September 26, 2014 | Vol. 2, Number 38 | www.mamaroneckreview.com Mamaroneck REVIEW T HE is to have it amended at a rea- sonable price before the end of November. But for the neighbors of the bridge, problems span further than the safety of the guard rails. At 200 Jefferson Ave., the first house on the east side of the bridge, the Peña family is still waiting for the Village of Mamaroneck to fully repair their property. Jose Peña said in the beginning, he was told the project would take around three seasons, but so far, it has been three years. The Peñas said they sent several emails to village of- ficials to constantly remind them of when the construc- tion process impacted their home. For the Peñas, the situ- ation has improved, but small sections of their driveway remain unpaved and a cor- ner of their front fencing was dismantled completely to ac- commodate the construction. For the repairs to the Peña residence, Slingerland said he received quotes last week and is in the process of reviewing them before looking to start the restoration work within a week’s time. Slingerland’s goal is to have their repairs com- pleted by the end of October. For the Peñas in particular, this will be another month of nui- sance in the long history of the bridge’s construction process. The redevelopment of the Jefferson Avenue Bridge re- placing the old structure began in September 2012 with an initial projected cost of $3.1 million. But according board were then dismissed for the same reasons as the other parts of the appeal. There were some disagree- ments among board members during the discussion of part 8 of SAPOA’s appeal when talk turned to zoning regulation of attic spaces. Members could not agree on whether or not attics, which don’t have vertical exteri- or walls to measure, could count as part of the overall floor space. Board member Robin Kram- er was of the opinion that, even if Beach and Yacht’s attic is unfinished, it should still count as floor area because it was not specifically in the code that an unfinished attic should be ex- cluded from this requirement. By JACKSON CHEN Staff Writer After an arduous construc- tion process, the Jefferson Ave- nue Bridge has been open to traf- fic for nearly a month. Despite that short window, new concerns have surfaced leaving village residents in search of answers. Since the bridge’s opening, one of the glaring details is the or- ange safety netting that covers the double green guard rails. Currently, the guard rail is around 35 inches tall, which is below the 42 inches of height required to comply with safety standards for pedestrian bridges, according to the New York State Department of Transportation. When the Review contacted village officials regarding the deficiency of the railing, nei- ther Village Manager Richard Slingerland or Assistant Vil- lage Manager Dan Sarnoff could explain the mistake. In the meantime, the village continues to deliberate over whether to pursue litigation against The Arben Group, the contractors who installed the bridge but in the process also broke a sewer line. According to Trustee Ilissa Miller, a Democrat, the con- tractor as well as any engineer or project manager overseeing the project, did not catch it in the planning stages. “When it was installed, it was installed at the wrong height,” Miller said. To resolve this glaring safety issue, the village has received several quotes on ret- rofitting the bridge to a proper rail height. Slingerland’s goal BRIDGE continued on page 9 Follow us on Twitter @mamaroneckview Like us on facebook.com/mamaroneckreview existing main clubhouse. The latest opposition comes in the form of an appeal made by the Shore Acres Property Owner’s Association, SAPOA, concerning an inspection in April 2013 by Building In- spector Bill Gerety of a re- vised site plan at the club. Members of the zoning board dismissed many aspects of the appeal by the Shore Acres Property Owner’s Asso- ciation because they felt that they were covered in previous board discussions on the issue. Many other items on the ap- peal were also dismissed by the board as not being under its jurisdiction. These were either thought to be subject to interpretation by the building inspector or judgment by the By ALINA SURIEL Staff Writer After being hit with 28 ap- peals against Mamaroneck Beach and Yacht Club’s devel- opment proposal, the village Zoning Board of Appeals has yet to reach a decision.. Mamaroneck Beach and Yacht Club has faced oppo- sition to plans for its newest land development since it was originally proposed back in 2004. The intended plans for renovations at the club include major additions to the prop- erty to accommodate seasonal residences, including the con- struction of two freestanding buildings of seasonal housing, as well as the addition of four new seasonal residences in the Beach and Yacht Club discussion continues MBYC continued on page 8 Concerns with bridge continue village’s Planning Board. “A lot of the issues are is- sues that, historically or oth- erwise, are not things that are in our purview,” Barry Weprin, chairman of the Zoning Board, said. “I don’t think you can look at every time the build- ing inspector approves an ap- plication and take everything that he has looked at and raise a question about it; I think it has to be things that are rea- sonable within the purview of this board.” After immediately dismiss- ing parts 1 through 7 and most of 20 through 28 of the appeals, the zoning board deliberated on the remaining aspects of SAPOA’s appeal. Even some of these items initially thought to have relevance to the zoning Morgado pleads guilty to murder in son’s death By ALINA SURIEL Staff Writer About to stand trial in con- nection with her four-year- old son’s death, Mamaroneck resident Manuela Morgado changed her plea to guilty on one count of murder in the second-degree. Morgado made her plea in Westchester County Court on Thursday, Sept. 18. Morgado, who initially pleaded not guilty to mur- der charges for the Septem- ber 2012 death of her son Ja- son Reish, was supposed to head to trial on Sept. 29 after months of delays in the case. If Morgado, 48, had gone to trial she would have been facing a maximum sentence of up to 25 years to life in state prison, if convicted. Instead, she will now be sentenced on Dec. 3. According to Lucian Chal- fen, spokesman for the West- chester County District Attor- ney’s office, everyone came to an agreement that in exchange for her plea and admitting what happened she’ll be sen- tenced to 20 years to life. County District Attorney Janet DiFiore had harsh words concerning the nature of Mor- gado’s crime. “This defendant, over an extended period of time, me- thodically planned, purchased the materials used and carried out the murder of her four- year-old child all in the horri- bly misguided attempt to make sure the child’s father would not have anything more to do with their lives.” said DiFiore. “As a result of her actions, an innocent child is dead and she will live with that for the rest of her life.” Morgado was found by Mamaroneck Village police in a semi-conscious state in her 1035 E. Boston Post Road condo bedroom on Sept. 29, 2012, at 10:43 a.m., with her unresponsive son. The child was pronounced dead at the scene and Morgado was taken to Sound Shore Medical Cen- ter. After the police secured the crime scene and executed search warrants in the hospital and apartment, the defendant was arrested while still at the hospital. Morgado suffocated her son in the middle of an ugly custody battle with her for- mer fiancé and the boy’s fa- ther Timothy Reish, a surgeon. The detectives who responded to the call reported that Mor- gado had told them that she had tried to asphyxiate her son with adult cold medicine and gas inhaled from a helium tank, and when that did not work she smothered him under a pillow with her hands. Mor- gado herself was found after attempting suicide by taking pills of a form of Xanax called Alprazolam. Saad Siddiqui, Morgado’s lawyer, could not be reached for comment as of press time. CONTACT: [email protected]Manuela Morgado, the Mamaroneck mother accused of smothering her four-year-old son to death with a pillow, changed course and pleaded guilty to murder charges on Thursday, Sept. 18. File photo
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September 26, 2014 | Vol. 2, Number 38 | www.mamaroneckreview.com
Mamaroneck REVIEWTHE
is to have it amended at a rea-sonable price before the end of November.
