormack, spokesman for the county exec-utive, backtracked on an earlier promise Deputy County Execu-tive Kevin Plunkett, a Repub-lican, made to legislators that
the consultant report would be discussed during the April 15 parks committee meeting.
County Legislator Peter Har- ckham, a North Salem Democrat
wasn’t complying with the site plan that he was previ-ously approved for, he would abstain from voting on his appointment.
“It would be problematic to sit on the Planning Board and pass site plans on appli-cants and expect them to abide by those site plans when one of your own members has not abided by their site plans,” Po-tok said. “As soon as this issue is resolved, I’ll be prepared to turn the vote from abstaining to voting in his favor.”
Joined by trustees Ilissa Miller and David Finch, both Democrats, there were three abstaining votes for Verni’s appointment to the Planning Board, leading to a stalemate for securing a new member.
However, Verni said he amended the site plan with considerations from the MTA and the village and the issues have been resolved. He added that the site plan was before the Planning Board again and approved by the board chair-man on March 6. While still an interim member, Verni said he’s now able to join the board for their meeting on April 8, after press time.
As for the zoning board, Rosenblum nominated Jim Bilotta to replace a member who is also in holding. Bi-lotta, if approved, would have replaced David Neufeld, who was actually appointed to the zoning board by the mayor, to fill a vacany.
But Bilotta’s appointment was also shot down by Miller
Business owners oppose extended meter hoursBy AlinA Suriel
Staff Writer
Trustees in the Village of Mamaroneck are working with local businesses to try to iron out installation details and make multi-space parking me-ters on Mamaroneck Avenue a reality.
Members of the Mama-roneck Chamber of Com-merce were even invited to sit in at a village board work ses-sion discussing the impend-ing installation of multi-space parking meters.
To date, the biggest objection
from local business owners in the Chamber was in response to a recommendation to extend the hours of the meters until 8 p.m., two hours later than the current hours of until 6 p.m. In a report commissioned by the village, Walker Parking Consultants suggested that ex-tending the hours would make sense because Mamaroneck Avenue is busy well into the evening and the extra hours of enforcement are also thought to further discourage local employees from using street parking for prolonged periods. There are several bars and res-
taurants that line the thorough-fare, which remain open long past 6 p.m. on a daily basis.
The installation of multi-space meters and possible enforcement reforms were recommended by Walker in a study meant to research so-lutions for a perceived lack of parking resources in the business district. and with the implementation of new multi-space parking meters, several other changes are being pro-posed including an increase in hourly parking rates on Ma-maroneck Avenue and a limit to allowable parking time.
On Oct. 27, 2014, the Board of Trustees awarded a bid to Cale America of Tampa, Fla., to install 28 electronic meters along Mamaroneck Avenue for a total cost of $226,100. The meters will take both credit cards and coins, and will work on a pay-by-plate model which will enable users to uti-lize any one of the machines along the avenue.
Robin Campbell, a 28-year resident of the village and owner of a local event planning company, attended the recent
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Appointments shot down By jAckSOn chen
Staff Writer
Some of the Village of Ma-maroneck’s volunteer boards are in a state of disarray as a result of elected officials butt-ing their partisan heads.
During the March 23 Board of Trustees meeting, Republi-can Mayor Norman Rosenblum attempted to nominate two resi-dents for seats, which are cur-rently filled by temporary mem-bers, on the Planning Board and the Zoning Board of Appeals.
Currently, John Verni fills in as an interim member of the Planning Board since his ap-pointment by Rosenblum in December 2014.
But Verni, a partner in a Mamaroneck-based real estate development company, has re-cused himself from board meet-ings in their entirety as one of his properties had open issues with a site plan that was ap-proved by a previous Planning Board.
Verni said that the Metro-politan Transportation Au-thority, MTA, wanted to close down a pedestrian tunnel that commuters frequently use to access the Mamaroneck Met-ro-North station’s parking lot. The tunnel was in close prox-imity to a property owned by Verni’s company, Verco Prop-erties LLC, leading to issues with the compliance of the building’s site plans.
Nonetheless, Rosenblum decided to nominate Verni on March 23 to a full term until 2019 on the Planning Board.
Trustee Leon Potok, a Dem-ocrat, said that since Verni
Dems ready Playland subpoenasBy chriS eBerhArt
Staff Writer
On April 8, Democratic Westchester County legisla-tors were ready to subpoena the county executive’s office for a $100,000 Playland con-sultant report.
But after some discussion during a Parks, Housing, Labor and Planning Committee meet-ing, cooler heads prevailed and the administration was given one more week to provide the long-awaited document.
On April 8, Westchester County Legislator Catherine Parker, a Rye Democrat, put forth a motion to issue a sub-poena to the administration of County Executive Rob As-torino, a Republican. The mo-tion was seconded by Legisla-tor Mike Kaplowitz, a York-town Democrat who chairs the Westchester County Board of Legislators.
But after some debate, the parks committee members in attendance, which were made
Members of the Westchester County Board of Legislators gave the county executive an April 15 deadline to deliver the $100,000 Playland consultant report, otherwise they will move forward with issuing subpoenas. Photo/Andrew Dapolite
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State passes $200M water grant program
By jAckSOn chenStaff Writer
As part of the 2015-2016 budget, New York State an-nounced a $200 million grant program designed to help communities fund their water quality infrastructure projects.
