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THE NewRochelleCityREVIEWNovember 20 & 27, 2015 | Vol. 3, Number 23 | www.cityreviewnr.com

HUGUENOTS HANG ON

Sophomore Jared Baron eludes a Newburgh tackler on Nov. 14. Baron and the Huguenots survive a late scare against the Goldbacks to advance to the state semifinals. For story, see page 15. Photo/Bobby Begun

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By James PeroStaff Writer

Adding another layer to an ongoing lawsuit with Westches-ter County filed in August over alleged violations of the Clean Water Act, the environmental

nonprofit Save the Sound has widened the scope of its original suit to include 11 Westchester municipalities.

The suit, which includes Sound Shore municipalities like the Village of Mamaroneck and the City of Rye, claims that each

of the 11 municipalities involved have been responsible for dis-charging raw sewage into the Long Island Sound.

The other municipalities named in the lawsuit include Rye Brook, New Rochelle, Pel-ham, Larchmont, the Town of

Save the Sound adds to county lawsuit Mamaroneck, Pelham Manor, Port Chester and White Plains.

Tracy Brown, the director of Save the Sound’s Western pro-grams, said that leaking and de-graded sewer lines are respon-sible for the alarmingly high levels of bacterial contamination found throughout the waterways in Westchester County.

“Because of old, leaking and poorly-maintained sewer pipes, Westchester beaches are closed after rain, we’re prohibited from harvesting clams or oysters in our local bays and harbors, and we’re at risk for waterborne ill-nesses,” she said in a released statement.

Sewage runoff resulting from porous pipes which leaks raw sewage into the ground, as well as overflows onto streets fol-

lowing heavy rain, has been the root cause of fecal bacteria—the same bacteria found in human waste—entering into the Long Island Sound via storm water drainage, the nonprofit claims.

In Save the Sound’s 2015 re-port of Westchester County’s water quality, which includes 400 samples from 52 different sites, the bacterial contamina-tion failure rate for rivers rose to 79 percent from 34 percent in 2014. Additionally, sites that would have formerly passed in dry weather now experience an overwhelming failure rate.

The lawsuit aims at spurring action by both the county and the municipalities to devise and fund a sustainable solution to help fix leaking sewer lines and mitigate ongoing contamination

in the Long Island Sound, ac-cording to Save the Sound.

“The citizens of Westchester County have waited decades for effective action,” Brown said. “Municipalities must step up efforts to find and eliminate il-legal discharges of raw and par-tially treated sewage into Long Island Sound and its tributaries. Our goal with this lawsuit is to get all the responsible parties to the table to reach a compre-hensive, long-term solution to this decades-old infrastructure problem.”

Rye City Manager Marcus Serrano and Mamaroneck Vil-lage Manager Richard Slinger-land could not be reached for comment as of press time.

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Piggybacking off a lawsuit filed in August, environmental nonprofit Save the Sound has decided to widen the scope of its campaign to clean up the Long Island Sound by involving 11 Westchester municipalities. File photo

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What’s going on...Dec. 4 and 5 at 7 p.m. at the Linda Kelly Theatre at New Rochelle High School, 265 Clove Road in New Rochelle.

In keeping with the company’s mission of ex-posing opera the next generation of opera lov-ers, New Rochelle Opera is collaborating with New Rochelle High School’s PAVE program for this holiday presentation. The production will be staged by company co-founder and artistic director Camille Coppola, with musical direction by Der-rick James and choreography by Christine Cole-man. Fully sung in English, the operetta will fea-ture a two-piano accompaniment played by Renee Guerrero and David Jutt. The cast includes Lilyana Grantcharova as Amahl, Kristin Behrmann as the Mother, Joshua Benevento as King Kaspar, Steven Herring as King Melchior and Steven Fredericks as King Balthazar. The chorus and dancers are the members of New Rochelle High School’s PAVE program, which is supervised by Marc Schneider, and the scenery will be designed by the Art Honor Society of the high school advised by Alexi Brock.

Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students. To purchase advance tickets, visit nropera.org, or send a check payable to New Rochelle Opera, Inc., to P.O. Box 55, New Rochelle, NY 10804. To receive tickets by mail, please include a stamped, self-addressed envelope. For further information, call 576-1617.

Beth El Synagogue CenterBlood drive

On Sunday, Dec. 6 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.. A New York Blood Center blood drive will take place at Beth El Synagogue Center, 1324 North Ave. in New Rochelle. This drive is spon-sored by Beth El Men’s Club held jointly with Temple Israel of New Rochelle. Register for a time slot at bethelnr.org/blooddrive. For questions and more information, contact the Beth El office at 235-2700 ext. 223 or email Mitch Kaphan at [email protected].

The Symphony of Westchester at Iona College

All-Baroque programThe symphony’s season continues on Sunday,

Dec. 13 at 3 p.m., with an all-Baroque program featuring concertmaster and violinist Alex Abayev and violinist Ben Hellman. Abayev and Hellman will perform Bach’s “Double Violin Concerto” and more. Abayev performs as a soloist and cham-ber musician in the United States and abroad and participates in many international music festivals. Hellman’s appearances in the New York area, as well as in other parts of the country, have included solo recitals, concertos, chamber music and or-chestral performances.

A snow date for this concert has been set for Saturday, Dec. 12 at 3 p.m. The decision to use the snow date will be made on Friday, Dec. 11 and available on the website, thesymphonyofwest-chester.org, and by phone at 654-4926. Contact the symphony for tickets and more information.

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New Rochelle Public Library and many others.Jennings received an undergraduate degree in

music history with piano and voice minors from the University of Maryland, and a master of music from Manhattan School of Music in vocal perfor-mance. He sang professionally in the opera before retiring in 1998 to pursue a career as a minister. He is also a guest lecturer on classical music for local colleges and adult education programs. McMillian has had an active career in concerts and operas since the mid-1980s. After graduating from the Juilliard School, she made her professional opera debut in 1986 at the Houston Grand Opera as An-nie in “Porgy and Bess.” She has also performed with the Boston Lyric Opera, the Minnesota Op-era, the Nashville Opera, Opera Colorado, Opera Omaha, the Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Central City Opera Connecticut Opera and other presti-gious companies.