But for the neighbors of the bridge, problems span further than the safety of the guard rails.
At 200 Jefferson Ave., the first house on the east side of the bridge, the Peña family is still waiting for the Village of Mamaroneck to fully repair their property. Jose Peña said in the beginning, he was told the project would take around three seasons, but so far, it has been three years.
The Peñas said they sent several emails to village of-ficials to constantly remind them of when the construc-tion process impacted their home. For the Peñas, the situ-ation has improved, but small sections of their driveway remain unpaved and a cor-ner of their front fencing was dismantled completely to ac-commodate the construction. For the repairs to the Peña residence, Slingerland said he received quotes last week and is in the process of reviewing them before looking to start the restoration work within a week’s time. Slingerland’s goal is to have their repairs com-pleted by the end of October. For the Peñas in particular, this will be another month of nui-sance in the long history of the bridge’s construction process.
The redevelopment of the Jefferson Avenue Bridge re-placing the old structure began in September 2012 with an initial projected cost of $3.1 million. But according
board were then dismissed for the same reasons as the other parts of the appeal.
There were some disagree-ments among board members during the discussion of part 8 of SAPOA’s appeal when talk turned to zoning regulation of attic spaces. Members could not agree on whether or not attics, which don’t have vertical exteri-or walls to measure, could count as part of the overall floor space.
Board member Robin Kram-er was of the opinion that, even if Beach and Yacht’s attic is unfinished, it should still count as floor area because it was not specifically in the code that an unfinished attic should be ex-cluded from this requirement.
By jACKSON CHENStaff Writer
After an arduous construc-tion process, the Jefferson Ave-nue Bridge has been open to traf-fic for nearly a month. Despite that short window, new concerns have surfaced leaving village residents in search of answers. Since the bridge’s opening, one of the glaring details is the or-ange safety netting that covers the double green guard rails. Currently, the guard rail is around 35 inches tall, which is below the 42 inches of height required to comply with safety standards for pedestrian bridges, according to the New York State Department of Transportation.
When the Review contacted village officials regarding the deficiency of the railing, nei-ther Village Manager Richard Slingerland or Assistant Vil-lage Manager Dan Sarnoff could explain the mistake.
In the meantime, the village continues to deliberate over whether to pursue litigation against The Arben Group, the contractors who installed the bridge but in the process also broke a sewer line.
According to Trustee Ilissa Miller, a Democrat, the con-tractor as well as any engineer or project manager overseeing the project, did not catch it in the planning stages.
“When it was installed, it was installed at the wrong height,” Miller said.
To resolve this glaring safety issue, the village has received several quotes on ret-rofitting the bridge to a proper rail height. Slingerland’s goal BRIDGE continued on page 9
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existing main clubhouse.The latest opposition comes
in the form of an appeal made by the Shore Acres Property Owner’s Association, SAPOA, concerning an inspection in April 2013 by Building In-spector Bill Gerety of a re-vised site plan at the club.
Members of the zoning board dismissed many aspects of the appeal by the Shore Acres Property Owner’s Asso-ciation because they felt that they were covered in previous board discussions on the issue.
Many other items on the ap-peal were also dismissed by the board as not being under its jurisdiction. These were either thought to be subject to interpretation by the building inspector or judgment by the
By AlINA SuRIElStaff Writer
After being hit with 28 ap-peals against Mamaroneck Beach and Yacht Club’s devel-opment proposal, the village Zoning Board of Appeals has yet to reach a decision..
Mamaroneck Beach and Yacht Club has faced oppo-sition to plans for its newest land development since it was originally proposed back in 2004. The intended plans for renovations at the club include major additions to the prop-erty to accommodate seasonal residences, including the con-struction of two freestanding buildings of seasonal housing, as well as the addition of four new seasonal residences in the
Beach and Yacht Club discussion continues
MBYC continued on page 8
Concerns with bridge continue
village’s Planning Board.“A lot of the issues are is-
sues that, historically or oth-erwise, are not things that are in our purview,” Barry Weprin, chairman of the Zoning Board, said. “I don’t think you can look at every time the build-ing inspector approves an ap-plication and take everything that he has looked at and raise a question about it; I think it has to be things that are rea-sonable within the purview of this board.”
After immediately dismiss-ing parts 1 through 7 and most of 20 through 28 of the appeals, the zoning board deliberated on the remaining aspects of SAPOA’s appeal. Even some of these items initially thought to have relevance to the zoning
Morgado pleads guilty to murder in son’s deathBy AlINA SuRIEl
Staff Writer
About to stand trial in con-nection with her four-year-old son’s death, Mamaroneck resident Manuela Morgado changed her plea to guilty on one count of murder in the second-degree. Morgado made her plea in Westchester County Court on Thursday, Sept. 18.
Morgado, who initially pleaded not guilty to mur-der charges for the Septem-ber 2012 death of her son Ja-son Reish, was supposed to head to trial on Sept. 29 after months of delays in the case. If Morgado, 48, had gone to trial she would have been facing a maximum sentence of up to 25 years to life in state prison, if convicted.
Instead, she will now be sentenced on Dec. 3.
According to Lucian Chal-fen, spokesman for the West-chester County District Attor-ney’s office, everyone came to an agreement that in exchange for her plea and admitting what happened she’ll be sen-tenced to 20 years to life.
County District Attorney Janet DiFiore had harsh words concerning the nature of Mor-gado’s crime.
“This defendant, over an extended period of time, me-thodically planned, purchased the materials used and carried out the murder of her four-year-old child all in the horri-bly misguided attempt to make sure the child’s father would not have anything more to do with their lives.” said DiFiore. “As a result of her actions, an innocent child is dead and she will live with that for the rest of her life.”
Morgado was found by
Mamaroneck Village police in a semi-conscious state in her 1035 E. Boston Post Road condo bedroom on Sept. 29, 2012, at 10:43 a.m., with her unresponsive son. The child was pronounced dead at the scene and Morgado was taken to Sound Shore Medical Cen-ter. After the police secured the crime scene and executed
search warrants in the hospital and apartment, the defendant was arrested while still at the hospital.
Morgado suffocated her son in the middle of an ugly custody battle with her for-mer fiancé and the boy’s fa-ther Timothy Reish, a surgeon. The detectives who responded to the call reported that Mor-gado had told them that she had tried to asphyxiate her son with adult cold medicine and gas inhaled from a helium tank, and when that did not work she smothered him under a pillow with her hands. Mor-gado herself was found after attempting suicide by taking pills of a form of Xanax called Alprazolam.
