Scarsdale Firefighters Commended for a Job Well Done
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Scarsdale Firefighters went above and beyond on May 27, 2015 when the Fire Department was dispatched to a 500 gallon underground propane tank which was leaking at 11 Mayflower Road. A propane vapor cloud could be seen moving in the direction of Colonial Road and Captain Cockerill and his team quickly formulated a plan to safely mitigate the situation. They dispersed the leaking propane into the atmosphere, despite the potential harm to the firefighters. In addition, the firefighters began metering the nearby homes to determine exactly how far the propane vapors were spreading, so they could minimize the danger by isolating any potential ignition sources in the area.
Thanks to Captain Cockerill and his team, a potential catastrophe was averted and there were no injuries or damage to any homes reported.
The Village Board has recently approved the Fire Department Awards Committee recommendation that Captains John Cockerill and James Seymour and Firefighters Brian Robinson, Brian Kelly, James Marinello, Stephen Mulcahy, Thomas Dwyer, Francis Sheehan, Timothy Duffy and Probationary Firefighters Rory Tully and David Yolinsky receive the Unit Citation.
Edgemont Teen Gets Accolades at Carnegie Hall
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Edgemont's Ananya Gurumurthy earned second place in the American Protégé International Vocal Competition on July 5th at Carnegie Hall where she sang "Alleluia" from Exsultate Jubilate by Mozart.
Ananya will be a freshman in high school in Edgemont in September. She is an aspiring soprano who is passionate about music and was selected for the All-County Chorus for the past three years. Ananya sings many different styles, including classical, jazz and blues. Recently, Ananya was selected by her school to participate in the Jazz Chamber Choir. She has also completed five levels of certification in the New York State School of Music (NYSSMA) festival for voice and piano. When she is not singing, Ananya can be found spending time with her friends at school or relaxing with her family and playing with her younger brother.
Ananya sings with vocal coach Anna Veleva, a renowned opera singer who is a graduate of the Mannes College of Music with a MM degree in Voice.
Help This Woman Find an Old Friend
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We received this note from a California woman who is looking for an old friend, who she believes lives in Scarsdale. See if you can help her out:
Hello: I'm contacting you from California. I'm trying to locate an old boyfriend from the 1960's. His name is Leon Duftler. He would be in his mid-eighties now. He lived in Manhattan when I dated him and a search online showed a man about the right age living in Scarsdale. Have you any idea how I might locate him? I sent a letter with no street address - just the city - and it was returned. His family was religious - he had been married and had a daughter, but was divorced several years later.
That's all I know about him. If you can help me locate him, I would very much appreciate it. I will be in Manhattan in September with my daughter and would love to see him again after all these years. We had originally met at a dude ranch in the Catskills named Sunnycroft Ponderosa but it has ceased to exist.
Thank you.
Rosalie Gottfried
rosart1@aol.com
Khali Gibran Muhammad to discuss race and criminal justice at Congregation Kol Ami
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Khali Gibran Muhammad will discuss race and the criminal justice system following a Shabbat service and dinner at Congregation Kol Ami on Friday July 24th. Visitors are invited to dinner but reservations are required.
Khalil Gibran Muhammad, Director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and a Visiting Professor at The CUNY Graduate Center and will speak on "Race and the Criminal Justice System: Reflections on Baltimore and Staten Island," on Friday July 24th at 8 pm.
Muhammad is an expert on African-American history and holds a doctorate in US history from Rutgers University. A former associate professor of history at Indiana University, he is a contributor to a 2014 National Research Council study, "The Growth of Incarceration in the United States: Exploring Causes and Consequences, and is the author of The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America" (Harvard), which won the 2011 John Hope Franklin Best Book award in American Studies. His research focuses on racial criminalization in modern U.S. history and has been featured in a number of national print and broadcast media outlets, including the New York Times, New Yorker, Washington Post, NPR, Moyers and Company, and MSNBC.
There will be a Shabbat service at 6:15 pm, followed by a BBQ dinner at 7:15 pm. Please RSVP to Ilene Miller at Ilenemiller@nykolami.org, or call 914-949-4717
Congregation Kol Ami
252 Soundview Avenue
White Plains, NY
914-949-4717
www.nykolami.org
Savona Closed in Scarsdale
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Savona, a popular restaurant in downtown Scarsdale has closed its doors after almost three years in business. Chic and urban, the restaurant was a favorite with locals who drank at the bar, enjoyed the food and the vibe inside and also dined outside in warmer weather.
It was often difficult to get a table, so many are puzzled as to why the restaurant could not make a go of it in Scarsdale.
According to owner Evan Lambert, Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights were bustling but weeknights and lunchtimes were challenging. Without a full week of business, it was difficult to make the business profitable.
Lambert said, "It was a good restaurant with a good atmosphere, but we were simply not busy enough. We had quality chefs and staff and a good relationship with our guests but the weekend business was not enough to sustain us." He believes that in suburban communities like Scarsdale, many stay home on weeknights, making it difficult for local restaurants to do enough volume throughout the week.
Lambert said neither the rent nor the parking was a problem and he is thankful and grateful to his customers for their support. A Scarsdale resident himself, Lambert said "I love the people and the community."
Lambert owns another restaurant in Philadelphia that has been operating for 18 years. He's not sure of his own next steps but said another restaurant will open in Savona's place.
When one 10-year-old boy heard the news, he cried. He loved the spaghetti and ricotta meatballs.
