Mamaroneck Review 12-12-2014

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sealed after a report from John Deerkoski, a Warwick-based engineering consultant hired by the village for an inde-pendent review. Based on the preliminary reports obtained by the Review, there were sev-eral factors that could have contributed to the widespread cracking on the bridge’s wear surface.

According to Deerkoski’s report, there were numerous factors that could cause addi-tional cracking on the bridge based on New York State De-partment of Transportation, DOT, studies. Deerkoski not-ed in his report that there was a low water to cement ratio that causes a higher strength in concrete. However, accord-ing to the consultant’s report, “early-strength gain can be considered a contributing fac-tor to the observed cracking.”

During the pouring of the concrete, a low water to ce-ment ratio was noted in one of the daily work reports pre-pared by WSP Group dated Aug. 24. However, the con-tractor continued with the pour under the guidance of the project engineers, WSP Group.

Besides the low ratio, the report also noted the prema-ture starting of the pouring process. DOT recommends a 12-hour gap after pre-wetting, a process that hydrates the dirt below the structure and cre-ates a more solid foundation. According to the same daily work report, the contractor pre-wet the deck just before

By JACKSON CHENStaff Writer

It has been three months since the re-opening of the flawed Jefferson Avenue Bridge, but a preliminary re-port shows that numerous er-rors during the construction process may be to blame.

On Nov. 25, beginning at 6 a.m., the bridge was closed off so the contractor, Arben Group, could apply an ep-oxy sealant and binder to the numerous cracks running through the wear-surface of the bridge. The bridge was re-opened the following morning and the process was completed at no cost to the village.

According to Village Man-ager Rich Slingerland, the wear surface is a four-inch thick layer of concrete, rein-forced with steel, poured on top of the primary bridge structure. The wear surface’s purpose is to protect the bridge under-neath in terms of durability.

The cracks in the wear-surface, noticed by nearby residents, began shortly after the bridge was completed in August. According to Gina von Eiff, a Jefferson Avenue resident, the cracks were con-tinually widening as they soon spanned the entirety of the bridge.

Eric Cowley, a Harrison-based forensic and structural engineer, said “fresh concrete will always crack; it’s a matter of controlling the cracks.”

Slingerland said the cracks were originally determined superficial, but were ulti-mately recommended to be

Village addresses bridge flawslimited to sending 150 gallons per capita per day to the coun-ty’s water treatment facilities. The Village of Mamaroneck exceeded the limit 61 percent of the time from April 4, 2009 to March 22, 2011, accord-ing to a county-commissioned study by Savin Engineers.

During 2010, flow numbers were down, but in general, the village has been sending excessive amounts of wa-ter through sewer lines to the wastewater treatment sites, sometimes up to 900 gallons per capita per day, accord-ing to the study. The study

also cited Mamaroneck as the worst municipality in West-chester, exceeding the daily limit of water flow 448 days out of the 730 days monitored in the study. The village was followed by Scarsdale and Larchmont with over 430 days in violation each.

According to Wendy Rosen-bach, spokesperson for the DEC, the village experienced sanitary sewer overflows in the last week of March 2014, which prompted the consent order, which both parties ul-timately agree to, that would require remedial actions. The

DEC contacted the village during the summer to facilitate the consent order, but has not entered into any signed agree-ments as of press time.

According to Slingerland, the village has already relined an estimated 13 percent of the sanitary sewer line mains but the remaining percentage still must be reviewed and then upgraded.

“Just as the village infra-structure is 70 to 80 years old, you got houses that were built in the 1940s and 1950s,”

Morgado sentenced to 20 years to life

Mamaroneck tries to address water concerns

By ALINA SURIELStaff Writer

A Mamaroneck mother ac-cused of killing her four-year-old son was sentenced on Dec. 5 to 20 years to life for murder in the second degree.

Manuela Maria Morgado, 48, of 1035 E. Boston Post Road, had originally planned to stand trial and plead not guilty, but, on Sept. 18, her attorney announced his in-tention to change her plea to guilty in order to take a deal offered by prosecutors with the Westchester County Dis-trict Attorney’s office. Before entering her guilty plea there had been months of delays leading up to her anticipated trial in which Morgado’s psy-chiatric state was evaluated.

Morgado was found by police in her home on Sept. 30, 2012 at 10:43 a.m. with her unresponsive son, Jason “Jake” Reish at her side.

Morgado herself was only

By JACKSON CHENStaff Writer

The Village of Mamaroneck is negotiating a consent order with the New York State De-partment of Environmental Conservation for its frequent excessive overflows of water into the sanitary sewer lines.

One of the more preva-lent issues in the village is the amount of water that goes into the sewers and then into the Mamaroneck wastewater treatment plant. According to the Westchester County Sew-er Act, each municipality is WATER continued on page 11

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MORGADO continued on page 14

semi-conscious after having ingested pills of Alprazolam, a medication used to treat anxi-ety and panic disorders, in a suicide attempt. The child was pronounced dead at the scene. Morgado was taken to Sound Shore Medi-cal Center and was treated for her injuries.

