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permit continued on page 12

Unkenholz said. “They were very gracious and looking to see whatever way they could [to] support my ministry and my family as well.”

Praying and spending time with the clergy since then, the reverend said he has seen first hand the “warmth, welcom-ing nature and integrity” of the Trinity church. He believes resi-dents would “benefit greatly” from Trinity having a permanent home in Purchase.

The church is proposing to erect a 19,200-square-foot ad-dition onto its pre-existing 6,800-square-foot 1927 Tudor-style home located on Anderson Hill Road. The enhanced church

grounds would sit on nearly 6.5 acres of land and span three lots, 526-530 Anderson Hill Road. The plan also calls for the addi-tion of an eastern facing drive-way feeding out to the main road and 130 new parking spots for the church’s congregation.

Lead Pastor Wayne Fran-cis, of the White Plains-based Authentic Church, had his own trouble finding suitable space for his congregation. In the four years of operation, he said the church had to move three times.

“I understand the benefits of having a permanent location to increase the stability of a con-gregation, and by default, better invest in the community,” Fran-

cis said. Francis echoed Unkenholz

statement about the charitable nature of Trinity’s congregation and said the church’s pastors were accessible and reached out to Francis during a difficult time.

“I am confident that the same generosity and warmth they have extended to me and my congre-gation, will be wholeheartedly transferred to their new surround-ing area,” Francis said.

However, some residents wanted to make it clear that this wasn’t about Trinity being a church, but more about the traffic and other logistics

Religious leaders defend Trinity expansion

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By JOHn BrAnDi Staff Writer

Trinity Presbyterian Church was once again before Harri-son’s Planning Board for resi-dents to comment on its pro-posed expansion, only this time, local religious leaders came to the institution’s defense.

Rev. Thomas Unkenholz, of Harrison Presbyterian Church, said when he first arrived and set up his congregation 16 years ago, many in the community were supportive of his endeavor, including Trinity.

“[Trinity] didn’t see my church as competitors, but they saw us in a very collegial way,”

By JOHn BrAnDiStaff Writer

Emotions ran high at the Dec. 4 Harrison Town Council meeting over a proposed resi-dential parking system, due to what both residents and coun-cilmembers charge was a dis-semination of misinformation and misunderstandings.

About 60 residents flocked to the municipal building on Heineman Place, mostly to air their grievances over un-certainties regarding the pro-posed local law, which in-cluded questions about a fee for the permit, visitor parking and the number of spaces al-lowed for non-residents in the system’s boundary.

As it was proposed, the local law for a residential parking system would allow residents to obtain a parking permit to park on residential streets that bisect both sides of the Metro-North Harri-son train station. The streets within the boundary were pre-viously determined by New York State in the mid-1990s, and the town board said at the public hearing that it can’t be changed unless it receives state approval.

According to a draft of the law, the residential streets identified have been inundat-ed with non-resident vehicles thus creating “traffic hazards, congestion and air and noise pollution.”

The confusion began when residents thought they would have to pay a cost for the per-mit. However, the board want-ed to make it clear, at the hear-ing, they wouldn’t propose a

Uproar over permit proposalfee if the local law, proposed as Chapter 193 in the town code, moves forward.

The language in the draft, which hasn’t been updated and remains visible on the town’s website, has fee lan-guage in it, as of press time.

Village Attorney Jonathan Kraut admitted there was “fee language” in front of the board, but that those types of words would be stricken from the next draft. Still, the board has maintained that the stipu-lation of no fee was always in place and was made public.

However, when a public hearing of the draft of the law was set for Nov. 6, some in the community immediately took offense, such as resident Rob-ert Porto, who still maintains that the “law should be dead.”

At the Nov. 6 town board meeting, Porto mentioned the inclusion of a fee three times yet was not told otherwise by any member on the Town Council.

Councilman Joseph Can-nella, a Republican, said he wasn’t sure when the an-nouncement of no fee was made public, but said Mayor Ron Belmont, a Republican, had been answering such in-quires in emails. Therefore, the councilman said he be-lieves the provision of no fee was “reasonably well known.”