Once the budget was ap-proved on April 1, State As-sembly Speaker Carl Heastie, a Bronx Democrat, introduced the New York State Infrastruc-ture Improvement Act of 2015. The $200 million program was created to help municipali-ties fund any capital projects aimed at improving drinking water or better handling waste water. Communities would be awarded grants from the state that top out at $5 million, but are expected to provide their own 40 percent local match.
Heastie said the grant pro-gram, combined with other loan services, would help in-centivize local governments to make movement on much-needed water quality projects.
The program, which origi-nated in the New York State Assembly, was pushed through by state assemblymen John McDonald, a Cohoes Demo-crat, and Steve Otis, a Rye Democrat. McDonald, who served as former mayor of Co-hoes for 13 years, said most residents speak of their mayors maintaining paved roads well, but that the reality was that un-derground pipelines and sewer systems would cause taxpayers a tremendous amount of mon-ey if left unchecked.
According to Otis, many
municipalities have a long list of water infrastructure proj-ects that they’re already look-ing into or designing for the future. However, the current problem is that most com-munities can only tackle an expensive infrastructure proj-ect by either squeezing it into their capital budget or apply-ing for loans, Otis said.
McDonald added that many local governments have infra-structure projects they want to do or are under a consent order by the New York State Depart-ment of Conservation to do, but the lack of funding makes it difficult for a municipal-ity to make the first step. Mc-Donald said that local govern-ments have other challenges with their budget like pension, health insurance and person-nel costs that make it hard to fit in an expensive project.
In the recent past, there haven’t been any specifically designed programs that re-duce costs of big water infra-structure programs, accord-ing to Otis. The assemblyman added that the only other way that communities were able to lessen the financial burden was to grab loans through the Environmental Facilities Cor-poration, a state-run environ-mental assistance company.
“These are expensive proj-ects for which municipalities are struggling to find ways to afford within their budgets,” said Otis, who also served as Rye City mayor for 12 years before taking state office. “We know every municipal-ity in the state is dealing with
an aged water infrastructure that needs to be repaired or upgraded. Many communi-ties, including communities in Westchester [County], are un-der different kinds of enforce-ment orders or impending en-forcement actions.”
In a 2012 study that moni-tored the amount of water going through the county’s sewer infrastructure, five out of the 11 tested municipali-ties had surpassed their daily limit of acceptable flowing sewage water for at least half the days over a two-year pe-riod. The remaining six also exceeded the limit set by the county, but on a less frequent basis. The excessive overflow of water through the sewer pipes tend to lead to over-worked waste water treatment plants and a faster rate of pipe degradation. Overflows in both the treatment plants and pipes that lead to them end up leaking unfiltered waste water into bodies of water across the county.
However, Otis said it’s not a problem that just the county is facing. Other municipali-ties in the state also need to repair infrastructure—like underground pipes or storm drains—to keep water clean, he added.
“Both John McDonald and I tried to focus this project on a need that municipalities have been crying out for,” Otis said, adding that local governments have been asking for infra-structure help for many years.
New York State introduced a $200 million grant program that will help municipalities reduce costs of their expensive water infrastructure projects that would ultimately improve water quality throughout the state. File photo
In the March 20 article “Medical offices lease Mamaroneck Ave. space,” it stated that Open Door filmed an informative commercial that explained what a school-based health center within Mama-roneck Avenue School was. LMC-TV filmed, created and produced the informative video.
Correcting the record
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What’s going on...cal context in order to explain why that month proved to be the single most pivotal month of the band’s existence. Krerowicz’ first Beatles book, “The Beatles & The Avant-Garde,” was published in late 2014 and will be available for sale following the program. For more infor-mation and to sign up, call the reference desk at 630-5888.
Art lecture
Larchmont Public Library Chair Yoga is a terrific way to maintain fit-ness of your body and mind through very low-impact exercises. Madonia received her yoga certification in 2009 from the Synergy Center for Yoga and the Healing Arts in Miami, Fla., and has taught locally at the Community Center on City Island and at Locust Point Community Center in the Bronx.
Earth Day craftsCome be green with us and create with our
leftover craft materials. Registration is not re-quired but a parent or caregiver must attend. Program designed for children ages 2 to 4 on Wednesday, April 22 at 11 a.m.
omitable spirit. Rated PG-13, 137 min.
Musical celebration Chase those winter blues away and dance into
spring time with some exciting classical music on Saturday, April 25 at 11 a.m. Join Larchmont musician Debra Whitman in celebrating the beautiful music of composer Antonio Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons.” Fun musical instruments will also be available.
Mamaroneck Public Library“February 1964: The Beatles
Conquer America”Join us for an exciting, free multimedia pre-
sentation on April 25 at 11 a.m., in the commu-nity room. Author Aaron Krerowicz places the Beatles’ first U.S. visit in musical and histori-
be joined by another well-known lifelong resi-dent of the Village of Mamaroneck, Joe Ger-mano. The meeting will be held on April 21 from 7:45 a.m., to 9 a.m. at the Nautilus Diner, located at 1240 W. Boston Post Road in Mama-roneck. $8 for breakfast.
Sheldrake Environmental CenterCompost bin and workshop
On Saturday, April 18, from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., Sheldrake Environmental Center will be hosting a compost bin sale and work-shop. The cost of the Earth Machine compost bin is $85, which includes the cost of the workshop. Not ready to purchase a bin yet? Come just for the workshop, only $25.