Seating is on a first come, first served basis to the capacity of the Ossie Davis Theater. The pro-gram is made possible by the generosity of the Friends of the New Rochelle Public Library orga-nization. A donation of $2 is suggested at the door.

‘A Classical Evening’ concertOn Saturday, Nov. 21 from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.,

enjoy a dazzling concert performed by talented musicians completing graduate studies in musical performance at Manhattan School of Music and CUNY’s Aaron Copland School of Music. New Rochelle High School graduates Sarah Kenner on violin and Morgan Pappas on flute will be joined

by Greg Dibona on piano. The ensemble’s pro-gram includes “Trio Sonata in C Minor” by J.S. Bach, “Médailles Antiques” by Philippe Gaubert, “Duo for Flute and Piano” by Aaron Copland, and “Sonata for Violin and Piano” by Maurice Ravel. Suggested donation is $2. The concert will take place in the Ossie Davis Theater. Made possible by the Lillian Robbins and Rick Englander Me-morial Fund.

Homework HelpOn Mondays and Tuesdays from 3 p.m. to 7:30

p.m., and Wednesdays from 3 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. in the Children’s Room. Steps to Success is the New Rochelle Public Library’s free homework help center for elementary and middle school stu-dents. Children in grades kindergarten to five can go to the Children’s Room on the first floor, and students in grades six to eight can go to the Young Adult area on the second floor. This is a collabo-ration between the New Rochelle Public Library, New Rochelle Youth Bureau and Monroe College.

Yoga TotsOn Tuesday, Nov. 24 from 9:30 a.m. to 10 a.m.

in the Children’s Room at the main library, and from 10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Huguenot Chil-dren’s Library. For ages 2 to 5. Toddlers will have fun doing yoga. The program combines traditional yoga poses, props and engaging songs to build mo-tor skills, confidence and relaxation skills. Taught by certified kids yoga instructors from Budding Buddhas.

Baby StepsOn Saturday, Nov. 28 from 10 a.m. to 10:30

a.m. in the Children’s Room at the main library, and from 11:15 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. at the Hugue-not Children’s Library. For ages 3 months to 18 months. A half-hour session of fun and early so-cialization through music, movement and finger games for babies and their moms, dads or caregiv-ers. Led by Nora Maher.

Needlework workshopOn Saturday, Nov. 28 from 10:30 a.m. to noon

in the Community Gallery on the first floor. Ro-salie Hollingsworth and Minnie Speciale help beginners to experts with crocheting knitting and other needlework projects. This is a free, drop-in workshop.

Lunchtime YogaOn Monday, Nov. 30 from 12:15 p.m. to 12:45

p.m. in the Meeting Room on the first floor. Guid-ed by yoga instructor Nora LeMorin, these mid-day sessions designed to help relax and strengthen involve traditional and adapted poses that are prac-ticed either standing or seated in chairs—no mats needed. Space is limited; first come, first served. This program is made possible by the Friends of the New Rochelle Public Library. Donations are gratefully accepted.

New Rochelle Opera‘Amahl and the Night Visitors’

New Rochelle Opera’s 30th anniversary sea-son culminates with a production of Gian Carlo Menotti’s “Amahl and the Night Visitors.” Per-formances will be held on Friday and Saturday,

New Rochelle public libraries will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 26 in observance of Thanksgiving. Visit nrpl.org for more information on events and programs.

Eric Jennings returnsOn Saturday, Nov. 21 from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30

p.m., music master Eric Jennings is returning to the Ossie Davis Theater at the New Rochelle Public Library for a final performance before he moves out of the area. “Thanks for the Memo-ries: A Celebration of Favorite Composers, Sing-ers and Songs” will include Jennings’ memorable narrative and live and recorded music. In looking back at the many years of programs he has given in the library’s Ossie Davis Theater, Jennings, tenor and pianist, will be joined by Soprano Ger-aldine McMillian. Participants of the “Sing Your Heart Out” program that he led in the library for four years will also share the stage for a few num-bers. The special concert will include music by Gershwin, Porter, Sondheim, Friedman, Herman


By James PeroStaff Writer

Purchase College has never been known for its Greek life; primarily because—unlike most other universities—it’s never had any.

But for the first time in the SUNY school’s history, a group of students is actively sowing the seeds of what they hope could be the college’s first-ever school -recognized fraternity: Sigma Alpha Mu, otherwise known as “Sammies.”

Ari Vizzo, 19, a sophomore studio composition major at Pur-chase, as well as the currently un-recognized fraternity’s treasurer, is—with his 14 fraternity broth-ers—intent on bringing Greek life to the school in an official capacity; even if most members of the student body don’t want them there.

“A lot of kids aren’t in support of us being here,” Vizzo said.

Since its inception, Purchase College has never been espe-cially welcoming to fraternities and sororities. Founded in 1967 as a bastion for the visual, per-

forming and liberal arts, its goal was to foster an environment in which all cultural identities could flourish.

According to Ernie Palmieri, vice president of student affairs at Purchase, neither fraternities nor sororities were a part of that vision.

“Since the inception of the college in the late 1960s, the founding administration at the time did not want fraternities or sororities to be part of Pur-chase College’s campus culture,” he said. “This in part was due to the problems experienced at oth-er college campuses around the country with Greek organizations during this time period.”

Now, he said, keeping in tra-dition with the original founders of the school, Purchase College plans to continue the same policy.

“The following administra-tions since the college’s found-ing have maintained this policy to the present day,” he said in a prepared statement.

In addition to Purchase’s long tradition of eschewing fraterni-ties and sororities, official school policy states that no group or

organization can discriminate based on gender, religion, or any other variety of factors, making fraternities like Sigma Alpha Mu—which requires that its members identify as male—much more difficult to gain rec-ognition at Purchase compared to other universities.

