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ing the state mandated lim-its for growth ever since they were first introduced by the state in 2010, while also ex-panding on several aspects of the school district. In order to achieve that mark, the district reduced its reserve funds for tax certiorari disputes by $1 million and workers’ compen-sation by $400,000, according to Meryl Rubenstein, assistant superintendent for business operations. Rubenstein added that there was a $725,000 use of the district’s fund balance for a one-time technology in-frastructure purchase and a $770,000 transfer from the fund balance towards capital work.

Also, with a recent discov-ery of a $2 million calculation error that was subsequently corrected, the budget was able to accommodate the hiring of the equivalent of 15.2 full-time school district employ-ees. According to Shaps, some of the new staff members in-clude three elementary school teachers, one high school so-cial studies teacher and the ad-dition of a new position called the literacy ambassador that aims to improve reading pro-ficiency for elementary school students.

Meanwhile, the district is planning to layoff two full-time special education teach-ing assistants and a part-time special education position at Mamaroneck High School due to excess staffing.

Along with the new hires, the budget is expected to also

Nick Singer, who is leading Standard Amusements, told the Review this week that he’s not interested in creating fields as part of his proposal for the park. Singer said the idea for field space came from the county executive and his administration. Photo/Andrew Dapolite

By CHRIS EBERHARTStaff Writer

While there are some resi-dents, both in Rye and West-chester County, who say more field space is needed, the vo-cal majority in the surrounding area of Playland have made it clear that they don’t want fields there.

But just this week, the new-ly selected park operator told the Review that fields are not part of his vision for Playland.

Homeowners in a neighbor-hood adjacent to the county-owned amusement park have

Standard Amusements: No plans for fields been fighting against fields since last year when the pre-viously appointed Playland vendor, Sustainable Play-land Inc., SPI, proposed a 95,000-square-foot field house as part of its Playland renova-tion before withdrawing the proposal in the wake of heavy criticism from various sides.

And just a week after As-torino announced a tenta-tive agreement with Standard Amusements on April 14, his new choice to run and man-age the amusement park, Play-land’s neighbors are again voicing their concerns about

the potential for fields within the project. Many reacted af-ter reading about “temporary fields” in a $100,000 con-sultant’s report as well as the agreement between Astorino and Standard Amusements.

Rye resident Pam Jacobs, whose home abuts Playland, said the fields are “a ma-jor concern” for her and her neighbors.

“We fought so hard last year to not have [the fields]. How can we even think about al-lowing them?” Jacobs said. “I

PLAYLAND continued on page 7

BUDGET continued on page 8

School budget adoptedBy JACKSON CHEN

Staff Writer

The Mamaroneck Union Free School District’s Board of Education unanimously ad-opted the 2015-2016 proposed budget on April 21; a budget that’s under the state-mandat-ed tax cap for the fifth year in a row.

In the 2015-2016 budget, prepared by Superintendent Dr. Robert Shaps, the district focused on goals of main-taining current class sizes, increased staffing and the ex-pansion of existing programs alongside the establishment of new learning experiences. Shaps first presented his pre-liminary $133 million budget to the school board on March 17 and has since gone through several budget meetings.

On April 21, the superin-tendent presented his revised proposed budget of $133.8 million which equates to a 1.54 percent budget-to-budget increase, or approximately $2 million. Within Shaps’ ad-opted budget, the tax levy in-crease stood at 1.52 percent, which is a safe distance from the state-mandated 1.89 per-cent tax cap set for this year.

The adopted budget also includes a tax rate increase of 1.74 percent, which trans-lates to a $263 property tax in-crease for the average village homeowner.

Following a pattern of fiscal responsibility, the 2015-2016 school budget marks the fifth consecutive year of being tax cap compliant. The district continues its streak in meet-

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Larchmont adopts healthy budget

By JACKSON CHENStaff Writer

The Village of Larchmont adopted a healthy $17.5 mil-lion budget for the 2015-2016 fiscal year, which was under the state-mandated tax cap and marginally increased property tax rates.

On April 20, the village’s Board of Trustees unanimous-ly adopted the budget that was prepared by Village Treasurer Denis Brucciani. The village’s total budget for the upcoming fiscal year that begins on May 31 increased by 1.36 percent from the current year’s budget.

For the average homeown-er in Larchmont, the budget includes a small tax rate in-crease of 1.9 percent, which translates into a $6.60 increase per $1,000 of assessed valua-tion in their property taxes.

Unlike the current budget’s tax levy increase that was dou-ble the tax cap, the 2015-2016 budget’s tax levy increase came in just under the cap, which was set at 2.09 percent. The budget comes with a tax levy increase of 2.06 percent, translating into a $266,000 in-crease over the current budget. While a minor percentage, the 0.03 percentage translates into nearly $4,000 that will be car-ried over into next year’s tax levy increase calculations.

According to Brucciani, the village was much more aggressive in pushing the rev-enues of the village to make sure the budget was balanced this year. He added that the village was less conservative this year by evenly increasing

revenues from several sources, like an extra $10,000 from parking permits and an extra $15,000 from field permits, throughout the village to bal-ance the budget.

The treasurer said that ap-proximately 89 percent of the budget is fixed and not subject to change, leaving about 11 percent of appropriations, or $1.9 million, to fiddle around with during budget delibera-tion season.

The majority of expenses, 41 percent, which totals to $7.3 million, are designated for employee salaries. Ac-cording to the budget, there is $60,900 allocated for the village administrator position that the village is expecting to hire sometime this year.

Larchmont, previously the only village in Westchester County without full-time pro-fessional administration, cre-ated the position in February to handle the village’s day-to-day operations.

The need for an adminis-trator became prevalent when former Village Clerk Eileen Finn retired in January 2014, leaving a void in managing village affairs.

