Storm Update
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Sunday Evening Update: Windy conditions have caused more power outages. Con Edison has ceased operations for the night and will not resume removal of electrical hazards until crews arrive on Monday morning. Residents are asked to call 722-1200 (our Police Department's business number) to report downed trees or other conditions. Please use 911 for emergency response calls only.
Afternoon Update: The Mayor has sent the following update about road conditions and power outages in Scarsdale as of 4 pm on Sunday August 28th. She reports that Con Edison is needed at 25 locations around town. Here is the list of streets where residents are awaiting repairs: Heathcote, Jefferson, Hamilton, Lebanon, Brambach, Tunstall, Circle at Overhill Road, Bradford, two locations on Broadmoor, Dell, Drake, two locations on Brite Avenue, Cohawney, Gilmore at Walworth Avenue, Fountain Terrace, the intersection of Rodney and Hamilton Continental, Bell, Hamilton, Richelieu at Rodney Road and Mamaroneck Avenue at Leatherstocking.
Fifteen Village roads remain flooded this afternoon: Paddington, Wheelock, Hickory, Richbell, Leatherstocking at Canterbury, Ross, Sherbrooke, Weaver at the Quaker Ridge School, Oxford, the intersection of Church, Brite and Ogden Roads; Varian Lane, Sprague Road to the New Rochelle border, Greendale, and Windmill to Eton Road.
Downed trees and debris have been reported at Post Road, Nelson, Drake, Crane/Church, WildwoodRoad, Norma at Corlayn Roads, Saxon Woods Road, 
Sheldrake Road, Colby, Sage Terrace, Tunstall, Cooper, the Heathcote bypass, Ridgecrest East, Black Birch,, Duck Pond Road, Boulevard, Wayside, Rectory at Carstensen, Fenimore, Oxford, Sheldrake, Mamaroneck, Brookfield at Leatherstocking, Taunton, Brewster, Olmstead, Carmen at Webster Road, Murray Hill at Cooper Road, Nelson Road and Cushman Road.
There’s quite a bit of water at Scarsdale High School. Take a look at these photos courtesy of Joe and Peter Simon.
Greenburgh Police Arrest Troublemakers in Edgemont
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Police were called about a suspicious car on Delhi Road on the afternoon of 8/18. One of the occupants of the car had been on the property of some people who were away on vacation and a neighbor noticed and called police. Police searched the area and a man who lives on Scarsdale Farms Road reported that he just saw someone get out of a car and try to open the car door of a car parked at 1 Scarsdale Farms Road. Police found the car that was described and interviewed the occupants who seemed nervous and could not say what they were doing in the area. At that point, police found an open Fedex box at 22 Penny Lane. While police were talking to the suspects, they noticed three polo shirts in the car and found that the merchandise had been taken from the Fedex package which was addressed to a Penny Lane resident. All three of the suspects in the car were taken into custody and the car was impounded. Police also discovered a GPS in the car and determined that it was stolen from a Nissan parked at 38 Penny Lane. The suspects were identified as Delmar J. Briggs, Maurice Pickett, Theodore J. Treasure and Andre P. Stewart, all from the Bronx.
Also on the night of 8/18 a Fort Hill Lane woman called to say that someone had entered her car and taken $20 in quarters. Theodore J. Treasure, discussed above, was found to have 94 quarters in his pocket.
Shoplifters: On Tuesday afternoon, 8/16, police saw a man running out of Best Buy, pursued by several of the store employees. The man jumped into his car and drove recklessly, speeding out of the Best Buy parking lot on Central Avenue. He drove over a concrete divider and the sidewalk and through a red light into oncoming traffic. Other cars had to swerve and brake in order to prevent a collision. Police were able to stop him and found that the man, who identified himself as Christian R. Dunca, age 35 of Georgia, had attempted to steal about $1,500 worth of merchandise from the store. After the store employees confronted him, he tried to get away. He was charged with reckless endangerment and petit larceny and sent to the County jail.
Big plans: 12 boxes of condoms, valued at $341 were stolen from the CVS Pharmacy on Central Avenue on the night of 8/16. The store employee who reported the incident recognized the suspect and described him to police. However the man got away with the goods.