Karen Moro, of Danner Av-enue, said the only way she found out more information about the local law and subse-quent public hearing was from Porto’s mailing to her home. She said finding out that way,

Westchester County launched its Winter Wonderland holiday showcase at the Kensico Damn in late November. The seasonal event runs through the begining of January. For story, see page 6. Photo/Bobby Begun

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By AlinA surielStaff Writer

The 2015 budget was adopt-ed by a unanimous vote on Dec. 4 with not even a single question from the town board or mem-bers of the public in attendance.

“The board felt that all the work was done,” said Town Comptroller Maureen Macken-zie. “This was what they want-ed and they felt comfortable passing this as the budget.”

The total spending listed in the budget was raised to $45.4 million, an increase of $111,294 over the tentative budget, bring-ing the total budget-to-budget spending up 1.93 percent from this year’s budget.

The tax rate was raised slightly to 1.986 in the adopted version of the budget, which puts the dollar increase at $6.49 for every $1,000 of assessed property. In the previous itera-tion of the budget, the tax rate increase was listed at 1.946 per-cent, or $6.36 for every $1,000 of assessed property value.

The increase in the tax rate

Town adopts tight 2015 budgetcan be explained by a drop in the assessment roll, or the overall property tax money collected by the town asses-sor’s office. Property owners claiming their property was overassessed, and therefore overcharged with regard to taxes, resulted in the town is-suing tax refunds which cost a collective $50,000 from the assessment role.

The drop in Harrison’s as-sessment role also resulted in the town being forced to make up part of the differ-ence with a slight increase in the tax levy. The tax levy rate, originally proposed as a mere .000599 increase over the 2014 budget, had already been under the 1.56 percent state-mandated property tax levy cap in the previous draft of the budget, having only in-creased .000599 percent from 2014. The new number raises the levy increase to .062 per-cent, or $27,434, bringing the overall tax levy amount to $44.3 million

Councilman Joe Canella,

a Republican, said the board was able to pass the budget so quickly because there were no criticisms to consider, and that this is due to what he perceives to be satisfaction on the part of the constituents.

“It was pretty much viewed as a non-event and didn’t gener-ate a lot of interest because the increase was low,” Canella said. “When you wind up with a bud-get with a low [tax] rate, people are going to be pleased.”

Canella also said another aspect which enabled the bud-get to be adopted so quickly was there was less input this year from organizations look-ing for more financial support from the board, such as the library. Canella said that rep-resentatives of the Harrison li-brary usually offer more input on their budget, but that he ex-pects they’re too busy dealing with ongoing renovations to its facility.

Prior to its adoption, there were 21 items that were altered from the preliminary budget.

Many of the changes were

minimal, with most having items concerning costs of less than $7,000.

The biggest increase was seen in the amount allocated for police overtime, which saw that budget increased by $100,000 to $700,000 in to-tal. This comes after a recent request from police Chief An-thony Marraccini that more overtime was needed to cover short staffing and extra work put in by detectives due to a higher volume of intensive in-vestigations.

Marraccini told the Review that while the extra funds are

helpful, it is not nearly enough as overtime in his department generally exceeds $1 million every year. He blames the fi-nancial shortcoming on the difficulties officials face in balancing municipal needs with state-mandated compli-ance with the tax levy cap.

“I think that the board is doing the best that they can,” Marraccini said, “given the re-strictions that the state has put on them with the tax cap, and I think that they were headed in the right direction.

“It’s difficult, especially when dealing with emergency

services, that an outside body puts a restriction like a tax cap to allot to emergency services. I think it puts this community at a disadvantage concerning public safety.”

Marraccini said when the tax cap was first instituted by the state in 2011 the police department was so short staff-ed that they had only 50 offi-cers on the force, and because of those budget restrictions that it has taken a long while to get the ranks back up to the current headcount of 63.

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The town adopted its 2015 budget one week earlier than expected thanks to few adjustments to the preliminary draft and little public concern from the community. File photo


What’s going on...at the Manhattan Theater Club and created the role of Joey in the Broadway production of “Sister Act.”