She was arrested on Oct. 1 while at the hospital after po-lice secured the crime scene at her apartment and executed search warrants for various items around her apartment

and in the hospital.Morgado first

tried to asphyx-iate her son

with adult

Manuela Morgado, the Mamaroneck mother who pleaded guilty to smothering her four-year-old to death, will be in jail for at least 20 years following her Dec. 5 sentencing. File photo

cold medicine and gas from a helium tank she had pur-chased online. She told detec-tives at the scene that she had researched ways to end Jake’s life with the least amount of suffering, but after she failed in her initial attempts, she physically smothered the boy with a pillow until he stopped breathing.

Morgado had been in the middle of a custody battle for her son with the boy’s father, Timothy Reish, a Briarcliff doctor specializing in sports medicine. Their son was born in 2008, but Reish remarried soon after. When Morgado was found at the scene of the crime, detectives at the scene report-ed that after they asked her in Spanish what had happened, her reply was simply, “Now no one will take him from me.”

Lucian Chalfen, a spokes-man for the Westchester Coun-ty District Attorney’s office,

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“Hora del Cuento”Join the library for the once a month Spanish

story time consisting of stories, songs and crafts for children with a caregiver. No registration required. The library is located at 136 Prospect Ave. Mamaroneck.

Papier-mâché decorative bowls

Open to middle and high school aged teensTwo part workshop:Monday Dec. 22 at 2 p.m. come and make

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For more information or to register call the Teen Room at 630-5875.

The Center for Continuing Education Millennials jump start job search

The Center for Continuing Education in Mamaroneck is offering a “Job Search Boot Camp for Millennials” — a fast-paced, two-day workshop designed to help college students and recent graduates package and promote them-selves for the work world. Scheduled during most college students’ winter break, it will fo-cus on helping young adults connect their in-terests and skills with specific careers. Resume

development and networking will also be taught. The workshop, scheduled for Jan. 8 and 15, will be led by experienced career advisor, Allison Cheston, who has led numerous work-shops for Millennials. The Center will also be offering adults an in-depth three-part class on using LinkedIn, and a class called “Reboot Your Career.” For further information and to register, please visit LMCCE.org or call 698-9126.

Larchmont Public Library

Connelly reads the timeless classic by Charles Dickens, “A Christmas Carol,” in what has be-come an annual tradition at the Larchmont Pub-lic Library. No holiday season can be complete without attending this performance.

Create your own gingerbread houseGet ready for the holidays by making an ed-

ible work of art. This event is for children ages 8 to 11 and will take place on, Tuesday, Dec. 16 at 3:30 p.m. Registration is required.

“It’s a Wonderful Life”Rob Goldstone presents the book and movie,

“It’s a Wonderful Life” on Wednesday, Dec. 17 at 2:30 p.m.

Goldstone presents director Frank Capra’s 1946 classic bittersweet comedy/drama about George Bailey (James Stewart), the eternally-in-debt guiding force of a bank in the typical American small town of Bedford Falls. The sto-ry tells of an angel who helps the compassion-ate but despairingly frustrated Bailey by show-ing what life would have been like if he never existed. This film is not yet rated.

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accommodate your listing. Please send all items to [email protected].

The Mamaroneck library has installed a new wireless and mobile printing service. This new service enables users to print documents, pho-tos and more from their own computer or mo-bile device using the printeron app or website. In order to print, you need to choose your print location, provide your email address and come to the library within four hours to print your document. Go to the site at mamaronecklibrary.org/mobile_printing.html to access the service.

The cost for printing remains the same: 15 cents per page for black and white prints or 35 cents per page if you want to print in color. For additional information, please call the reference desk at 630-5887 or go the website at mamaronecklibrary.org. You may also contact the libray by calling 698-1250. The library is located at 136 Prospect Ave. in Mamaroneck.

“Mamaroneck library crafternoons”Thursday, Dec. 18 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Presenting Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” with Frank Connelly

Monday, Dec. 15 at 7 p.m. Librarian Frank


Town passes sewer use fee SEWER RENTAL FAST FACTSS

90% of properties affected by law

Fee will take effect in September 2015

Average cost per taxpayer is $51.13

By ALINA SURIELStaff Writer

Business owners and resi-dents of the unincorporated portion of the Town of Ma-maroneck will soon be sub-ject to a new law passed on Dec. 3 which changes the way they pay for the maintenance and operating expenses of the town’s sanitary sewers.

A fee will be charged to cover sewage maintenance based on how much water is consumed in each residence and commercial property, in-stead of the current system of including the charges as part of yearly taxes paid by prop-erty owners.

Town Administrator Steve Altieri explained to the Review one of the major reasons for the law was to ensure that those who use more water are paying a proportionate amount.

“If you think about it, it’s a fairer way of apportioning the fee,” Altieri said, explain-ing that people will be able to control the amount they pay by limiting their usage.

Altieri said the second ben-efit was the law would be a way for the town to generate additional revenue outside of property taxes.

According to Altieri, a Dem-ocrat, the revenue generated by sewer rentals will cut the tax levy by approximately $70,500 in the 2015 budget.The difference in revenue will only lower the tax rate by around half a percent.

“We’re in an environment where we have to operate within a tax cap,” Altieri said. “This is one way to keep the town within the cap, to use fees and charges instead of property taxes.”