Earth Day clean-up
Celebrate Earth Day with the whole family by participating in a community effort to clean up trash at the Larchmont Reservoir Conser-vancy. On Saturday, April 18, our clean-up ef-forts will begin at 10 a.m. and last until noon.
Backpack Babies Feeling cooped up indoors? If you are a mom
or dad, bring your child ages 6 to 23 months to enjoy a nature walk around the beautiful Larch-mont Reservoir Conservancy. Walks are led by our very knowledgeable Executive Director Mary Ellen. Sessions are $68 for members and $75 for non-members.
Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Session 1: April 22, April 29, May 6Session 2: May 13, May 20, May 27 Sheldrake Environmental Center is a non-
profit organization whose mission is to inspire environmental awareness and action in the com-munity, and to preserve, protect and enhance lo-cal environmental resources. The center is lo-cated at 685 Weaver St., in Larchmont. More information on Sheldrake and its programs can be obtained by visiting sheldrakecenter.org, or by contacting Amy at 834-1443 or by email at [email protected].
Book reading On Sunday, April 12 at 3 p.m., Wesleyan Uni-
versity President Michael S. Roth, reads from his new book, “Beyond the University: Why Liberal Education Matters,” focusing on impor-tant moments and seminal thinkers in America’s long-running argument over vocational vs. lib-eral education. The reading is free and all are welcome. Refreshments will be available begin-ning at 2:30 p.m. The program is sponsored by The Friends of the Larchmont Public Library.
Chair yogaOn Tuesdays starting April 21 through May
26 join Certified Yoga Instructor Vincenza Ma-donia for four sessions of chair yoga. Chair yoga consists of arm, leg and head movements as well as twisting your torso, all done while seated in a chair. There are also standing move-ments that use a chair for support. These ses-sions include learning breathing exercises that are incorporated into each yoga position.
Acclaimed art educator and historian Su-zanne Altman will present three unique lectures on “Great Museums of New York” at the Mama-roneck library on select Sundays in April and May. The first lecture entitled, “Must See Treasures of the Metropolitan Museum of Art” is on Sun-day, April 12, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the com-munity room on the lower level of the library. The one-hour multi-media presentation will be followed by a question and answer period and light refreshments. Hearing-assistance devices are available on a first-come, first-served ba-sis. Contact the reference desk of the library for further information on the Museum Pass Program at 698-1250. Registration is not re-quired. Hosted by The Friends of Mamaroneck Library.
The Friends of the Mamaroneck Library is a nonprofit organization providing extra support for the library, which also funds the library’s free museum pass program. The Friends is sponsoring this lecture series to bring attention to this great opportunity for local residents. Us-ing your Mamaroneck library card, patrons can obtain free passes to many great museums.
Free driving permit practice test
Afraid you will not pass the New York State Permit Test on your first try? There is no better way to get prepared than taking a free sample New York Permit Practice Test online. You will be surprised how close it is to the real exam and while practicing, you will polish your knowl-edge of basic road rules and traffic signs in New York. You’ll be asked to answer 40 questions with four response options to select from. Isn’t that the perfect way to study? Need to practice more? No problem. Just re-take this New York DMV Permit Practice Test as many times as you feel necessary. It is absolutely free of charge and the questions are randomized each time, to secure your knowledge. For more information, visit mmrpl.driving-tests.org.
Larchmont-Mamaroneck Local Summit
The Larchmont-Mamaroneck Local Sum-mit will be hosting a breakfast meeting featur-ing Village of Mamaroneck mayor and lifelong resident Norm Rosenblum for Part I of a series looking at “The Changing Face of Our Com-munity.” This will be a fascinating look into the history of our community and how it has changed over the years. Mayor Rosenblum will
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Potential I-95 toll draws concern
By mAriSSA PennStaff Writer
A possible toll on I-95 at the New York-Connecticut border has local communities con-cerned that it could send traffic into the surrounding neighbor-hoods, possibly causing local road congestion as well as safe-ty and environmental issues.
At a press conference on March 31 at Port Chester Vil-lage Hall, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer and U.S. Rep. Nita Lowey, both Democrats, said that New York should be in-cluded in the decision-making process.
“Unfortunately, Westches-ter officials are not being asked for their input on the
tolls,” Schumer said. “None of our local officials have been asked even though it has dra-matic effects on New York.”
In March, the Connecticut General Assembly voted in fa-vor of legislation authorizing the Connecticut Department of Transportation to move forward with a study on toll booths throughout the state. The study, due to be released later this month, will specifi-cally contemplate a new toll booth plaza on the New York-Connecticut border as part of a revenue replacement plan which will be used to offset the cost of replacing aging in-frastructure.
Schumer said that accord-ing to the Connecticut Trans-
Port Chester Mayor Dennis Pilla, left, Rep. Nita Lowey and Sen. Charles Schumer at a press conference urging Connecticut officials to include New York in a potential plan that would install a toll booth on the New York-Connecticut border near Port Chester. Photos/Andrew Dapolite
According to the Connecticut Transportation Strategy Board, at least 14,000 cars and trucks could use local exits in order to avoid tolls or circumvent traffic backups if a plan to install a toll booth near the New York-Connecticut comes to fruition.
Traffic on I-95 is already a concern for local, state and federal officials.
portation Strategy Board, a lo-cal diversion of at least 14,000 of the 140,000 cars and trucks that travel the route daily could cut through Port Chester streets in order to avoid tolls or circumvent traffic backups on I-95 at the state border.
