sentence: notable people jay acovone , actor , who portrayed major charles kawalsky in stargate sg-1 dave fleming , former seattle mariners pitcher jeff pearlman , sportswriter sour shoes , a member of howard stern 's '' wack pack '' joe torre , a former professional baseball player , owned a home on lake mahopac marc weiner , a comedian and puppeteer featured on the nickelodeon show weinerville henry winkler , actor , famous for his role in happy days richard yates , novelist pronunciation differences mahopac is an algonquin word with definitions that historic linguists have attributed to '' lake of the great serpent '' or just '' great lake '' .