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November 7, 2013

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MAHOPAC CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
Superintendent to step down
Citing need to be with family, Tom Manko says 2013-14 his final year
BY MARC WEINREICH
PUMPKINFEST
OF MAHOPAC NEWS
Mahopac ushers in fall
harvest season
pgs. 14-15
SCHOOLS
District turns down $21K
over student
privacy concerns
pg. 5
BUSINESS & REAL ESTATE
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MAHOPAC MUSINGS
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LEISURE
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OPINION
10
SPORTS
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Mahopac Central School
District Superintendent Tom
Manko announced last week
that he will leave his position
after the current school year to
care for his family and elderly
mother in Western New York.
Manko, whose first day on
the job was July 1, 2009, will
officially step down on June
30, 2014.
He made the announcement
via e-mail last Friday morning,
telling the community that he
remains focused on efforts to
provide Mahopac’s students
with a quality education, one
that’s been highlighted by the
district’s high school being
named one of Newsweek’s top
programs in the United States
for the past four consecutive
years.
“The time to reminisce will
come in June, but until then, I
can assure you, my agenda is
to continue to conduct the district’s work so that our children
benefit from an excellent educational program replete with
high academic standards, personal and social growth opportunities and a safe and secure
learning environment,” Manko
said in the statement. “The blue
and gold will forever be special to me. My door is always
open.”
In a subsequent interview
with Mahopac News last week
shortly after his announcement,
Manko said it will be difficult
to leave a group he regards as
family, but said right now his
actual family needs his immediate attention.
“I love Mahopac,” Manko
said. “It’s like leaving family and I’m going to leave [the
District] in good shape for my
successor.”
His 84-year-old mother, a
widow since 1993 and currently in an assisted living facility
south of Buffalo, is recovering
from surgery in May after falling and suffering a subdural
hematoma. Manko has been
making multiple road trips per
month to visit her as she restores her health.
“She is doing fine now, but
who knows – her health could
change in a few months,”
Manko said.
He made the decision to step
down this past summer, telling
Board of Education President
Ray Cote and Vice President
Mike Sclafani in July that he
didn’t want his contract to be
considered for renewal after
SEE MANKO PAGE 4
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MAHOPAC NEWS – Thursday, November 7, 2013
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including State Senator Greg Ball, Assemblyman Steve Katz, County Executive MaryEllen Odell, Putnam
County Sheriff Donald B. Smith, Town Supervisor Kenneth Schmitt, Councilwoman Suzanne McDonough,
Mahopac-Carmel Chamber Executive Director Mike Bucci, local Mahopac business owners Charlie Melchner
Jr. of Mahopac Marina and attorney Kevin Wright and others. The event was organized by Putnam County
Chambers Of Commerce Chairwoman Jennifer Maher.
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Despite rainy weather during parts
of last Friday, Congressman Sean
Patrick Maloney walked around the
downtown area of Route 6 with local, county and state leaders to see
firsthand the needs of Mahopac.
The Congressman, who represents the 18th District of New York,
which includes Mahopac and Carmel, stopped by Mahopac Marina,
Kobu Asian Bistro and South Side
Inn and Grille on Nov. 1 and then sat
down with dignitaries from across
the county for a roundtable at the
Greater-Mahopac Carmel Chamber
of Commerce to find out how he can
pitch in to address the many concerns of the Mahopac community.
“Three issues are loud and clear:
taxes are killing people, parking is
a real problem and there’s too many
vacant buildings,” Maloney said in
an interview with Mahopac News
last Friday. “Mahopac is a wonderful community with a lot of wonderful assets. There’s nothing wrong
with Mahopac that can’t be fixed
with what’s right with Mahopac.”
He also briefly mentioned hearing
about the ongoing heroin epidemic
in Putnam County and told Mahopac News that fighting the war on
drugs remains a top priority for his
administration.
“As a father of young children, I
am deeply concerned about the skyrocketing rate of heroin overdoses
– one overdose is one too many”
Maloney said in the statement to
Mahopac News. “I am committed to
continuing our partnership with our
law enforcement and neighborhood
coalitions dedicated to investing in
our children and keeping them off
drugs and alcohol.”
Earlier this year, Rep. Maloney announced a grant award for
$125,000 for the Putnam County
Communities That Care Coalition,
a first-time grant recipient. According to the Coalition, citing statistics
from the Drug Enforcement Administration, approximately 1.2 percent
of the U.S. population has admitted
to using heroin at least once in their
lifetime, and the number is growing,
especially here in Putnam County
since 2008.
Doreen Lockwood, director of
Chemical Dependency and Treatment at Putnam Family and Community Services, said that in her experience, the trend is discouraging.
“Fifteen years ago, 3 to 9 percent
of my clients used heroin or prescription drugs,” Lockwood said.
“Now, over 25 percent do. Increase
in availability and accessibility
translates to increase in abuse and
addiction problems. Clients are getting younger and going straight to
SEE MALONEY PAGE 13
MAHOPAC NEWS – Thursday, November 7,
PAGE 3
Your Neighbor
Silbert n’ Shaq
MHS grad tells tale of success
BY MARC WEINREICH
OF MAHOPAC NEWS
So how exactly does one go from Mahopac High School to hanging out with
Shaq?
Ask Brian Silbert, a 1987 MHS graduate whose career as a film and television
producer has taken him from the shores of
Lake Mahopac to the Hollywood Hills of
California and back again. The 44-yearold is currently in nearby Newburgh
wrapping up an upcoming season of Orange County Choppers – set to premiere
at 9 p.m. on Nov. 16 on CMT – and spent
some time here in his hometown while on
a brief break from the set.
For Silbert, his interest in life on the
screen was evident from an early age.
“Brian loved television so much that the
third thing he learned to say after ‘mama’
and ‘dada’ was, ‘Here’s Johnny!’” recalled
his mother, Dr. Linda Silbert, aka Dr. Linda, a child educator who writes weekly
advice columns for Mahopac News.
“Despite our lack of knowledge about
television and the entertainment industry,
we encouraged Brian to pursue what he
loved and what he showed talent in,” his
father, Al, also an educator, told Mahopac
News.
Silbert’s real interest in television was
piqued in the 1980s while attending Mahopac High School. He took a television
production course with Chris Del Campo
and remembers thinking that this is what
he wants to do for a living.
“I knew that’s what I wanted,” Silbert
told Mahopac News. “The freedom to
be creative. I like creating and using my
imagination without problems. In school,
it’s like you do this math problem, read
this book, use these facts. Me and school
didn’t jive too well but this class was my
first opportunity to use a clean slate and
be creative.”
His sister, Cheryl, who graduated Mahopac High School in 1990, went on to
become a professor with a PhD in chemistry and currently teaches at a small college in Massachusetts. Silbert went in the
opposite direction and pursued a degree in
comedy.
After graduating from American University in Washington, D.C., he stuck
around town and did standup comedy at
the Improv Comedy Club in the nation’s
capital.
“But I realized I wanted to be behind
the camera telling people what to do versus the other way,” Silbert said.
So he bid farewell to the East Coast and
made a home in Los Angeles in the 90s
with the idea of working behind the camera. He sold shows to Comedy Central,
created and produced his own programs
and worked as a talent manager on the
West Coast for a while.
Then, he started producing shows for
Discovery Channel. He produced Street
Outlaws and Jesse James: Outlaw Garage
for the channel, and since June has served
as the executive producer of Orange
County Choppers, a reality show about
Paul Teutul Sr. and his local business of
making world-renowned custom motorcycles right here in the Hudson Valley.
Now back on the East Coast for the
first time in over a decade, Silbert had the
unique opportunity of having future Basketball Hall of Fame inductee Shaquille
O’Neal drop by the shop last month.
“He’s huge,” Silbert said. “His hands
were massive and his feet were like the
size of my head. He’s a great guy though
and really down to earth.”
Among his other celebrity encounters is
a friendship he’s formed with comedians
Jim Gaffigan and Brian Regan.
Looking back on the opportunities he’s
been afforded through his professional career, he said it’s only now that he’s back
in his hometown, having dinner with his
parents on a weekly basis while filming
Orange County Choppers, that he’s been
able to really reflect on the influence Mahopac has had on him.
“Mahopac, I took it for granted,” Silbert
said. “The whole idea was ‘I gotta get out
of here, gotta get out of here, bigger cities, etc.’ It wasn’t until I left and spent a
number of years away that I realized how
PHOTO COURTESY OF BRIAN SILBERT
beautiful this town is with the lake and
everything. My appreciation for the town
grew. I’ve got a little more sense of pride
now. I didn’t realize it then when I was
just going out with friends, on boats, playing MSA baseball.”
Dr. Linda said she knew that the best
thing they could do for their son was to
support him in any endeavor that he pursued.
“As parents, one thing we knew for sure
is whether or not we understood the career path each of our children chose, we
knew to provide as much support as we
could, in whatever form was needed so
that they could pursue their dreams,” Dr.