Darlene E. Moore-Beecher, age 54 of Yonkers was caught stealing $69.50 in groceries from Shop Rite on Central Avenue at 11:30 pm on 8/19. Police charged her with petit larceny, provided her with a court appearance date and released her. On 8/20 Battisto Tomasette of Ardsley was charged with stealing $103 of Enfamil from Shoprite. He was booked, processed and sent to jail, with bail set at $10,000!
Two diners left the Candlelight Inn on the afternoon of 8/16 without paying their bill for $22.82. They did however leave a $3.00 tip. The restaurant manager marked down the absconders’ license plate number but police were not able to find them.
Car thefts: $2,800 in photographic equipment was stolen from a Toyota Camry parked in the Shoprite parking lot on August 4th. The equipment belonged to a Hartsdale man.
A car parked in the Best Buy lot was vandalized on the night of 8/18. $321 in equipment was stolen and the car window was broken.
The side mirrors of a Chevrolet Sebring parked on Colony Drive in Hartsdale were stolen during the night of 8/20-8/21.
While shopping at Buy Buy Baby on Central Avenue on the night of 8/15, a Plano Texas woman had her wallet stolen from her handbag.
Picketers: Police were called to the Verizon store on Central Avenue on the afternoon of 8/17 to mediate a complaint that picketers were blocking the entrance to the store. Striking workers denied blocking the door.
Graffiti: A black swastika was found spray painted on the sidewalk outside the Edgemont High School gym on Saturday night 8/20.
Email: On 8/15 a 72 year-old Hartsdale woman reported that she received a threatening email that said, "Someone you call your friend wants you dead.” She said she had no known enemies and could not list any suspects.
Puppy Love
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I said goodbye to my puppy Jasper last week. I know I shouldn’t still be calling him a puppy; he was almost 15 years old, about 50 pounds and over 2 feet tall. My youngest child is still my baby (she may not like me to say it…. though there are those rare times she does) so I suppose it makes sense that I still think of Jasper as my puppy.
I always said I was not one of those obsessed dog people. I liked my dog but treated him like a dog. My dog ate dog food, slept in a cage and wasn’t allowed in my bedroom. So it really took me by surprise how hard I’m taking his loss.
Part of it is that he was an incredibly healthy puppy. We had spent years climbing the hills in Edgemont and walking our way through Scarsdale and White Plains. When I’d put the walkman around my waist, Jasper was already at the door knowing it was our time. We kept each other fit….. or at least he looked lean and mean! Jasper had a habit of running around the pool when I was doing my laps and when I tried to keep him out, he burrowed under the fence!
When I told my friends that Jasper was no more, I was so touched by everyone who had fond memories of this loveable but very intrusive pet. When Jasper was young, he used his long nose to open the refrigerator drawer and helped himself to whatever he liked. I remember when he grabbed a steak off the grill! One friend reminded me how he disrupted the Board of Ed meeting and we had Dr. McGill and others chasing Jasper around the house. Others recalled how Jasper insisted on licking toes and wouldn’t take no for an answer. Little did I know how much people connect with dogs, even if they’re not their own.
They say you start to look like your dog, well I don’t know if there were similarities, maybe the curly hair, but I had mine first. However I do think Jasper took on the personality of the family. He was very persistent and you couldn’t be in the house for 5 minutes without him making his introduction. Either he’d nudge you from the back or stick out his paw trying to get you to rub him behind the ears.
So I now understand those people who are so attached to their dogs. It’s a unique relationship. I even find myself doing what I never did….talking to other dog owners about their dogs. And when Jasper was sick last week, I would lay down on the floor with him. I cooked him all sorts of special people meals and I let him sleep in my room. I hated to see him in pain so I massaged his leg and carried him outside like a baby.
Now when I come down the stairs or walk in the door, I listen for the jingle of his collar. There’s an emptiness that I just don’t how to fill. The kids went on with their lives, the ex left but Jasper and I stayed on. We formed a bond that I didn’t know was so strong and I miss my buddy.
