Chalking 2014
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Scarsdale High School seniors took a break to chalk the entry to SHS on Friday September 5th and the results were arty! The slate was covered in a wonderful pastiche of pastel colors. Here are just two of the results from this day which is a tradition at the school.
Pictured above are: Michaela Dwyer , Samantha Abbe, Madeline Ware, Michelle Segale, Luisa Esteves, Kimmy Rothberg, Sammy Silberberg, Annie Blum
Another group creation - "Can't Touch This" --Go class of 2015!
Boardwalk Empire Films Final Episode in Scarsdale
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The final scene of the final season of Boardwalk Empire was filmed at the Scarsdale Diving Pool on Wednesday August 27th. Crews set up on Tuesday for a scene that will made to look like it was filmed in the ocean off Atlantic City.
A production company who was looking for a pool that was 12 feet deep and could be closed to accommodate the filming approached Jason Marra, Superintendent for the Scarsdale Recreation Department, in April. The company paid Scarsdale $10,000 a day for 2 days to close the diving pool and also threw in $3,000 which will be used to replace the basketball hoops at the pool.
Marra said they were able to accommodate the crew without inconveniencing residents. During the last week of August day camp is over, some residents are on vacation, much of the pool staff goes back to college and the diving pool is often closed. Using it this week was a win-win for Scarsdale and the film crew.
Though Marra was not at liberty to divulge which actors were there, a major director who directed the last episode of the Sopranos was on the scene as well as a specialist in underwater filming who was flown in from California.
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A Whale of a Sale
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The Friends of the Scarsdale Library has accepted thousands of books for the upcoming book sale slated to begin on Saturday September 6, with a special preview for the Friends on Friday night September 5. In fact, books are almost stacked to the ceiling in the Scott Room where scores of diligent volunteers are on hand sorting through novels, classics, cookbooks, historical texts, and even prayer books. Some of the books are quite valuable including a book of Chagall lithographs and signed copies of books by Rudyard Kipling, Arthur Miller and Aldous Huxley.
According to Kathy Steves, who is the librarian at Cardinal Spellman High School and directs the Scarsdale Library book sale each year, much to her surprise this year more books have been donated than in prior years. The books contain a trove of historical information about Scarsdale – and inside the books Steve and her staff have found some wonderful memorabilia. Steves has 
designated a special bin for items found under the covers of the books and showed me a typed letter from 1928, another note that said, "For the Greatest Horsemen Ever – from your friend Tonto" along with a sign that says "Beware of the Dog."
This year, volunteers range in age from teens to a woman in her nineties who comes everyday to help out. Moving the heavy boxes of books has not been easy; while I was there I heard a cry from a volunteer who said, "There's a logjam in Sociology" and asked for a strong young man to help to adjust the boxes.
The library will be accepting donations through Saturday August 23rd, with the sale to begin on September 6th and run through September 15th.
Scarsdale Library Offers Free Passes to Popular Museums
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The Paley Center and the Stamford Museum and Nature Center are new additions to the Scarsdale Public Library's program that provides free museum admission passes. There are now 15 area museums in the program, which are sponsored by the Friends of the Scarsdale Library.
Scarsdale resident cardholders 18 or older without outstanding fines or overdue items can borrow a pass that provides admission for up to four family members for a specific museum for three days. The number of people permitted on each pass varies by museum.
The Stamford Museum and Nature Center, located in Stamford, Ct., is an art, history, nature, and agricultural sciences museum. The property covers 118 acres beginning about half a mile north of the Merritt Parkway. The Paley Center in Manhattan has a permanent media collection containing nearly 150,000 television and radio programs and advertisements.
"The museum pass program has been very popular and we are happy to be able to add the Stamford Museum and Nature Center and the Paley Center," said Elizabeth Bermel, library director. "In the first 11 months of our fiscal year, 703 passes were issued, an increase of 20 percent over the previous year. Our thanks to the Friends of the Scarsdale Library for their continuing support of this program."
Passes may be reserved online on the library website, www.scarsdalelibrary.org, or by calling the Reference Desk up to one month in advance. Cardholders can print out a confirmation sheet to bring to the library when picking up the pass. The pass is available at the Reference Desk on the day before the visit and must be returned the day after it expires. A fine of $10 a day will be charged for each day late or if it is returned in the book drop. The cardholder will be charged the full cost for a lost pass.
Participating museums include: Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Bruce Museum, Children's Museum of Manhattan, Frick Collection, Guggenheim Museum, Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum, Katonah Museum of Art, Neuberger Museum of Art, and Storm King Art Center.
Pass holders should check museum websites for the latest information before the visit.
Additional information can be found on the library website or by calling the Reference Department, 722-1300 ext. 2.
Scarsdale Swimmers Excel at Westchester County Championships
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Joy Jiang of Scarsdale set a new record in the 10 and under girls 50 free and in the girls 10 and under 50 back at the Westchester County Swim Championships last week.
Scarsdale's Brendan Lee age 12, who swims for Wykagyl Country Club took first place in the 13-and-under 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:20.51.
The 10 and under team from the Scarsdale Pool pictured here are Matteo McIver, Rowan Haffner, Michael Wei and Max Cotter who took 5th place in the 200 Free Relay. Max Cotter, Ari Lemisch, Matteo McIver and Rowan Haffner also took 4th place 4th place in the boys 10 and under 200 Medley Relay.
took fourth place in the boys 10 and under medley. Max Cotter, Ari Lemisch, Matteo McIver and Rowan Haffner also took fifth place in the boys 200 free relay.
See the results here:
