Greenburgh Insider: Grand opening of new wine store in Greenburgh/N Elmsford Saturday.

Ultimate Wine and Spirits to have celebration June 1 from 12-5. Free samples and give aways. Business located at new Shoprite complex

There is a new wine and spirits business in Greenburgh. Ultimate Wine and Spirits will hold their grand opening celebration this Saturday, June 1 from 12-5 PM.  The community is invited to welcome this new business to our town.  The location:   310 Saw Mill River Road, Elmsford (next to the newShoprite complex). The ribbon cutting will begin at 1. There will be free tastings all day. Free merchandise (t shirts, hats, cups, sunglasses, tote bags will also be given out.

 

According to the new owners, Brittney and Zahid Mahir Ultimate Wine and Spirits will be a special business where passion and expertise converge in the heart of Elmsford, NY. As a women and family-owned establishment, they're delighted to curate a collection that blends tradition and innovation. Brittney and Zahid , alumni of Pace University, simply fell in love with the charm of Elmsford/Greenburgh and decided to open their own shop. Their shelves feature a diverse array of fine wines and spirits from around the world, each bottle carefully selected for its quality and uniqueness. What really makes Ultimate special is their dedication to personalized service. Here, every customer will be treated like family, and each purchase is a chance to share their love for exceptional drinks. Whether you're an enthusiast seeking rare finds or just curious to explore, Ultimate Wine and Spirits promises a welcoming experience with every sip.

 

PAUL FEINER

Greenburgh Town Supervisor

Greenburgh Insider: Juneteenth Celebration - 6/14/24.

 

Greenburgh Insider: Town of Greenburgh: Westchester Community Health Center.

 

Join Brian Scott Gens, LCSW and Dillon Browne, LMSW from The Mental Health Association of Westchester with special guest Barbara Alammari, LCSW from Westchester Community Health Center May 29,2024 for an informative panel discussion on the essential link between physical and mental health at the Greenburgh Public Library. 

Greenburgh Insider: Town of Greenburgh: Pool opens Sunday at AF Veteran park--watch your small children in the pool.

Samantha Pfeffer, a student at Edgemont HS, lost her 2 1/2 year old sister when her sister drowned. Samantha formed a foundation to encourage parents/caregivers to be more careful.

The Greenburgh town pool at AF Veteran park opens tomorrow: Sunday May 26 and May 27^th from 10 AM to 6 PM. The summer schedule is below.

 

 

Samantha Pfeffer is a student at Edgemont High. Her sister Saige lost her life when she was only 2.5 years old. Samantha was 8 years old in 2015. Despite a quick rush to action by family and the best efforts of medical professionals, who got her heart beating, Saige was pronounced dead two days later.

 

Samantha has devoted a good portion of her life chairing a foundation called the Water Guardians. The water Guardians and Samantha want to encourage parents and caregivers to be aware of the dangers at pools/beaches. Samantha appeared on a cable TV; you tube show Solving Problems. Link below:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxW5Oyqydho

 

Now that the summer pool season has started it is important for parents with small children to be careful. Drowning is a leading cause of accidental deaths in children, particularly those under the age of five. Drowning incidents are preventable through vigilance, education and proper safety. Drowning can occur in a matter of seconds and is often silent. A child can drown in the time it takes to answer a phone call or fetch a towel. That means constant, undistracted supervision is ESSENTIAL whenever children are near water. 

 

Parents and caregivers might want to be trained in CPR and basic water rescue techniques. In an emergency knowing how to respond quickly and effectively can mean the difference between life and death. Talk to your children about water safety. Teach them to never enter the water without an adult and to always wear life jackets if they are not a  good swimmer. 

