Holiday Lights Ceremony Is Saturday: Harrison Mayor

From Mayor Ron Belmont

I hope all residents had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday spending time with family and friends. As a reminder, this Saturday, Dec.1st at 3:00 PM, in Ma Riis Park (across from Town Hall), our Annual Menorah and Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony will take place. This event features caroling by the Harrison Ave and Parsons student choral group, a visit from Santa, and lots of delicious treats. Be sure to stop by and revel in the holiday spirit!

Congratulations to the Harrison Youth Football players, and their families, for an outstanding season. This year, the teams combined record was 18-2-2 and the season culminated in a win over Rye in the first-ever 6 th grade game.

Congratulations are also in order for the recipients of the Frank P. Sollazzo, Sr. Man and Woman of the Year Award. This year’s honors were awarded to Darren Haines and Toni Braiotta for their hard work and commitment to the program. The award is named for Harrison Youth Football's founder who started the program in 1959. At the recent awards dinner, special thanks were given to the Recreation Department, the Sollazzo family, the cheerleading squad, AD Chris Galano and varsity players Justin Altamuro and Dre Cosby for their encouraging words.

Harrison’s Architectural Review Board (ARB) is currently seeking new members. The ARB is tasked with reviewing new construction and exterior modifications on existing structures as well as new signage applications. The evaluation process focuses on design compatibility with existing
neighborhood structures. Interested parties should contact ARB Administrative Assistant Rosemarie Cusumano at 670-3077.

In Harrison, leaf collection runs from October through December. Our Department of Public Works entire, full-time highway staff and seasonal temporary employees perform this municipal service. The work detail is divided into several routes. Leaf crews remain on their route for the entire season, giving each resident numerous opportunities to take their leaves to the curb for removal. Town personnel make every effort to remove the leaf piles as quickly as possible. Crews usually take 7 to 10 working days to complete one entire route before beginning again. Our Department of Public Works is not able to indicate exactly when crews will be in a specific neighborhood or on a particular street, as those work details are contingent on the day to day progress, of our highway department, during the leaf removal season. That being said, all leaf piles must be curb side by the week of December 10 th , the first day of this year’s last leaf collection cycle. Please do not pile leaves in the roadway or block sidewalks and storm drains. I appreciate your patience as we continue to clear our roadways.

In closing, my next “Lunch with the Mayor” will be on Friday, November 30th and I will be at Silver Lake Cafe located at 17 Taylor Square in West Harrison. On Friday, December 7th I will be at Hajime located at 267 Halstead Avenue. I will be at these locations from 12:30 to 1:30 and look forward to meeting with residents and talking about issues facing our community.