According to Vizzo, despite the obvious appeal to being recognized by the university—school funding and resources chief among them—he said he would like the non-discrimina-tion provision of recognized or-ganizations to stay.

“While [school recognition] would be amazing…I don’t want that discrimination policy to be changed,” he said, noting that changing such a rule could open the door for gender-based and other forms of discrimina-tion.

Still, such obstacles haven’t stopped the group of 14 students from pushing forward to legiti-mize their fraternity’s colony at the school. According to Vizzo, the brothers hope that soon, their fraternity will become char-tered with Sigma Alpha Mu’s

For the first time in school history, Purchase College is getting an injection of Greek Life as a group of students is actively trying to legitimize a chapter of Sigma Alpha Mu on the school’s campus. File photo

Sigma Alpha Mu unwelcome at Purchase national organization.“We’re a colony,” Vizzo ex-

plained, noting that such a dis-tinction is the official first step toward becoming a legitimate fraternity. “They let you run things as if you are a chapter until we prove we can handle things on our own.”

Since word of Sigma Alpha Mu’s presence on campus has spread, a significant portion of Purchase’s student body has ral-lied to prevent the fraternity’s foray into campus life. Accord-ing to Cassidy Hammond, a ju-nior anthropology major at the college and president of Femi-nists Organizing Real Trans-formation Here, FORTH, the school-sanctioned feminist club, the sentiments from students have been far from welcoming.

“There’s a large group of the population that says ‘No, we don’t want [a fraternity],’” Hammond said. “A lot of people come up to me and are like…‘I think it’s really dangerous.’”

According to Hammond, much of the student body’s con-cern has centered around the is-sue of safety, which critics of the fraternity say could be jeopardized

PUrChase continued on page 13


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New rochelle honors local veterans

The City of New Rochelle held a Veterans Day ceremony on the morning of Nov. 11 in downtown New Rochelle. Vet-erans and residents alike gath-ered at Memorial Plaza, where Memorial Highway and Main Street meet, to reflect on their experiences and to pay respect to the men and women who have served their country.

The ceremony was sponsored by the United Veterans Memo-rial and Patriotic Association, with a special honor to New Rochelle’s police and fire de-partments. Peter Parente, com-mander of VFW Post 439 and president of the United Veterans Memorial and Patriotic Associa-tion of New Rochelle, was the master of ceremonies. The New Rochelle High School Band pro-vided the music for the event.

Peter Parente, commander of VFW Post 439, bestows upon the City of New Rochelle a framed picture in honor of veterans. The gift is accepted by New Rochelle Mayor Noam Bramson, left.

Frank McDonough, a Navy veteran, observes the ceremony with his son Phil, an army veteran and Yonkers police officer, standing behind him.

Members of the New Rochelle Fire Department observe the city’s Veterans Day ceremony at Memorial Plaza on Nov. 11.

A veteran reflects and makes observances about Veterans Day while Mayor Noam Bramson looks on. Photos/Andrew Dapolite

Peter Parente, commander of VFW Post 439, offers final remarks.

Peter Parente presents the New Rochelle Police Department with a flag.

A police officer observes the proceedings next to a colleague bearing the American flag.


John Stossel offers other side at Purchase College By James Pero

Staff Writer

At this point in his career, John Stossel is accustomed to speaking to diverse audiences. Having transitioned from a lengthy stint as a correspondent

on ABC’s “20/20” with Barba-ra Walters to a career in politi-cal punditry at Fox News Busi-ness, Stossel, 68, has catered to a wide swath of people on the political spectrum.

And on Friday, Oct. 30, when Stossel took the stage at

Safety and Environmental Asso-ciation regulations, which have been touted by many as a major step toward important work-place safety standards, Stossel showed an unattributed graph depicting decreasing workplace fatalities following the creation of OSEA.

Then in the next unattributed graph, which depicted a trend of decreasing workplace fatalities decades preceding OSEA’s cre-ation, Stossel argued that OSEA has had little impact.

“Government is like some-body who jumps in front of a pa-rade and says ‘I lead the parade,” Stossel said. “But they didn’t.”

Not all of his graphs were well received, however; par-ticularly one that depicted the growth of government over time. In the middle of his point, a student interjected, adding that the bulk of government spend-ing can likely be attributed to

military growth.“Do you believe in the

army?... Because a lot of that is military spending,” the student said.

Though much of the night centered on political ideology, Stossel—who is originally from Chicago—would touch briefly on a few of the more personal aspects of his career, namely his transition from “20/20” with Barbara Walters where he won an impressive 19 Emmy Awards, to his recent tenure at Fox News.

“I started to criticize the cor-rosive government and suddenly my life in television changed,” Stossel said. “I’m no longer so popular; I’m no longer win-ning Emmy Awards. Someone came up to me on the street in New York and said ‘Are you John Stossel?’ Yes. ‘I hope you die soon.’”

Stossel chalks the reaction up

to a perception of him that has been formulated after taking his current role at Fox News.

“It’s because he’s considering me a conservative,” he said. “In Manhattan where I live it’s like being a child molester.”

While Stossel’s lecture was contentious at times, particu-larly during an engaging ques-tion and answer which allowed the traditionally liberal student body to broach topics of corpo-rate greed, the sentiments from the audience members were pri-marily positive.

“I thought this was positive,” said Mitchell Kutin, a senior philosophy major at Purchase College. “I think it’s an impor-tant thing to hear the other side. We know what we think; we don’t need more people to af-firm our thoughts. We need to hear the other side.”


Deviating from their usual breed of speaker, Purchase College invited Fox News pundit John Stossel, who offered students and faculty a different take on politics and the economy. Contributed photo

Purchase College’s freshly-opened Humanities Theatre to espouse his libertarian take on modern-day America, his lec-ture again found an audience disparate from the norm.

