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
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.
Scarsdale Rotary Club Luncheon
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The Rotary Club of Scarsdale hosted the recipients of their five perennial grant awards at the Club's weekly luncheon held on June 9 at Moscato Restaurant. In attendance were Evelyn Stock (The Scarsdale Foundation), David Raizen (Scarsdale Volunteer Ambulance Corp), James Genova (Scarsdale-Edgemont Family Counseling Service), Margaret Goldberg (Greenburgh Nature Center) and Maggie Dunne (Lakota Children's Enrichment). These groups annually share 60% of the proceeds from Rotary's Wine Tasting Fundraiser, which this year amounted to $21,375. The additional $16,000 of proceeds will be distributed through the year from a competitive grant process and used to fund the Club's ongoing community and international projects.
Here are some photos from the event: 
LWVS Sends Three Students to Albany
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For the fourth consecutive year, the League of Women Voters Scarsdale sent local high school students to the Students Inside Albany conference as part of its youth outreach program. Scarsdale High School Juniors Marie Ceske, Gabriela Dickson and Alexander First represented the Scarsdale League at the conference in May 2015.
Students Inside Albany is an intensive four-day conference designed to immerse students in the process by which public policy is proposed, revised and enacted in New York State and to educate them as to how they can influence and affect this process. The cost of the conference, including hotel and meals, is borne by the League of Women Voters New York State Education Foundation, Inc. and our Scarsdale League.
This year's students described the conference as a "remarkable experience." While shadowing Assemblywoman Amy Paulin, the students not only sat in on conferences and attended meetings, but also had the special opportunity to visit the headquarters of NYISO, New York State's energy system provider. The students also observed proceedings in the Assembly chamber, and met and shadowed state senators including State Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins. As the students explained, "Being able to shadow legislators opened our eyes to the political process in Albany and how change is enacted. Elements of the program built around the shadow experience further allowed us to understand the different elements of our state government and how to become involved through citizen programs."
The students said they would "strongly recommend" the Students Inside Albany program "to anyone interested in politics, or with a thirst to learn about their surroundings and to play an active role in their own future. "
Students interested in applying to attend the 2016 Students Inside Albany Conference should go to LWVS.org next fall to get details. Application eligibility includes sophomore, junior and senior students who attend Scarsdale High School or who reside in the school district.
Scarsdale Fire Department Adds New Firefighter
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Scarsdale Village's newest probationary firefighter, Trevor Simoni, was sworn in by Scarsdale Village Clerk Donna Conkling on May 28, 2015. Simoni transferred from the Pleasant Valley Fire Department where he has been employed since 2013. While with Pleasant Valley Simoni completed an intensive seventeen-week training program at the Westchester County Career Fire Academy at the County Fire Training Center in Valhalla, NY and is already a Nationally Certified Level II firefighter.
Simoni is from Pleasant Valley and is single.
