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Maloney Zhynovitch Maloney, Zhynovitch Elected in Nelsonville Potts edged out by two votes By Chip Rowe

athleen Maloney, an optometrist working in corporate strategy, and K Maria Zhynovitch, a state appel- late court attorney, were elected on Tuesday (March 16) to the Nelsonville Village Board. They will succeed Lisa Mechaley and Dove Pedlosky, who were elected in 2019 but did not seek second terms. SYRUP SEASON — There were plenty of helpers on March 6 along Campbell Road in Cold Spring to collect sap for maple syrup. Zhynovitch defeated Alan Potts, a After a hole is drilled into the tree and a tap is hammered into the hole, a bucket catches the syrup. Heating the sap creates science teacher who served on the board syrup; it typically takes about 40 gallons of sap to create a gallon of syrup. Photo by Ross Corsair (Continued on Page 9) It’s School Budget Time Haldane and Garrison an annual increase of about $190 in prop- erty taxes on a home with a market value face challenging deficits of $600,000, he said. By Chip Rowe The district expects revenues of $25.7 million, which includes an estimated $2.99 he superintendents for the Haldane million in state aid, Benante said. He didn’t and Garrison school districts this believe Haldane would see much, if anything, T month released preliminary budget from the federal stimulus package, given the figures for 2021-22; although state and federal district’s relative wealth. The budget also stimulus aid has not been finalized, both anticipates $21 million from the tax levy, anticipate significant shortfalls. The Beacon $800,000 in non-resident tuition from the school board is scheduled to review its early Garrison district (whose students can attend numbers, including the stimulus impact on Haldane High School), $645,000 from the the district, on Monday (March 22). fund balance and $250,000 from reserves. Proposed spending is $26.9 million, leav- Haldane ing a gap of $1.2 million. Superintendent Philip Benante presented Benante outlined where the district will figures to the board on Tuesday (March immediately save money, such as about 16). Haldane’s state-mandated tax cap is $365,000 from teacher retirements and two NEW BRASS — Michael Merritt prepares to bump elbows with Beacon Fire 1.88 percent, meaning the tax levy cannot positions related to COVID-19 that likely Chief Gary Van Voorhis on March 11 after being sworn in by Mayor Lee Kyriacou increase more than that amount without won’t be needed next year. (in background) as one of the first-ever lieutenants for the department. A approval by at least 60 percent of voters. He also recommended reducing the second new lieutenant, Eric Schmidt, was also sworn in. Photo by Jeff Simms At 1.88 percent, the levy would translate to (Continued on Page 9) 2 March 19, 2021 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.org

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By Chip Rowe wanted to cover, and Peekskill is so deserving of having its story told. I spent my own money By Michael Turton egina Clarkin is the co-founder and and set up a website for The Herald 2.0. publisher of The Peekskill Herald R (peekskillherald.com). You recently held a fundraiser on Kick- How good are you What prompted you to found The starter. How did that go? I decided it would gauge community Herald in 1986? at telling jokes? During the summers when I was attend- support. We asked for $5,000 and 110 back- ing Marist, I worked at the daily Evening ers gave us $7,530. That allows me to pay a Star. It was owned by a chain in Virginia reporter, Jim Striebich. He had been work- and they didn’t pay too much attention to it. ing in live events, which of course got shut After I graduated, I went to the editor who down by COVID-19. had hired me and said, “I want to start a Probably not that weekly.” He shook his head and said, “There’s What has been the most popular story good; I like really not enough money in your pocketbook to so far? do that.” But Apple had just launched its away for 18 years. What happened? Initially it was a progress report that Jim sarcastic jokes. desktop publishing division, and two other I sold the paper in 1999 because I had a wrote about 15 development projects, most of people and I got a $7,000 credit-card line little child, which was labor intensive. After a them in downtown Peekskill. That got about and bought a Mac 512K. It helped that The year, the new owner decided he couldn’t make 3,000 views. It was surpassed this month by Evening Star was sold in November 1985 money. I think it was the first time in the city’s an obituary I wrote for Paul Laubin, a world- and moved to Yorktown [it was later folded history that it didn’t have a local paper. renowned oboe maker who died in his studio into The Journal News]. People were upset. at age 88. That’s at nearly 10,000 views, and We launched two months later and I sold a Nearly 20 years later, you relaunched one musician submitted a love letter to her year’s worth of advertising in advance. The Herald online. Why? Laubin oboe. Coming up, there are going to I wanted to have a vehicle to write about be Democratic primaries for the City Council, which has not happened in a long time. The Herald closed in 2000 and went Peekskill. There’s so much happening that I

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Nominating petitions are available at the a project to collect filmy plastic so that it Hustis Sentencing Delayed to April 6 library; they must be completed with the can be made into other products. The city is signatures of at least 25 people qualified testing a program offered by the Trex deck- Defense asks for time to review report ing lot in Cold Spring, where they alleged to vote in the school district election, nota- ing company for six months. he was waiting to meet a 16-year-old for rized and returned to the library clerk by Drop-off bins are located at Key Food and he sentencing of Charles E. “Chuck” sex. According to an investigator’s report, 4:30 p.m. on March 29. Memorial Hall during the Farmers Market Hustis III, a former Cold Spring trustee T Hustis solicited explicit photos from the on Sundays. Compostable bags, pre-washed and mayoral candidate who pleaded guilty teen via Facebook Messenger. salad mix bags, frozen food bags, candy bar in November to the attempted receipt of The child pornography charge carries How Much Water wrappers, chip bags and six-pack rings are child pornography, was postponed from a mandatory minimum sentence of five Do You Use? not accepted. Thursday (March 18) to April 6. years in prison for a defendant with no Hustis’ defense attorney asked for more prior convictions, although in some circum- Cold Spring residents can check online time to respond to a sentencing report stances prosecutors can ask for leniency. Beacon Changes old Spring noted this week that its completed on March 5 by a federal proba- Hustis pleaded guilty on Nov. 19 as part of water department has contracted with Web Address tion officer. a plea deal in which prosecutors dropped a C eyeonwater.com to allow village residents Hustis, 37, was arrested in December charge of child enticement, which carries Part of ongoing E-Beacon Initiative to check on their usage and leak detection. 2019 by FBI agents in the Foodtown park- a minimum sentence of 10 years. To use the site, residents must provide he City of Beacon website has moved an email address and an account T from cityofbeacon.org to beaconny.gov panied by biologists from the Long Island number, which can be found on quarterly to better identify it as an official govern- Mahopac Man Arrested in Aquarium and the New York Aquarium at bills, entered without the period (e.g., ment site, city officials said on March 12. Capitol Attack Coney Island, officials discovered an above- XX-YYYYZZ). An app is also available for In addition, employee email addresses ground pool at Seguine’s house with seven iOS and Android devices. now end in @beaconny.gov. Both changes Posted video of himself inside building sandbar sharks, which cannot be kept in are part of Mayor Lee Kyriacou’s E-Beacon Mahopac man New York without a license. The search also Plastic Film OK for Initiative, which he said is designed to A was charged on uncovered two dead leopard sharks, a dead make city services more streamlined and Monday (March 15) hammerhead and the snout of a smalltooth Recycling accessible online. Residents can use online resources to pay with entering the sawfish, an endangered species. The sandbar Beacon will process if dropped in bins Capitol during the sharks are now at the New York Aquarium. water and tax bills, complete and submit Jan. 6 riot in Wash- eacon residents can now bring plastic forms for vital records, request services and ington, D.C. Poem-a-Day Returns Bwrappers and bags to drop-off bins for sign up for alerts. Traffic to the website has Robert Ballesteros, disposal, the city announced. increased by 40 percent in the past year, 27, posted a video on Library and Current team up for 2021 The Sustainable Beacon recycling and the city said. Instagram on Jan. 7 waste-reduction working group launched or National Poetry Month in April, the of himself inside the building wearing a Desmond-Fish Public Library in Garri- black mask, according to a federal court F son and The Current return with another document. year of One Poem a Day Won’t Kill You, According to the FBI, when asked online a concept borrowed from KRBD Radio by another Instagram user if he had been in Ketchikan, Alaska; organized for the inside the Capitol, Ballesteros said he had paper by Mary Anne Myers in 2014, 2015 Two exhibitions “made my stand” and that “some kid told and 2016; and revived by Desmond-Fish me he tipped off the [FBI] hotline.” He March 20 – May 2, 2021 and The Current last year. also said he had video of the killing of Each day in April, a podcast recording another protestor, Ashli Babbitt. will be released featuring a community Ballesteros faces charges of knowingly member reading a favorite published poem. entering and remaining on restricted All the podcast episodes from last year can grounds without lawful authority and be accessed at bit.ly/3lhvQrp. engaging in disorderly conduct within Because of the pandemic, recordings must Caroline Burton proximity to a restricted building to impede be made remotely. To be considered, email INCARNATIONS: official functions. an audio recording of yourself reading the Mixed media He is scheduled to appear in court again poem to [email protected] (for on Monday (March 22). paintings assistance, see bit.ly/record-poem). Or call 845-202-3519 and leave your reading as a Dutchess Man Convicted voicemail of three minutes or less. of Shark Smuggling Kept animals in a pool at his home Three Seats Open on Howland Library Board Dutchess County man pleaded guilty A on Wednesday (March 17) to illegal Nominating petitions due March 29 possession with intent to sell seven sand- he Howland Public Library in Beacon bar sharks, a protected species, and was Eric Erickson is looking for trustees for its eight- fined $5,000 by the state. T PAINTINGS: member board, which has three open seats. Joshua Seguine, 40, of LaGrangeville, Oil paintings Two seats have the standard five-year came to the attention of the state Depart- term and one seat is two years to fill a on linen ment of Environmental Conservation in July vacancy. Trustees work with the library 2017 when he was arrested in Georgia with director to carry out its mission and make five undersized sharks in a circular tank in long-term plans. The board’s responsibili- the back of his truck. Seguine told officers ties include financial oversight, building he was taking the sharks to sell in New York. maintenance, policy creation and advocacy. Alerted by Georgia officials, the DEC Candidates must be U.S. citizens, 18 years found that Seguine, under the name or older and have lived in the Beacon school Aquatic Apex Life, had been selling sharks The Riverside Galleries at Garrison Art Center district for at least 30 days before the April on an online “monster fish” forum. 23 Garrison’s Landing, Garrison, NY 10524 29 election. The district includes parts of Open Tuesday thru Sunday, 10am – 5pm Equipped with a warrant and accom- the Towns of Fishkill and Wappinger. garrisonartcenter.org 845-424-3960 4 March 19, 2021 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.org

