Thank You 4th Graders!

I want to thank all of the Harrison AvenueSchool 4th Graders for visiting me this past week. I recieved all of your Thank You notes and have to say, I am the one who should be thanking you. Your enthusiasm for learning about Town Government and your active participation during the presentation made my experience all the more enjoyable. I hope you enjoyed yourselves and all of your Thank You notes are proudly on display in my office.

I must say, working with these students was probably the most fulfilling part of my job so far. Answering their questions, seeing their reaction to the K9 demonstration, teaching them about the various government departments. I hope they had a great a time as I did. It is important that students today understand how our local government works. After all, it is their Town and they will someday inherit it.

Thank you all again, and my best wishes to you all for an enjoyable summer!
*****Pictures coming soon!*****

URGENT! Special Town Board meeting

I was told this morning that a special Town Board meeting will be held tomorrow evening, Wednesday June 18, 2008 beginning at 7:30pm at Town Hall. The topic of the meeting will be the investigator for the Police Department. The public portion of be called to order at 7:30pm and immediately be adjourned to executive session.

Gone Fish'n

I am happy to report that fishing licenses are now on sale in my office. When I first arrived back in January I noticed the computer that was being used to register residents for hunting and fishing licenses was outdated and obsolete. In fact, it was taking up space. So, I spoke with representatives of the Department of Environmental Conservation and asked them if we could use our own computers instead. They agreed and now, we have a brand new laptop which uses a web based software to issue licenses. We are also utilizing the computer when it is not being used for licenses to look up general info for office visitors and it takes up half the space of the state owned computer. I want to thank the residents who hung in there while we got up and running and also thank Mamaroneck for taking on the extra work of issuing licenses to our residents during that period.
Stop in today to get your fishing license. We offer the serice Mon-Fri 9am-4pm.

Busy Weekend in West Harrison

PHOTOS COURTESY OF MR. TONY SANCHEZ AND MR. GREG SANCHEZ

I want to mention some important events I attended this past weekend in West Harrison. On Friday evening, St. Anthony's Church held its first annual "Blue Mass" which honored all the Firefighters, Police Officers, EMT's and Civic Officials in Harrison, West Harrison and Purchase. It was very welll attended. I want to first wecome St. Anthony's new addition, Father Chris to our community and thank him for hosting such a wonderful event. Also, congratulations are in order because Chief Pat Galluzzo of the West Harrison Fire Department announced that Father Chris was named "Department Chaplain" and an official helmet was presented to him. It was a great experience to see such admiration from both Father Chris and the Department. After the service, a blessing was bestowed upon all the emergency vehicles outside the Church inlcuding the new 2162 Chief's Truck driven by 1st Assistant Chief Dino Delsignore of the Downtown Fire Department. Lookin good Chief DelSignore - best of luck.

On Sunday, I attended the West Harrison Fire Department "Wet Down" for the new Utility 85 Truck which was recently purchased. As you can see above, this truck will be put to good use and will serve not only West Harrison Firefighters but, surroundng communities during mutual aide calls. Many people have asked me "what is a wet down?". A Wet Down is an event that is held everytime a Fire Department gets a new vehicle whether it be a truck, an engine etc. It is the celebration before the "maiden voyage" if you will. It is first blessed and then a bottle of champagne is usually broken over it to sybolize its beginning. Lastly, comes the wet down - and I mean WET! Picture the coach of the winning team at the end of the Super Bowl - only 100x bigger. Be sure to bring a bathing suit if you ever want to stand close to the vehicle while this is happening. Trust me.

Well, that was it. A great weekend with great friends. What more could you want? Okay, I could have stayed a little dryer ; )