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April 8, 2016 | Vol. 4, Number 15 | www.eastchesterreview.com

Eastchester school budget includes $2M in capital work

By SARAH VARNEY Education Reporter

Home, sweet Home?

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton held a rally in front of a bevy of supporters at SUNY Purchase on March 31, just weeks ahead of the New York primary on April 19. For more, see page 6.

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Town Police Department to receive LED lighting upgrade

By KILEY STEVENS Staff Writer The town of Eastchester has set aside $18,000 to install LED lights in the Police Department to cut down on energy costs and increase efficiency.

Town Supervisor Anthony Colavita, a Republican, told the Review that now that the money for the project has been authorized, the next step is to find a contractor to install the lights. Colavita thinks that the work will begin sometime this summer.

The work in the Police Department will be the first part of a two-phase project that will implement LED lighting

in all of Eastchester’s municipal buildings.

LED lights are growing popular because they are more efficient than typical incandescent lights as they use less power, help reduce greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, and result in lower electricity bills.

The implementation of these new lights at the Police Department is a continuation of a townwide switch to energy-efficient lighting. According to Colavita, the town has been converting its streetlights to LED lights for the last four years.

“We’ve spent $80,000 on the whole [conversion project], and we’ve already seen a

reduction of a little under 15 percent of our street lighting bill,” Colavita said. He added that as more LED lights are implemented, the town should see a larger reduction in its energy bill.

The town has already installed 140 LED streetlamps, and Colavita said that another 50 will be installed this year.

There is $20,000 set aside each year to continue the streetlight conversion program.

Colavita told the Review that the LEDs in the Police Department will bring savings to not only the electric bill, but in manpower hours.

According to the town supervisor, LEDs don’t need nearly as much maintenance as

typical incandescent lights do, so the contractor can essentially “set them and forget them.”

In February, Bronxville officials approved spending $137,000 on the installation of 50 new LED streetlamps as part of an effort to transform the village business district.

The goal is to replace all incandescent bulbs and outdated lamps with new light fixtures, but to also add more streetlamps to increase lighting in the area.

Councilman Joe Dooley and Eastchester Police Chief Timothy Bonci could not be reached for comment as of press time.

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The Eastchester Union Free School District presented a tax cap-compliant recommended budget for the 2016-2017 school year, totaling approximately $81.9 million, an increase of $1.9 million over the current 2015-2016 allocation. The proposed budget for next year is based on a 1.63 percent tax levy increase and includes the use of $300,000 in reserve funds.

The 2016-2017 budget was unveiled at the March 29 meeting of the Board of Education, and includes plans to add 6.3 fulltime teaching positions. These new staff positions will include a science instructor to boost the district’s research classes, three teachers for additional instructional services at the elementary level, and a physical education slot necessitated by enrollment increases, Schools Superintendent Dr. Walter Moran said.

Additionally, the budget will use approximately $2 million for capital projects. About $600,000 will pay for replacing fuel tanks at the district’s six schools. The remainder of the funds will be used for roofing and masonry repairs.

This year, school districts statewide have been forced to build budgets using an allowable tax levy increase of just 0.12 percent because of the low 1.7 percent inflation rate. The January 2011 Property Tax Cap law imposes a limit of 2 percent on yearly property tax levy increases or the rate of inflation if that figure is lower in any given year.

Under the state’s tax cap law, money tagged for school capital

projects is exempt from the cap calculations.

Elimination of the “Gap Adjustment” law, OK’d at the end of March, will boost state aid to the district by approximately $750,000. Since 2009, school districts statewide had been subject to a percentage decrease in state aid, after the law was enacted to help close the state’s budget gap in 2010.

The recommended budget calls for the $2 million for capital work to come out of the operating budget, but Board of Education Trustee Vito Catania suggested that such a plan would be unfair to certain Eastchester taxpayers. Instead, he proposed that the $2 million should be raised via bonding. The subtraction of that money from the budget would lower taxpayer bills, he said.

“I don’t deny that the work needs to be done; but if you load it upfront, someone who moves in [for] two years pays for it but doesn’t get any benefit from it” Catania said.

Trustee Paul Doyle countered that even a short-term homeowner in Eastchester benefits from high property values and good schools, while board President Mary Messner Martin raised the issue of publicity costs, notice requirements and cost of debt service associated with bonding for the $2 million.

The trustees agreed to discuss the method of funding the improvements further.

A vote by the Board of Education to approve the recommended budget will take place at the April 19 meeting. The budget BUDGET continued on page 8

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Bill would cut criminal history from job applications

By COREY STOCKTON Staff Writer Some Westchester County Democrats have sponsored legislation that would prevent county employers from asking applicants about their criminal history. The so-called Ban the Box law would eliminate questions regarding prior arrests and convictions on initial applications for any position paid for by the county, if approved.

The legislation was proposed in committee last month by county Legislator Alfreda Williams, a Greenburgh Democrat.

This marks Williams’ second attempt at getting such a bill passed through the county legislature.

Last year, the Public Safety and Social Services Committee passed over the bill in favor of more urgent matters such as the county’s Playland renovation project, according to county Legislator Ben Boykin, a White Plains Democrat and chairman of the committee.

In June 2015, Williams recommended that legislation should remove questions about criminal history on applications for all employers located within Westchester County.

However, the most recent legislation aims to remove those questions only from applications to agencies funded by the county.

“We feel that if we can deal with it here in the county, we can show employers why it makes sense,” Williams said. She added

that if the legislation can make its way through committee, she may later propose an amendment that would apply Ban the Box legislation to all employers throughout the county, including privately owned businesses.

New York state law forbids all employers from discriminating against job applicants based on their criminal history unless the crime has a direct relationship to the intended position.

However, Boykin suggested that applicants with criminal records are quickly, and often unfairly, dismissed. He said the bill is intended “to allow individuals who have been convicted to stay in the process.”

Michelle Rodriguez, senior staff attorney at the National Employment Law Project, said employers often react to criminal history despite state law. She said Ban the Box is “a way to actualize what is a principle.”

Under the proposed law, the candidate has an opportunity to present their qualifications free of the stigma that comes with having a criminal record.

Employers would still be allowed to inquire about a candidate’s criminal record, but not until a preliminary interview.

County Legislator Francis Corcoran, a Mount Kisco Republican and member of the Public Safety and Social Services Committee, said he supports the legislation. “I think it helps level the playing field,” he said. “I believe that employers should have all

At a glance Westchester legislators propose dropping questions of criminal history from county job applications May subsequently seek to apply proposed policy to private employers 21 states and more than 100 cities and counties currently use fair chance employment

the information prior to hiring, but I think that this is just fine and it allows them to do that.”

In September 2015, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, put into effect a policy which allows all applicants for state jobs to withhold their criminal record from potential employers until the employer makes a conditional offer, contingent upon a background check.