The cost for the show is $17 plus tax. For groups of 15 or more, $14 plus tax. Please call the box office at 592-2222, broadwaytheatre.com.

2nd annual Jingle Bell 5K Run/Walk

For the second year, the Westchester Jingle Bell 5K Run/Walk, scheduled to take place on Saturday, Dec. 13, will bring runners and fami-lies together to raise funds to fight and cure ar-thritis, the nation’s leading cause of disability. The annual festive event, which features a holi-day costume contest, kids’ zone and fun run, music and a sponsor expo, will be held at Pur-chase College at 10 a.m. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. inside the Performing Arts Center.

The 2014 Jingle Bell Run Adult Honoree is Denise Olson, a special education teacher who was diagnosed with arthritis when she was 19.

To learn more and register for the West-chester Jingle Bell Run/Walk, visit wcjbr.kin-tera.org or contact the Arthritis Foundation at 212-984-8702.

Orchestra with Purchase College Chorus. Dec. 12 at 7:30 p.m., at the Performing Arts Center, Recital Hall.

To order tickets, please visit artscenter.org or call 251.6200.

Clay Art Center

Holiday-themed mini classes This December, Clay Art Center will be

offering weekly holiday-themed mini classes for all levels. Topics include making menorahs, candlesticks, ornaments and jewelry for gifts and home decor. Offered weekly in December, this is a great class for ages 14 and up. Partic pants have fun and get their hands dirty while exploring their inner artist and making gifts for loved ones.

Mini classes include Menorahs, Forever Ornaments, Candlesticks and Pendant Bead Jewelry, currently running until Dec. 13. Inter-ested participants can find a full listing on the website. Come stop by to find out more, take a tour and meet teaching artists and residents. The goal of the classes is to offer a new way to express and engage in self discovery in a wel-coming and supportive environment.

The Clay Arts Center is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to kindle passion for the ceramic arts and to nurture a community in which that passion flourishes. It is located at 40 Beech St. in Port Chester and offers year round, day and evening classes and workshops

for adults and children, artist studios, a gallery with changing exhibitions and a pottery shop featuring handmade ceramic objects. The gallery and shop are open Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Westchester Broadway Theatre

“Another Night Before Christmas”Dec. 13 and Dec. 20, at 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 3

p.m. Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house... everyone was scrambling to get the Ice Queen to the North Pole before she melts. What? Two siblings call on Santa Claus to save the day when chaos erupts on Another Night Before Christmas. Join the theatre for a funny and lively one hour family musical filled with lovable elves and holiday magic specially made for children.

The show was written by Bob Fitzsimmons, music by Steven Silverstein and Barbara Camp-bell (all Westchesterites). Directed by John Egan, (of Dobbs Ferry), Carol Arrucci is the Musical Director (of Ossining), Choreographed by Tom Coppola (of New Rochelle).

Director John Treacy Egan, the Larchmont-raised performer, has appeared widely on Broadway, on hit television shows and in ma-jor motion pictures. Broadway credits include: Disney’s “The Little Mermaid,” “The Produc-ers,” and “Jekyll and Hyde.” He was recently in the Tony-nominated cast of “Casa Valentina”

Harrison library events

Deadline for our What’s Going On section is every Thursday at 3 p.m. Though space is not guaranteed, we will do our best to accommodate your listing. Please send

all items to [email protected].

Children’s programs Children’s programs will continue at the

Jewish Community Center of Harrison, 130 Union Ave.

Mondays-9:30 a.m. Rockin’ Tots for ages one to three

10:30 a.m. Parachute Play Time for ages two to five

Tuesdays-9:30 a.m. and 10 a.m. Wiggle and Giggle with Dawny Dew for ages one to five. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

Purchase College PAC

Purchase College Concert’sAll concerts will be held at Purchase

College, 735 Anderson Hill Road, in Purchase. All are free and open to the public, except for the Purchase Symphonic Winds and Purchase Symphony Orchestra. Purchase Symphony


By AlinA surielStaff Writer

The Town of Harrison is closer to filling two vacancies on its three-member Board of Assessment Review after ap-pointing a new member on Oct. 4.