Linda said.
For Silbert, a little Mahopac kid who
admitted he struggled at times throughout
high school, those dreams are now on millions of television sets across the country.
Future Basketball Hall of Fame inductee
Shaquille O’Neal dropped by Orange County
Choppers’ shop in Newburgh and gave
Mahopac High School graduate Brian Silbert, a
producer on the show, a signature salutation.
Brian Silbert’s Mahopac High
School graduation photo in 1987.
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE SILBERTS
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MANKO
FROM PAGE 1
the 2013-14 school year because
he wanted to focus on his family.
Cote told Mahopac News that
he had scheduled a meeting with
the Board of Education for the
second week of August to discuss whether to renew the contract, but cancelled it after learning from Manko that he wasn’t
planning on returning beyond
2013-14.
Manko, who was initially
hired at $205,000 per year, had
asked the Board for a raise after
his three-year contract expired in
2012 and has since been earning
an annual salary of $208,000.
“I wrestled with [the decision
to step down] after I told Ray,”
Manko said.” My wife and I felt
Nov. 1 was a good time because
you got the school year underway. I wanted to establish the
school year on a strong footing
[before making the announcement.]”
Manko said he would be re-
miss if he didn’t express his
mounting frustration with unfunded mandates from New York
State. For example, in Mahopac,
the State provided $5.8 million
in aid to the school district for
the current academic calendar
year. However, district officials
project a net cost of $17.3 million in unfunded or underfunded
mandates in 2013-14.
“I got into education to make
it better for children, to give
them opportunities they never
had,” Manko said. “Our economy is tough, but when your state
only has so much funding to go
around, I’m tired of cutting. I’m
disappointed at the state level.”
He will now have to decide
whether to term his leave as
a resignation or retirement.
Should he choose the latter, he
will be eligible for a pension,
but will not be able to accept
employment elsewhere if it exceeds a certain annual salary
threshold. If he decides to resign
instead, he can accept any job
regardless of the pay.
“I’ve been selectively looking
[for a job] and have been approached by some search consultants, but [the prospective
job] has got to have a number of
elements that remind me of Mahopac,” Manko told Mahopac
News. “But I don’t think I’m
done with being an administrator.”
Looking ahead to the replacement process, Cote said the district will seek a Request for Proposals by the end of November
to obtain bids for the cost of a
search from Putnam-Northern
Westchester BOCES and two
nationwide search firms. He said
that it likely won’t be any sooner than January when the public
will have an opportunity to meet
with BOCES or the search firm.
As for the cost of the search,
Cote projects the district will
spend approximately $15,000
- $20,000 on finding Manko’s
replacement. Ideally, he said he
wants to have a new superintendent named by April in part because it will give Manko a few
months to help transition the
role.
“We’re going to try to get a
process in place that involves
as many constituent groups as
possible to weigh in on [the
search],” Cote said. “When we
get down to two or three candidates, we’ll bring the public in
to meet with them. We want to
make it as collaborative as possible.”
He added that he wants taxpayers to also have a say in the
length of the contract of the new
superintendent, but said the contract cannot exceed five years
per New York State education
laws.
As for Manko’s departure,
Cote said the current superintendent will be missed.
“He’s been the face of the
school district for five years
now, and he really has become
the school district,” Cote said.
“Tom was picked because of
his demeanor and ability to deal
with people. He took the district
back to a more approachable
humanistic district that really
listens to the parents and community. He will be missed.”
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Knighs of Columbus of Mahopac will host a breakfast from
8 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Nov 17 at
its headquarters on 161 East Lake
Boulevard in Mahopac. There
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juice. It is $7 per adult and $5 per
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Mahopac schools stand on principle
MCSD declines $21K from State over student privacy concerns
By Marc Weinreich
OF MAHOPAC NEWS
Student test scores, disciplinary
and attendance data, economic and
racial status, special education needs
and immunization records are just
a few of the nuggets of information being made available online
by the New York State Department
of Education – but Mahopac Central School District students aren’t
among them.
School districts across the state
are participating in a program that
will allow them to receive federal
“Race to the Top” funding (RTTP)
that’s tied to new Common Core
Curriculum standards. According to
information about RTTP on the U.S.
Department of Education website,
New York State received approximately $700 million in federal funds
to be distributed to schools that rollout “ambitious yet achievable plans
for implementing coherent, compelling, and comprehensive education
reform,”
Ken Wagner, the deputy commissioner of New York State’s Department of Education, has not responded to repeated attempts by Mahopac
News for a comment.
The state is selling the initiative
as an opportunity for educators and
parents to view a comprehensive
online profile of each student. Mahopac Superintendent Tom Manko
sees it differently; despite the district being offered approximately
$21,000 from the State to participate, Manko sent a letter to the Department of Education last week to
opt out of the program.
“If it were $250,000, I’d have to
have a long conversation with myself and then the Board [of Education],” Manko said in an interview
with Mahopac News. “But this is
pocket change. If it were a quarter
million [dollars] or more, I’d take a
look at it. On principle, I still probably wouldn’t do it.”
Board of Education President Ray
Cote said at a recent meeting with
Mahopac’s PTO that he wouldn’t
want information about his own
children being stored online by a
third-party vendor, and can’t see
how he could make the decision for
other parents in the district about the
privacy of their children.
Manko joins many others school
superintendents throughout the state
who don’t feel comfortable participating in the program. He told
Mahopac News that not only does
he have privacy concerns about sensitive data being stored online by a
third party, he’s also aware that the
program will become an unfunded
mandate in a few years; the funding
the district would receive if it did
participate would run out after the
second year.
“Outside vendors could poten-
tially try to sell you things based
on your children’s deficiencies,”
Manko said. “inBloom is telling me
encryption won’t be sacred.”
The state is using inBloom to
store the data in a cloud and then the
school district would choose one of
three vendors selected by the state to
make the data available to educators
and parents. InBloom, a company
that initially received philanthropic
support from the Bill and Melinda
Gates Foundation, is a tool that
seeks to “inform and involve each
student and teacher with data and
tools designed to personalize learning,” according to its website.
But Manko said Mahopac’s
school district already stores its students’ data online via its own secure
server. The district even has a new
mobile app to help parents track everything from how much money is
left in their child’s lunch account to
how they performed on a quiz.
“We don’t need the state to have
a dashboard to do it,” Manko said.
“We already do it. We don’t want to
take the risk where if we take this information and put it out there, someone intercepts it because of a fluke.”
Deputy Commissioner Wagner
sent a letter to all public school superintendents on Oct. 24 giving his
best reassurance that data would be
kept private.
“School districts will retain ownership and control of all data provided by them, “Wagner wrote. “No
third-party vendor will have access
to any educational data unless authorized to do so by the State or the
district for specific contracted educational purposes.”
Nearby Brewster Central School
District was offered $85,000 by the
state to participate in the program,
according to Valerie Henning, assistant superintendent for Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment for
Brewster Central School District.
The district would receive $38,000
for this school year if it accepted
the terms of the agreement with
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Giving thanks to the Mahopac community
BY AMY SAYEGH
SPECIAL TO MAHOPAC NEWS
Brett and Lauren have been involved with Community Cares
since I first met Brett at a Chamber meeting. His first reaction was,
“How can I help!?”
Since then, both Brett and Lauren have been involved in supporting Community Cares and
our mission. Lauren was a board
member and was involved with
Community Cares directly with
our organization, helping with deliveries to families, organizing our
second gala and even emceeing
that event. She was instrumental
in the decision making and volunteering of the organization. As a
mother herself, as she stated at the
Gala in October at Putnam County
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Brett, through Mahopac News,
has given us a voice which has been
instrumental to further the cause
and letting our friends and neighbors know we are here to help. The
newspaper has donated ads just
about every year we have had a
gala. Brett has also been a friend of
ours through the Greater MahopacCarmel Chamber of Commerce
and the Mahopac Rotary Club. I
am so thrilled to have Lauren and
Brett at this year’s Community of
Caring Gala. We are also thrilled
by the expansion of Halston Media into Westchester’s Yorktown
and Somers as Community Cares
serves all those same areas.
Bucci Brothers is always giving back and supporting our community however they can. One
thing that struck me at this year’s
gala is how intertwined the honoree’s stories have been throughout the years. Bucci Brothers was
one of our first sponsors helping
our cause and donating family
meals. I became friendly with the
Bucci family when they began the
Combo’s for Life for the Relay for
Life initiative, an effort spearheaded by local resident Tracey Walsh
and the American Cancer Society.
They worked very closely with my
friend Cathy Grossi to raise money
for the Society. Cathy was our very
first survivor honoree for Community Cares. She passed away in
December 2009, two months after
we honored her at our gala.