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EDITOR LETTERS AND COMMENTS Chip Rowe [email protected] Muted thanks was a waste of valuable time solely for the was correct to call Bender out and remind With the eventual loss of 2 percent of our purpose of belittling Bender. No trustee her that race plays no part in serving on SENIOR EDITOR national family, consider that around 1345, should be bullied or dismissed if we want to the Village Board. Standing in sharp relief Leonard Sparks 25 to 35 percent of the European popula- see the type of positive, progressive action to her entrenched position, Bender’s beau- tion was lost during one of the recurring that we entrust the board with. tifully curated shop windows suggest she BEACON EDITOR Erika Panasci, Cold Spring promotes tolerance and goodwill. As a Jeff Simms plagues (“COVID-19-20-21,” March 12). We are fortunate, all things considered. trustee, she should think before she speaks; ARTS EDITOR Records preserved in the Merton College That was a disheartening display of bad that is how you become “seasoned.” Alison Rooney library at Oxford describe a society devas- manners on the part of the mayor and new Tom Tannery, Cold Spring [email protected] tated as persons from top to bottom were village resident and uncontested trustee, obliterated without favor. Who plows, who Heidi Bender. In the fall, Bender told The Scott Morris was a fine officer and a great REPORTERS rules? The history of these horrifying years Current that she “planned to do her research hire. The Bender/Foley team has arrived in Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong remains for all to see, with disbelief — and and learn from seasoned trustees.” If she time to foment distrust and create conflict Brian PJ Cronin • Joe Dizney today, with a muted thanks. had done research, she would know that, as in our local institutions. Bender believes Pamela Doan • Deb Lucke William Harris, Cold Spring the mayor clearly stated, the sanitizing of she has all of the answers. White people Skip Pearlman • Michael Turton the public restrooms is in the job descrip- on a council representing a town that is Cold Spring meeting tion of the Highway Department and finding majority white? Ghastly! Those who actu- LAYOUT DESIGNER $19,000 in the budget for outside vendors ally support law enforcement? Horrible! The condescending way in which Cold Pierce Strudler was a moot point. Herbert Simon, Beacon Spring Mayor Dave Merandy spoke to What was far more offensive was when ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Trustee Heidi Bender in response to a discussing the inclusion of the unfortunate Michele Gedney comment arising from her looking at the Nelsonville Scott Morris incident in the Police Review For information on advertising: budget with fresh eyes — in support of a As a resident of Nelsonville, I want to thank Draft, Bender found it necessary to play the 845-809-5584 concern that many residents share — was an all four of these highly qualified candidates race card and slur the three seasoned board [email protected] egregious abuse of his power and a revealing for offering to serve our community (“Ques- highlandscurrent.org/ads members whom she “knew” opposed the look into his personal beliefs (“Cold Spring tions for Candidates: Nelsonville,” March 12). inclusion of the Morris incident as “white Releases Police Review Draft,” March 12). It was a difficult decision to vote for just two MEMBERSHIP board members,” which implied to my star- Moreover, it showed a lack of respect for of them. I also want to thank The Current for Emily Hare tled ears that by voting not to include the [email protected] the voice of a trustee elected by the residents being the only local newspaper to cover our Morris incident in the review, these trust- for her values and voice to represent us. village election. My vote was more informed ees must be racist. Trustee Fran Murphy COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Not only was his outburst humiliating, it thanks to your efforts! Teresa Lagerman Peter McFadden, Nelsonville [email protected] After reading the Nelsonville Village Board candidates’ statements on the cell tower, I noted that, although their positions THE HIGHLANDS CURRENT differed on what should have been done to (USPS #22270) / ISSN 2475-3785 fight it, none welcomed its arrival. March 19, 2021 The next day, I watched the documen- Volume 10, Issue 13 tary Invisible Hand, in which the people of is published weekly by Highlands Current Inc., 142 Main St., Cold Spring, NY 10516-2819. Grant Township in Pennsylvania succeed Periodicals Postage Paid at Cold Spring, NY, in ridding themselves of a hydrofrack- and at additional offices. POSTMASTER: Send ing waste installation by adding to their address changes to The Highlands Current, governing documents an acknowledgment 142 Main St., Cold Spring, NY 10516-2819. Mail delivery $30 per year. that nature has rights. highlandscurrent.org/delivery Might Nelsonville take a similar tack? [email protected] I highly recommend this film to anyone Distribution audited by the Circulation wishing to fight the corporate zombies and Verification Council their absurd claim to personhood. © Highlands Current Inc. 2021 Helen Zuman, Beacon All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form, mechanical or electronic, without written Shakespeare plans permission of the publisher. Raymond O’Rourke rightly pointed out with his letter in the March 12 issue that * Winner: 58 Better Philipstown Supervisor Richard Shea’s Newspaper Contest Awards public advocacy of the proposed Shake- * New York Press Association, 2013 -19 speare/Garrison Golf Club development raises questions about the ability of the Plan- NNA* Winner: 55 Better ning Board appointed and funded by the Newspaper Contest Awards Town Board to do its work in an evenhanded * National Newspaper Association, 2016-19 way. That’s regrettable: The Planning Board NYNPA* Winner: 11 Awards is conducting its analysis of the project in a for Excellence fair, open and transparent fashion. * New York News Publishers Association, 2017- 19 The core of the problem is not the integ- (Continued on Page 5) highlandscurrent.org The Highlands Current March 19, 2021 5

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(Continued from Page 4) rity of the Planning Board — it’s the fact that Shea is unaware of, or dismissive of, Clarification the concerns of a substantial and growing number of his constituents. He has at least A story in the March 12 issue, “Cold twice publicly advocated for the project. Spring Releases Police Review Board Member John Van Tassel has backed Draft,” has been updated online to the project, which is all the more concern- clarify the role of Sgt. Scott Morris in ing since he is running for supervisor. the 2012 killing of an unarmed Black Putnam County Legislator Nancy Mont- man in New York City. (Morris was gomery is supporting the project. hired by the village but resigned last None have referenced with any specificity year when residents protested his community concerns. Each would do well to role in the shooting.) While we stated change that. They can do so by word, in the that Morris was not “at the scene” of columns of our local papers, or, more felici- the shooting, according to testimony tously, by action. Montgomery, Shea and Van at the disciplinary trial of Officer Tassel might consider attending a Planning Richard Haste, who killed Ramarley Board site walk as an acknowledgement at Graham, Morris was in the building least of the fact that enthusiasm for a proj- but not inside Graham’s second- ect loaded with irrevocable consequences for floor apartment when the shooting Philipstown is far from universally acclaimed. took place. When Haste and another Tim Nolan, Philipstown officer kicked in the door and entered, Morris was standing near In 2019, New York State passed the March 5). the top of the stairwell, according to Open comments Climate Leadership and Community No one suggested at the time that the the testimony, with another officer The Cold Spring Board of Trustees draws Protection Act to empower New Yorkers to village ban them. That would only lead to from the narcotics team positioned too strict a boundary between ourselves fight climate change at home, at work and the proliferation of under-the-radar rentals behind him. Haste said that Graham and the rest of Philipstown, refusing to in their communities. This legislation was and violations of the current code by unreg- was standing at the end of a narrow hear the input at public meetings from our incredibly important, but with the state ulated hosts. Also, no one suggested the hallway and would not show his neighbors who don’t live in the village. facing massive budget shortfalls, what will village take a hands-off approach. Develop- hands. Graham retreated to a The board views them as “outsiders,” but happen to our commitment? ment of an oversight process is near comple- bathroom, where Haste shot him these are people who in some cases live just If the state cuts services for schools, tion with the addition of a chapter to the once in the chest. a few streets away, whose children attend health care and the environment, it would code governing short-term rentals. There Haldane and who walk to Main Street after be abandoning New Yorkers in a moment will be a chance for residents to voice their school to see their friends, go to the Coun- of great need. If the pandemic has shown views on the changes at a public hearing. try Goose for candy and ride their bikes on us anything, these issues don’t just go away, Lynn Miller, Cold Spring the scenes he has changed the numbers and side streets. Others are business owners, they become exacerbated and devastat- Miller is a former village trustee. the facts. In doing this Cuomo again proved town residents who come into the village ing, modeling what would happen with a that “power tends to corrupt, and absolute to grab a coffee, go to the grocery store, to climate breakdown: The rich will be mostly Changing of guard power corrupts absolutely.” work or simply to walk. untouched, while the most vulnerable Like many members of our community, I Having him resign or impeached is like How can we say these families are not among us, including communities of color got comfortable with the idea that Richard closing the barn door after the horses left. a part of the village? We need to think in and lower incomes, will be disproportion- Shea would be the town supervisor forever We need to be proactive to reduce this terms of unity with Philipstown, not in ately impacted. (“Shea, Leonard Will Leave Town Board,” power abuse in the future, both in the terms of outsiders and residents. People Climate change is already upon us. I just March 5). I have never been able to be as governor’s mansion and in the Capitol who frequently come to the village want turned 21 and it’s terrifying that there won’t involved as I would like because of work building. to invest in it and share their ideas. We are be a planet to live on within my lifetime and family commitments, so it was always We need term limits. Two terms for one town and we already share resources; unless we take action. That’s why we need clear to me how much time and sacrifice he governor and five terms for members of we should be sharing and respecting one passage in 2021 of the Climate and Commu- and all of the board members — and their the Assembly and Senate. another’s voices as well. nity Investment Act. According to a projec- families — made. Larry Fitzpatrick, Fishkill I have proposed to my fellow trustees tion by NY Renews, the act would raise $15 When I attended meetings, I didn’t Editor’s note: On March 11, Rep. Sean that we amend public comment rules so billion annually from corporate polluters to always agree with the positions of the board Patrick Maloney, a Democrat whose House that Philipstown residents can be heard create green jobs, invest in front-line commu- but never once ever thought its members district includes the Highlands, also called during Village Board meetings and no one nities, build a renewable economy and help were not sincere in their positions and for Cuomo to step down. is required to give their full address if they New Yorkers not just survive but thrive. commitments to navigate everyone’s opin- are not comfortable doing so. We are all Kaelin Martin, Philipstown ions and try to find compromise or what’s Thanks for hard work part of one town and we should listen and truly best for our community. This was a difficult winter, and I am not learn from one another. Benefits cut Thanks for your service, Richard, John referring only to the coronavirus but to the Heidi Bender, Cold Spring Is Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney willing to Van Tassel and Michael Leonard, and all accumulation of snow and nasty weather Bender is a village trustee. extend the mandated loss of federal bene- of you. It’s not easy! that we seemed to have escaped during the fits not only to past presidents but also to Steve Sterling, Cold Spring past few years. Sports move all elected officials who are convicted of a When the temperature fell and the flakes Beacon High School needs better coach- felony during or after their service (“Malo- Cuomo fate started to fall, the Beacon Highway Depart- ing (“Beacon to Move to Section IX,” March ney Introduces Bill to Revoke Benefits,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo has shown us, once ment was, again, up to the task. It is difficult 12). Changing your opponent isn’t going to March 5)? An inclusive law would declare again, why we need term limits (“Jacobson, to imagine a more dedicated, hard-work- change the results. Bad move. the willingness of elected officials to hold Serino Call for Governor to Resign,” March ing group of individuals — spearheaded David Way, via Facebook themselves responsible for their own actions. 12). Ten years ago he started out trying to by Superintendent Michael Manzi — who William Cornett, Beacon unite New Yorkers and worked across the strive to keep our roads clear and the traffic Philipstown bronze aisle. Each year after he has become less will- moving. No matter the season, the residents Congratulations to Philipstown for General consensus ing to listen and more willing to push his of Beacon can be sure that the roads will be reaching the bronze level of the state’s I attended the 2019 public forum in Cold personal views. He has been using his position kept safe, the piles of brush will be picked up Climate Smart Communities program Spring to discuss short-term rentals and for his own political agenda, fighting with and that this department is just a phone call (“Philipstown Achieves Climate Smart came away with the same impression that both a Republican president and a Democratic away if help is needed. Thank you, Michael, Certification,” March 5). The town has Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong reported, that mayor of New York City, among others. and thank you to the entire department. taken real steps to become a climate leader, the “general consensus” was to “allow them, He preached “the facts are the facts” and Charles Dunn, Beacon but we can achieve even more. with restrictions” (Letters and Comments, “the numbers are the numbers.” But behind 6 March 19, 2021 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.org

“sue-and-settle gambit” that forces towers on communities. They asserted that the Residents Seek Injunction on Tree-Cutting agreement violates national environmental Company clearing way In a motion filed on Thursday morning, District Court on Wednesday (March 17). protection laws and that it and the build- about 18 local residents, most of whom live In a letter addressed to an attorney for ing permit reflect “arbitrary, capricious and for cell tower in Nelsonville, argued that the tree removal the Village of Nelsonville and also sent to irrational” decision-making. By Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong posed a risk of “irreparable damage to the Caruso, Robert Gaudioso, a Homeland attor- The judge’s order on Wednesday capped environment” and to a “potentially endan- ney, said the company had a valid building four busy days. federal judge on Thursday (March 18) gered species” of bat. It also said it would permit and needed to begin removing trees On Tuesday, a federal appellate court temporarily prevented tree-cutting threaten the public’s interest in preserving before March 31, when annual restrictions refused to order the lower district court A on the Nelsonville parcel where two the “bucolic nature” of the area. take effect to protect the bats. to throw out the settlement and build- firms want to construct a 95-foot cell tower They also claimed that Homeland has Last fall, the tower opponents filed a ing permit. The day before, the district overlooking the Cold Spring Cemetery. not yet proven that it has legal access to lawsuit in an attempt to overturn a settle- court gave the residents until March 29 The ruling followed an emergency request the tower site via Rockledge Road, a matter ment that the village reached in January to respond to Homeland’s request that the from opponents of the tower to prevent the under review by a state court. 2020 with Homeland Towers and Verizon. court dismiss their lawsuit. tree removal on Rockledge Road, which Homeland, which is partnering with The companies had sued the village in 2018 Nelsonville also has asked the court to Homeland Towers had scheduled to begin Verizon Wireless on the tower, mentioned after it refused to issue a permit for the tower. dismiss the residents’ complaint, saying its today. The judge called for a hearing but said its intention to start cutting trees down in The residents contend that by accept- decisions were always “in accordance with it would not take place before Wednesday documents that Michael Caruso, an attor- ing the settlement, the village “caved” to law” and that the residents lack sufficient (March 24). ney for the tower opponents, filed in U.S. a telecommunications industry and its cause to sue. Nelsonville Anticipates Higher Rent from Sheriff Board delays Airbnb law building for several years as a base to serve ments required tens of thousands of dollars. western Putnam, agreed in principle to a Nevertheless, “we need to start planning until new trustees take office five-year lease that would gradually raise for capital projects,” such as a fire escape By Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong the rent from $1,000 to $1,500 per month. and a new roof for each part of the two-level “We recognize how great it is to have structure, he explained on Monday. “We elsonville expects to increase the the sheriff’s substation in the village,” do own it and we can’t depend on Putnam rent it charges the Putnam County the mayor said during the Village Board’s County to incur the expenses.” NSheriff’s Department for the use of monthly meeting, held via Zoom because In other business, Trustee Chris the old village firehouse but will assume of the ongoing COVID-19 threat. Winward said the village is still accept- more responsibility for its upkeep, Mayor Moreover, he said, Nelsonville knows the ing public comments about a draft law to Nelsonville Village Hall File photo Michael Bowman said Monday (March 15). department “put a ton of work into the build- regulate short-term rentals such as those Bowman said that the Sheriff’s Depart- ing” to rehabilitate it. At a March 10 workshop, booked through Airbnb. She said the board newly elected trustees, Kathleen Maloney ment, which has used the Main Street he said the Sheriff’s Department improve- will finalize the legislation after the two and Maria Zhynovitch, take office.