Even with Finn’s depar-ture, there is still $95,047 left within the budget for the vil-lage clerk salary, which is ex-pected to be split up into other salaries, according to Mayor Anne McAndrews, a Demo-crat. While the village is still utilizing the services of Brian Rilley as deputy clerk, the village clerk position will be overtaken by the new admin-istrator the village is currently

trying to hire. Overall, Brucciani said

Larchmont will remain at the same headcount of 87 full-time positions in terms of vil-lage employees and that the $225,000 increase in employ-ee salaries are due to some minor pay increases within the fire and police departments. The most significant decrease in spending was within retire-ment costs, which the village reduced by $142,000.

Among other spending costs, the village continued its annual contribution to the Larhcmont Public Library in the amount of $886,852. Larchmont is also using about $878,000 for its debt service to pay off its loans, which totals to more than $5.6 million for the new fiscal year, excluding interest.

Much like last year, the vil-lage will be spending more than $700,000 on street main-tenance to repair and repave roads. McAndrews said that the village has entered into an agreement with the Town of Mamaroneck and the Village of Mamaroneck for a joint re-surfacing contract that would hopefully discount the price of asphalt. Alongside the joint contract, the mayor said she is looking to formalize a list-like procedure in assessing which of the village’s roads need re-pairs the most.

“I’m encouraging my board to get this total assessment of the village’s roads and there-fore we can do a real program that will be self-sustaining,” McAndrews said.

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The Village of Larchmont Board of Trustees unanimously adopted a $17.5 million budget that falls under the state mandated tax cap. Photo/Andrew Dapolite


What’s going on...Larchmont Public Library

Chair yogaOn Tuesdays starting April 21 through May

26 join Certified Yoga Instructor Vincenza Ma-donia for four sessions of chair yoga. Chair yoga consists of arm, leg and head movements as well as twisting your torso, all done while seated in a chair. There are also standing move-ments that use a chair for support. These ses-sions include learning breathing exercises that are incorporated into each yoga position.

Chair Yoga is a terrific way to maintain fit-ness of your body and mind through very low-impact exercises. Madonia received her yoga certification in 2009 from the Synergy Center for Yoga and the Healing Arts in Mi-ami, Fla., and has taught locally at the Com-munity Center on City Island and at Lo-cust Point Community Center in the Bronx. Alzheimer’s talk

On Sunday, May 3 Meryl Comer, one of the country’s leading Alzheimer’s advocates will be speaking at the Larchmont library on the impacts of Alzheimer’s disease. Comer is

an Emmy award-winning broadcast journalist and New York Times bestselling author of “Slow Dancing With a Stranger: Lost and Found in the Age of Alzheimer’s.” In her talks, Comer tells a profoundly intimate and unflinching account of her husband’s battle with Alzheimer’s disease, one of today’s most pressing and least under-stood health epidemics. Refreshments will be served at 3:30 p.m., and the talk begins at 4 p.m. Entrance is behind the library.

Mamaroneck Public Library

Art lectureAcclaimed art educator and historian Su-

zanne Altman will present lectures on “Great Museums of New York” at the Mamaroneck library on select Sundays in April and May. The next upcoming lecture entitled “Highlights of The Museum of Modern Art” is on Sunday, April 26, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the commu-nity room on the lower level of the library. The one-hour multi-media presentation will fea-ture the works by Cezanne, Matisse, Picasso, Rauschenberg, Pollock and Warhol. Following the presentation, there will be a question and answer period and light refreshments. Hearing-assistance devices are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Contact the reference desk of the library for further information on the Mu-seum Pass Program at 698-1250. Registration is not required. Hosted by The Friends of Mama-roneck Library.

The Friends of the Mamaroneck Library is a nonprofit organization providing extra support for the library, which also funds the library’s free museum pass program. The Friends is sponsoring this lecture series to bring attention to this great opportunity for local residents. Us-ing your Mamaroneck library card, patrons can obtain free passes to many great museums.

Mamaroneck Chamber of Commerce“Taste of Mamaroneck”

It is, once again, time to raise your glass on Sunday, May 3 in the Village of Mamaroneck as the Chamber of Commerce hosts the 9th annual “Taste of Mamaroneck Wine Trail.”

Back by popular demand, this much antici-pated event invites you to climb aboard the trol-ley and ride along to the many village restau-rants for a taste of wine and a sample of their most delectable foods.

Mamaroneck offers a variety of cuisines from around the world and for only $50 you can enjoy the tastes of many cultures with your fam-ily, friends and neighbors. Registration for the event will begin at 12:30 p.m. at Harbor Island Park and the trolley will run from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Pre-registration is strongly recommended. To have your name added to the paid guest list in advance please go to mamaroneckcham-berofcommerce.org or contact the Mamaroneck Chamber of Commerce at 698-4400 or email [email protected].

Larchmont RecreationNewcomer’s softball

Join a bunch of pick-up players ages 18 to 70 who play softball at Flint Park every Sunday morning in the summer. Games are played from 8:30 a.m. until 10:30 a.m., and are not to be tak-en too seriously as they are intended to be just for fun. Get some exercise, relive your youth and meet a bunch of good guys. For more infor-mation, contact Rob at [email protected].

LMC-TV Teen summer filmmaking workshops

LMC-TV’s summer filmmaking workshops are an opportunity to learn hands-on filmmak-ing skills, from cinematography to scriptwrit-

ing to computer video editing. This program is geared towards teens 13 and older. Participants will collectively conceive of, write a script for, shoot, direct and edit a short dramatic film us-ing high definition video equipment, editing and scriptwriting software. Participants can attend one week of workshops for $400 per week or all three for $1,100. Sibling and dual workshop discounts are available.

Workshop 1: FilmmakingMonday, June 29 to Friday, July 17Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Workshop 2: Filmmaking Monday, July 20 to Friday, Aug. 7Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Village Democrats seek candidates

The Village of Mamaroneck Democratic Committee is seeking interested residents to be considered for the nomination of trustee and mayor. Those who wish to inquire or be con-sidered for either position contact Elizabeth Saenger at 698-7569 or [email protected].