Walsh was also a friend and volunteer. Every year when we pick
our honroees, they help tell the sto-
Putnam Hospital Center’s Director of Development and Community
Affairs Anita Minella and her husband Joe with Cheryl Kellogg and her
husband, Jeff, senior vice president of Putnam Hospital Center.
Brett and Lauren Freeman (right) with Brett’s parents, Randy and Ken
Freeman, at the Gala held at the Putnam County Golf Course in October.
ry of Community Cares and dem- and disease. Walsh is no exceponstrate how we all work together tion. She was there also delivering
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By Michael Bucci
When we started Bucci
Brothers Deli in 2007, it didn’t
take long before someone from
Community Cares asked us to
serve a family in need – that’s
really all they did – they put
us in a position to serve a family. I can say without reservation that the years of preparing
small meals for families going
through the toughest of times
was an experience that added a
level of context to many situations I would find myself in.
Many times I’d find myself
saying how lucky I was – that
I didn’t have to be as brave
and courageous as those going
through tough weekly treatments and that what I thought
was a tough life at times working fulltime at a deli like ours
was somebody else’s dream.
Organizations like this make
the towns of Mahopac and
Carmel a very special place to
live and raise a family.
Michael Bucci is Executive
Director of the GreaterMahopac Carmel Chamber of
Commerce, a representative with
Met-Life Resources and coowner of Bucci Brothers Deli.
Light of Giving award
recipients the Bucci
family of Bucci Brothers
Deli in Mahopac.
PHOTOS: TABITHA
PEARSON MARSHALL
County Executive
MaryEllen Odell thanks
Community Cares for
the important work it
does in helping local
residents suffering
debilitating conditions
with everyday needs
such as laundry chores
and cooking dinner.
Point of Light recipient
Tracey Walsh (right) of
the American Cancer
Society is all smiles as
Amy Sayegh hands her
her an award.
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Through the American Cancer Society, she helps many by raising
money for research, and through
Community Cares, she helps those
families in our area who need assistance with their own families.
She has always preached the mantra, “together we are stronger.” It’s
simple yet it resonates with our
overall mission.
Carmela Casalinuovo, one of
our survivors, is a wonderful,
strong lady who has been ravaged
by the tolls of stage-4 breast cancer. She has fought the disease for
about five years now while raising
her family. She has become a very
good friend throughout this ordeal.
Tracey Cleary is also one of
our survivors who is our Light of
Hope. Cleary was diagnosed with
Stage-4 Leiomyosarcoma in 2011
and she has been devastated by the
disease emotionally and physically.
Her strength as she is fighting this
disease is so admirable, and bravery beyond what I can imagine.
She was staring down the face of
an ugly, rare cancer while faced
with raising her twin babies in
Mahopac. She is supported by her
husband, Tom, through his United
Way campaign while working at
UPS and has raised money for
Community Cares each year. Being diagnosed with cancer, Tracey
doesn’t take anything for granted
and wants to help Community
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I am also so humbled how Com-
munity Cares has taken off in the
last five years. Community Cares
began as a passion of mine when
I was going through cancer treatments. I just wanted to pay forward
the help I received going through
cancer treatments. I know others
would love to do the same. The organization is an idea in motion. It
has taken off by the generosity of
our community and the passion of
our volunteers and board and those
who help fundraise. Every dollar raised goes right back into our
community, helping our friends
and neighbors in need.
Sayegh is President and
Executive Director of Community
Cares. For more information
about the orginazation, visit
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Saint John’s
weekend masses
Saint John the Evangelist
Church is holding a weekend mass
at 9 a.m., with Vigil Masses at 4
p.m. and 5:30 p.m. and a Spanish
Mass at 8 p.m. every Saturday. On
Sundays, there will be a mass at
7:30 a.m., a Family Mass at 8:45
a.m., a Polish Mass at 9:45 a.m.
and three other masses at 10:45
a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. St
John’s located at 221 East Lake
Boulevard and can be reached at
845-628-2006.
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16, Training for Warriors Mahopac will host a charity workout at the Mahopac Firehouse on
Route 6 to raise money for Sacco
as well. Proceeds will go toward
the Sacco family and research of
Epidural Hematomas and sports
related concussions. The circuittype workout will be kid-friendly
and for all fitness levels. There
will be food, smoothies, music,
door prizes and give aways. For
more information about the fundraiser, visit tfwmahopac.com or
call 914-714-9068.
Troop 1 Mahopac Boy Scouts
will be holding a fundraiser with
East Coast Professional Wrestling
and Kaos Entertainment at 7 p.m.
on Nov. 8 to support local grassroots organization Freezin’ for a
Reason and their ongoing efforts
to raise funds for cystic fibrosis research. The bell time for the wrestling matches is 7 p.m. and tickets
are $10 in advance or $15 at the
door. It will be held inside the gym
at Mahopac High School, located
at 421 Baldwin Place Road. For
more information, go to ecpw1.
The Italian American Club of
A basket inside Town Hall will com or call 973-402-9599.
Mahopac is hosting a Make-a-Wish
be on site until mid-November to
fundraiser at 6 p.m. on Nov. 16. The
accept donations of canned goods
night will consist of dinner at 6 p.m.
that will be delivered to local food
and a movie at 7:30 p.m., and there
pantries and ultimately to local
will be an auction as well as a raffle
families in need during Thanksfor kids.The cost is $10 per adult
giving. For more information, call
and $5 for children; kids under 3
Town Hall at 845-628-1500 or
The Mahopac Knights of Co- are free. The IAC is located at 141
stop by their offices at 60 McAl- lumbus is hosting a pasta fund- Buckshollow Road in Mahopac and
pin Avenue in Mahopac.
raiser for Justin Sacco, a Mahopac can be reached at 845-628-7175.
middle school student who suffered a traumatic brain injury before football practice earlier this
fall. It will be held from 5:30 p.m.
Registration is now open for the to 8 p.m. on Nov. 15 at Knights
annual MSA Girls Lacrosse Fall of Columbus on 161 East Lake
Clinic at the Fulmar Road Ele- Boulevard in Mahopac. There is a
mentary School until Nov. 19. For suggested donation of $5. All promore information or to register, ceeds go toward the Sacco family
go to msasports.org and click on to help with the medical expenses.
Girls Lax under Sports Programs.
From 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Nov.
IAC Make-a-Wish
fundraiser Nov. 16
Town Hall accepting
food donations
Justin Sacco
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Pets and newborn
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Putnam Hospital Center will
host a Pets and the Newborn class
in its Birthcenter at the hospital
located at 670 Stoneleigh Avenue
in Carmel. The class will be held
from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Nov.
16. This special class will offer tips on how to introduce your
house pet(s) to your newborn infant. Emphasis will be placed on
including that first four-legged
“baby” into your family unit.”
Class sizes are limited and there
is no fee for this course, however,
registration is required. It is recommended that parents attend the
class three months before a baby’s
due date. To register or for more
information about the hospital’s
expanded series of childbirth and
parenting classes, call the Birthing
Center at Putnam Hospital Center
at 845-279-5711, ext. 2519.
Online registration has opened
for the 2013 free flu vaccine
clinic, conducted by the Putnam
County Department of Health.
The annual event offers free flu
immunization for individuals 19
years of age and older who live
or work in New York State. The
clinic will be held at the health department’s main office, 1 Geneva
Road, Brewster, NY, from 3 p.m.
to 7 p.m. on Nov. 12. A paperless
pre-registration process is being
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participants are being asked to log
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slots are available: 3 to 4 p.m.; 4
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Opinion
Local psychic
convention a scam
dramatically pressed to your temple and say,
“I’m getting a J, does anyone know anyone
with a name that starts with the letter J?”
Do you want to connect with a dead relaAnyone? Um, yeah, probably everyone.
tive? Perhaps you want to know where your Then they would roll on from there with
life is going.
haphazard guesses at other generalized
Lots of us would like to have answers
random topics until something stuck. If
to these questions. Unfortunately, there are
someone was really trying to send some type
plenty of people willing to scam you out of
of message from “the other side,” they would
your money on the pretense of helping you.
be very specific instead of giving our psychic
A recent gathering of psychics in Putnam
random, spotty details and forcing them to
Valley put many of those folks in one room
work from there.
for the Putnam Valley Psychic Fair. Media
Why wouldn’t they just say, “My name
reports say that hundreds of people showed
is John and I died in a car crash and I want
up to pay $10 for a reading or other alleged
my sister Bertha to know I’m ok.” Or, one
psychic glimpse into something.
of these psychics is claiming to be helping
As you may be able to tell from my
police find a missing person, but invariably
sarcasm, I think this is all a bunch of what
they say, “they’re near a body of water.”
an old friend liked to call, “horse puckey.” I
Well, that narrows it down, doesn’t it?
don’t buy any of it for a moment.
