Sound Shore

The 18th Annual Larchmont Antique and Collectibles Show will take place this coming Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day at Mamaroneck High School. The show features over 40 dealers. Admission is $6 and benefits the Mamaroneck Schools Foundation. Food will also be for sale.

The League of Women Voters of Larchmont/Mamaroneck will host a Larchmont Village Candidate Forum at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday at the Larchmont Village Courtroom in Village Hall, 120 Larchmont Avenue.

Even though all the candidates this year are unopposed, the forum will allow voters to get a sense of each candidate’s position on a variety of topics of local concern. The candidates will have an opportunity to make a brief statement, and then the League will ask a number of prepared questions. There will also be an opportunity for questions from the audience.

Running for Larchmont mayor is Anne McAndrews, a former Larchmont trustee. The candidates for two village trustee slots are Marlene Kolbert (incumbent) and Peter Fanelli. All three candidates are running on the Democratic line. Election Day is Tuesday, March 20th from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Mamaroneck Avenue will host what is being billed as the first annual Sound Shore St. Patrick’s Day Parade Sunday, March 18 at noon.

The Sound Shore St. Patrick’s Day Parade committee is organizing the parade, which will featuring musicians, dancers, local schools, police, firefighters, pipes and drums bands, and representatives of the area’s Irish community. Jim Killoran, Executive Director of Habitat for Humanity of Westchester, has been named Grand Marshal.

According to organizers, confirmed marchers in the parade include:
Police Emerald Society of Westchester Pipes & Drums
Westchester & District Pipe Band
O’Rourke Academy of Irish Dance
Hendry School of Irish Dance
Galwaymen’s Assoc.
Byram Hill High School
Mamaroneck HS baseball team
Emerald Society Dept. of Sanitation Pipes & Drums
Habitat for Humanity High School Volunteers
Mamaroneck Elks Lodge 1457
Eastchester Irish American Social Club
Brassmen Drum & Bugle Corps.
Port Chester Fire Dept.Lynn Academy of Irish Dance
Westchester Firefighter Emerald Society Pipes & Drums
NYU Pipes & Drums
Westchester & District Pipe Band
Village of Mamaroneck Fire Dept.
Town of Mamaroneck Fire Dept.
Mamaroneck Youth Hockey Assoc.
Harrison Fire Dept.
Tipperary N&B Assoc.
Village of Mamaroneck Mayor Norm Rosenblum
NYU Pipes and Drums
Mamaroneck Avenue School
Salesian High School marching band

The parade will kick off at noon at Nostrand Ave., near Mamaroneck Avenue School, and proceed down Mamaroneck Avenue, ending at Harbor Island. Prior to the parade, a celebratory mass will be held at St. Vito’s Church at 9:30 a.m.

Sponsors include The Garden City Group, Inc.; Eastern Design Tile and Marble, Inc; The Spillane Group (Molly Spillane’s); Dunkin Donuts; Collins Brothers Moving Corp.; and Murphy Brothers Contracting.

For more information on participating in the parade, becoming a volunteer, or to support the parade as a sponsor, contact the committee at info@soundshoreparade.com

Anderson’s Book Shop in Larchmont will host a book signing with author William Broad, a science journalist and senior writer at The New York Times, on Saturday, Feb. 11th between 2 and 4 p.m. Broad will be signing copies of his most recent book, The Science of Yoga.

Broad will host two other local signings the following month: March 4 at the JCC of Mid-Westchester at 1 p.m. and March 25 at the Larchmont Library at 4 p.m.

Here’s the description of the book, from the event announcement: “The Science of Yoga takes us on a riveting tour of unknown yoga that goes from old archives in Calcutta to the world capitals of medical research, from storied ashrams to spotless laboratories, from sweaty yoga studios with master teachers to the cozy offices of yoga healers. Broad unveils a burgeoning global industry that attracts not only curious scientists but true believers and charismatic hustlers. In the end, he shatters myths, lays out unexpected benefits, and offers a compelling vision of how the ancient practice can be improved.”

