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Town Board to help residents save on electricity bills
Municipality joins energy purchasing consortium;
uninterested residents can opt out
BY BRETT FREEMAN
OF NORTH SALEM NEWS
SPORTS
Every North Salem resident
this summer will receive an ofﬁcial notice that they are now part
of an energy purchasing consortium organized through Sustainable Westchester, which gives
homeowners and renters paying
the electricity bills several options to save money on future energy costs.
The North Salem Town Board
unanimously approved a resolution, 4-0, on April 14, joining
other Westchester towns in what
That’s one for the
record books.
pg 18
ON EXHIBIT
Some residents may already be
familiar with ESCOs, which were
formed during the deregulation
of New York State energy companies in the 1990s. Before deregulation, local utilities were responsible for both the supply and
distribution of electricity. With
deregulation, ESCOs are responsible for generating energy, while
the local utility is still responsible
for distribution as well as servicing customers, billing and repairing lines.
Back on Feb. 26, the New York
State Public Service Commission
approved the Sustainable West-
chester CCA pilot program, allowing it and its member municipalities to put out for bid the total
amount of natural gas or electricity being purchased by local
residents or small businesses, effectively giving them more control to lower their overall energy
costs, according to a press release
from the Commission.
The potential beneﬁts of CCA
programs include price stability
for a ﬁxed contract term, the potential for lower prices and more
favorable terms, and the ability to
SEE ELECTRICITY PAGE 2
Art and poetry created to combat dating abuse
Visit the works of
local artist.
Exhibit held in memory of
North Salem High School student Elizabeth Butler
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OPINION
is called a Community Choice
Aggregation (CCA) program to
purchase electricity from energy
service companies, known as ESCOs. Town Supervisor Warren
Lucas was out of town and unable
to attend the meeting.
The purpose of the program is
to enable the communities to act
as one large customer and negotiate for a lower price for electricity or obtain an attractive ﬁxed
price. Other than the lower price,
you will see no change concerning electricity. NYSEG will still
deliver and bill for the electricity
and care for the lines.
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BY BRETT FREEMAN
OF NORTH SALEM NEWS
The North Salem Middle/
High School and The Elizabeth G. Butler Angel Foundation presented the ninth
annual “Art Against Abuse
Exhibit” last month at The
Hammond Museum in North
Salem.
“We committed ourselves
to the fact that none of our
students would leave North
Salem without learning
about the dangers of abusive relationships,” Assistant
PHOTO: DEENA BELL
Members of the Elizabeth G. Butler Angel Foundation Committee include Lynn Daly, Janice Hellwinkle,
SEE ART AGAINST Mary Jane Acito Crenson, Patti Butler, Donna Carames, Kate Bartsch, Denise Barnard and Bonni Butler at
ABUSE PAGE 12 the “Art Against Abuse” exhibit.
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ELECTRICITY
FROM PAGE 1
design a program that reﬂects
local preferences and needs, including a preference for cleaner
power sources, according to the
resolution approved by Town
Board members.
The pilot project is intended
to include residential and small
non-residential customers and to
permit aggregation of both electric and natural gas purchases.
Sustainable Westchester has
been working toward achieving
CCA for its members for four
years.
According to the resolution,
Sustainable Westchester will issue a request for proposals to
suppliers to provide energy to
participants, and then award a
contract. Details are still being worked out, but Sustainable
Westchester or the municipality and the selected supplier will
then notify bundled customers
of the contract terms and their
opportunity to opt-out of the
program, which according to
Councilwoman Amy Rosmarin,
a customer can do at any time.
“CCA will enable our residents to save money on their
electricity,” Rosmarin said, noting that residents will have an
opportunity to choose from a
mix of potential suppliers. “For
those who want electricity from
renewables, it will offer a low
cost source.”
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Residents who are already purchasing energy from an ESCO
must proactively opt-in to the
program.
The resolution states that the
town will move forward only in
the following three scenarios:
1. The default price from the
supplier is guaranteed to be
consistently less than the utility
price for the same period; or
2. the default price is ﬁxed at
a level that is less than the average utility price for the same
commodity, for the same customer class, over the preceding
12-month period; or
3. the default price is at ﬁrst
set at a level that is less than the
average utility price for electricity, for the same customer class,
over the preceding 12-month period, and only ﬂoats upward by
less than 25 percent of the price
increases implemented by the
utilities.
The CCA program was originally developed by the Northern Westchester Energy Action
Consortium (NWEAC), now
known as Sustainable Westchester. Councilwoman Rosmarin, a
founder and former director of
NWEAC, explained, “We saw
what Northern California and
other regions were able to provide to their residents and businesses and said we need to do
that for our communities.”
This entire agreement is governed by the Public Service
Commission, which notes on
its website that there is no requirement that residents join an
ESCO. It also notes that residents can choose any ESCO. So,
if residents want to opt out of the
town’s program, they can learn
more at askpsc.com.
If you have questions about
the town’s program, you can
contact Councilwoman Rosmarin at [email protected]
or 917-572-8543.
NORTH SALEM NEWS – THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 2015
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Volunteers serve up flapjacks
The Croton Falls Volunteer Fire Department held their annual Palm
Sunday pancake breakfast late last month, at the Croton Falls Firehouse.
Girl Scouts Samantha Freedman, 16, Emily Dreyer, 13, Emma Litchﬁeld,
13, and Hope Sandor, 13, volunteered for the Croton Falls ﬁreﬁghters at
their annual Palm Sunday pancake breakfast.
First batch of pancakes hot and ready, being served
up by Eric Buzzetto.
PHOTOS: DEENA BELL
French toast anyone? Ted Daros was on hand to
serve the crowd.
Few days left to see works
of renowned local artist
World renowned pastelist Daniel Greene, a resident of North
Salem, is showing his paintings in
an exhibit called “At the Auction,”
which has its closing day this Saturday, April 25, at the Gallery Henoch, 555 W 25th St., in New York
City.
The paintings feature the bidders
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During summer months, Greene
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NORTH SALEM NEWS – THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 2015
Evening held to remember the Holocaust
BY BRETT FREEMAN
OF NORTH SALEM NEWS
North Salem High School artists Victoria Dearborn, 2nd prize; Mason Goodman, 1st prize; and Sarah
MacLeod, 3rd prize, were recognized for their works commemorating the Holocaust.
Micrography
of the logo
of the Yad
Vashem
Holocaust
Museum in
Israel by
ﬁrst-prize
winner Mason
Goodman.
This
micrography
contains tiny
words from
the mourner’s
kaddish, a
Jewish prayer.
North Salem High School
played host to the Somers Holocaust Memorial Commission on
April 13, which was an evening
of remembrance for the 11 million
people, including 6 million Jews,
who were murdered by the Nazi regime and their collaborators during
World War II.
The evening recognized Holocaust survivors Ruth Bachner and
Lola Margulies, who were in the
crowd and presented with ﬂower
bouquets. The evening also focused on current attrocities taking
place in the world, which were
highlighted by keynote speaker
Gouma Mahamat, founder of Darfur People’s Assocication of New
York.
“Genocide does not just happen,” Mahamat said. “Genocide
takes planning,” he said, referring
to the attrocities taking place in
Darfur. Mahamat also said he grew
up thinking that the Holocaust was
a made-up story and didn’t learn
the truth until he came to the United States.
North Salem Middle/High
School Assistant Principal Dr.
George Bovino also spoke during
the memorial.
“Certainly we recognize and
think about those folks who lost
their lives and suffered so terribly,”
Bovino said. “But we should also
think about those who liberated
them, who worked so hard to be
sure that that suffering stopped.”
Bovino spoke about current conﬂicts going on in the world, including the horrors perpetrated by ISIS.
He also praised the words of Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel, who
spoke about the greatest human
sins of silence and indifference.
“We must take sides,” Bovino
said, quoting Wiesel. “Neutrality
helps the oppressor, not the victim;
silence encourages the tormentor,
not the tormented.”
Later in the evening, North Salem High School social studies
teacher Christopher Regan recognized three students who won the
top three prizes for their art projects
that commemorated the Holocaust.
First-place winner was Mason
Goodman; second-place winner
was Victoria Dearborn; and the
third-place winner was Sarah MacLeod.
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This shoebox by Victoria Dearborn contains a man’s
shoe, a woman’s shoe and a baby’s shoe ﬁlled with
ashes inside a shoebox. It was inspired by all of the
shoes of the victims seen at the Holocaust Museum.
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Police report 31 tax fraud complaints
BY BRIAN MARSCHHAUSER
AND TOM BARTLEY
OF NORTH SALEM NEWS
Thirty-one residents reported tax
fraud to the local barracks of the
State Police, according to Investigator James Stirpe of the Somers
barracks, which includes the Town
of North Salem.
The police did not break down
the number by town.
In many cases, scammers have
stolen Social Security numbers
and other personal information in
hopes of collecting the victim’s tax
refund. After completing the fraudulent returns, usually ﬁled through
online tax programs, the refund
money is transferred onto prepaid
“Green Dot” debit cards, which are
then mailed and collected by the
scammers.