During Stossel’s hour-long lecture, which was attended primarily by political science students and faculty at the col-lege, he wove through various topics relating to regulation and big government as they pertain to his libertarian ideology, and more importantly how they af-fect today’s political and eco-nomic environment.

“Unemployment has stayed high after this last recession be-cause we have so many rules,” Stossel said to the audience. “Because we can’t do anything unless you first ask permis-sion—it’s the ‘mother, may I’ economy.”

To bolster his libertarian ar-guments, Stossel used a series of PowerPoint graphs depict-ing various trends, particularly ones which he believed showed the inefficiency of the American government.

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CPW holds annual fundraising event

On Monday, Nov. 9, Cerebral Palsy of Westchester held its an-nual Taste of Westchester food and wine tasting event at The Renaissance Hotel in Harrison. The event showcased more than

20 of the area’s finest restau-rants and chefs. The evening also included a cooking demon-stration from Hive Living Room + Bar as well as a wine and food pairing by Aries Wines & Spir-

its. All of the proceeds benefit CPW’s mission to ensure that children and adults with dis-abilities receive needed services and enjoy activities regardless of the level of their abilities.

Harrison Mayor Ron Belmont, left, with Richard Osterer, CPW board president, and Linda Kuck, CPW executive director.

It was a girls’ night out with a cause on Monday in Harrison. Photos/Bobby Begun

Westchester County Ex-ecutive Rob Astorino recently joined with New York Rangers alumni Dave Maloney and Ron Greschner, New York Knicks legend Allan Houston, Friends of Westchester County Parks and the Westchester County Parks Department at Kensico Dam Plaza in Valhalla to announce a celebration for Westchester’s Winter Wonderland.

The event will include new features including all-inclusive pricing for admission, an ex-panded ice rink sponsored by the New York Rangers, additional rides and new entertainment, shopping and food attractions.

Doubling its size from last year, the 70-foot by 90-foot rink, which is the same size as the rink at Rockefeller Center in New York City, will be called “Rang-ersTown” as a nod to the Rang-ersTown Hockey House in front of Madison Square Garden.

“We are thrilled to announce this new partnership with the New York Rangers for Winter Wonderland, which we know will grow to become an iconic event in Westchester,” Astorino said. “In addition to the expand-ed rink, the New York Rangers will bring an exciting fan ex-perience to our festive event by incorporating exciting fan expe-rience attractions for the entire family, including photo-ops with alumni, hockey sessions and fun prizes and giveaways.”

Westchester’s Winter Won-derland will take place at Ken-sico Dam Plaza in Valhalla, will open the Friday after Thanks-giving, Nov. 27, and will run through Sunday, Jan. 3. From Nov. 27 through Dec. 20, the event will be open on Fridays and Saturdays from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. and on Sundays from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Starting on Dec.

21, the program will be open weekdays and Sundays from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Fridays and Saturdays from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.

To add to the fan experience, the New York Rangers will pro-vide special perks each Friday, Saturday and Sunday night for guests to enjoy, including:

• Try Hockey for Free ses-sion: The Rangers will help open Westchester’s Winter Won-derland on Friday, Nov. 27, with a special Try Hockey for Free session, which will include ac-cess to free loaner equipment. Kids will receive a free Rangers hockey stick in addition to skat-ing with and meeting New York Rangers alumni.

• Photo opportunities: Guests will be able to take photographs on the New York Rangers Player Bench, framed by the six-foot “RangersTown” letters sign. Blueshirts United brand ambas-sadors will be on-site to greet at-tendees and help them take and share photos on their social me-dia pages. As skaters make their way to the rink, they will be able to stop and take a picture with their favorite Rangers’ life-size cutouts, which will flank the en-try to the ice.

• Appearances by current and former New York Rangers: For-mer Ranger greats will make weekly appearances to ice skate, take photos and sign autographs with guests, and current Rangers will appear on a select date to surprise attendees.

• Road Tour NYRv: The New York Rangers’ field market-ing vehicle and mobile brand experience will be on-site to provide fans with even more in-teractive attractions.

“We are delighted to be part-nering with the Friends of West-chester Parks to help put togeth-er this remarkable initiative for

the community of Westchester,” said Janet Duch, senior vice president of marketing at MSG Sports. “The Rangers, Knicks, Liberty and of course the West-chester Knicks have strong ties to Westchester County and we look forward to continuing our growing relationship with the community through events such as Westchester’s Winter Won-derland.”

Other new features to West-chester’s Winter Wonderland include the Santa experience, The Wonderland Express, Win-ter Hay Rides, a 24-foot Christ-mas tree with lights and a new candy cane forest lights at the entrance.

“Westchester’s Winter Won-derland helps families cre-ate a holiday tradition close to home,” said Joanne Fernandez, board chair for Friends of West-chester County Parks. “We are thrilled to be hosting our sec-ond annual winter event. This one-of-a-kind experience cel-ebrates the spirit of the season with holiday lights, amusement rides, a shopping village, food, an ice skating rink and a memo-rable holiday experience for the entire family.”

The festive event will elec-trify the holiday season with hundreds of thousands of LED lights set to a one-hour-long con-tinuous show choreographed to holiday music, an outdoor recre-ational ice skating rink, boutique vendors, amusement rides and a heated indoor dining tent offer-ing a variety of local food trucks and a full bar.

Tickets for the event can be purchased by visiting winter-wonderland.com. Adult and child tickets cost $15 and are all-inclusive, except for food and vendor shopping, and children 5 and under are free. (Submitted)

Winter Wonderland preps for season

A demonstration by Jean Claude Lanchais, executive director of the Hive Living Room + Bar restaurant at The Renaissance Hotel.


Business BriefsI am thrilled to be part of this effort and look for-ward to kicking off our campaign.”

