June 14, 2017 at 11:13 AM
SOMERS, N.Y. - Somers Tax Receiver Joan Ribaudo retired from the town of Somers on Wednesday, May 31. Ribaudo was the tax receiver for 12 years, serving as the deputy tax receiver for nine years and overall with the town for close to 30 years. The town board unanimously appointed Michelle McKearney as Ribaudo’s replacement on Thursday, June 1.
By JODI WEINBERGER
July 10, 2018SOMERS, N.Y. - When re-thinking his Tomahawk Street restaurant, Skender Ademi drew on an image from his childhood: the Drini River Waterfall in western Kosovo.
The waterfall is set at the mouth of a river, surrounded by mountains and lush scenery and a main draw for tourists coming through the area.
It was the perfect image to conjure when Ademi thought of how he wanted to bring a ...
By CAROL REIF
July 5, 2018Writer and movie buff Janet Garber says she isn’t exactly what some might call the sentimental type.
The Somers resident’s taste in flicks leans toward high-tech sci-fi; where comedies are concerned, the darker the better. (Think “Burn After Reading” and “Fargo.”)
Back in the mid-1990s, the then 40-something hardworking single mom had dipped the ...
By CAROL REIF
July 3, 2018The names of those chosen to serve on a new school security task force will be made public within days, said the Somers Board of Education Monday.
The decision to form the task force came in the wake of two alleged shooting threats made against the district. Both incidences are being investigated by police.
The district had already been working on safety upgrades such as security vestibules ...
By DOMINICK DEPOLE
June 28, 2018SOMERS, N.Y. - Olympic athletes aren’t spotted every day, nor are they interactive with the public on a consistent basis.
American pentathlete Eli Bremer will be giving the Somers community the opportunity to gain valuable insight on how to live a healthy lifestyle and about his breathtaking road to becoming a top-ranked Olympian.
Throughout his pentathlon career, the ...
By JODI WEINBERGER
June 27, 2018The Somers Board of Education presented a timeline last week of security upgrades for the district’s buildings and announced it would be creating a security task force.
The safety updates from the board come in the wake of two alleged shooting threats made against the district. On June 1, students alerted staff to a statement written on the wall of the boy’s bathroom that read: ...
By CAROL REIF
June 26, 2018SOMERS, N.Y. - You can live in a town with the best firefighters, police, and ambulance crews in the world, but it won’t mean a thing if your house is ablaze or you’re having chest pains and they can’t get to your address as quickly as possible, Somers’ code enforcement officer says.
“As firefighters, our first responsibility is to get to you. If we ...
By JODI WEINBERGER
June 21, 2018SOMERS, N.Y. - The line to say goodbye to 15-year-old Reece Ferrara stretched far outside the doors of the funeral home on Monday, a testament to the impact the teen had on so many lives in the community.
By Tuesday–the press deadline for The Somers Record–a GoFundMe for the Ferrara family had raised nearly $60,000 from 700 people in just two days, and a website where families ...
By RUTHANN SCHEFFER
This year I was late in setting up my deck. Call it procrastination, muggy weather or whatever excuse, I finally got to it last week. With help from son, George, we set up the outdoor dining table and chairs; he methodically placed the flower boxes on the railing: “they have to be evenly spaced!”
We did have a concern: what about the nest the sweet little birds had built under the ...
By RICK MELEN
Last Friday was such a nice day we decided to head down to Tarrytown and take in some jazz in Pierson Park for the Friday Evening Concert Series. If you’re in the mood for it, a little jazz can be just the thing. Much of it is instrumental, so you don’t even have to sing along. Every time I see a rock band these days, they start the song, get to the chorus and then stick the mic out ...
By ADRIENNE KAVELLE
The latest fiasco I’ve read about is the renaming of the “Laura Ingalls Wilder Award” to the “Children’s Literature Legacy Award.” Why? Because the renowned author of Little House On The Prairie portrayed Native Americans (American Indians) in stereotypical language.
I must inject a personal experience here. A great friend of mine many years ago was Red ...
By BRUCE APAR
I’ve loved Broadway musicals since I was smaller than a piano bench. That’s one reason I enjoy writing about local productions in this space. The more people who go to musicals, the happier it makes me.
I didn’t realize how old-fashioned about musicals I could be, though, until my wife Elyse and I at long last saw “Wicked.” It only took us 15 years to get there.
By TRACY BECKERMAN
I was always very impressed that my dog could bark on command and come when I called his name, until I read in the newspaper about a dog that saved his owner’s life by calling 9-1-1. Apparently, when his owner had a seizure, the dog pushed a speed-dial button for 9-1-1, barked into the receiver for help, and then opened the door when the responders arrived.
Honestly, though, it’s ...