In response to those figures, Westchester communities bor-dering the New York-Con-necticut I-95 corridor, includ-ing the City of Rye and the Village of Port Chester, have expressed concern that such a decision may be made with lit-tle-to-no input from New York communities that could be ad-versely affected by the toll.
“Anything that would push cars off the highway and onto local roads is not something
that we would want,” said Rye City Mayor Joe Sack, a Re-publican.
Dennis Pilla, Port Chester’s Democratic mayor, said he was concerned about the fact that the local roads were de-signed in the “horse and bug-gy era” and were not made to carry heavy vehicle traffic.
“The major secondary roads in Port Chester are Boston Post Road, King and Regent streets. They are narrow with build-ings built close to the curb,” Pilla said.
The Port Chester mayor add-ed that Boston Post Road runs directly through Port Chester’s downtown.
As a means of appealing to the Connecticut General As-
sembly, Pilla said he plans on reaching out to Greenwich of-ficials, as he believes they too will be negatively impacted by the new toll. Pilla said he will advocate for pushing the toll beyond I-95’s exit 2 in Con-necticut in order to mitigate at least some of the potential issues.
“Not only will the highways be clogged, but our streets could be made unsafe,” Lowey said.
With an increase in conges-tion on the roads, emergency responses become impeded and there are safety hazards that come with large trucks carry-ing cargo and heavier loads be-ing placed on local roadways in small communities.
Still in preliminary stages of planning, the Connecticut Legislature held public hear-ings on placing the toll booth at the New York-Connecticut border last month, but New York communities were not invited to testify.
Meanwhile, last year, Sen. George Latimer, a Rye Demo-crat, urged the New York State Thruway Authority to put a high speed toll in place of the I-95 toll in New Rochelle, which dates back to the 1950s, due to heavy backups and pol-lution in the area. The change has not been put into place yet but is “still on the table,” ac-cording to Latimer.
“New York State makes too much money off the toll,” Latimer said. “Fast forward to Connecticut and the same thing applies. You are going to run the risk of people go-ing through local streets to duck tolls.”
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Astorino announces county deer forumWestchester County Execu-
tive Rob Astorino announced today that Westchester will host an informational forum on deer management for mu-nicipal officials, land manag-ers and other stakeholders. “Strategies for Deer Manage-ment in Westchester’s Sub-urban Communities” will be held on Thursday, April 30, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Westchester County Center in White Plains.
“It is clear that there is no easy answer to the challenges that land managers face with the growing presence of deer in our area,” Astorino said. “Under the direction of the county’s parks department, we are bringing together a va-riety of experts to discuss best practices and the experience of other municipalities.”
The morning sessions will begin with an overview of the history of deer populations in New York State, presented by Rod Christie, executive direc-tor of Mianus River Gorge Preserve. Dr. Bernd Blossy, an associate professor at Cornell
University, will discuss defin-ing and measuring success of deer management efforts. Kevin Clarke, a senior wildlife biologist from the New York State Department of Environ-mental Conservation, will dis-cuss management efforts in the state’s region 3-S, which includes Westchester County.
William C. Harding, execu-tive director of the Watershed Council of the New York State Department of State, will start off the afternoon sessions by introducing regional approach-es to deer management. Specif-ic methodologies will be out-lined by four speakers. Laura
Simon of the Humane Society of the United States will speak on non-lethal methods, Dr. Al-lan Rutberg of Tufts University will speak on contraception, Clarke will speak on hunting and Ken Preusser of the USDA will speak on culling.
Examples of deer manage-ment methods used in mu-nicipalities will be presented by Pound Ridge Police Chief Dave Ryan and Dan Aitchi-son, a senior curator with Westchester County Parks, as well as by Kevin Carter and Dr. Michael J. Rubbo, both of whom represent Teatown Lake Reservation.
Both the morning and af-ternoon sessions will conclude with a panel discussion and an opportunity for participants to ask questions.
The symposium is spon-sored by Westchester Coun-ty Parks. Admission is free but advance registration is required. The Westchester County Center is located at 198 Central Park Ave., in White Plains. Parking is $7 in the County Center lots.