But, the main thing that bothered me about
Apparently this is the fourth annual event
these shows was that when the psychic did
and the organizer, a woman by the name of
“connect” with someone from the past –
Priscilla Keresey, acknowledged that the fair meaning they suckered some poor person in
is entertainment for the most part but added
the audience into their charade – there was
that she hopes it would open people up to the never any bad news. People trying to connect
idea of psychics in general.
with their dead relative always got peaceWhat saddens me is that hundreds of
ful, loving messages. “Oh, Uncle Johnny is
people threw away $10 each, some probfine,” the psychic would purr, “he wants you
ably with serious hopes of connecting with
to know he’s comfortable and you should be
someone from their past or desperate for an
happy.” Just once I’d like to hear, “Uncle
answer to an important question in their life. Johnny says it’s very, very hot where he is,
I think the only thing they discovered is a
he never really liked you and he can’t believe
room full of charlatans.
you’re falling for this psychic mumbo
Psychics have a long history in the world; jumbo.”
there’s been TV shows about them and
But back to Putnam Valley. People drove
people have always seemed to hold them
from as far away as Yonkers for this event. It
in some sort of esteem for their supposed
has apparently become pretty popular with
powers. Others have debunked them and
folks, with some psychics having long lines
there is a standing challenge to psychics from and waiting lists to be seen. Ms. Keresey, the
the James Randi Educational Foundation
organizer, has an interesting website where
for them to prove their abilities. If someone
she explains her abilities and notes that she
can do that, the Randi Foundation will pay
lives with “several cats.”
them $1,000,000. That’s a whole lot of $10
Somehow that fact didn’t surprise me. She
clients. I can’t imagine any legitimate reason has written a number of books on subjects
why none of these folks have taken the
related to psychic type activities.
Foundation up on their offer. Maybe they’re
What I thought was most interesting was
above that sort of thing, you know, reading
the section entitled, “You’re Psychic, Too!”
for money. Oh wait, they charge for their
Keresey believes all people are psychic and
services, so that can’t be it.
merely need to develop the ability further,
Maybe it’s just too insulting to them to
maybe like working on our golf swings or
have their paranormal powers questioned.
taking cooking lessons.
Either way, I would have thought one of
Conveniently enough, Keresey has availthese people would have made the effort by
able a book on developing your psychic
now and maybe given the money to charity if skills. I was thinking of ordering one for this
it’s too upsetting to take it for themselves.
article but using my better judgment decided
As far as debunking them, some psychics against it, figuring my $3.99 could be better
have been found to be doing research on
spent on a slice of pizza and a drink from
their subjects prior to meeting them, so as
Paolo’s Pizza instead of the E-book. The
to be able to relay accurate details. Others
book was probably only going to confirm my
use what I call the shotgun approach. Stand
suspicion of this “art” anyway.
in a room full of 500 people with your hand
But Keresey probably already knew that.
By Don Atoson
FOR MAHOPAC NEWS
Driving Miss Spidey
I have to admit: I’m not the best driver.
While I’m pretty good at avoiding living
things like squirrels and people, and semiliving things like zombies, I have a somewhat
checkered past when it comes to avoiding
inanimate objects like garage doors, parking
meters and other people’s garbage cans.
As a result, I’m not really one of those
people who loves to drive. But my daughter
is, and the day she got her driver’s permit, she
was thrilled. She had been begging to drive
ever since her feet could reach the pedals. Of
course, I was quite a bit less enthusiastic about
it since I was the one who had to teach her to
drive. For one thing, I clearly did not set the
best driving example. But also, I was concerned that my predilection for hitting curbs,
street signs and mailboxes might be genetic,
which would mean that no matter how well I
taught, or how much she tried, my daughter
was doomed to be a garbage can killer like
her mother.
“Don’t tell her you’re a bad driver,” said
my husband when I expressed my reservations to him.
“She’s been driving with me for 16 years,”
I replied. “She has been a witness to all the
garbage cans I have assassinated. I don’t think
the fact that I am a bad driver will be news to
her.”
He considered this, and then suggested we
start on streets without garbage cans, street
signs, or curbs.
“Where are we going to practice driving?” I
asked him. “The moon?”
I finally decided that if there was a genetic
predisposition for driving into stationary
objects, it was probably recessive and she
would be OK. Therefore, I simply needed
to project an heir of confidence so she could
believe in herself and hopefully, never, ever,
ever have to parallel park or drive on garbage
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pick-up day.
So, the next day I took her out on some side
streets and she did great. Then we moved up
to some busier roads and intersections and
she was fine. But as we turned back to drive
home, suddenly something happened that I
had not anticipated which severely challenged
my ability to stay calm and responsible.
“OH MY GAWD!” I yelled. “There’s a
spider on the dashboard!!!”
She slammed on the breaks and we both
started screaming as though there was a rabid
bear in the car. I waved at the spider with
my hand hoping to get him to head off in the
direction of the window so I could lower it
and he would leave. But the breeze of my
wave instead caused him to take flight, and
then we had a flying spider, hanging on a
thread, swaying between the driver’s side and
the passenger side of the car.
Fortunately, my daughter had had the good
sense to pull off to the side of the road, which
made a lot more sense than I would have had
if I’d been driving. As the spider continued to
sway, she threw the car into park and got out.
“What are you doing?” I demanded.
“Walking home,” she replied. “Driving is
completely overrated.”
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OPINION
PAGE 11
What to do with one bright child, one failing
Dear Dr. Linda,
I’m going to begin by explaining that I’m a CEO of a rather
large firm. I went to an Ivy
League school and so did my
ex-wife who is an attorney. We
have two sons, Jeremy, who is
a sophomore at Yale, and Chris,
an eleventh grader at our local
high school. Our concern is about
Chris. He’s as bright as Jeremy
and did as well as Jeremy until
fifth grade. Then everything fell
apart. His grades dropped to B’s
and C’s and even received failing
marks. We got tutors for nearly
every subject. But worse than
that, he started lying to us. We
can’t blame our divorce because
that happened when Chris was
three years old. Judy and I happily remarried, our boys get along
well with their step parents and
Judy and I do fine together. Why
do you think he fails? And why
do you think he lies this much?
And what can we do?
CEO Dad
Dear CEO Dad,
First of all, underachievement
usually sets in between fourth
and fifth grade. Chris was right
on time. As I’ve mentioned in
my column, mental ability is only
one factor for school success. I
use the acronym, MOM. “Organization” and “Motivation” are
just as important as “Mental ability.” Underachievement can begin during those grades because
many children at that stage of development don’t have the organizational skills to follow through
with what many teachers expect
of them.
As far as motivation, even
though children want an A+,
they may not want to do what
they have to do to get the A+. It
could be as simple as wanting to
do something else during the time
they have for homework or preparing for a test.
In addition, many kids don’t
know how to study. Then, they
become discouraged after spending time, which seems like an
eternity to a preteen, and fail or
get a poor grade. Any motivation
they had is gone.
If Chris didn’t receive the support he needed to discover why
he struggled, he could start lying
to you. Many children, and adults
alike, lie because it seems safer
than telling the truth. For whatever reason, he didn’t feel safe
going to you or his mom for help.
Some children who have high
achieving parents, and parents
with very high expectations,
walk away from trying to succeed. They feel they can never
make their parents happy with
their efforts in school. If they
could get straight A’s, it would
take a lot of effort on their part.
And suppose they failed after all
that work? That would even be
worse. So these kids would rather
lie and fail than deal with their
parents’ lectures if they got a B
instead of an A.
I suggest you get some professional counseling. Find out
what’s causing him to struggle.
Figure out why he feels he has to
lie to you and his mom. Then find
out what you can do to help Chris
improve in school and begin telling the truth. Talk to his teachers
for suggestions.
If Chris doesn’t want to go to
counseling, you and his Mom
can get help. You’ll want to learn
how to change the family dynamics to help Chris succeed.
At home you can begin by reminding him of his past successes
and in particular what strategies
used to work for him. You and his
mom, and his step parents might
share with him both good and bad
experiences you had when you
were in school. Ask him how you
can help.
Chris may not respond right
away but don’t give up.
It’s important to start opening
up communications with him and
rebuilding trust. You’ll find many
strategies that work by working
with a counselor and with Chris’
teachers at school.
Dr. Linda
P.S. If Chris doesn’t know
how to study – and many kids
don’t – pick up a copy of my
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Pay vets respect Nov. 11
men and women feel compelled
to take such drastic and permanent
measures.
Daniel M. Dellinger is national
Veterans Day is Nov. 11, and as
commander of the 2.4 millionVeterans Day ceremonies and pamember American Legion.
rades occur throughout the country,
it is important that we ensure that
More than one a day. That’s how we do everything in our power to
many members of our active-duty
prevent these needless and tragic
military, National Guard and Redeaths.
serve forces have committed suicide
We are their friends, their family,
over the past year. Simply put, we
their co-workers and their neighare losing more service members by bors. It is up to us to ensure that
their own hands than we are by the
every veteran feels that his or her
enemy in Afghanistan.
service to this country is appreciated
Only those who experienced
by their fellow Americans. There
firsthand the horrors of combat can
are many tangible ways that we can
understand why most of these young acknowledge their sacrifice, but
By Daniel M. Dellinger
the easiest is to simply say, “Thank
you for what you have done for our
country.”