“After that money is gone on
those cards, it’s gone, and there’s
no way to track it,” said Patricia
Svarnas, media spokesperson for
the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
in New York and New Jersey.
Less cunning scammers will
have tax refund checks mailed to
another address, which Svarnas
said is much more traceable.
“We’re working vigorously to investigate these identity theft crimes
and we’ve been prosecuting these
individuals to the highest extent of
the law that we can,” Svarnas said.
“In recent cases, we’ve been able
to get jail time for these people, and
sometimes a lot of time.”
Pinpointing when and where information was stolen is becoming
more difﬁcult in the digital age,
Svarnas said.
“These scammers are just so innovative and they’re really getting
more sophisticated,” Svarnas said.
“Once you ﬁnd that they are working in one method, they change to
another.”
She cautioned against giving out
High school students
to teach community
‘How To’ this Saturday
North Salem High School students would like to invite you, your
family and friends to their third annual “How To Festival” from 10
a.m. to 12:30 p.m. this Saturday,
April 25.
This free event, appropriate for
all, will showcase high school students as they teach short hands-on
classes. Grab a “menu,” pick your
classes from among ﬁve time slots
and have fun.
Please come learn HOW TO...
• Solve a Rubics Cube
• Put on make-up like a pro
• Craft DIY (do it yourself) dog
toys
• Be amazed by chemistry wizardry
• Make Bristle Bots
• Perform improvisation
• Learn how police dogs do their
work (with real K9 dogs)
• Fold origami
• Create and print with a 3D
printer
• Do gourmet cake decorating
• Produce a short video to air on
TGI Tiger News
• Rock Robotics with our resident experts
• Painting
• Grow “Green Thumb Grow
Lights”
• Read a teleprompter like a TV
star
• Learn to play the ukulele
• Take apart a computer
• Play Mystery Skype
• Investigate a CSI North Salem
“crime scene”
Please contact Cynthia Sandler
with any questions: csandler@
northsalemschools.org.
Did your child opt out
of state testing?
North Salem Superintendent Dr. Ken Freeston reported that 27 percent
of Grades 3-8 students opted out of state ELA testing last week and
more students were expected to opt out of the math testing this week.
Did your child opt out of the tests? Did your child take the tests?
We want to know about it. Please share your thoughts by emailing
[email protected] or call 845-208-8151.
‘After that money is gone on those cards,
it’s gone, and there’s no way to track it.’
—Patricia Svarnas
Internal Revenue Service
Social Security numbers unless it is
absolutely necessary.
“You never know if there is an
unscrupulous person working in
your company or working in an
agency you go to and give your
information,” Svarnas said. “We
always say protect your Social
Security number in the same way
you would protect anything else
about your ﬁnancial or personal
life. Don’t give it out just because
someone asks for it at your doctor’s
ofﬁce or anywhere else. That’s a
really important number, and unless you have to give it, just choose
not to.”
Anybody receiving an unsolicited Green Dot debit card or tax bill
in the mail may be the victim of
fraud and should immediately ﬁle
a police report, Svarnas said. Victims of identity theft should also
check with the three major credit
bureaus— Equifax, Experian and
TransUnion—and place fraud
alerts on their accounts, she said.
“You want to close any accounts
that were opened without your permission, so checking your credit
report is a good thing,” Svarnas
said. “Respond to any notices you
get from the IRS so that it can be
taken care of right off the bat.”
Victims can also ﬁll out an
“Identity Theft Afﬁdavit” at IRS.
gov and ﬁle a complaint with the
Federal Trade Commission at ftccomplaintassistant.gov.
Tips for avoiding potential
scams include: not giving out personal information over the phone,
not clicking on suspicious links in
emails and checking your credit report annually.
“Protect it as much as you can,
check on it as much as you can, and
if something does come up and you
have an issue where you’ve tried to
ﬁle your return, and you’re seeing
that it’s coming up as already ﬁled,
we do have steps in place to try and
take care of that as quickly as possible,” Svarnas said.
PAGE 6
NORTH SALEM NEWS – THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 2015
NORTH SALEM CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
Residents to vote on capital improvement referendum
Community forum on project set for 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 29, at high school library
Information for this article
was provided by a voters’
guide to Proposition 2, which
was developed by the North
Salem Central School District
administration.
Improvements at Middle/High School
Site Improvements
• Provide ADA-compliant eyewash station in science labs.
• Provide a fence between the parking lot and ﬁelds.
• Provide handrails and provide a safe and ADA-compliant path to the ﬁeld.
• Replace ﬂooring in MS multipurpose room.
Exterior Building Envelope
Plumbing
BY BRETT FREEMAN
• Replace rubber roof.
• Refurbish roof at additions.
• Replace ﬂashings at old gym, repair open seams and patch holes and
cuts and replace leaking equipment curbs.
• Replace rusting panels at gym.
• Repair wall panels on rooftop
equipment surround.
• Repair exterior spalling concrete at
cantilever roofs.
• Repair exterior spalling concrete walls.
• Renovate bathrooms and provide ADA accessible ﬁxtures.
OF NORTH SALEM NEWS
When residents of the North
Salem Central School District go
to the polls on May 19, in addition to the 2015-16 school budget
and vote for school board, they are
also being asked to give an up or
down vote on a second proposition (Proposition 2) for a $12.721
million bond for capital improvements.
The administration is emphasizing that there will be no increased
tax impact if this referendum passes because the annual payments
that will discontinue when existing
debt is set to retire will be about the
equivalent of the new debt taken on
by this bond.
“By addressing the needs of
building systems that are at the end
SEE PROP 2 PAGE 7
Building Interiors – Code, Health & Safety, Accessibility
• Provide ADA-compliant
drinking fountains.
• Provide new door hardware with ADA compliance clearances.
• Provide ADA-compliant courtyard access.
• Replace doors with more secure and energy efﬁcient doors.
• Provide ADA-compliant station in the art rooms.
Building Interiors - Improvements/Repairs
Electrical
• Replace central battery back-up system.
• Provide new corrosion resistent grade power panels.
• Install LED emergency lighting.
• Add roadway lighting at bus entrance
and rear of building.
Mechanical/HVAC
• Renovate air distribution systems.
• Replace MS gym and HS cafeteria air
handlers with modern units that provide
energy efﬁciency and improved controls.
• Provide rooftop air conditioning and
ventilation for faculty room.
• Expand Building Management System.
• Replace and expand chiller system.
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PROP 2
FROM PAGE 6
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Improvements at PQ
Exterior Site Systems
• Upgrade multi-use and single-use
toilet rooms to be ADA-compliant.
• Provide new septic system and
leach ﬁeld.
Plumbing
Exterior Building Envelope
• Provide solids trap in art
room sinks.
• Replace rubber roof.
• Refurbish roof at additions.
• Repaint metal panels.
• Repair differential slab settlement.
• Patch cracked stucco/efﬁs panels.
• Repair efﬂorescence and rust stains
on brick.
• Replace column caps that are
pitched towards building.
• Repoint brick.
• Replace spalling brick.
Building Interiors – Code,
Health & Safety, Accessibility
• Replace sinks to be
ADA-compliant.
• Replace doorknobs with ADA compliant
levers and appropriate clearances.
Electrical
• Replace Main Distribution Panels.
• Replace antiquated power panels.
• Provide new corrosion resistent
grade power panels.
• Install LED emergency lighting
and add additional exit signs.
• Connect additional items to the
existing generator.
• Add roadway lighting at bus
dropoff and bus garage.
• Replace and upgrade ﬁre alarm
panel and devices.
Mechanical/HVAC
• Renovate air distribution systems.
Districtwide Improvements
Site
Electrical
• Provide bollards at bus garage.
• Provide new lighting at bus garage.
School board race will be uncontested
There are two seats open for the
The candidates are Paul GiaThe seats are for a three-year
May 19 Board of Education trustee mundo (incumbent) and Andrew term, which runs from July 1 of
election and two candidates inter- Pelosi. Judith Schurmacher is not this year through June 30, 2018.
ested in ﬁlling the seats.
running for relection
The election is on May 19.
ALL MAKES. ALL MODELS.
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of their useful lifespan, the district
can continue without interruption
due to emergency replacement,”
according to a voters’ guide written
by the district. “Just as any homeowner must periodically update
basic building systems, so must
school districts.”
The list of projects covered by
the bond was developed by a planning committee made up of school
board members, administrators and
residents, who engaged an architect with expertise in school buildings. The team developed a list of
projects, some of which are designated as “critical-path,” others are
designated as projects that aren’t
immediately necessary and other
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projects that can be done using existing staff and operating funds.
The bond will fund the criticalpath projects, which will undergo
review by the state with construction set to begin in 2018 and continue for two to three years.
The improvements are designed
to bring the buildings into compliance with the Americans with
Disabilities Act and addresses the
deterioration of some of the infrastructure that is already 50 years
old.
The bond is designed to spread
the costs out over time in order to
avoid impacting the tax levy. The
way it is being ﬁnanced will also
take advantage of capital improvement aid from New York State,
which will reimburse the district
for about 17 percent of the cost.