In response to a number of resident requests for information about crime prevention, the Town of Mamaroneck and the Larchmont Gardens Civic Association are jointly sponsoring a Crime Prevention Workshop at the VFW/Senior Center located at 1288 Boston Post Road on Wednesday at 7 p.m. A similar seminar was offered three years ago at the Weaver Street Firehouse.

Representatives of the Town’s Police Department will be on hand to answer questions as will Town Supervisor Nancy Seligson and Town Administrator Steve Altieri. For more information please contact Supervisor Nancy Seligson at 381-7805.

The Ursuline School this morning released its second statement on the suicide of a 14-year-old student earlier this week. The school’s statement is apparently in response to the Yonkers police department’s own press release last night.

Here’s the statement, attributed to Principal Eileen Davidson:

The Ursuline School has lost a wonderful young member of its close-knit community of students. Our grief is overwhelming. Eira Maghuyop loved our school and was fully engaged in Ursuline’s campus life. Our staff continues to take care of our students as they mourn, and we pray for Eira’s family. Those are our priorities.

Unfortunately, our grief has been compounded by the erroneous reports on the Internet and among some news organizations that Eira’s death was in part the result of bullying at Ursuline. We are reassured by the Yonkers Police Department statement that their investigation “has not revealed any evidence to support that bullying was a factor in this incident.”

We thank the community, our alumnae and friends for the outpouring of support. We continue to offer our students counseling, peer mediation, a personal development program, and peer ministry. We will also continue our chapter of Teenangels, a nationwide program of specially trained teens who promote Internet safety and cyberbullying awareness and prevention.

Larchmont Mayor Josh Mandell is the featured speaker at the next Issues Breakfast of The League of Women Voters of Larchmont/Mamaroneck, set for Friday at 8:15 a.m. at The Nautilus Diner on Boston Post Road in Mamaroneck. The cost is $8, payable at the door.

Southern Westchester lost a great promoter of film and fine arts last week with the death of Marilyn Ackerman, 81, at her home in Mamaroneck on Jan. 24.

From a writeup submitted by her son, Brian Ackerman, the programming director at the Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville:

“She was deeply involved in the world of film, along with her husband, who operated art theatres in Manhattan and Westchester, including the Fine Arts Cinema in Scarsdale. In 1982, with Beth Kochen, Marilyn began the innovative Westchester Cinema Club, where film-lovers could gather to view new films from all over the world—without knowing what they were to see, and before they opened in the US — followed by a discussion with film critics and scholars. It became a model for film clubs nationwide, and the Westchester Cinema Club has remained oversubscribed for all of its 30 years. She and her husband, Meyer, spent many years traveling to international film festivals, and she immensely enjoyed their years in the heart of the film industry. In 2003, the couple was given a Special Honorary Award For Their Contribution To Film by the County of Westchester.”

Survivors include her husband, Meyer; their three children, Farrell, of La Jolla, CA; Harriet, of Hastings on Hudson; and Brian, of Croton on Hudson, and five grandchildren.

Mark your calendars – Mamaroneck will be host to a “Green Screen” environmental film festival from March 3 to 12. The eight-movie event is sponsored by the village and town of Mamaroneck and the village of Larchmont, with support from the Friends of the Larchmont Library, the Friends of the Mamaroneck Library, Wine Gems and the Garden Club of Larchmont. Each screening will be followed by a featured speaker and a Q-and-A session on the topic.

The films include: The Lorax, Bag It, Fresh, No Impact Man, Extreme Ice, Flow: For the Love of Water, Gasland and Carbon Nation. To receive emails about the festival, email “yes” to cfte@vomny.org or go to the main website for the village at http://www.village.mamaroneck.ny.us; a link to info on the festival is at the upper right side of the page.

Want to be freezin’ for a reason? The South East Consortium for Special Services Inc. will be the beneficiary of a “Leprechaun Leap” into Long Island Sound on March 10 at noon in Mamaroneck. The festivities are set for Harbor Island Park; registration begins at 10 a.m. and there will also be refreshments and entertainment.

The consortium is a not-for-profit group dedicated to providing therapeutic recreation services, leisure-related programs and respite opportunities to over 350 children and adults with special needs who reside in southeast Westchester County.

For more information, contact Jerry Peters at 698-5232, by email at jpeters@secrec.org or go to http://www.secrec.org.