American Red CrossBlood donation opportunity

On Tuesday, May 12 from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., the American Red Cross will be provid-ing a blood donation opportunity at the Mama-roneck Public Library, located at 136 Prospect Ave., in Mamaroneck.

The American Red Cross encourages eligible donors to give blood this May in honor of World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day on May 8, the birthday of International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement founder, Henry Dunant.

For more than 130 years, the American Red Cross has been helping people, including those in need of blood transfusions, in communities across the U.S. It is the only blood services organization that also provides disaster relief, services for active and veteran military person-nel and their families, and health and safety training.

Last year, about 3.1 million volunteer blood donors rolled up a sleeve to help the Red Cross meet the needs of patients in approximately 2,600 hospitals nationwide. Donors of all blood types, especially those with types O negative, A negative and B negative are needed to help ensure blood is available for patients this spring.

To make an appointment to give blood, download the Red Cross Blood Donor App, vis-it redcrossblood.org or call 1-800-REDCROSS. Those who are unable to give blood can support blood donations and invite others to make a life-saving donation by creating a SleevesUp virtual blood drive at redcrossblood.org/SleevesUp.

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Rye Neck Middle School art exhibitsView a collection of artwork created by stu-

dents in grades 6 through 8 with Ms. Trisha Ap-pel, Mrs. Jennifer Dallow and Mrs. Karen Fon-tecchio. Artwork is based on the works by Vin-cent Van Gogh, Henri Matisse, Wassily Kandin-sky, Frank Lloyd Wright, Kathe Kollwitz and Pablo Picasso. Exhibit runs through April 30 in the Warner Gallery located on the library’s lower level.


During spring recess for the schools in the Village of Mamaroneck, the Harbor Is-land Conservancy informally opened up a new bite-size play-ground for younger children.

The playground, which is designed for children ages 2 to 5, is located within the Harbor Island Park, or more affection-ately known as the “jewel of Mamaroneck.”

Brett Hadaway, the design-er of the project, incorporated four new pieces of jungle gym equipment that focuses on core strength and balance. The fin-ished playground serves as an addition to the current larger playground that was created in 2007, which is located next to the Sportime facility.

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New Harbor Island playground opens

The playground was origi-nally going to be placed di-rectly in front of the Sportime entrance, but was moved clos-er to the parking lots because of the discovery for potential damage to the roots of a near-by oak tree, according to Al Corsetti, the contractor for the playground.

Fred Longacre, president of the conservancy, said an offi-cial ribbon-cutting hasn’t been planned to date, but that the playground is currently open to all.-Reporting by Jackson Chen

During one of the first sunny days of spring recess, kids and their parents test out the new playground equipment. Photo/Fred Longacre

Chris Prendergast spins the Berliner O’Tannenbaum, a Christmas-tree shaped climbable spinning device, with his daughter, Sarah, and several other children.

Kids take turns spinning each other on the Berliner O’Tannenbaum, which seems to be the most popular of the new equipment at the park’s playground.

Two kids follow each other on the Satellite Playhouse’s slide.


don’t understand why we are even giving them the courtesy to talk about fields again...I think we should be more em-phatic and say no because we did this already. We did this a year ago.”

And Jacobs hasn’t been the only person adamantly opposed

PLAYLAND from page 1

“Temporary fields,” pictured, as listed in the Playland consultant report authored by Dan Biederman and the Playland Management Agreement between Standard Amusements and the county executive, reignited passionate Playland neighbors who have been against fields. But Nick Singer, who is leading Standard Amusements, said there are no plans to construct any temporary fields. Photo courtesy Dan Biederman report

Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, left, with Dan Biederman. Biederman was hired by Astorino for $100,000 to conduct an analysis of Playland and offer recommendations on how to improve the park. In Biederman’s report, which was released on April 14, he suggests several options including the use of temporary fields in the parking lot of the amusement park. File photo

to the idea of “temporary fields.”

About 15 to 20 people spoke out against the proposal dur-ing a recent Playland Advisory Committee meeting, a City of Rye committee, in Rye City Hall. It was the committee’s first official meeting since the agreement with Standard was announced.

“The fields are the No. 1 concern that’s been brought up to me over and over,” said Steve Vasko, chairman of the city committee.

But residents’ concerns may be for naught this time around.

Nick Singer, who leads Standard Amusements, said in an interview this week that the “temporary fields” were

pushed by Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, a Re-publican, and his administra-tion, but they weren’t part of Standard’s vision for Playland.

“Doing the temporary fields would only generate a very small amount of mon-ey...It’s not something I feel strongly about,” Singer said. “We were asked by the county to study the matter, and that’s our only commitment…But there are no plans to construct temporary fields in the park-ing lot at this time. And there won’t be lights or a bubble or fencing or any of that.”

But the mention of “tem-porary fields” in both the $100,000 Playland consultant report completed by Dan Bie-derman, who is a renowned developer best known for the redevelopment of Bryant Park in New York City, and in the tentative Playland Manage-ment Agreement between Standard Amusements and the county executive created a sense of angst among the resi-dents who neighbor the coun-ty-owned amusement park.

Section 2-X of the tenta-tive agreement with Standard

Amusements states, Standard “may utilize a portion of the parking lot during the off-season for a temporary sports field or other attractions…”

Singer said the Biederman report is just a series of sug-gestions, not Standard’s plan, and Standard’s plan is “low impact.” He said intrusive as-pects of the Biederman report, such as fields or the creation of an amphitheater, are not things he is looking to do.

“It’s clear there is a lot of sen-

sitivity towards the fields, and we are sensitive to that,” Singer said. “The last thing we want to do is antagonize our neighbors.”

The Westchester County Board of Legislators, the coun-ty government’s legislative body, has 60 days to vote on the agreement with Standard. The Democratic-led board was expected to begin its review of the plan on April 23, after press time.