The rate will be set annu-ally by the town and will be measured by cost per gallon or cubic feet of water. The amount of the cost will be determined by dividing the total revenue needed to oper-ate the sewer system by the total water consumption for the unincorporated section of the town. According to Altieri, the sewer budget for 2014 was $235,000, which

is comparable to the amount the town will need to raise through fees.

Property owners will be given a 10 percent discount and only billed for 90 percent of their actual water use. Ac-cording to preliminary esti-mates, town officials expect a $51.13 per year on average sewer rent bill for residential property owners.

The mandate will affect around 90 percent of prop-erties in the unincorporated town, which has a population of 11,977, according to the 2010 census.

Although tax-exempt prop-erties and organizations were not charged for their water us-age under the previous meth-od of collection, they will be subject to the sewer rental fee. Most of these properties in town are connected to the public sanitary sewer system, although a few properties have septic tanks instead.

The first billing reflecting the new law will be sent out in the fourth and final fiscal quarter of 2015, around the

end of September, according to Altieri.

The town administrator said Westchester Joint Water Works, will be in charge of billing the sewer rent charge and that charges will be added onto a property owner’s cur-rent water bill. Westchester Joint Water Works is a non-profit public benefit corpora-tion which operates the water systems of its three member municipalities consisting of the Village of Mamaroneck, the Town of Mamaroneck and the Town/Village of Harrison.

Numbers from the water works put the average resi-dential home’s water usage at 100,000 gallons annually. Use of water in commercial prop-erties is much more variable as certain businesses, such as those in the food service in-dustry, use significantly more than others.

In a presentation at the town board meeting of Dec. 4, Altieri pointed out that other nearby municipalities have switched from a tax to a fee-based billing system, includ-ing Port Chester, Scarsdale and White Plains, and that it is under consideration in the Vil-lage of Mamaroneck as well.

Scarsdale Village Admin-istrator Alfred Gatta said that unlike Mamaroneck officials, who emphasized the equitable aspects of their law, leaders in Scarsdale had mostly fiscal mo-tivations for making the change. The main focus of the initiative in Scarsdale was to cover costs associated with its efforts to comply with imperatives is-sued by state and federal agen-cies to regulate discharge from systems which may cause prob-lems to water treatment plants and ecosystems in the Long Island Sound.

“What we have to do is have more resources on an an-nual basis to better maintain our system collection system, to make repairs when needed and to continue a long range problem we have of insuring the integrity of the sanitary sewer system, that it remains closed and doesn’t take on any extraneous water,” Gatta said.

Seligson said that just as in Scarsdale, funds collected from sewer rentals will also eventually be used to re-pair sewers in town, as her community is under similar pressures.

“When we come with that situation we would use it in the same way,” she said. “That whole issue of inflow and in-filtration in the pipe system is a major issue for all of the municipalities.”

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Walking through Westchester’s WonderlandBy JOHN BRANDI

Staff Writer

Westchester’s very own “Winter Wonderland” will captivate residents of all ages, as the inaugural event illumi-nates Valhalla’s Kensico Dam.

But Westchester County has big shoes to fill if it looks to capture the magic of Manhat-tan’s iconic Rockefeller Cen-ter and Bryant Park a la winter time.

The Valhalla event boasts 2.5 million LED lights, mak-ing it the largest light show in the Hudson Valley region. The centerpiece is a one-hour long continuous show choreo-graphed to holiday music.

Peter Tartaglia, deputy com-missioner of the Westchester

moved around and it’s possible that snow will fall on the dam in the years to come.

Meanwhile, the magic doesn’t stop with the light show, as kids are encouraged to take “selfies with Santa,” rent ice skates for the outdoor rink and ride the “Wonderland Ex-press,” an amusement borrowed from neighboring Playland.

Adults can also join in on the fun with tents catering to wine and beer lovers and holiday shopping, in the shoppers’ tent.

Joanne Fernandez, board chairwoman of the Friends of Westchester County Parks, wants this to be a place free of stress, where families can enjoy a “month of fun.”

“Winter Wonderland is in-tended to give families a break from the stress and hassle that often comes with this time of year by offering them a local op-portunity to embrace the holiday season,” Fernandez said.

County Parks Department, said planning and implemen-tation of this wonderland was relatively quick, from order-ing the lights in the summer to finding sponsors, like West-chester Medical Center, in the fall.

“We realized that there isn’t anything in Westchester like this, and we wanted to create something in our parks system that would be iconic and origi-nal, and something we could do for years to come,” Tarta-

glia said. “Kensico Dam Plaza is our central park. This was the place to do it.”

Dianna Carvajal, who was watching the kids she was with ice skate, said wonderland was a wonderful idea and a perfect opportunity to enjoy the Ken-sico grounds in the offseason.

Sophia Higdon, 13, said her favorite part of the attraction was the ice skating rink and the bright lights that seem inviting to residents.

“I like the lights because they’re really pretty,” Higdon said. “[They’re] very notice-able from far down, and it makes you want to come here.”

Though he wants the first “Winter Wonderland” to be something special, Tartaglia is already looking ahead and figuring out how to keep this spectacle exciting and fresh on a yearly basis. He said things that don’t work will be cut, some attractions may be

Santa takes a break as he awaits his next good boy or girl. Photos/Bobby Begun

Visitors to Winter Wonderland can even ride the Wonderland Express, an amusement ride that is being borrowed from Playland for the holiday destination point.