If he is showing signs of unhappiness or depression, encourage
him to seek help through the VA
immediately. If she has had difficulty obtaining the benefits that she
is entitled to, let her know that The
American Legion has thousands
of trained service officers nationwide that will help her navigate the
bureaucracy free of charge.
And if that veteran has made
the supreme sacrifice, remember
the price that has been paid for our
freedom and offer your support to
the loved ones left behind.
But Veterans Day is a time to
honor not just those who have
fought for us in battle; it is a time
to recognize all of the outstanding
men and women who served in our
nation’s Armed Forces since our
founding more than 237 years ago.
Not all veterans have seen war,
but a common bond that they share
is an oath in which they expressed
their willingness to die defending
this nation.
Perhaps most significant in
preserving our way of life are the
battles that America does not have
to fight because those who wish us
harm slink away in fear of the Navy
aircraft carrier, the Coast Guard cut-
ter, the Air Force fighter squadron or
the Army soldier on patrol. Or they
have heard the words that recently
retired General James Mattis shared
with his Marines: “Be polite. Be
professional. But have a plan to kill
everybody you meet.”
While we should all be grateful
for the remarkable advancements
made in military medicine and
prosthetics, the fighting spirit and
inspirational stories of our veterans
are not due to technology.
These traits come from the heart.
And many of these veterans are
women, such as Army Chief Warrant Officer Lori Hill. While piloting
her helicopter over Iraq in 2006, she
maneuvered her chopper to draw
enemy gunfire away from another
helicopter and provided suppressive
fire for troops on the ground. Despite flying a damaged aircraft and
suffering injuries, she landed the
helicopter safely, saving her crew.
For her actions, she became the first
woman to receive the Distinguished
Flying Cross.
Women are major contributors to
our military presence in Afghanistan and many have given their
lives in the War on Terrorism. The
American Legion recently issued
a report calling upon the VA to
improve its response to the unique
needs of women veterans. The VA
and military health systems need to
adequately treat breast and cervical cancer as well as trauma that
resulted from domestic violence,
sexual harassment and assault. Last
month was Domestic Violence
Awareness Month, so it served as a
stark reminder of the need to shed
a light on these issues. America
is home to more than 1.2 million
women veterans and they deserve
our support.
In the poem “Tommy,” the great
writer Rudyard Kipling lamented
over the rude treatment a British
soldier received at a pub. Writing
in classical old English, Kipling
compared the abuse with the more
favorable treatment that “Tommy”
receives by the public during war.
“For it’s Tommy this, an ‘ Tommy
that, an’ ‘Chuck him out, the brute!’
But it’s ‘Savior of ‘is country’
when the guns begin to shoot;
An’ it’s Tommy this, an’ Tommy
that, an’ anything you please;
An’ Tommy ain’t a bloomin’ fool –
you bet that Tommy sees!”
Let us always treat our 23 million
veterans as the saviors of our country that they are each and every day.
Even when the guns are no longer
firing.
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MALONEY
FROM PAGE 2
prescription drugs.”
The tour of Mahopac, which
was organized by Putnam County
Chambers of Commerce Chairwoman Jennifer Maher, ended with
a meeting at the Mahopac Chamber
office. It was attended by State Sen.
Greg Ball, Assemblyman Steve
Katz, County Executive MaryEllen
Odell, County Sheriff Donald B.
Smith, Town Supervisor Kenneth
Schmitt, Councilwoman Suzanne
McDonough,
Mahopac-Carmel
Chamber Executive Director Mike
Bucci, Rabbi Eytan Hammerman
of Temple Beth Shalom and local
business owners Charlie Melchner
Jr. of Mahopac Marina and attorney
Kevin Wright, among others.
With the suggestion of Chairwoman Maher, the Congressman
and Sen. Ball each agreed that the
town should devise a list of priorities that is shared with county and
state officials so that everyone is
literally on the same page.
“What I’d like to see from today
is a list of priorities for the town,”
Maher said at the meeting. She also
stressed the need to not simply encourage business development in
the community, but to work on retaining those businesses and help
them thrive so that they become a
long-term asset to the town. Maher
pointed to double-digit vacancy
rates in parts of Mahopac including
the plazas on the corner of Clark
Place and South Lake Boulevard.
Sen. Ball echoed that sentiment
with a help-us-help-you mentality.
“I think it’s very important for
the town to have a list of priorities so that there’s a community
that we can support on the federal
level,” Sen. Ball said. “Why not put
together a proposal for federal and
state funding for a parking facility?”
Supervisor Schmitt and Chairwoman Maher each pointed to the
longtime problem of parking in
the downtown business district of
Mahopac. Schmitt said there are
many great businesses here, but
it’s a moot point for many out-oftowners; they can’t support the local economy if they can’t get out of
their car.
“Parking is the biggest issue
here,” Schmitt said at the meeting.
“People want to come here.”
Maloney said his next step is
to regroup with some of the local
leaders he met with last Friday at
the Chamber to figure out a longterm plan for Mahopac’s sustainability.
“I will continue to work with
community leaders, local officials,
businesses and property owners to
identify specific projects critical to
folks in Mahopac, so we can partner together at the local, state and
federal level to secure the necessary investments to strengthen the
economic vitality of Mahopac both
now and in the future,” Maloney
said.
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MAHOPAC FAMILIES FIGHT FOOD ALLERGIES
PHOTO COURTESY OF DIANA BAKER
Six families from Mahopac – the Bakers, Chins, DeColas, Longos, Kellers and DiVincenzos – and one
from Stamford, Conn., – the Koproskis – participated in a two mile food allergy walk in September at
Glen Island Park in nearby New Rochelle. The group banded together among the nearly 2,000 walkers and
supporters and raised nearly $3,500, money that will go toward Food Allergy Research and Education
(FARE). The foundation had set a goal before the walk of raising a collective $230,000, but as of this week,
nearly $350,000 has been raised by families like those in Mahopac who participated. The money will now
go toward research of various food allergies and how to cure them. The Bakers and Chins include children
with food allergies, so the cause is one that is personal to them. If you’re interested in joining next year’s
walk, e-mail Andrews_Army@yahoo.com.
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2013 Mahopac Pumpkin and Harvestfest
M
ahopac ushered
in the fall harvest
season with a weekendlong celebration that
included a Pumpkinfest
on Saturday, Oct. 26 at
the Chamber Park and a
Harvestfest the next day
at Sycamore Park, brought
to you by the Greater
Mahopac-Carmel Chamber
of Commerce and the Town
of Carmel Recreation and
Parks Department. The
Maniac Pumpkin Carvers
had been diligently carving
two giant pumpkins – each
weighing approximately
1,500 pounds! – in the days
leading up to the festivals
and they will remain on
display for all to see in
November. The Harvestfest
featured pony rides, a
petting zoo, arts and crafts
and a trick-or-treat parade
for local children. Mahopac
News was on-hand all
weekend-long
for the festivities and
presents to you these
spooky-fun photos!
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POW in Putnam alert
The following is a press release
from the Putnam County
Department of Health:
Putnam County Department of
Health officials were notified by
the New York State Department
of Health (NYSDOH) in October
that two Putnam residents were
positively confirmed for Powassan
(POW) virus, a tick-borne illness.
The two affected individuals are
recovering at home.
POW virus, like Lyme disease, is
transmitted through the bite of an
infected deer (black-legged) tick.
The POW virus can be transmitted
in as little as 15 minutes; in contrast, most Lyme infections require
the tick be attached for at least 36
to 48 hours before the bacterium
can be transmitted. Since POW is a
virus, antibiotics are not effective,
as they are with the bacterial Lyme
disease. Signs and symptoms of
POW infection can include fever,
headache, vomiting, weakness,
confusion, seizures, and memory
loss. Long-term neurologic problems may occur. People with severe POW virus illness often need
to be hospitalized to receive respiratory support, intravenous fluids,
or medications to reduce swelling
in the brain that may occur.
Fortunately, POW virus is signif-
icantly less common than the Lyme
bacterium. Since 2001, New York
State has reported 16 known cases
of POW; five of these were Putnam
County residents. A recent study of
ticks in the seven Hudson Valley
counties found that Putnam had the
highest rate of POW virus infection. Still, the rate is low at only
3.84 percent of ticks. The research
was conducted by the NYSDOH in
collaboration with the Carey Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Millbrook, N.Y.
“Preventing tick bites is the first
defense in preventing all tick-borne
infections,” said Allen Beals, M.D.,
Commissioner of Health, “But [it
is] especially important given the
rapid transmission of the POW
virus. This illness gives another
reason to seriously consider applying a repellent containing DEET,
which has been highly effective in
preventing bites.”