Artists guild features ‘small works exhibit’Art works in a variety of

media, all 15 inches or small-er, are featured in the 11th Annual Small Works Exhi-bition at the Mamaroneck Artists Guild Gallery, begin-ning Thursday, April 30 and continuing through Saturday, May 23. The works in this exhibition, selected from en-tries from across the nation by Juror David Dunlop, demon-strate incredible creativity and skill achieved by artists work-ing within the limitations of 15 inches or less.

A reception where the pub-lic can meet the exhibiting art-ists will be held on Saturday, May 9, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.

sance techniques and contem-porary science.

His paintings have been shown internationally and are held in the collections of major corporations including Aetna In-surance, Citibank, Colgate-Pal-molive, Delta Airlines, GE Capi-tal Corporation, IBM and Mobil. Dunlop has lectured exten-sively and in 2009 wrote and hosted the award-winning se-ries for PBS “Landscapes Through Time.” He is current-ly at work on a second series. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. Admission is free. For more information, contact Su-zanne Montresor, gallery direc-tor, at [email protected] or at 834-1117. (Submitted)

Dunlop is a modern-day old master whose luminous land-scapes draw from both Renais-

“A Walk in the Woods,” monoprint by Ellen Lazarus

“The Perfect Day to Leave Behind,” carving by Erin Jenkins

“Fort Myers Pier,” lithograph by Lynne Wesalowski

“Henny Penny” acrylic by Patti Ettinger

legal noticesNotice of formation of Regenapet, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on January 16, 2015. Office in Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to:United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Balitello LLC. Date of filing of Articles of Organization with the NY Secretary of State (SSNY) on 02/12/2015. Office of location: Westchester. SSNY Designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: Registered Agent UNITED STATES CORPORATION AGENTS, INC., 7014 13TH AVENUE, SUITE 202, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, 11228 , Purpose: any lawful activity

Notice of Formation of Kidtopia Organic Day Care LLC. Art. of Org. filed Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/23/2015. Office location: Westchester. SSNY Designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: Kidtopia Organic Day Care, 348 Pinebrook Blvd New Rochelle NY 10804. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Volunteers of all ages are invited to show their love for Village of Mamaroneck parks at the annual Clean and Green Day, Saturday, April 25 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. All neighbor-hood groups, troops and teams will be provided with tools, clean-up bags and gloves.

Volunteers can choose their own site or select from a list of neighborhood parks and waterways that would ben-efit from attention.This year’s Clean and Green Day has been expanded to include additional activities, including a nature walk, a tour of the sewage plant and a composting work-shop organized by Sheldrake Environmental Center.

For the first time in the vil-lage, participants will be able to sign up for a plot at the new Village Community Garden. Tours of the Marine Education

Center and schooner Sound-Waters will also be available. Refreshments will be provided by local merchants and attend-ees can also receive informa-tion about various local and regional environmental initia-tives, from how to cultivate native plants and green lawns without using pesticides to details on the Solarize Larch-mont-Mamaroneck program.

Finally, all volunteer clean-up groups will be included in a drawing for prizes, which will include gift certificates from Boitano’s Bakery, Gar-den Catering and Stop & Shop, among others.

“We in Mamaroneck are so fortunate to live in a beautiful costal community,” said Laura Holbrook, co-organizer of the event and a member of the Vil-lage of Mamaroneck Commit-tee for the Environment. “By

helping to maintain and pro-tect it and teaching our youth the importance of maintaining their natural environment, we are esuring the sustainability of our community for genera-tions to come.”

Schedule of events: 10 a.m.: Meet at the Ma-

rine Center, Harbor Island for cleanup assignments

Noon: Harbor Island native plant tour with habitat restora-tion ecologist Sven Hoeger

1 p.m.: Tour of Westchester County sewage treatment plant.

Information booths and oth-er activities will be ongoing. Current sponsors of Clean and Green Day include Boiano Bakery, Garden Catering, Red Plum Restaurant and Stop & Shop. For more information about Clean and Green Day, visit mamaroneckgreen.org.(Submitted)

Village to host clean, green day

further bolster the science, technology, engineering, arts and math initiative, STEAM, with at least $75,000 worth of funding. Coupled with the improvement of the current curriculum, Shaps included the establishment of a $10,000 summer Advanced Placement

Course Institute, a program where high school students would be able to get a head start on college credits during vacation time.

Since the budget was adopt-ed by the school board, parent-teacher associations from each of the six schools in the dis-

trict will now hold their own budget meetings to inform the community on a smaller lo-calized scale. The final public vote will take place on May 19 and is open to registered voters who live in the school district.


BUDGET from page 1

The Mamaroneck Union Free School District adopted a budget that is below the state mandated tax cap for a fifth consecutive year. File photo

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NOTICE OFPUBLIC HEARING AND ANNUAL MEETING AND ELECTION OF THE SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEES OF THE MAMARONECK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing of the qualified voters of the Mamaroneck Union Free School District, Westchester County, Mamaroneck, New York, will be held in the Tiered Classroom at Mamaroneck High School at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 5, 2015 for the presentation of the budget document.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a copy of the statement of the amount of money which will be required to fund the Mamaroneck School District budget for 2015-2016, exclusive of public monies, may be obtained by any resident of the District during business hours beginning April 28, 2015, except Saturday, Sunday or holidays, at the Administration Offices, 1000 W. Boston Post Road, Mamaroneck, New York, and at each of the school buildings. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual Meeting and Election of the Mamaroneck Union Free School District, Westchester County, Mamaroneck, New York, will be held on Tuesday, May 19, 2015, for the purpose of voting upon:

1. Adoption of the budget for the 2015-2016 fiscal year; and 2. Election of Three members of the Board of Education for full three-year terms, beginning July 1, 2015, and ending

June 30, 2018, to succeed Melany Gray, Roger Martin and Robin Nichinsky.