For more information or to register for the symposium, call Jason Klein at the Trail-side Nature Museum at 864-7322. (Submitted)
Westchester County will host an informational forum on deer management on April 30. File photo
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Sarah Neuman launches dementia programThe Sarah Neuman Cen-
ter, part of the Jewish Home Lifecare network of elder-care services, has announced the launch of the first pro-gram in Westchester Coun-ty to offer overnight respite care, on an out-patient ba-sis, to older adults who live at home and who suffer from Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of moderate-to-severe dementia. The Night Care program will begin as a nine-month pilot funded by a $282,500 grant from New York State Department of Health’s Balancing Incentive Program Innovation Fund. From 7 p.m. to 7 a.m., Night Care will offer a safe, com-fortable and soothing environ-ment for people with demen-tia. Beginning twice a week with two patients and grow-ing to three times a week with 31 patients, a staff of nurses, aides and recreation thera-pists trained to work with de-mentia patients will engage them in music, art and even aroma therapy. All of these activities have been shown to help stave off the restless-ness, disorientation, depres-sion, anxiety and even verbal and physical aggression, col-lectively known as “sundown-ing,” from which many de-mentia patients suffer at night. Sundowning presents a par-ticular challenge for caregiv-ers, especially when, as is often the case, they are fam-ily members. During the day,
these caregivers often work outside the home or have other responsibilities. Not be-ing able to get a good night’s sleeps makes it difficult, if not impossible, for them to func-tion. According to a 2006 study published in The Ger-ontologist, sundowning is the primary reason why families who are otherwise able to care for their loved ones decide to place them in nursing homes. To identify Westchester Coun-ty residents who would benefit from Night Care, Sarah Neu-man will work with its many local partners including White Plains Hospital, Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital, for-merly Sound Shore Medical Center, NewYork-Presbyteri-an/Lawrence Hospital, Green-wich Hospital, Westchester Medical Center, Fordham University, the College of New Rochelle, St. John’s Uni-versity, Southern Westchester BOCES, United Way, Arc of Westchester, UJA Federation of New York/Westchester and the Westchester-area aging-in-place organizations At Home on the Sound, serving Mama-roneck, DeHaven-on-Hudson, serving Yonkers, Gramatan Village, serving Bronxville, Staying Put in Rye and its Environs, SPRYE, serving Rye, Harrison, Purchase, Port Chester and Rye Brook and Aging in Place in White Plains.Night Care is modeled on Sarah Neuman’s Adult Day Health Care. From 7 a.m. to
7 p.m., each weekday, the program offers structured and supportive therapeutic and recreational activities, physical, occupational and speech therapy, nutritional services, skilled nursing care and social work services. Jewish Home Lifecare has a history of launching programs that break new ground in elder care. In August of 2014, Jew-ish Home started the Geriatric Substance Abuse Recovery Program, the country’s first initiative integrating addiction recovery into medical rehabil-itation. A special unit to treat visually impaired older adults was created in 2007 in partner-ship with the Jewish Guild for the Blind, now the Lighthouse Guild. Jewish Home’s long-standing partnership with the Panasonic Corporation has re-sulted in several pilots of tele-medicine and medical-device pilots, including one that turns home televisions into health-care monitors, making it even easier for elders to age in place.
This winter, Jewish Home will break ground on New York City’s first long-term senior residence designed in keeping with the Green House® model of elder liv-ing, a revolutionary approach that emphasizes residents’ pri-vacy, dignity and autonomy. For more information, visit jewishhome.org, email Alix Friedman at [email protected] or call 212-329-1412. (Submitted)
Miss Molly McMittens is a young adorable girl looking for her forever home. Her hobbies are chasing mice, watching birds from her window seat and getting treats. Molly gets along with other cats and small dogs. She is looking for a quiet home where she can sit on her human’s lap, have her ears rubbed and purr the night away. Molly will make a wonderful companion for any cat lover. Will you be the lucky one who gets to take her home? Molly is spayed, up to date with all vaccinations and in excellent health. The adoption donation for this delightful tabby is $80. To meet Miss Molly, contact Pet Rescue at 740-4072 or visit us on the web at www.NY-Petrescue.org. (Submitted)
and Potok, who both agreed that Neufeld is performing well and deserves a second term. Finch, who abstained from the vote, said the village board agreed during a work session that Bilotta’s appoint-ment was not going to be ad-dressed during the March 23 meeting. Despite that, Bi-lotta’s appointment did come up for a vote at that meeting and Finch said there wasn’t enough time and opportunity to make an informed decision on Bilotta.
While new volunteers are normally appointed with board approval into the village’s var-ious boards and commissions after a resignation or expired term, the power struggle of authority between the may-or and village board Demo-crats has delayed several key appointments.
The debate on mayoral au-thority originated with Rosen-
blum’s appointment of Nancy Wasserman to the Harbor and Coastal Zone Management Commission in July 2014. Wasserman was stepping in to fill the vacancy left by Nick Allison, who resigned because of other commitments.
The issue was further exac-erbated when Rosenblum also appointed Jennifer Cohen to the Board of Architectural Re-view, Len Violi to the Zoning Board of Appeals and Verni to the Planning Board for a first time in December of last year. The overreaching appoint-ments led to the seeking of opinions from the New York State Department of State, which stated that Rosenblum was incorrect in appointing residents to the harbor coastal commission and architectural review board, despite their vacancies, because he didn’t seek consent from a majority of the board.
However, the state depart-ment also opined that the may-or’s appointments to the zon-ing and planning boards were correct as Rosenblum had the mayoral authority to do so, but that the mayor should seek vil-lage board approval.
“We’ve had a lot of confu-sion in this village over many years about what the respec-tive roles are,” Potok said, “and this process is helping us to clarify what the roles, with respect to the elected officials and appointed officials, are.”
Since the village board didn’t approve of the Verni or Bilotta appointments, the zoning and planning boards would remain the same,for now.
Rosenblum said he would attempt to re-nominate both Bilotta and Verni during a board meeting on April 27.
Two appointments made by Mayor Norman Rosenblum, left, to the Village of Mamaroneck’s Planning Board and the Zoning Board of Appeals were blocked by the Democratic majority of the Board of Trustees. Photo/Alina Suriel
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and chairman of the parks committee, said last week that Plunkett told him representa-tives from the county execu-tive’s administration would attend the April 15 meeting to discuss, among other topics, the Playland consultant report completed by renowned de-veloper Dan Biederman.
But McCormack told the Re-view that the report will not be released or even discussed at the parks committee meet-ing. McCormack said that the report remains incomplete and still in draft form. Instead, he said, county administration of-ficials plan to attend the meet-ing to discuss other Playland-related topics, such as mar-keting and fast approaching season opening.