People who frequent wooded
and tall, grassy areas, such as hunters, campers, hikers, gardeners and
outdoor workers, are more likely
to be exposed to ticks. The deer
tick cannot fly or jump, but instead
rests on low-lying vegetation and
attaches to passing animals and
people. The risk is greatest along
trails in the woods and on the edges
of properties with tall vegetation,
where the higher humidity levels
are ideal for tick survival. However, ticks are also carried into lawns
and gardens by pets, mice and other small animals.
Decrease your chances of a tick
bite by taking the following precautions:
• Tuck pants into socks and shirt
into pants when in wooded and
grassy areas.
• Wear light-colored clothing to
spot ticks more easily.
• Check for ticks on clothing or
skin frequently. Brush them off before they can attach to your skin.
• Do a thorough “tick check” of
your entire body daily. Pay particular attention to the back of the
knees, behind the ears, the scalp,
the armpits and your back.
• Repellents containing DEET
have been effective in preventing
tick bites. If you decide to use a
tick repellent, apply carefully and
follow all label directions. Bathe or
shower and change clothes when
you go back inside.
• Do not apply repellents directly
to children. Apply to your hands
and then transfer it to the child.
Never apply repellents to children’s hands or face.
• No one should apply repellents
near eyes, nose or mouth.
If an attached tick is found, remove it immediately. The Health
Department recommends the following method: (1) Use fine-tipped
tweezers to carefully grasp the
mouth-parts—not the body—of
the tick, close to the skin. (2) Gently and steadily pull the tick out
without twisting or squeezing. (3)
Wash the bite area thoroughly. (4)
Apply antiseptic.
For more information about
POW virus and other tick-borne
diseases, call the Putnam County
Department of Health at (845) 8081390 or visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website at cdc.gov/powassan/
The Health Department’s mission is to improve and protect
the health of the Putnam County
community, composed of nearly
100,000 residents. Core services
include community health assessment, disease surveillance and
control, environmental health pro-
tection, family health promotion
and health education. For more
information, visit their website at
putnamcountyny.com or visit their
social media sites at facebook.com/
putnamhealth and Twitter @PutnamHealthNY.
Since 2001, New York
State has reported 16
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DIY home projects before winter
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While some projects should be
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will make a huge difference to
your home all winter long and into
the spring months.
Flushing gutters
Leaves and small tree branches
often fall onto the roof of your
home during the summer months,
and then wash into the gutters
when it rains. Sometimes they’ll
flush out, but other times this debris can build up, and prevent the
water from draining down the gutter pipe. In winter, this water can
back up and freeze, causing an ice
dam, which can then damage the
roof shingles, and cause leaks into
the home and garage when it rains.
Be sure to flush the gutters clean,
and if you’ve noticed icicles in
certain areas in the past, consider
installing a heating cable to help
keep the water melted and moving
down the gutter and into the yard.
sealing concrete cracks
When water gets into cracks in
your sidewalk or driveway and
freezes, it can expand, creating a
much larger crack come spring.
Over time, large cracks will eventually turn into damaged concrete,
requiring complete replacement.
Tiny cracks that appear shortly after the concrete is poured are not
a problem, but those that appear
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These home DIY projects don’t
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PAGE 18
Don’t sacrifice on the altar of aesthetics
(BPT) - Ever purchased a
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If so, you have experienced comfort and practicality sacrificed on
the altar of aesthetics.
Increasingly savvy consumers aren’t satisfied with the idea
they must choose between practicality and good looks, and their
rejection of the notion is fueling
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The marriage of ergonomics
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Sports
PAGE 19
ANGELINA CURCIO
Senior defender reflects on excellent soccer season
Angelina Curcio was a senior
defender on the Mahopac varsity
girls’ soccer team, which finished
the season 13-6 and reached the
Section 1 Class AA semifinals.
She also is on the winter and
spring track teams.
BY ROB DIANTONIO
OF MAHOPAC NEWS
I think everyone on the team is
really talented but Kristen Reilly
really kept our middle strong.
Julia Shea, Erin Moloney and
Mairead Martin stopped any of
our opponents from getting scoring opportunities. Orla Martin,
Daniella Curcio, Erin Butler, and
Alyssa Kirby were some of our
key players up top.
How old were you when you
How would you describe who
first started playing soccer and Angelina Curcio is to the readhow did you get into it?
ers at home?
I was seven years old when I
A quiet girl who likes athletics
first started playing and I got into and says I’m sorry a lot.
it because my older sister played
and it looked like fun.
Do you know where you’re
going to college yet and why
What do you think are your
did you pick that college? If
strengths as a player?
not, have you narrowed down
I think my strengths as a
where you want to go?
player would be my speed and
I do not know where I’m going
my ability to read other players
to college but I’ve narrowed it
very well. I never give up on the down to a few choices like Fairball and I stay strong when I go
field, Sacred Heart, Saint Rose
up against other players.
and Siena.
The team had a slow start at
1-4, but turned things around
and won a league title and
made it to the sectional semifinals. What was the key to the
turnaround this season?
Yeah we had a slow start,
but overall we had an amazing
season. I think once we got used
to playing together and found a
formation that worked for us it
really turned the season around.
What will you miss about
playing soccer at Mahopac?
I will miss playing with all of
my friends and playing on my
travel team, Mahopac Lightning.
Who are some players on
the team that stepped up this
season to help the team be successful?
Who has been your biggest
role model over the years and
what have you learned from
them?
I think my parents are my
biggest role models because
they always put their kids before
themselves and are always working very hard.
Favorite sports team and
why?
U.S. Women’s National Soccer team because they’re all so
talented and are good friends on
and off the field.
Favorite athlete?
Abby Wambach
Favorite show on television?
Either “Modern Family” or
“Pretty Little Liars.”
Favorite movie of all time?
“Grown Ups”
Favorite band/artist?
Tell us one thing about yourEd Sheeran
self that not a lot of people may
know?
Facebook or Twitter? Why?
Believe it or not, I am actually
Twitter because my mom has a
not a legal midget.
Facebook.
What’s your favorite subject
in school and why?
Math because there’s so many
different ways to find the answers.
When you’re not playing
soccer, what do you like to do
with your free time?
When I’m not playing soccer
I’m usually reading, hanging out
with my boyfriend, John Posimato, or hanging out with my
friends and family.
If you could choose one place
to go to on vacation that you’ve
never been to, where would
you go and why?
The Bahamas because I heard
it’s beautiful.
Favorite food?
Peanut butter
Best place to eat in Mahopac? Why?
Brooklyn Coffee House, their
paninis are phenomenal.
Angelina Curcio, right,
tries to clear the ball
out of the defensive
end against Somers.
Mahopac senior
Angelina Curcio
was a key defender
on the varsity
girls’ soccer team.
She was named
All-League.
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SPORTS
PAGE 20
Mahopac junior
Sarah Quarto
sends the ball
towards the net
against Horace
Greeley in the
Section 1 Class
A quarterfinals
Oct. 31.
The Indians celebrate Mikaela
DiBello’s (23) goal against Greeley
early in the second half.
Mahopac’s Jane
Kasparian, left,
pushes the attack.
Allison
Jackson gains
possession.
Field hockey team reaches semis, falls to Mamaroneck
BY ROB DIANTONIO
hockey team reached the Section 1 straight year as well, losing 5-0 to for four goals in the second half.
Class A semifinals.
the host Tigers on Nov. 2.
“Mamaroneck was a great team,
For the second consecutive seaBut the Indians fell to top-seedMamaroneck had just a 1-0 lead that’s why they were undefeated
son, the Mahopac varsity field ed Mamaroneck for the second at halftime, but the Tigers erupted this year,” Mahopac junior Sarah
Quarto said. “We put up a good
fight in the first half, but they were
a skillful team and they positioned
themselves perfectly.”
The Indians were only able to
muster one shot on goal. Junior Nicole Amerling made 12 saves.
Fourth-seeded Mahopac reached
the semifinals with a 1-0 victory
over visiting Horace Greeley in the
quarterfinals on Oct. 31.
The Indians dominated the first
half, but had nothing to show for
it as Greeley’s keeper Olivia Harris
(25 saves) came up with big save
after big save.
Junior Mikaela DiBello finally
snuck one by Harris when she
OF MAHOPAC NEWS
tipped in a shot by Quarto with
28:11 left in the game.
“We dominated the entire game
but that goalie was amazing,”
Quarto said, “and out of 26 shots
we were lucky enough to get one
through.”
The Indians finished a memorable campaign with a 15-4 record.
“It was a great season,” Quarto
said. “I had a fun time with everyone on and off the field. I wish we
could have won the section but it
was a big accomplishment to make
it this far. I’m sad the season’s
over.”