The vote will be taken between the hours of 7 o’clock a.m. to 9 o’clock p.m. in each of the four election districts at the following places:

1. Central Election District: The voting place of this Election

District shall be the Central School, Palmer Avenue, Larchmont New York.

2. Mamaroneck Avenue Election District: The voting place of this Election District shall be the Mamaroneck Avenue School, Mamaroneck Avenue, Mamaroneck, New York.

3. Chatsworth Avenue Election District: The voting place of this Election District shall be the Chatsworth Avenue School, Larchmont, New York.

4. Murray Avenue Election District: The voting place of this Election District shall be the Murray Avenue School, Murray Avenue, Larchmont, New York.

The boundaries of each of these election districts are co-extensive with the boundaries of the respective school attendance districts, e.g.,:

1. The Central Election District is co-extensive with the Central School District.

2. The Mamaroneck Avenue Election District is co-extensive with the Mamaroneck Avenue School District.

3. The Chatsworth Avenue Election District is co-extensive with the Chatsworth Avenue School District.

4. The Murray Avenue Election District is co-extensive with the Murray Avenue School District.

A qualified voter shall vote at the place herein above designated within the School District and Election District in which such qualified voter resides. Voting machines will be used to record the vote.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that personal registration of voters is required.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that for the purpose of preparing a register for each election district, the members of the Board of Registration shall meet at Mamaroneck High School, 1000 W. Boston Post Road, on the following day and for the indicated hours:

Wednesday, May 13, 2015,Superintendent’s Office from 7:00 -10:00 a.m.Conference Room N101 from 4:00 – 8:00 p.m.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Board of Registration shall meet during the Annual Meeting and Election at the election districts (each elementary school) for the purpose of preparing a register for meetings or elections to be held subsequent to such Annual Meeting or Election.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that immediately upon the completion of the register so prepared by members of the Board of Registration, and not later than five days prior to Tuesday, May 19, 2015, the register shall be filed in the District Clerk’s office and thereafter shall be open to inspection by any qualified voter of the school district between the hours of 9 o’clock a.m. and 4 o’clock p.m. on each day up to and including Monday, May 18, 2015, except Sundays and also available for inspection on Saturday, May 16, 2015, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that any person who shall be registered with the Board of Registration of the school district, and who has voted in 2011, 2012, 2013, or 2014 in a School District election, or who shall be registered to vote in general elections, shall be entitled to vote at said election without re-registering with the School District.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that petitions nominating candidates for office of member of the Board of Education must be filed in the Office of the District Clerk, 1000 West Boston Post Road, Mamaroneck, New York, between the hours of 9 o’clock a.m. and 5 o’clock p.m. not later than thirty days preceding the date of election of members, to wit, April 20, 2015, and shall be subscribed by not less than 37 qualified voters of the district.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that copies of the text of any resolution which will be presented to the voters at this Annual Election and a statement of estimated expenses for the ensuing year will be completed and copies made available at each schoolhouse in the district in which a school is maintained, from 9 o’clock a.m. to 3 o’clock p.m. on each day other than a Saturday, Sunday or holiday during the fourteen days immediately preceding said Annual Election, to wit, May 5, 2015 to May 19, 2015, inclusive, and also on said Annual Election Day.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that any and all further propositions to be placed upon the voting machines shall be by petition filed in the Office of the District Clerk not later than thirty days preceding the day of election, to wit, April 20, 2015, and shall be subscribed by not less than 92 qualified district voters.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that applications for absentee ballots may be applied for at the Office of the Clerk of the District. Such application must be received by the District Clerk at least seven days before the election, if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or the day before the election if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter. A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots shall have been issued will be available in the said office of the clerk on each of the five days prior to the day of the election, except Sundays and also available for inspection on Saturday, May 16, 2015, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that a Real Property Tax Exemption Report prepared in accordance with Section 495 of the Real Property Tax Law will be annexed to any tentative/preliminary budget as well as the final adopted budget of which it will form a part; and shall be posted on District bulletin board(s) maintained for public notices, as well as on the District’s website

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By JOHN BRANDIStaff Writer

As those with Autism Spec-trum Disorder begin to “age out,” or turn a certain age where they can no longer at-tend public school, parents are scrambling to find suitable housing and day programs that will offer the same kind of so-cialization and individualized health-based services.

At the same time, West-chester County and leaders from Autism foundations are pairing together to form a “first-of-its-kind” communi-ty-based service network for those living with the disorder.

With the idea being branded as a “departure from current residential models,” Neigh-borhood Network of New York, NNNY, has received a little more than $1 million in grant money to combine in-dividualized care, monitored activity and social immersion for adults with Autism. The money has come from New York State’s Office for People with Developmental Disabili-ties, and there’s a hope that this model will be mimicked beyond just Westchester.

The Centers for Disease Control estimates that the prevalence of Autism in chil-dren is now 1 in 68. Autism Spectrum Disorder, ASD, is a developmental disorder that affects speech, behavior and social interaction.

Ilene Lainer, president of New York Collaborates for Autism, one of the paired or-ganizations to develop this model which was first pro-posed in 2010, said the idea was to fill a need for housing and offer an alternative to the current options such as group homes, in-home staffing and traditional day service, which she said can be expensive.

“This program is timely and critical, especially with more than half a million teens with ASD expected to become adults in the next decade,” Lainer said.

Another option is to let the adult reside at home, but Lee-ann Tomasetti, a mother of an 18-year-old son with Autism, said the amount, subsidized by the federal government, is usually not enough to provide adequate care.

Still, Lanier’s goal with this

Despite new program, parents still worry

prototype community is to break down barriers and have those with Autism integrate into the community; to have it become typical to live next door to adults with Autism.

“People with Autism are great neighbors to have, they’re not doing drugs or having drinking parties,” Lanier, also a mother to a child with Autism, said. “They’re good workers and good neighbors and you want them to live nearby.”

The model will be slow to start.