Does anyone want a makeover? Christine DiBuno was available for holiday face painting as part of the program.

A magnificent display of Christmas lights are visible throughout the grounds of Kensico Dam’s Winter Wonderland.

Sarah Resner, a seasonal employee of wonderland, said the light show is stunning and that most people are drawn to it. However, she said since most of the display and activi-ties are outdoors, inclement weather does affect the turnout during the week.

Still, Tartaglia said on its first weekend, foot traffic at the wonderland reached rough-ly 3,000 people. The deputy commissioner said that doesn’t even include pre-purchased tickets, which accounted for about another 6,000 guests.

According to Tartaglia, money generated from the wintertime endeavor will go to the Friends of Westchester County Parks. Tartaglia said when a “break even” point is reached with the money, the balance will then go toward a project “deemed necessary” at the Kensico Dam, and that may include initiatives like a tree replacement program.

The event runs Wednesdays through Sundays, from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. except Fridays and Saturdays where it’s extended until 11 p.m. After Dec. 17, it will run continuously through-out the week and weekend un-til Jan. 4.

Tickets can be purchased ahead of time at wwinter-wonderland.com or on-site for $10 for regular admis-sion. Children under the age of three enter for free.



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the start of the pour at approx-imately 8:15 a.m.

Deerkoski also noted that the welded wire fabric, which serves as the concrete’s metal reinforcement during the pour, wasn’t properly supported and was picked up when the concrete began to cure. The removal of the welded wire fabrics “obviously disturbed the curing and the final per-formance of the overlay,” Deerkoski said in the report.

He added in his findings that “the pour shouldn’t have been allowed to start. The con-tractor should have known bet-ter. WSP who was at the site certainly should have.”

Amidst the many initial faults of the project, the vil-lage is still discussing whether to pursue litigation against the contractors, Arben, who also broke a sewer line in March of last year. After Arben’s ac-cidental break in the sewer line, which caused three mil-

lion gallons of raw sewage to leak into the Mamaroneck River, the village was left with a $17,000 fine from the New York State Department of En-vironmental Conservation.

The village has since rem-edied the cracks but the pe-destrian guard rails are still below the required height as designed by WSP. The cur-rent guard rails, which are highlighted by orange netting covering it, measure around 35 inches tall, which is below the 42 inches of height required to comply with safety standards for pedestrian-use bridges ac-cording to the state transporta-tion department.

“During the process, the drawing is created and it’s run through all kinds of people looking at it,” Cowley said of the common practices of con-struction. “It goes through the designer, goes through town officials who have their own consultants. A lot of people

would’ve probably reviewed the design or drawings.”

When asked why the guard rails are at the incorrect height, Slingerland said the village had received a letter from the Army Corps of Engineers in 2009 advising that the pro-tective walls alongside the bridge’s upper should be open and low as possible to not trap debris from extreme flooding conditions. However, the vil-lage manager added that even though the letter was taken into consideration, it doesn’t negate the current requirements of height for the guard rails.

According to Slingerland, the village is looking to cor-rect the guard rails as soon as possible, but is waiting on quotes from WSP. Afterwards, the new rails would be manu-factured and installed after meeting the correct codes and requirements.


BRIDGE from page 1

The village closed off the Jefferson Avenue Bridge on Nov. 25 to allow for the sealing of cracks on the bridge’s wear surface, but still needs to address the bridge’s guard rails that do not meet code. Photo/Jackson Chen




Slingerland said. “All those old lines have as much leakage, possibly more, as the mains.”

Frequently, homeowners unknowingly have their wa-ter pumps and drains lead-ing clean water into the vil-lage’s storm drains meant for waste water. Fresh water from homes is then channeled in with the sewage, exacerbating the already struggling old pipe infrastructure.

To address the additional pressure from private proper-ties, the village will be con-ducting home inspections for the Orienta neighborhood, made up predominately of one family homes, which is the highest-risk area for improp-er private line connections. Slingerland added that the DEC is expecting all homes in the village to eventually be checked. A 20-minute in-spection includes consultants from Arcadis, an engineering firm, checking a resident’s basement sump pumps and foundation drains to make

sure they don’t connect to the sanitary sewers.

The excessive amount of fresh water being churned throughout the system can also cause cracks and breaks in the main and manholes spewing out sewage. The sewage then washes around, deteriorat-ing the quality of water in the village.

“There’s just too much wa-ter in the system,” said Tracy Brown, director of Save the Sound, a nonprofit organiza-tion working to improve water conditions around the Long Island Sound. “We got to get all that excess water out to get rid of the overflow and that will help with the pollution problem.”

Brown, alongside some vol-unteer residents, conducted water quality testing through samplings of various areas of the village. The results showed high spikes of fe-cal contamination in Beaver Swamp Brook, Guion Creek and the East Basin of Mama-roneck Harbor.

“[The spikes] tell you that

at the moment you’re sam-pling, there’s some kind of source nearby or there’s sew-age that’s moving down-stream,” Brown said.

The director of the envi-ronmental nonprofit said she’s working on several actions to recommend to the village, including tracking down the sources of pollution. Slinger-land said that the village’s Il-legal Discharge Detection and Elimination program is focus-ing efforts on Beaver Swamp Brook and the Otter Creek area, which showed high lev-els of contaminants.