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quarterfinal win over Greeley,
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SPORTS
GIRLS SOCCER
Mahopac’s sensational season ends in semifinals
BY ROB DIANTONIO
OF MAHOPAC NEWS
Following a 1-4 start to the season, it appeared that the Mahopac
varsity girls’ soccer team would be
in for a long campaign.
The Indians, however, drastically turned things around and won
12 out of 13 games and a league
championship.
“After starting 1-4, it was something we did not want to accept,”
Mahopac coach Ross Fumusa
said. “We changed our formation,
changed our focus at practice and
just worked extremely hard and it
paid off. It was almost as if we refused to lose, even when we were
down in a game. I am so proud
of this team and what we accomplished.”
Mahopac’s run came to an end at
the hands of top-seeded and eventual section champion North Rockland, 3-0, in the Section 1 Class AA
semifinals on Oct. 31.
“Unlike most of the opponents
we played this season, North Rockland had so many offensive weapons that it was very difficult to contain them,” Fumusa said. “There
were not any weaknesses on that
team. We knew they attacked high
on the field, swinging the ball
through their defense, looking for
our weak side. We were hoping to
catch them high and with a quick
transition, try to score, but it just
did not happen for us this year.”
The Indians knew they were in
for a very difficult game after falling to North Rockland 5-1 during
the regular season back on Sept.
28.
“You can’t seem to find a more
solid team,” Mahopac junior Kris-
ten Reilly said of North Rockland.
“They were fast, decisive and
strong. I think what makes them
so good is their movement off the
ball, you would see girls make
a run when the ball is on the opposite side of the field. Going into
the game we knew they’d be an
extremely tough opponent, but I
was extremely proud of the way
we came out. We matched their intensity the entire first half. We were
challenging every ball and making
every effort to gain possession and
move forward.”
Senior goaltender Mairead
Hynes made nine saves in the loss.
On Oct. 29, the fifth-seeded Indians defeated fourth-seeded John
Jay-East Fishkill 2-1 on the road
in the quarterfinals. Sophomore
Mairead Martin and sophomore
Erin Butler scored for Mahopac
with sophomore Daniella Curcio
notching one assist. Hynes had 10
saves.
“The key for defeating John Jay
was similar to how we beat them
earlier in the season,” Fumusa said.
“We wanted to keep the ball on the
ground and pass and move to space
quickly. The key was our defense
slowing down their attack and not
letting many shots get off.”
Reilly said that the team was
able to match John Jay-EF’s physicality, which was an important factor in the win.
“The girls on John Jay are strong
and tough and we needed to be
even stronger and tougher,” Reilly said. “We knew going into the
game we needed to be strong defensively, which is never usually a
problem since our defensive line is
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on the field, and anticipating passes before they were made. Despite
the tough field conditions, the team
came out and played its hardest and
I couldn’t be prouder.”
Fumusa was proud that his team
was able to go deep into sectionals
without top scorer and senior captain Orla Martin, who was out with
an injury.
“We were also missing our other
starting forward, Hope Wilson,”
Fumusa said. “The girls knew they
had to step up and work even harder. We knew it was going to be a total team effort to win those games.
I also asked some girls to play out
of position at times and they really
responded by playing solidly.”
“We knew we needed to attack
more and be aggressive to the
goal,” Reilly said of playing without Orla Martin. “We utilized our
outside mids very well, and I was
able to combine very well with the
forwards as well. I think the team
realized without Orla we needed
everyone to step up and play harder and stronger than they ever had,
and we did just that.”
Mahopac finished the season
with a 13-6 record. The Indians also
had many individual accomplishments as Orla Martin was named
All-Section, All-League and coplayer of the year in their league.
Fumusa was named the league’s
coach of the year. Reilly received
All-Section Honorable Mention
and All-League honors. The following players were also named
All-League: sophomore Alyssa
Kirby, Hynes, Mairead Martin,
junior Julia Shea and senior Angelina Curcio. Senior Erin Moloney
received All-League Honorable
Mention honors.
“Our season as a whole shows
how hard we worked as a team,”
Reilly said. “We had an incredibly tough schedule in the beginning and this showed us what we
needed to work on. In the games
following, we tried new things and
new people in different positions. I
think what changed most over the
season was our desire to win. We
were frustrated with our results and
we were going to do whatever we
could to turn them around. I think
everyone made adjustments to the
way they played whether it was
their attacking skills, defensive
skills, or technical skills. These
changes resulted in a 13-6 ending
record, and the most successful
year Mahopac girls varsity soccer
has had in years.”
SPORTS
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Indians end season with rout of Clarkstown North
BY ZACH SMART
FOR MAHOPAC NEWS
When townsfolk harken back on this year’s
Mahopac team, they’ll probably remember the
riveting win against Carmel and a senior class
that led valiantly, dealing with its fair share of
adversity. The injuries stockpiled, spreading
like the plague. The frustration mounted but
the focus never faltered.
The Indians concluded the 2013 campaign
above the .500 mark with a 5-4 record following a 33-8 victory over host Clarkstown North
on Nov. 1.
Senior captain Eric Giorno paced the Indians
on the ground with three rushing touchdowns.
He had six carries for 102 yards. Fellow senior
captain Mike Longo added a 14-yard rushing
touchdown of his own.
Quarterback Ethan Ryan (7 for 11 passing,
67 yards), another senior captain, found senior
tight end Mike Simone for another one of Mahopac’s five touchdowns.
On defense, Simone, junior Matt Quigley,
Giorno and junior Ryan Delahanty each had
one sack. Junior Max Littleton had eight tackles, while senior captain Brendan Donahoe
and senior Alex Padovani each had five.
Senior captain Frank DellaCamera wore the
No. 55 jersey of fellow senior captain Marsilio
Langella, who was unable to play due to injury.
Throughout 2013 the Indians thrashed the
lower-tier competition handily. They held
their own with the big dogs, relinquished a
three touchdown lead during one soul-sucking, heart-stabbing loss to White Plains but
bounced back with end-to-end dominance in a
homecoming victory.
Despite a spate of late-season injuries, 12 to
be exact, Mahopac looked beyond the adverse
obstacles.
While several key starters were nicked up,
some playing despite nagging injuries, Mahopac displayed grit in
finishing the season with
a win.
Eric Giorno
rushed for three
touchdowns in
Mahopac’s season
ending victory
over Clarkstown
North on Nov. 1.
PHOTO: ROB DIANTONIO
“It’s the last time this senior group will play
together,” said senior Brendan Donahoe, who
played despite a sprained AC joint and shoulder issue, prior to his last high school game.
“We’ve been playing together for as long back
as I remember. We went into [Arlington] with
the positions moved around, our starting corners playing corner for the first time all year.
We’re just going to have fun and enjoy the opportunity to play together for one last time.”
Both the 2012 and 2013 Indians possessed
enough talent to make a late surge, albeit they
were kept out of the playoffs.
“They were probably, since I’ve been coaching here, the two best teams I’ve had that did
not make the playoffs,” explained head coach
Tom Donahoe.
Given the complexity of the playbook, the
multi-faceted looks utilized in Mahopac’s formations, several players were called upon to
wear multiple hats during the final phases of
the 2013 campaign.
With the recent rash of injuries, the multilayered roles only increased. Several players
were playing in the secondary for the first time,
developing the experience that’s pivotal for
next season.
You could feel their heartbeat against New
Rochelle, when Ryan lobbed a 10-yard pass to
Giorno that muted a hostile Huguenots cheering section.
You felt that sense of pride against Mount
Vernon, when the Indians channeled anger and
aggression in an end-to-end shutout. You witnessed the sense of urgency they moved with
while trying to cement their legacy.
The Indians hit Carmel on two colossal
passing plays to gain an early lead they would
never squander. They finished with a thorough
20-7 drubbing, writing another chapter in this
storied cross-town rivalry.
“We definitely wanted to be remembered by
something,” said Simone, a veritable Division
1 prospect. “Unfortunately, we screwed up the
playoffs situation this year. Still, it doesn’t diminish the entire season.”
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Mahopac volleyball drops
quarterfinal match to John Jay-EF
Mahopac’s Kiera
Sheridan, right,
placed 23rd in the
Class A race at
sectionals on Nov.
1 at Bowdoin Park.
BY ROB DIANTONIO
OF MAHOPAC NEWS
Mahopac’s
Thomas
Caruso paced
the boys at
sectionals with
a 28th place
finish in Class
A.
PHOTOS COURTESY
OF PAUL ANDREWS
CROSS COUNTRY
Sheridan, Caruso lead squads at sectionals
The Mahopac boys and girls
cross country squads took part
in the Section 1 championships
at Bowdoin Park in Wappingers
Falls on Nov. 1.
Kiera Sheridan sparked the Mahopac girls’ team by placing 23rd
out of 116 runners in the Class A
race in a clocking of 21:29.39.
Amber Wendler was right behind
Sheridan in 27th in 21:44.64.