Saad Siddiqui, Morgado’s lawyer, could not be reached for comment as of press time.
Manuela Morgado, the Mamaroneck mother accused of smothering her four-year-old son to death with a pillow, changed course and pleaded guilty to murder charges on Thursday, Sept. 18. File photo
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Some concerned with look of new park fenceBy AlINA SuRIEl
Staff Writer
The new fence at Harbor Is-land Park is here to stay, and some village residents are not happy about it.
The six-foot tall, alumi-num fence installed along the boundary of the beach at Harbor Island Park replaces a similar fence which had been two feet shorter. Putting in the new fence is only the first phase of the project, with the second phase set to relocate the original four-foot fence along the access road next to the Pavilion Field at Harbor Island Park. Implementing the first phase of the project cost the village $40,000; phase two will cost an additional $23,992. The work is being performed by Carjen Fence of Peekskill.
The new placement of the four-foot fence will address concerns voiced by Sandy Korkatzis of the village’s Parks and Recreation Depart-ment who said the split rail fence currently along the road going down to the beach pa-vilion is hazardous for small children playing sports on the field. Korkatzis fears that children can easily slip under the railing and into the road as cars pass through along-side that field in order to get to handicapped parking spots set aside for beach visitors.
Some village residents were outraged over the appearance of the higher fence, sending emails obtained by the Review to Democratic trustees Leon Potok and Andres Bermudez Hallstrom to voice their dis-approval. In an email sent to the entire Board of Trustees and Village Manager Richard Slingerland, resident Gina von Eiff laments the new, closed-in
look of the harbor.“Our friendly village looks
like a prison,” von Eiff wrote. “How could you ruin the beauty of our harbor, our most valued resource, that brings people together with peaceful views with this? Why?”
Katherine Desmond, an-other village resident, said it is not a municipality’s duty to fence in a natural body of water.
Bermudez Hallstrom, who will not be seeking re-election this year after failing in a re-cent Democratic primary, was one of the most vocal support-ers of the new fence along the beach despite the outspoken residents who object to the way it changes the area’s aes-thetic atmosphere.
“I think public safety is more important than a small obstruction to the view to the beach,” said Bermudez Hall-strom, “People were sneak-ing kids over the fence, and sneaking down in the beach at night. We had a YouTube chal-lenge where kids were sneak-ing on the beach and filming it at night.”
The village has had some problems with fare-jumpers
hopping over the fence to avoid paying to access the beach, leading to the one of the reasons for the switch to a taller fence. During the begin-ning of the summer, the Parks and Recreation Department had taken steps to solve this problem by giving each guest a wristband to separate them from those who did not pay.
Assistant Village Manager Daniel Sarnoff agreed with Bermudez Hallstrom and Kor-katzis on the the dangers of that area of the park, and the need to regulate access.
“This is a safety and access control issue” said Sarnoff. “Over the years, people have jumped the fence and gone swimming on the beach where we don’t have coverage…[and] we don’t want kids run-ning under the fence into what is an active driveway.”
Resident and activist Stuart Tiekert said the safety argu-ment was a hollow one.
“The village has half a mile of unprotected sea wall where the fall may well kill you be-fore you have a chance to drown,” he said.
The Board of Trustees had a split decision vote on the meeting in which they decid-ed to accept the contract and put in the fence, with trustees Potok and Ilissa Miller voting against the installation of the new fence.
Potok was ardently against the fence, and is still a disap-proving voice.
“It is not a park that is sup-posed to be fenced in,” said Potok. “It wasn’t needed, it was a wasted expense.”
A new, higher fence at Harbor Island Island Park is meant to keep out local youths after beach hours and residents who try to skip the fare.
The fence, pictured, previously surrounding the beach will be relocated to the Pavilion Field. Photos/Alina Suriel
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What’s going on...Mamaroneck Public Library events frame costs $20. Once each participant has their
frame, the real fun begins decorating. The Friends of the Larchmont Public Library have set aside two days to pick up the frame and decorate; Satur-day, Oct. 11, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Friday, Oct. 17, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
There will be materials and craft supplies available for those participating. The completed scarecrows will be displayed on the front lawn of the library where they will be displayed from Saturday, Oct. 18, through Saturday, Oct. 25.
For information about The Friends of the Larchmont Public Library, including information about other programs scheduled this fall, visit the website at friendsoflarchmontlibrary.org.
Practice speaking EnglishCome participate speaking English at the
Mamaroneck Public Library. Every Wednes-day from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the historical society room. Registration is suggested but not necessary. Do you have any questions? See Marianne at the adult reference desk or call 630-5887 for more information.
Five-hour pre-licensing class
Formula One Driving School, located at 584 Mamaroneck Ave., Mamaroneck, has the five-hour pre-licensing class scheduled for Sat-urday, Sept. 27, at 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sun-day, Oct. 5, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, Oct.
11, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. This class is required by New York State for new drivers before they can take their road test. Call 381-4500 or visit fo rmulaonedr iv ing -school.com to register or for other services and for upcoming Insurance Reduction/Point Reduction class dates.
Westchester events
“Area 51” Train Show and Halloween Party Aliens, flying saucers, mutants and other
extraterrestrial surprises will “invade” north-ern Westchester during the October “Area 51” Halloween festivities, including a themed train show and costume party, at Lasdon Park, Arbo-retum and Veterans Memorial in Somers.
Throughout the season the Lasdon main house will be decorated with an eerie alien/space theme of “Area 51,” which is the Nevada desert Air Force complex famous in pop cul-ture as home to secret extraterrestrials, UFOs, strange otherworldly experiments, and conspir-acy theories that surrounded them.
Train ShowThe annual Lasdon Halloween Model Train
Show, decked out in the alien theme, will be on view Saturday, Sunday and Monday Oct. 11, 12 and 13; Saturdays and Sundays, Oct. 18, 19, 25 and 26, 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. each day. On Hal-loween Friday, Oct. 31 viewing hours are 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. The display consists of Lionel trains chugging along on more than 300 feet of track, past tiny buildings and miniature desserts. Ad-mission to the train show is $2 for children un-der 12 and $5 for adults.
To add to the fun, the Lasdon hay maze will return this year, bigger and better than ever. There will be a scavenger hunt for children and costumed E.T. will be available for photo op-portunities in or out of his space craft. The maze will be open daily from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Costume Party/Friends of Lasdon Fundraiser
The spooky season at the park culminates with the Lasdon Halloween party, Friday, Octo-ber 24, 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Guests are encouraged to come dressed in “Area 51” themed costumes or other Hallow-een attire. The Lasdon main house, grounds and heated party tent will feature an assortment of aliens, flying saucers and other surprises to make it a truly festive evening.
The party for grown-ups is a fundraiser to support the planned conservatory to be built at the park. The event will include live music, pro-vided by the Gerard Carelli band, a dance floor, food, beer and wine. Prizes will be awarded for the best overall costume, best alien and best duo.