The new appointee, Paul Genovese, has lived in Harrison with his family for 27 years.

According to Town Asses-sor Mark Heinbockel, before Genovese can begin serving on the board he must complete a state-mandated educational course to make sure that he is aware of the protocol and pol-icy of how a board of assess-ment review should operate and what their duties are. The classes are generally offered on two dates in April or May and take approximately four hours to complete. Each mem-ber of the board must attend the class once at the beginning of every five-year term, but participants are not required to take a test as part of the course.

Genovese will be taking the place of a unnamed board

Town assessment board adds membermember who has expressed an intent of moving out of Harri-son, according to the town as-sessor. A second board mem-ber also has tentative plans to relocate, so the town still has one seat to fill in order to fulfill the three-member requirement needed to have a full, working board. If another member is not found by the town, West-chester County will step in and appoint someone from outside the community to the board.

Heinbockel is clear that he does not want that to happen, as he believes that someone from within the community would better understand the concerns of its residents and take the care needed to ensure the fairest results.

“I’m trying to be proactive so we don’t come afoul of the system,” Heinbockel said. “We have to find a volunteer or we have to convince two of the remaining members to stay on, that’s the bottom line. We need to have three.”

Councilman Joe Canella, a Republican, saw this as a natu-

ral progression of community members moving on from what he sees as commendable volunteer service.

“It’s a civilian review board and it’s like anything: people contribute time and effort,” Canella said. “It’s work. That’s what it is, and as time goes on, people like to pass the mantle to someone else. We’ve been fortunate that people have stepped up and performed that function, but every once in a while you see a turn in the board.”

Mayor Ron Belmont, a Republican, stated the impor-tance of finding the right per-son for the upcoming vacancy which still remained.

“You want really level-headed, fair people on the board, honest people, so that everyone gets an honest as-sessment, for the town and the owner, and if you have the county doing it, you don’t al-ways get that,” Belmont said.

In a letter addressed to Heinbockel, Genovese wrote that he wanted to volunteer

his services with the board as an effort to help out the com-munity.

“Harrison has been a great place to live and given us much over the years,” Geno-vese said. “I would now like to give something back to Harrison and, in that spirit, am interested in serving as a member of the Board of As-sessment Review.”

Heinbockel was reluctant to provide any information related to Genovese, includ-

ing his name, because people who have sat on the board as volunteers have experienced difficulties in the past by being personally contacted by resi-dents frustrated with the as-sessed value of their property.

The Board of Assessment Review operates as a season-al board of volunteers which meets from the third Tuesday in June to Sept. 15 to deal with property owners who make a claim protesting the assessed value of their property.

The annual activity is based on a sequence of events which sees the tentative assessment roll providing property own-ers with an initial valuation for their property. After which, property owners have a brief window to contest their as-sessments before the board. The board must then hear each claim and render a decision before the assessment roll is made final on Sept. 15.


The Board of Assessment Review deals with all requests for property reassessment in Harrison. File photo


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REVIEWWalking through Westchester’s Wonderland

By JOHn BrAnDiStaff 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 County Parks Department,

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 opportunity to embrace the holi-day season,” Fernandez said.

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 roughly 3,000 people. The deputy com-missioner 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 neces-sary” at the Kensico Dam, and that may include initia-tives 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 admission. Children under the age of three enter for free.


said planning and implemen-tation of this wonderland was relatively quick, from ordering the lights in the summer to find-ing sponsors, like Westchester 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 the won-derland was a wonderful idea and a perfect opportunity to enjoy the Kensico 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 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

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

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.

The military row that honors our fallen heroes and the 9-11 memorial lit up in red, white and blue for the holiday season.

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


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High bond rating, low taxes

On Friday, Dec. 5, the Town/Village of Harrison was notified that Moody’s, a bond credit ratings service, has raised Harrison’s bond rating from Aa2 to Aa1, which is one notch below the highest desig-nated rating of triple A.