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Maloney Predicts Relief Plan COVID-19 by OPENING Will ‘Save Economy’ the Numbers Democratic legislators ciation of Counties, the relief plan includes $3.8 billion for New York, including $57.5 PUTNAM COUNTY DAYS in Dutchess County million for Dutchess, $19.2 million for call for local rescue Putnam, $189.1 million for Westchester, Number of confirmed cases: $75.2 million for Orange, and $63.7 million (+237) FRIDAY, MARCH 5 By Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong for Rockland. The counties will receive the 8,928 New Cases in Philipstown: 10 Movie theaters in New York City money in two payments, the first within 60 ep. Sean Patrick Maloney, whose days and the remainder next year. were allowed to reopen at 25 percent Tests administered: capacity and a cap of 50 people. Those House district includes the High- Maloney contended on Monday that lands, predicted on Monday (March elsewhere in the state have been R Republicans in Congress, all of whom (+5,456) operating at 25 percent since October. 15) that the $1.9 trillion American Rescue voted against the package, had “no plan, 179,649 Masks are required at all times except Plan would “end the pandemic” and “save no empathy.” Percent positive: when seated and eating or drinking, and the economy.” However, he contrasted the “new, radi- theaters must have assigned seating. During an appearance on MSNBC, the cal Republicans in Washington” with 5.0 (0) Pool halls could reopen at 35 percent Democrat cited the legislation’s effect on GOP leaders in the Hudson Valley. “In my in New York City and 50 percent in the a hypothetical Putnam County family that district, all the county executives are basi- Number of deaths: rest of the state. includes two young children. cally Republicans; all the town supervisors (+1) MONDAY, MARCH 15 “Maybe they have a small business,” earn are Republicans; a bunch of mayors are 88 Wedding receptions and catered $70,000 to $75,000 annually and have health Republicans,” he said. “They all stood with events were allowed to resume with insurance through the federal Affordable me celebrating the American Rescue Plan.” DUTCHESS COUNTY capacity limits and other restrictions, Care Act, said Maloney, who lives in Philip- On Tuesday (March 16), the Democratic Number of confirmed cases: such as all patrons being tested before stown. The direct cash payments for adults, caucus in the Dutchess County Legisla- the event and socially distanced the tax credit for children and a reduction ture called for the creation of a Dutchess (+843) dancing. in health care costs could mean they will Rescue Plan to expand COVID-19 vaccina- 24,282 Active Cases in Beacon: 33 FRIDAY, MARCH 19 receive about $15,000 in benefits, he said, or tions through mobile clinics; restore cuts to 20 percent of their annual household income. Restaurants outside of New York City the health department and family services Tests administered: will be able to operate at 75 percent, up He also said that in his district small- budget; create a strategy “to address soar- from 50 percent. Those in New York City business loans during the pandemic have ing rents” and eviction risks; extend broad- 581,747 (+19,356) will continue to be limited to 35 percent. kept “11,000 businesses [open] and 100,000 band access; and release data on the impact people employed.” Percent positive: MONDAY, MARCH 22 of the pandemic on municipalities and According to the New York State Asso- of up to 25 people demographic groups. Home gatherings (0) will be OK outdoors, as well as social 4.2 gatherings of up to 100 people indoors Number of deaths: and 200 outdoors. Indoor fitness classes can resume at 33 percent. State Hopes to Cancel School Exams 418 (+3) FRIDAY, MARCH 26 Waiting for feds to Regents Board came after educators Indoor family entertainment centers statewide criticized the federal Educa- Source: New York State Department of Health, as of March 17, with weekly change in and places of amusement, including approve plan tion Department’s decision last month not parentheses. New cases in Philipstown is for the Happy Valley Arcade Bar in Beacon, By Jeff Simms to waive year-end exams for the second week ending March 11. will be able to reopen at 25 percent. straight year. Instead, schools were given THURSDAY, APRIL 1 he state Board of Regents this week the option to delay the tests until the exempted most public high school Travelers entering New York state will no summer or fall and/or give them remotely Monthly Cases longer be required to quarantine. Outdoor T students from year-end aptitude tests, or in shortened forms. Dutchess Putnam NYS sports stadiums that hold 10,000 or known as Regents exams, citing disruptions “The state is making the most of a bad more people will be allowed to operate caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. situation by scaling back this year’s test- March 547 207 83,712 at 20 percent, such as for Mets and Whether the exemption will apply to ing requirements and limiting stress on April 2,455 783 224,602 Yankees games, an increase from the 10 every student who normally takes an end- students who already have gone through so percent allowed as of Feb. 23. Smaller of-year test will depend on the federal much,” said Andy Pallotta, the president of May 922 267 63,397 stadiums will be able to reopen at 10 government, which must approve New the state teachers’ union. percent indoors or 20 percent outdoors. June 289 72 22,368 York’s request for a waiver. The Beacon school board on March 8 Outdoor performing arts venues that hold The state regents, who are elected by voted to write Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, July 291 96 21,688 more than 2,500 people will be able to the Legislature to set educational policy, whose district includes the Highlands, reopen at 20 percent. August 364 80 19,743 announced on Monday (March 15) that, and Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand and Chuck FRIDAY, APRIL 2 with federal approval of a waiver request, Schumer, urging them to support legisla- September 280 124 24,521 Smaller arts, entertainment and the state plans to cancel all elementary and tion that would waive testing mandates for October 417 232 49,704 event venues will be able to reopen at middle school assessments as well as the the 2020-21 school year. The board argued 33 percent for 100 people indoors or exams for high school students that usually that most parents will opt their children November 1,789 1,023 145,530 200 outdoors. take place in June and August. out of the tests this year, which would December 5,025 2,053 335,446 MONDAY, APRIL 5 If the feds decline the waiver, the state make a mandate “an irresponsible waste January 6,917 2,447 428,453 The 11 p.m. curfew for casinos, movie said it would only require June exams in of taxpayer dollars at a time when state and theaters, bowling alleys, billiard halls, English, Algebra 1, earth science and living school budgets are already stretched thin.” February 3,091 985 217,516 gyms and fitness centers will be lifted. environment for high school students and Targeted local assessments “would be The 11 p.m. curfew for restaurants shortened English and math tests for a better tool to identify individual needs Source: New York Department of Health and bars and the midnight curfew for grades 3 to 8. In addition, only the writ- and map a path to improvement,” the board catered events will remain in effect. ten component of fourth- and eighth-grade said. FRIDAY, APRIL 9 science tests would be required. High school students in New York state The state is making the most of a bad situation by scaling Outdoor amusement parks, such as SplashDown Beach in Fishkill, will be must normally pass Regents tests in back this year’s testing requirements and limiting stress able to resume operations at 33 percent. English, math, science, social studies and on students who already have gone through so much. A limited number of season passes will a foreign language in order to graduate. go on sale March 22, the park said. The unanimous vote by the 17-member ~Andy Pallotta, president, New York State United Teachers 8 March 19, 2021 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.org

projects will contribute to getting the state Hearings Set to 70 percent renewable energy by 2030, 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2040 and an 85 percent reduction in greenhouse- for Power Plant gas emissions by 2050. The Siting Board notified Danskammer Proposal in February 2020 that its application had “deficiencies,” including an explanation of Project must prove it fits how it would meet those standards. The with state climate goals company responded in July with a report By Leonard Sparks predicting that, starting in 2025, the plant’s power consumption would drop over 10 proposal to replace the part-time years by 196,000 tons and its greenhouse Danskammer power plant 5 miles gas emissions by 261,000 tons. A upriver from Beacon with a new, “We are confident that our efforts to full-time facility is set for public hearings incorporate and eventually convert to a at the end of the month as environmental- hydrogen power generation facility are ists and elected officials challenge the heart well within the state’s mandates,” Michelle of the plan: the project’s ability to comply Hook, a spokesperson for Danskammer, with state greenhouse-gas reduction goals. said on Thursday (March 18). “We are Public hearings scheduled for March 31 The Danskammer power plant on the Hudson north of Beacon Danskammer Energy committed to immediately lower emissions are the next step in Danskammer Energy’s by upgrading existing equipment and then bid for approval to replace its 532-mega- it could provide more details. Nevertheless, the Siting Board on Feb. phase in hydrogen so that we can help the watt plant that operates only during peri- “There are better, smarter alternatives 26 declared Danskammer’s application to state meets its climate goals.” ods of high demand with a $500 million, for the site,” said Hayley Carlock, director be complete. In addition, the company said the plant’s 600-megawatt facility. of environmental advocacy and legal affairs On March 12, a panel of administrative turbines would no longer be cooled with Danskammer says the proposed facility, for Scenic Hudson. She called the idea that law judges for the state Department of water from the Hudson, but with air. Envi- located on the Hudson River in the Town the plant would later convert to hydrogen Public Service ruled that Scenic Hudson, ronmental groups have long expressed of Newburgh, could meet state restrictions or renewable natural gas “nothing more Riverkeeper and other opponents had concern that the intake from the river and the by converting by 2040 from natural gas to than a greenwash intended to masquerade “cited no legal authority” that would allow discharge of heated water kills too many fish. hydrogen or renewable natural gas derived a new fossil-gas plant.” the Siting Board to “strike” parts of the Danskammer says the project would from waste such as trash or manure. Elected officials in Beacon, Newburgh, Danskammer application. But it said the create 450 construction jobs, which has For months, environmental groups have Cold Spring and Philipstown have also groups had “raised relevant questions” that drawn support from labor unions. The fought the project, including with a motion opposed a full-time plant, saying it doesn’t could be explored as the review continues. firm also claims it would generate more asking the state Board on Electric Genera- fit with the state’s goal over the next 30 years Under a law enacted in 2019, state agen- than $50 million in tax revenue for local tion Siting to force the company to strike to replace technologies that burn fossil fuels, cies that issue permits for projects such governments and school districts over 15 its projections from the application unless which contributes to global warming. as Danskammer must determine how the to 20 years. State Challenge to Hudson Cleanup Dismissed Federal judge calls lawsuit million pounds of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), a toxic human-made substance linked an ‘overreaction’ to several types of cancer and a host of other By Brian PJ Cronin maladies, in the upper Hudson. In 2002, the EPA ordered General Electric federal judge last week dismissed to remove at least 2.65 million cubic yards of a lawsuit filed by New York State PCB-contaminated sediment. After years of A against the federal Environmental legal wrangling, the company began dredg- Protection Agency over General Electric’s ing in 2009. In stopped in 2017, saying it had cleanup of pollution it dumped over three fulfilled its obligations. The EPA issued the decades into the Hudson River, calling it an certificate of completion in 2019, saying it “overreaction.” had no choice based on the advice of its legal In a ruling issued on March 11, Judge counsel. The head of the Region 2 office said David Hurd wrote that although “New he welcomed any lawsuits over the decision York’s motives for bringing the case were as “part of our democratic process.” good ones,” the state should have raised its New York did sue, contending that the objections earlier. “This lawsuit comes too cleanup had been shown to be ineffective late and is based on improper theories,” and that the baseline measurements were he wrote. “It must therefore be dismissed.” inaccurate because they weren’t dredging Both the state Department of Environmen- the actual river bottom but a layer of detri- tal Conservation (DEC) and the state Attor- tus from a paper mill. ney General’s Office said they would continue Chris Bellovary, the staff attorney for the to “pursue all remaining legal options.” A environmental organization Riverkeeper, spokesperson for the EPA’s Hudson River said that while he was disappointed with office said the decision “speaks for itself” and the ruling, he was not entirely surprised. declined further comment. “When you’re going up against the EPA The state lawsuit centered on the EPA’s 2019 in federal court over Superfund [cleanup], decision to issue General Electric a “certificate that’s always a tough fight,” he said. of completion of the remedial action,” certi- Hayley Carlock, the director of environ- fying that the company had completed the mental advocacy and legal affairs for Scenic required dredging as part of its court-ordered Hudson, noted that the EPA will continue cleanup of what is thought to be at least 1.3 (Continued on Page 9) highlandscurrent.org The Highlands Current March 19, 2021 9

ville clerk, Maloney received 82 votes, while BALLOT filed over a cell tower proposed for a parcel (from Page 1) Nelsonville Zhynovitch had 70, Potts 68 and Eisenbach CANDIDATE COUNT ABSENTEE overlooking the Cold Spring Cemetery. from 2017 to 2019, by two votes. Potts also 59. There was also a write-in vote for Ezra Although neighbors of the project, includ- 53 6 was narrowly defeated two years ago, when Clemenson, a member of the Planning Eisenbach ing Eisenbach, have sued to overturn the he finished third behind Mechaley and Board. Maloney 77 5 agreement, Maloney and Zhynovitch each Pedlosky in a three-way race for two seats. The turnout was 36 percent among the said before the election that the settlement The fourth candidate on Tuesday was village’s 441 registered voters. Potts 66 2 was the best course for the village. Potts George Eisenbach, a retired civil engineer. One issue in the election was a settlement said Nelsonville should “look ahead to 6 According to Mindy Jesek, the Nelson- made by the current board in a lawsuit Zhynovitch 64 future challenges.”

