Rich Monetti
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Lewisboro Lightning Takes Home 9U Championship
Please see tip, pledge and subscribe buttons below or send tip via venmo at @Rich-Monetti On Sunday August 3, Lewisboro 9u reached the finals of the GHVBL playoffs and had their sights set on the big trophy at Rogers Park in Danbury and Lewisboro Town Park on the next day when the skies cleared. A 1-1 game in the bottom of the fifth, the boys knew the score and hoped they wouldn’t need a sixth inning hammer versus Bedford Pound Ridge. So with one out, it fell on Caiden Jones to get things started.
By Rich Monetti2 years ago in Unbalanced
Lightning 11u Run Ends in the Finals
Please see tip, pledge and subscribe buttons below or send tip via venmo at @Rich-Monetti With two games stopped and resumed the next day, the 11u baseball team didn’t miss a beat in dodging the raindrops this week, according to their coach. “These boys are resilient. So they can play around the rain, and they can play around the mud,” said Jeremy Tubbs. “They’ll turn it on when they have to.” And the Lightning proved their coach’s words true.
By Rich Monetti2 years ago in Unbalanced
Bobo’s Cafe in Chappaqua Hosts Brian Carney and his Father’s Honeymooners Memorabilia
In the Smithsonian Museum, one can kind find iconic TV props such as Archie Bunker’s Chair, the sign post from MASH and the Lone Ranger’s Mask. So a case could easily be made that Ed Norton’s hat form the Honeymooner’s should also hold an exalted place in our national museum. But the omission actually made the day of Chappaqua’s Eric Goldstein when he stopped into Bobo’s Cafe on Sunday afternoon.
By Rich Monetti2 years ago in Geeks
Smothered Centers Transgender Issue on People instead of Politics
Pronouns, gender neutral bathrooms and Title IX in the face of transgender athletes, the disagreements represent the latest episode in the red state, blue state culture wars. But as we hurl insults across the national divide, Smothered reminds us that the people caught in the middle have a beating heart. And as a consequence, the clarification can help center us where we should be - on those that are living the daily travails and struggling through. This instead of on us, and our need to be right.
By Rich Monetti2 years ago in Geeks
Part IV : Somers Historical Tidbits
Please see tip, pledge and subscribe buttons below or send tip via venmo at @Rich-Monetti Water Park In the mid 1800s, residents obviously owned horses and they even raced some of them at Nelson’s Racetrack near Woods Bridge. A day at the races wasn’t the only outlet either. The lot west of the Elephant Hotel once housed tennis courts, but leisure time aside, Somers entered the modern manufacturing age when the Empire Sewing Machine company was established in 1864. The reservoir system left the company in stitches, though. The upstream dam took away the plant’s water power, and the property was sold to Thomas Meade and Peter Muth. In turn, the duo sold the land to the St Joseph’s Normal College, and the structures were converted to classrooms and dorms. Unfortunately, New York City was still thirsty and gobbled up even more of the acreage. No longer did the college own the buildings, the college moved to Pocantico Hills, the cemetery relocated to Valhalla and the Statue of Our Lady of Lords landed at Manhattan College. Still, New York was done yet. The Amawalk Reservoir was created, which makes NYC the largest landowner in Somers. 3257 acres, the metropolis - as of 1988 - paid the majority of taxes and owned and maintained the bridges that needed to be built to accommodate the local transportation.
By Rich Monetti2 years ago in History
SCC BODYARMOR Flag Football Camp Goes all out on for Kids and Parents
Please see tip, pledge and subscribe buttons below or send tip via venmo at @Rich-Monetti On Friday July 19, SCC BODYARMOR Academy and Training held the fourth day of their flag football camp, and as the action was about to kick off, Adam Kern was definitely encouraging the fun. But the founder was also pushing the flip side.
By Rich Monetti2 years ago in Unbalanced
Nationwide Coils Moves Back into Playoff Position with 16-8 win over Level Gym
Please see tip, pledge and subscribe buttons below or send tip via venmo at @Rich-Monetti On Tuesday June 25, Nationwide Coils and Level Gym took the upper field at Reis Park and hoped to move up in the B-League standings. But the Coils were closer to the top at 3-6 and already have their eyes on the postseason. “We’re hoping to get in the playoffs and go from there,” said Manager Joe Tubiolo. So they didn’t stand still, and by game’s end, Nationwide was back in the final spot.
By Rich Monetti2 years ago in Unbalanced
Part I: 1970s Snippets of Somers Teachers
Please see tip, pledge and subscribe buttons below or send tip via venmo at @Rich-Monetti Baldwin Place Today Junior High School and High School four decades in the past, I can no longer tell any detailed stories about my teachers growing up in Somers. That doesn’t mean there weren’t any good ones. The best I can do is provide some snippets and hopefully they give a decent representation of how valuable all these teachers were to us.
By Rich Monetti2 years ago in Education