Harrison’s rating has sig-nificantly improved over the course of the last several years, increasing from Aa3 in 2011 to the current Aa1 rating. Moody’s cites several factors for this year’s rating ratio-nale: the village’s improved financial position, a sizeable and affluent tax base, which is expected to benefit from com-mercial development in the near term, and a manageable debt burden with a lower than average pension liability.

They also cite, as strengths, Harrison’s large tax base, which is also expected to ben-efit from commercial devel-opment and our municipal-ity’s healthy financial position bolstered by recent reserve growth.

I am encouraged by this re-cent report and am confident that Harrison will continue along this very steady and fa-

vorable trajectory.I would like to thank town

personnel for all their hard work in preparing for this review.

In other good news, at the Dec. 4 town board meeting, the board adopted the final budget for 2015. Once again, Harrison is within the tax cap mandated by Governor Cuomo.

For the 2015 tax year, the levy increase allowed is un-der 2 percent. The 2015 tax rate, for the town of Harri-son, is 1.986 percent. What this means to the average taxpayer in Harrison is, if the assessed value of your home is between $650,000 and $700,000, your increase is less than $7 a month. You will still be receiving excep-tional municipal services. As in previous years, Harrison will not be utilizing a New York State program which al-lows local municipalities to borrow in order to pay their pension bills. Harrison will once again be paying the en-tire bill, at the end of 2015, without borrowing.

Curb side, bulk leaf collec-tion will be in effect through Dec. 12. At that time, the Highway Department will make a final curb side collec-tion, in each neighborhood, after which residents must place any additional leaves in

brown bags for collection by the Sanitation Department. At present, most leaves are piled on the roadside, thereby nar-rowing the passage way, so please drive cautiously as we continue to clear our munici-pal roadways.

Each year, the weather pattern determines when the leaves fall, and some years, like this one, all of the leaves dropped at the same time. This means that our crews take longer to remove the piles. Town personnel make every effort to remove the leaf piles as quickly as possi-ble. To expedite the process, we ask that residents remove all rocks, bottles, branches and other debris, take leaves to the curb and avoid park-ing on or around the piles. It is also important that leaves are not placed in the storm drains, or catch basins, as this may cause flooding. Our De-partment of Public Works is not able to indicate exactly when crews will be in a spe-cific neighborhood, or on a particular street, as those work details are contingent on the day-to-day progress of our Highway Department during the leaf removal sea-son. I appreciate your pa-tience as we continue to clear our roadways.

Gemma a tuxedo girl, is a sweet kitty with a wonderful personality. Though a little shy at first, once she gets warmed up, watch out for the cuddle bug. Her sister Tara also a tuxedo girl, is a real charmer. Her big beautiful eyes will melt your heart. She spends her leisure time laying in the sun and watching the birds go by. The two girls are about five months old now, spayed, in excellent health and up to date with all vaccinations. The adoption donation for Gemma and Tara is $80 each. If you’re a tuxedo lover, you’ll want to meet these two darlings. Contact Larchmont Pet Rescue at 740-4072 or visit NY-PetRescue.org.(Submitted)


associated with the proposed addition.

Elizabeth Schaper, a Pur-chase resident, said the traf-fic at the Anderson Hill Road intersection is a “nightmare” and the added cars from the church’s congregation will have a negative impact.

“It’s traffic. It’s safety. It’s the site and it’s as simple as that,” Schaper said. “But those are very important features.”

Stuart Alper, who lives on Harrows Lane which feeds out in one direction to Anderson Hill Road, said it’s a “very bad blind spot” and urged the Plan-ning Board to take into account the practical dangers of the in-tersection.

Purchase Environmen-tal Protective Association, PEPA, a non-profit organi-zation that seeks to improve the quality of life for resi-dents through environmental preservation and sustainable development has continually provided opposition to the church’s expansion plans.