Dubbed a “demonstration program,” it will first be about learning preferences, but it looks to service approximately 40 adults. In the community, there will be both moderately and severely challenged indi-viduals, according to Lanier.

She said what’s unique about this program is the in-troduction of professional families, or those that will live near or with the autistic adult. Those families will provide around the clock care for their disabled neighbors. Lanier said this will make for “deep-er, more meaningful connec-tions” between the one requir-ing care and the one giving it.

Some parents of adults with Autism find the current model and the extended waitlists for day programs and housing a burden. Ellen Gentsch, a for-mer member on the board of Westchester Foundation for Autism and a mother of a 21-year-old autistic son, said she has had a recurring dream of losing her child.

“In the meantime, our kids our getting bigger,” Gentsch said. “The districts are won-

derful. Our social worker is wonderful. But the bottom line, it is what it is, whatever is out there, we have to make this decision.”

She said she’s been having this conversation with other parents in the foundation since her child was two about where the kids were going to go be-yond a certain age. Now that she’s here and her son is about to age out of the school dis-trict, she calls the process of searching for an alternative model “extremely stressful.”

And the clock is ticking.“My son went to a regular

high school,” Gentsch said. “To put him into a facility with so many disabilities, and not the same kind, I’m still looking, but he ages out in June.”

The typical age when those with Autism leave public school is usually 21 or 22.

Like most parents, Gentsch has extenuating circumstanc-es at home that would prevent her son from living and re-ceiving the care he needs on a long-term basis.

She said she has explored models where they would place her son in a room with developmentally dis-abled 65-year-olds. She found this troublesome, and said she’d like to see a facility where they break it down into age groups, like a segment for her son with just people who are 21 to 30 and have similar interests.

Around for nearly 20 years, the Autism foundation and its mission has evolved. What used to be getting parents to-gether for pictures with Santa or holiday parties, has turned into discussions of where can those affected go for social-ization, job training and ap-propriate housing options.

“I always wanted to get housing or condos built where parents are on the premise as well and we hire our own help,” Gentsch said, “grow old next to them. If that does take place, I love the idea of it.”

One of Gentsch’s concerns with traditional residential models is the high turnover rate of the staff. Lainer said in the residential model, among care workers there’s a turnover rate of about 75 percent. With the proposed community, the turnover rate, Lanier said, is 3

A new grant is offering roughly $1 million toward the creation of a community-based, living services network for adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Photo courtesy specialeducationadvisor.com

percent, based off preliminary research and a similar model put to use in Kansas.

“The key here is consisten-cy and longevity of service,” Lanier said.

Tomasetti said although she has some time until her son ages out at 21, she’s already started the process of explor-ing day programs.

“I started last year, because I don’t want to be caught with my pants down,” Tomasetti said. “For us, it’s about finding an appropriate facility for our kids and if there’s an opening, we have to take it right there.”

However, she said this isn’t always ideal because it would mean pulling him out of school early. Tomasetti shared Gentsch’s sentiment and she wanted to make sure her son, no matter which housing she chooses, was with people his own age. She said this summer will consist of exhausting day programs throughout West-

chester to find an appropriate one that will have the educa-tional piece and social aspect, which is basically the program, she said, that he is in now.

If she can’t find a program, she is considering keeping her child at home with help from the government. At a cost of $30,000, a parent or parents can tailor a program with in-dividualized care, according to Tomasetti. Her only concern, she said, is that it will lack the social aspect.

“We can’t lock them up be-hind a wall,” Tomasetti said. “These are children who are also in Westchester and have had the opportunities to go on vacations, go to baseball games and go to Broadway shows. These are children who are used to this level of social-ization.”

Jeanne Canon, an Eastches-ter teacher and mother of one son with Autism, 17, and one son that is mainstream, said

she worries about the length of the waiting lists for housing and RESPIT, a service where the government funds a non-family member to watch your child, which limits the options for parents caring with their adult children with Autism.

“There aren’t enough pro-viders for services,” Canon said. “Maybe the government can create an incentive, busi-nesses that will provide servic-es to adults with Autism.”

Canon also feels that fund-ing for adults is lacking and that the focus has turned to-ward early intervention in chil-dren that are showing signs of the disability.

“It’s geared toward early intervention, which is under-standable because you want your children to become their best,” she said. “But what do you do with kids who need care when it’s not as available?”


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Better Homes and Gardens welcomes John Schultz

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New 3-D mammography at WESTMED in Rye

When the breast exam is over, the WEST-MED board-certified radiologist meets with the patient to review the results, answer any ques-tions and outline next steps.

Dr. Stack recalls, “Back before this technol-ogy was approved by the FDA, I was part of a team of mammography experts who reviewed the 3-D images of 350 patients and compared them to conventional mammograms of the same patients. We were immediately struck by the su-perior ability of Hologic 3-D mammography to show early signs of breast cancer. For five years, I have looked forward to the day when I could bring this new technology to my patients.”

Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death among women, exceeded only by lung cancer. Statistics indicate that one in eight women will develop breast cancer sometime in her lifetime. The stage at which breast cancer is detected influences a woman’s chance of sur-vival. If detected early, the five-year survival rate is 98 percent.

If you would like to schedule a mammogram or have questions about this important breast health procedure, please speak with your doctor.

WESTMED Medical Group is a large multi-specialty group medical practice, with head-quarters in Purchase, N.Y. It is staffed by a team of 260 physicians dedicated to providing coordinated, efficient and the highest quality of patient care at its nine locations in central and lower Westchester County. The practice, known for its one-stop-shopping medical experience for patients, uses state-of-the-art systems and electronic medical records. WESTMED has medical offices in White Plains, Rye, Yonkers, Purchase, Scarsdale, New Rochelle and West Harrison.