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Opinion
NORTH SALEM NEWS – THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 2015
Germs and wagging Worming my way out of
a nasty situation
doggie tails
I
G
ot sick last week. I was going to
share the happy events of my trip
to Florida, but when those airborne
germs hit, they meant business.
My ﬂight to Ft.
Lauderdale was a ﬁlledto-capacity, loadedwith-families ﬂight. For
the most part, the kids
were really cool, busy
with their games, eating
snacks, etc. There were
a few toddlers who just
were not happy being
conﬁned to their parent’s lap—how they’d
love to run up and down the narrow aisle.
I felt sorry for them and their bedraggled
parents. Of course, there were the requisite
coughs and sneezes. And therein lies my
story.
I arrived late Tuesday and was met by
son, Matt. When we arrived at the house, I
had to anchor myself on the couch before
he let doggies Gus (the wellness dog) and
Doak in from the backyard. True to form,
they both came bounding in and with wag-
T
ging tails and doggie smiles, they welcomed
Grandmopps home. Daughter-in-law Helen
arrived home from work; we had dinner and
for a couple of hours began to catch up on
family, friends and life in
general.
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the pharmacy to get cold meds. I had to get
a handle on this fast as there was so much
I was planning to do while on vacation: A
couple of days in Sarasota visiting my dear
friend, Jane, and lunch with my neighbors
who have a condo nearby. And Matt had
surprised me that morning:
“I got us tickets to the Rays-Marlins’
game on Saturday. They’re special seats
where we get ‘all you can eat’ free and
SEE SCHEFFER PAGE 9
used to think that April showers brought
Speaking of which…Monty, our dog,
May ﬂowers. Now I know that April
does try to help. He eats them. Not surshowers also bring something else:
prising from an animal that eats rocks, I
Worms.
suppose. However, rocks don’t wriggle,
Worms in the driveand watching a dog eat
way. Worms on the
worms is only slightly
LOST IN
front walk. Worms on
less nauseating than
the car (how the heck
stepping on worms, so
SUBURBIA
do they get up there?)
I tend to discourage this
TRACY
Big, gnarly, thick, slimy
behavior.
BECKERMAN
earthworms. When it
You’d think as a
rains, there is an obstacle
woman who grew up
course of fat, wriggly
in the ‘burbs and went
worms down my driveto sleepaway camp for
way. When the sun comes out, the unlucky
10 years, I’d be used to this kind of thing.
ones that don’t make it back to the lawn, dry But I’ve been wormaphobic for as long as I
up, and then there is an obstacle course of
can remember. When I grew up and moved
dried-up worms down my driveway.
into the city, I was thrilled to realize I would
Unfortunately, I park my car in the
probably be worm free. Hey, no dirt…
driveway, which means I have to try to jump no worms. But there I was in the concrete
between the worms to get to my car. To the
jungle, and when the ﬁrst heavy rains fell,
uneducated eye, I look like I’m walking
there they were…wriggling and sliding all
across hot coals, or trying out for “So You
over the sidewalk.
Think You Can Dance.”
The pigeons were happy. I was not.
Of course, I never get to the car without
Since I knew that worms are part of the
squishing at least one; a sensation only less
SEE BECKERMAN PAGE 9
disgusting then stepping in dog poo.
The art of staging turf wars
urf is turf, whether it’s auld sod in the
Emerald Isle or pavement in Manhattan; whether it’s a tough Irish lass
sparring over a patch of land with a feisty
farmer next door or territorial American
hooligans fending off the incursion of an
Hispanic street gang.
Two such scenarios are playing out to
magical effect on a couple of the ﬁnest
stages of entertainment around here.
John Patrick Shanley, the supremely
gifted dramatist who has spun contemporary classics like the Oscar-winning “Moonstruck” and the Tony- and Pulitzer-honored
“Doubt,” is very well served by Hudson
Stage’s gloriously performed “Outside
Mullingar” at Whippoorwill Theater in
Armonk.
A few miles (or minutes) west, at Westchester Broadway Theatre in Elmsford, the
Jets and Sharks are having at each other in
the towering “West Side Story,” miraculously scored by Leonard Bernstein and
Stephen Sondheim with a veritable hit parade of hummable and infectious standards.
“OUTSIDE MULLINGAR”
There are many reasons to recommend
Mr. Shanley’s big-hearted confection about
life and love and, yes, death.
It is set in a remote Irish farming village,
where four people from two neighboring
families do nimble jigs,
verbally and emotionally,
in a folksy chess game.
We’re treated to pungent
dialogue driven by raw
emotions and twinkleeyed insights into the
human condition that are
universal. That’s what
outstanding playwrights
do, and Mr. Shanley
stands out as one of the
best.
That much is clear from the very ﬁrst
scene, where the author’s wondrous way
with words and organic humor hook the
audience immediately. Throughout, in fact,
playgoers are committed full-bore to what is
unraveling on stage, so much so that when
a climactic moment is reached near the
end between two characters, the applause
is spontaneous and heartfelt, leavened by
collective relief. We are rooting for these
people as if they were family.
Crusty son of the soil Tony Reilly (played
to a pixie-ish fare thee well by Davis Hall)
is getting his house in order, as he jokes
about his impending demise, which he pegs
at some two months
hence.
As he makes abunBRUCE
dantly clear with big-asall-outdoors ardor, Tony
THE BLOG
intends not to pass along
BRUCE
his acreage, a Reilly
APAR
heirloom for 120 years,
to son Anthony (the
engagingly sullen Sean
Hayden). Junior works
hard the land but also
is self-admittedly pixilated, or, as Anthony
himself allows, “cracked.”
Meanwhile, next-door neighbors Aoife
Muldoon (Susan Pellegrino) and toughas-nails daughter Rosemary (Susannah
Schulman Rogers) are not about to give
up a postage-stamp parcel they own (in
Rosemary’s name) that separates the Reillys
from the road in front of their house, forcing them to pass through not one but two
gates, a perennial source of irritation. It also
presents a practical dilemma for Tony, who
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is negotiating the sale of his land, which is
untenable unless that orphaned turf is part
of the package.
Both 40ish Anthony and Rosemary, several years his junior, are single, so you can
imagine what’s in store for the audience
where that lifelong, neighborly relationship is concerned. Except you can’t. “You
think they’re going to get together at ﬁrst,”
director Dan Foster told me after the opening night performance, “but then you’re not
sure.” Indeed, there are surprises to be had
both sad and serendipitous.
The director, who never had been to
Ireland, said he traveled to Mullingar at the
start of the rehearsal process to better understand its inhabitants and their culture. “The
Irish are not into self-pity. They are hardy
with a great sense of irony that Shanley
really captures in the play. Life can be hard,
but along the way he’ll crack a joke.” Anthony tells Rosemary, “People don’t appeal
to me,” to which she replies, “Who likes
people? Nobody.” In Mr. Shanley there is
more than the touch of an everyman poet.
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spectacle imported from England.
Then there’s “West Side Story,”
which stands alone and, for this
Broadway buff, atop all the rest.
ing producers Denise Bessette,
Olivia Sklar and Mr. Foster—has a There never had been anything
well-earned reputation for putting like it before its 1957 debut, and
on the classiest, most consistently it’s unlikely there ever will be anything comparable. It both set and
entertaining theater in the lower
broke its own mold in a singularly
Hudson Valley. Everything they
touch shines bright, right down to inspired stroke of genius.
The convention-defying chorethe Broadway-quality set design,
ography and direction by Jerome
and certainly the acting, which is
Robbins not only made adolescent
never less than bravura.
street gangs dancing on stage feel
For ticket information visit
HudsonStage.com or call 914-271- electrifying but, even more improbably, believable. The storyline,
2811.
by Arthur Laurents, is as old as
“WEST SIDE STORY”
Shakespeare, based on the familiar
There are historic works that
familial disdain between Romeo’s
transformed the Broadway
Montagues (read: Tony of Jets)
musical. Jerome Kern’s “Showand Juliet’s Capulets (read: Maria
boat” gave us Edna Ferber’s
of Sharks).
intelligent storyline that created a
The wide open, three-sided
more meaningful context for the
proscenium stage of Westchester
songs. Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Broadway Theatre is a distinct
“Oklahoma” gave us the balletic
asset for this production. It offers
beauty of high-ﬂying choreogramultiple angles of action for the
phy. Cameron Mackintosh’s and
street scenes, where there is much
Andrew Lloyd Weber’s “Phantom milling about, as when the Rumble
of the Opera” gave us theme park
closes Act I, or for the luminously
FROM PAGE 8
served. You’ll be comfortable
because the stadium has a retractable roof and the temp is a nice 72
degrees.”
C’mon, meds do your stuff! I just
had to get better.
I didn’t get better. In fact, I felt
like I was run over by a tractor
trailer. Went through two boxes of
tissues, throat lozenges, tea/honey
and I slept as much as possible and
was generally miserable. Matt told
me that Gus and Doak slept outside
my door. One morning he called
them to go outside; at that moment I
coughed and Gus looked at my door
and then at Matt:
“You can’t be serious. I’m not going out. Grandmopps needs me.”