Kristen Wilson, an attor-

ney representing PEPA, is demanding a supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement, DEIS, be conduct-ed reconsidering alternatives to the design of the addition and also a new traffic study. Wilson said the existing DEIS also mentions that no off-site road improvements, or modi-fications to traffic control, or pavement markings are nec-essary and “therefore, none will be made.”

Wilson said this was a “pretty bold and blanket state-ment” and would like that section to be re-examined as the influx of traffic from Pur-chase’s PepsiCo headquarters when it reopens following renovations in 2015, and the church’s congregation will have some affect on pedestri-ans and cyclists in the area.

Wilson continues to wait for an updated response from the Purchase firehouse that is located on Anderson Hill Road in regard to how traf-fic, if Trinity’s proposal were to go through, would impact the firehouse’s response time; something she first requested

at the public hearing on Oct. 28.

Albert Mingone, commis-sioner of the Purchase Fire District, told the Review that the firehouse is not supposed to take a side “unless they completely disagree,” however, he said Trinity’s expan-sion wouldn’t impact the fire-house’s response time to emer-gencies and that, as it stands, response time is “better than average” and as good as near-by career departments.

Meanwhile, Wilson’s re-quests for a supplemental DEIS haven’t yet been consid-ered by the Planning Board or its traffic consultant, accord-ing to Thomas Heaslip, chair-man of the Planning Board. Any decision to that effect, Heaslip said, will be made by the traffic consultant.

“Due to the technical nature of traffic impact analysis, we will rely on the expertise of our own consultant to guide our review and decision-mak-ing in this regard,” Heaslip said.


Supporters of Trinity Presbyterian Church’s proposed 19,200-square-foot addition attended the Dec. 2 Harrison Planning Board meeting. Photo courtesy Thompson & Bender

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By mArissA pennStaff Writer

Black Friday through Chris- tmas is traditionally when Americans do most of their shopping and retail stores are busier than ever. But in hard economic times and with an increased trend in online shop-ping, 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 Coun-cil of New York reported that Black Friday sales fell be-tween six and eight percent

The Westchester mall in White Plains had one of its biggest Black Friday crowds in recent history, 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

A mixed year for holiday shoppingfrom last year, but Ted Potri-kus, 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, however, 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 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 undergarments,

with a local clientele that the store workers know on a first name basis.

Store manager Marilyn Weissman 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 7a.m. this year on Black Fri-day and there were “non-stop crowds” to take advantage of the huge sales, according to Kelliher. Many stores, includ-ing the Gap, Banana Republic and Hollister offered 50 per-cent off.




through a neighbor, was a “lit-tle underhanded” of the board.

“This is not a Mickey Mouse issue,” Moro said. “How about notification from the mail. We had to find out from our citizens.”

Moro said she’d like to see a permit system where work-ers, like plumbers and electri-cians, are considered and to have a system similar to hand-icap rearview mirror signs that correspond to residents, visi-tors and workers.

The town board also did not make any mention of the parking permit system at the subsequent Nov. 19 meeting, to clear up any confusion.

Still, Cannella said that he believes some of the miscom-munication “was in part” due to the draft of the local law being “delivered to the board late.”

According to Councilman Stephen Malfitano, a Repub-lican, the board receives a packet, with all the agenda items and associated supple-mental material, before each meeting. He said the only goal was to set a public hear-ing during the Nov. 6 meet-ing, leaving no plans for an in-depth look at the proposed legislation.

Still, Cannella said the town board’s intention with the law was to put residents first.

“It was only intended to help people, [for] parking in front of their house without harassment,” he said.

However, Cannella made it clear that fee language will be stricken and residents will be safeguarded against a future fee from a different board, if the law moves forward.

Malfitano said the parking permit system wasn’t “meant to raise revenues” and was “only intended to aid and as-sist the community.”

“Suffice to say, it occurs to me, some of it had to do with a misperception,” Malfitano said of the atmosphere of the pub-lic hearing. “Others were there to listen and learn.”

However, Malfitano said with the issue of a fee, that there could have been a better “PR job” of dispersing accurate information on the part of the town. He said the mayor and the clerk’s of-fice may send something out to counter Porto’s mailing.