Samantha Mirchin took 39th in
22:06.47, while Abigail Bunyea was 47th in 22:21.78. Kate
Winchell (60th, 22:43.34) and
Caroline Montera (67th, 22:58.58)
also ran well.
The Mahopac girls took fifth out
of 16 teams in Class A with 179
points and a team time average of
21:40.
Leading the boys was Thomas Caruso, who finished 28th
in the Class A race in a time of
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quarterfinals, but head coach James
Melville was more than proud of
their effort on Oct. 29 on the road.
“I felt that the team played their
best all-around match of the season,” Melville said. “Our best game
was game two. We had a slow start
in game one, going down 7-1. We
battled back and got it close, but
couldn’t overcome the deficit. In
game two we had the lead halfway
through the game and were tied 2020. We had our best serve-receiving
match of the season. It was the
lowest amount of errors we had as
a team. On offense we had a hard
time putting the ball down on the
other side of the net but we kept giving ourselves chances.”
Melville said that top-seeded
John Jay-EF, who also knocked out
Mahopac in the quarterfinals last
season, was particularly strong defensively.
“They put up a good block and
play solid defense around it,” the
coach said. “It is very difficult to
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Senior captain Ellie Giammo
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Junior Allison Hickey had 27 digs,
while senior Nicole Kinash had 13
digs.
Mahopac finished its season with
a 10-9 record.
“I am proud of the way the team
progressed during the season,”
Melville said. “There were some
matches during the season that I felt
we should have been more competitive in or possibly won where our
play cost us too many points. We
had some matches with some very
inconsistent play where we would
build a lead and let the other team
back in a game or have a slow start
and not be able to make the difference up. By the time sectionals
started we maintained our focus on
the court and played better team volleyball. We finished over .500 and
made the second round of sectionals, which was a nice way to end the
season.”
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8. Ribosomal ribonucleic acid
12. Marbles playing stone
14. Zodiacal lion
15. Whale ship captain
16. Hit the sack
18. Hostelry
19. People of southern India
20. Four
21. Male workforce
22. March 15
23. Food lifter
26. Copy
30. De Mille (dancer)
31. Overcharged
32. Conducted
33. Pronouncements
34. Flemish names of Ypres
39. Denotes three
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44. Animal track
46. Backed away from
47. Neighborhood canvas
49. Pigeon-pea plant
50. Nursing group
51. Within reach
24. Angry
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26. Rural Free Delivery (abbr.)
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28. Chest muscle (slang)
29. Lease
35. Point midway between E
and SE
36. Cool domicile
37. First woman
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40. Revolves
41. Incongruities
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European
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44. Saturated
45. Mannerly
47. Abu __, United Arab
Emirates capital
48. Move rhythmically to
music
49. Cheerless
52. 4 highest cards
53. Criterion
54. Person from U.K. (abbr.)
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56. Turkish brandy
57. Metal food storage
container
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63. Point midway between S
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7. Weight of a ship’s cargo
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10. Consumer advocate Ralph
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What does debt ceiling
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After plenty of haggling, and
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agree that a fully functioning government that can pay its bills on
time is a positive thing — and it’s
certainly good news for investors,
because a default on the part of the
U.S. government could have had
serious repercussions in the financial markets. But what’s next?
We may find out fairly soon,
because the legislation that passed
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limit through Feb. 7.
But as an investor, you don’t
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The stock market didn’t overreact to the drama in Washington.
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Representation is the key
Representation is an extremely important factor in any real
estate transaction. When buying
a home, it is imperative to make
an informed decision, and having a buyer’s agent is an instrumental factor in the process.
“When you work with a
Buyer’s Agent, their fiduciary
responsibility is to you, as the
buyer,” said Walter Moloney, a
spokesman for the National Association of Realtors. The National Association of Realtors
(NAR) is an organization which
along with the Department of
State establishes state laws regarding representation and disclosure.
NAR’s membership
is composed of residential and
commercial real estate brokers,
real estate salespeople, immovable property managers, appraisers, counselors and others
engaged in all aspects of the real
estate – immmovable property
industry – where a state license
to practice is required. Members
belong to one or more of some
1,600 local realtor boards or associations. They are pledged to
a code of ethics which was adopted in 1913 and standards of
practice, which includes duties
to clients and customers, the
public and other realtors.
Buyer’s agents are there for
their clients. They are an ally,
and should be a strong resource
to go to with any questions you
may have on homes, areas or
neighborhoods.
Furthermore,
they are experienced on the local market; having knowledge
on market conditions as well as
pricing where they can provide
comparables of homes sold or
sales pending to support pricing
on offers their clients may make.
They are also familiar with the
home buying process, taking
much weight off the buyer’s
shoulders walking you through
from beginning to end; first, by
having a consultation with you
to go over your criteria to help
find exactly what you are looking for in a home, to showing
you properties, negotiating, then
home inspection, appraisal and
then finally bringing you to the
closing table, along with chosen
legal counsel.
Buyer’s agents should always
perform their due diligence,
making sure all necessary steps
are taken to ensure that the
transaction goes smoothly, such
as going to the local building
department to confirm there are
no open Certificate of Occupancies (C/O) and verifying taxes
GUEST
CORNER
ALICIA
ALBANO
with the town’s Tax Assessor.
Buyer’s agents verify this information so there are no surprises when the title of home is
received by the buyer’s attorney,
or closing hold ups; for instance
obtaining a C/O can take up two
months depending on how busy
the Town Building Department
is at the time. If buyers need to
close by a certain date, this hold
up can cause a major problem;
they may have to pay for an extension to keep their mortgage
rate locked in, or in the worst
case scenario, if the date no longer works for them, they may
need to find another property
all together. If this information
is found in the beginning of the
process there is time to get it
taken care of prior to closing.
Since purchasing a home is
the largest investment you will
ever make in your lifetime, it
is wise to work with a professional. Be sure you are comfort-
able working with the agent you
choose and that they are working for you!
Information and advice provided by Alicia Albano, licensed salesperson with Houlihan Lawrence Yorktown Office
also serving Mahopac. Contact
her at 914-447-6569 or visit
AliciaAlbano.com or MahopacLakeFront.com. The Yorktown
brokerage office is located at
Route 6, P.O. Box 650, Jefferson Valley, N.Y. 10535. They
can also be reached by phone at
914-962-4900 or via fax at 914962-6249.
The #1 Selling Real Estate Brokerage in Westchester and Putnam Counties *
Orchard Hill
Beautiful Colonial on park-like property in the sought-after
Orchard Hill neighborhood of Somers. It is move-in ready.
Cathedral ceiling family room with a fireplace, skylights
and french doors opening to a large deck. Mary Ward
WEB# MN854590 KATONAH ......................$559,500
Nature’s Paradise
Welcome to Nature’s Paradise. You’ll love listening to the
soothing sounds of nature as the water from the stream
caresses over the natural rock formations creating a sense
of peace and privacy. Near Fahnestock Park. Gary Parker
WEB# MN863067 PUTNAM VALLEY ..........$374,000
Hunter’s Run
Lovely, bright Contemporary with front porch on cul-desac. Meticulously maintained featuring hardwood floors,
stainless kitchen and gas range. Beautifully landscaped
property offers sprinkler system and lighting. Donna
O’Connell WEB# MN867108 MAHOPAC ....$549,000
Farm To Market
Situated on two beautiful acres this lovingly cared for
home welcomes you. Enjoy entertaining inside and out.
The interior offers a bright and spacious open floor plan,
wood lined cathedral ceilings and dine-in kitchen. Lucille
Ettere WEB# MN853766 BREWSTER ............$350,000
Green Briar
Just what you have been waiting for — this sun-filled
Contemporary has a stunning gourmet kitchen that will be
the envy of any cook. It features solid cherry cabinetry,
Electrolux appliances and brushed nickel hardware. Lin
Crispinelli WEB# MN876349 SOMERS ..........$475,000
Room for All
Very large four-bedroom, four-bath home very privately
located off the road. New roof, windows, siding and
updated dine-in kitchen. Spacious and bright den with
sliding doors to oversized deck. C. J. Nadler WEB#
MN812413 STORMVILLE ..............................$325,000
Somers Brokerage • 104 Village Square, Somers, New York • 914.277.8040
HoulihanLawrence.com
*Source: EAMLS, 1/1/2013 to 10/23/2013, in both listings sold and dollar volume, by company, Westchester and Putnam counties.
A Private Oasis
Welcome to your own private oasis that’s close to all. Sit
on your front porch and enjoy the water feature or stay on
your back deck and take in nature, in this very tranquil
setting. Well maintained three-bedroom home is a gem.
David Hovsepian WEB# MN874536 CARMEL$399,900
Lake Carmel
Charming three-story Cottage home includes a spacious
library with built-ins and sliding doors leading to a wide
deck. Lake views can be seen from a living room, dining
area leading into a galley kitchen. Don Pellegrino WEB#
MN854548 CARMEL ....................................$235,000
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