Biederman was hired as a consultant last July by Astorino
at a cost of $20,000 per month, for five months and was tasked with reviewing Playland in its current configurations and pro-ducing a report on how to best utilize the amusement park and its surrounding space.
The final report was origi-nally scheduled to be released last November, but to date, no one outside of the administra-tion has seen it.
But Biederman told the Review in February, “most” of the written work of the re-port was completed and has been in the hands of the As-torino administration “for a while.”
Because of McCormack’s co- mments, Parker said she was willing to vote on the sub-poena during the April 8 parks committee meeting.
“My frustration is we are in the beginning of April, five months past when the legisla-
tors were supposed to have been given the $100,000 re-port, and we still haven’t been given the report,” Parker said. “Five months is a long time to wait, especially when we know that the administration has had it in their possession for most of this time.”
However, Kaplowitz asked the parks committee to con-sider tabling the measure for one week.
“The administration said April 15, so acting [on the subpoenas] would’ve been premature,” Kaplowitz said referencing the date Plun-kett provided to Harckham. “There are frustrations, but it’s more important to act with reason.”
McCormack could not be reached for comment, as of press time.
Autism advocate to speak in MamaroneckJesse Saperstein, an author,
speaker and autism advocate who was diagnosed with As-perger’s syndrome at the age of 14, will be providing a presenta-tion in Mamaroneck on April 13.
Saperstein’s presentation will include an introduction by Dr. Robert Shaps, superintendent of the Mamaroneck Union Free School District.
“Jesse has struggled, tri-umphed, flubbed, soared, educat-ed and inspired. Along the road to adulthood, he has learned many lessons that he will share with us,” according to a statement released by the Mamaroneck school district.
Some of the topics that will be discussed include, un-derstanding individuals with
autism spectrum disorders, pursuing your dreams in incre-ments, teaching acceptance, and promoting peer leadership and support.
The program will be held in the Hommocks Middle School Auditorium from 7 p.m. to 8:30
p.m. It is free and open to the public, with books available for sale for $20, cash or check only. Saperstein will be autographing books from 8:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Parents are encouraged to bring their children in grades 3 and up. (Submitted)
Jesse Saperstein, an autism advocate, will be giving a presentation at Hommocks Middle School on April 13.
“Getting a Life with Asperger’s: Lessons Learned on the Bumpy Road to Adulthood”
work session and felt strongly against extending the hours past 6 p.m. Campbell said a difficulty to park will scare people away from the once friendly village.
“I see a lot of success with the stores and businesses and restaurants,” she said. “I think if you extend the hours people will not be comfortable having to get out. They have to put money in their meter.”
Chamber of Commerce members were so passion-ate about the issue that they continued the discussion after the work session, fearing how the new parking arrangement could affect their Mamaroneck Avenue businesses.
Mike Hynes, owner of Mol-ly Spillane’s Pub, which sits on the corner of Prospect and Mamaroneck avenues, told the Review he believes the trustees should allow more public par-ticipation in the decision mak-ing. Although Walker Parking Associates did hold public meetings as a part of its study, Hynes maintains that more input should be given to resi-
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dents when making the final choice in an effort to avoid po-liticizing the process.
“There is nobody on that [village] board that has a busi-ness in this town,” Hynes said. “There is no one on that board that lives in an area affected.”
According to Village Man-ager Richard Slingerland, the meters could be installed as quickly as within four weeks, but could take up to three months, with arrangements still being made to set up elec-tricity and communication for the credit card readers. A
trial plate reader which will be used to enforce the park-ing regulations is set to be installed Wednesday, April 8, after press time.
Although there is no spe-cific resolution proposed for a deciding vote of whether to raise parking fees or extend hours, the board is expected to have another discussion during an upcoming work ses-sion planned April 2. A public hearing on the issue may be scheduled as soon as April 27.
A parking lot behind CVS pharmacy was included in a study of Mamaroneck Avenue parking resources which suggested the village install multi-space parking meters for more efficiency. Photo/Alina Suriel
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On Friday, Feb. 27 in New Rochelle, Pet Rescue held a gala fundraiser in order to re-furbish its new space in Har-rison. The non-profit group also honored many of its lo-cal contributors.
Broadway talent Bill Ber-loni was recognized for his outstanding work as an ani-mal trainer and for making dreams come true for many rescue pets. Also on hand were stage superstars Trixie and Chico, former rescues that are now furry idols of the Broadway production, “The Great White Way.”
Bill Berloni is a 2011 Tony Honoree for Excellence in Theatre, winner of the 2014 Outer Critics Circle Award for Special Achievement and author of “Broadway Tails.” Berloni has trained animals, including many rescues, for hundreds of Broadway shows, regional theatre, tours, tele-vision and movies including “Bullets Over Broadway,” “Legally Blonde” and “Annie” to name just a few.
Also committed to animal rescue, local news celebrity Lou Young of CBS News served as the master of cere-monies. An eight-time Emmy award winner, Lou has also
Pet Rescue gala raises funds, honors locals
Pet Rescue volunteer Barbara Gebala, Broadway talent Bill Berloni and Ruth Frumkin, Pet Rescue board member, with former rescue dogs Trixie and Chico. Photos/Louis Vaccaro
Diane Raines and Kristina Feighan with Trixie.
Emcee Dr. Harris Stratyner and Bill Berloni. Pet Rescue has launched its “Buy a Brick and Pave the Way” campaign.
been honored with awards from the Associated Press, United Press International, Radio-Television News Di-rectors Association and New York Academy of Television Arts Awards.