Currently, 21 states and more than 100 cities and counties have some form of fair chance employment policy or law. In Buffalo, Rochester and New York City, questions regarding criminal history are prohibited from both private and public sector job applications.

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Eastchester Public Library

hiring an accountant? There will be free tax help

by AARP on Tuesday, April 12 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. You do not need to be a senior citizen or an AARP member to take advantage of this service.

Appointments are not necessary. This service will run on a first-come, first-served basis.

Friends of the Library Book Sale

Visit eastchesterlibrary.org for more information on these and other events and programs.

Mr. Lemoncello’s Great Library Escape Game On Saturday, April 9 from 11 a.m. to noon. Are you a big fan of “Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library?” To celebrate National Library Week (April 10 to April 16), the library will be hosting a Mr. Lemoncello’s Great Library Escape Game in the library. Like scavenger hunts and solving puzzles? You will get to team up with other players and face the challenged together to win. Don’t worry, nobody will be locked in at the end of day, but there will be balloons and prizes. Each teammate of the winning team will be rewarded gift certificates from Barnes & Noble. For grades three to six. Online registration is required.

Free AARP tax help Are you planning to file your own taxes without

On Friday, April 15 through Monday, April 18.

April 15 and 16, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; April 17, from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.; and April 18, from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. The book sale is sponsored by the Friends of the Eastchester Public Library.

Bronxville Public Library

challenging topics to build and create all out of the blocks. Bring your imagination. For ages 12 and up. No registration required.

Ghost Hunting 101 with Barry Pirro On Thursday, April 14 from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Do you want to hear actual recordings of ghosts captured at haunted houses in and around Westchester County? What about recordings and an investigation of the Bronxville Public Library?

Have you and your friends ever wanted to conduct your own paranormal investigation but didn’t know where to start? Come out and hear real ghost stories from a real ghost hunter, Barry Pirro. He’ll teach you everything there is to know about ghost hunting. Pirro will be inviting audience members to share their true ghost stories, so if you have any spooky tales to tell, bring them along as well. All are welcome, for ages 13 and up.

Tuckahoe Public Library Visit tuckahoelibrary.org for more information on this and other events and programs.

Visit bronxvillelibrary.org for more information on these and other events and programs.

Teen LEGO Makerspace On Wednesday, April 13 from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Teens can play with LEGOs, too. This is not your average LEGO program. Sure, you’ll be playing with LEGOs, but you’ll also be assigned a few

Meet the author On Wednesday, April 13 at 6:30 p.m. Meet author Linda Cardillo at a book discussion and signing for “The Uneven Road.” Cardillo grew up in Mount Vernon and is the award-winning author of the critically acclaimed novels “Dancing on Sunday Afternoons,” “Across the Table” and “The Boathouse Café.”

National Library Week Storytime On Friday, April 15 at 11 a.m. Join Miss Ellen and her friends for a special musical stroytime to celebrate National Library Week. Open to newborns through age 8. Register by calling 961-2121.

Free AARP tax help There will be free tax help by AARP on Friday, April 15 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. You do not need to be a senior citizen or an AARP member to take advantage of this service. Appointments are not necessary. This service will run on a first-come, first-served basis.

Eastchester Recreation Department Eastchester Soccer Youth Association registration Let your child join the fun. Register now for the ESYA’s spring 2016 season. Visit sportssignup. com/eastchester.start or eysoccer.com for additional information and for online registration.

Eastchester Blue Devils lacrosse Registration for the 2016 Eastchester Blue Devils’ spring lacrosse is now open for boys and girls grades three to eight. Registrations for boys and girls grades K-2 is currently underway. For more information, contact Neill Kelly at kelly.ebdlax@ gmail.com. To register, visit bluedevilslax.com.

Sarah Lawrence College An afternoon with Paula Span A talk and reception in honor of Lois Steinberg for her commitment to enriching the lives of the elderly and for her leadership in ensur-

ing access to the critical resources necessary for healthy living. On Thursday, April 14 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Heimbold Visual Arts Center in the Donnelley Film Theatre, located at Sarah Lawrence College, 1 Mead Way in Bronxville. Registration is required. Contact the Office of College Events at collegeevents@sarahlawrence.edu or 395-2412.

Paula Span, who writes “The New Old Age” column for The New York Times, will explore the extraordinary social, cultural and individual changes and challenges wrought by our lengthening lifespans. From finding purpose as we age, to developing new responses, to rethinking the way our lives end, we are once again faced with a generational shift that will call on our collective wisdom, creativity and courage.

The Bronxville Women’s Club Beaux Arts competition exhibition The Beaux Arts is sponsored by the Westchester County Federation of Women’s Clubs and is in its 70th year. A reception and announcement of the winners will take place on Sunday, April 10, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Gallery viewings are throughout the month, Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. No charge for viewing or the reception. For more information, call 337-3252 or visit bronxvillewomensclub.org. The Bronxville Women’s Club is located at 135 Midland Ave. in Bronxville.

Midland Concert Series “Fantasies Through the Years” is the theme for the Saturday, April 16 concert on the Midland Music Series beginning at 7:30 p.m., at The Bronxville Women’s Club, 135 Midland Ave. in Bronxville. Pianist Oxana Mikhailoff will perform fantasies by Mozart, Schubert and Schumann. Tickets will be available at the door; there is a discount for tickets reserved before the concert. BWC members: $15/$18; general public: $20/$25; seniors: $18/$22; students: $5.

If concertgoers wish, they may enjoy dinner at the BWC at 6 p.m. before the concert. Dinner reservations are due by Wednesday, April 13. Dinner: BWC members: $25; adults: $30; children under 12: $10.

For more information and reservations, call 3373252 or visit bronxvillewomensclub.org.

Bike-a-Thon Everyone is invited to participate in The Bronxville Women’s Club’s Bike-a-Thon on Sunday, April 17, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. The route will take the participants from The Bronxville Women’s Club, 135 Midland Ave. in Bronxville, to the Butterfly Garden in Eastchester and back to the BWC. There will also be a photo scavenger hunt. Families can ride a bike or stroll, enjoying the beautiful gardens and spring flowers. Registration on April 17 will be $30 for one person and $60 for a family. Proceeds will go toward the new patio doors to the sunken patio in the Patio Room. For more information and to register, call 337-3252 or visit bronxvillewomensclub.org.

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Letters to the Editor

The contaminated Marbledale Road quarry dump

Regarding DEC Site Code: C360143, write to: • Hon. Basil Seggos, Acting Commissioner, NYSDEC, 625 Broadway, Albany, NY 12233-1011.

To the Editor, • New York State Sen. George Latimer, 615 Legislative Office Building, There is a proposal to build a hotel complex on part of the abandoned quarry dump on Albany, NY 12247.