Other appointments for the 2015-16 year in-clude Neal Denning, who will be taking on a dual role as president-elect and Eastchester /Tuckahoe Campaign co-chair along with Mike Calano; Kim Powell, secretary; Dana Arrighi, treasurer; Donna Ruhanen, marketing chair; Jennifer Lescott and Joella Lykouretzos, investment co-chairs; Annette Healey Dowling and Bill Rizzo, campaign co-chairs for Bronxville; and Andrea Bates and Jim Rotenberg, evaluation co-chairs. Robert Castano and David Scalzo will also be co-chairs of The Community Fund’s annual Golf Outing.

New to the board this year are Ashleigh Don-ovan, Amy Korb, Kevin McNeil, Thomas Sipple and Albert Van Ness. They will be joining return-ing board members Stephen Arcano, Robert Cas-tano, Jennifer Colao, Kristen Evans, Judy Foley, Philippa Freeman, Fran Harris, William Knox, Ron Mager, Rosetta McArdle, David McBride, Cathy Needham, Katharine Outcalt, John Reyn-olds, Lauren Toal and Mark Welshimer.

“I am truly excited about the upcoming year,” noted Melinda Burge, executive director of the fund. “We have an impressive range of talent across our new and returning board members, and with Doug’s leadership skills and expertise I’m confident that we can achieve our goals of serv-ing the diverse needs of our community better than ever before.”

The Community Fund is a nonprofit corpora-tion founded in 1919 to enhance the quality of life and provide assistance to all residents living in Bronxville, Eastchester and Tuckahoe. For 95 years, it has provided funding and support to social service agencies and community programs serving the health, education and welfare needs of local residents. For more information, contact Melinda Burge at 337-8808 or visit thecommunityfund.org.

County nonprofit appoints new COO 4,500 children and families each year from the New York metropolitan area. ANDRUS also oper-ates the Andrus Center for Learning and Innova-tion and The ANDRUS Sanctuary Institute, which has provided training and consultation to more than 300 organizations worldwide in the use of a trauma-sensitive model for treatment and organi-zational change. For more information, visit An-drus1928.org.

Andrew Katell appointed to ArtsWestchester board

White Plains resident Andrew Katell has been appointed to serve on the Board of Directors of Arts-Westchester, the largest, pri-vate nonprofit arts council in New York state, provid-ing cultural programs and services that enrich the lives of residents and visitors to Westchester County.

Katell is the vice president of communications of Entergy, leading internal and external commu-nications for the division of Entergy that owns five nuclear power plants in the northern United States, including Indian Point. Previously, Katell served 10 years as a senior vice president at GE Energy Financial Services, GE’s energy investing busi-ness, where among other duties, he led communi-cations for its equity investments in power projects with a capacity to produce 30 gigawatts of power.

Janet T. Langsam, CEO of ArtsWestchester, said, “Andrew will play a key leadership role in ArtsWestchester’s marketing efforts as a member of our board and its Marketing Committee. En-tergy is one of ArtsWestchester’s largest corpo-rate donors providing support for arts programs and services throughout Westchester County. With Andrew’s expertise in communications, marketing and media relations, he will help us raise aware-ness of the value of the arts in Westchester and help build arts audiences for the future of our cul-tural industry.”

Originally from Westchester, Katell graduated from Syracuse University with a degree in broad-cast journalism and Russian language and culture with additional coursework in Russian language studies from Leningrad State University and Mid-dlebury College. He is a member of the Oversees Press Club, an avid long-distance road bicyclist and jazz aficionado.

Celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, Arts-Westchester is the community’s connection to the arts. Founded in 1965, it is the largest, private, nonprofit arts council in New York state; its mis-sion is to provide leadership, vision, and support, to ensure the availability, accessibility, and diver-sity of the arts.

Weichert, Realtors hosts 37th annual toy drive

The Weichert Family of Companies recently announced the start of the 37th Annual Weichert Toy Drive. Members of the community are invited to drop off new, unwrapped toys at the company’s sales offices through Dec. 11. The toys will be delivered throughout the holidays in conjunction with local charities that assist financially and phys-ically disadvantaged children.

“As we get into the holiday spirit, it’s important

ANDRUS President and CEO Bryan R. Murphy is pleased to announce that Audrey Erazo-Trivino has been appointed as vice pres-ident and chief operating officer. In this role, Erazo-Trivino will be overseeing the day-to-day operations of ANDRUS, building cross-program supports and idea exchanges and enhancing staff stewardship.

“Audrey brings a remarkable blend of pas-sion, experience and understanding to this posi-tion,” said Murphy. “After conducting a six-month search, we found the ideal person who not only understands how to help lead and grow a nonprofit such as ANDRUS, but also has the heart to un-derstand the challenges confronting children with emotional disorders, the opportunities they have for promising futures and how everything we do is in an effort to pave the way to their dreams and aspirations.”

Erazo-Trivino is a highly-skilled nonprofit ex-ecutive leader with 20 years of experience in the child welfare, education and mental health fields. Her previous areas of programmatic oversight in-clude managing medical, mental health, educa-tional, staff development and training services, as well as services that enhance children’s residential programs. Prior to joining ANDRUS, she worked at Cardinal McCloskey Community Services, a multi-service nonprofit agency where she served as the vice president for health and clinical servic-es for 16 years. During her last two years there, Erazo-Trivino provided executive leadership in all program areas and acted on behalf of management in the absence of the COO.

“I am so impressed with the work at ANDRUS, the level of the dedicated professionals here, the overall effectiveness of the programs and the over-all high commitment by the Board of Directors. One of my deepest passions is nurturing hope in children and families; that is in step with AN-DRUS’ mission and the agency’s long term goals. While I am a clinician at heart, I also have exten-sive experience in executive leadership, strategic planning and budgeting,” said Erazo-Trivino.

Erazo-Trivino has centered her career around working in communities with significant needs, both in New York City and Westchester County. Her primary professional focus has been on ad-dressing the mental health needs of Latino and African-American children and families in foster care.

Erazo-Trivino obtained her bachelor’s degree in psychology from the College of Mount Saint Vincent, a master’s degree in clinical psychology through Long Island University and a certification in school psychology from Marist College.