Susan Storms, a resident of Harrison Avenue, which is outside the boundary of the parking system, said she was concerned that commut-ers would start to park on her street to avoid enforcement.

She said it was “bizarre” that residents had no knowledge of the law and said it would be “good community relations” if the town board was more transparent on the issue.

Residents also found fault with the length of time visi-tors could park, such as fam-ily members and babysitters, without having to move their vehicles. Also, residents took issue with the 20 percent of spots reserved for commut-ers, which is mandated by the state. The Town Council said they were unable to tinker with that provision as state law trumps town law.

The idea of a residential parking permit system has been “percolating” for years, after the state passed a bound-ary for where the town could enforce it, according to Malfit-ano. However, efforts to pass it kept stalling.

If Chapter 193 passes, Can-nella said he would like to see its affect and then bring it to West Harrison, which cur-rently doesn’t have a boundary in place and would need the state’s legislative approval for the adoption of one.

Calls to Belmont were not returned as of press time.


Residents came out in full force to the town’s public hearing on Dec. 4 regarding a local law that will establish, if passed, a residential parking system in a specified area in Harrison. File photo

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Westchester budget impacts PlaylandBy CHris eBerHArt

Staff Writer

Westchester County legis-lators said the $1.75 billion county budget for 2015 wasn’t perfect, but nonetheless 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 Demo-crat who voted against the budget, has been campaign-ing to increase the marketing expenditure for Playland, the county-owned amusement park, since the spring. During the summer, she proposed a bill that would’ve upped it by $200,000, but the bill was shot down by the Republicans in the county’s Budget and Ap-propriations Committee.

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 have hov-ered around $600,000 dating back to 1988.

Sen. George Latimer, a Rye Democrat who sat on the county Board of Legisla-tors from 1992 to 2004, said Playland’s marketing numbers were given to the board by the county executive’s staff and were never scrutinized like they are now.

“Playland wasn’t as contro-versial,” he said. “There were discussions at various times but there was never detailed discussion what [Playland’s] future will be. What’s being looked at now is with the over-all scrutiny of the park.”

As for today, Parker said the marketing money could be used for television adver-tisements 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 ba-sis of reality at this particu-lar 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


Town celebrates 10th annual tree lightingBy mArissA penn

Staff Writer

On Sunday, Dec. 7, town residents braved the cold for the annual Christmas tree lighting on the village green at Spring Lake in West Harrison.

The event, which had been originally scheduled for Dec. 5, was rained out and there-fore less people showed up than anticipated, according to Geraldine Barbagallo, the vice president of the West Harrison Neighborhood Association. The freezing temperature, ap-proximately 20 degrees at the time, didn’t help bring a large crowd either.

According to Angela Amo-deo, president of the West Har-rison Neighborhood Associa-tion, there is usually a crowd of 400 to 500 at the annual event, which she said residents look forward to all year.

“It was the first thing that we did when we formed the West Harrison Neighborhood Association 10 years ago,” Barbagallo said.

The event, which has grown in size each year, according to Barbagallo, is sponsored by the Harrison Town Council, the Harrison Police Depart-ment, the Department of Public Works, the Harrison Fire De-

Mayor Ron Belmont, left, addresses the crowd at the 10th annual West Harrison Christmas tree lighting. Belmont talked about the holidays and Christmas; he focused on those lost this year but ended his remarks with all there is to be thankful for. Photos/Marissa Penn

partment as well as the town’s Recreation Department.

The event included the lighting of the tree in the town center, live Christmas music and hot chocolate and cookies in the West Harrison Commu-nity Senior Center. There was a festive atmosphere and lots of dancing with Frosty the Snow-man. Afterwards, Santa Claus arrived in a Harrison fire truck.

It was a family friendly event for all ages to celebrate the spirit of Christmas.

Ray Drach, a West Harrison resident of 48 years, attends the tree lighting every year and wouldn’t miss it. He said his favorite thing about the holi-days is seeing his grandchil-dren unwrap their presents.

“The best part of the event is watching the kids when Santa pulls up in the fire truck,” Drach said.