the vote will include a resolution to spend that the district hire a full-time environmen- no charge. (from Page 1) School Boards $175,000 on school buses. tal education/science teacher for all grades ¢ The board on Wednesday adopted a three- number of administrators from seven to five at a cost of $138,000 annually and a full-time year equity and anti-racism plan developed by eliminating the middle school principal In other business … director of technology and instructional by a 16-member committee. Its priorities are position and combining the duties of the ¢ The School Reopening Task Force support. He also suggested replacing middle- to implement racially inclusive curricula and director of curriculum and a new position subgroups will discuss a plan to bring school study hall with STEAM (Science Tech- assessments; provide professional develop- of director of human resources. The elemen- students back to campus. In a survey, about nology Engineering Art and Math) classes. ment and community training; and “create a tary or high school principal would assume 100 families said they would like to complete To pay for those additions and close safe environment of dignity, respect, empow- oversight of grades 6 to 8. These moves could the year all-remote, but Benante said the gap, Albano recommended eliminat- erment and inclusivity.” save about $355,000, he said. administrators would reach out to see how ing a teacher-on-special-assignment posi- The district could save another $200,000 many could be persuaded to send students tion and three of eight full-time aides. The ¢ The board also reviewed a proposed by reducing the number of teacher aides and in-person, even if only for the last five weeks budget also does not include the $41,000 equity, diversity and inclusion policy that $375,000 by eliminating a special education in May and June. The district invited all per month the district is paying for iTutor, states, in part, that “all children deserve to and a secondary teacher and one or two seniors to attend on-campus classes daily a program used by students who are all- have equal access to opportunity regardless elementary teachers. If the latter occurs, starting March 22 and may invite students in remote. About 50 students were using the of their sex, race, ethnicity, national origin, class sizes at one elementary level would grades 9 to 11 to return on April 19, although service in September, Albano said, but that sexual orientation, gender, gender identity likely increase from 16 or 17 students to 20 students could still opt for all-remote. has since dropped to 17. and expression, age, socioeconomic status, or more, he said. Jimick said the increase in tuition for the language they speak, religion or ethi- Finally, Benante suggested that the ¢ Amanda Cotchen was hired by the board in high school students proposed by Haldane cal values systems, physical ability or attri- district charge the Garrison school more for February for $69,000 annually to succeed high will add about $42,000 to 2021-22 expen- butes, ability or disability status, political its high school students. The current tuition school guidance counselor Kristen Mosco, ditures. O’Neill High School in Highlands beliefs and other human differences.” is $13,980 annually, but the state allows who resigned. The board also appointed Kris- Falls, the other public-school option for Further, it says, “curriculum and instruc- Haldane to charge closer to $19,000. Bena- tina Masibo-Roling as girls’ varsity volleyball Garrison students, charges the full rate of tional materials for all grades shall reflect nte suggested raising the rate to $16,264 coach, succeeding Kelsey Flaherty. about $19,000 per student, he said. diversity and include a range of perspectives in 2021-22 and to the full rate in 2022-23. The board has scheduled a community and experiences, particularly those of histori- Benante noted his proposed cuts would ¢ The first day of school for 2021-22 will budget presentation via Zoom for 10 a.m. on cally underrepresented groups,” and that “all generate $132,000 more than needed to be Thursday, Sept. 2. Monday (March 22). It is expected to adopt curriculum materials shall be examined for balance the budget. “We won’t need to go the budget on April 7 and hold a public hear- bias by the superintendent or designee(s).” this far, but we will have to consider some ¢ The board’s next meeting is scheduled ing on May 5, followed by the vote on the of this,” he said. “Even with additional state for 8 p.m. on Tuesday at the school, follow- budget and four board vacancies on May 18. ¢ The board on March 3 adopted a policy aid, and if some federal stimulus money ing the remote budget forum. that allows the use of paper ballots instead of makes its way to us, it’s not going to add In other business… machines for the annual budget and trustee up to $840,000” needed after immediate ¢ Albano said district enrollment is votes, which the district clerk said could save savings such as teacher retirements. GARRISON expected to increase from 191 to 207 next about $2,000 annually. The vote last year was A community budget forum is scheduled The district’s tax cap for 2021-22 is 2.46 year, although he noted that kindergar- conducted entirely by paper absentee ballots for 7 p.m. on Tuesday (March 23) via Zoom. percent. The preliminary budget is $11.7 ten is the most difficult to predict. Twelve under COVID-19 restrictions. The board is expected to adopt the budget million, while revenues are projected to be students are registered so far and the on April 20, followed by a public hearing on $10.8 million, creating a deficit of about district anticipates 18 by the fall. ¢ The first day of school for 2021-22 will May 4 and the vote on May 18. $917,000, business administrator Joseph be Thursday, Sept. 9. Along with the budget and two trustee Jimick told the board on Wednesday ¢ Albano said the New York/New Jersey seats held by John Hedlund and Marga- (March 17). Trail Conference has offered to maintain ¢ The next meeting of the board is sched- ret Parr (who has said she is not running), Superintendent Carl Albano suggested the trails in the Garrison School Forest at uled for April 7.

force of the law to get the job done,” he wrote. (from Page 8) Hudson Cleanup GE will also be ordered at some point to to collect data and should issue a report provide a cash settlement as part of a claim Real Estate within five years on whether GE reached made by the federal government against the cleanup goals set in 2002. the company for the damage it caused to “We think it’s pretty clear that they the river, a sum that Carlock said will prob- Market Report (February) didn’t,” she said. ably be in the billions of dollars. With those Noting that data collected by the DEC funds, she said the state “could get projects about the effectiveness of the cleanup is at built on the river that will help restore it Beacon Philipstown odds with that issued by the EPA, Bellovary and improve public access and recreation.” 2020 2021 2020 2021 said the federal agency “does have reasons In the meantime, both Carlock and Bell- for wanting to believe that the work is done. ovary said the EPA needs to turn its attention New Listings 8 3 8 4 The DEC is sitting in a different position to the Lower Hudson, including stretches in Closed Sales 9 3 6 10 and has every reason to think it’s not.” As the Highlands. The agency’s data shows that long as data continues to be collected, the the cleanup has had a negligible effect on Days on Market 97 46 138 74 truth will become evident, he said. the elevated PCB levels in that part of the If the EPA decides that the cleanup was not river, even if they are still lower than those Median Price $350,000 $362,000 $625,000 $460,000 effective, it could order General Electric to measured above the Troy Dam. % List Received 92.8 97.1 85.5 100.5 resume dredging, a fact that Judge Hurd noted “That they have still not done a full in his ruling. “The language of the consent exploration of the nature and extent of the Inventory 28 14 73 40 decree leaves a clear opening for the govern- contamination [down river] is kind of ridic- ment to come after the company with the full ulous,” Bellovary said. Source: Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors (hgar.com). Excludes condos. Philipstown includes Cold Spring, Garrison and Nelsonville. 10 March 19, 2021 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.org

AROUND TOWN It Must Be True … I Saw it on the Internet!

 After one of the two benches outside  The Shackelford family created a The Clutter Gallery in Beacon was stolen Facebook group called Cold Spring  Haldane Elementary students  The 100th cat — Bulgava — was on March 10, a local craftsman offered Rocks whose members paint and hide assisted with a spring cleanup on adopted at the Beans Cat Cafe in to replace it at no charge. A new bench colorful rocks to brighten someone’s March 11 of the school garden. Beacon, which opened in November. was installed and both were bolted down. day. See bit.ly/cold-spring-rocks.

 EVENING  GRIEF SHOOT — COUNSELOR — A cameraman Lulu, a comfort is pushed on dog at Libby a dolly while Funeral Home filming scenes in Beacon, died in Beacon unexpectedly on Monday on March 10. In (March 15) for 2015, the golden a forthcoming doodle became Apple TV+ series, the first therapy Severance. dog in Dutchess Scenes also County to serve have been filmed families in a in Kingston. funeral home. Photo by Ross Corsair Photo provided

ARTE POVERA: HIGHLAND STUDIO Food Drive to ART OF Support the COLLABORATION Philipstown March 20, 2021, 12:00 p.m. EST Food Pantry & The Power of Two: Inter-Gender Dialogue, Easter Goody Couples and Creative Partnerships in 20th-Century Italian Culture Bag Give Away Professor Lucia Re, Research Professor (For boys and girls ages 8 and under) in the Department of Italian at UCLA PRINTMAKERS Saturday March 27th, 2021 www.magazzino.art/magazzinodacasa FINE ART Drive Through PRINTING 10:00 AM – Noon at SCANNING Our Lady of Loretto LARGE FORMAT parking lot 24 Fair St.

Bring Food Items: HUDSON VALLEY’S 1 lb. bags of Rice, Canned Tuna & ARCHIVAL PRINTING Chicken, Vegetables, Soups, Beans, Fruits, Peanut Butter, Jelly, Spaghetti Sauce, SINCE 1997 Mac& Cheese, Paper products, Shampoo, Dish Soap, Laundry Detergent , Masks, PICTURE FRAMING Gloves, Wipes, Tissues, Bottle Water print & map gallery Sponsored by Knights of Columbus Loretto Council No. 536 Contacts: 845-809-5174 Youth Director Bob Flaherty 265-3191 or Dan Dillon 265-3802 31 STEPHANIE LANE COLD SPRING, NY www.thehighlandstudio.com highlandscurrent.org The Highlands Current March 19, 2021 11 The Calendar

“Incarnation 2” “Incarnation 27”

“Incarnation 17” “Incarnation 23”

me and what’s happening with the canvas. After days or hours, the image appears.” Blanket Patterns When Burton was attending graduate Artist’s work with afghans to see what’s there. Maybe I do another layer school 20 years ago, she wasn’t working in or part of the canvas with the same afghan, this way. “I was fumbling along” with oil focus of Garrison show or a different afghan. Sometimes I rip them paintings, she says. “I started making sculp- By Alison Rooney up, then sew them together and…” ture to understand what I was painting. I If you haven’t followed all that, you’re in thought I was making art pieces, but they aroline Burton gets physical in her good company. “Curators and other artists were more like big sketches. The finessing, line of work — and that line is art. come to my studio and can’t figure out how the surfaces and imagery become richer.” C The large, mixed-media paint- they are made,” she says. “They see a pile Eight years ago, after experiencing a ings she’ll be exhibiting in Incarnations, of afghans and still don’t get how I do it.” reaction to the solvents used in oil paint- a solo show opening Saturday (March 20) The work is “very physical, exhausting,” ing, Burton began “playing around with at the Garrison Art Center, are hewn from says Burton, who has mounted previous solo canvas as an object: dipping it in ink, unstretched canvas, textiles and paint, then shows in galleries in New York, New Jersey, figuring out how I could make marks on pulled, sewn, torn again and printed on — Oregon, Ohio and Vermont. “I’m stepping on a canvas, ripping it into pieces and sewing but not necessarily in that order. them, getting paint all over my feet as I go them back together, incorporating Bubble Burton says her process often involves into this zone of going to see what happens, Wrap, cut-up denim, chicken wire. “Incarnation 49” “cutting a huge piece of canvas and plac- how they manifest themselves. “As I was experimenting, this other body ing it on the floor, adding layer after layer. “Some artists plan out everything and of work started to develop. I started think- This becomes the underpainting. In another see the end result before it’s there,” she says. ing more about my printmaking roots, area of my studio [in Jersey City], I paint an “It’s not often like that with me. I might painting on one surface and transferring afghan, lay it on top, use a tiny hand-printing start out with a composition, but partly it to another.” roller, then press the paint onto the surface. because I don’t know the pattern that the From her father, an engineer, Burton feels Then I pull off the afghan from the canvas afghan will make, it’s a dialogue between she learned to see things in grids, which she calls “an underlying structural form that holds all the work together. Even if I’m paint- ing an object, the object has a grid in it. I’ve made some bronze rabbit pelts, I cast them, and I consider the fur to be a grid. Skin cells, under a microscope, look like a grid. A grid holds it all together and makes sense.” But Burton says she wouldn’t have become an artist without the influence of her mother. “I was closer to my father, but “Incarnation 55” my mother is the one who gave me permis- sion to go after art. It was always my favorite subject, and she put me in classes outside of “If you’re an artist in your heart, in your soul, normal school hours, which I loved.” you have to make your work,” she says. “I was She says her mother and high school art unhappy. Something was profoundly miss- teacher talked her father into letting her ing. After grad school I had to have a studio, attend the Cleveland Institute of Art, where because making art was so much more a part she majored in graphic design. (“I needed of me and my existence. My studio is a sanctu- to earn a living,” she says.) She continued ary, a laboratory. Even if I’m depressed about her studies at the Mason Gross School of the world, in my studio I’m very content.” the Arts at Rutgers University, where she received a master’s of fine arts degree. Incarnations will run from Saturday After moving to New York, Burton stopped (March 20) through May 2, with COVID-19 making art for a few years. But a monoprint precautions in place, at the Garrison Art Caroline Burton is shown at work during a residency at the Virgina Center for Creative class at the Parsons School of Design intro- Center, 23 Garrison’s Landing. The exhi- Arts, painting an afghan before transferring the paint from the afghan onto canvas. duced her to a new community, inspiring her bition is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily Photo by Azita Mora to start anew, and she hasn’t stopped. except Monday. 12 March 19, 2021 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.org