ANDRUS nurtures the social and emotional wellbeing of children and their families by deliver-ing a broad range of vital services and by providing research, training and innovative program models that promote standards of excellence for profes-sional performance in and beyond their service community. With programs on campus, in schools and within community-based settings throughout Westchester County, the nonprofit reaches almost

to remember those children who are less fortunate, and to do our part to help brighten their holiday season,” said Jim Weichert, president and founder of Weichert, Realtors. “As a company, Weichert makes it a priority to assist in all of the commu-nities where we do business, and our annual toy drive allows us to extend our efforts even further.”

Weichert employees at the company’s corporate headquarters, as well as in other company loca-tions throughout the United States, will also par-ticipate in the yearly community service event. To date, the annual toy drive has yielded hundreds of thousands of items for underprivileged children in the communities Weichert serves. Last year, more than 13,000 toys were distributed to charitable and service organizations.

To make a donation, find and visit your local Weichert, Realtors sales office at weichert.com/offices.

The Community Fund appoints new president, board members

The Community Fund of Bronxville, Eastchester and Tuckahoe recently named Doug Meyer as its new presi-dent for the 2015-16 fiscal year. He succeeds outgoing president Katharine Outcalt.

Meyer has been a member of the Board of The Commu-nity Fund since June 2012. He previously served one year as an evaluations team captain and two years as Bronxville Campaign co-chair. Meyer is also a member of the investment committee of the Reformed Church of Bronxville and is an active alumni volunteer at Middlebury College. A gradu-ate of Kellogg School of Management, Meyer has spent his career in the financial services industry and has spent the last seven years as senior vice president and head of institutional at First Eagle Investment Management.

“The Community Fund is a unique organiza-tion,” noted Meyer, adding, “it epitomizes our res-idents’ commitment to giving back and to ensur-ing that the Bronxville, Eastchester and Tuckahoe remain close knit communities that support one another and make this such a special place to live.

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Welcome, ladies and germs!

It’s time for a microbes’ rights movement.

Too long have we reviled the misunderstood microbe as an evil that needs to be sprayed, slathered or scrubbed away. Too long have we demeaned this vast and variegated group with hateful terms like “bug” and “germ.” Too long have we ig-nored the contributions made by this mighty if microscopic clan, subjecting it to the horrors of microbicide.

It is time to say we’re sorry.That is basically what the

fascinating new exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History is doing. “The Secret World Inside You” is a paean to literally trillions of microbes that live on and in each of us, from the depths of our belly buttons to the moist and teeming twists of our intestines, where they are busily digesting our food and, quite possibly, determining our mood. More on that later.

Until just recently, says ge-nomic scientist Robert DeSalle, co-curator of the exhibit, most people thought of microbes only in terms of illness. “I don’t like the word ‘germ,’ because it har-kens back to the old way of look-ing at health: ‘Let’s kill them to make us healthy,’” he said.

Today, researchers are realiz-ing we let a few bad apples in-fluence our outlook. “There are so few bad bacteria in our bodies relative to the good ones that it gives all microbes a bad rap,” De-

Salle said. “I think, actually, they should be patted on the back, be-cause without them, [one] would be a very sick organism.”

Sick because of a lack of germs? Yes indeed. Mice bred to have guts completely bereft of bacteria—sterile—“are much happier when you put some mi-crobes into them,” DeSalle said. It is normal for us all to be crawl-ing with microscopic critters.

Many of those critters are on display at the museum, magni-fied a zillion times, and just be glad they’re normally micro-scopic. But here’s the latest: scientists are starting to think of them sort of like genes. We each have our own “microbiome”—set of microbes—that lives on and in us. No two people’s mi-crobiomes are the same, and our microbiomes change depending on what we eat, where we live, and even our age.

Most significantly, they change when we take antibiot-ics. These kill off a whole lot of microbes; some bad, but many good. It can take a long time for them to grow back, and not all of them will. It’s sort of like re-planting a garden after a nuclear attack. That’s why doctors are trying to prescribe antibiotics more sparingly these days.

We’re not sure what all the different microbes do yet—there can be 100 to 200 different mi-crobial species in just your mouth—but more and more, scientists are beginning to sus-pect that they play a big role in not just sickness, body odor and tooth decay, but also in fighting off disease.

You have probably heard

by now (if only because it’s so weird) of “fecal transplants.” That is, taking the fecal matter from someone healthy and trans-planting it into the gut of some-one sick. People suffering from a C. difficile infection, an illness of the GI tract, have been cured when they received someone else’s stool.

How come? Apparently, some of those germs that we’re so grossed out by actually conquer the illness. Score one for the germs!

What could be stranger than a fecal transplant? How about the idea that some microbes—or some constellation of them—could actually be responsible for how we behave?

The exhibit discusses an ex-periment involving two breeds of mice. The “anxious” breed lingered several minutes before leaping off a platform to ex-plore a new space. The impul-sive breed lingered just a few seconds. When scientists ex-changed their gut microbes—just the stuff swishing around in their intestines—guess what? The anxious group jumped off a minute earlier, and the impulsive mice waited a minute longer. The mice did not receive new or-gans or new genes or new train-ing; just some new germs.

So next time you’re squea-mish about holding the subway pole or you’re about to reach for antibacterial goop, remember: most germs are our friends.

Most microbes are our friends, I mean.

Old habits die hard.


Food bank raises $250K at fundraiser

Small Business Saturday takes on another season

The Food Bank for Westches-ter hosted a new expanded selec-tion of top chefs and restaurants for its 25th annual “An Evening in Good Taste” event on Oct. 22, held in White Plains. The fund-raiser, which spread the mes-sage to end childhood hunger in Westchester County, raised near-ly $250,000 for the Food Bank for Westchester.

The event, which attracted hundreds of people from the re-gion, was an exclusive gathering of Westchester’s philanthropic community, featuring fine food by top chefs and world-class wines. All proceeds from the

event went directly to support the Food Bank for Westchester’s children’s programs.

