While traveling during these last fleeting days of summer, a lot comes to mind. The family and I were out in Colorado backpacking at over 11,000 feet. The thin air of the high altitude combined with my out-of-shape 200-pound frame made a nice recipe for disaster, so what else could I do? How about carrying everyone's stuff… Into the backpack went enough water for our little group, as well as the layers of jackets that came off as the day warmed up. Don't get me started on why my wife and …
It's just a floor, painted gray—what's the big deal about the Scarsdale High School cafeteria kitchen? The floor had been an exclamation point for years in annual inspections. The cracks and leaks, expanding and multiplying, were increasingly an issue—school kitchens need to minimize places for dirt to collect or bacteria to breed. The facilities folks had tried several times to solve the problems—and that meant that this summer, when it was time to dig the whole thing up and pour a new …
The board passed a resolution approving the proposal from R.B.C. Capital Markets, which offered the lowest fee, $55,395, for the service. The plan is to refinance a $35 million bond that the district floated to help cover the renovation of Scarsdale High School and Scarsdale Middle School. In a 2000 referendum, voters approved the $58.8 million project. As usual, not all the money slated for the capital project was drawn down at once: the $35 million was borrowed in 2002. Refinancing now should…
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While traveling during these last fleeting days of summer, a lot comes to mind. The family and I were out in Colorado backpacking at over 11,000 feet. The thin air of the high altitude combined with my out-of-shape 200-pound frame made a nice recipe for disaster, so what else could I do? How …
Sometimes you just need a vacation, and sometimes you just need a vacation from Scarsdale. If you don't have the time to run off for 10 days, there are other options. Massage Envy just opened up on White Plains Road. A franchise that started in 2002, it's an affordable and accessible concept with a…
There are plenty of modern conveniences made for dogs that I find absolutely idiotic. There's, of course, the invisible fence. Which has enough voltage to first give your pup a massive coronary, then shock him back to life through defibrillation. There are also tracking devices, so you can …
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A new floor just perks up a kitchen, even at SHS: http://patch.com/A-4K3
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