Holiday tree lightings this

time of the year are common occurrences across Westchester.

Yonkers held its tree light-ing on Dec. 2 in Gerry Square. On Dec 6, Ardsley held its tree lighting with music by Ards-ley’s own chorus; Tuckahoe’s tree lighting in Depot Square, coupled with ice skating, mu-sic and holiday vendors took place on Dec. 6. And on Dec. 7, Mamaroneck hosted its tree lighting at the Harbor Island Park Pavilion with live mu-sic, marshmallow and hot dog roasting, sweet and savory re-freshments and photographs with Mr. and Mrs. Claus.


Frosty the Snowman has a magical time with a few lucky kids at the 10th annual West Harrison Christmas tree lighting.

A few longtime residents who attend the West Harrison Christmas tree lighting festivities each year.

The West Harrison Christmas tree.


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December 12, 2014 • tHe HArrisOn review • 15SPORTS

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 to keep warm during these long winter months?

Maybe they can huddle around the hot stove.

Hope in a bleak winterThe 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 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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16 • the harrison review • December 12, 2014 SPORTSHuskies hit the mat

By miKe smitHSports Editor

Battling through injuries and two losses to open the season, Harrison wrestlers bounced back to win two out of three matches on Dec. 5 when they hosted Pleasant-ville, Eastchester and Hast-ings. As the Huskies look to get some of their veteran wres-tlers back on the mat, however, it appears that some younger grapplers are emerging as po-tential stars in the making.

With seniors Frank Barchel-la and Max Uretta sidelined on Friday, a number of underclass-men filled in admirably as Har-rison beat Eastchester and Hast-ings before falling to Pleasant-ville 48-33 in the final match of the evening. Sophomores Daniel Choe, Anton Gusatella, Rob Donohue and Jay Martin all went undefeated on the day, something that Huskies coach Vin Nicita said bodes well for

the future of the program.“It’s not the way you want

to start the season, losing four wrestlers to injury in two days, but it’s given us the chance to give our freshmen and sopho-mores some varsity experi-

ence,” Nicita said. “I’ve defi-nitely got high hopes, especial-ly for our sophomore class.”

As the only Huskies senior on the mat on Friday, 182-pounder Dom Schepis fared well, picking up a pair of pinfall wins against

Hastings’ Chris Hart and Pleas-antville’s Chris Picart. Both of Schepis’ victories came in under a minute.

Schepis will be rejoined by fellow seniors Barchella and Uretta soon, as the Harrison veterans should recover from injuries in time to compete in the Patriot Tournament at John Jay High School on Dec. 13. Barchella, an all-section wrestler last season, could be in contention to bring home a title this year, according to Nicita.

Jay Martin, who qualified for sectionals as a freshman, should also have some success this year.

“It’s been [Frank’s] goal to win a section title since he started wrestling,” Nicita said. “And I expect Dom Schepis to be right there as well.”

Nicita is expecting a strong showing from his wrestlers this weekend as they will get the chance to go up against some of the top programs in both Section I and Section IX, like John Jay, Red Hook and

New Paltz.“It’s going to be good for us

because it’s a very tough field,” the head coach said. “It’s good because we are going to get the chance to see some different op-ponents.”

After the Patriot Tournament, the Huskies will be competing at the Tony Carlucci Invitational at SUNY Purchase on Dec. 20.

“It’s a dual-meet format,” Nicita said. “So we’re going to get a lot of wrestling in.”


Jake Ullerick tangles with an Eastchester opponent on Dec. 5. Ullerick won his first match of the day but was forced to miss the next two matches with an injury. Photos/Mike Smith

A Harrison wrestler squares off with a foe from Eastchester on Dec. 5. Harrison won two matches, but fell in the quad-meet to Pleasantville who went 3-0 on the day.

Jake Ullerick tries to escape the grasp of his opponent on Dec. 5. Brian Fay locks up an opponent during a Dec. 5 quad-meet. The Huskies are preparing to head to John Jay for the annual Patriot Tournament on Dec. 13.

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