And so it went. All the happy
plans had to be canceled. My friends
were disappointed and so was I. Going to the ballgame would have been
a special time with my son. Think of
all the free peanuts and crackerjacks
we could have enjoyed! Matt, Helen
and I agreed that if I was going to be
so ill, I was in the right place. They
nursed me and helped me start back
on the road to wellness, and my
doggies did what they do best. They
gave unconditional love.
For all of this, I am forever grateful and thankful—and feeling better.
If you have comments or questions
for Ruthann, you can contact her at
[email protected].
BECKERMAN
FROM PAGE 8
deal when you live in the ‘burbs,
when we moved I tried to be understanding of this whole Spring
Worm Thing. But as the years
passed and the worms seemed to
increase in numbers every year, I
grew less understanding and more,
“Go ahead worms, make my day.”
(Yes, I threaten my worms. Call
PETA on me.)
Then one day last week, after
another deluge and another worm
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lit “Dance at the Gym.”
The expanse of the setting lends
added poignance when Tony
(robust-voiced Zach Timmer) and
Maria (heavenly-sounding Carly
Evans) sing the ﬁnal notes of “Tonight” to each other from opposite
ends of the stage. Led by the Riff
of Adam Soniak and the Bernardo
of Brandon Contreras, the ensemble cast portraying Jets and Sharks
sustain the necessary energy that
West Side Story demands of its interpreters. Also worthy of singling
out is Xavier Reyes as Maria’s
boyfriend Chino.
The Bernstein-Sondheim score
arguably is the richest and most
enduring in Broadway annals.
It also is, musically, and having
nothing at all to do with ethnicity,
the most soulful. Every song is
iconic, from the clever playfulness
of “America” and “Gee, Ofﬁcer
Krupke” to the youthful yearnings of “Maria” and the “I Feel
Pretty” to the achingly beautiful
“Somewhere” ballet and “I Have a
Love,” Maria’s plaint to her sister
Anita (Allison Thomas Lee).
“West Side Story” is nearing its
60th birthday, and yet every time
you hear its touchstone numbers—starting with the instantly
recognizable whistle that sparks
the breathlessly-paced prologue,
in place of an overture—it’s as if
you’re hearing sounds of nature
being created on the ﬂy. This music courses through our consciousness like blood through our veins.
That’s what makes “West Side
Story” the apex of American
popular art. With musical direction
by Ryan Edward Wise and direction and choreography by Barry
McNabb, this production runs
through July 5, 2015. For ticket information visit BroadwayTheatre.
com or call 914-592-2222.
I took out the hose, turned it
on jet, and blasted all the worms
out of the driveway and into the
sewer.
However, in my worm-blasting
frenzy, I must have saturated the
lawn, because a couple of hours
later the driveway was teeming
with worms again.
Which just goes to show you,
when you try to ﬁx a problem with
the thing that caused the problem
in the ﬁrst place…you just open
up a whole other can of worms.
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BRIEFS
Friends of Lasdon to
hold plant sale May 16
The 23rd annual Friends of Lasdon Plant Sale at Lasdon Park, Arboretum & Veterans Memorial will
be held on May 16.
The event will be held rain or
shine between 9 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.
and is geared for gardeners of all
abilities. Admission and parking is
free. This year’s event has been improved over past plant sales, where
they will feature a new garden
vendor section and art in the main
house.
The plant sale selections will include many native plants, including
perennials, trees and shrubs along
with a host of annuals and hanging baskets. There will be some
new themed plant selections that
include plant species to attract butterﬂies (milkweed, butterﬂy weed),
an agro-forestry selection of plants
and trees to grow within wooded
sites to produce editable products
(nut trees, berry plants, and more).
There will be a selection of
herbs, vegetables, hanging ﬂowering plants and special patio planters made up of ﬂowering annuals. A special plant rarity section
will include hard to ﬁnd specimen
plants for the serious collector.
Plants grown by Lasdon Park
staff will be on sale to raise funds
for the Conservatory project. They
will have over 20 garden vendors
who will offer unique horticultural
and botanical related items for sale.
This includes pottery, garden art,
organic food products, wood products and more.
Ladle of Love from Mt. Kisco
will be on hand to sell their delicious foods in our vendor area. The
Garden Shop will be open and also
feature garden gifts, indoor plants
and refreshments. The main house
will be open for the public to view
art work from the Botanical Art
workshop and works from other
local artists.
The Westchester veterans Museum will be open throughout the
day and is free to the public.
Proceeds of the plant sale beneﬁt programs within the park and
are administered by the Friends of
Lasdon, a 501C3 organization.
Lasdon Park, Arboretum & Veterans Memorial is located on Route
35 (2610 Amawalk Road) in Katonah.
For more information, visit lasdonpark.org or call 914-864-7268.
Old Salem Farm
Spring Horse Show
runs May 8-17
Come join the fun as The Old
Salem Farm Spring Horse Show
returns for its 33rd year featuring
Olympic gold medalists and top
competitors from all over the country.
The farm is located at 190 June
Road, in North Salem.
Old Salem Farm’s beautifully
manicured grounds, list of elite
horses and riders and fantastic social gatherings draw spectators
from across the region who delight
in strolling the pristine grounds,
shopping on ‘Boutique Row,’ and
sampling the tasty food and beverage selections, all while watching
horses and ponies of every size
compete for hundreds of thousands
of dollars in prize money.
FRIDAY, MAY 8
At 1 p.m. is the $35,000 New
York Welcome Stake and at 3 p.m.
is the $1,500 Canine Puissance;
bring your dog to compete.
SATURDAY, MAY 9
Gates open at 9 a.m., Boutique
Row opens at 10 a.m., face painting will be held from noon to 3
p.m. and A New Chance Dog Rescue will be on the grounds.
The $15,000 Old Salem Farm
Speed Derby will be presented by
Miller Motorcars at noon; then
from 2-3 p.m., the Pegasus Therapeutic Riding Program brings you
a Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream Social.
SUNDAY, MAY 10
Gates open at 9 a.m., Boutique
Row opens at 10 am, face painting
is from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and the
$50,000 Old Salem Farm Grand
Prix will be presented by the Kincade Group at 2 p.m.
FRIDAY, MAY 15
At 1 p.m. is the $35,000 Grand
Prix of North Salem, presented by
Karina Brez Jewelry.
SATURDAY, MAY 16
Gates open at 9 a.m., Boutique
Row opens at 10 a.m. and face
painting is from noon to 3 p.m.
The $20,000 Speed Derby of North
Salem will be presented by Miller
Motorcars and kicks off at noon;
at 2 p.m. is the $10,000 USHJA
International Hunter Derby. The
Wolf Conservation Center will be
there from 1-2 p.m. and they will
be hosting the Ben & Jerry’s Ice
Cream Social from 2-3 p.m.
SUNDAY, MAY 17
Gates and Boutique Row open
at 10 a.m., featuring the ASPCA
Adoption Day from 12:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m., face painting is from 11
a.m. through 3 p.m. and from 1-2
p.m., the Wolf Conservation Center will be on hand. At 2:30 p.m.,
horses and riders take the ﬁeld in
the $100,000 Empire State Grand
Prix presented by the Kincade
Group. Stay after the competition
for autograph signings from some
of the top Grand Prix Riders!
For more information, visit oldsalemfarm.net/spring-shows.
SEE BRIEFS PAGE 11
NORTH SALEM NEWS – THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 2015
Essentials to have when
on (or in) the water
Water recreation is a popular pastime. When the weather warms, people often take to coastal areas to enjoy
some fun in the sun and surf.
What to wear for a day on the water
depends on the type of activity one is
partaking in, but there are some essentials you do not want to forget to bring
along.
• Sturdy shoes: Whether you will be
standing on the deck of a sailboat or
baiting a hook alongside a river, footwear should be sturdy. Water makes
for slippery conditions, and shoes that
provide traction blend form and function. Although ﬂip-ﬂop sandals have
become the go-to footwear, these
shoes do not provide the arch support
or traction necessary in wet conditions.
A water shoe that has a sturdy sole as
well as a breathable upper material is
a better bet.
• Sun protection: The Food and Drug
Administration advises that surfaces
such as snow, sand, grass or water can
reﬂect much of the UV radiation that
reaches them. A day on the water or
nearby reﬂective surfaces necessitates
wearing sun protection products, such
as broad-spectrum sunscreen with SPF
30 or higher. A wide-brimmed hat and
sunglasses rated for 100 percent UV
protection are good ideas. UV rays are
most intense at noon, when the sun is at
its highest point in the sky. It’s also important to note the higher the elevation,
the greater the UV exposure concentration because there is less atmosphere to
absorb the UV rays.
• Layers: The weather can be unpredictable, and the temperature inland
may differ from the temperature at the
shore by several degrees. When boating or visiting the coast, wear layered
clothing so you can shed layers as
needed to remain comfortable.