 

2024 Pool Hours

May 26 & 27: Sunday – Monday 10am – 6pm 

June 1 & 2, 8 & 9, 15 & 16: Weekends 10am – 6pm 

June 19: Wednesday 10am – 7:30pm 

June 20 & 21: Thursday – Friday 12pm – 7:30pm 

June 22-23: Saturday – Sunday 10am – 7:30pm 

June 24-27: Monday – Thursday 12pm – 7:30pm 

June 28 – August 9: 9am – 7:30pm 

August 10-11: Saturday – Sunday 9am – 7:30pm 

August 12-16: Monday – Friday 10am – 7pm 

August 17-18: Saturday – Sunday 9am – 7:30pm 

August 19-23: Monday – Friday 10am – 7pm 

August 24-25: Saturday – Sunday 9am – 7pm 

August 26 – 30: Monday – Friday 10am – 7pm 

August 31 – September 2: Labor Day Weekend 9am – 7pm

 

PAUL FEINER
Greenburgh Town Supervisor

Greenburgh Insider: Memorial day parade info...vote today in school elections/budgets.

Living history interviews with 150 veterans will be broadcast non stop this weekend.

The Town of Greenburgh Memorial Day Remembrance and parade will be as follows:

 

Veterans Memorial at Disanti Plaza at the Hartsdale Train Station

 

Date: May 27, 2024

 

Ceremony: 10 AM  (E Hartsdale Ave will be closed to traffic during the parade)

 

Parade to follow.

The Fairview Fire department will hold their  annual Memorial Day Service, taking place on Monday, May 27^th at 11:00 AM. 

 

This year's celebration consists of a small ceremony at the Greenburgh Police Department at 11:00 AM, followed by their annual community barbecue at Fairview Fire Headquarters

 

Each of the villages in the town holds their own Memorial Day ceremonies on Monday. Hastings on Hudson holds their parade on Sunday at 2 PM. 

 

The town will broadcast the 150 living history interviews with veterans of World War II and the Korean conflict non stop from Friday evening to Monday night  on channel 75 and 76 on Optimum and on channels 34 and 35 on Verizon FIOS. Each of the 150 interviews is a half hour long.  These interviews were conducted over a dozen years ago. Sadly, man of our local heroes who were interviewed have since passed away but their stories are shown every Memorial Day on public access TV. And their bravery never forgotten.

 

TODAY, May 21 is election day for School Board in school districts throughout Greenburgh. Voters will also have the opportunity to vote on school budgets. Some school districts are having vote so on bond propositions to fund capital projects. The majority of your property taxes goes to the to fund the schools so it is important for you to vote.

 

PAUL FEINER
Greenburgh Town Supervisor

Greenburgh Insider: NYS will not repave Knollwood Road in 2024--repaving delayed to 2025.

Disappointing news. Knollwood is in horrible shape. NYS needs to appropriate more funds to repave roads they own.

Update: Knollwood Road repaving delayed till 2025.

Last year I reported that Senator Andrea Stewart Cousins had secured funding from the state to repave Knollwood Road.  This state road, near Westchester Community College, was going to be repaved in 2024. Knollwood Road is  a state road, not a town road and the responsibility for repaving the road is the state’s.  The road is in horrible shape and is in desperate need of repaving. We’ve been pressing the state to repave this road for at least five years.

 

I was advised that that the state will not be able to complete the project this season. They expect to award a contract after bidding is completed by 10/28/2024. The end of this construction season will be used to prep the site including binder repairs, catch basin repairs, pothole repairs and gutter work to provide stability of Knollwood Road over the winter. The top course (final paving) will be constructed beginning in the spring, 2025.

 

Disappointed in the delays but pleased that NYS will repave this road—which probably has one of the worst road conditions of any road in Westchester.  Central Ave, another NYS road in bad shape, is expected to be repaved this year.    There are other roads in the town that are state owned and also in bad shape. NYS needs to allocate more funds to the NYS Department of Transportation to maintain roads that they own.

 

PAUL FEINER

Greenburgh Town Supervisor

Greenburgh Insider: Pre budget department discusssions 2024 capital budget- link below.

This year residents can watch the department heads making their case for capital budget funding before a final budget is presented to the Town Board for consideration.