THE WEEK AHEAD Edited by Pamela Doan ([email protected]) For a complete listing of events, see highlandscurrent.org/calendar.

COMMUNITY FRI 26 with graphite to capture the uneven Bird Walk, March 20 Full Moon Owl Prowl and unique topography of the earth’s surface.” SAT 20 WAPPINGERS FALLS Bird Walk Brown, Florence Price, Margaret of Mysterious Stone Sites in the 7:30 p.m. Stony Kill Farm Bonds, Ernest Charles and William Hudson Valley of New York and THURS 25 CROTON 79 Farmstead Lane Bolcom, plus a set of spirituals. Northern New Jersey, will discuss 8 a.m. Croton Point Park stonykill.org Women in Art Cost: $15 to $45 (members free) their significance via Zoom. putnamhighlandsaudubon.org Meet at the Sierra Trail to search GARRISON Be on the lookout for the American for barred owls. For ages 12 and 7 p.m. Desmond-Fish Library SUN 21 SUN 21 woodcock. Register online. older. Cost: $5 845-424-3020 | desmondfishlibrary.org Schroeder Umansky Duo Just Us An art history student will lead NEWBURGH GARRISON SAT 20 VISUAL ART a virtual tour of Women Picturing Women: From Personal Spaces to 8 p.m. St. George’s Church 4 p.m. Desmond-Fish Library Virtual Trivia Night alivemusica.org bit.ly/RankineJustus COLD SPRING SAT 20 Public Ventures at Vassar’s Loeb Art Caroline Burton / Center. The program, part of the Register online to watch Claudia 7:30 p.m. Putnam History Museum ALIVEmusica series, will include Rankine, author of Just Us: An putnamhistorymuseum.org Eric Erickson Arthur Honneger’s Sonatine for American Conversation, discuss the Bring your team and be ready, via GARRISON STAGE & SCREEN Violin and Cello and the Hungarian challenges of achieving racial justice Zoom, for historical trivia about the 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Garrison Art Center folk music of Zoltàn Kodàly’s Duo and the need to examine white SUN 21 Hudson Valley, New York state and 23 Garrison’s Landing for Violin and Cello. Cost: $20 supremacy with Hamilton Fish, the U.S. Register online. Cost: $10 845-424-3960 | garrisonartcenter.org Poet’s Corner donation or pay as you wish editor of The Washington Spectator. (members free) Burton’s exhibit, Incarnations, PUTNAM VALLEY Copies of the book are available at will feature mixed-media paintings 3 p.m. Tompkins Corners Cultural Center Putnam County libraries and the TUES 23 she processes repeatedly by tompkinscorners.org Field Library in Peekskill. Philipstown’s cutting and repainting. See Page The featured poet is Jonathan Economic Future 11. Erickson’s show is a series of Andersen. Register to read or listen TUES 23 oil paintings with shifting spatial via Zoom. Social Media for COLD SPRING relations. Through May 2. 9:30 a.m. Chamber of Commerce Businesses FRI 26 bit.ly/philipsfuture POUGHKEEPSIE SAT 20 Register for a Zoom presentation The Informer 1 p.m. Dutchess Tourism and discussion on the economic The Power of Two COLD SPRING dutchesstourism.com/lunch-learn-series development portion of the PHILIPSTOWN 7 p.m. Butterfield Library Kacie Vassari will discuss draft update to the Philipstown Noon. Magazzino Italian Art 845-265-3040 | butterfieldlibrary.org building your business through Comprehensive Plan. magazzino.art Register to watch a Zoom messaging and images. In the first of a series of viewing of the 1929 silent film about the aftermath of the Irish Civil War, THURS 25 lectures called Arte Povera: Art TUES 23 Cook-a-Long with of Collaboration, Lucia Re, a with live music accompaniment by Graphic Novel Book Club professor at UCLA, will discuss the Cary Brown. Shelley Boris COLD SPRING “paradigms, patterns, challenges CIVIC PHILIPSTOWN and rewards of inter-gender KIDS & FAMILY 7 p.m. Split Rock Books 6 p.m. Glynwood Center dialogue and creative partnership MON 22 845-265-2080 | splitrockbks.com 845-265-3338, x132 | glynwood.org across literature and the arts in FRI 26 City Council The group will discuss The Art of The co- 20th-century Italian culture.” Free Charlie Chan Hock Chye, by Sonny Confronting Bias BEACON owner of Liew. GARRISON Dolly’s will 7 p.m. Via Zoom THURS 25 4 p.m. Desmond-Fish Library demonstrate 845-838-5011 | cityofbeacon.org Michelle Stuart 845-424-3020 | desmondfishlibrary.org TUES 23 how to make Tools of Women’s Equality two types BEACON Students ages 12 to 18 can share MON 22 BEACON of potato Noon. Dia:Beacon their experiences with hateful School Board pancakes. 845-231-0811 | diaart.org conduct online and their ideas for 7 p.m. Beacon Historical Society BEACON Get a shopping list and recipes in Via Zoom, a curator will discuss fostering equity and justice. beaconhistorical.org 7 p.m. Via Zoom advance to follow along via Zoom. Stuart, whose 1976 work, Sayreville Melodye Moore of the Dutchess 845-838-6900 | beaconk12.org The event will benefit the Food Strata Quartet, is on long-term view SAT 27 County Historical Society will speak Sovereignty Campaign. Cost: $50 at Dia. It consists of large paper Jessica Love via Zoom about radical feminist scrolls that “incorporate frottage TUES 23 actions in Beacon and the county COLD SPRING led by the Quaker community. 10 a.m. Haldane Elementary Board of Trustees facebook.com/ediathaldane COLD SPRING THURS 25 Love will read from her books, 7:30 p.m. Via Zoom Julian at the Wedding and Julian is 845-265-3611 | coldspringny.gov Fiction Book Club a Mermaid, and answer questions COLD SPRING via Zoom. Books are available at the TUES 23 7 p.m. Split Rock Books local libraries or Split Rock Books. Budget Workshop 845-265-2080 | splitrockbks.com This month’s selection is Ted NELSONVILLE Chiang’s short story collection, MUSIC 7:30 p.m. Via Zoom Exhalation. 845-265-2500 | nelsonvilleny.gov SUN 21 Dashon Burton and THURS 25 David Fung TALKS & TOURS Pandemic Gardening KATONAH SUN 21 COLD SPRING 3 p.m. Caramoor Mysterious Stone Sites 7:30 p.m. Butterfield Library 914-232-1252 | caramoor.org butterfieldlibrary.org PUTNAM VALLEY Bass-baritone Burton’s Join garden coach and Current 11 a.m. livestreamed performance with columnist Pamela Doan for a pianist David Fung will combine Tompkins Corners Cultural Center webinar that includes tips and to- tinyurl.com/MysteriousStoneSites Michelle Stuart, March 25 Schumann’s Dichterliebe with do’s and lots of time for questions. works by John Dowland, Charles Linda Zimmermann, author highlandscurrent.org The Highlands Current March 19, 2021 13

Mouths to Feed You’ve Got Kale Caramelized Kale By Celia Barbour and Tomato with a l e ’ s 1 5 minutes of White Beans K fame may have long passed, Total time: 1 hour but kale itself isn’t going anywhere. Nor, Active time: 20 minutes apparently, is the need for great ways to prepare it. Just a few weeks Note: Save the water used ago, some Zoom friends asked if I had any to blanch the kale in Step 2, brilliant kale ideas up my sleeve. and use it to cook the pasta Well, gee, since you ask… — you’ll regain some of the I had assumed that by now, everyone had gathered their own cache of reliable kale- vitamins that leached into the recipe flotsam from the tidal wave of kale water. As for which anchovies enthusiasm that swept the country a decade to choose, try a small jar from ago. But maybe it’s time for a refresher. Agostino, Ortiz or Roland. After all, kale doesn’t offer up its deli- ciousness as freely as a luscious summer tomato or delectable spring peapod. And while its hardiness is a blessing during 3 bunches lacinato kale these yearning, late-winter weeks, it is long and slow into a sauce adds an irre- INGREDIENTS 2 tablespoons olive oil bitterer and chewier than other leafy placeable layer of depth and complexity, 1 pound orecchiette or other pasta greens such as spinach and Swiss chard. the way vanilla does to a cake, molasses 1/2 red onion, thinly sliced Salt & pepper Indeed, kale is a bit like a tough cut of beef: to baked beans or black pepper to a pan 2 to 3 anchovy filets (see note) amazing when made well, but in need of a of scrambled eggs. You wouldn’t eat any of 1 15-ounce can white beans bit extra time and care to get there. those ingredients by the spoonful either (or 1 28-ounce can tomato puree (cannellini or great northern) But the very traits that make kale chal- for that matter drape them over your pizza), lenging also mean that it holds up beauti- but that doesn’t mean you don’t appreciate Heat your largest skillet over medium, warm the olive oil, then add the sliced fully in things like soups, stews and braises, what they bring to your cooking. onion. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the onion begins to color, about 5 and a kale salad becomes a much happier Let me put it another way. Yes, OK, I minutes. Add the anchovy and mash to a paste with the back of a wooden leftover than one made from its more deli- realize that I drag my poor family into spoon or fork. Add the tomato, raise the heat to medium-high and bring to a cate, wilting cousins. this column overmuch. Forgive me; I’ve boil, then lower the heat and cook at a bare simmer, stirring occasionally, until I’ve never shared my family’s very favor- had no one else to feed for more than a the sauce is reduced by about a third, thick and rust-colored, about 20 minutes. ite kale recipe on these pages because year. But even in more gregarious times, I feared that few people would make it. I don’t always trust my own palate (I like Meanwhile, bring a large pot of water to a boil; salt generously. Strip the kale That’s because it contains a dark and salty pretty much everything). So I figure if all leaves from the stems (holding the stem in one hand, grasp the leaf at the secret: anchovies. Don’t get me wrong; I four of them go nuts for a dish, it’s proba- base with your other hand and slide towards the tip). Discard tough stems. Add understand why people shun them. Most bly pretty good. They are my own personal leaves to water and blanch 4 to 5 minutes. Remove and drain kale, reserving anchovies are pretty awful. And even the Greek chorus, judges’ panel and star-rating water (see note). When kale is cool enough to handle, rough-chop and add to best ones should never, ever sprawl across a system, in other words. That said, if any of the skillet. Toss to coat, then cook, stirring occasionally, about 30 minutes, until slice of pizza, which is how most Americans you simply cannot bear to encounter them the kale is deeply caramelized: chewy-soft and nearly black, adding a splash of encounter them. Whoever came up with yet again, stop reading now. water if the vegetables are drying out. that idea deserves to be slapped. To the rest of you, I offer this: My kids have Meanwhile, bring the kale water back to a boil, add the pasta and cook But while I don’t like to proselytize, you adored this dish, anchovies and all, since they according to package directions. really should give these little oily fish a were toddlers. And their eyes still light up chance if you aren’t already familiar with whenever I serve it for dinner. Brighter even About 5 minutes before the pasta is done, drain and rinse the beans, then their magic. A good anchovy or two cooked than for pizza? “Oh hell, yeah,” says Dosi. mix into kale-tomato mixture. Add salt and pepper to taste. When the pasta is nearly finished, drain, reserving a cup of the water, then toss together with the kale mixture. Heat through and serve.