“We’re trying to find those illegal discharges that seem to be happening in certain areas, but we don’t have specific lo-cations,” Slingerland said.

While the village works to investigate and correct dis-charges, the village manager is also looking into a capital plan with a $350,000 budget over the next five years to reinforce the village’s sewer lines to ad-dress the overflow issues.


WATER from page 1

The overflowing manhole at the intersection of Rushmore and Bleeker avenues, seen here on Dec. 9, is a common symptom of the excessive overflow of water in the village’s sanitary system. Photo/Jackson Chen


A mixed year for holiday shoppingBy MARISSA PENN

Staff Writer

Black Friday through Christ-mas is traditionally when Am- ericans do most of their shop-ping and retail stores are busier than ever. But in hard economic times and with an increased trend in online shopping, retail has taken a hit.

According to a survey by the National Retail Federation, overall shopper traffic from Thanksgiving Day through Sunday, Nov. 30 dropped 5.2 percent from 2013 total shop-ping, including multiple trips by the same shopper, which was also down that weekend by more than 15 million shoppers.

The National Retail Federa-tion estimated that total spend-ing is expected to reach $50.9 billion by the end of the year, which is down from last year’s sales of $57.4 billion.

The same was true in New York where the Retail Council of New York reported that Black Friday sales fell between six and eight percent from last year, but Ted Potrikus, president of the

Retail Council, cautioned people from reading too much into the report as sales are not over yet for the holiday season.

In Westchester County, how-ever, this year’s results have been a mixed bag.

According to Robert Wood-row, of Woodrow Jewelers on Rye’s Purchase Street, he has noticed the difference in the retail market this year as both online purchases and the on-going economic strife have contributed to an entirely dif-ferent climate for shopping.

“It hasn’t really been that crazy yet this year,” he told

the Review. “There’s been a difference in how people are doing their shopping. People are coming out later in the season to start their shopping. Whereas, they used to start in September for the holidays.”

The jewelry store, which has been run by Woodrow for 30 years along with his broth-er, is nonetheless doing busi-ness as usual and does well with a loyal client base.

Their hottest item that’s fly-ing off the shelves, according to Woodrow, is the “Mighty Purse,” which charges your cell phone as you use it. It is

The Westchester mall in White Plains had one of its biggest Black Friday crowds in recent memory, according to a Simon Group representative. Photo courtesy Simon Group

The holiday display at Woodrow Jewelers on Purchase Street in Rye. Photo courtesy Robert Woodrow

selling for $120, complete with the adapter.

According to Woodrow, to be successful nowadays it is important to keep up with the times. He maintains the store’s Facebook page with consistent updates and has a store web-site in which customers can also make purchases.

Also in Rye, the local con-signment shop, Rhythm in Rye Too, has been doing well, according to owner Renee Drummond.

“We rocked the house and had our best day ever on Black

Friday,” Drummond said. According to Drummond, the

store made in one day what it usually makes in one month.

Dusty Rose, in the Rye Ridge shopping center in Rye Brook has been open for 25 years and sells women’s clothing and un-dergarments, with a local clien-tele that the store workers know on a first name basis.

Store manager Marilyn Wei- ssman said this season has been a “roller coaster ride” because some days are hectic while others are dead.

“People are being very care-

ful and very cautious,” Weiss-man said. “Our business is solid, but I don’t think we’ve seen an increase in holiday shopping.”

In Mamaroneck, Siren Bou-tique, a jewelry, accessories and clothing store, is having its best year in the boutique’s history.

“Black Friday is not nor-mally a day for us here, but it was our best Black Friday since we have opened and it will be our 13th Christmas,” owner Maria DeLeonardo said. “I am thankful we have had a fantastic season so far.”

According to DeLeonardo, Siren’s Christmas rush hasn’t happened yet.

At The Westchester and Galleria malls, owned and op-erated by the Simon Group, on Friday, Nov. 28, commonly known as Black Friday, the parking lots were at capacity at both locations in downtown White Plains.

“It was definitely a bigger crowd than last year—the big-gest crowd I’ve seen in many years, actually,” said Paula Kelliher, area director of mall marketing for The Westchester and Galleria.

The Westchester opened at 7 a.m. this year on Black Fri-day and there were “non-stop crowds” to take advantage of the huge sales, according to Kel-liher. Many stores, including the Gap, Banana Republic and Hol-lister offered 50 percent off.



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Calls to Saad Siddiqui, Mor-gado’s legal aid attorney, were not returned as of press time.


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Rotary presents award to MHS students Emily Holzberg, Sydney

Farrell and Paulina Paras, Mamaroneck High School se-niors and heads of the Back-yard Sports Cares Community Club were honored with the Blum Award by the Larch-mont Rotary Club. For the past two years, the girls have successfully run an enthusi-astic club that provides one-on-one peer mentor support to special needs children in the Mamaroneck School Dis-trict through programs run by Backyard Sports Cares, BYSC.

Backyard Sports Cares, a Westchester-based nonprofit that provides quality team oriented sports programs for both under served and special needs children has partnered with local high schools like MHS to provide community building partnerships.