In addition, there will be a 50/50 raffle during the event. Tickets, priced at $60 per person, $55 for Friends of Lasdon members, are available from lasdonpark.org or 864-7268.
The party is sponsored by the Friends of Lasdon Park and Arboretum, Westches-ter County Parks, Partyline Tent Rentals and Katonah Nursery.
During the entire season, the Veterans Mu-seum will be open to the public and the Shop at Lasdon will be open, selling gifts, snacks and refreshments.
Lasdon Park, Arboretum and Veterans Me-morial is a Westchester County Park located on Route 35 in Somers.Go to westchestergov.com/parks or call 864-7268.
New Main Street Market at Westchester County Center
Westchester County Parks is seeking ven-dors for the new Main Street Market, to be held on select Sun-days from November through March, at the Westchester County Center in White Plains, New York.
Dates are Sundays, Nov. 16 and Dec. 14, 2014, and Jan. 18, Feb. 8 and March 22, 2015. Hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Sponsored by Westchester County Parks, this market is for the sale of local food and products. No professional antiques or col-lectible dealers or representatives of nation-ally branded products or businesses will be allowed. The sale is limited to 35 spaces.
Price is $250 for all five market dates for approximately 100 square-foot space. Tables and chairs will be provided and electrical hook-ups are available. Vendors are respon-sible for anything else necessary for display. Set-up begins at 7 a.m.; doors open at 10 a.m.; booths must remain open until 3 p.m.
Admission is free. Parking at the County Center lot is $5.
The Westchester County Center is located at 198 Central Park Ave. in White Plains.
For more information call 231-4645.
Prescription-drug Take-Back Day
Drug Take-Back Event at Larchmont Vil-lage Hall, Saturday, Sept. 27 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The fall DEA Drug Take-back Day is right around the corner. L-M RADAR and the Larch-mont police are once again partnering in this im-portant event that helps keep our kids safe from medicine abuse and our Long Island Sound clean. Drug Take-Back Day coincides with the Larch-mont Big Trucks and Public Safety Day. What a perfect time to bring the family out to explore the trucks, gather important safety tips and dispose of unwanted medicines. Please take inventory of your medicine cabinet, lock up the prescription and over-the-counter medicines you need and drop off the rest for safe disposal on Saturday, Sept. 27, in front of Larchmont Village Hall, 120 Larchmont Ave. We look forward to your partici-pation. Important reminder: Larchmont Avenue will be closed to traffic and parking from the Bos-ton Post Road to Cherry Avenue for the event.
New and forthcoming fictionTo reserve the books listed below, please call
698-1250 ext. 3 or log on to the Westchester libraries website with your library card and pin.
“Stone Mattress,” Nine Tales by Margaret Eleanor Atwood
“The Blood Of An Englishman,” An Agatha Raisin Mystery by M.C. Beaton
“The Cinderella Killer” by Simon Brett “Personal:” A Jack Reacher Novel, By Lee Child
Larchmont Scarecrow Festival
The Fourth Annual Larchmont Scarecrow Festival is sponsored by the Friends of the Larchmont Public Library. To participate in this year’s festival, registration must be completed by Saturday, Oct. 4. Registration can be done online at larchmontscarecrowfestival.org or by picking up an entry form at the library. The reg-istration period will close on Saturday, Oct. 4.
The annual scarecrow festival is a unique event in which participants purchase a metal frame on which to create their scarecrow. In addition to the nominal registration fee of $10, the scarecrow
Deadline for our What’s Going On sec-tion is every Thursday at 3 p.m. Though space is not guaranteed, we will do our
best to accommodate your listing. Please send all items to [email protected].
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Miller should step asideTo the Editor,In explaining why she could represent the Latino community, Trustee Candidate Ilissa Miller
said in the Sept. 5 edition of the Mamaroneck Review, “Even though many [Hispanics] can’t vote, you need people who are going to mow your lawn, do your dishes, take care of your kids and drive your car.”
I remember reading it a second time, and wondering whether some important qualifier was omit-ted, such as “I am not one of those people who believes that…”
It seemed implausible that one of our neighbors was expressing such views. I do not vote in pri-maries because I am not registered with a party, so I forgot about it. Apparently, a lot of other folks did too, because on Sept. 9 Ms. Miller received the greatest number of votes of any candidate for the three Democratic slots.
Ms. Miller seems genuinely aghast at her own views, based on her letter to the editor in the Sept. 12 edition of the newspaper. As she takes the time to educate herself, she will learn that Hispan-ics make up a significant portion of our electorate, and hold many other important positions in our community, besides those she described. Now that we have had a chance to digest what she said, I would think that most of us would prefer not to elect someone whose views on Latinos will always be questioned. Ms. Miller should withdraw so that Andres Bermudez-Hallstrom has a chance for the seat. He is Hispanic. It would be a meaningful and principled gesture to her Hispanic constituency. Perhaps the Republican candidate will best Bermudez-Hallstrom but, either way, the Board of Trust-ees’ decisions affecting the Latino community will never be suspect, because of her participation.
Joshua Friedman,
Mamaroneck
Village board puts residents lastTo the Editor,I am writing to express my consternation with the fact that the Mamaroneck Village Board of
Trustees is considering a change in the order of its meetings so that public comment comes at the end of session.
As a person who has attended many village Board of Trustees meetings in hopes to giving voice to a position to put on record, I believe the purpose of this possible change would be to discourage—if not stifle—public dissent. At the last meeting I attended, many of the residents who had come to speak, some with written notes, left in frustration, around 10 p.m., before they had a chance at the podium. Many of us were not heard and our concerns were effectively curtailed.
This reminded me of the events in Chicago at the 1968 Democratic National Convention when Mayor Daley had the band play so loudly as to drown out the speakers who were voicing their protest about the violence on the streets. Outside the hall, the police were attacking the demonstra-tors with clubs and tear gas. These incidents have become symbolic of some of the most tyrannical behavior in American history.
It’s because there is so much opposition to Mayor Rosenblum and the board’s policies that so many residents come to express their views. If the meeting started with public comment, the parade of so many dissenters would delay the board’s getting to “their” agenda. In fact, I think the first of their duties should be to alertly listen to the village residents.
Susan Berenzweig,Mamaroneck
Letters to the Editor
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Sowe festivities a westchester hit
Thousands of people flocked to the 2nd annual South West-chester Food and Wine Festi-val this weekend to sample the county’s finest culinary and vi-nous fare. Guests at the three day event enjoyed watching ce-lebrity chefs Rocco DiSpirito, Graham Elliot and others bat-tle it out in a cooking contest in White Plains on Friday, and learned recipes from live demon-strations throughout Saturday’s
event in Harbor Island Park in Mamaroneck and Sunday in Scarsdale.