Marbledale Road in Tuckahoe. For about 20 years, the quarry was used as a hazardous industrial • 0New York State Assemblywoman Amy Paulin, 700 White Plains Road, Suite 252, waste dump accumulating approximately 500,000 cubic yards of toxic debris, including carcinoScarsdale, NY 10583. genic chemicals and heavy metals. An independent environmental engineer recently confirmed CC your letters to Public Comment on the RAWP Site Code: C360143 before April 24, 2016 that the soil, soil vapors and groundwater on the site are heavily contaminated. to: Randy Whitcher, DEC, Division of Environmental Remediation, 625 Broadway, Albany, NY The groundwater at the Marbledale Road quarry dump is contaminated with a variety of toxins 12233-7020. including: lead at 1,000 times the permitted amount for groundwater safety; perchloroethylene For more information, visit sierraclub.org/atlantic/lower-hudson under the “Tuckahoe’s Toxic (also known as perc) at more than 300 times the groundwater safety standards; and polycyclic Trench” section. You can also send an email to marbledaleroad@gmail.com. aromatic hydrocarbons which were recorded at more than 9,000 times the groundwater safety levels.

Rachel Zolottev, The current New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, DEC, proposal is to The Marbledale Road Environmental Coalition vent the vapors from the quarry dump into our air. The current DEC proposal does not address the contaminated groundwater at all.

Contaminated groundwater releases toxic vapors which penetrate building foundations and remain trapped, exposing the people inside to noxious vapors. The groundwater flows south/ southwest through the quarry dump site to the Bronx River. The groundwater travels under buildings in Tuckahoe and Bronxville.

There are too many unanswered questions about the contents of the quarry dump.

The DEC has not examined anything below 40 feet deep, when the quarry is known to be at Publication is not guaranteed. We reserve the do not reflect those of this newspaper. least 100 feet deep. The DEC has only moderately considered about 100,000 cubic yards of the right to edit letters for content or space, at our Please submit via fax to (914) 653-5000 500,000 cubic yards of the toxic debris. The DEC has not tested for dioxin or pharmaceuticals, discretion, without notification from the comor email to chris@hometwn.com or via post to despite strong evidence of their possible presence in the site. pany. We reserve the right to reject submissions Home Town Media Group, C/O Letters to the It is crucial to encourage the DEC to do a comprehensive evaluation of the entire quarry dump at our discretion without notice to the author.

Editor, 170 Hamilton Ave., Suite 203, White site. It is not possible to have a protective remediation plan unless we, and they, know what is in The letter should be signed and include the Plains N.Y. 10601. dump and where the contaminants are going. writer’s address and phone number for verificaWe do not accept unsolicited Op-Ed Please come to the DEC public meeting on Thursday, April 14 at 7 p.m. in Tuckahoe Village tion purposes. We will not publish letters that submissions, film reviews, or food reviews.

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By ANGELA JORDAN Staff Writer Hillary Clinton, former secretary of state and Democratic candidate for president, made a campaign stop at SUNY Purchase on Thursday, March 31, approximately two and a half weeks before the state’s primary election.

The campaign chose to host the rally in the intimate Repertory Theatre of the school’s Performing Arts Center, which seats no more than 500 people.

The bleachers were lined with Clinton supporters, eagerly waiting to hear her speak, and occasionally reciting chants led by campaign staffers.

One of those was Rebecca Liebson, of White Plains, a SUNY Stony Brook student who came home to hear Clinton speak. Liebson supports Clinton’s campaign so strongly that she started an on-campus group called Stony Brook Students for Hillary.

Liebson said after “doing her research,” she concluded that Clinton’s policies aligned most closely with her own beliefs, and her pragmatism makes Clinton a more attractive candidate than her primary opponent, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, of Vermont.

“I’m also from New York and saw Hillary in action as a senator, so that definitely gave me a good opinion of her,” Liebson said.

Before Clinton arrived on stage, opening remarks were given by Reggie Lafayette, chairman of the Westchester County Democratic Party.

“This is the most important election of our time,” Lafayette said. “I don’t know about you, but I’m ready to say ‘Madame President.’”

Clinton took the stage at about 1:30 p.m., after being introduced by U.S. Rep. Nita Lowey, a Democrat.

Clinton, who has resided in

Chappaqua for the past 16 years, made sure to highlight her ties to Westchester County in her speech.

“Westchester is more than a county to me, it’s more of a community,” Clinton said. “[Living here] has been the most welcoming experience I can imagine.”

Clinton also mentioned some of her favorite spots in Chappaqua, like Lange’s Deli and Crabtree’s Kittle House.

Not everyone in the theater was a Clinton supporter, however.

Konrad Wainright, a SUNY Purchase student and outspoken supporter of the Sanders campaign, remarked on a discrepancy he perceived, wherein Purchase students were told to sit or stand in spots of the theater that were out of camera shot, as opposed to older attendees, who were strategically placed directly behind Clinton’s podium.

And approximately 10 min-

A group of Purchase students protest the Clinton rally just outside of the Performing Arts Center. During Clinton’s speech, Bernie Sanders supporters interrupted her by shouting “If she wins, we lose” in unison and walking out of the theater. Photo/Suzy Berkowitz

utes into her speech, a number of Purchase students situated in the back of the theater, out of camera view, shouted, “If she wins, we lose,” and walked out of the theater.

“Oh, I know, the Bernie people came to say that,” Clinton responded, who went on to say that she had gained 9 million votes during the primaries so far, which is 1 million more votes than Republican candidate Donald Trump, and 2.5 million more than Sanders.

Clinton then continued her speech, taking the opportunity to criticize Sanders, who hosted his own campaign rally the same day in St. Mary’s Park in the South Bronx, for making promises that she believes cannot be kept. Among those she mentioned were offering free college tuition at public universities and enacting single-payer universal health care, as opposed to just amending the Affordable Care Act. “Look, you may not be supporting me, but I’m supporting you,” Clinton said, in response to the students who staged a walkout during the rally. “I just wish we could talk and listen to each other.”

Just outside the Performing Arts Center, a crowd of predominantly Purchase students lined up with anti-Clinton signs, chanting “Feel the Bern,” “Free Palestine” and “Black Lives Matter.”

According to Wainright and several other students who participated in the disruption and subsequent walkout, they left the theater voluntarily to join the rest of the protestors outside, as opposed to being escorted out by the event organizers or security.

Madeline Moran, who was one of the protesters that disrupted

Clinton’s speech, said, “I feel that it’s important to show the Democratic Party that we are not going to stand for Hillary, and we’re not just here to support just any Democratic president because we need real progress to be made.”

Mae Williams, a 71-year-old Yonkers resident and a Westchester Black Women’s Political Caucus member, said that, despite her support for Clinton, she thinks the passionate response to the rally is a sign of positive political change.

“It’s awesome to see the interest of all the people coming out here today, and that they’re taking [the election] seriously,” Williams said. “People have realized that they got to vote, no matter if it’s Hillary or Bernie.”

A representative from the Clinton campaign said that they believe the event went well.

“We’re thrilled with the turnout today, and with the support for Hillary Clinton all across New York,” said Harrell Kirstein, the communications director for the Clinton campaign.