On Friday afternoons in winter and spring, many members of the MHS club, which total more than 100 stu-dents, volunteer as peer men-tors to special needs children in the district playing ten-

nis, soccer and baseball with BYSC coaches leading the way. Some members also help teach tennis to underserved youth in White Plains and Port Chester. The formula is simple and a win-win for all; bring sports enthusiasts to-gether with children that need a little extra help and see the results….a better understand-ing between these groups and a feeling of success and ac-complishment by all involved.

Carol Schleffler, who is in charge of the MHS club felt these girls deserved to be rec-ognized. “Through my years of doing this, I have never seen anything like this kind of dedication. They are change agents, helping to build rela-tionships with these kids and benefiting our community as a whole,” she said.

The Blum Award was start-ed by Max Blum’s widow Helene after Max’s death in 1985. Its purpose was to con-tinue Max’s keen interest in the youth of his community by honoring a person(s) who un-selfishly and creatively made

a difference locally and thus exemplified the Rotary prin-ciple of “Service over Self.”

In 2010, the Larchmont Rotary decided to establish a direct connection with Ma-maroneck High School by re-defining the Blum award to focus exclusively on youth at the high school.

Backyard Sports Cares, a nonprofit division of Back-yard Sports is the leading provider of community team sports programs for kids of all ages in Westchester Coun-ty. Established in 2005, Back-yard Sports is committed to replacing today’s “win at all costs” mentality of youth sports with an approach that promotes increased self-con-fidence and a lifetime love of sports while maximizing the athletic potential of each participant. Backyard Sports Cares was created to bring these ideals to children who have limited access to tradi-tional youth sports programs, including children with spe-cial needs. Founded in 2007, BYSC has touched the lives

of more than 4,000 chil-dren in Westchester neigh-borhoods including Mama-

roneck, Mount Vernon, New Rochelle, Port Chester, White Plains and Yonkers. Please

visit the website at byard-sportscares.org, or call 304-4052. (Submitted)

From left to right, Paulina Paras, Emily Holzberg, Sydney Farrell, presidents of the Mamaroneck High School Backyard Sports Cares Community Club. Other people in the picture are representatives from the Larchmont Rotary and Backyard Sports Cares. Contributed photo


You can make a menorahBy SARA LIBEROW

Partnering with Chabad cen-ters in Westchester, major hard-ware store The Home Depot, will bring Chanukah crafts to New Rochelle. Surrounded by piles of lumber, the smell of sawdust and the bustle of the large hardware store, kids will create DIY Chanukah meno-rahs out of wood.

Accompanied by a parent, the children will don aprons, make menorahs from prepared cut wood, paint their creations and insert candle holders. The menorah will be lit dur-ing Chanukah, which begins on the night of Dec. 16, and Chabad provides instructional literature and safety handouts to go with.

“The kids are going to love the menorahs that they create on their own, they’ll treasure it and they will be able to feel

more involved in the holiday,” Chana Silberstein, program di-rector at Chabad of Larchmont & Mamaroneck said of the up-coming event.

Unique to the program, she points out, is that parents won’t just drop their kids off; they will participate and get involved with their children.

At a time when many towns are illuminated by seasonal hol-iday displays, Jewish families welcome a Chanukah event.

“In a place like New York, the amount of holiday activity is overwhelming for a Jewish family. When they see a Jewish event is going on, it is exciting for them,” Silberstein said.

Partnering with the Home Depot gives families who may not participate in traditional synagogue activities the op-portunity to prepare for and celebrate the Chanukah festi-val within their own comfort

zone, in a familiar store, and meeting others who are doing the same thing.

The event will take place on Sunday, Dec. 14, at the Home Depot, 55 Weyman Ave. in New Rochelle. So as not to overcrowd the store and to leave room for the regular shoppers, the Home Depot will be offering two shifts, one at 1:30 p.m., and the other at 3 p.m. Space is very limited and advanced registration is required. This event is a project of Alef Bet Preschool, Chabad of Larch-mont & Mamaroneck, Chabad of Pelham, Chabad of Scars-dale, and Chabad of West-chester, and is sponsored by The Home Depot. This event is free of charge. For more information about the event, and to register online, visit jewishlarchmont.com/chanu-kah2014. (Submitted)

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Westchester budget impacts Playland

By CHRIS EBERHARTStaff Writer

Westchester County leg-islators said the $1.75 bil-lion county budget for 2015 wasn’t perfect, but nonethe-less passed it by a 10-7 vote. With the budget’s adoption, comes the first Playland mar-keting increase in funding in the past 27 years along with a sign of hesitancy on the part of a majority of legislators to be-ing tied to a 2015 deadline for a new park operator.

County Legislator Cath-erine Parker, a Rye Democrat who voted against the budget, has been campaigning to in-crease the marketing expendi-ture for Playland, the county-owned amusement park, since spring of last year when she proposed a bill that would’ve upped it by $200,000, but the bill was shot down by the Re-publicans in the county’s Bud-get and Appropriations Com-mittee.

More recently, Parker again proposed an increase in mar-keting for 2015 during this year’s budget deliberations; this time she urged the Board of Legislators to double the $550,000 that was originally budgeted in Republican Coun-ty Executive Rob Astorino’s spending plan, which was re-leased in early November.

Surprisingly, Playland’s marketing expenses has hov-ered around $600,000 dating back to 1988.

Parker said the marketing money could be used for tele-vision advertisements to attract more non-Westchester visitors.