Let's Get Ready Prepares New Rochelle Students for College
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The college admissions process is difficult under the best of circumstances, and especially so if you don’t have an experienced network of family and school guidance. On August 11th, 63 New Rochelle High School seniors successfully completed seven weeks of SAT prep and college application assistance provided free of charge by the locally founded non-profit organization Let’s Get Ready (LGR). LGR was founded thirteen years ago by a Scarsdale High School alumnus, and strives to help students from all socioeconomic backgrounds gain equal access to the support they need to reach higher education.
In addition to twice a week prep sessions in Verbal and Math, students visited local colleges, attended a college fair at NYU, and worked with coaches to create lists of potential colleges and universities. Their hard work paid off with significant increases in practice exam scores (and lower stress levels!)
This progress was the direct result of both the hard work of the students in the program as well as the dedication of thirteen volunteer coaches. This summer, four Scarsdale High School alumni - Jacklyn Quartner (Vanderbilt University, 2013), Katie Mayer (Cornell University, 2014), Philip Gallagher (Brandeis University, 2014), and Annie Goldman (Bucknell University, 2014) - served as math and/or verbal coaches. These Scarsdale coaches, along with other local college students, worked in classrooms of 6-9 students where they taught the material and strategies of the SATs and elucidated (good SAT word!) the daunting college application process.
At the final ceremony students were joined by their parents to commemorate the students’ accomplishments as
well as learn about financial aid and scholarships. The program and final ceremony would not have been possible without the generous support of several local businesses.
A huge thanks goes out to Sammy’s Bagels on Weaver St., who kept our students fed and alert each and every LGR session (http://www.sammysbagels.net/). Villa Roma, new to Scarsdale Village, provided a delicious Italian closing dinner at reduced cost (http://villaromapizzeria.com/). For dessert Flourish Baking Company, located on Summerfield St., donated tasty chocolate chip cookies (http://flourishbakingcompany.blogspot.com/).
To praise our most outstanding students, local businesses in New Rochelle and White Plains provided generous gift certificates. Thank you to Chicken Joes (http://www.originalchickenjoes.com/), Tasti D-Lite (http://www.tastidlite.com/), Starbucks (http://www.starbucks.com/), Melting Pot (http://www.meltingpot.com/) and Haagen- Daz (http://www.haagen-dazs.com/).
To learn more about Let’s Get Ready please visit www.letsgetready.org.
Rachel Kroll (SHS ’10, Tufts University ’14), Let’s Get Ready New Rochelle Co-Site Director
Scarsdale Residents Swim Across the Sound to Fight Cancer
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On Saturday, July 30 582 participants of all ages swam in the 19th annual Long Island Sound Swim, part of Swim Across America's campaign to raise money for cancer research, treatment and support. This is the biggest event for the organization and this year more than $1.2 million dollars was raised.
Among the swimmers were 6 Scarsdale residents who have been training every morning at the Scarsdale Pool. Joel Talish (Greenacres), Joe Kaufman (Fox Meadow) and Josh Glantz (Greenacres) all swam 7 miles, the longest distance in the event, starting in Glen Cove, Long Island and finishing in Larchmont. John Needham (Heathcote), Tim Callahan (Heathcote) and Peter Doyle (Greenacres) participated in the 4-mile distance. Collectively, these Scarsdale dads swam on Team Sandie in honor of Joel Talish's mother who passed away last November. The six members of Team Sandie have already raised more than $30,000 this year with more contributions still coming in. The 7-mile swimmers hit the water on the Long Island side at 6:30 in the morning while the 4-mile swimmers started from the middle of the sound an hour later. Swimmers began coming up on shore to loud cheers and music just after 9am and they kept on coming in a constant stream until 10:30.
In addition to setting a fundraising record, this year's event marked another Milestone. During a special ceremony
The Long Island Sound Swim was started in 1992 when 18 participants raised just over $12,000. Overall, Swim Across America has raised more than $30,000,000 to fight cancer.
(Pictured at top: "Team Sandie" from left to right: John Needham, Joe Kaufman, Joel Talish, Josh Glantz)