Local restaurants served up some of their best offerings in an effort to introduce them-selves to the community, rep-resenting every delicious taste imaginable, from fried chicken and blue cheese waffles from Madison Kitchen in Larchmont to an East Coast oyster and yel-lowfin tuna mignonette with a
Summer Peach chaser from 8 North Broadway in Nyack.
Sponsor Zachy’s Wine and Liquor kept the euphoric vibe flowing by providing the festi-val with over 200 different va-rieties of wine and champagne from all around the world. Anyone over the age of 21 could be seen wearing a wine glass necklace provided by the festival for greater sampling ease, and more than a few took
the necklace home as a unique and functional souvenir.
For those looking for healthy options, Mrs. Green’s Healthy Eating Pavilion was a welcome oasis. The natural foods mar-ket, which has stores locally in Eastchester and Larchmont, and one coming to Rye City,
had a number of wholesome local products such as Nicara-guan coffee from Tarrytown’s Coffee Labs, which was served in the pour over method, and almond and cranberry gra-nola from Lola Granola in North Salem.-Reporting by Alina Suriel
The Gil Parris Band performs on Saturday, Sept. 20 during the SOWE Food and Wine Festival at Harbor Island Park in Mamaroneck. Photos/Bobby Begun
Toni Senecal, host of a travel series on WCBS, samples the wide array of food with Review Publisher Howard Sturman. The two were judges for the event, which included dozens of food vendors from throughout the region.
A large sampling of wine from all over the world was on display in Harbor Island Park and Scarsdale for the annual SOWE festival.
Olias Rodriguez, of the Texas Roadhouse restaurant in New Rochelle, defeats all challengers on his way to claiming victory in The Brooklyn Hot Dog Co.’s Hot Dog Eating Contest.
The Southern Westchester Food and Wine Festival held its second annual event, expanding its offerings of activities and programs. Events took place in White Plains, Mamaroneck, pictured, and Scarsdale throughout the entire weekend from Sept. 19 to Sept. 21.
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“welcome Home” gala next monthFurniture Sharehouse, West-
chester’s Furniture Bank, will be hosting its “Welcome Home” Gala on Friday, Oct. 17 at 7 p.m. at the Mamaroneck Beach and Yacht Club. With over 300 guests expected, the event will raise funds to “Give the Gift of Furniture” to local families who cannot afford a bed to sleep on or a table to
share a family meal.Furniture Sharehouse will
also be taking the opportu-nity to honor several commu-nity and business partners for their invaluable support: Im-pact100 Westchester, for its transformational grant to pur-chase a truck; Volunteer New York!, for its commitment to promoting volunteerism;
and Collins Brothers Moving Corp. and CONRI Services Inc. for their donation of in-kind services.
The gala, which will in-clude an open bar and a deli-cious “Dinner by the Bite,” will also showcase the Share-house’s unique Designer Vi-gnettes staged by prominent designers using donated one-
of-a-kind furniture pieces and decorative accents as part of the evening’s silent auction. Guests will browse over a dozen staged vignettes featur-ing special pieces selected by designers from donated inven-tory, and every item will be available individually by silent auction or a new special “buy it now” feature.
“Our Designer Vignettes are what makes our gala unique,” said Kate Bialo, executive di-rector. “We have a very tal-ented group of designers who are busy creating over a dozen fabulous vignettes for the gala. I’m excited to announce that this year for the first time, our silent auction will also include a special collection of unique
artwork and decorative acces-sories selected from our inven-tory. You will definitely not want to miss this chance to bid on these special items.”
For sponsorship and ticket information, go to furniture-sharehouse.org or contact Rose Cappa at [email protected] or 747-0519. (Submitted)“A Study With a View” by Janine Ducoin-Arnold, JDA Interior Design
“Rustic Retreat” by Sylvia Chandras
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She went on to state, she dis-agreed with Beach and Yacht’s assertion that, the attic should
not be considered part of the floor area because it is not a full story, saying this argument isn’t valid because the code doesn’t use the word “story”
MBYC from page 1 to define floor area. Board member Len Violi
disagreed with Kramer. Violi didn’t see the attic as
being livable space because of
the lack of headroom, calling it essentially a crawlspace, and spoke of the difficulty in regu-lating measurements of an at-tic with no vertical walls.
Previously, there was no provision in the zoning code in how to measure an attic space without vertical walls, but the code was updated in 2008 to specify that it is measured as the area between the top of the ceiling joists of any story and the roof rafters.
Kramer and Violi also dis-agreed on Part 15 of the appeal. This references the zoning code which states that structures can-not be made to reduce the area of land immediately surround-ing any residential structure on the same lot to less than 5,000 square feet per unit.
Kramer felt the code meant that there must be 5,000 square feet surrounding each individual residence around the club, but Violi was not so
sure Beach and Yacht could not be permitted to interpret the law as being required to have 5,000 square feet per res-idence surrounding their club, in a collective piece of land.
Dan Natchez, president of SAPOA, was not happy with the board’s brush-off of so many pieces of the organiza-tion’s application.
“I think the members of the Board of Appeals try to do what is right, unfortunately, in this case, I think they’re absolutely wrong,” Natchez said. “The village code is clear; the board of appeals is to sit in place of the building inspector, review the materials and make a de-termination. They have more information than the build-ing inspector. All of the ma-terial was submitted as part of the appeal process; it was information that was not sub-mitted when the application was made.”
Representatives for Beach and Yacht were hesitant to opine on the events of the meeting.
“I don’t really have much to say until they make a deci-sion,” said Paul Noto, an attor-ney representing the club. “I think we should just let them do their thing until there’s a decision in October.”
As coastal development is tightly regulated on a state and federal level to maintain sensitive marine eco-systems, the zoning board’s approval will be only the first step in a long process of securing all of the necessary approvals to break ground. After the vil-lage approval is secured, the club will also need to get ap-proval from the Department of State and state Department of Environmental Conservation as well as the Army Corps of Engineers.
Mamaroneck Beach and Yacht Club is slightly closer to starting its major land development project as over half of SAPOA’s appeals were thrown out by the village Zoning Board of Appeals. File photo
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Village’s first Fire Department DayOn Sept. 28, the Village of
Mamaroneck Fire Department will be displaying their con-tribution to the community at Harbor Island Park, with its first annual Village of Mama-roneck Fire Department Day.
This Fire Department is the only 100 percent volunteer de-partment in the lower Hudson Valley and looks for the resi-dents of the Village of Mama-roneck to support them in or-der to have the necessary tools to protect the houses, build-ings and businesses that make up its great neighborhood. The membership would like to demonstrate to the commu-
nity exactly what their support and donations go toward. This event is open to all residents and neighbors from the sur-rounding towns and will run from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. at Harbor Island.
The public will have the opportunity to examine and explore all of the engines and ladders that respond to ap-proximately 700 to 800 calls across the village.