Although Parker requested an additional $600,000, the Board of Legislators agreed to an increase of only $300,000.

Parker said it was a “signifi-cant increase even though it

wasn’t everything I hoped for, but we are certainly going in the right direction.”

Peter Tartaglia, deputy commissioner of the West-chester County Parks and Recreation Department, said it’s too early to know what the department’s advertise-ment strategy is but said, “Any advertisement money we get we’ll use to reach as broad a net as we can.”

In addition to marketing increases, Parker negotiated a $500,000 investment in capi-tal improvement projects for Playland to restore some of the aging infrastructure and chipped paint. That money was included in the capital projects portion of the budget.

Tartaglia said, in recent years, the county used money to restore the bathhouse on the boardwalk, restore the main boardwalk after Hurricane Sandy and fix the Ice Casino roof. This year, he said, the money will most likely go to-wards general infrastructure.

County investments in marketing and capital proj-ects were steps forward, but Parker felt the county took a step back by removing the projected $4.3 million in rev-enue the county would poten-tially receive from a future Playland park operator. The revenue item was deleted from the budget by a 9 to 8 vote of the Board of Legislators, with Democrats Mike Kaplowitz, of Yorktown, and Virginia Per-ez, of Yonkers, voting along-side Republicans to delete the projected revenue.

Although there is currently no operator in place for Play-land—and won’t be until af-ter the a consultant’s report is completed by the end of December—Parker said in-cluding the projected revenue,

which she called a “conserva-tive number,” would’ve forced the county to “roll up its sleeves” to ensure there’s an operator in place for next year.

“[The projected revenue] acts as a mandate from the Board of Legislators to make sure Playland has a new opera-tor by the 2015 season,” Parker told the Review. “It would’ve been a good gesture of faith. [After it was voted down] I fear there might not be a part-nership in place for 2015, but I hope my fears don’t come to fruition.”

Legislator John Testa, a Cortlandt Republican and mi-nority leader, said the Repub-licans want to see a public/private partnership in place for next year but including the revenue without selecting an operator first is “troubling.”

“The revenue has no basis of reality at this particular time,” Testa said. “There’s no agreement in place. We haven’t even selected an op-erator, even though we all know we need to do that, and hopefully we’ll do that early in 2015.”

The Board of Legislators and the county administration are currently waiting for its re-port from consultant Dan Bie-derman, a renowned developer best known for his redevelop-ment of Bryant Park in New York City. Biederman was paid $20,000 a month for five months to guide the county in its next step for Playland’s potential redevelopment after Sustainable Playland, Inc., a local nonprofit, pulled its pro-posal amidst threats of law-suits and criticisms of the plan.

Biederman’s report is ex-pected sometime during the week of Christmas.


The recently-approved Westchester County 2015 budget includes a $300,000 increase in marketing for Rye Playland. But the budget excludes projected, potential revenue of $4.3 million from a future Playland park operator. File photo

Rye Arts Center announces Harper auction

At the age of 98, Irving Harper is ready to enter the art market. In a gesture of gener-ous support for The Rye Arts Center, Harper has agreed to donate for auction one of his whimsical, never before seen paper sculptures. This is the first time that a Harper sculp-ture has ever been made avail-able for sale by the publicity-shy design genius.

Widely recognized for his mid-century designs while working for the George Nel-son Office, Harper is less well known for the innovative works of paper that he created in his personal time. A se-lection of these creations are now found at the RAC gallery in an exhibition that opened in September, and has since had its closing date extended twice due to popular demand.

“Irving Harper: A Mid-Cen-tury Mind at Play” opened to rave reviews and continues to attract art lovers of all ages. It closes Jan. 24, 2015.

With a collection that num-bers more than 400, Harper personally selected a colorful and vibrant snake to be the first, and perhaps only, of his works to make its way into the art market. The sculpture is comprised of hundreds of hand cut paper diamond shapes, en-circled within a plexiglass case that Harper created specifically for the piece. The whimsical serpent currently sits proudly in the center of the Rye Arts Center gallery, ready for view-ing.

“This moment in art history is not lost on me,” said Helen Gates, the arts center’s execu-tive director. “Mr. Harper is a

creative genius. The first-time auction of any artist’s work is always exciting, and to have it happen here at The Rye Arts Center is an honor. We are grateful for Irving’s generos-ity and all that it will make possible for our gallery and outreach programs.”

The live auction of the Harper serpent will take place during a celebratory cocktail party on Saturday, Jan. 10 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at The Rye Arts Center’s 51 Milton Road location in Rye. Sealed bid submissions will be ac-cepted through Jan. 7. Details on the event, ticket price, and auction information may be found on the RAC website, ryeartscenter.org, or by con-tacting Helen Gates at 967-0700, ext. 27, or [email protected]. (Submitted)

This colorful snake will be the first work of Irving Harper’s auctioned off. Photo/Katharine Dufault

18 • THE MAMARONECK REVIEW • December 12, 2014 SPORTS

Is it spring yet? Just thought I’d ask.

It hasn’t been a great couple of months for area sports fans. In fact, it’s been downright terrible.