• Change of clothing: Wet clothing
can become uncomfortable to wear,
and it may become dangerous if the
temperature drops. Wet clothing can
extract heat from the body much faster
than dry clothing, potentially causing
hypothermia, or a drop in body temperature. Couple wet clothing with
windy conditions, and hypothermia
can quickly set in. Always bring along
a change of clothing and store it in
a waterproof bag or container. This
should include extra socks and shoes.
• Life jacket: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says
drowning ranks ﬁfth among the leading causes of unintentional injury
deaths in the United States. Whenever
you are on or near the water, wearing a
life jacket is a safe idea and one that can
potentially save your life. A life jacket
should be made available for everyone
on a vessel.
Dress the part when spending a day
on the water. Having the right equipment can reduce your risk for injury.
BRIEFS
members of the community.
Contact Dr. George Bovino at 914669-5414, ext 2026, to reserve your
space.
FROM PAGE 10
Dispose of your
e-waste
The Town of North Salem now
has free e-waste disposal at the old
town highway garage.
Stop by the Supervisor’s ofﬁce
and Maria will give you the key to
the special e-waste bin. There are different containers for your use - computers, printers, TVs, etc. can all be
dropped off.
Beds still available at
community garden
The North Salem Community Garden, a joint project by the North Salem Open Land Foundation and the
North Salem Central School District,
has a number of beds available.
The garden is located on the
grounds of the North Salem Middle/
High School and is open to residents
of North Salem and members of the
North Salem Central School District.
It is an opportunity to grow vegetables
and ﬂowers organically, in individual
raised beds. Water is provided on site.
In addition to the 30-plus raised
beds for the public, there are several beds reserved for students to also
grow organic vegetables and ﬂowers
while sharing experiences with adult
Hayfields to host
‘Succulent Workshop’
Hayﬁelds will host a “Succulent
Workshop” at 1 p.m. Sunday, April
26, at 1 Bloomer Road in North Salem.
Derived from the Latin word succos, meaning juice or sap, succulents
are “fat plants” that store water and
are considered ﬂeshy and swollen.
There are tons of crazy varieties, they
are low maintenance and like lots of
sun. Succulents are the way to go, especially in early spring.
Join their workshop as they walk
you through the planting, propagation
and upkeep of sedums and sempervivum. During this hands-on class,
they’ll teach you how to arrange, plant
and care for a container of your very
own. You will go home with a planted
dish garden at the end. Please bring
gardening gloves and hand trowel if
you have them. If you want to bring
your own container, that is ﬁne too.
Hayﬁelds will provide a plastic container or you can purchase one for 10
percent off.
Space is limited. RSVP by calling
914-669-8275. Light refreshments
will be included.
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ART AGAINST
ABUSE
FROM PAGE 1
Principal Dr. George Bovino
said in an interview in support
of the event.
The event was created in
memory of Elizabeth Butler, a
17-year-old North Salem High
School senior who was raped
and murdered by an ex-boyfriend on June 5, 2005. The man
had lied to her about his age and
name and stalked her after she
tried to end the relationship.
In September 2006, North Salem High School senior Brittany
Barnard enlisted several students to create original pieces of
art that reﬂect how they viewed
dating abuse. The art was then
displayed at the Elizabeth Butler Walk the next month.
“First and foremost, it brings
the kids together,” said Patti
Butler, Elizabeth’s mom, in an
interview about the exhibit.
She added that while the students create their artwork, they
are holding discussions about
healthy and unhealthy relationships. In addition, middle school
students are asked to read poetry
about positive friendships.
Patti also said the purpose of
the exhibit is to put parents on
alert.
“Ten years ago when this happened to me, I had no idea this
goes on at all,” she said, adding
that she had always encouraged
her daughters to bring their boyfriends home, but she never even
thought about dating abuse.
This exhibit is one of several
held each year by the foundation. They also hold a walk
most years in October and plan
to hold a walk again this coming
October in memory of the 10year anniversary of her daughter’s death. The walk is a major
fundraiser and the money is donated to several organizations,
including nearby women’s shelters in Westchester and Putnam
counties and in Danbury, Conn.
During the interview, Patti
shared several statistics, including the fact that 25 percent of
eighth- and ninth-graders are
victims of teen dating violence,
according to the National Network to End Domestic Violence.
She also pointed to “The other
freshman 15,” referring to the
problem of college freshmen
having the biggest chance of being assaulted during the ﬁrst 15
weeks of going away to school.
“The government is ﬁnally
recognizing that this is a problem,” Patti said, adding that
colleges are being ﬁnancially
penalized for not addressing the
issue.
Artwork by Michelle Doggen shows how relationships can go from healthy to
unhealthy very rapidly. Relationships should not be painful or abusive, like she
says in her work, “Love shouldn’t hurt.”
Kayla Gilbert decided to
represent a healthy and
positive relationship. In
her project, she chose
to make “Love” the
biggest and boldest
word because she
believes that positive
relationships all
begin with the same
foundation, which is
being caring and loving.
She also decided to write
the word “happiness”
in several different
magazine clippings
because happiness
comes in different way.
By creating variety, it
shows that everyone is
happy in their own way.
Molly McGuinness, 15, portrays a victim of an
abusive relationship being the puppet. Because
the abuser is controlling her actions, she can’t “ﬂy
away,” due to the puppeteer preventing it.
Amberlyn Leonard chose to do a painting of rose
petals falling from a rose. Inside the rose petals
are sayings that someone who is a victim of
abuse might say. They are controlling behaviors
that exist in an unhealthy relationship.
North Salem Middle/High School
Assistant Principal Dr. George Bovino
gives opening remarks. He said in an
interview that the school is committed to
making sure all students learn about the
dangers of abusive relationships.
Patti Butler, whose daughter, Elizabeth, was
murdered almost 10 years ago, spoke to
the audience about the dangers of abusive
relationships. The exhibit was created by her
foundation.
Brianna Perez, 15, portrays a girl isolated from the rest of
the world. Because of the girl’s abusive relationship, she
constantly feels a weight on her shoulders in the form of
a shadow. The collage of words represent the pain and
suffering that she is holding in because she is trapped.
No one assumes anything of her and if she is ever asked
how she is, her reply will always be “I’m ﬁne”.
April Simmons-Cloverdale stands proudly alongside her
son, Joshua, 14, and his work.
Brian, Anna and Kate Bartsch. Brian is a board
member of the Hammond Museum. Kate, along with
her daughter Anna and son Max (not shown) worked
tirelessly to frame all the art work.
Shayna Cuascut, 14, puts the negative words
inside the eye to show that a woman is in an
abusive relationship and although she sees
and knows, she needs to get out of it and she
needs help. She created bruising around the
eye to show that it’s not only verbal abuse, but
physical too.
Natalie Intrieri, 15, created “Stand Up &
Speak Up,” which is a picture of a woman
in an abusive relationship.
Krista DeModna and Jennah
Mohammad read their poem titled
“Side by side.”
The Sherpa family - Phurba (dad), Chhoti (mom) LhakpaTenji, 9, and Ang Chhiring, 11, along
with Ang’s friend, Jovani Diaz, 11, admire the photography wall.
Shane Leuschner, 17,
shares his art, which
depicts a sign of a person
in an abusive relationship.
The woman is screaming
into darkness. She could
not ﬁnd the courage to
talk to a friend, afraid
of consequences that
could occur. Often times,
a person in an abusive
relationship gradually
builds up anxiety and
depression that has the
potential to end horriﬁcally.
“I want to reinforce healthy
relationships by letting
teens understand and
implement the concepts
of open communications,
self-discipline and selfrespect in relationships,”
Shane said.
Westchester County Legislator Peter
Harckham, a resident of North Salem,
delivered some remarks at the exhibit.
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Alexandra DePaoli reads her
poem - “A true friend.”
Hannah Houlihan, 14, created art where half of a
woman’s face is happy and the other half is sad,
with tears coming down. The happy side includes
positive words and the sad side includes negative
words.
Women’s Center of
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203-731-5206
PHOTOS: DEENA BELL
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NORTH SALEM NEWS – THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 2015
Breathe Easy: Facts about COPD and the
beneﬁts of pulmonary rehabilitation
P
ulmonary rehabilitation
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treatment for people with chronic
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This program of specialized
exercise and patient education
helps improve activity endurance,
while lessening a person’s sensation of shortness of breath. The
goal is to improve quality of life
and a person’s ability to function independently at home and
outside. PR beneﬁts those with
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Here, I replace popular myths
about COPD with empowering
truths about the positive impact
of PR for people with this illness.
I think you’ll breathe easier after
getting this encouraging information.
Myth: Only smokers get COPD.
Truth: A substantial number of
people with the condition have
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PAGE 15
Spiraling up?
BY GRACE DUFFIELD
FOR NORTH SALEM NEWS
We all know about spiraling down when
we sleep too little, then eat too much and
make more bad decisions.
But, we forget that we can spiral up
when we initiate healthy habits and make
a healthier brain. Often when we need to
make changes, it can be daunting to feel we
need to maintain the same intense level of
discipline endlessly. But, evidence shows
that when we start following healthy habits,
it becomes easier to make healthy decisions.