LIBRARY, POLICE, MIS DEPARTMENTS CAPITAL BUDGET WISH LIST -PRESENTATION MADE TO TOWN BOARD ON MAY 14 (WATCH VIDEO LINK).

On Tuesday May 14th the Greenburgh Town Board met with a few department heads to discuss their capital budget wish lists for 2024. This meeting was the second pre budget capital budget discussion with the Town Board and department heads. A week earlier we met with the Commissioner of Parks.

 

 After we conclude the pre budget meetings  (we will be meeting with the Commissioner of Public Works again on Tuesday) I will review the requests and will prepare a proposed capital budget which will be presented to the Town Board for consideration.  Some of the requests made may not be included in this years budget and could be deferred.  This is a link to the 2nd discussion of the budget:

 

LINK TO MAY 14th DISCUSSION: https://greenburghny.new.swagit.com/videos/305132.

 

Greenburgh Insider: Bicycle Sundays tomorrow--celebrating our 50th year.

One of my proudest accomplishments was proposing to the county that they close the Bronx River Parkway for cyclists in 1974. Celebrating our 50th anniversary this year. I served on former County Executive Del Bello's Bikeway Task Force.

I got my start in public service by serving as the chair of the Task Force for Bikeways in Westchester in 1973 (when I was still in school). In 1974 I served as a member of former County Executive Al Del Bello's Bikeway Committee. I recommended that the county close the Bronx River Parkway for cyclists - an initiative the County Executive enthusiastically supported. It's been 50 years of fun on the parkway and I can't wait to get on my bicycle as I do every year and enjoy this fantastic program. 

In 1973, when I was chair of the County Task Force for Bikeways, I was a big pain. I kept calling legislators at night and on weekends asking the county to fund the first bikeway in Westchester (Bronx River Parkway bike path). I wrote letters, spoke at meetings. Organized petitions.  Persuaded newspapers to write editorials. One day the Minority Leader of the Board of Legislators asked me to agree to a deal: the Board of Legislators would fund the bikeway if I agreed not to show up at Board of Legislators meetings for six months. I did!  And the bikeway was funded. We're continuing to make Greenburgh and Westchester a more bicycle/pedestrian friendly community. In recent years Greenburgh has overseen the funding and building of almost 12 miles of new sidewalks. More to come.

PAUL FEINER
Greenburgh Town Supervisor

Greenburgh Insider: A new online news publication- RIvertownscurrent covering Greenburgh's river villages.

Independent news publications are important aspects of our democracy.

A few months ago Greenburgh lost two publications: The Scarsdale Inquirer and the Rivertowns Enterprise.  Some good news: Janine Annett has launched a new online publication called Rivertowns Current. I interviewed Janine on Solving Problems. She discusses her publication and extensive experience as a reporter.  If you would like to subscribe (free or paid) visit [https://rivertownscurrent.substack.com/](https://rivertownscurrent.substack.com/).   The link to the interview is below: [https://youtu.be/XTvr0PXUUVA](https://youtu.be/XTvr0PXUUVA) 

This new source of local news already has recruited several experienced reporters for their publication. Their calendar of events is already very popular and they publish interesting stories. The Rivertowns Current has 575 subscribers (and growing), including 124 paid subscribers. They have a nice working relationship with the Hudson

Independent and have been cross-posting each other's stories. The events listings have been very robust, with many people submitting local events. They have covered things like new local businesses, the school budget, tax breaks for seniors and first responders, the local arts scene, local dining, local sports, sustainability issues, and more... with much more to come 

A shoutout to Lucas Cioffi who led the effort to find a way to save local news publications and to encourage the start up of new local publications. Mr. Cioffi, along with Sandra Nam, QiqoChat Inc and the Westchester Youth Congress organized a very impressive community meeting in February attended by over 300 residents including Janine Annett. It is so important in a democracy to have independent news organizations.  The Rivertowns Current and other current and future local news outlets are good news for democracy and for our community. 

PAUL FEINER Greenburgh Town Supervisor

Greenburgh Insider: Greenburgh Library Guild Veteran Event.