Monday, Sep 30th

157BrewsterRoadThe Committee for Historic Preservation met on Tuesday night Setpember 16 to decide whether or not to give the go ahead to demolish six more homes in Scarsdale. The demolition of all six was approved.

Here are the homes that will go down:

157 Brewster Road: (Pictured above) 3 bedroom, 3-bath home on quarter acre lot in Greenacres. Currently listed for $999,000. Built in 1926

33StrattonRoad33 Stratton Road: 4 bedroom, 3.1 bathroom ranch on 2/3 of an acre in Quaker Ridge. Built in 1952. Currently listed for $1,517,000.

109CarthageRoad109 Carthage Road: Now listed as a picturesque colonial on .72 of an acre in Heathcote for $1,395,000. Built in 1949.

361HeathcoteRoad361 Heathcote Road: 3 bedroom, 3 bath split level home on 1/3 of an acre, currently listed for $949,000

Homes not currently on the market:

45 Penn Boulevard built in 1952.

4 Brookline Road built in 1928

cousinsdinapoliThe Democratic primary results for Westchester County show that voters favored Governor Andrew Cuomo to challenger Zephyr Teachout by 62% to 36%. In the race for Lieutenant Governor, Kathy Hochul, the candidate endorsed by Governor Cuomo took 59% of the vote to Timothy Wu's 41%. The results for Scarsdale have not yet been released but it will be interesting to see how local votes compare with the overall counts for Westchester.

In other election news, on Sunday September 7, the Scarsdale Democrats hosted a taiimfundraiser at Taiim Cellar in Scarsdale and many of the state's top Democrats attended. Visiting Scarsdale was NY State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli who is running for re-election against Republican candidate Bob Antonacci, who is now the comptroller of Onondaga County. DiNapoli called Congressman Elliot Engel, who was also in attendance, the hardest working representative in Congress."

news10fourjudgesDi Napoli urged everyone to vote in the primary saying "Bad things happen when good people don't vote."

DiNapoli introduced State Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins, calling her "Landslide Andrea" and the next Majority Leader of the NYS Senate. If Cousins is re-elected and if Democrats rule the Senate, she is slated to be the first woman in the history of the State Senate to be Majority Leader.

Stewart Cousins said that Scarsdale residents are "the most civic-minded, involved, multi-faceted residents," and said, "there is no one Scarsdale." Stewart Cousins will run for re-election as senator for the 35th district against Republican candidate Robert Lopez Foti of Yonkers.

Also at the event was Scarsdale Arlene Katz who is current the Acting Village Justice in Scarsdale and is running for Family Court Judge in November as well as County Legislator Ben Boykin.
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swimteam1When people in Scarsdale talk about the high school's athletics, the Varsity Girls Swim Team is not always the first team that comes to mind. This year, however, the girls are ready to step into the Scarsdale limelight.

Last season, Coaches Barney Foltman and Tim Callahan graciously allowed over forty ­five girls to swim for the team. However, practices were difficult, as lane space was limited and, since there is no swimming pool at the high school, the bus that took the team to and from the Westchester Community College pool was often cramped. While creating lineups for the meets, Coach Foltman and Coach Callahan did their best to make sure that everyone could swim at least once, but that couldn't always happen.

swimteam2This year will be different. There are only thirty­nine girls on the team, so everyone should be able to swim at every meet, and more than once. The bus will be less crowded, and thus far there have been no complaints of cramped lanes. More importantly, the new swimmers as well as spirited captains Nicole Katchis, Rebecca Kearns, Catherine Scarcella, and Trisha Pabby are predicted to lead the team to new heights.

"Last year, we are about five and five, but we lost some good swimmers along with one very good swimmer who didn't come out for the team this year," Coach Foltman recently confided. "My hope is that we can get to five hundred, if not a little bit better and be competitive in the league. We have some new talent that's come in that should really help us: Sydney Vleck, Sabine Con, Merritt Shelton, and Natalie Isick to name a few. So I think that we should be able to get some depth. Right now we are trying to put in some yardage, and we are going to get a little more concerned with speed as we start to progress closer to the competitive season. But right now, we are just trying to fine­tune all our skills."

Friday, August 29 marked the beginning of the season. The girls wrapped up their two­week preseason with time trials, in which swimmers dive off blocks and swim a given event as fast as possible. The girls are excited to swim in their first meet on Friday, September 12 against Pelham at the Westchester Community College pool. The girls were not able to beat Pelham in their meet against them last season. But they are sure that this year, the tides will change.

Coach Callahan, reflecting on the determination the girls have shown since the first day of preseason, remarks: "As a team overall, I think we are extremely well­balanced this year. I see a lot of girls that are going to help us out in a lot of different events, namely the A, B, and C relays. I think our goal for the season is to finish higher in our division and higher in the section than we did last year."

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votebuttonA reminder to Scarsdale residents that a Democratic Party and Conservative Party Primary Election will be held on Tuesday, September 9, 2014. Hours of the election are 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. All Polling Locations will be open as follows:

Election Districts Location
1, 2 & 19 Greenacres School
3 & 4 Fox Meadow School
5, 11 & 12 Scarsdale Library
6 & 7 Village Hall
8, 9 & 10 Edgewood School
13, 14 & 18 Heathcote School
15 & 16 Quaker Ridge School
17 Crossway Fire House

For registered voters who will be out of Westchester County on Election Day, an absentee ballot can still be obtained by applying for an absentee ballot in person at the Westchester County Board of Elections, 25 Quarropas Street, White Plains, N.Y. 10601. The deadlines for absentee ballot applications and voting are as follows:

• Monday, September 8, 2014 –- last day to apply in person for a ballot
• Monday, September 8, 2014 - last day to postmark a ballot if returning by mail; must be received no later than September 17th
• Tuesday, September 9, 2014 - last day to deliver a ballot in person to the Board of

Elections

To look up a polling location by residence, or to find additional information on the General Election and voting, residents may visit the Westchester County Board of Election website at www.westchestergov.com/citizenparticipation_boe.htm, or call (914) 995-5700. Residents may also call the Scarsdale Town Clerk's office at (914) 722-1175 for further details.

svacIf you are interested in learning to be an EMT, here is your chance. Phelps Memorial Hospital's Hoch Center for Emergency Education, in conjunction with Scarsdale Volunteer Ambulance Corps, is offering a NYS certified EMT-B (Emergency Medical Technician) class, from September 3, 2014, through March 19, 2015. Course lectures will be held at SVAC headquarters (5 Weaver Street, Scarsdale) and practical skills labs will be held at the Hoch Center at Phelps Hospital (755 North Broadway, Suite 200, Sleepy Hollow).

Classes will meet Mondays and Wednesdays, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., and approximately one Sunday per month, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The class is open to the public (must be 18 years or older, as of the course's final NYS exams on March 14 and 19, 2015). There are no prerequisites to enroll. The cost of the class is $725. However, the class is being offered free of charge to current and prospective SVAC members and Scarsdale volunteer firefighters. Tuition will also be funded for other volunteers or employees of a registered or certified EMS agency upon attaining the EMT-B certification. Upon completion of the class, participants will be graded on a NYS practical skills exam and a NYS written exam. Successful completion of these exams will earn participants a NYS EMT-B certification, valid for three years.

It is anticipated that the same course will be offered again, from January -May 2015. For further information about the September course, including a full schedule of class dates, times and topics, please call the Hoch Center for Emergency Education at 914-366-3577 or SVAC at 914-722-2288. You may also visit SVAC's website at www.scarsdalevac.com, where the course syllabus is posted online. Pre-registration is required at cee@pmhc.us or by calling 914-366-3698.