Dr. Barry Jordan named to NYC Honorary Police Surgeons Corps

Barry D. Jordan, M.D., M.P.H., the assistant medical director at Burke Reha-bilitation Center, has been ap-pointed to the Honorary Police Surgeon Corps with the New York City Police Department. Dr. Jordan was sworn in by Po-lice Commissioner William J. Bratton at a ceremony held at police headquar-ters in Manhattan on Friday, March 20. He was one of 40 physicians inducted into the program that day. Historically, the first honorary sur-geon was appointed by the police department in 1917 and the strong tradition continues today, with a total of 403 physicians in the program. “We are proud that Dr. Barry Jordan was ap-pointed to the Honorary Police Surgeon Corps and congratulate him on this achievement,” said Mary Beth Walsh, CEO and executive medical director of Burke Rehabilitation Hospital. “Dr. Jordan represents the very best of Burke and, ev-ery day, demonstrates his commitment to help-ing patients make the fullest possible recovery.” In addition to his position as assistant medi-cal director, Dr. Jordan is also director of the Memory Evaluation Treatment Service and the former director of Burke’s Brain Injury Program. He is a board certified neurologist with specialized interests in sports neurology,

Alzheimer’s disease, and traumatic brain injury. Dr. Jordan is currently the chief medical offi-cer of the New York State Athletic Commission and a team physician for U.S.A. Boxing. He is also an associate professor of Clinical Neurol-ogy at Weill Medical College of Cornell Uni-versity. Dr. Jordan received his medical degree from Harvard University and completed his Mas-ters of Public Health at Columbia University. Burke Rehabilitation Hospital is a private, not-for-profit, acute rehabilitation hospital. Founded in 1915, it is the only hospital in Westchester County dedicated solely to rehabilitation medicine. Burke offers both inpatient and outpatient programs for those who have experienced a disabling illness, traumatic injury or joint replacement surgery. The hospital is part of Burke Rehabilitation Center, which also includes Burke Medical Research In-stitute. Burke’s world-renowned doctors and ther-apists provide state-of-the-art treatment while its research scientists explore the frontiers of neuro-logical and rehabilitation medicine. All share the Burke mission to ensure that every patient makes the fullest possible recovery from illness or injury regardless of their ability to pay. For additional in-formation on Burke Rehabilitation Center, please visit burke.org.

New fitness facility opens in Mamaroneck

SET Fitness, a new, cutting-edge fitness facil-ity, has opened its doors in Mamaroneck. Locat-ed at 125 Spencer Place on the corner of Philips Park Road, SET Fitness utilizes a revolutionary approach to fitness training called High Intensity Training, HIT.

The concept behind HIT is that performing quality resistance training with good technique and high levels of effort will produce a dramatic effect on your physique in a short time. It will also improve athletic performance and significant-ly reduce the chance of injury. Recent scientific studies show that this type of training regime is superior to the current maxim of longer workouts, done multiple times a week. SET Fitness’ meth-odology involves just one training session a week for 30 minutes.

To ensure clients get the maximum benefit from their workouts, they are done in a private, one-on-one setting with a HIT trainer, who close-ly monitors and tracks a client’s performance on each exercise, varying the training routine and weight to generate the greatest benefit in the shortest period of time.

SET Fitness came about when Don Johnston, president and founder, experienced first-hand the benefits of high intensity workouts when he trained at a New York City facility. He saw there was an opportunity to open a similar facility in Westchester. While there were many gyms, per-sonal trainers and fitness centers, none offered the High Intensity Training method Johnston sought.

“Imagine an exercise program that is per-fectly safe, gets you great results and requires a minimal time investment,” Johnston said. “That is exactly what we offer.

“Before being introduced to High Intensity Training, I was spending so much more time exercising and I wasn’t seeing nearly as good results. By performing just one 30-minute HIT

workout a week, I feel stronger, my stamina is better and I am more toned than ever. I felt Westchester could really use this type of train-ing facility. It is perfect for busy professionals, stay at home parents or baby boomers, who would rather spend more time enjoying their favorite sport or activity then stuck in a gym.”

SET Fitness is holding a grand opening on April 30 at 7 p.m. The public is invited to at-tend and can learn more about the science-based training regime offered by SET Fitness. For fur-ther information about SET Fitness, visit their website at setfitnessny.com or call 341-1101.

Toby Pidgeon promoted to vice president, operations of Westchester Food Bank

The Food Bank for Westchester, the county’s largest provider of services, resources and edu-cation to meet the needs of the 200,000 West-chester residents that face chronic food insecu-rity, has announced the promotion of Toby Pid-geon, director of operations, to the position of vice president, operations.

An employee of the Food Bank for the last 10 years, Pidgeon played a major role in moving the organization to its Elmsford location from a smaller facility in Millwood, N.Y., helping the Food Bank increase its capacity and expand its resources to meet the chronic demand for hun-ger relief throughout Westchester County.

In his new position, Pidgeon will serve as a key member of the leadership team and will oversee all food distribution programs and food sourcing from donors and vendors.

“This is a much deserved recognition of To-by’s contribution to the success of the Food Bank over the years,” said Ellen Lynch, president and CEO of the Food Bank. “In his new role, Toby will leverage his extensive knowledge of all as-pects of our operations to help the Food Bank take major steps in addressing the critically seri-ous issue of hunger in Westchester County.”

A resident of Yorktown Heights, Pidgeon was previously a project manager for Glen-manor Designs, a company that remodeled low-income apartments. Pidgeon began working at the Food Bank for Westchester as a nutrition re-source manager before moving into the position of director of operations.

Incorporated in 1988, The Food Bank for Westchester is one of eight regional food banks in New York State. It acquires warehouses and distributes more than 7 million pounds of food annually to 265 frontline hunger relief programs including food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters, day care and residential programs serving an estimated 200,000 Westchester residents who are hungry or at risk of being hungry. The Food Bank’s 37,000-square-foot distribution center in Elmsford includes the largest refrigerator and freezer in Westchester County.