An optimistic study recently conducted
at Tufts University found that people who
ate healthy while being educated on healthy
habits experienced changes in their brains.
The changes reinforced better eating in the
future.
How did the researchers know their brains
changed? They gave the study’s participants
MRIs while showing them pictures of unhealthy and healthy foods before and after
six months. The participants that were given
a healthy education and ate healthy changed
brain activity. The areas of the brain that
elicit reward from food were more excited
from pictures of healthy food and less excited from unhealthy food after six months.
Just as important, recent research sheds
light on how bad eating decisions inﬂuence future decisions. Dramatic changes in
the brain occur when we eat high fructose
corn syrup, which can lead to worse eating,
according to MRI studies. The long-term
assault of fat, sugar and hyper-palatable
foods has been found to create damage to
the brain. Not surprising, but disturbing,
overweight people’s brains have been found
to have more bumps and grooves (a sign of
aging).
Luckily we can improve the health of
our brains knowing that a healthy brain is
more likely to make healthy decisions. Dr.
Daniel Amen, psychiatrist and best-selling
author, ﬁrst studied brain areas associated
with ADD, bipolar and the aging brain on
MRI. He used his knowledge to develop a
six-week brain health program. In fact, he
found that after he employed healthy habits, his own brain looked younger on a brain
scan at 52 than at 37.
How can he tell? An aging brain has more
bumps and grooves.
The evidence is mounting of our ability
to change and use healthy habits to encourage more healthy habits. That is why I have
developed an educational program called
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narrated PowerPoint presentations while
warming up for personal training sessions.
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her website PersonalBest35Plus.com.
State Police focus on teen
driving this week
The New York State Police announce
participation in a week-long, multi-agency,
statewide trafﬁc safety campaign aimed at
minimizing crashes involving teen drivers.
“The Empty Chair” teen driving safety
campaign started on Monday and runs
through Friday, April 24.
Nearly every year, communities across
New York State experience the tragic deaths
of young high school students in trafﬁc
crashes just prior to graduation.
The New York State Police Superintendent Joseph A. D’Amico said, “We want to
keep teens safe, especially during this time
of year. We want our young people to enjoy
their high school days and be able to graduate and start the next step of their lives. I
urge everyone to please wear your seat belt,
slow down and put your cell phones away
while behind the wheel. Together, we can
keep our roadways safe and avoid a tragedy.”
In an effort to reduce these tragedies,
the Governor’s Trafﬁc Safety Committee
(GTSC) launched this campaign in 2014.
The empty chair symbolizes the missing
high school senior on graduation day.
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This year, the State Police and other participating agencies are working to limit the
number of accidents during graduation season.
The campaign will target speciﬁc laws
during the campaign, while also enforcing
all other vehicle and trafﬁc laws. The remaining dates are as follows:
• Wednesday, April 22 – Cell phone use
and texting
• Thursday, April 23 – Graduated driver
license provisions
• Friday, April 24 – Underage drinking
and impaired driving
During the campaign, Troopers will be
using both marked State Police vehicles
and Concealed Identity Trafﬁc Enforcement (CITE) vehicles as part of the operation. The CITE vehicles allow Troopers to
more easily identify motorists who are not
following the trafﬁc laws. CITE vehicles
also allows the Trooper to better observe
distracted driving violations. These vehicles
blend in with every day trafﬁc but are unmistakable as emergency vehicles once the
emergency lighting is activated.
North Salem News is located at 572 Route 6, Mahopac, NY 10541. You can contact us at 845-2088151 or email [email protected].
balanced rock
Library to hold annual
book and plant sale,
preview party
Ruth Keeler Library will hold an
annual book sale on Mother’s Day
weekend.
New features
Please donate your gently used
gardening tools, pots, planters at the
library to be sold at the fair; please
bring them by May 2 or call the
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North Salem News – Thursday, April 23, 2015
library for a pick-up. All proceeds
will be used to benefit the library.
Spaces will be available to sell
“Made in North Salem” products.
Bring your own table and locally
made products. You need to contact Linda Gracie at 914-414-9064
or [email protected]
to reserve one of the limited places
for $25 a place. The products will
be vetted for appropriateness.
The library is also now accepting
books, DVDs, and audio books for
the annual book sale; no encyclo-
pedias, condensed books, moldy
or smelly books, cassettes or VHS
tapes please.
Community groups are invited
to come to the fair and talk about
their organization and set up a table
under the tent. Please contact Linda Gracie at 914-414-9064.
The library also needs help sorting the many boxes of books that
have been donated. If you have a
few hours, please stop in. Any time
is fine except for Tuesday afternoons.
A LIVING DOCUMENTARY
by Cynthia Hopkins
APRIL 24
-MAY 10
• At 6:30 p.m. Friday, May 8,
there will be an evening preview
cocktail party with an open bar,
including a selection of fine wines
and beer. The evening also includes delicious hors d’oeuvres
from some of North Salem’s finest
chefs. And of course, don’t miss
the first chance to buy some of the
thousands of books before the fair
opens to the public. The cost is $50
per person. RSVP early to Caroline
Weissblatt of the fundraising committee at [email protected].
• On May 9, the book fair will be
open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. There
will also be homemade baked
goods, plants from local gardeners, lunch for sale, a pet contest and
other fun activities for the whole
family.
• May 10, the half-price sale will
be open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
There will also be plants for sale.
cus Road. Your junk is someone
else’s treasure.
St. James spring gala
set for May 30
The Saint James Spring Gala
will be held from 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday, May 30, at 121 Restaurant,
featuring Chef and St. James’ own
Beck Bolender. The cost is $125
per person.
There will be an after-dinner
song performance by St. James’
own Anne Runolfsson.
For more information, call 914669-5563 or email [email protected].
Improvement Society
to hold ‘Black Gold
Day’ April 25
The North Salem Improvement
Society will hold Black Gold Day
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday,
April 25, at Three Ponds Farm.
Bring your own buckets, garbage
pails, etc., to collect composted
cow manure.
The North Salem Foundation for
Suggested donation of $5 per
Learning will hold its annual golf five galleon bucket.
outing on Monday, May 4, at the
Centennial Golf Club, 186 John
Simpson Road, in Carmel.
Participants will have the chance
to win a car (with a three year
lease) and enjoy lunch, have free
on-course beverage carts, a cockThe North Salem Open Land
tail reception with open bar and Foundation will host Jeffrey Glassdinner.
berg, president of the North AmeriThe cost for sponsorship is $250; can Butterfly Association, who will
individual golfers are $225; a four- speak about the status of the buttersome is $825; a foursome and fly population at 6:30 p.m. Friday,
sponsor is $1,000 and dinner and May 15, at the library.
cocktails only is $75.
Wine and cheese will be served.
Registration is at 11 a.m., with This is part of the foundation’s
an 11:30 a.m. lunch and split tee Butterfly Recovery Project.
times at 1 p.m. Cocktail hour begins at 5 p.m.
For more information, please
contact Mary D’Innocenzo at
[email protected].
The Ruth Keeler Memorial LiTo sign up, please make checks brary has programs for people of
payable to The North Salem Foun- all ages and interests. The library
dation for Learning, PO Box 39, is located at 276 Titicus Road, in
North Salem. For more informaNorth Salem, NY 10560.
The North Salem Foundation for tion, call 914-669-5161 or visit
Learning, established in 1996, is a keelerlibrary.org.
tax-exempt, not-for-profit, volunteer-driven foundation. Its mission Mah Jong
Local residents Dr. Linda Springis to foster scholastic excellence in
the North Salem Central School er and Dr. Michelle LaMothe have
District by awarding scholarships generously offered to lead/teach
and funding special projects, which Mah Jong. There is no cost and the
library will have the sets and cards.
are beyond the scope of the
These groups are both for begintraditional school budget.
ners and for those who have experience.
• Tuesdays at 1 p.m. with Dr.
Springer. Please see Carolyn
Purdys Methodist Church will Reznick about adding your name
hold a tag sale from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. to the waiting list.
Friday, May 8, and from 9 a.m. to 3
• Fridays at 1 p.m. on April 24,
p.m. Saturday, May 9.
May 1, 15, 22 and 29 with Dr. La
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Sports
Big first half leads Tigers over Panthers
NORTH SALEM NEWS – THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 2015
Paige Werlau scores 100th career goal to spark Tigers
BY MONICA D’IPPOLITO
FOR NORTH SALEM NEWS
A strong ﬁrst half effort propelled
the Tigers to its fourth win of the
season, as it outlasted Pleasantville
Saturday afternoon at North Salem
High School.
“We practiced really hard and
I think that deﬁnitely pays off,”
Paige Werlau said after the 19-8
victory. “We all work together
well, from the defense to the midﬁeld, all the way to the offense, we
all work together very well.”
The game was all tied up at one
before North Salem went on a 9-0
run, which gave the Tigers a hefty
10-1 advantage late in the ﬁrst half.
The Panthers’ Korina Roye ended
the run with about three minutes
remaining, but Lydia Werlau added
another Tiger goal before half.