The department will show how they respond to emergen-cies and explain in detail what they do. The members will have a training smoke trailer to show children what to do in
the case of a fire. In addition, the rescue members of the de-partment will be performing two demonstrations on vehicle extrication, one in the morning and one in the afternoon.
All residents are urged to come and bring their children, grandchildren, friends and family. The Village of Ma-maroneck Fire Department will be providing hot dogs and refreshments as well as literature on fire prevention. It will be a fun and informa-tive day and all will get to see how an all volunteer fire de-partment protects the Village of Mamaroneck.(Submitted)
to Sarnoff, the bridge’s total costs to date are more than $5 million; more than $3.5 mil-lion has been spent on bridge construction.
After the sewer pipe was damaged in March 2013 by Arben, the village was fined $17,000 and the replacement cost them more than $1.2 mil-lion. Other costs include more than $179,000 on pre-con-struction costs and more than $97,000 on construction in-spection services, according to Sarnoff.
Despite the millions of dol-lars that have been poured into the project, Miller and other residents remain concerned with the structural integrity of the bridge.
Shortly after the bridge’s opening in August, Stuart Tiekert, a Beach Avenue resi-dent, noticed an abundance of cracks that are progressively worsening. The hairline cracks are spread throughout the bridge, both horizontally and
vertically and Tiekert believes it to be an issue with the con-crete pouring.
Besides the cracks, Gina von Eiff, a resident of 220 Jefferson Ave., is now concerned with the greater possibility of flooding that the bridge will cause.
“Water used to never come to the east side of the Jefferson Av-enue Bridge,” said von Eiff. “We didn’t need sewers by the bridge. Now they had to put sewers in.” Von Eiff attributed the potential for flooding to the bridge’s in-creased height and curved shape and the side walls that she be-lieved would channel water to-wards residents’ homes. “We’re going to have flooding where we haven’t had it before.” However, Slingerland said that construction to remove obstructions was done on the underside of the bridge that would create “immediate flood improvements.” As for the cracks, Slingerland said three engineers have looked at the cracks and assured that
they are “superficial cracks that will not harm the durabil-ity of the bridge.”
The village manager said he will be sending engineers again to revisit the cracks that are concerning residents. “Any time you have a ma-jor construction project like a bridge replacement that needs to be implemented to accommo-date major flood improvement for an entire community, it’s re-ally a major issue,” said Sling-erland. “The village is certainly not happy for the impact on the neighbors and we understand what they’ve been through.” For Tiekert, the main concern has been the time and money spent on a project he believes to be faulty.
“I don’t believe the taxpay-ers and the residents of Mama-roneck have been served well by how this project has been administered from start to to-day,” Tiekert said.
Even though the Jefferson Avenue Bridge has reopened, the orange netting masking the green guard rails shows that the construction project is still not complete. Village officials have confirmed with the Review that the rails do not meet safety standards and the situation requires rectifying. Photo/Jackson Chen
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Mamaroneck resident opens new women’s boutique and event room
Business Briefs
Tonia Tagliaferro of Art of Dressing opened an elegant new women’s boutique and event room in the heart of Westchester at 555 E. Boston Post Road in Mamaroneck. The Art of Dressing by Tonia has helped women achieve a new level of confidence in their appearance, regardless of their age, weight or lifestyle. This innovative approach centers on developing a positive internal dialogue that changes the way we look and feel. Tagliaferro’s fall program, of-fers a 4-part series at $35 per class, covering everything from dressing for your body style to closet organizing and accessorizing to maxi-mize your wardrobe; great for women experi-encing a lifestyle change, enhance or update their look or entering the work place.
As an expert in fashion and styling, Taglia-ferro has been a featured motivational speak-er addressing between 50 to 500 women at prominent business organizations including Health Quest, the Westchester Women’s Bar Association, IBM, Congregations and Wom-en’s Groups. For more information call Tonia Tagliaferro at 481-5552, or visit her website at ArtofDressing.net
SKIN M.D. comes to Greenwich
viding anti-aging, body and skin enhancing and rejuvenation treatments. SKIN M.D. by The Cosmetic Medic is the newest form of medi-cal aesthetic practices to enter the Greenwich, Conn., market.
“My passion is educating patients and Skin-care consumers on the importance of buying Ac-tion Skincare products, not marketing hyped up 99 percent water expensive products that wont change their skin outcome from local pharma-cies, spa’s, department stores or online-They Will not change your skin. Its false promises, hype and creative marketing to convince you, without research, published data to prove clini-cal outcomes...That is why I created the first retail store of it’s kind in the entire east coast. First in the country to have a full service Medical Cosmetic Skincare practice with a Esthetician for custom medical grade facials and exclusive only physi-cian branded leading skincare products.“ Karen Soika said. Schedule an appointment for a free consultation and visit the unique retail store with a wide selection of medical grade skin care prod-uct lines. SKIN M.D. is located at 45 East Putnam Ave. in Greenwich, Conn.
Purchase Street Family Dental grand opening
Local Dentist William Wolfson, announces the opening of Purchase Street Family Dental to provide area patients with top-notch quality dental care.
Local Rye resident Dr. William Wolfson is proud to announce the official opening of Pur-chase Street Family Dental at 266 Purchase St., Suite 101 in Rye. The mission of the practice is to provide the local Rye community with high quality dental care with a specific focus and at-tention to patients. Wolfson is joined by Yung Kim, a board-certified prosthodontist and perio-dontist and Daniel Gati, a general and restorative dentist. Conveniently located in the town of Rye in Westchester County, the office is easily acces-sible from all major highways, including I-95, 287, the Hutchinson River Parkway and Merritt Parkway as well as Metro North railroad.
The conveniently located office serves the towns of Rye, Rye Brook, Purchase, Harrison, Port Chester, Mamaroneck, Larchmont, Scars-dale, Eastchester, Bronxville, White Plains, Ar-dsley and Greenwich, Conn.
“Purchase Street Family Dental is a full-service cosmetic and family dental practice, specializing in relaxation sedation, one-day dental implants, same-day dentures, laser den-tistry, TMJ Botox therapy, Sleep Apnea therapy, Zoom Teeth whitening, 24-hour Emergency services, Invisalign invisible braces and Invis-align teen,” says Purchase Street Family Dental Founder, William Wolfson.
“To celebrate our grand opening, we are host-ing an Open House on Monday Oct. 13 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. We invite our patients, friends, neighbors and colleagues to stop by our prac-tice, meet our team and familiarize themselves with the new location.” All children who attend will meet the Tooth Fairy and receive a free bal-loon and toothbrush. All adults who attend are eligible to win a free Zoom Professional Teeth Whitening Treatment.
Founded in 1984 by longtime Rye resident
and oral health expert, Dr. William Wolfson, Purchase Street Family Dental empowers its pa-tients via beautiful smiles and where you can attend as a patient and get help with alleviating pain and get rid of insecurity associated with dental health.