“She has a lot of friends here, and they’ve been coming out to welcome her back to campaigning ahead of the primary.”

Kirstein declined to comment on the disruption by Sanders supporters.

It’s not expected that any other campaign will host a rally at the college, but SUNY Purchase President Tom Schwarz said in an email issued to the student body and faculty prior to Clinton’s rally that it should not be construed as an endorsement by the school, and that if any other candidate had approached them and asked to rent space for an event, the school would afford them the same opportunity.

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Springtime projects, village permits and trees Bronxville students earn honors at Scholastic Awards BRONXVILLE TODAY Mayor Mary Marvin

After our unseasonably mild weekend, my thoughts have turned to spring and some of the issues that are particular to this time of year. The following information is a refresher of procedures and facts germane to such activities.

Home renovations and even smaller household projects traditionally commence in early spring, and large and small most often require a building permit from the village.

If you anticipate any work on your home, start by calling the Building Department at 3377338. The staff can guide you as to whether permits or variances are required. Undertaking work without permits results in the doubling of fees, both on the cost of the permit itself and the estimate of the value of the project. Many residents are running into this problem when they go to place their home on the market and find projects have no valid Certificate of Occupancy so the home cannot be transferred.

Even seemingly small projects, such as electrical or plumbing work, need permits. The overriding concern is safety, both for someone’s own home and their nearby neighbors.

The terms of a village permit allow work to be done from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekdays only.

If the project is one for which a permit is not required, for example, painting, work can be done on the weekends. However, even work acceptable to do on weekends must respect the village’s noise ordinance and not create an undue disturbance. Villagers can call the Police Department with any noise concerns.

After a permit request is filed, work cannot commence until the permit request is reviewed and signed off by the Building Department. All building permit requirements and application are now available on the village website.

Walkways, patios, sheds, emergency generators, roofs and

fences—even replacements— require building permits.

The village does not have a tree ordinance, as we have historically relied on the foresight and stewardship of our residents to value this intrinsic asset. With few, though glaring exceptions, this has been the case. Many of our neighboring communities have enacted tree ordinances of late and the care and stewardship of the privately owned trees is something we are monitoring very closely as the loss of even one healthy tree effects the entire village ecosystem.

The village-owned “street” trees serve architectural and engineering functions beyond the aesthetic value. They enhance building design, reduce glare and reflection, screen unsightly areas, muffle urban noise and reduce the “heat island effect” caused by pavement and commercial buildings.

As an added plus, urban trees grow in value as they age, while most other municipal assets including roads and sewers decline in value.

Trees on private property produce even greater monetary value. Studies have demonstrated that 10 to 23 percent of the value of a residence is based on its tree stock. A municipality also captures some of this monetary value as enhanced property values increase assessed values and the resulting tax base.

Trees also provide important symbolic links with the past and are often important simply because they have lived through eras with which we have few other connections left.

Spring is also galvanizing “spring cleanup” on many fronts.

If you want to rid your home of furnishing or large bulk waster, requests and payment can be accomplished 24/7 on our website, villageofbronxville.com, saving a trip to Village Hall.

Also, the purchase of new recycling bins can be accomplished in the same way with delivery of bins to your home by our DPW staff.

Spring also brings more residents out walking, jogging and exercising pets.

The repair of a sidewalk, cracked or damages from the wear and tear of winter is the responsibility of the homeowner.

The village is responsible for road resurfacing and curb restoration.

The village requires dog owners to pick up after pets. What damages the village’s infrastructure and water system in general is the deposit of doggie bags down our sewers. The bacteria that enters our water system is extremely toxic and long-lasting.

The warmer weather also brings an increase in door-todoor solicitations. Individuals selling goods cannot do so legally without first receiving a permit from the village. Do not hesitate to call the Police Department if the salesperson cannot produce their permit.

Upon investigation, the police have found that some of the charities that were purported to benefit from our purchases were nonexistent. The First Amendment does protect all those “selling” an idea or cause so groups such as Jehovah’s Witnesses or Greenpeace do not need permission to ring your bell. To limit this kind of visit, a small “No Solicitation” sign near the front door has proven effective.

Spring also brings a greater turnover of residents in Bronxville houses and apartments.

Residents of some of our townhomes and apartment complexes often rent parking spaces on a first-come, first-serve basis.

However, when one sells or purchases a unit, the parking space is not part of the deed of transfer. This confusion has led to many frustrated new purchasers.

However, there is a solution. If you plan on purchasing in the village, one can put their name on the waiting list in anticipation of purchase. Conversely, if you plan on selling in the not too distant future, you may put your name on the waiting list as well to save a spot for your anticipated purchaser.

Between the daffodils on the railroad banks combined with the trees blossoms and—my favorite—elementary classes taking walks through the village, I can say spring has sprung.

Two Bronxville High School students have won regional recognition for their writing through the prestigious Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. Presented by the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers, the awards program identifies students with exceptional artistic and literary talents.

Sophomore Rachel Billings and junior Sara Conway were recognized for their work, which stood out among entries from thousands of students nationwide.

Billings was awarded the Silver Key for her short story “Broken Fences Heal People.” Conway submitted two short stories, yielding an honorable mention for “Tense” and the highest award, the Gold Key, for “The Broken (In Two Parts).”

“Sara’s analytical writing is beautiful and inspired,” English teacher Jennifer Rosenzweig said about Conway, who is enrolled in her AP language and composition class. “I have used her work as a model for other students, as she is both insightful and eloquent.”

Billings has competed in writ-

Bronxville High School sophomore Rachel Billings, right, and junior Sara Conway won regional recognition for their writing through the prestigious Scholastic Art and Writing Awards.

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ing contests since the eighth grade and last year won the Gold Key in the regional Scholastic Art and Writing Awards.

“She told me she likes writing about ordinary situations where something unusual happens,” her English teacher, Victor Maxwell, said.

Across the nation, tens of thousands of student submissions are judged each year. In 2016, a total of 1,880 works were submitted by young writers from nine counties:

Westchester, Putnam, Rockland, Orange, Ulster and Dutchess in New York, and Fairfield, Litchfield and New Haven in Connecticut. Of those, 158 were awarded Gold Key medals, 239 were awarded Silver Key medals and 366 received honorable mention.

“The Broken (In Two Parts)” is currently being considered for national recognition in the state of New York. National medalists were announced on March 14.

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Tread Lightly! to be named Association of the Month USALLIANCE Financial is enthusiastic to announce that Tread Lightly! will be their Association of the Month in April.

Members and the general public are invited to the USALLIANCE branch located at 555 Boston Post Road in Port Chester to see some of Tread Lightly!’s photography and learn more about the positive change the organization makes in outdoor recreation.

Tread Lightly! became one of USALLIANCE’s partner associations in late 2015. This means that Tread Lightly! members are now a part of the USALLIANCE field of membership.

