Lucian Cappello from Facebook page

update: The two men were released on $1000 bond this evening. They are due back in court June 9.
The crossing guard returned to work today.

Two New Rochelle men have been arrested in Thursday’s assault of a Larchmont Crossing Guard, according to Town of Mamaroneck Police.

They are Lucian Cappello, 32, of 16 Park Ave. in New Rochelle, charged with Obstruction of Government Administration and Assault in the 3rd Degree, and

Anthony Vaccaro, 37, of 64 Pelham Rd., in New Rochelle, charged with  Obstruction of Government Administration and Leaving the Scene of an Accident with Injuries.

Family members of suspects enter court Monday night

All of the charges are high level misdemeanors. The men were held pending arraignment, which occurred Monday night.

photo above: Jacqueline Silberbush

The New York Botanical Garden nearby in the Bronx opened a gorgeous tribute to French Impressionist Claude Monet this past weekend.

His amazing garden at Giverny is re-envisioned indoors at the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, including a re-interpretation of the lovely Japanese bridge and pond that inspired his impressionist art.

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Jim Amico on Midland Road, 2010

RYE– A stop sign has finally gone up on a stretch of a busy Rye Road where two children were hit by cars.

In 2006, Jarrid Amico, 10, was struck and killed by a car on Midland Road near Midland School. In 2010, another ten year old was hit, and injured.

At the second incident, Jim Amico, the father of Jarrid, who was killed in the first incident,  got into a scuffle with police. As the outspoken proponent of stop signs for pedestrian safety in the area, his efforts had been getting mixed results.

At 8am, Rye Police announced new stop signs have been installed on Midland Avenue at the intersection with Palisade Road. It’s a pilot project- hopefully it will be permanent.

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Submitted to the Looppool on Flickr by DeCicco Photography

To the Editor:
My husband and I were surprised yesterday by an uninvited guest in the bright afternoon sunshine – a sick or injured raccoon laying on its side, breathing heavily, huddled against the wall of our garage.

I called Mamaroneck (Village) Police Department who gave me the number for a trapper.  I called the trapper and explained the situation.  This raccoon could well be rabid.  I was told that the initial trapping fee would be approximately $300.   If the animal were indeed found to be rabid, then I would have to additionally pay for the cost of the rabies test and for proper disposal of the animal.  Final cost would be upward of $1000.

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A few events from theLoop events calendar:

Saturday, May 19th, 2012

E-CYCLE @ Mamaroneck Library
10:00am – 2:00pm | FREE!
In the Emelin Theater Parking Lot
Green Solutions Group Ltd. Will be on hand to collect and recycle your unwanted electronic waste products
What is Electronic Waste?
E-waste can encompass a variety of equipment including, but not limited to comput… MORE INFO

Rolling in the Deep
10:00am – Sat 5:30pm | FREE!

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Kitchewan Organic Farm, Ossining

Photo: Jacqueline Silberbush

MAMARONECK — The proposed Mamaroneck Village Plastic Bag ban we told you about  fell short of going to a vote this week at the Village Board meeting.

Village Manager Richard Slingerland says, “We are still working on it — the law needs some revisions.”

He said he anticipates “it should be in final form” sometime in late May early June.

You begged. You pleaded.

We listened.

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Paige Bradley: "Expansion"

from the Rye Arts Center:

RYE– The Rye Arts Center is staging Beyond Rodin – New Directions in Contemporary Figurative Sculpture, through June 16.  at 51 Milton Road, Rye, NY.

The exhibit will feature the work of 20 U.S.-based sculptors who are creating innovative contemporary works built on a foundation of anatomical rigor and classical training in sculpting the human form.

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SCARSDALE– Elena Rosenberg is a local artist working with a material we often overlook as an artist’s medium…fiber. She creates  hand-knit fashion accessories, clothing, and fiber jewelry.

“I work with natural materials, including silk, merino wool, organic cotton, alpaca, cashmere, bamboo,” she writes.  “My designs are modern, elegant, and innovative, with nods both to the classically elegant and the fashion-forward.”

Her collection includes shawls, wraps, scarves, cowls, capelets, shrugs, hats, gauntlets;  Iready-made pieces and custom-made garments. She will do custom knit shawls and wraps for brides and bridesmaids.

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Doc James, that male-dominated bastion of all things Cigars and Golf, has moved and expanded from its E. Boston Post Rd. store into an old horse barn in Mamaroneck.

“The space has tons of character and a great rustic feel,” says designer Danielle Monteverdi.  The outdoor smoking lounge is open seasonally and a private loft is available for business meetings and small gatherings.

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Jill Lankler (left) and Jen Dorf take on kids in the kitchen

LARCHMONT– My daughter’s lunch box had the same thing in it every day for almost this entire school year. A Nutella sandwich.

