Congratulations, Noel Ellison

To the Editor:

It was a pleasure getting to know Noel when I was a member of the Riverbay Board of Directors a few years ago. Along with all the other accolades, he is a great storyteller! When I saw the picture of the CCPD graduation, I thought about the experience he shared when they came to his aid. He is also deeply spiritual and dedicated to his House of Worship.

We both were part of some challenging times before and during the hiring process of our present management company. He was also a witness to a dream come true for me –starting a College, Career and Resource Fair. that Noel’s next chapter will be a rewarding and fun one. He will be missed.

To the parent and student I met at a recent College Fair at a Westchester County high school, my team and I will be lege, Career and Resource Fairs. Our dream was deferred for a couple of years due to Covid and the death of my son. However, the dream is alive and well, ready, willing and able to add to much needed resources and exposure for our scholarship honoring my late son.

Good luck to the Riverbay Fund for not giving up on the former Bingo Hall. Fortunately, the Riverbay Board consists of members knowledgeable of what is needed and why we could not get the political support in the past. The Fund had a detailed, crafted written professional proposal. Your past support of sponsoring what I founded is deeply apprefor providing space for my organization to prepare and inspire students to craft a lifetime of opportunity and reach their full potential.

––Evelyn M. Turner

What Will You Do?

To the Editor: sources to obtain printed information regarding my letter one who has been reluctant to write a letter, that person or people would have a change of heart and submit a letter to the editor about that subject matter or any other. I try to encourage our neighbors to share their thoughts and concerns about our community.

There are common issues we all complain about, what solutions can you provide to improve and/or maintain our quality of life? Perhaps you may have a great idea that is lying dormant because you decline to be heard in this forum. We had the presence of an illegal business peddling unknown substances from a vehicle in our community. The public policy that created this dynamic around our city had to be addressed immediately and not accepted as the norm. Our community cannot sit and wait for the bureaucracy to catch up. There was a nudge, then a push for the authorities to act.

There are products that must only be sold and available from a brick and mortar for full compliance and obvious public health safety. ful, however, as of this writing, the van was removed and

To the shareholders who are silent, there is power in small groups but greater power when we all participate in the process. What will you do?

—Ruth Sharma