The organizations are working together to develop a cohesive member onboarding experience BUDGET from page 1

must go before registered voters of the school district on May 17.

In other business, Dr. Cheryl Smith was appointed to fill the trustee position vacated in December 2015 when longtime board member Dr. John Curcio stepped down. Smith said she plans to run for election to a full term on the board. Trustee Judah

to support this new endeavor.

“We’re thrilled to have Tread Lightly! on board,” said Kris VanBeek, president and CEO of USALLIANCE. “We’re looking forward to providing Tread Lightly! members with the banking services they need to live life fully, whether they’re in a city or on a trail.”

“As we explore this new partnership, we’re excited about the new opportunities that will be made available to both Tread Lightly! and USALLIANCE members,” added Jerrica Archibald, communications manager at Tread Lightly!

Tread Lightly! is a national nonprofit organization with a mission to promote responsible recreation through ethics educa-

tion and stewardship programs.

Tread Lightly!’s educational message, along with its unique training and restoration initiatives, are strategically designed to instill an ethic of responsibility in outdoor enthusiasts and the industries that serve them. The program is long-term in scope with a goal to balance the needs of the people who enjoy outdoor recreation with the need to maintain a healthy environment.

Tread Lightly!’s award-winning materials, programs and services are solutions to some of the nation’s most pressing recreation issues. Individuals and businesses can commit to Tread Lightly! and protect outdoor access by becoming a member at treadlightly.org. (Submitted)

EASTCHESTER SCHOOL BUDGET DETAILS

Total 2016-2017 proposed allocation: $81.9M Budget-to-budget increase of 2.5% Budget calculated on 1.63% tax levy increase State aid projected to increase by $1.9M Holstein announced that he will also run for reelection. The filing deadline for candidates for the

Board of Education is April 18.

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State cuts gap elimination, boosts school coffers With the termination of the 2009 Gap Elimination Adjustment, GEA, school districts statewide will now receive the full percentage of state aid. The GEA was imposed as a measure

to help the state close a 2010 budget gap. It diverted a percentage of state aid away from school districts and into state coffers. But it was only supposed to be a temporary fix for

the state, yet it continued to reduced funding to school districts for years. The restoration of aid previously lost due to the GEA, however, is not retroactive.

-Reporting by Sarah Varney

Bronxville Union Free School District • 2015-2016 state aid: $2.3M • 2016-2017 state aid: $2.4M* Total aid withheld since 2009: $1.1M

Eastchester Union Free School District • 2015-2016 state aid: $5.8M • 2016-2017 state aid: $6.6M* Total aid withheld since 2009: $3.2M

Harrison Central School District • 2015-2016 state aid: $3.7M • 2016-2017 state aid: $4.2M* Total aid withheld since 2009: $4.1M

Mamaroneck Union Free District • 2015-2016 state aid: $7.06M • 2016-2017 state aid: $7.1M* Total aid withheld since 2009: $3.8M

City School District of New Rochelle • 2015-2016 state aid: $39.8M • 2016-2017 state aid: $42.9M* Total aid withheld since 2009: $25.4M

Rye City School District • 2015-2016 state aid: $3.4M • 2016-2017 state aid: $3.5M* Total aid withheld since 2009: $3.3M

Tuckahoe Union Free School District • 2015-2016 state aid: $2.6M • 2016-2017 state aid: $2.9M* Total aid withheld since 2009: $1.5M

Edgemont Union Free School District • 2015-2016 state aid: $3.6M • 2016-2017 state aid: $4.0M* Total aid withheld since 2009: $2.4M

*Totals are approximate

Bronxville students work on climate change solutions

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A group of 10 Bronxville High School student leaders worked on finding short- and long-term solutions to climate change when they attended Global Concerns Classroom’s annual Global Youth Summit on Climate Impact in New York City.

The students, who are members of the Human Rights and Environmental clubs at Bronxville, were among 100 area students who gathered at the Mutual of America Building in February for a day of problem-solving, collaboration and design. This year’s conference focused on climate change and how it impacts human rights. The students, who were given a budget and country to represent, worked in groups to design a proposal that best addresses the needs of the people in their assigned country.

“I hope our students gained a better understanding of how global climate impacts human rights and how people live,” said Bronxville High School history teacher Dana Landesman, who attended the conference with fellow teachers Christina Reidel and Amy Bastone. “I hope the students developed empathy for those who are less fortunate than them.”

Landesman said the students were excited to collaborate with students from other schools and

Bronxville High School students work on finding short- and long-term solutions to climate change during the Global Concerns Classroom’s annual Global Youth Summit on Climate Impact in New York City. Students are pictured with high school teachers Amy Bastone, Dana Landesman and Christina Reidel. Photo courtesy Bronxville school district

come up with a plan to address global climate change. In addition, they had the opportunity to work with Concerns Worldwide representatives who gave them a firsthand account of how people in other countries are affected by climate change.

According to its website, Global Concerns Classroom is an innovative education program that seeks to raise awareness of current international humanitarian issues and empower students to take meaningful action.

Through a variety of resources, student engagement programs and professional development for educators, the program prepares students to gain the knowledge and skills needed to become global citizens and leaders in

the 21st century. It develops students’ critical thinking, problemsolving, research and communications skills, which are closely aligned with the dispositions of the Bronxville Promise.

“Through Concerns, our students learned about global issues, worked together to innovate and developed solutions to the problems they are faced with,” Landesman said. “Our students often took leadership roles during the conference.”

The next phase of the program is to take the curriculum that Bronxville students have been working on all year and come up with an action plan, which they will present to Concerns Worldwide representatives at the end of April. (Submitted)

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An early example of governance by the people HISTORICALLY SPEAKING Richard Forliano

Long before American democracy was achieved, Eastchester’s founding families created a document to govern their relations with each other and outsiders, the Eastchester or Ten Farms Covenant. These families followed a Puritan covenantal tradition that helped insure that what they considered to be their rights as Englishmen were preserved in their New World settlements.

The path from Magna Carta to the Declaration of Independence culminating in the U.S. Constitution, in which authority flows from the people and the rule of law rather than a king or queen, was an evolutionary struggle that had been going on for centuries. As part of this process, the Eastchester Covenant is an early example of governance by the people.

In 1986, Stephen Schechter, a nationally known political scientist and historian, was appointed executive director of the New York State Bicentennial Commission celebrating the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

Four years later, Schechter, in conjunction with Pulitzer Prize nominee Richard Bernstein, published a book entitled “Roots of the Republic: American Founding Documents Interpreted.” In that publication, the Eastchester Covenant is described as “an unusually detailed covenant” that “affords some insights into the founding of the covenantal community and its role in the development of the American constitutional system.” It is a tribute

to Eastchester’s founders that at our nation’s 200th anniversary, the Eastchester Covenant was included in “Roots of the Republic” and discussed along with many important American documents such as the Mayflower Compact, the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut and the Constitution.