HELP WANTED The Village of Cold Spring has Two Immediate Part-Time Openings: Mechanic: Responsible for maintaining Village fleet and equipment. Valid NY State Driver’s License required. Flexible schedule. Salary commensurate with experience. Driver: New York State Class B Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) required. Must be available to work on Tuesday and Friday. Salary commensurate with experience.

Submit a resume and letter of interest by March 31st via email to [email protected] or by mail to: Village of Cold Spring, Attn: Mechanic/Driver Position, 85 Main Street, Cold Spring, NY 10516 14 March 19, 2021 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.org

Professional Nurses Glaser Orthodontics Magazzino Educational Association of Haldane seniors who plan to Scholarship 2021 College Dutchess/Putnam pursue a career in a health Haldane junior or senior with Putnam or Dutchess seniors field.| $1,000 | April 15 a strong interest in visual art or college students pursuing or museum management. Scholarship Guide a career in nursing. Includes a paid internship | $500 to $1,000 | May 12 Joseph Percacciolo at the museum. Presented Memorial Award he list below includes scholarships available to by Magazzino Italian Art Haldane seniors who have in partnership with the high school seniors or college students in the High- St. Luke’s Cornwall demonstrated service and Cold Spring Chamber of T lands and/or Putnam and Dutchess counties. It Health System dedication to the community. Commerce. | $1,000 | June 7 does not include awards specific to individual schools. To Seniors who plan to enter the | May 14 search for scholarships from state and national organiza- medical field. tions, see directories such as scholarships.com, fastweb. | $1,000 to $1,500 | April 12 Master Gardeners Knights of Columbus Putnam County seniors com and collegeboard.org. Scholarship who plan to pursue a Each listing includes who qualifies to apply, the amount Tony Schembri Philipstown seniors, with degree in plant science, of the award and the application deadline. Apply at Memorial Scholarship preference to Our Lady of horticulture, floriculture, cfhvny.org for scholarships marked with an asterisk. Seniors from the Mid-Hudson Loretto and St. Joseph’s architectural landscape parishioners. For others, contact the guidance office at Haldane High Valley. Sponsored by the | May 14 design, forestry, botany Newburgh-based chapter of or another environmental- School or Beacon High School or see highlandscurrent. the veterans’ organization related program. Sponsored org/scholarships for links and updates. Rolling Thunder 3. Kristofer J. DiNatale by Cornell Cooperative | $500 | April 15 Scholarship Extension. | $500 | April 30 Presented to a Haldane senior who has demonstrated PHILIPSTOWN a strong interest and Mental Health Association HIGHLANDS Firemen’s Association of the commitment to technology. in Putnam County State of New York Alice Reilley Schatzle | May 14 Putnam seniors who plan to Acacio “Roger” Rodrigues FASNY reimburses tuition for Memorial Scholarship pursue a career related to Memorial Scholarship* active volunteer firefighters Haldane senior who plans to mental health or in human Putnam or Dutchess seniors attending a New York major in education, library Liz Bono Memorial services such as social or undergraduate college community college or taking sciences or another field that Scholarship work, psychology, nursing, students who plan to study online courses through serves others. Haldane senior preparing education, counseling, in a field that will lead to Empire State College. | Varies. | May 14 for a career in business community mental health, a career in the building/ | $1,250 | ongoing construction industry. management or planning to or child and family studies. | $2,000+ annually | April 1 start his or her own business. | $500 | March 26 Betty Budney Community | $500 | May 14 Hudson Valley Guns and Hoses* Service Award Putnam or Dutchess senior Sponsored by the Philipstown NewYork-Presbyterian/Hudson AIAWHV Foundation planning to major in criminal Democratic Committee, the Lori Isler Teacher Valley Hospital Auxiliary Putnam or Dutchess college justice, fire science, public scholarship is presented to Scholarship Senior who plans to pursue a students studying architecture. administration or related fields. a Philipstown senior who Haldane senior who plans career in the health field. | $7,000 | April 9 | $1,000+ | April 1 contributed to the community to pursue a teaching career | $1,000 | May 3 through volunteer service. and is involved in community | $500 | May 14 service. | $1,000 | May 14 Beacon Elks Lodge 1493 Jean DeGrace Crandall The Elks offer the Rush Memorial Scholarship* Greenough Scholarship to a Migrant farmworker or child of BHS or Haldane senior with Blue Devil Booster Club migrant farmworker (preference A male and female senior who “extraordinary community for those from Mexico) with service” and the Doc Roberts have been involved in the history of migration to Putnam Haldane athletic program and Scholarship to a BHS senior or Dutchess. | $1,000 | April 1 who plans to pursue an demonstrated honesty, engineering or technology- self-discipline, commitment related degree. | $750 | May 1 Mid-Hudson Ivy Foundation and team play. Seniors from the Mid-Hudson | $500 Valley. Sponsored by Alpha | May 14 Daughters of the Kappa Alpha. United States Army | $500 to $2,000 | March 27 Senior who is the child or dependent of an active, Cold Spring Lions Club retired or deceased U.S. Miles of Hope Breast military service member The Frank Milkovich Cancer Foundation scholarships whose family resides within a Putnam and Dutchess seniors 35-mile radius of West Point. are available to whose lives have been Philipstown seniors | April 15 affected by breast cancer. on basis of need, | $2,000 to $5,000 | April 1 scholarship and Elena Eckert potential to succeed. | Varies. | May 10 Memorial Scholarship* Nebrasky Foundation Putnam or Dutchess Scholarships seniors who are children or Seniors in the Hudson Valley Cold Spring Police grandchildren of a current or “who may not fit the traditional former member of the armed Benevolent Association four-year college model” but Haldane seniors, for forces, a police officer or a plan to pursue vocational or corrections officer. community service and technical education. potential for success. | $1,500+ | April 1 | $2,500 | April 15 | May 14 highlandscurrent.org The Highlands Current March 19, 2021 15

Philip Baumgarten Bianca Knight Memorial Dylan Feller Memorial Joseph H. Gellert/Dutchess Michael P. Murphy Memorial Scholarship Scholarship Scholarship* County Bar Association* Public Service Philipstown senior who Dutchess seniors pursuing Dutchess County BOCES/CTI Dutchess students enrolled in Graduate Scholarship* volunteers for a local nonprofit careers in human services or student who plans to major law school. | $1,000 | April 1 Dutchess graduate students and/or has worked for a local ministry. | $1,000 | May 1 in photography or graphic planning a career in business. Sponsored by the communications. government. Cold Spring Area Chamber of | $1,000 | April 1 Joseph S. Guarneri Sr. | $1,000+ | April 1 Commerce. | Varies. | April Big Horizon/Howland Memorial Scholarship* Cultural Center BHS senior “who has overcome Beacon High School seniors Eileen Hickey or is overcoming personal, Norman and Rita Nussbickel Philipstown Republican who are pursuing a career in Nursing Scholarship* financial, family or emotional Memorial Scholarship* Committee the arts. Two scholarships will Dutchess seniors or college difficulties.”| $650+ | April 1 BHS seniors “who have Awarded to a Philipstown senior be awarded. | $500 | April 2 students pursuing a career in demonstrated excellent who demonstrates leadership nursing at a New York school. academic and athletic qualities, participates in | $1,500+ | April 1 Juan Lafuente achievement and have extracurricular activities and Charles E. and Mabel E. Leadership Scholarship* a meaningful record of demonstrates superior moral Conklin Scholarship Dutchess seniors who community service.” character. | $250 | April 17 Dutchess seniors who rank Frank Thomas Groff demonstrate academic | $1,000+ | April 1 in the top 10 percent of their Scholarship* achievement (especially in class can attend Dutchess Dutchess seniors who are math and science); leadership Putnam County Community College for two members of the Roman contributions to school and R&M Promotions Latino High Children’s Committee years at no cost. Catholic Church. community; and character. School Scholarship Putnam seniors who exhibit | Varies. | June 18 | $1,000 annually | April 1 Students must attend a New Dutchess seniors of Hispanic a “commitment to service to York college. origin. | Varies. | April 9 the community, and strength | $1,000 to $1,500 | April 1 of purpose in achieving an Charles S. North Scholarship George A. and Catherine V. educational goal, ability and for Music and Art* Quill Scholarship* Richard W. Mitchell Memorial maturity.” | $500 | April 14 Dutchess seniors who plan to BHS seniors “who must Landon R. Gray Scholarship* major in music performance, apply themselves to prosper Memorial Scholarship Dutchess senior with music/art education or or those who are able to Dutchess seniors who are “significant economic, Putnam County Sheriff’s visual arts (ceramics, demonstrate financial need.” male and African-American physical, developmental or Police Benevolent drawing, painting, sculpture, | $1,000 to $1,500 | April 1 and plan to pursue a degree emotional barrier(s)” who will Association printmaking, design, in education, human services, enroll at a New York college. Putnam seniors, on basis crafts, photography, video, technology or media. | $1,000 to $1,500 | April 1 of need and potential for filmmaking and architecture). H. Normington Schofield | $1,000 | May 1 success. | April 15 | $1,000 to $1,500 | April 1 Scholarship* BHS seniors who plan to major Robert K. and Clara Lou in environmental studies or Leslie C. and Irene G. Roe Gould Memorial Scholarship* BEACON Dustin James Fallen Police education. | $1,000+ | April 1 Athletic Scholarship* BHS seniors with “extensive Officer Memorial Fund Dutchess seniors who have community service Andy Vito/Harold Tompkins/ BHS seniors who plan to pursue demonstrated outstanding experience.” Ron Vece Scholarship* a career in law enforcement, Honorable Anthony athletic skills and will attend a | $2,000 | April 1 Funded by the Hudson Valley emergency services or the L. Pagones Memorial New York community college Umpires Association, this military. | $500 | April 15 Scholarship* or SUNY/CUNY school. scholarship is for seniors in Dutchess senior, preferably a | $1,500 annually | April 1 Sal & Pat Trocino Scholarship Dutchess County who played Beacon resident, who intends Dutchess seniors who have high school baseball. | $750 Dutchess County to study law, political science/ a minimum GPA of 3.25; to $1,000 | April 1 Agricultural Society government or criminal Linda and Steven Lant Family preference to students with Dutchess seniors and college justice. | $1,000 | April 1 Scholarship* financial need. students who plan to pursue Dutchess seniors or college | $1,000 | April 16 ATHENA Adult Scholarship* a degree in agriculture, students pursuing a major in Dutchess females who have horticulture or human Hudson Valley Financial business or finance at a New been out of high school or ecology, or a career related to Professionals* York school. | $2,500+ | April 1 Stephanie D. Brown & college for five years and are agriculture or horticulture. Dutchess seniors who plan Barbara M. Murphy Memorial pursuing degrees at a New | May 11 to pursue a career in the Scholarship* York or online school. financial services industry Marjorie A. Rifenburg Female Dutchess seniors who | $1,000 to $2,000 | April 1 such as banking, finance, Scholarship* intend to major in education Dutchess County Music insurance or investment Dutchess seniors of Native and become elementary, Educators Association banking. | $500 | April 1 American, American Indian, middle school or high school Beacon Community Lions Club Dutchess seniors who plan to First Nation or Indigenous teachers. BHS senior with a GPA of 3.0 major in music or the arts. descent. | $1,000 to $2,000 | April 1 or better who submits an | $500 | May 17 Hudson Valley School Food | Up to $4,000 | April 1 essay on leadership and the Service Directors importance of community BHS seniors planning to study TEG Joyce A. Betros service. | $500 | April 1 Dutchess County St. food service, hospitality, hotel Mary McKenzie Scholarship Patrick’s Parade Committee management or dietetics. Memorial Scholarship* Dutchess seniors who Dutchess seniors and college | $1,000 | April 19 BHS seniors of African-American are TEG Federal Credit Beacon Schools PTOs students of Irish descent. descent. | $500 | April 1 Union members (or whose The Parent-Teacher | $1,000 | April 30 parent or guardian is) Organizations at J.V. Forrestal, Joseph H. and Mildred C. and who demonstrate Glenham, Sargent and South McManus Scholarship* Maynard and Ferne Brownell academic achievement and Avenue elementary schools Dutchess seniors or recent Family Scholarship* commitment to community. offer scholarships to Beacon graduates “who must apply BHS seniors with financial | $1,000 | May 1 seniors who attended each of themselves to prosper or who need and athletic and/or them. The Beacon High School demonstrate financial need.” community service. | $750 PTO also offers scholarships. | $1,500 annually | April 1 annually | April 1 | $300 to $1,500 | May 16 March 19, 2021 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.org