Purchase Street Family Dental is located at 266 Purchase St., Suite 101 in Rye. To request an appointment, call 921-5437 or contact via email at [email protected]. Directions are available on the website at RyeDentist.com.
Dr. William Wolfson, D.M.D has over 35 years of experience, with a focus on cosmetic dentistry and restorative dentistry. He graduat-ed from the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine in 1974. He was an Associ-ate Attending Professor at Montefiore Hospital between 1975 and 1980 in the dental unit and from 1980 to 1994 in the headache unit and an associate attending professor at Gracie Square Hospital between 1994 to 1996 and later in 2004 and continues currently.
He has extensive lecturing experience as a result. In addition, he is an Invisalign Preferred Provider and a New York Certified Laser Den-tist. He also specializes in TMJ Treatment and Headache Pain.
Aramark welcomes Arturo Rivera to director of facilities
Aramark Education is pleased to announce the promotion of Arturo Rivera to director of facili-ties, at the City School District of New Rochelle.
Rivera has 17 plus years of facilities management experience with Aramark serving in a host of leadership roles. Rivera has been an integral part of the East Region team for Aramark Education. He has uprooted the education market while go-ing above and beyond in all that he does.
Although we are welcoming Rivera, we would be remised to not thank John Gallagher for his many years of tireless service to the dis-trict and community.
Brian G. Osborne, superintendent of schools says “ We are pleased and exited to have Rivera join us and we look forward to his bringing ex-cellence, integrity and accountability to facili-ties planning and management. I’d also like to simultaneously thank John Gallagher for his 17 years of dedication to our schools.”
Aramak is excited to welcome Rivera to the New Rochelle community. His official start day was Tuesday, Sept. 2. We are looking forward to his leadership in providing an environment that is both functional and conductive to learning at the City School District of New Rochelle.
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SKIN M.D. by The Cosmetic Medic located at 45 East Putnam Ave. opened on June 1, 2014. The business is owned by Karen M. Soika, M.D. who provides physician administered anti-aging procedures, weight loss including the HCG diet, and high-end industry leading medical skincare products from Obagi, Neocutis, Epionce, Skin Medica-Allergen, Jack Black, AnteAge, Sente, and Biopelle.
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14 • THE MAMARONECK REvIEw • September 26, 2014 SPORTS
ArtsFest returns to New Ro, Pelham“ArtsFest” returns to New
Rochelle and Pelham on Sat-urday, Sept. 27 and Sunday, Sept. 28, with a full menu of art events and activities, from behind-the-scenes tours of art-ists’ studios—including the studio of world renowned 3D artist Charles Fazzino—and a free guided trolley ride around historic sites in downtown New Rochelle and Pelham, to a classic car show, a film fes-tival, a free concert and more.
Organized by the New Ro-chelle Council on the Arts, ArtsFest highlights the variety of arts and arts venues in New Rochelle and Pelham, provid-ing both visitors and residents alike a window into the area’s rich cultural and artistic diver-sity. Among the hands-on ac-tivities planned are a commu-nity painting party at Library Green guided by Art Par-Tay, a hot metal pour at the Pelham Art Center, LEGO Day at the Huguenot Children’s Library and the 3rd annual Lincoln Avenue Arts and Culture Fes-tival, sponsored by Grow Lin-coln Community Garden, with garden tours and demos, food and music. Participants will
also have the chance to take in a movie—there’s a Sherlock Holmes film festival at the New Rochelle Public Library and screenings of two indie films at The Picture House in Pelham.
The weekend concludes with a free concert at Library Green at 3 p.m. on Sunday afternoon featuring the Vil-lalobos Brothers, a trio of vir-tuoso violinists, singer-song-writers, composers, arrangers and multi-talented instrumen-talists who are known as one of the leading ensembles of world music.
Making this year even more delicious, ArtsFest will be sand-wiched between two New Ro-chelle Restaurant weeks , Sept. 22 to Sept. 26 and Sept. 30 to Oct. 2, featuring special menus
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ArtsFest is made possible by “Patron Sponsors” Charles Fazzino and Mercedes Benz of New Rochelle; “Event Sponsors” Alvin and Friends Restaurant; the New Ro-chelle Business Improvement District; The College of New Rochelle; Iona College; trans-FORM Showroom and Gal-lery; “Community Sponsors” Cadillac; Dino DiFillippis DDS; the New Rochelle Fund for Educational Excellence; and Supporters: “Friends of the New Rochelle Public Li-brary; AJ’s Burgers; Art Par-Tay; The Picture House; Arts-Westchester. (Submitted)
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Name of LLC: Bottom’s Up Bar and Grill, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed NY Sec. of State 7/1/2014. Princ. off. loc.: Westchester County: 234 North Ave New Rochelle, NY 10801. Sec. of State designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. Sec. of State shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, c/o United States Corporation Agents, Inc. 7014 13th Ave, Brooklyn NY 11228, Purpose: any lawful activity.
Notice of Formation of Evergreen Asia Advisors, LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec'y of State (SSNY) 07/17/2014 Principal Office: 120 Main Street Unit I Tuckahoe NY, Westchester County. SSNY designated as process agent. Process Service address: 120 Main Street Unit I, Tuckahoe NY. Purpose: any lawful activity.
Notice of formation of Safekeeping Stories LLC Arts. Of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on September 9, 2014. Office location: Westchester County. The street address is 7 Lyons Place, Larchmont, NY 10538. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process served to c/o Safekeeping Stories LLC, Attn: Jill Sarkozi, 7 Lyons Place, Larchmont, NY 10538. Purpose: any lawful act.
NOTICE OF FORMATION of NORTH BXV, LLCArticles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (“NYSS”) on 07/17/2014. Office of the LLC is Westchester County. The NYSS has been designated as the agent upon who process may be served to the LLC at 65 Pondfield Road, #3, Bronxville, NY 10708.Purpose of LLC: Retail Store
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I’ve said it before; I’m a Derek Jeter fan.
My personal rooting inter-ests not withstanding, I’ve al-ways appreciated the Yankee captain. As a kid growing up in the 1990s, Jeter was one of a handful of stars I associated with my childhood. Looking around the Major Leagues these days, he’s just about the only one left.
The future Hall-of-Famer has given so much to the sport over the course of his 19-year career, served as the face of Major League Baseball—es-pecially in the “post steroid” era—and has certainly earned the right to ride off into the sunset on his own terms.
So why am I left feeling some-what cold by his farewell tour?
Perhaps it is—to borrow a phrase from John Sterling—so “un-Jeterian”—at its core.
Re2pecting the gamePart of the reason Derek
Jeter has been revered for the last two decades has been his ability to fly under the radar. In a somewhat oversaturated sports market, especially in to-day’s digital age, Jeter some-how managed to keep himself above the fray. Off the field, he was able to hold on to his pri-vacy, no small feat in an era in which every celebrity misstep seemingly leads to a journalis-tic feeding frenzy.