“We thank everyone who at-tended this year’s ‘An Evening in Good Taste.’ Our guests en-joyed fine food, drinks and company while raising money to fight hunger in Westchester,” said Ellen Lynch, president and CEO of Food Bank for West-chester. “Through the generosity of our supporters, we were able to raise nearly $250,000 to sup-port our programs that directly feed and impact the hungry chil-dren in our county.”

The event included food sam-

For the second year, The Afri-can American Chamber of Com-merce of Westchester and Rock-land counties, in partnership with the US Black Chamber Inc. and the City of Mount Vernon, are encouraging local holiday shop-ping during American Express’s Shop Small Business Saturday campaign. Annually, American Express encourages individuals to shop locally the Saturday after Thanksgiving. This year, Shop Small Business Saturday will take place on Saturday, Nov. 28.

Participating businesses can

be identified by the “Shop Small Business” mat in front of their establishment. They will be handing out gifts including cloth shopping bags and buttons to those who shop at their business.

The AACCWR Inc. was es-tablished on June 28, 1996 as an independent nonprofit agency to aid, counsel and protect the in-terest of African-American busi-nesses. The mission is to pre-serve competitive enterprise and to maintain and strengthen the overall economy of Westchester and Rockland counties.

As a volunteer organization, the chamber’s members are indi-viduals and businesses who work together to advance the commer-cial, financial, industrial and civ-ic interests of a diverse commu-nity. The chamber sponsors small business seminars, networking events and procurement diversity workshops. Topics range from fi-nancial planning, marketing and business management. To learn more about the African Ameri-can Chamber of Commerce and membership information, visit AACCNYS.org. (Submitted)

plings, along with live and si-lent auctions with donated gifts, and surprise lunch bag raffles provided guests with exciting prizes.

The generous sponsors of the event were RPW Group, Enter-gy, All Star Products Group, Per-nod Ricard USA, Webster Bank, Greenfield Stein & Senior, LLP, PepsiCo and Grapes The Wine Company. Christopher and Sean Murphy of Murphy Brothers Contracting in Mamaroneck were the co-chairs of the event.

For more than 25 years, the Food Bank for Westchester has led the fight against hunger in Westchester County, serving 265 frontline programs that pro-vide food directly to the 200,000 county residents who are hungry or food-insecure. One in five residents of the county is hun-gry or at-risk of being hungry; of those almost 200,000 people, one-third are children. For infor-mation about the organization, visit foodbankforwestchester.org. (Submitted)

by bringing an institution like Sigma Alpha Mu to the campus.

While rattling off discon-certing statistics about sexual assault, hazing, in addition to drug and alcohol abuse, Ham-mond explained that fraternities can bring a myriad of problems to campus life.

“I don’t think of them as in-herently dangerous people,” said Hammond, referring to the members of Sigma Alpha Mu. “I think the institution [of frater-nities] is really dangerous.”

Though the unrecognized fra-ternity is still somewhat new to the campus, Hammond said that discussions between members

of FORTH and Sigma Alpha Mu have already occasionally turned into full-blown confron-tations.

During a meeting held by FORTH in which members were invited to discuss their senti-ments about a fraternity coming to the college’s campus, Ham-mond said members of Sigma Alpha Mu made an unexpected appearance that turned conten-tious quickly.

“It got pretty intense,” she said, adding that the meeting digressed into an argument be-tween about 10 fraternity mem-bers and 15 FORTH members after concerns over the fraternity were voiced.

Vizzo stated that similar con-

frontations have erupted when members of the fraternity were approached by students while playing music on campus.

Whether or not Sigma Alpha Mu will go on to become official-ly recognized is still very much in the air according to Vizzo, who cites the student body’s backlash and many administrative bound-aries as major obstacles.

This, however, won’t stop him and his brothers from push-ing forward with the idea.

“The end goal is not really official university recognition,” said Vizzo. “It would be more the student body wanting to work with us and join us.”


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Newman sets swim markBy mIKe smIThSports Editor

On Nov. 7, Mamaroneck’s Steve Newman helped set a mas-ter’s world swimming record.

Newman and his Sarasota YMCA Sharks teammates, Jack Groselle, Kevin McCormack

and Rick Walker, set a new benchmark in the 240-279 Short Course Meter 800-meter free-style relay with a blistering time of 8:52.73. The Sharks’ pace was more than eight seconds quicker than the previous record.

“This was the first time the four of us ever swam together on the

same relay team,” Newman said. “But everyone was swimming their best, and I personally had been doing some hard training for most of the summer and fall.”

Newman, 53, is a Rye native who resides in Mamaroneck and teaches math at New Rochelle High School. Five years ago, he joined up with the Florida-based swim program that competes in several large meets each year.

According to Newman, the decision to put the record-break-ing team into competition at the Shark Tank meet on Nov. 7 came about as a result of a burgeoning rivalry between the Sharks and a master’s team from Ventura County, Calif.

The Ventura County Mas-ters team posted a then-record time of 9:00.30 at a meet last December.

“Because of the nature of the short-course meters, that pool length is only conducted from September to the end of Decem-ber,” Newman said. “So we had to wait a while to get our chance to break it.”

When he’s not making waves

with his Sharks teammates, Newman competes in a num-ber of local and regional meets in the northeast. He generally trains five days a week, usually before school but said traveling to Sharks’ meets presents some logistical challenges.

“Being a teacher, there are only certain times I can take off, like school vacations,” he said.

“There are times [when] I’m done with the teaching day on Friday, leave, swim the weekend meet and I’m back by Sunday.”

Newman said he will be un-able to travel to California for the Sharks’ next meet on Dec. 11, but will likely be back in ac-tion later this winter at the New England Championships.

He remains confident that

once the relay team gets back together, more records will fall.

“I plan to keep swimming as long as I physically can,” he said. “There are a number of records out there, some in the long-course season that we’re going to try and break in June and July.”