North Salem controlled the tempo for the entire ﬁrst 25 minutes,
pushing through transition when
needed, then settling within its offense when necessary. Nine of their
11 ﬁrst half goals came out of their
offensive sets, something coach
Christine Werlau said they’ve been
working on throughout practices.
“That was from some of the transition we made down the ﬁeld,”
Christine Werlau said of the ﬁrst
half scoring spree. “There was
some passing and cutting, a few
opportunities they used actually
plays that they had established, but
overall it was just doing some free
play and they did a great job with
that.”
North Salem also built off of
the great work in net by Kiera
McCarthy. The sophomore made
some fantastic saves in the ﬁrst
half, keeping the momentum in her
team’s favor, while also establishing the Tigers in transition with her
clears. McCarthy ﬁnished the day
with 15 saves.
“She had an unbelievable game,
she really did,” Christine Werlau
said. “She probably had her best
game all season. Her performance
basically will drive the defense and
then drive the offense. The more
saves that she makes, it makes it
easier for the offense to settle down
and not feel so pressured.”
With the 11-3 lead entering the
half, North Salem let-up a bit heading into the second period of play.
Pleasantville opened up the half
with a goal, and then slowly inched
toward the North Salem lead.
At around the 11-minute mark,
Pleasantville scored its fourth goal
of the half, cutting the deﬁcit to 12-
7. The Tigers immediately signaled
for the timeout, in order to regroup
and continue building on their
large lead.
“We were all a little nervous so
we had that timeout,” Paige Werlau
said. “Coach told us that we all really had to settle down and play the
game how we played the ﬁrst half.
Once we got back out there, we got
our minds set and played how we
expected.”
Out of the timeout North Salem
came out like it had in the beginning of the game, commanding
tempo and executing within its
offense. Although it gave up another Pleasantville goal, the Tigers
scored the ensuing three goals,
which kept a 17-8 lead with just
less than 10 minutes to play. They
then put in two more insurance
goals toward the end of the contest,
which solidiﬁed the 19-8 outcome.
“We got a little sloppy today defensively, because I think we let
our guard down when we got up a
few goals,” Christine Werlau said.
“But they came back and again we
had a bunch of multiple scorers.”
During the win, Paige Werlau
achieved the monumental career
100th goal in the middle of the second half.
“It felt so great that ﬁnally I
could get my 100th goal and it was
with a team of great people,” Paige
Werlau said. “We were all working really hard to, I guess build up
altogether to get it, so it felt really
great.”
The Tigers had seven different
scorers, with Paige and sister Lydia
Werlau leading the way with four
goals each. Haley Vermette and
Ryann Shaughnessy also put in two
goals a piece for North Salem.
“It’s really exciting, I’m really
fortunate to have the opportunity
to coach these girls, because I’ve
coached pretty much every one of
them since they’ve started playing
lacrosse,” Christine Werlau. “So
it’s a great opportunity for me to be
able to step into this position with a
great team, with experienced players that love to play. And Paige was
able to be so successful because
of all the girls that she plays with
and I think that’s a huge tribute to
them.”
The win sets the Tigers at 4-1,
with their only loss coming from
league opponent Ossining. With
the way they are playing, it seems
like North Salem is one of the
teams to watch as its gets through
the meat of its schedule.
Paige Werlau rolls to the cage for a goal as she
reached the 100-goal mark for her career.
Kiera McCarthy looks to clear after
making a save.
Kaitlyn Murphy makes her move.
Haley Vermette leads transition.
PHOTOS: JIM MACLEAN
Kelly McCarthy scoops up ground ball.
Lydia Werlau has her
eye on the goal as she
readies to ﬁre a shot.
SPORTS
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North Salem News – Thursday, April 23, 2015
Athlete spotlight - Alex Monaco
Monaco leaps his way into the record book
By Jim MacLean
Of North Salem News
Alex Monaco is a senior on the North Salem
track and field team, specializing in the
sprint races and jumps. He holds the North
Salem school record in the long jump,
and was fourth at the Westchester County
Championships in the 55-meter dash during
the indoor track season.
How old were you when you first
started competing in track and field and
how did you get started?
I first started running track in seventh
grade because it was a new sport I had
never tried. I got really into long jump after
one day when our coach decided to have us
try all of the field events and have loved it
ever since.
How do you see your role as a leader
on the track and field team, and what
goals do you have for the season?
I see my role as a leader on the team as a
captain who the younger, newer members
of track can feel free to ask questions of.
I understand what they are going through
as new members on a big team with weird
rules for the sport and a totally new experience. My goals for the season are to break
the 100-meter school record, the 200-meter
school record, the triple jump school record
and my own long jump school record and
personal best.
Photo: Jim MacLean
Alex Monaco holds the North Salem school
record in the long jump.
What is a bigger thrill; hitting the
finish line knowing you won a sprint
race, or landing in the pit after nailing a
perfect jump?
Lately, the biggest thrill for me has been
racing. I feel this is mainly because it is a
new thrill for me, because this is the first
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year I have been racing instead of solely
jumping. The thrill of getting on the line
right next to your competition and firing out
with them is so amazing. Next the chase to
get ahead of them and then pull away to the
finish line is such a great thrill.
Tell us one thing about yourself that
not a lot of people know?
I can jump 21 feet, and I am working on a
game for the iPhone called Toddle. It should
be out in a month or so. I have coded and
designed it completely on my own.
What is your favorite team activity that you do with the track and field
team?
The greatest part about track is all the
time the team spends together. All of the
struggles in practice we push each other
through, which flows right into any life
struggles we push each other through.
Are you considering competing in
track and field in college? Do you know
what college you will be attending, and
why did you choose that school?
I have chosen to go to RPI (Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute). Overall, with the
feeling I got on my first tour, the academics and the ability to continue competing in
track and field at the next level, it made it
the best possible choice for me.
Who has been your biggest role model
over the years and what have you learned
from them?
My biggest role model over the years has
been my past coach and close friend Mr.
Holst. Mr. Holst changed my life, he helped
me focus. He pushed me to work harder
in track, in my academic life and to be an
overall better person.
How would you describe who Alex
Monaco is to the readers?
I love music, math, food, art, doing
new things, playing all sports, working
out, hiking, playing all kinds of video
games(Project M) and traveling. I am
friendly, outgoing, funny & athletic. I have
coded a few games & robots.
Do you know what you want to study?
If yes what and why?
Yes, I want to study computer science
and electrical engineering. I participated in
an engineering class where I designed and
coded components of a robot. I found a real
passion with this and continued it with coding games and small apps.
What is your favorite music to listen to
during warm-ups before competing?
I enjoy listening to music that relaxes me
like the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
If you could have one super power,
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North Salem News – Thursday, April 23, 2015
Kevin Roach locks in.
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David Corradi flips his bat after making contact.
SPORTS
Phil Capra connects and heads to first.
Tigers bounce back for a win over Pawling
By Rob DiAntonio
For North Salem News
North Salem coach Rob Gilchrist
couldn’t remember the last time his
Tigers lost three straight games.
“We haven’t lost three straight in
this program in a long time,” Gilchrist said.
His squad wasn’t about to let it
come to that.
Photos: Rob DiAntonio
J.B. Healy delivers against Pawling.
After consecutive losses to Carmel and Pawling, North Salem was
looking for a spark and to stop the
two-game slide. They did just that
with a 7-3 victory over visiting
Pawling on April 17 in a league
contest.
“Our coach told us that our
program hasn’t lost three straight
games in a while,” junior outfielder
David Corradi said. “It feels good
to bounce back.”
Sophomore J.B. Healy helped
stop the bleeding with a solid complete game performance on the hill
to pull out the win. Healy allowed
just one earned run and two hits
while striking out eight batters.
“He was ready to go today,” Gilchrist said of Healy. “We put him
in a big spot as a sophomore. He
did what he had to do and he got
the job done for us. He went the distance and I believe he was under 80
pitches, so he was effective today.”
Healy’s teammates have plenty
of confidence in him when he takes
the hill.
“J.B. pitched great,” Corradi
said. “He would seem to get in
kind of trouble in the counts, but he
would always bounce back.”
Healy said the key for him on the
hill was slowing down and pitching
to contact.
“I just had to stay confident and
keep calm,” Healy said.
North Salem (2-2) fell behind 1-0
in the top of the first but responded
with three runs in the bottom half of
the inning.
“That helped big,” Healy said of
the run support. “After the first inning we got a two run lead and that
definitely helped. This was our first
home game and it was a big bounce
back win.”
Corradi started things off in the
bottom of the first with a single
and went to second base on a balk.
Wagner-bound senior catcher Phil
Capra drove Corradi in with an RBI
single. Kevin Roach then knocked
Capra in with an RBI single to give
North Salem a 2-1 lead. He would
later score on a passed ball to make
it 3-1.
“We really strung our hits well together and we were able to drive in
the runs,” Corradi said. “We started off strong and put a lot of hard
ground balls through the middle
and line drives. It all fell together.”