I finally gave in when every healthier option I could think of came home untouched.  I was just grateful she was eating something.

That was then. This morning she assembled a fruit salad for her lunchbox after having granola for breakfast. What happened? Nothing short of a miracle.

A game to learn 'slow foods' vs. 'grow foods'

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The Village of Mamaroneck may soon follow Rye’s lead and pass an ordinance banning plastic shopping bags.

More discussion of the proposed ban is expected at tonight’s Village Board meeting with a possible vote.

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Happy Mothers Day!

This property is at 120 Mamaroneck Avenue, Mamaroneck.

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The listing reads:

Loft style Tribeca style living in Mamaroneck!! State of the art kitchens and baths, beautiful appointments with 13 foot ceilings. Master Bedrm with sgd to private 125 sq. ft. balcony, second bedroom and sitting room round out this easy living lifestyle. Enjoy rooftop entertaining with approx. 300 sq ft plus water and gas hookups with magnificent views of Mamaroneck Harbor. Conveniently located in walking distance to beach, parks, shopping and Metro North. Only 34 minutes to Grand Central.

See this home and all the MLS listings at theLoop Real Estate Marketplace.

A perfect gift for Mothers’ Day: the A to Z  2010 Pinot Noir from Oregon.
This is  an elegant, complex and affordable Pinot Noir, good to drink  right now or to age for another 5-7 years. With aromas of cherries, cranberries and blackcurrents, the A to Z is the quintessential Oregon Pinot Noir. It shows darker fruit flavors, ripe tannins and some mineral overtones, with a surprisingly long finish; in other words, a great balanced wine for Oregon Pinot lovers!
Remember that women love Pinot Noir (70% vs 30% for men) and it’s sometimes called ” the most feminine grape variety.

Happy Mothers’ Day!
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And what do we think about this? Have you seen the latest Time?

L.A. mom Jamie Lynne Grumet is shown breast-feeding her nearly 4-year-old son. The picture and story on attachment parenting marks anniversary of Dr. Bill Sears’ The Baby Book.

James Rainey at the Los Angeles Times reports, “A Time magazine cover with L.A. mom Jamie Lynne Grumet breast-feeding her strapping, almost 4-year-old son promises to be the head-snapping checkout-stand stopper of the season, based on the fevered reaction provoked by the magazine’s pre-Mother’s Day landing…. “Editors at the news magazine said they ran the provocative cover photo and a story on attachment parenting to mark the 20th anniversary of the Dr. Bill Sears book on the subject, which helped power the movement for moms to establish deeper, and more prolonged, physical bonds with their children.” (more)

Yea, but just how prolonged?  Your thoughts welcomed.

I once bought my then-tiny daughter a full length toile ballet dress at this, one of the area’s biggest rummage sales, for a quarter.

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LARCHMONT–If you missed this story in LoHud a while back, it bears repeating, particularly for those in the Sound Shore area who know the Rocking Stone, on Rockingstone Avenue, Larchmont/Town of Mamaroneck. Steven Kling is making a film on the rock.

(And we included it in our video below)

You must admire a man who is on a mission.

Stephen Kling is such a man.

A few weeks ago, Kling walked into Mamaroneck Town Administrator Steve Altieri’s office and asked him a question: Would it be OK if he re-set the Rocking Stone to make it rock again?

“He looked at me like I was a maniac,” Kling recalled. “I mean, how many people come in and ask that question?”

It wasn’t altogether clear how the rest of the conversation went.

In any case, Kling was dead serious.

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It’s genius. It’s fashionable. And it’s cheap.

Green Eileen in Yonkers is an Eileen Fisher store -that opened in March- stocked with professionally cleaned, gently worn Eileen Fisher clothing at, in many cases, below half the original retail prices.

Phillipa Climaco holds a dress that retailed for $278, and was never worn. It's selling for $70.

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This home is at 17 Bonnie Briar Lane, Larchmont.

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The listing reads: “Exceptional 1929 Larchmont Farmhouse Colonial on a rare full acre of rolling lawns, stone walls & a babbling brook with charming bridge. Unrivalled setting & privacy in premier Bonnie Briar with views of golf course. Thoughtfully renovated & expanded w/Smallbone Dine-in-Kitchen adjoining stunning Great Room w/soaring ceilings. Oversized two room Master Suite w/FPL easily could become 4th Bedroom on 2nd floor level. A Treasure on an acre.”

This 4 Bed/5 Bath home is going for $2,499,000

Click here to donate your gently used furniture to a family that needs it, in honor of your mama.

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We are big on recycling e-Waste, as you may know- dumping your computers, cell phones, VCRs etc. the green way.

The Mamaroneck Library is making it easy on May 19:

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News 12 shot of Kujtim Nicaj

WHITE PLAINS– Every dog has his day.

