WHAT IS OSSINING READING THIS SUMMER?
Students aren't the only readers with books by their bedside. Here's what's on the summer reading list of some of Ossining's other readers: (To add your summer reading selections — with a brief explanation — email: bob@ossininglibrary.org):
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CATHERINE BORGIA, Village Trustee and Chief-of-Staff to Assemblywoman Sandra Galef, is reading a blend of politics and romance (two kinds of passions, which sometimes overlap):
— Joseph Ellis' biography of John Adams, "because it is an interesting psychological profile of the motivations and influences that informed Adams's career. He's my 'favorite' Founding Father.
— Jane Austen's novels "because they are so wicked and funny, and such spot-on profiles of human nature in all its ridiculous glory."
— Debby Applegate's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of the preacher and abolitionist Henry Ward Beecher, The Most Famous Man in America, because "he was a 'rock star' of his day, lead a very colorful life while advocating for social justice and abolition, and for the local connection. (Beecher spent summers in Peekskill).
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RAY SANCHEZ, the new deputy superintend of the Ossining schools, reports that he, PHYLLIS GLASSMAN, the new superintendent, ROBERT ROELLE, the outgoing superintendent, and LINDA CARPENTER, the district's chief financial offer, are all doing their summer homework and reading Unfinished Business: Closing the Racial Achievement Gap in our Schools by Pedro Noguera and Jean Yonemura Wing. "The book examines the results of the Berkley High School Diversity Project, a 6-year research and organizing project that brought together high school students, parents, teachers and staff to explore how a school and community can act together to address the racial disparities that exist academic performance."
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BOB MINZESHEIMER, president of the Library Board, is catching up on some James Patterson novels, including Honeymoon which is set in Briarcliff. Patterson, who gives new meaning to the term bestselling author, is a summer resident of Scarborough and will be speaking at the library on Tuesday, August 7. "Also on my reading list, a forthcoming book by Akiko Busch, titled Nine Way to Cross a River: Midstream Reflections on Swimming and Getting There from Here, about her passion for swimming across rivers, including the Hudson twice. Which is one of the many things I prefer to read about, rather than do myself."
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IRENE HERZ, president of the Ossining Rotary Club, is, of course, avidly consuming the The Steamy, Broiled & Baked World of Ossining Leaders and the Rest of Us!, a cookbook filled with recipes by Ossining residents such as Mayor Bill Hanauer and School Board member Bill Kress. It's available at the Rotary Website or at Wobble Café
"I'm also counting down the days to the release of the final Harry Potter book, which I've had on preorder since forever."