Sure he made commercials, some even poking fun at his playboy status, like that famous 2003 Visa spot with late Yankee owner George Steinbrenner. But he never seemed to over-stay his welcome on our televi-sion screens the way other en-dorsement-seeking superstars have.
That has all changed now.Between Nike’s Re2pect
campaign and the latest (albeit well-produced) Gatorade ad, not to mention the endless pa-rade of Derek Jeter apprecia-
tion nights at road stadiums—something I realize that the Yankee great has little control over—Jeter’s farewell, and his celebrity status, has eclipsed the Yankees’ season for the bet-ter part of the summer, some-thing that seems antithetical to Jeter’s entire career as a player.
It’s not that I begrudge him his months-long curtain call. With the Yanks floundering, Jeter’s final stretch has been the lone reason for people to tune in to games over the last few weeks. And if anyone in this sport deserves a royal sendoff, it’s Derek Jeter.
I just wish it wasn’t going to end like this; with flash-bulbs and a media circus at a meaningless Sept. 28 contest at Fenway Park. If there are two things Jeter has managed to avoid over the course of his great career, they’ve been overexposure and meaning-less baseball games.
In a perfect world, Jeter would have gotten the chance
to go out the way he came in; with little fanfare and another heroic October.
And this comes from a Red Sox fan. So you know the re2pect is real.
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On Sunday, Derek Jeter’s illustrious career will come to a conclusion. Sports Editor Mike Smith just wishes it would have ended differently. Photo courtesy MLB.com
September 26, 2014 • THE MAMARONECK REvIEw • 15SPORTS
Senior breaks rushing mark
By MIKE SMITHSports Editor
On Sept. 20, Mamaroneck’s Marquez Jackson-Allen etched his place in the Tigers’ record
books, erupting for 299 yards on just 16 carries and setting a new single-game rushing mark for the program in the process.
The senior halfback scored three times on the day, stak-
ing the Tigers to an early lead with rushing touchdowns of 77 and 28 yards on his first two touches of the game. In the second half, he found the end zone after breaking a 95-
yard run around the Tigers’ left side. The Tigers would go on to beat visiting Clarkstown South 35-3 to improve to 3-0 on the year.
“It was definitely an amaz-ing experience, especially playing in my last homecom-ing game for Mamaroneck,” said Jackson-Allen. “To be able to do that, it was just like icing on the cake.”
Jackson-Allen’s historic day broke the previous record set by Maurice Murray in 2002. Murray, now an assistant coach for the Tigers, said that getting a chance to work with the se-nior and watching him shatter the record has been a privilege.
“That game was special, being homecoming, and we felt that the team was ready to play and compete from the beginning,” said Murray. “And watching what [Jackson-Al-len] was able to do, in terms of his breakaway running and
running in the second and third level, I was proud and I’m sure he was proud too.”
Jackson-Allen said that Murray has been a major in-fluence on his own football career and was instrumental in helping him surpass the rush-ing mark.
“I met coach Murray when I was six years old, playing Pop Warner,” he said. “So hav-ing him be with me for the last four years, as a mentor and as a friend, that has helped me a lot.”
For the past few years, Jack-son-Allen has been a game breaker for the Tigers, but he was limited somewhat in his junior campaign by a nagging ankle injury. This year, how-ever, the senior is healthy and asserting his position as one of the top running backs in the section. Through three games this season, Jackson-Allen has rushed for 595 yards and six
touchdowns on 47 carries.“I can’t say that I’m shocked
with his performance,” said Murray. “I saw this in him as a sophomore. He battled last year through injuries, not be-ing at full strength, and at homecoming, he showed the rest of the world just how good he can be.”
The undefeated Tigers will be tested over the next few weeks with Mahopac (2-1) and Arlington (2-1) on its schedule. If early-season suc-cess is any indication, said Jackson-Allen, the Tigers will be up for the challenge.
“Right now, everyone in the locker room feels like we have what it takes to keep doing what we’ve been doing,” said the running back. “We just have to stay focused and keep working hard to make this sea-son as perfect as possible.”
Marquez Jackson-Allen runs with the ball during Mamaroneck’s Sept. 12 contest against Eastchester. One week later, on Sept. 20, the senior broke the school’s single-game rushing record with 299 yards against Clarkstown South. Photo/Bobby Begun
Panthers clip EaglesBy MIKE SMITHSports Editor
On Monday, Sept. 22, the Rye Neck soccer team fought their way above .500 with a 1-0 win over a good Dobbs Ferry team at home.
At 4-3 on the season and riding a two-game winning streak, this young Panthers team is beginning to find its footing with the second half of the season still to come.
The win was Rye Neck’s second over the Eagles this month. On Sept. 10, the Pan-thers beat the Eagles 3-1 on the road.
On Monday, Luis Galeano scored the game’s only goal, which proved enough to clip the Eagles. And with two goals in the Panthers’ 4-0 vic-tory over Tuckahoe last Satur-day, Galeano has proven to be the Panthers’ driving offensive force so far.
According to co-coach Frank
Gizzo, the sophomore’s decision not to play for the U.S. Develop-ment Academy this fall has been a major boost to the Panther program.
“Luis chose not to play academy soccer,” said Gizzo. “That’s been big for us.”
Galeano is one of several younger—but talented—play-ers on a Rye Neck roster that boasts just four seniors. De-spite the team’s 4-3 record, Gizzo said he and fellow coach Brian Iacovelli have been pleased with the team’s progress thus far.
“We don’t think the record is necessarily reflective of the way we’ve played,” said Gizzo. “We’ve got a good core, and we’ve got a lot of talent despite our youth, and we’re just look-ing at each game one at a time.”
As the majority of the Pan-thers’ starting lineup consists of ninth and tenth graders, Gizzo said the squad is using these early season games as a
chance to acclimate younger players to the rigors of a var-sity season. With senior tri-captains Rich Barrios, Takano Nishimura and Corey Soriano leading the way, Gizzo is con-fident that the team will con-tinue to show improvement as the season progresses.
“Every game is a teach-ing process, win or lose,” he said. “I think it’s just a mat-ter of time before our younger guys get that varsity experi-ence on the field, and they’ve been learning how to manage games since the beginning of the season.”
The Panthers will be back in action on Sept. 24, after press time, against Ardsley for their second round game in the Irvington Tournament. Then, they will have a few days off to prepare for some tough matchups against Bronxville and Edgemont. The Bron-cos are coming off a loss to Valhalla in the finals of their
Broncofest Tournament, while Edgemont’s record stands at 6-1-1 on the year.
“We’ve won some games
where we haven’t played our best and we lost a few games that I thought we played very well in,” said Gizzo. “Now we
