The Haverstraw Police Athletic League has established a memorial fund to help the family of 11-year old Jordan Barreto-Mehta pay for his funeral expenses.

Jordan Barreto
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Contrary to the final tallies for Rockland County and the Town of Orangetown where Republicans won in all the contested races, Palisades, with less than half the registered voters voting, gave Democrats a win for all seats except the Town Receiver of Taxes. For the first time, both Palisades voting districts 12 and 50 voted together, thanks to the Esplanade who opened their doors for the occasion.

The next meeting of the Palis-Agers will take place on Thursday, December 10, at two oʼclock in the Community Room of the Palisades Presbyterian Church. Dr. Kalotkinʼs talk, titled “Back Pain, Posture and Space Travel?” will discuss low back pain and postural imbalances, and how specific weak muscles can contribute to them. The lecture will present strategies for prevention, and specific exercises to help reduce the risk. Interesting research will be discussed and participation is encouraged.

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Member of the Ramapo Catskill Library System
19 Closter Road
Palisades, NY 10964
845-359-0136, Fax 845-359-6124
pal@rcls.org
www.rcls.org/pal

Hours: M-Thu 11-9, Fri 11-5,
Sat 11-5, Sun 1-5
Closed: Dec. 24, 25,
Christmas Eve & Day
Dec. 31, Jan. 1,
New Yearʼs Eve & Day
Feb. 15, Presidentʼs Day

Director
Maria Gagliardi

Board of Trustees
Mary Ellen Ledwith, President
Charles Shimel, Vice President
Dr. Carol Stewart, Secretary
Lisette George, Treasurer
Gerry Miras
Susan Nemesdy
William Saum
Sharon Schmetterer
Kathryn Shattuck David Shire
Dr. Lynn Sykes

Board members:
Carol Baxter, President; Carol Knudson, Vice President; Jill Wecht, Treasurer; Sheila Chin, Secretary; and Michele Balm, Alice Buchanan, Dr. Leo Keegan and Honorary Board member Dr. Virginia McCauley.

Mailing Address:
PO Box 222 Palisades, NY 10964
Phone: 845-398-2521 during business hours
e-mail: PCC@palisadesny.com
Website: www.Palisadesny.com

During this holiday time of gratefulness, we would like to thank all those who have made donations, both financial and in-kind, to the Palisades Community Center. The PCC receives no funding and relies solely on donations, membership and rentals to maintain this very special building.

Welcome to A New Resident
Skyler Rose Schmetterer was born May 1, 2009 at 8:15 am weighing in at 7 lbs., 8 oz. (19.5 inches). Her thrilled and delighted parents are Tyler & Sharon Schmetterer. Skyler Rose is the 3rd generation of Schmetterers at the Landing.

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Suzanna Buck, left, a high school senior who played Beatrice in the recent Rogue Players production and her sister Charlotte, right, a freshman who played her cousin Hero, have been involved with the CST for years (Suzanna since 6th grade – she was Ariel in The Tempest and Cymbeline in Cymbeline; Charlotte has been in CST for 4 years appearing in The Comedy of Errors, Henry IV and Richard III) but this is the first time they have appeared together in the same play. They are shown with their parents, Roger Buck and Sharon Quayle.

Im going to let you in on two not-very-secret secrets for excellent family dining at reasonable prices: Cassie's Pizzeria in Orangeburg and The Greek Village in Northvale, NJ.

On Sunday, October 25, at one of the Palisades Free Library's Sunday Symposia, Bill Ryan gave us fascinating glimpses of the floor of the Hudson River. Bill, a Doherty Senior Scholar and Adjunct Professor Emeritus at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, described the findings of a recent project intended to increase our understanding of the Hudson habitat. Originating with the Riverkeeper, the project was funded by the Department of Environmental Conservation.

Palisades and Its Communities

Our special hamlet of Palisades is composed of a number of small communities, all comfortable, close-knit enclaves yet each uniquely diverse in its history and make up.

With this issue we are launching a series that will focus on a specific neighborhood and celebrate its past, its diversity and its people. We begin with HeyHoe Woods, made up of approximately 24 acres and bordered by South Orangetown School District property, IBM, The Esplanade and Oak Tree Road.

Have you had a chance to visit Kykuit yet, the beautiful Rockefeller estate overlooking the Hudson? I went with a Palisades friend recently. As we toured the gardens, the guide stopped at a fountain by the teahouse, telling us that its sculpture was by Francois Tonetti. The two of us looked at each other, immediately recognizing his name. I knew a bit about his formidable wife Mary Lawrence who was instrumental in turning Snedens into an artist's colony in the early 20th century but I knew little about her sculptor husband and had been curious about his work. It was time to find out more.

Tonetti cherubs at Kykuit
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What is it that makes an eight-year-old kid decide she wants to be in a Shakespeare play? Does she wake up with this idea one day and comb the internet for possibilities for realizing this ambition? More likely she has a friend who is in a play and asks her to come and see it. She sits in the audience in the front row on a tiny chair and she is so close to the actors she can touch them. They look right in her eyes when they talk and, though she may not understand all the words they are saying, they are having so much fun up there on the stage that their joy bubbles over onto the audience and she knows she just has to be one of them.

After the July panther sightings, there was a hiatus. Then, at the beginning of October, four different people saw what they thought were panther cubs. Two of the sightings were at Lamont, one was in Tallman Park, and one was on Rockland Road. Another sighting occurred on November 3.