Pawling got a run back in the second inning after a passed ball, but
North Salem answered again in the
bottom half. Senior John DelBono
started off the inning with a double
and then went to third on a wild
pitch. Sophomore second baseman
Adam Concadoro walked and then
Corradi blasted a two-run double
to stretch the lead to 5-2. Junior
Danny Capra’s RBI groundout extended it to 6-2.
“The bats finally broke out,” Gilchrist said. “When we played these
guys Wednesday, we left about 12
guys on base.”
North Salem tacked on an insurance run in the bottom of the fifth
inning to increase its lead to 7-2.
After a huge season opening win
over Roy C. Ketcham on April 13,
the Tigers fell to Carmel 8-2 on
April 14 and then lost to host Pawling 7-2 the following day.
North Salem has a big week upcoming as it hosts Class B foe Keio
at 4:30 p.m. on April 22 and then
hosts Mahopac, an annual AA contender, at 4:30 p.m. on April 24.
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NORTH SALEM NEWS – THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 2015
Slow start costs Tigers in loss to Putnam Valley
BY JIM MACLEAN
OF NORTH SALEM NEWS
It was a slow start against a
good team, and the end result was
a tough loss for the North Salem
boys’ varsity lacrosse team to end
a tough week.
The Tigers hosted Putnam Valley
on Saturday and dug an 8-0 hole
early in the ﬁrst half that they could
not recover from in a 10-2 loss.
That was the third-straight loss
for North Salem as the Tigers also
suffered losses to Haldane and Rye
Neck last week and fell to 1-5 overall.
“We had a tough week,” North
Salem coach Chris Spillane said.
“Playing four games in six days
is really difﬁcult, but this week
was a microcosm of our season so
far. We’ve had spots where we’ve
played really well. The guys played
hard today against a good Putnam Valley team, but early on we
looked a little tentative and spotted
them a big lead. Once we settled in
towards the end of the ﬁrst half we
actually played them very tight.”
Joe DiLuvio scored both goals
for the Tigers, but it wasn’t enough
as North Salem goalie Hunter
Reynolds was under ﬁre and ﬁnished with 15 saves in goal for the
Tigers.
PHOTOS: JIM MACLEAN
Conor Kelly avoids a check.
The Tigers squared off against
Rye Neck a day earlier and suffered an 8-5 setback. Five different players scored for a balanced
attack on offense with Conor Kelly,
Will O’Leary, Pazzillo, Lanyi and
Martin each scoring a goal.
Reynolds was credited with 18
saves in goal for the Tigers.
Two days earlier North Salem
faced rival Haldane and fell by
a score of 14-7. Martin had a big
game with two goals and three
assists, while DiLuvio and Kelly
each scored a pair of goals.
Senior defenseman Wilson McCloy scored a goal and played a
big role on face offs for the Tigers,
Hunter Reynolds stops a point blank shot against Putnam Valley as
Byron Good (23) comes over to defend.
and Reynolds recorded 13 saves in
goal.
Despite the record, Spillane
feels the Tigers are ready to turn it
around for a strong ﬁnish.
“Coach (Jameson) Pickel and
I are trying to get the guys to understand that we are the team that
played PutnamValley 1-1 from late
in the second quarter on,” Spillane
said. “We can play with good teams
when we believe in ourselves, because we have talent and ability despite the fact we play six freshmen
and a sophomore. We’re learning
every day from our experiences.”
Bombs away as Tigers use long ball to top Hen Hud
BY JIM MACLEAN
OF NORTH SALEM NEWS
Just when North Salem softball
coach Bob Mittelstadt had thought
he’d seen it all, his team went and
surprised him once again.
Saturday was a big test for the
Tigers as they traveled to Hen Hud
to take on the undefeated Sailors.
Mittelstadt says they passed in ﬂying colors as North Salem used the
long ball, hitting three home runs
to earn a 3-2 victory.
“That was a big win for us,” Mittelstadt said. “Three out of the park
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North Salem sent a message
right away in the ﬁrst inning as
Haley Donovan and Anastasia
Pennacchio hit back-to-back home
runs over the fence for a 2-0 lead.
Donovan would hit another one
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to be the game-winning run as Pennacchio went the distance on the
mound to record the victory.
“She pitched a great game, really
kept Hen Hud off balance,” Mittelstadt said of Pennacchio. “She totally dominated the game with her
bat and her arm.”
The home runs ended up being
three of just ﬁve hits overall for the
Tigers, and it proved to be enough
as North Salem improved to 3-1
overall on the season.
The Tigers suffered their ﬁrst
loss of the season a day earlier
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with three runs to close out the victory.
Stephanie Shea led the way at
the plate for North Salem as she
went 2-for-4, and Pennacchio was
also 2-for-4.
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Donovan was 4-for-4 with a
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That was the second shut out
victory in a row for North Salem as
the Tigers opened the season on the
road at Ossining and cruised to a
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North Salem News – Thursday, April 23, 2015
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3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
3 tablespoons water
1-1/2 teaspoons sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon white pepper
1/2 teaspoon celery seed
Radicchio and Brussels Sprouts
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NORTH SALEM NEWS – THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 2015
Sales up, price steady, inventory down
2015 ﬁrst quarter residential real estate sales report
The following report was issued by the Hudson Gateway Association of
Realtors.
The number of closed sales for the ﬁrst three months of 2015 powered
forward the momentum of this region’s real estate recovery that commenced in 2013.
Altogether, realtors participating in the Hudson Gateway Multiple
Listing Service reported 2,861 closed residential transactions in the ﬁrst
quarter of 2015, an increase of 309 sales or 12.1 percent over 2014’s ﬁrst
quarter postings.
The sales took place in Westchester, Putnam, Rockland and Orange
counties, and the property types included single family houses, condominiums, cooperatives, and 2-4 unit multifamily buildings. The closed
transactions largely reﬂected listing and showing activity that took place
during the late winter months of 2014 and January of 2015.
Westchester usually accounts for about 50 to 60 percent of the region’s
total sales. The 1,620 ﬁrst quarter sales there were 6.2 percent more than
in 2014. Most of that increase occurred in the condominium sector; sales
of single family houses and cooperatives were ﬂat but on a high plateau
with 2014’s level.
The other three counties in the region reported larger percentage increases in most residential categories, although against smaller numerical
bases. Putnam County ranked highest with a 29.8 percent increase overall. Orange County ranked next with 23.8 percent, and Rockland posted
13.6 percent.
One result of the brisk market of the past two years is that inventory
has been drifting downward as sales outpace new listings. The fourcounty total inventory in all categories was 9,962 units at the close of the
quarter, a 6.4 percent decrease from the for-sale ﬁgure of 10,320 units in
2014. The steepest decrease took place in Westchester, where inventory
fell 10.4 percent to 4,706 units compared to more than 5,200 units in
2013 and 2014, and more than 6,600 units in 2012.
With the exception of Rockland County, average prices in the rest of
the region remained close to or slightly lower than last year. In Westchester, the median sale price of a single family house was $600,000 or
exactly as it was last year. That price, taken together with the mean price
of $824,790 – lower by 2.9 percent than last year’s mean - suggests that
the Westchester ﬁrst quarter market was very ﬁrmly rooted in a midmarket price range.
Putnam County’s small sales base generated a single family house median of $271,500, nearly 15 percent less than last year. Orange County
experienced a decrease, too, by 3.9 percent down to $210,500. But since
the end of the recession, Orange has been able to sell high numbers of
units in relation to its housing stock, principally because of that stock’s
affordability. Rockland County was the only area to post an increase in its
single family median: up 5.3 percent from $380,00 in 2014 to $400,000
in 2015; it also saw its condo median increase by 12 percent to $210,000.
As noted above, the high volumes of sales in recent quarters are beginning to have an impact on inventory. However, when low inventory fails
to generate higher prices – as seems to be the case for this ﬁrst quarter
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ﬁercely bitter winter of 2014-15 discouraged some potential sellers from
listing their properties; they may have believed that the winter would
have discouraged buyers as well. It remains to be seen whether those
‘lost listings’ show up in the second and subsequent quarters.
Sellers also may have been more cautious about interpreting the economic environment; after all, they, too, need to re-house themselves
somewhere in that market after their local transactions here, and there are
reasons for both optimism and pessimism about whether to list or to buy.
Positive factors include low and still-decreasing unemployment rates,
and persistently affordable mortgage interest rates. Some negatives include the near certainty of rate increases by the Federal Reserve later this
year, and erratic swings in the equity markets that make for nervousness
about committing to the housing market. For now, however, the lower
Hudson real estate market has made a good start for 2015 with high sales
volumes, stable prices and adequate if not ample inventory.
The Hudson Gateway Multiple Listing Service, Inc. (HGMLS) is
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who had a rough start to his life. He
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with a family who will be patient and
continue his training. You can see
Wallace’s video on our web site.
Putnam Humane Society,
Old Rt. 6, Carmel; 845-225-7777; www.puthumane.org.
Open 7 days a week from 10am-4:30pm
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North Salem News – Thursday, April 23, 2015
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