Roots and Shoots Plant a Garden, Now or Later By Pamela Doan

The Real Estate appy vernal equinox! My Hlast column Market is Booming! was nine weeks ago, when the outdoors Contact these top local agents to see looked and felt much the latest listings, or to sell your home different. In it, I laid out resolutions for my own gardening plans this year. As an update, I have a few varieties of seeds started for the garden and hope to direct-sow the early starters — lettuces, fava Kathyrine M. Tomann beans, radishes and peas — during an upcom- ing weekend. Once the soil is warm enough to HOULIHAN LAWRENCE | ASSOCIATE REAL ESTATE BROKER work (meaning unfrozen enough to cover a [email protected] | 914-204-0415 seed) early spring vegetables can be planted. www.houlihanlawrence.com With the right timing, they are ready to harvest by early summer, just as the temperatures are getting too hot for their liking. This makes space in the garden for another round of vegetables or herbs to go in, too. My seed filing system repurposes a Succession planting always gives you holiday box that is perfectly seed packet size. The dividers keep seeds organized something ready to harvest and optimizes Krystal Campbell by when to sow indoors or outdoors. every inch of soil during every day of the | BROKER NOBLE SQUARE REALTY growing season. When you get into plant- [email protected] | 845-401-9326 ing vegetables as early and as late as possi- www.noblesquarerealty.com ble, the growing season can potentially last from March through November or Decem- ber, depending on the weather, without any special equipment. Row covers, a hoop tunnel, cloches or a cold frame would all enhance those conditions with a green- house-like effect. Ann McBride-Alayon Seed packets list the number of days until harvest. By counting backward from May HUDSON RIVER LINE REALTY | REAL ESTATE BROKER 15 or Oct. 15, the first and last frost dates, Two rounds of seed planting ready to go. 718-637-3143 | [email protected] you can tell if there is enough time to get a Photos by P. Doan www.hudsonriverlinerealty.com harvest before the end of the season. Here is an example of succession plant- ing. Fava beans will be sown directly into frost, such as kale, kohlrabi, beets, turnips, garden on March 21. They need 75 days to pumpkins and winter squash, can also be mature so I’ll be able to start picking them sown directly in the garden for a late fall or around mid-June. Fava beans are climbers, winter harvest. and, to save time, I will plant runner beans The good news is that even though it’s Abbie Carey in the same spot to avoid redoing the trellis. spring and it seems like the pressure is on Associate Real Estate Broker I planted the runner bean variety I to plant now, maybe you’re a fall or winter HOULIHANABBIE LAWRENCE CAREY | ASSOCIATE REAL ESTATE BROKER chose, Kelvedon Marvel, last year and it gardener. Take your time. It’s a blessing, 845-661-5438Cold Spring Brokerage| [email protected] • O .. Ext.  was prolific. If I plant in late June or even not a chore. www.abbiecarey.houlihanlawrence.comM .. • [email protected] early July, I will have 60 days to maturity, My garden plan gets both more elaborate Thank you to my amazing clients for helping me earn the bringing me to early September when I can and organized each year — two characteris- honor of a HoulihanLawrence Gold Award Winner. start eating. I can wait another two to three tics that inevitably become a bit overwhelm- weeks if I want dried beans. ing at the peak of the season. I should take In my microclimate — an east-facing, my own advice! Fresh vegetables, herbs and higher-elevation slope with southern expo- berries are too delicious to deny my time and sure — the temperatures will drop sooner. energy. I’d like to think I get better at grow- Charlotte Brooks Even though frost doesn’t typically happen ing since each garden is a learning experi- sooner, the lowering angle of the sun ence, but there are so many factors I can’t ROBERT A. MCCAFFREY REALTY | ASSOCIATE REAL ESTATE BROKER combined with cooler temperatures means control, weather being foremost. 917-951-2241 | [email protected] I need to plan my garden to wrap up sooner www.CharlotteFBrooks.com than if I were closer to the river and at a Of interest to gardeners lower elevation. Or I need to use season- Orders are due by Wednesday (March extending equipment to keep the soil warm. 24) for seedling trees and perennials in the Not ready to prepare the garden now? If Putnam County Soil and Water Conser- you can’t start until summer, here are some vation District’s annual plant sale. See choices to still grow your own food: Beets putnamcountyny.com/keepputnamgreen. Advertise your real estate business here. (45 days), lettuce (35 days, on average), scal- Orders are due by Thursday (March 25) for lions (35 days), kale (60 days), carrots (70 herb and vegetable starts in the annual plant CONTACT: 845-809-5584 | [email protected] days) and other greens can all be planted sale at Stony Kill Farms. See stonykill.org Michele Gedney highlandscurrent.org/ads for a fall harvest. The Native Plant Center sale ends March The seeds of vegetables that survive the 31. See nativeplantcentershop.org. highlandscurrent.org The Highlands Current March 19, 2021 17

Residents participating in music therapy and arts and crafts in anticipation of St. Patrick's Day Photos provided The bird-and-butterfly garden outside the Howland House

disabilities become independent. traumatic brain injury, while others have but even with residents who can’t communi- Ready to Return Instead, under its newer categorization developmental disabilities,” she explained. cate, you can tell they’re happy to be there. as a residential alternative, Howland House “You can tell by subtle gesture after you get “One gentleman, who is 92 and blind, Howland House residents helps residents develop group-living skills to know each person, because the nonverbal loves Sinatra,” she said. “He hardly makes and has fewer strict regulations. “People communication is amazing. Sometimes it’s a peep, speaks in groans, but we’ll see him wait out the virus think cold, sterile, institutional, but it’s hard to determine a person’s cognitive abil- tap his foot when we play Sinatra — he By Alison Rooney not like that at all,” she said. “It’s a loving ity because of the inability to communicate, keeps in rhythm to the music.” environment. I’m always happy to show the ou can’t miss it — it looks like place off because it’s not what you think the Welcome Center of Beacon,” when you hear ‘group home.’ ” “Ysays Fran Ferrusi, describing The schedules and the level of care vary COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES Howland House, a home to 14 people with by resident. “Some eat through tube feed- intellectual and physical disabilities that ing, about half eat by mouth,” Ferrusi said. she watches over on Howland Avenue. “Throughout the night, they are reposi- In government-speak, Howland House tioned in the bed. Everyone gets cleaned is an “individual residential alternative” up in the morning.” After breakfast, the that provides 24-hour care and supervision. residents are brought to a common area for It is operated, along with other homes in daytime programs. New York and Connecticut, by the nonprofit “With the pandemic, we space everyone Ability Beyond. Ferrusi, a registered nurse, out because we can’t go outside,” she said. is the services manager for the homes in “We have a sensory stimulation room with Beacon and Mount Kisco. bubble tubes and fiber-optic strands and Before the pandemic, residents might be a projector; there’s arts and crafts to keep Herb Farm, Live / Work - Elevator Building spotted around the everyone engaged; and tactile stimulation, Previously, Certified Organic Poughkeepsie CBD, Opportunity Zone city visiting the pet like hands in sand. We also try to keep them 6,800 ± SF | 4.85 ± Acres 3 Levels | 5,790 ± SF store or the Howland up on current events. $475,000 $795,000 Public Library, or “In the summer, we have large, raised VISIT watching the ducks garden beds, potting soil and a bird-and- OUR on Fishkill Creek. butterfly garden with hummingbird feed- WEBSITE Still, Ferrusi said she ers. We have massage and hair brushing, doesn’t believe most and we work on communication goals — Beacon residents are some have iPads or other devices to make aware of Howland Fran Ferrusi their needs known. We also have a beauti- House. “I don’t think ful three-season porch, where residents can we’re out there as much as we’d like to be,” eat, play music and hold reading groups.” she said. The first residents to move into Howland No visitors have been allowed inside House in 2013 were referred by state institu- the facility since the pandemic shutdown tions where all had lived for their entire lives. Southern Dutchess; Old Rt 9 Fishkill, NY I84 & US Rt 9 Area Freestanding Commercial Building began a year ago but the staff has helped Today, some residents come from their homes, Myers Corners / Middlebush Rd 2,844 ± SF | 1 Acre 1,760 ± SF | 0.23 Acres residents keep in touch with family and some from nursing homes and others from a $395,000 $425,000 friends online. The facility has not had any hospital where they were deemed homeless COVID-19 cases, Ferrusi said. because they had no family to take them in, Located adjacent to the Swann Inn, the Ferrusi said. “We tend to take the most medi- Howland House was built in 2013 on what cally needy individuals” because the Beacon had been a wooded lot. The intention was facility has 24-hour nursing support. to operate it as an “intermediate care facil- “Some residents have had cognitive diffi- ity,” which helps people with intellectual culties since birth, others have suffered a 18 March 19, 2021 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.org

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The car hit him and derailed. No. 16, which served residents of Break- Jacob Southard opened a clothing store neck, no agreement could be reached to at the corner of Main and Garden streets. fund the construction of a schoolhouse and The Rev. S.I. Ferguson, the pastor of the residents had to continue to send their chil- Methodist Episcopal church, addressed dren to Rock Street. members of the local chapter of the Good Some flakes in a sudden snowstorm Templars, exhorting them to “look not upon appeared to be an inch in diameter. the wine when it is red, for it biteth like a The wheel of a heavily loaded carriage serpent and stingeth like an adder.” ran over the chest of John Jaycox, 7, but he Haight sued Knapp for $49 in damages The soprano Clara Louisa Kellogg bought a Philipstown estate in 1871. was expected to recover. he claimed had been done by Knapp’s tres- Cold Spring residents voted against passing fowls and cattle, and for wood he incorporating the village, 243-44. Those said Knapp had cut. in opposition cited a reluctance to give too The Rooster, an improvised instrument much fiduciary power to the trustees. that made its way to Cold Spring from New The soprano Clara Louisa Kellogg, York City, consisted of an old tin box or fruit “America’s most talented singer,” purchased can expertly played by urchins to produce a 25-acre estate on the Hudson opposite a din the Cold Spring Recorder compared West Point and named it Clarehurst. to “the squawk of a kidnapped centenar- ian hen” or “the bray of a superannuated jackass.” A Place to Unwind The Nelsonville store of Isaac Biggs narrowly escaped burning to the ground In her 1913 autobiography, Memoirs when a wooden spittoon filled with sawdust of an American Prima Donna, Clara caught fire because of a lit cigar or match. Louisa Kellogg recalled her summer Fortunately, the tenants living above the home in Philipstown: store discovered it in time. “My mother and I spent many The horse pulling Thomas Hustis’ milk summers at Clarehurst… The wagon took off when the driver went to a Vanderbilts’ railroad, the New York store on West Street. The animal broke and Central, ran through Cold Spring, ran toward Breakneck, leaving pieces of so that my Christmas present from shaft and harness along the way and nearly William H. Vanderbilt each year was reaching Fishkill Landing [Beacon]. an annual pass… My place at Cold Spring was where I went to rest 125 Years Ago (March 1896) Fourteen Cold Spring Boy Scouts watched this silent film in Peekskill in 1921. between seasons, a lovely place with The Rev. J.W.A. Dodge of Cold Spring the wind off the Hudson River, and accepted a call to St. Paul’s Methodist Epis- gorgeous oak trees all about. When copal Church of Peekskill. He succeeded the stown? Philipstown has never had a mile birth in our village.” An official with the the acorns dropped on the tin roof Rev. Angelo Ostrander, who left for Trinity of state road… but our town has had the state Department of Excise noted that Cold of the veranda in the dead of night, Church in Poughkeepsie. privilege of paying its part of the county Spring had not had a temperance agent in they made an alarming noise like tiny The propeller steamer Daniel S. Miller taxes to build state roads in Putnam Valley, nearly two years because of budget cuts but ghostly footsteps. left New York City at 2 a.m. and by 5 a.m. Patterson, Carmel and Southeast.” that it would forward the complaint to the was stuck fast in the heavy ice off Cold J.W. Dubois related that, while he had his Putnam County sheriff. “One day when I was off on an Spring. hands full standing outside his shop, the A state Supreme Court judge ruled in herb-hunting expedition, some The 50 delegates of Group 7 of the New wind took his hat. He instructed his dog to favor of William Church Osborn and Fred- highwaymen tried to stop my York State Bankers’ Association, which retrieve it, but he had a bone in his mouth. erick H. Osborn, who had been sued by carriage, and that was the beginning included Gen. Daniel Butterfield of Cold Dubois claimed the dog turned the hat over Charlotte McCoy over land she sold them of troublous times at Cold Spring. Spring, passed a resolution calling on the with both paws, dropped the bone inside in 1914. She claimed her signature had been It developed that a band of robbers national organization to “secure a plain and carried the hat to the shop. forged, but her husband, who co-signed the was operating in our neighborhood, and unequivocal declaration on the main- The Village of Cold Spring was forced deed a week after their marriage, testified with headquarters in a cave on tenance of the present gold standard.” to borrow voting booths and boxes from for the defense. Storm King Mountain, just opposite Patterson for its March 15 election because The cast of the Knights of Columbus’ us. They made a specialty of robbing 100 Years Ago (March 1921) Philipstown inexplicably refused. The first annual minstrel at Loretto Hall was trains, and were led by a small man The trustees of the Butterfield Memo- Village Board passed a resolution to declared by the Recorder to be the “black- with such little feet that his footprints rial Hospital met in New York City to plan “deplore the strange action” by the town. est, funniest, most gorgeous of the brother- were easily enough traced — traced, its construction using a $100,000 bequest The Village Board voted to extend voting hood of burnt cork.” Along with solos such but not easily caught up with! from Julia Butterfield. hours from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. for workers who as “Mammy,” the show included a baton “He never was caught, I believe. But The whistle of the Cold Spring Textile arrived home on the 7 p.m. train. and fire-stick swinging by Haldane student he, or his followers, skulked about Works blew for the first time to summon Fourteen members of the Cold Spring Walter Callahan. our place; and we were alarmed its workers. troop of the Boy Scouts of America hiked Thirteen men were granted citizenship enough to provide ourselves with Mr. and Mrs. William Church Osborn 12 miles to Peekskill and watched Huckle- by the Supreme Court at Carmel, including pistols. That was when I learned to sailed for a three-month trip to England, berry Finn at the Hudson Theatre before Frederick Hocking, John Phelan, Agostino shoot, and I used to have shooting France and Italy. taking the 5:50 train home. Lemo, Alfonso Cretazzo, George Toukatos parties for target practice. My father The Recorder editorialized: “We notice in The officers, teachers and students of and Harry Cox of Cold Spring, and George would prowl about after dark, firing the Putnam County Republican an article the Sunday school at the Methodist Epis- Rattle of Garrison. off his pistol whenever he heard a printed from the Brewster Standard stating copal church wrote to the Village Board John Tilden, the president of an under- suspicious sound, so that, for a time, that there are four pieces of state road to be and state officials to report that “intoxi- wear manufacturing company and owner what with acorns and pistols, the built in the Town of Southeast during the cating drink is being sold in our villages of a grand home at Manitou, was ordered nights were somewhat disturbed.” coming year. What is the matter with our in open violation” of federal temperance to pay $15,000 to a former employee who supervisor and the town officials of Philip- laws, and consumed by “those of foreign (Continued on Page 20) 20 March 19, 2021 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.org

