[dropcap]I[/dropcap] would like to make a correction on the opening date of the farmers market. The market, sponsored by the Harrison Chamber of Commerce, opens this Saturday, May 20 from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. After visiting the market, the chamber encourages all shoppers to walk to our business district and experience all that the downtown Harrison shops offer.
The National Alliance on Mental Illness of Westchester, NAMI, is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to assisting those who are affected by mental illness. They have initiated an awareness ribbon campaign and you may have noticed white ribbons tied around some of our town trees. On May 20, NAMI will hold its annual NAMI Westchester 5K Walk in Rye Town Park. These events will raise awareness and, as a result, free people from stigmas that prevent many from seeking the help they need. For more information about NAMI Westchester, visit namiwestchester.org.
Please make note of the following sanitation schedule change: Monday, May 29 is a holiday and offices will be closed for Memorial Day. Garbage and recycling normally collected on Monday will be picked up on Tuesday, May 30. Garbage and recycling normally collected on Tuesday will be picked up on Wednesday, May 31. There will be no bulk trash pickup on May 31.
I encourage all residents to join the Harrison Public Library in welcoming Robert Daly, director of the Kissinger Institute on China and the United States. Daly will speak about the South China Sea Conflict on Tuesday, May 23 at 1 p.m. He was the former director of the Maryland China Initiative at the University of Maryland, in addition to being the American director of the Johns Hopkins University-Nanjing University Center for Chinese and American Studies, in Nanjing, China. Daly began work in U.S.-China relations as a diplomat with the United States Information Agency from 1989 to 1991, after which he taught Chinese at Cornell. He has worked on television projects in China and directed the Syracuse University China seminar, served as a commentator on U.S.-China relations and Chinese affairs for several U.S. and Chinese media outlets, and served as American director of the U.S.-China Housing Initiative. Currently, Daly is a regular commentator on current affairs for the Chinese service of the Voice of America.
I would like to remind residents of the following information from our Department of Public Works: In addition to glass, plastics (numbers 1 to 7) and metal containers, residents may include beverage cartons to their commingled recycling. Recyclable beverage cartons consist predominantly of cardboard and include waxy cartons used for juice and milk (sometimes called gable-top containers), soups and broths, cream and egg substitutes. Although mostly made of cardboard, the cartons should be included with other recyclable beverage containers made of glass, plastic and metal for collection. They should not be included with paper and cardboard recyclables.
