In the championship game, the offense did not click immediately and the Maroons trailed 8-0. With a strong defense and four touchdowns by Mount Kisco’s Jayden Cruz, the Maroons pulled away and never looked back.

In addition to playing well and winning the championship in 2012, the players developed their football skills and sportsmanship. The Maroons were coached by Stanley Greene and Mike McLoughlin and a staff that includes Tom Jobin, James Brooks, Ken Oliveri, Jay Etzel, Leon Suetter, Kevin O’Shea and Brian Sullivan.

The area surrounding the parish of Our Lady Queen of Peace, New Dorp, Staten Island, one of the parishes at which Father Bill Damroth served, has been hit especially hard. Rosalie Scala, a parishioner there, has provided a list of items that would be very helpful:

·Non-perishable foods and beverages – remember they do not have electricity
·Heavy Duty Battery-Operated Flashlights and Batteries
·Contractor size heavy garbage bags
·Shovels
·Mops
·Rubber gloves
·Bleach, Lysol, antibacterial cleaning products
·Purel
·Air Filtering Masks
·Socks – tube socks are fine
·First Aid Kits – especially peroxide and antiseptics

A member of St. Francis, Tim O’Malley, has learned of a collection being made for Breezy Point and the Rockaways via the Aisling Community Center located in Yonkers. They need:

·Diapers
·Baby Wipes
·Blankets
·Towels
·Clothes
·Non-Perishable Food
·Toiletries
·Water

If you have, or can purchase, any of these items, please drop them off at the rear entrance of the St. Francis of Assisi Rectory, Dakin Avenue entrance, on Tuesday, Nov. 6 from 3:00-5:00 pm and 7:00-9:00 pm. If you are unable to make those times or if you would rather donate cash/check for us to make purchases for you, please contact Joann Spolzino at 914-666-7826 or joann.spolzino@verizon.net.

Lastly, any one who can drive their cars to Staten Island to deliver these donations would be appreciated. The goal is to get the victims supplies on Thursday afternoon.

Gas lines are forming in Mount Kisco. There were significant lines at Mobil and BP on Route 117 in Mount Kisco. Pictures from BP are shown below from Friday morning at 8:00 am. While there may be long lines since many stations are not open, some consumers are acting irrationally. AS the New York Times reported, one consumer was quoted ” ‘I just want to have it, because you don’t know how long this is going to last,’ said Richard Bianchi, waiting in the half-mile line at the Sunoco in Union with a tank that was three-quarters full.”

Primary and secondary roads are now all accessible. Target and A&P are open. A&P has plenty of milk and dairy but is low on beer (see picture below)

Con Ed is working to restore power to southern areas of the Village. Power should be restored to Brook Street, much of Grove, High, Ward, Leonard, Thorn, W. Hyatt, Spring, Boltis, Woodland, Main Street, Moore Avenue, St. Mark’s, Lawrence, Pine, Spencer, Lexington by later on this afternoon.

Power restoration is being assessed for Valley View, portions of N. Bedford Road, eastern Barker Street.

An emergency shelter remains open at the Boys and Girls Club at 351 Main Street. Dry ice will be available at Yonkers Raceway at 3PM. Additional dry ice will be available at a northern Westchester location which has yet to be announced. This information will be provided as soon as it becomes available.

Families are again urged to avoid any trick-or-treating this evening.

The Mt. Kisco Public Library is open, fully staffed and has wireless service and computers for your use. The library is crowded (see below) and the service is not available for all who wish to get online.

Refuse collection remains on the normal pick-up schedule. The current focus of Village clean up efforts is to make the public right-of-ways safe for pedestrian and vehicle travel. Limbs from private property can be brought to the curb for collection provided they are tied in four foot bundles. The unauthorized dumping of material in the public right-of-way is prohibited. Village will resume collection of leaf bags and curbside leaf collection later this week.

The Village Highway Department has been doing a tremendous job with tree removal and cleanup. Give them a thank you to let them know you appreciate their efforts. See cleanup of about half a dozen trees on Prospect Street below.

While this storm will cause damage, elected officials are trying to out-caution each other. New York Governor Cuomo shut down the subways on Sunday night at 7:00 pm. Sensing he was losing the battle and realizing he had no subways to shut down, Connecticut Governor Malloy ordered highways to be shut down. Fearing the worst, and running out of cautionary measures, New York City Mayor Bloomberg ordered everyone to stay at home AND UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES DRINK ANY LARGE SODAS OR SUGARY BEVERAGES.