The “bestiality Super” was arraigned Tuesday on burglary and sexual misconduct charges after prosecutors said he illegally entered a tenant’s apartment Feb 8. and engaged in multiple sex acts with a 15-month-old Labroador Retriever. He was allegedly caught by the tenant’s “Nanny Cam” at the Rye Colony apartments.

Kujtim Nicaj, 43, of Rye pleaded not guilty to six counts of sexual misconduct and two counts of burglary, the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office said in a statement.

NEW ROCHELLE– This New Rochelle home, at 50 Montgomery Circle, is owned by the Republic of Cameroon. According to a recent report in LoHud, its owners owe $1.4 million in taxes.

Now Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) wants them and the other seven New Ro property owners owing a combined $2.7 million in back taxes and interest to the city of New Rochelle, to pay up.

Here’s the honor roll:

#1) Republic of Cameroon: $1.4 million on a diplomatic residence at 50 Montgomery Circle – back to 1995.

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Amy O'Doherty

Amy O’Doherty was a lovely young woman who died at age 23 on 9/11/01 at the World Trade Center.

Spare Change writes,

Amy O’Doherty grew up in Pelham, NY, and attended St. Bonaventure University in upstate New York, graduating in 2000. A professor there who had her in four classes said of her:

She was a true pleasure to have in class: always doing every homework, carrying class discussions (especially in Money and Banking!), and such a hard worker.After graduating, she moved to New York City into her first apartment and worked for Cantor Fitzgerald, an international securities firm with offices on floors 101-105 of the north tower of the World Trade Center.

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Under the Cherry Blossoms (June Marie Sobrito posted to the Looppool on flickr)

‘Supermoon,’ Obscured by Clouds, Left Plenty to See
Those in New York  looking to take photographs of the so-called supermoon had to make do with other amusements under a cloudy sky on Saturday night.

More than 1,000 attend Sullivan family funeral in Carmel
More than 1,000 friends, neighbors, relatives and uniformed officers gathered at St. James the Apostle Church Saturday morning to pay their last respects to the Sullivan family, among them the sole survivor of the blaze that took the lives of his father, mother and two sisters.

Animal shelter faces theft, cruelty claims
Volunteers at the purportedly no-kill Westchester Shore Humane Society are accusing the animal shelter’s directors of cruelty, stealing from the charity, mismanagement and euthanizing hundreds of animals.

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A very cool Mothers Day gift guide from Cool Hunting. (What I wouldn’t do for that poodle USB hub…)

What are you getting?

This home is at 17 Huguenot Drive, Larchmont.

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The listing says:   Beautifully restored 1931 Normandy Tudor with old world architectural craftsmanship. This home is dedicated to gracious living, boasting a grand hallway, spacious formal living room with fireplace, a dining room perfect for large family gatherings. A gourmet cook’s kitchen with separate breakfast room. Large Master Bedroom and three oversized bedrooms with hall bath on 2nd level. This home has been lovingly maintained. The perfect location, easy walk to train to NYC and Larchmont Village.

This 5 Bed/3 Bath home is going for $1,649,500.

Connor Robinson and Katie Broderick

Update: 20 men and boys have signed up to shave their heads. Come join the spectacle! If a shiny pate isn’t your goal, the organizers invite you to come anyway and bring a donation if you’d like.

LARCHMONT, MAMARONECK– Katie Broderick is a wonderful little girl in the fourth grade.  Connor Robinson is a sweet, athletic third grader. Both are from great families. Both are at Larchmont’s Murray Avenue School. And both of them are cancer survivors.

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No, we can’t believe it either. Not that we have anything against some racy fiction, but when it’s badly written, boring and on the New York Times Best Seller List?

The Fifty Shades of Grey phenom continues.  And if you’re really obsessed, you can meet the author in Eastchester.  E.L. James, author of the “Fifty Shades” trilogy, will be at the Willow Ridge Country Club on May 11. The event promises lunch, wines, dessert and Q and A.

James was named by Time Magazine as one of the “100 Most Influential People in the World” in 2012.

She will be signing her book from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Tickets to the event cost $85 and can be purchased at www.divamoms.com.

submitted by Loop reader Mark Lane:

There are people who think I am knowledgeable about beer.   Probably because I drink a lot of it.  And because much of the time, no one has ever heard of the strange brands they find me with.  So the topic comes up a lot.  I try to steer people towards a good American-made craft beer, particularly India Pale Ales, which have become an art form in this country in the last decade.

I now have a fairly narrow range of IPA’s that I will drink.  Has to be a strict IPA, not some “chocolate IPA” or something.  I prefer “American style” IPA: basic stuff, not the “San Diego” or “Belgian” style IPA’s, which I regard as abominations and insults to an intelligent palate.

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