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An elementary school administrator who abruptly resigned has been reassigned to work as a teacher.

Nadine Pacheco, who had been an assistant principal at Trinity Elementary School in New Rochelle submitted a letter of resignation to the Board of Education earlier this month.

District spokesman Paul Costiglio would not say why Pacheco had stepped down. On Thursday afternoon he said the superintendent and the board president on Friday would send out “an open letter to the Trinity community explaining the situation.”

Costiglio said Pacheco would send out a letter as well.

Messages left with Pacheco and the Board President Chrisanne Petrone were not immediately returned.

Records at the State Education Department show Pacheco’s “School Administrator/Supervisor Provisional Certificate” had expired in 2005. She has a permanent certificate to teach elementary students.

In an email, Costiglio wrote, “No person can perform administrative duties … without a current administrative license issued by (the Education Department). Nadine is presently maintaining only those leadership responsibilities which can be properly assumed under a teacher’s license.”

Trinity’s website currently lists Pacheco as a teacher.

Costiglio said the Board of Education will vote on a course of action regarding Pacheco at its Nov. 1 meeting.

Here are two long-term lane closures to know about in Rye, starting Monday:

Oct. 31 to July 2, 2012: Old Post Road at North Street Bridge will be one lane from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. due to construction.

Oct. 31 to Dec. 5: Lanes will be closed for milling and paving on Wappanocca Avenue and Ridge Street, in the area between Cedar and High streets, between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.

The Westchester League of Women Voters is hosting a Candidates Forum for those seeking to represent districts 5, 6 and 7 within Harrison.

The event will be held at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 3, 2011 at the Harrison Community Center, 210 Halstead Ave., Harrison.
the three legislator races are:

• Dan Brakewood vs. David Gelfarb for District 6


• Suzanna Keith vs. Judy Myers for District 7


• Iris Pagan vs. William Ryan for District 5

County Executive Rob Astorino, in a new commercial with his family, calls on voters to support “like-minded reformers who care.”
“Like you, we’re raising our family and we do what we can to try to save for college,” Astorino said. “We need what you need: property tax relief and a healthy economy. Because if Westchester doesn’t become more affordable our kids won’t be living here when they’re older.

“So I’m supporting the Candidates for a Healthy Westchester, a ticket of like-minded reformers who care.”

He goes on to plug www.votehealthywestchester.com

NEW ROCHELLE—New Rochelle detectives are investigating a burglary at Lieb’s Greenhouse at 1 Askins Place in which a $4,000 desktop computer was stolen along with $150 in cash from a cash register, police said.

The burglary happened between 4 p.m. Saturday and 6 a.m. Monday, police said. The 51-year-old owner of the store found a side door pried open and then discovered the money and property stolen from inside.

Proud father in law Richard Carino let us know Melissa Quesada-Carino (shown at right), previously crowned Mrs. New Rochelle, was the first runner-up in Sunday’s Mrs. New York pageant in Henrietta, outside Rochester. The women are all married and were judged in several categories, including an interview, swimsuit, evening gown and stage question.

You can read more about the pageant competition, and see photos of the winners, including Carino, here.

Mrs. Manhattan, Leah Bartos, was picked represent the state in the national Mrs. America pageant in May.

The New York Civil Liberties Union and the Connie Hogarth Center for Social Action are hosting the 13th Annual Henry Schwarzschild Memorial Lecture tonight at 7 p.m. at Manhattanville College’s Reid Castle, 2900 Purchase Street in Purchase. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will focus on police reform, racial policing and the controversial stop-and-frisk practice. The featured speaker is Robert Gangi, senior policy advocate for the Urban Justice Center and former executive director of the Correctional Association of New York. Gangi is currently leading the Police Reform Organizing Project (PROP), a new initiative of the Urban Justice Center.

The Larchmont Historical Society hosting a panel discussion titled “Aesthetic Archeology – Uncovering Your Home’s History” on Sunday, Nov. 6 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Fordyce Cottage, 20 Maple Avenue in Larchmont.

The event, featuring noted professionals from the historical preservation field, will include advice on how to restore a home and highlight its best features, with period-appropriate design, colors and landscaping for today’s modern family.

The participants are:
• Susan Emery, a longstanding LHS board member, former Annual House Tour Chair, and historic home renovation consultant.
• Debra Kling, a Certified Color Specialist, credentialed by The Fashion Institute of Technology in NYC.
• Gina Samarotto, founder and principal designer for The Samarotto Group, with two decades of landscape and interior design experience.
• Pamela Washington, owner of Washington Restoration Ltd., a local construction firm which has worked on many historic homes in the area.

Cost is $20 for members and $25 for non-members. Space is limited; RSVP to lhs@larchmonthistory.org.

New Rochelle will officially dedicate its new “Walk of Fame” at its Library Green on Saturday at 1 PM. A total of 25 distinctive interpretive signs, created in honor of famous residents — from actors and artists to activists and entrepreneurs — will be ceremonially unveiled. Each inductee is memorialized with a 20” x 14” full color historical interpretive sign telling his or her story in words and graphics. Some of the residents honored include Ossie Davis and wife Ruby Dee, Don Hewitt, Lou Gehrig, Elia Kazan, Thomas Paine and Norman Rockwell. The signs were created and funded by former resident and historian Roderick Kennedy Jr., working in partnership with the City of New Rochelle and the Downtown Business Improvement District. The event will be by an illustrated slide presentation by Barbara Davis of “Great Notables of New Rochelle” at 2 p.m. in the Ossie Davis Theater.

The full list of inductees is:
Madame Beatrice Alexander
Teresa Brewer
Joseph Campbell
Irene Castle
Carrie Chapman Catt
Ellabelle Davis
Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee
Eddie Foy
Lou Gehrig
Don Hewitt
Adrian Iselin
Elia Kazan
Walter Lantz
Joseph Leyendecker
Robert Merrill
Thomas Paine
Jan Peerce
Pearl Primus
Alex Raymond
Frederic Remington
Norman Rockwell
Elizabeth Seton
John Stephenson
Buffalo Bob Smith
Whitney M. Young, Jr.

The Mamaroneck Schools Foundation recently put out a news release highlighting some of the efforts they have funded for the 2011/2012 school year.

They include:

• A new e-book collection, featuring digital editions of the top fiction titles for the elementary school libraries, and the reference books for the high school library,  now available via school or home computers. The e-books can be accessed online or downloaded onto any computer, e-reader or electronic device.

• Building Inner Strength, a pilot program which introduces the Chatsworth elementary school community to the practices of mindfulness, stress reduction and self-awareness through training provided by the highly regarded Inner Resilience Program.

• An early orientation run for 44 incoming high school freshman through a program called Project Jump Start. The intent was to nurture and develop empowered students and provide them with a foundation for high school success.

• All new kindergarteners were given a picture book to take home this week: The Biggest Apple Ever by Steven Kroll, sent to 470 new kindergartners and their families.

For additional information about the Mamaroneck Schools Foundation, visit the website, www.mamaroneckschoolsfoundation.org

Photo: Courtesy of Mamamoneck Schools Foundation, shows Chatsworth Avenue Kindergartners reading their new books at the school playground.