The Gala was held at The Fountainhead, located at 55 Quaker Ridge Road in New Rochelle. The glittery eve-ning included a gourmet buf-fet dinner with wine, beer and a cash bar, fantastic live and
silent auction items and raffle prizes. For more information about Pet Rescue, visit ny-pe-trescue.org/Gala.
Pet Rescue is a 501(c)(3) non-profit animal rescue orga-nization founded in 1982, whose mission is to aid homeless and abused cats and dogs, pro-vide necessary medical care and find them loving, forever homes.
Since its beginning, the group has rescued more than 15,000 an-imals and has earned a Guide-star Exchange Seal listing. Pet Rescue also works to decrease the population of homeless dogs and cats through its spay/neuter programs. (Submitted)
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NOTICE OFPUBLIC HEARING AND ANNUAL MEETING AND ELECTION OF THE SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEES OF THE MAMARONECK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing of the qualified voters of the Mamaroneck Union Free School District, Westchester County, Mamaroneck, New York, will be held in the Tiered Classroom at Mamaroneck High School at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 5, 2015 for the presentation of the budget document.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a copy of the statement of the amount of money which will be required to fund the Mamaroneck School District budget for 2015-2016, exclusive of public monies, may be obtained by any resident of the District during business hours beginning April 28, 2015, except Saturday, Sunday or holidays, at the Administration Offices, 1000 W. Boston Post Road, Mamaroneck, New York, and at each of the school buildings. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual Meeting and Election of the Mamaroneck Union Free School District, Westchester County, Mamaroneck, New York, will be held on Tuesday, May 19, 2015, for the purpose of voting upon:
1. Adoption of the budget for the 2015-2016 fiscal year; and 2. Election of Three members of the Board of Education for full three-year terms, beginning July 1, 2015, and ending
June 30, 2018, to succeed Melany Gray, Roger Martin and Robin Nichinsky.
The vote will be taken between the hours of 7 o’clock a.m. to 9 o’clock p.m. in each of the four election districts at the following places:
1. Central Election District: The voting place of this Election
District shall be the Central School, Palmer Avenue, Larchmont New York.
2. Mamaroneck Avenue Election District: The voting place of this Election District shall be the Mamaroneck Avenue School, Mamaroneck Avenue, Mamaroneck, New York.
3. Chatsworth Avenue Election District: The voting place of this Election District shall be the Chatsworth Avenue School, Larchmont, New York.
4. Murray Avenue Election District: The voting place of this Election District shall be the Murray Avenue School, Murray Avenue, Larchmont, New York.
The boundaries of each of these election districts are co-extensive with the boundaries of the respective school attendance districts, e.g.,:
1. The Central Election District is co-extensive with the Central School District.
2. The Mamaroneck Avenue Election District is co-extensive with the Mamaroneck Avenue School District.
3. The Chatsworth Avenue Election District is co-extensive with the Chatsworth Avenue School District.
4. The Murray Avenue Election District is co-extensive with the Murray Avenue School District.
A qualified voter shall vote at the place herein above designated within the School District and Election District in which such qualified voter resides. Voting machines will be used to record the vote.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that personal registration of voters is required.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that for the purpose of preparing a register for each election district, the members of the Board of Registration shall meet at Mamaroneck High School, 1000 W. Boston Post Road, on the following day and for the indicated hours:
Wednesday, May 13, 2015,Superintendent’s Office from 7:00 -10:00 a.m.Conference Room N101 from 4:00 – 8:00 p.m.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Board of Registration shall meet during the Annual Meeting and Election at the election districts (each elementary school) for the purpose of preparing a register for meetings or elections to be held subsequent to such Annual Meeting or Election.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that immediately upon the completion of the register so prepared by members of the Board of Registration, and not later than five days prior to Tuesday, May 19, 2015, the register shall be filed in the District Clerk’s office and thereafter shall be open to inspection by any qualified voter of the school district between the hours of 9 o’clock a.m. and 4 o’clock p.m. on each day up to and including Monday, May 18, 2015, except Sundays and also available for inspection on Saturday, May 16, 2015, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that any person who shall be registered with the Board of Registration of the school district, and who has voted in 2011, 2012, 2013, or 2014 in a School District election, or who shall be registered to vote in general elections, shall be entitled to vote at said election without re-registering with the School District.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that petitions nominating candidates for office of member of the Board of Education must be filed in the Office of the District Clerk, 1000 West Boston Post Road, Mamaroneck, New York, between the hours of 9 o’clock a.m. and 5 o’clock p.m. not later than thirty days preceding the date of election of members, to wit, April 20, 2015, and shall be subscribed by not less than 37 qualified voters of the district.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that copies of the text of any resolution which will be presented to the voters at this Annual Election and a statement of estimated expenses for the ensuing year will be completed and copies made available at each schoolhouse in the district in which a school is maintained, from 9 o’clock a.m. to 3 o’clock p.m. on each day other than a Saturday, Sunday or holiday during the fourteen days immediately preceding said Annual Election, to wit, May 5, 2015 to May 19, 2015, inclusive, and also on said Annual Election Day.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that any and all further propositions to be placed upon the voting machines shall be by petition filed in the Office of the District Clerk not later than thirty days preceding the day of election, to wit, April 20, 2015, and shall be subscribed by not less than 92 qualified district voters.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that applications for absentee ballots may be applied for at the Office of the Clerk of the District. Such application must be received by the District Clerk at least seven days before the election, if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or the day before the election if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter. A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots shall have been issued will be available in the said office of the clerk on each of the five days prior to the day of the election, except Sundays and also available for inspection on Saturday, May 16, 2015, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that a Real Property Tax Exemption Report prepared in accordance with Section 495 of the Real Property Tax Law will be annexed to any tentative/preliminary budget as well as the final adopted budget of which it will form a part; and shall be posted on District bulletin board(s) maintained for public notices, as well as on the District’s website
By order of the BOARD OF EDUCATION
Joanne Rice District Clerk
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14 • the mAmArOneck review • April 10, 2015 SPORTS
ing last night. But was it worth it? Totally.