14 • THE MAMARONECK REvIEw • April 24, 2015 SPORTS

June, and by that time, hope-fully this mess will be forgot-ten. As fun as these rivalries

can be, sometimes, it’s just nice to watch two good teams go out and play baseball.

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I consider myself some-thing of a baseball purist. When it comes to watching Major League games, I’m all for the direction the sport is going in. Fewer runs are being scored, ERAs are lower across the board, and speed, pitching and defense—not the abil-ity to hit home runs—are of premium importance to teams looking to vie for a World Se-ries title.

It’s almost like we’re back in the pre-1968, high-mound era again.

So why does this past week-end’s series between the Roy-als and the A’s—a three-game set with close games and bad blood—leave me with a funny taste in my mouth?

Let’s recap. On April 17, A’s infielder Brett Lawrie made an aggressive—some would say malicious—slide

Retaliation fatigueinto the Royals’ Alcides Esco-bar at second base, wrenching the Kansas City shortstop’s knee in the process.

Tempers flared and the fol-lowing day, Lawrie took a Yordano Ventura fastball off the elbow and both benches cleared.

Lawrie took first base and the Royals got their retribu-tion. According to the unwrit-ten baseball rulebook, that should have been the end of it.

But it wasn’t.The following day, the A’s

hit Royals’ outfielder Loren-zo Cain and Kansas City re-sponded in turn when hard-throwing Kelvin Herrera fired a 100-mph fastball behind Lawrie’s head a few innings later. Herrera was ejected, but as he left the field, he pointed at his head as a reminder to Lawrie—and the A’s—that this wasn’t over.

Now, I’m all for the occa-sional baseball donnybrook. Bench-clearing fracases were a staple of the game in the

bygone eras and to this day, the most fun I’ve ever had in a Major League stadium was in 2004, at Fenway, when A-Rod and Jason Varitek launched a wild brawl between the Sox and Yanks that is still talked about today.

But sometimes, you have to know when enough is enough.

Between the Royals’ stead-fast refusal to let Lawrie’s dangerous play go and the back-and-forth in the press between Lawrie and Esco-bar—complete with cellphone records—to determine wheth-er or not Lawrie attempted to apologize for the slide, the entire thing is coming off like a disagreement between mid-dle-schoolers.

I mean, I highly doubt that had Bob Gibson played in to-day’s technology age, he’d be whining about whether or not he Facebooked someone to apologize for coming up and in.

The Royals and A’s won’t see each other again until

Oakland A’s second baseman Brett Lawrie is restrained by an umpire after nearly being hit by a Kelvin Herrera fastball on April 19. For some fans, the chippy weekend series between the A’s and Royals was entertaining, but Mike Smith has other ideas. Photo courtesy AP.com

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Tigers outlast New RoBy MIKE SMITHSports Editor

A highly anticipated pitch-er’s duel lived up to expecta-tions on April 21, when Ma-maroneck and New Rochelle’s aces went head-to-head in the first matchup of the season be-tween the league foes. In the end, it was Mamaroneck—and southpaw Kumar Nambiar—who walked away with a 2-1 extra innings win, as the Ti-gers outlasted Jojo Gray and the Huguenots.

After eight scoreless innings, the Tigers finally broke through in the top of the ninth, when Pe-ter Matt got things started with a leadoff triple to left field. Matt would become the first player in the game to cross the plate when Andrew Gross rapped a sharp grounder past the infield to make the score 1-0. Gross would later score from third on a wild pitch.

“When I hit that ball I thought I’d end up on second, but then I saw it get past the outfielders,” Matt said. “We hadn’t been able to do any-thing against [Gray] all day, and I think that pitch was the first mistake he made.”

Gray’s line of 8.1 innings pitched, 10 strikeouts and nine hits allowed was impressive, but he was matched every step of the way by his Mamaroneck counterpart. In eight innings of work, Nambiar allowed just two hits and struck out 15 bat-ters. New Rochelle’s lone run on the day came on a passed ball in the ninth inning, after Nambiar had been lifted.

“I had never done that, gone into the eighth inning before,” Nambiar said. “I was a little bit tired, but I always trust [Coach Chiapparelli] to do the right thing.”

Nambiar said that getting the chance to square off with Gray added some extra juice to the ongoing rivalry between the two league opponents. Last season, Gray was on the mound for the Huguenots in their 2-1, nine inning win against the Tigers.

Tuesday’s contest, said Nambiar, proved a chance to return the favor.

“Last year he beat us in nine innings,” Nambiar said.

“It was the same kind of thing, and we didn’t want it to hap-pen again. So this was a big game for us and we got the win even though he pitched unbelievably.”

The Tigers are currently 8-1 on the season and have yet to lose to a Section I opponent. Nambiar said a big reason for that has been the Tigers’ de-fense which played flawlessly against the Huguenots.

“It’s huge, because I know I can’t do it by myself,” the lefty hurler said. “You need to count on the seven guys behind you and they did a great job and that’s why we won this game.”

New Rochelle, on the other hand falls to 2-6 on the year after Tuesday’s hard-luck loss. Although the game didn’t go in their favor, head coach Pete Annunziata said it won’t be one that is quickly forgotten.

‘To call it a ‘tough game’ is an understatement,” Annunzia-ta said. “But this one played out exactly like we expected, being a 2-1 game. Both pitchers were tremendous today, and it was a pleasure for me, really, to watch both of those guys.”


New Rochelle’s Jared Almonte connects with a pitch on April 21. Last season, Almonte’s sacrifice bunt beat Mamaroneck in extras, but it was the Tigers’ turn on Tuesday.

Huguenot ace Jojo Gray throws a pitch against the Tigers. Gray went 8.1 innings and struck out 10 batters in a losing effort.

Kumar Nambiar fires a strike against New Rochelle. Nambiar allowed just two hits through eight innings on Tuesday to lead Mamaroneck to victory.

Peter Matt creeps off third base. Matt’s leadoff triple in the ninth inning put the Tigers in position to win. Photos/Mike Smith

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