Airline Nightmare for Greenacres Residents
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No matter how many bad airline stories you have heard, this one will shock you. Longtime Greenacres residents Bill and Susan Liebman were vacationing with their family in California last week when they learned that Susan’s only brother had passed away in Detroit. They made arrangements with Delta Airlines to fly from LAX to Detroit, as Delta is the only airline that flies direct between those two cities. They inquired about using Delta’s bereavement fares, which are advertised as a 50% discount off the regular rates, reserved seats and thought they were set to attend the funeral. But this was not to be – due to the airlines incompetence, cold heartedness and benign neglect they never made it to Detroit.
Grief over their loss quickly turned to frustration and anger when they arrived at the airport for their flight, only to learn that due to an error by the reservation agent on the phone, they had been booked on an earlier flight that had already left. Furthermore, though there was another flight that night, the clerk would not allow them to board the plane While they made desperate appeals for help the plane left for Detroit without them –in spite of the fact that there were seats available. Stunned, they missed the funeral and had to watch a stream of the service on a laptop computer.
The Liebman’s daughter, Jessica, is the Managing Editor of the website Business Insider and wrote an account of her parent’s harrowing tale with Delta on the site.
She agreed to let us share it with you here.
Level 3 Sex Offender Now Living in Scarsdale P.O.
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We got a tip from a concerned Scarsdale10583 reader alerting us that a Level 3 sex offender is now living in the 10583 zipcode on Lee Avenue. Josef C. Reutershan, age 46 has moved back to his mother’s house on the Scarsdale/Eastchester border, after serving time for “promoting/possessing an obscene sexual performance by a child under the age of 17” and” disseminating indecent material to minors.”
In February 2009 Reutershan’s home was searched and detectives discovered child pornography on his home computer. Between January 15, 2008 and February 23, 2009 Reutershan used the screen name “DoItNow666” and arranged to meet a 15-year-old boy for a sexual encounter in the bathroom of Border’s bookstore where Reutershan was an employee. Instead of meeting a boy, Reutershan was greeted by an undercover investigator for the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office.
He was sentenced for 1 to 3 years in prison and released in August, 2011. He initially moved to Valhalla where he was on supervised parole. Reutershan is 6’3” tall, weighs 253 pounds, has gray hair, and brown eyes.
Under the sex offenders registration act sex offenders must register with the local police. Reutershan is classified as a Level 3 offender, meaning he has the highest risk of a re-offence. Since he is living in the Eastchester Police district, they have notified vulnerable populations in the vicinity of his home, including nursery schools, public schools, churches and the boy scouts.
We spoke to Detective Sargent Kiernan at the Eastchester Police Department who said that the neighborhood alerts are designed “to let people know that the offender is in the community so that they can take whatever action they feel is appropriate.”
Lieutenant Thomas Altizio in Scarsdale said that the Scarsdale Police Department has also advised nursery schools, churches and the Scarsdale Public Schools that Reutershan is living nearby. He also added that currently there are no Level 2 or 3 sex offenders living in Scarsdale.
To learn more about sex offenders living in your area, visit http://criminaljustice.state.ny.us/nsor/search_index.htm or click here : http://www.sexoffenderin.com/
Sidewalk Sale is a Hit Downtown
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Scarsdale’s annual sidewalk sale took place on Thursday July 26 through July 28 and changeable skies did not prevent shoppers from taking advantage of some great deals. Thursday morning started out with rain showers – but bargain-seekers flooded downtown nonetheless to get into their favorite stores for first dibs on sale merchandise. Some merchants reported sales on par with last year – but the jury is still out on the overall success of the three-day blitz.
The hottest item this year was the coolest item as well – Savona was offering sorbeto and gelato and Carolyn Stevens from the Scarsdale Chamber of Commerce couldn’t decide which was better – the nutella gelato or the strawberry lemonade sorbeto.
Check out these photos of the sale, taken by Lindsay LeBoyer, of Scarsdale.
(At left: residents shop for bags, scarves, jewlery and accessories at Petticoat Lane.)




Your Olympic Athlete Body Match: Fun App of the Day
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Hooked on the Olympics and fantasizing about being an Olympiad yourself? Here’s a fun way to join the games without doing any training or buying expensive tickets. The BBC news site has posted an app that allows you to compare your body type to all the Olympic athletes and lets you know which ones most closely match your stats. I entered my height and weight and found that I match Ukrainian diver Anna Pysmenska and British sailor Hannah Mills. I am about to go hit the water now.
Find out who you match by clicking here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19050139
New Rabbi To Lead Scarsdale Synagogue
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Rabbi Jeffrey C. Brown (right), the new spiritual leader of Scarsdale Synagogue Temples Tremont and Emanu-El, recently joined forces with Rabbi Emeritus Stephen A. Klein to plant a tree in the congregational garden, symbolizing this month’s official transition of leadership at this 500-family Reform Jewish congregation. Rabbi Brown came to Scarsdale Synagogue following seven years as an associate rabbi at Temple Solel in the San Diego suburb of Cardiff, CA. Rabbi Klein has become Scarsdale Synagogue’s first Rabbi Emeritus, continuing his 31-year relationship.
Incoming Congregational President Ellen Baken, said: “We are delighted that Rabbi Brown is now on board and poised to further strengthen and grow our Synagogue. We are confident he will bring innovation and excitement to our congregation, honoring our past achievements, and serving member families and the broader Jewish and Westchester communities with continued involvement and effectiveness.”
Scarsdale Synagogue Temples Tremont and Emanu-El is a Reform Jewish congregation committed to building a covenant community of shared lives and real relationships. Founded in 1961, the Synagogue was joined by the memberships of Tremont Temple of the Bronx in 1976 and Temple Emanu-El of Southern Westchester in 2008. For further information, contact:
Gary Katz, Executive Director
Scarsdale Synagogue Temples Tremont and Emanu-El
Tel: (914) 725-5175