Will I be watching again on
Tuesday? Of course. After all, leftovers are al-
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This past Monday was as just about as close as a sports fan can come to Nirvana.
Wall-to-wall Opening Day baseball, an exciting NCAA championship basketball game and a thrilling overtime win for the surging New York Rangers.
It doesn’t get much better than that.
Heck, any one of these things, on its own, makes for a pretty good sports day. But add them together and it’s like a holiday for the obsessive sports enthusiast.
If you talk to a sports fans of a certain age, they will un-doubtedly tell tales of sneak-ing transistor radios into school during the World Se-ries to follow along with the action while feigning inter-est in lessons about the ag-ricultural practices of the ancient Sumerians.
An Opening Day holidayOn Monday, I felt much
the same way as my fa-ther must have, sitting at my desk, pounding away at the keyboard while my earbuds pumped in play-by-play calls from Opening Day games around the country.
From 1 p.m. on, it seemed like there was no break in the action.
I’d have the Mets game on for a half-inning, switch over to my NESN feed to hear the homer-happy Red Sox take on the Phillies. I even spent some time listening to the Yankees radio broadcast, and let me tell you, on Opening Day, John Sterling might as well be Vin Scully for all I care. After a long winter, it simply doesn’t matter who is calling the game.
Even in the afternoon, when I was out in the field covering local games, I was always con-nected thanks to my iPhone and the MLB.tv package. While watching one game, up-dates from others would pop
up as alerts. The Brewers turned a dou-
ble play? Yes please! Mike Trout robbed his first
homer of the season? You bet. Bartolo Colon ate five Cro-
nuts in the dugout? Hey, it’s Opening Day, I’ll watch.
Technology has made shirk-ing your responsibilities easier than ever, it seems.
At night, I had the west coast games on the laptop, the Rangers on my phone and the Duke-Wisconsin game on the TV, turning my man cave into a situation room of sorts for a sports nut.
It was a Thanksgiving feast of athletic competition, and by midnight, I was stuffed. K-zones, curveballs and Frank Kaminsky were my turkey, gravy and squash, putting me into a veritable sports coma.
I woke up today with an impossible amount of work on my desk, too many stories to write and a lineup of pro-grams on my DVR that I just couldn’t get around to watch-
On April 6, Sports Editor Mike Smith spent most of the day glued to Opening Day action. Between baseball, hockey and the NCAA National Championship game, it was one of the best sports days in a long time. Photo courtesy MLB.com
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After two tough losses to start the season, Mamaroneck got back on track on April 3, securing its first victory of the season with a 20-8 win over an over-matched North Rockland team. Although the perfor-mance was a step in the right direction for the Tigers, Tiger coach Jeff Barnard said there is still much to be done as the Tigers eye the playoffs.
“We have a very hardwork-ing group,” Barnard said. “These guys are definitely willing to put the work in to get better.”
Reed Malas led the way for Mamaroneck against North Rockland, tallying six goals and four assists in the win, but he was far from the only Tiger who piled on the points. Alex Ewald found the net four times as the duo accounted for half of Mamaroneck’s points. Ac-cording to Barnard, when the
team is clicking—as it was against the Red Raiders—they rely on contributions from ev-eryone on the field.
“The biggest thing with this team is that we’re relying on more kids,” Barnard said. “We’ve got more attackmen, more goalies playing; we still have position battles going on.”
The Tigers returned seven starters this year, but because of the flexibility the team has, Barnard explained, he has still been experimenting with play-ers in new positions. In an 18-7 loss to Bronxville in the sea-son opener and a subsequent 13-12 loss to Long Island power Wantagh, the Tigers began to gel as they gained the experience of squaring off with some of the top lacrosse teams in the area.
“We have a tough schedule and we’ve played some good teams,” Barnard said. “But we feel like not only does it get us ready for May, it just makes us better.”
The schedule shows no signs of easing up anytime soon as the Tigers are gearing up for an April 11 showdown with Long Island-based Sa-chem North. Prior to that, is an April 9 contest against a Pearl
River team that Barnard said the Tigers would be unwise to overlook.
“We look at our schedule and there are literally no easy games,” the head coach said.
“The next game is always the most important game for us and we can’t afford to take anyone lightly.”
Reed Malas runs past a North Rockland defender at Mamaroneck High School on April 3.
A Mamaroneck player fires a leaping shot against North Rockland on April 3. The Tigers picked up their first win of the season, beating the Red Raiders 20-8.
Charlie Harris tries to muscle his way around a North Rockland defender in Mamaroneck’s 20-8 win. Photos/Bobby Begun
Reed Malas slides around a defender. Malas had six goals in the Mamaroneck win.