An assumption could be made that most of Eastchester’s earliest residents settled here in order to improve their financial situation. They also were probably hoping to practice their faith without interference from the government. Here in the newly created English colony of New York, they would be forced to struggle to have the same rights as the people from the colony from which they came, Connecticut. For more than two decades, Connecticut had its own Colonial assembly and democratic town meetings were part of the fabric of the local government for the entire colony.

The holding of town meetings, a signature of Puritan town governance, ran in contradiction with the laws of New York, known as the Duke’s Laws.

Permanent records of decisions made by vote at Eastchester town meetings were kept from almost the very inception of the town.

Eastchester’s first town clerk, Richard Shute, kept notes on the proceedings at Eastchester’s first town meeting. Eastchester’s town records are some of the oldest in New York state.

A fundamental principle of American government is that of consent of the governed, dating back to the Magna Carta. Yet in the colony of New York, there was no Colonial legislature in which settlers had a say in their

taxes and other decisions affecting their lives. In 1669, Eastchester joined some other New York towns in petitioning the colony’s highest court for the right to send representatives to a Colonial assembly.

The right to elect representatives to a Colonial assembly in which the people of the colony would have a say in their taxes and some control over the Royal Governor did not become a reality until 1683.

The right to elect their own representatives to a Colonial assembly and have more control over their lives would soon be threatened. A new monarch, James II, had taken over the throne of England. This king saw Colonial assemblies as a threat to his authority and he attempted to end that practice.

When King James II was forced to vacate his throne in 1689, a rebellion broke out in New York.

This uprising became known as Leisler’s Rebellion. He was supported by 400 men, 70 of whom were from Eastchester and thereabouts, most likely farmers who signed a declaration to preserve the fort in New York City until a governor could be sent by the new monarchs, William and Mary.

The Eastchester Covenant, a copy of which hangs in the lobby of Eastchester Town Hall, is our oldest and most precious document. It is the only surviving Colonial-era civil covenant in New York state and one of 60 surviving civil covenants in New England. Eastchester was an early experiment in governance by the people. The signers of the covenant wanted its people to behave in a neighborly and orderly fashion. Put more simply, the people

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of this small town would be compassionate, kind, cooperative, honest and generous. What better a mission statement can a town have? And while local community concerns took precedence in the early days of Eastchester, records indicate that at times Eastchester’s residents were certainly in tune with issues of major importance to fellow settlers in Colonial New York.

In the next article, the legacy of the Eastchester Covenant will be elaborated upon.

Many thanks to Regina Baio for her extensive research, documentation and written analysis from which much of the material in this article is taken. Baio is the author of “The 1665 Covenant: Life in Seventeenth-Century Eastchester” in “Out of the Wilderness: The Emergence of Eastchester, Tuckahoe, and Bronxville (1664-2014).”

Please contact us at historian@eastchesterhistoricalsociety.org about any comments or questions you might have about this column.

Also, any questions about sources of information will be addressed.

In this book published in honor of the 200th anniversary of the Bill of Rights, the Eastchester Covenant is ranked along with some of the most important documents in American history, such as the Mayflower Compact and the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut.

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Chapel School principal named Educator of the Year James Dhyne, principal of The Chapel School, has been selected by the board of directors of the Lutheran Schools Association as the 2016 Educator of the Year. The honor will be presented during the Lutheran Schools Association’s annual dinner at Long Island Lutheran Middle and High School on May 11.

They cited Principal Dhyne’s service in Lutheran schools over the span of his 44-year-long career, and his

contributions to the Lutheran schools community in New York City. According to LSA Director Jessica Raba in a letter to Dhyne, “It has been noted by your colleagues and peers that you are someone well deserving of the title Educator of the Year.” The award is not given every year but presented to those who have made significant and longstanding contributions to Lutheran education.

“I have been extremely

blessed to have served 44 years in three wonderful Lutheran schools. I treasure the relationships I have built along the way,” Dhyne said. “These past 17 years at The Chapel School have been such a joy.”

The Chapel School and Village Lutheran Church are located at 172 White Plains Road in Bronxville. For more information about the school and its programs, call 337-3202 or visit thechapelschool.org.

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She’s not crazy, her name just rhymes with it. Read Lenore Skenazy’s column every week in the Review.

A past contributor to the Daily News and the New York Sun, Skenazy has also appeared on “The Daily Show,” been profiled in the New Yorker and even had her own reality TV show, “World’s Worst Mom.”

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Hello, it’s Adele… again RHYMES WITH CRAZY Lenore Skenazy

Walk into the grocery and there she is. Shop for shoes, she’s shopping by your side.

Need to cross a lobby? Drive to Jersey? Drink yourself into a stupor? My God—she’s there, too.

In the hotel, the car, the seedy bar’s seedy bathroom, seeping through the pipes. She’s everywhere, always ready to start a conversation: “Hello. It’s me.”

Of course it is. It always is.

It’s Adele.

Now I know there must be some people—okay, several—who can’t get enough of Adele. Her “Hello” video on YouTube has, well, lemme check—more than 1.3 billion views so far. Not bad.

But I was relieved to learn that it’s not just me who is on the other side (as it were) of Adele-mania.

“The only reason she’s popular is because Amy Winehouse is dead,” is how lifestyle blogger Amanda Lauren put it, rather bluntly, in a phone interview. “I hate Adele.”

Google those three little words and you will find a tsunami of similar sentiments, some laced with the kind of venom usually reserved for presidential frontrunners. “On behalf of the British nation, I apologize,” wrote one guy. “I CAN’T TAKE IT ANYMORE!” wrote another.

A bit more thoughtfully, one blogger wrote, “Every Adele

song... is so damn formulaic, it’s unbelievable. I can’t imagine any kind of emotional process that went on during the recording of any Adele song other than, ‘Hey, remember that one song I wrote with the four sad piano chords and I belted the song title in the chorus? Let’s try that again.’”

He’s anti-Adele for artistic reasons. But others are simply staggering under Adele Overload.

“Today I heard it”—we know what song “it” is—”in four different places,” Yvonne Lederer, a marketing director in Westport, sighed. “She’s an entertaining singer, but enough! I just feel like everywhere I’m going she wants me to be really upset about a past lover, and I’m not going to go there.”

Ah, but where else can you go? Adele is harder to escape than Mister Softee, and shares a certain stickiness. In a desperate attempt to pare the Adele quotient down in her life, Lederer and her friends have actually stopped using the word “hello.”

Now, instead, they say, “’Sup?” Explains Lederer: “We’re protesting.”

This can be an act of psychological self-preservation.

When poet Erica Gerald Mason took her Toyota to the dealership for some warrantyrequired work, she had just settled into the waiting room, when you-know-who started singing in the background. The mechanic walked in and she

practically burst into tears.

“This can’t be good news!” she cried. “You’re going to tell me you have to rebuild my engine, right?” He looked at her quizzically. Uh, no. He’d just come out to say... hello. “He asked me why I had that reaction and I said, ‘Someone Like You’ is playing right now. This is not a song for good times. This is the song you hear when you need a new transmission. Play something else.”