Mamaroneck resident Steve Newman was a part of a Sarasota Sharks master’s relay team that broke the world record in the short-course 800-meter freestyle relay on Nov. 7. Contributed photos

Steve Newman, second from right, and his 800-meter freestyle relay teammates pose after breaking the world record on Nov. 7.

live MiKeMike Smith

I’ll be honest. As much as I love managing my pretend foot-ball teams, I’ve never delved into the world of daily fantasy sports, and given the last few weeks that daily fantasy has had in the press—and the courts—I don’t really feel like I’m missing out.

Last week, New York Attor-ney General Eric Schneiderman launched an assault against Draft-Kings and FanDuel, the two pre-eminent daily fantasy sports sites that seem to run major TV spots every 30 seconds, on the grounds that both sites traffic in illegal sports betting. Now, I don’t hold a law degree, so I can’t really offer an informed opinion on the legality of daily fantasy sports as it pertains to New York’s gambling statute, but I will say this: daily fantasy goes against everything that I think fantasy sports should be.

For me, it’s never been about the money. Don’t get me wrong;

Fantasy warswinning money is great. It would be even better if I could manage a top three finish in my yearly fan-tasy league—something I haven’t been able to do in about six years.

My goal is for fantasy to sim-ply augment my football-watching experience. Sometimes, you need a reason to watch the Bucs play the Jaguars on a random Thursday night. Having Doug Martin in your starting lineup seems like as good a reason as any to tune in.

But, at least for me, it doesn’t matter if Martin rushes for 130 yards and a touchdown if I can’t talk a little smack to the guy I’m playing who decided to roll the dice with Toby Gerhart.

Playing against your friends—and letting them know about all their shortcomings, both as a per-son and a general manager—is the true allure of fantasy sports. One of the highlights of my week is, without fail, the Tues-day morning leaguewide email we get from the GM of the first-place “Magnum TY” squad, which points out, in great detail, all the ways that his opponent

failed to put the best team possi-ble on the field. People get mad, sure, but that’s part of the fun.

But for daily fantasy, playing against a nameless, faceless horde, it just doesn’t seem to do it for me.

Just look at the people who “win big” playing DraftKings and FanDuel; the people who win consistently aren’t your gar-den variety football fans. They’re more akin to day-traders, with multiple computers running complicated algorithms to deter-mine, down to the nearest deci-mal point, how many yards-after-catch James White will accrue against a 3-4 defense.

That’s not fun; that’s a job. Ultimately, I don’t care what

decision the courts make on the daily fantasy front. Whether or not these sites continue to oper-ate will have very little bearing on how I choose to take in my football on the weekend.

I just wish they’d do something about those darn commercials.

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Sports Editor Mike Smith enjoys playing fantasy football. He’s just not sure about the allure of daily fantasy. Contributed photo

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By mIKe smIThSports Editor

Nobody said getting to Syra-cuse was going to be easy.

For roughly three quarters on Saturday, it appeared as though New Rochelle was going to stroll into the state semifinals with a lopsided win over Sec-tion IX Newburgh. But a late Goldbacks’ rally tested the Hu-guenots’ resolve, as the Section I champs escaped with a 21-20 win.

Trailing by 21 points late in the third quarter, Newburgh quarterback Ryan Skivington began to find his rhythm, throw-ing for two touchdowns and a couple of big gains in the last 15 minutes of the game to cut into the Huguenot lead. Ultimately, however, the Huguenots’ un-willingness to surrender extra points—including a blocked PAT by Rashon McNeil—proved to be the difference-mak-er, and a New Ro recovery on an onside kick attempt with 18 seconds left spelled the end for Newburgh.

Despite giving up a late rally, New Rochelle sophomore Jared Baron said the pressure never got to the Huguenots.

“We weren’t nervous,” he said with a grin. “We knew that we

New Ro survives scare

were going to keep playing to-gether, as a team.”

If New Rochelle’s defense was suspect late in the game, the first three quarters were marked by the team’s tenacious and op-portunistic play. All three Hu-guenot touchdowns came off turnovers, and sophomore line-backer Lloyd King put his mark on the game, forcing two New-burgh fumbles on the evening.

In a game that saw both teams struggle for yards, it was King’s second forced fumble—recov-

ered by defensive end Tyler Co-hen—that led to the Huguenots’ biggest offensive play of the day: a 56-yard touchdown scam-per from Baron, who nabbed the game’s most outstanding back award.

Baron’s long touchdown run came on a misdirection play, giv-ing New Rochelle the 21-point lead it would need to come out on top.

“That’s a big play for us,” he said. “We faked the counter a couple of times and the defense

A host of Huguenots converge on a Newburgh ball carrier on Nov. 14. New Rochelle’s defense was stout until the Goldbacks put together a late rally.

really bit on that one.”With the win, New Rochelle

will advance to the state semi-final game on Nov. 21 against Saratoga Springs, which beat Shaker-Colonie on Nov. 7 to earn a first-round bye in the state tourney. For the Huguenots, who haven’t been to the tournament since winning it all in 2012, late November football is uncharted territory.

“I’ve been on the team for three years; I’ve been through the good times and the bad,” senior quarterback Greg Powell said. “It just feels good to be one win away from the dome.”

But if the scare against New-burgh has proved anything, he added, it’s that there’s certainly more work to be done.

“This was a shell-shocker, but it’s the state playoffs, and every team is going to be as good, or better, than they were,” Powell said. “We’re just going to have to step up in practice every day.”

CoNTaCT: [email protected] Cossifos recovers a Newburgh fumble. All three of New Rochelle’s touchdowns came off Goldbacks’ turnovers. Photos/Bobby Begun

Jared Baron flies over the top of a Goldbacks defender on Nov. 14. Baron’s 56-yard touchdown run helped New Rochelle escape with a 21-20 win.

Greg Powell sheds a tackler at Dietz Stadium. Powell and the Huguenots are one win away from the state title game.

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