Fly on the Wall

Commuter coffee fix

After six weeks and a $175,000 investment, Sudhir Patel, owner of Global Java inside the Bronxville Metro-North train station, prepared for customers recently. This photo catches Patel “97 percent done,” awaiting a canopy for the kiosk and promising free coffee to his first customers.

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Celebrating Italy for a good cause

From left, Kim and Stew Leonard and Lidia Bastianich

On Sept. 23, Stew Leonard celebrated Italy with his paisana Lidia Bastianich at the inaugural Stew Leonard III’s Children’s Charities Food and Wine tasting event. With more than 50 award-winning wines from Piedmont to Sicily, and a spread of Lidia’s molto bene cuisine, it felt like a family reunion in the old country. Sponsored by American Express, Bank of America and Southern Wine and Spirits, all proceeds from the event went toward the swimming program at the Yonkers YMCA as well as the publishing of the foundation’s books on swim safety.

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Passing GO has never been so philanthropic

Rich Uncle Pennybags ­ the Monopoly guy ­ is moving to Yonkers and he’s inviting you to play the latest version of his game. YONKERSopoly, a board game created by St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Yonkers is the latest fundraising effort of the hospital.

The game will feature Westchester businesses and organizations, all who bought “property” space on the board for $500 a pop (and they didn’t pay in monopoly money). YONKERSopoly will be sold during the holiday season at the hospital as well as at local businesses. All Proceeds will go to the medical center.

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Canine Training Center Opens

 

Royce, a one-month-old yellow lab gets comfortable at the formal dedication of the new Guiding Eyes for the Blind Training Center at 611 Granite Springs Road in Yorktown Heights on Tuesday, Sept. 25.

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Hospice’s ‘In Celebration’ at Westchester Country Club

 

Kathleen McArdle, chairman of the board of Hospice & Palliative Care of Westchester, Anna L. Shereff and attorney Beth Kaufman.

 

 

Event participants and guests included co-chairs James P. O’Toole of James P. O’Toole Consulting, a Darien, Conn., resident, and Jon B. Schandler, President and CEO of White Plains Hospital Center.

 

 

(Back row) The four outstanding corporate and community individuals being honored were Dr. Mark A Fialk of Scarsdale; Barbara T. Vrooman and William F. Flooks Jr., both of White Plains; and Larry Gottlieb of Entergy Nuclear in White Plains.

Special recognition was given to grand sponsor and Bronxville resident Anna L. Shereff for her outstanding commitment to the Anna and Louis H. Caregiver program (front and center).

 

The Hospice & Palliative Care of Westchester’s sixth annual “In Celebration” cocktail reception was held in The Westchester Country Club’s Biltmore Room Sept. 19. More than 180 guests enjoyed cocktail fare, entertainment and a raffle. The event raised more than $64,000 earmarked for the Anna and Louis H Caregiver program provided by Hospice & Palliative Care of Westchester.

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What’s in a name?

For the record, these new business names are listed in this week’s On the Record section.

Fifth most-interesting new business name:

Hair on the Hudson, Tarrytown.

(Styled one way: wavy, long and dirty.)

Fourth most-interesting new business name:

HIS Transportation, Yonkers.

(According to his wife, those boots were made for walkin’.)

Third most-interesting new business name:

Love Bites Cafe, Saugerties.

(Where every night is singles night.)

Second most-interesting new business name:

The People’s Acupuncture, Newburgh.

(Keeping pinheadeds out of government and returning them to streetlamp inspection where they belong.)

The most-interesting new business name:

King Tatt, Kingston.

(Related to King Tut(t), Prince Tott and Queen Nefer-Titt-i?)

 

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