The problem is that that “something else” is likely to be another song by Adele. She’s not just popular, she has redefined popularity. “Hello” was played almost 5 million times in just its first 24 hours on Spotify.

(Take that, Taylor.) Her album “25” sold 8 million units last year—more than any other album since 2011.

And I think you know whose album that was.

So now I’m taking my cue from my pal Hannah Pazderka, whose family has turned Adelemania into a game: “Whenever we’re out shopping and Adele starts playing, it means we’ve probably been there long enough, so someone invokes the ‘Adele rule’ and we have to leave.”

That one trick means spending less, eating less and actually heading out into the day, where it’s probably not nearly as gray and rainy as you thought it was.

Hello to the outside.

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Astorino announces county park boat launch Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino recently announced that the county’s three public boat launch areas, located at George’s Island Park in Montrose, Croton Point Park in Croton-on-Hudson and Glen Island Park in New Rochelle, opened for the season on Friday, April 1.

“With warmer temperatures finally here, boaters will be eager to hit the water in the coming weeks,” Astorino said. “And, in Westchester, we are so fortunate to have access to two great bodies of water, with the picturesque Long Island Sound on our eastern border and the majestic Hudson River on the west.”

George’s Island Park in Montrose, which provides access to the Hudson River, is available for boats up to 21 feet in length.

A Westchester County Park Pass is not required. Launching fees for car-top-carried boats are $5 with a park pass and $15 without the pass. Fees for trailer-carried boats are $15 with a park pass and $25 without the pass. Season permits are available to park

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pass holders only for $100, plus a $5 daily parking fee from May through September. The ramp is open 8 a.m. to dusk, seven days a week. For more information, call 737-7530.

Croton Point Park also provides access to the Hudson River via the beach, which can accommodate canoes, kayaks, paddleboards and sailboards.

No motorized vehicles may be launched at the park. The daily fee is $5 with a county park pass, and $10 without the pass.

Boats may be launched from 8 a.m. to dusk, seven days a week.

For more information, call 862-5290.

Glen Island provides access to Long Island Sound and can accommodate boats up to 21 feet in length. A county park pass is required to use this ramp. Car-topcarried boats pay $5, and trailercarried boats pay $15. Season permits are available to park pass holders only for $100, plus a $5 daily parking fee from May through September. The ramp is open from 6 a.m. to dusk, seven days a week. For more information, call 813-6720.

Playland Park in Rye also provides access to Long Island Sound. Beginning Saturday, May 7, car-top-carried boats may be launched through September. For more information, call 813-7010.

Inflatable boats or similar apparatus may not be launched at any county park area. Call the park ahead of your visit with any questions about boat launching.

For information about how to obtain a Westchester County resident Park Pass, visit parks. westchestergov.com or call 864PARK. (Submitted)

BCW announces Business Hall of Fame winners The Business Council of Westchester recently announced the winners of its prestigious Business Hall of Fame Awards.

The winners will be honored at the 2016 Business Hall of Fame Awards Dinner on Tuesday, April 19 at the Glen Island Harbour Club in New Rochelle.

The winners in their respective categories are: • Corporate Citizenship: Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla. Michael Israel, president and CEO, to accept the award.

• Entrepreneurial Success: Steiner Sports in New Rochelle. Brandon Steiner, founder and CEO, to accept the award.

• Small Business Success: The Westchester Bank in White Plains.

John Tolomer, president and CEO, to accept the award.

• Women in Business Success: Wendy Wollner, founder and president, Balancing Life’s Issues Inc.,

to accept the award.

• Family-Owned Business: The College of Westchester in White Plains. Mary Beth Del Balzo, president, to accept the award.

• Chairman’s Recognition Award: N. Dain’s Sons Co. Inc. in Peekskill. Jeffrey Dain, president, to accept the award.

“We are delighted to have such a distinguished and diverse roster of honorees for this year’s Business Hall of Fame. Selecting the winners for this presti-

gious award is never easy and this year was no different. The quality of this year’s nominees was truly outstanding,” said BCW President and CEO Marsha Gordon.

“The Business Hall of Fame is a celebration business success as well as the vitality and dynamism of Westchester’s economy.”

For more information about sponsorship opportunities for the Business Hall of Fame Awards dinner, call 948-2110 or visit thebcw.org. (Submitted)

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Pricing out the everyman game in the Bronx are no longer allowed to print tickets at LIVE MIKE home, the Yanks have decreed, Mike Smith in a move that’s as much about protecting the bottom line as it is There’s been no shortage of about reaffirming the class strucsurprising sports stories over ture currently in place at the new the last few weeks. Between stadium. the thrilling finish to Monday Basically, what the new polinight’s NCAA Men’s Basketball cy ensures is that folks who buy Championship Game, the damp, their tickets on the resale marfreezing weather that postponed ket are forced to jump through several games on MLB’s Open- extra hoops to get their hands ing Day, and the collective me- on physical tickets they’ve purdia freakout over Matt Harvey’s chased through StubHub, or esBladdergate; let’s just say it’s chew the popular online vendor been an interesting time to be altogether and buy their tickets following sports. directly from the Yankees inBut about as shocking as house reseller. death, paying taxes or the fact that Rest assured, the Yankees will another Marvel movie is (proba- not be selling those bourgie box bly) hitting theaters near you this seats to Joe Schmoe for $25. In Friday, is the New York Yankees’ late February, Yankees COO ongoing quest to make baseball Lonn Trost summed up the Yaninaccessible to the average fan. kees’ feelings on the common In February, the Yankees man with a telling quote. unveiled a new ticket policy “It’s not that we don’t want that dealt a major blow to bar- that fan to sell it, but that fan is gain shoppers and baseball fans sitting there having paid a subalike. Those hoping to catch a stantial amount of money for a

ticket and [another] fan picks it up for a buck-and-a-half and sits there, and it’s frustrating to the purchaser of the full amount,” Trost said. “And quite frankly, the fan may be someone who has never sat in a premium location.

So that’s a frustration to our existing fan base.”

And there you have it. Some people, Trost argued, just aren’t “good” enough to sit near the city’s movers and shakers.

Since its opening in 2009, I’ve pulled no punches on my thoughts about the new Yankee Stadium. The sterile mall-like atmosphere, the moat that separates the Yankees’ “Legends Seats” from the common rabble, all of it flies in the face of our national pastime, which was once supposed to be a place where the people of high society could mingle with the unwashed masses, eat a hot dog dripping with mustard, down a few suds and hurl coarse insults at Baltimore’s cleanup hitter.

The Yanks’ latest move, it

Earlier this year, the New York Yankees unveiled a new ticket policy aimed at cornering the resale market. Sports Editor Mike Smith hopes that you rich people enjoy your half-empty stadium. Photo courtesy Groupe Canam

seems, is more in line with turning the stadium into a place where the best and brightest can peck at foie gras and discuss oil futures while offering polite applause when something on the field of play catches their eye.