Unless you happen to be a New York Islanders fan, you probably haven’t gotten a whole lot of enjoyment from New York City’s professional sports teams as of late. The Giants are dreadful. The Jets are even worse. The Rangers are mired around .500 and the Knicks? Let’s just say that Phil Jackson’s tenure as team presi-dent is off to a less than auspi-cious start.

So aside from heading to the Westchester County Center to see the Knicks’ D-League team play a more inspired version of roundball than their NBA coun-terparts, what can area fans do

Hope in a bleak winterto keep warm during these long winter months?

Maybe they can huddle around the hot stove.

The MLB winter meetings kicked off this week, and with it came the first hint of spring. I always look forward to the hot stove season, almost as much as I look forward to opening day, because it represents the time when sports fans can traffic in their greatest currency: hope.

And for our local teams, it’s an interesting time.

For years, Mets fans have had April 2015 circled on their calendars. This is the year, say Mets officials, that the Amazins will start to turn things around. With a glut of good, young pitching, the Mets finally have the arms to be contenders and enough of a surplus to trade for the bat they’ve sorely been lacking. Michael Cuddyer is a nice get, but not the marquee slugger the team needs.

Over the next few weeks,

we’ll get the chance to see the 2015 team take shape as we’ll see if trade pieces like Dillon Gee or Noah Syndergaard can net the Mets a haul that will al-low them to compete with the Nationals for an NL East title.

The Yankees too, have some moves to make in the new land-scape of baseball.

With Jeter retired, the Bomb-ers have tabbed youngster Didi Gregorius (a name I won’t mind hearing WFAN host Mike Fran-cesa mangle for the next couple of years) as a replacement.

But what else will they do? Will they make a splash by

signing former Red Sox ace Jon Lester?

Will they break the bank for Max Scherzer? Anything is possible.

And that’s what makes the winter meetings such a great time for sports fans. Block-buster deals, surprise free agent signings, even the most cyni-cal fan among us goes into this

Knicks’ team president Phil Jackson, left, takes in a D-League game at the Westchester County Center on Dec. 3. Outside of the play of the Westchester Knicks, pro teams haven’t given local fans much to cheer about lately. Contributed Photo

time of year with the belief that a few shrewd moves will have his or her team contending for a title next season.

And in the face of another eight-completion game from Geno Smith, a little hope can sure go a long way.

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Tigers off to hot startBy MIKE SMITHSports Editor

After an uncharacteristic down year in 2013-14, it would appear that the Mamaroneck Tigers are up to their old tricks this winter. After a pair of big wins over the weekend, the perennial Section I power is currently 4-0 on the season and looking to continue their current trend as they gear up to face some non-conference teams in the coming days.

The Tigers showed their flair for the dramatic this weekend with a come-from-behind overtime win against Ithaca on Dec. 5 and a last-minute 2-1 win over Rye the following night.

In both games, differ-ent skaters stepped up at key points for the Tigers. Against the Lil’ Red on Friday, Jason Bienstock tied the game at 2-2 with just 1:59 remaining in the third period before giving Mamaroneck the win with an overtime goal.

Against the Garnets on Satur-day night, it was Will Arbo with the game-winner, which came with just 49 seconds to play.

“Friday night, coming from behind to win in OT and then

coming back and beating Rye the next day, that is a chemis-try builder,” Tiger coach Mike Chiapparelli said. “Last year, we didn’t win these types of games, but the guys are learn-

ing how to do it.”With 11 starters returning

from last year’s 10-11-1 team, Chiapparelli has been pleased with the growth of the squad, both from a physical and men-

tal standpoint. “They worked hard in the

offseason,” Chiapparelli said. “And we’ve got guys stepping up, taking new roles with the team.”

The head coach has been impressed so far with the play of sophomore goalie Tom Spe-ro, who posted two early shut-out wins as the Tigers cruised to a tournament win in Alba-ny to open up the season last week.

“He’s another guy who has grown up,” Chiapparelli said. “Now he’s got nine starts un-der his belt and he’s a solid, steady goaltender.”

Mamaroneck’s 3-0 win over Shaker/Colonie to claim the tourney championship on Nov. 29 was also a milestone win for the longtime coach, marking his 400th career vic-tory. After the game, Tiger players surprised Chiapaprelli and assistant Artie Bruno with a game puck signed by the members of the team.

The victory makes Chiap-parelli one of just five coaches in the state to tally 400 wins.

“It’s just four other coaches, so it’s high company,” Chiap-parelli said. “To be able to reach it and win the tourna-

ment was great because the kids all worked so hard to do that.”

The Tigers will head up-state for another tournament this weekend and will take on a tough Shenendehowa club on Dec. 12 at 7:45 p.m.

“We’ve already had two emotional wins and I think that gives our guys confi-dence,” the head coach said. “We just need to work on fin-ishing earlier in games.”


Ben Shapiro brings the puck down around the boards on Dec. 6. The Tigers are currently 4-0 on the season.

Will Kirk controls the puck in the offensive zone against Rye on Dec. 6. Kirk, a junior, is one of the Tigers’ top returnees this year.

Senior defenseman Ryan LeBlanc looks for an open teammate. The Tigers beat the Garnets 2-1 on a last minute goal.

Jason Bienstock plays the puck behind the net against the Garnets. Bienstock’s two goals put Mamaroneck on top against Ithaca on Dec. 5. Photos/Mike Smith


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