The baseball season kicked off on April 3, and while that fills me with the same joy and optimism I feel every spring, I don’t think I’ll be headed down to 161st Street to see the Bombers play any time soon.

Don’t get me wrong though, I’m not protesting anything. On a sports editors’ salary, I just probably couldn’t afford it.

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Tigers hold on against Eagles BASEBALL

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Game Notes: • Tuesday’s game was one of just six Section I games played on the day • Hayden Cohen picked up the win for Mamaroneck; Sachin Nambiar recorded the save • Eastchester had the tying run in scoring position when the final out was recorded

By MIKE SMITH Sports Editor The temperature may have been hovering just above freezing on Tuesday, April 5, but two local powers turned up the heat on the baseball diamond when Eastchester traveled to Mamaroneck for an early-season contest. Although the Eagles were able to rally late, their comeback bid fell just short, as the defending Class AA state champions held on for a 7-6 victory.

On a day that saw nearly half of the Section I baseball games on the docket canceled due to poor field conditions and low temperatures, both teams found themselves struggling against the elements as the frigid air and occasional gust of wind made playing the field difficult at times for both teams. But once the first pitch was thrown, Mamaroneck senior Peter Matt said the team’s focus was less on the weather and more on the task at hand.

7-3, but they weren’t sure if they had done enough to put away an Eastchester team that came into the season as one of the top ballclubs in Class A. And after a few defensive miscues and a two-run double by Eastchester leftfielder Nick Scalise, the Eagles found themselves with the tying run in scoring position. Mamaroneck reliever Sachin Nambiar found his rhythm, however, and fanned the final batter to nail down the save.

“We knew that Eastchester has a great, longtime coach [in Dom Cecere] and that they’ve got a couple of really, really good players,” Matt said. “They were going to keep pushing… we had to put the pedal to the metal the whole way if we wanted to win this game.”

According to Tiger coach Mike Chiapparelli, the Tigers’ play in the Section I opener demonstrated that while Mamaroneck is poised to defend its crown Eastchester’s Nick Scalise takes a cut against this year, there is certainly room Mamaroneck. The Eagles would lose a close one to the Tigers. Photos/Mike Smith for improvement.

“We were a little sloppy Sachin Nambiar delivers a strike against Eastchester.

Nambiar survived some rocky play in the field to record the save.

Peter Matt strokes a fourth-inning triple against Eastchester on April 5. Matt and the Tigers survived a late rally to top the Eagles 7-6.

defensively, there were a few balls we should have caught, but “It was a bit we also made some great plays,” scary coming out today, we he said. “We’re going to need to didn’t know if we were even work on it in practice, but I think going to play,” the Tigers’ we have the ability there.” captain said. “But we know The Tigers will have to wait that every time we take the before fine-tuning their defense field, we have to do our best in practice, however, as the team to stay loose and try to win faces a back-to-back with a the game.”

Wednesday, April 6 showdown The cold didn’t affect against a good North Rockland Matt at the plate, however, team, after press time. as the slugger gave Ma“We’re expecting a tough maroneck an early 3-1 game, to say the least. [The Red lead with a two-run Raiders] have a lot of returners triple in the fourth and they’re going to come out inning. By the firing,” Matt said. time the seventh Eastchester will be back in inning rolled action on Friday, April 8 against around, the Nyack.

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Mark Adamo chases down an Eastchester runner.

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Tigers top Broncos in opener BASEBALL

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Game Notes: • Senior Austin Pope tallied 14 Ks • Josh Sanz’s fourth-inning homer was part of a six-run Tigers rally • Tuckahoe coach Jerry DeFabbia believes Tuckahoe’s seniors are key to a deep postseason run this year

By MIKE SMITH Sports Editor Austin Pope throws a pitch against Bronxville on March 31. Pope struck out 14 batters in 6.1 innings of work. Photos/Mike Smith

Rob Kiernan connects with a pitch against Bronxville.

A Bronxville runner dives back to first on a pickoff attempt.

After storming to a sectional championship last year, the Tuckahoe Tigers entered 2016 with big plans—and even higher expectations—as they look to defend their title and make a run at the Class C state crown.

On March 31, they took their first step, downing crosstown rival Bronxville 9-3 in the season opener at Parkway Oval Field.

Senior ace Austin Pope picked up where he left off last season, firing 6.1 innings of one-hit baseball and fanning 14 Broncos to lead his team to its first win of the year. Pope didn’t allow a hit until Bronxville’s Jeff Sargeant led off the top of the seventh inning with a long double to the right-centerfield gap. An error and two walks later, Pope was lifted for sophomore Lino Poli, who put the finishing touches on the Tuckahoe win.

Although the Broncos were able to push three runs across in the inning, it was too little, too late, as Tuckahoe’s bats and Pope’s early dominance were simply too much.

“I felt pretty decent,” Pope said after the game. “I’m not happy with the walks there at the end, but overall it wasn’t too bad.”

Jerry DeFabbia, Tuckahoe’s second-year head coach, was happy with what he saw from the senior, and said he expects big things from Pope this spring.

“He threw the ball like our ace today, and as far as we go, he’s going to take us,” DeFabbia

said. “He’s done a tremendous job getting ready for this season, not only physically, but mentally as well.”

Offensively, the Tigers struggled early against Bronxville’s Joe Pepe, despite taking a 1-0 lead in the first inning on a one-out ground ball to second by Pope. But Tuckahoe didn’t pick up its first hit until the bottom of the third inning, when shortstop Chris Corrado and Mike McLaughlin strung together back-to-back doubles to plate the Tigers’ second run. They were able to open things up in the bottom of the fourth, crossing the plate six more times in a rally highlighted by a two-run home run by Josh Sanz.

“A lot of that was just the first-game jitters; it’s Bronxville, these guys have been friends since little league, and it meant a lot to our guys,” DeFabbia said.

“They know Pepe’s good, they know he’s their ace, so we just needed to make him throw strikes and hit good pitches.”

With a veteran-laden roster, Tuckahoe comes into the season as the favorite to repeat as the Class C champs and DeFabbia believes that it will fall to the upperclassmen—

April 8, 2016 • THE EASTCHESTER REVIEw • 15 players like Pope, Corrado and catcher Rob Kiernan—to set the tone for the team’s younger players.

“We talk about it all the time, saying that we’re only as good as our seniors,” the head coach said. “I’ve put a lot of pressure on them to come out, be the leaders on the team and show their experience.”

According to Pope, it’s a challenge that the older Tigers are looking forward to.

“The people that were here for it last year, we know what it takes to get there,” he said. “We came into the preseason this year knowing that other teams were going to try and knock us off, but we just have to want it more.”

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Chris Corrado leaps to catch a throw on a stolen base attempt by Bronxville.

Corrado will anchor the Tigers’ infield defense this year.

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