(Continued from Page 19) as that run by the Cold Spring church. claimed Tilden had assaulted him two He said the money would not be a “hand- years earlier. out” but a refund of a portion of “what the Current nonpublic school parent has already given 75 Years Ago (March 1946) in the first place for the education of chil- M.D.V., a native of Cold Spring, wrote dren in our own community.” Classifieds to the newspaper advice columnist Helen Navy Airman Apprentice Bruce Metzger Worth to say that the author of the book of Philipstown was serving at McMurdo SERVICES Wide, Wide World, mentioned in an earlier Station in the Antarctic. column, was Anna Warner. “She and her A dance organized at Our Lady of Loretto PSYCHOTHERAPY — Columbia sister, Susan Warner, lived in a wooded for juniors at Haldane High School turned University PhD, fully licensed LCSW with section known as Warner’s Island [now out to be “an outright disgrace,” according 35 years of psychotherapy experience Constitution Island],” M.D.V. wrote. “I was to Mayor LeFever, who was one of its five in Putnam and Westchester. Doctoral born in the town of Cold Spring and when chaperones. About 10 of the teens procured training in both research and clinical the colorful Warner sisters rode forth in alcohol before the dance; three got drunk cognitive behavioral therapy with adults. their surrey, they created more than a mild and threw up on the dance floor, and a Teaching, training and supervision of sensation for the residents.” 15-year-old ended up at Butterfield Hospital. other clinicians, Fordham, Columbia, A Cold Spring attorney, Francis Dale, Lehman College. Accepting clients for online psychotherapy via secure HIPPA- defended a cabinetmaker from Danbury, 25 Years Ago (March 1996) compliant platform. Call to discuss how Connecticut, who was arrested for possess- A 23-year-old Beacon woman gave birth Tom Impellittiere (who went by Tom my qualifications may meet your needs, ing a firearm. Dale said an “alert police- to a baby girl at Papa John’s Restaurant 860-466-9528. man” had searched his client’s parked car Impell), center, with his sons, Ray and on Route 9 in Philipstown at 7:15 p.m. on with a “fine-toothed comb” and discovered Gerard, in 1957. Ray owned an auto a Wednesday night. Owner Frank Broc- HOUSEKEEPING AND OTHER SERVICES dealership in Cold Spring and Gerard was — Available for cleaning, laundry, ironing, two unloaded revolvers. The man pleaded coli, staff members Octavio Buitrago, Luis a barber, like his father. accompanying patients to medical guilty and paid a $50 fine. Putnam History Museum Criollo and Maria Figueroa, and Putnam appointments, business support, admin, County Sheriff’s Deputy Robert Ferris data entry or any local errands required 50 Years Ago (March 1971) assisted. Broccoli was photographed stand- in Cold Spring, Garrison, Beacon and The Haldane boys’ basketball team, ing next to a sign that read, “We Deliver!” Fishkill. I am happy to help whether for under Coach John Rath, upset Millbrook Deputy Ferris tracked down a 42-year-old an hour or more; whatever your needs in overtime, 52-51, in a Bi-Valley Dutchess woman who had knocked on the door of a are. Email [email protected] or League game. With the game tied in the Philipstown resident at 9:15 p.m. during call 845-245-5976. fourth quarter, the Blue Devils held the ball a snowstorm, asking for something hot DONATE YOUR CAR OR TRUCK — for the final 1:43 but missed a last-second to drink but refusing to come inside. The Benefits Heritage for the Blind. Tax shot. officer followed footprints in the snow and deductible, free towing, all paperwork Joseph Percacciolo Jr. and Frank Eaton found the woman hiding in a vacant barn. taken care of. Call 1-833-304-0651. met with members of Environmental She told him she had been staying in the Concern to discuss recycling projects in barn for 10 days. He arranged for her to be HELP WANTED Philipstown. They noted that while newspa- placed in a shelter. pers, rags and magazines could be dropped Janet Ribertone, the former owner of RETAIL CLERK —Bijou Galleries has at the Methodist Church, the Grand Union Janet’s Country Kitchen in Highland Falls, multiple dealers who sell books, art, or Guinan’s, there was no place to recycle opened a restaurant in Cold Spring called furniture, clothing and antiques. We glass. 76 Main Street. are looking for part-time weekend help. Jacob Glick died at age 100 at his home Margaret Guinan of Garrison’s Land- Work involves interacting with public, at 15 Orchard St. The dry goods and cloth- ing was named Police Woman of the Year running register and retail management. Interesting, eclectic local store in its ing store he operated on Main Street was by the Westchester County Committee of 25th year. Email Bianca at biancam80@ still open, operated by his children. Born the American Legion Auxiliary. She was gmail.com. in Hungary, he came to the U.S. at age In 1970, Bruce Metzger of Philipstown the only woman on Yorktown’s 51-member 17 and lived in Yonkers before moving to was stationed in Antarctica. force. She had joined the department in Newburgh in 1892 to work in a tavern. In 1983 as an office assistant. POSITIONS WANTED 1906, he learned of a small store for sale in was a barber at the Officers Club at West The Haldane High School girls’ basket- Cold Spring. An Orthodox Jew, Glick cred- Point for 43 years, died at age 87. He had cut ball team won the state Class D public CARETAKER AVAILABLE — Caretaker with 20+ years of experience available ited his long life to working hard six days a the hair of Gens. Eisenhower, MacArthur, school championship by defeating West- to maintain home & property including: week and keeping the Sabbath and a kosher Taylor, Marshall and Westmoreland. port, 67-29, at Hudson Valley Community repairs; gardening; landscaping; pool home. Al Ireland of Nelsonville was presented College in Troy. Kristen Faust was named care; convenience services (errands); Tom Impellittiere, an Italian immigrant by Notre Dame University with the middle- the MVP. It was the second title for Coach pet care, misc. Flexible to a variety of who had lived in Cold Spring since 1915 and weight boxing trophy he won in 1954 during Ken Thomas. The Blue Devils reached the needs. Resume & references available. its annual Bengal Bouts. At age 36, Ireland finals by upsetting No. 1 West Canada, Contact Greg at 914-618-2779 or had been the oldest champion in the tour- 59-56, in overtime. The team also defeated [email protected]. nament’s history. Soon after his victory, he the state private school champion, Sacred had been sent to Indianapolis for a military Heart of Long Island, 49-39, for a second FOR SALE checkup and missed the awards ceremony. title. 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In Nelson- had a doctor on duty. for additional terms and conditions. 631- 498-7851 ville, Franklin Dorsett was elected village Six Cold Spring and Nelsonville students, justice after drawing straws with his oppo- ages 12 to 14, were charged with throwing nent because both received 96 votes. rocks at the tile roof of the bandstand, caus- TAG SALE? Car for sale? William Stolecki, president of the parish ing $3,000 in damage. Space for rent? Help wanted? council at Our Lady of Loretto, called for Cold Spring Mayor Anthony Phillips Place your ad here for $4.95. support of a bill proposed in Albany that said residents should not be alarmed by See highlandscurrent.org/ would give $150 annually to parents who the removal of five trees at the waterfront. sent their children to private schools, such “New trees will be planted,” he said. classifieds. highlandscurrent.org The Highlands Current March 19, 2021 21 Reflections of a Cold Spring Native By Rita Ferrara and from the railroad and businesses were situated primarily on Main Street. East of t was a special and adventurous time the depot was the movie house and Charlie for me growing up in the village of Cold McConville’s bar. There was the post office, ISpring in the 1930s and 1940s. Burns Restaurant, The Putnam County My first memories are centered at the first News, Sam Sunday’s barber shop, Elliott house my family occupied after I was born. I Hammond’s grocery, the A&P grocery, Cold was brought home from Butterfield Hospital Spring Lumber and a Greek confectionary to a little brick house about a half block from store that sold homemade ice cream. the mighty Hudson. The house still exists On the other side of the street was my and whenever I go to Cold Spring, I drive by father’s shop, Joe Jones Printing, the Grand it to fire up the memory box. Union on the corner of Main and Rock, the As I reflect on my childhood, I can’t help firehouse, the police department, the VFW, but think how fortunate and blessed I was Percaccioro’s deli, Glick’s department store to spend my early years in Cold Spring. and McKeel’s hardware. There were many That conclusion, of course, was reached restaurants. by comparison to the world that developed Our Lady of Loretto school and church after leaving the village. Life was simple, was a short distance away. When Catho- Main Street in Cold Spring, looking east, in the 1930s Putnam History Museum sincere and secure, an aura that would fizzle lic students completed grade school, they as my world increased in its complexities. matriculated to Haldane High School, which Sitting by the river we would watch for the hopscotch and kick-the-can. Our park and My family eventually moved to a three- was equipped with all things applicable to day liners cruising up from New York City. playground was Kemble Field, where there story building on Main Street. My father, a great education, as well as sports such as Two that I recall were the Alexander Hamil- were most always picnics and ballgames. John Bonacio, had a tailor shop and dry- baseball, softball, archery, basketball, etc. ton and the Mary Powell. We often enjoyed We spent many hours in the woods cleaning business. Most all of the village It was a short, easy walk to the Butterfield picnics by the river and listened to music at behind our house. The treehouses that we residents frequented his store; some of the Library and the Butterfield Hospital, which the bandstand on weekends. Often we would built were our treasured hideaways where more notables were Hamilton Fish Sr. and was small but well-equipped. take boat rides to West Point to watch the we played games and read books. Jr. and Robert Patterson, who at the time We made our own fun. The Hudson River cadets parade, an awesome spectacle. My mother attended the old Haldane was the U.S. undersecretary of war under was a major attraction and focal point. We Roller skating and sleigh riding from School, which was on Route 9D. It was later President Franklin D. Roosevelt. would swim, fish, canoe or ice skate when the Town Hall to the railroad tracks was demolished; apparently it was too small Our house was a block from the New the river froze over. exciting. Another favorite pastime was to for the growing number of people moving York Central Railroad station. My friends to the area. and I would visit Mr. Tierney, the station We made our own fun. The Hudson River was There was a sand quarry on Route 9D master, regularly. He always found time to with an extension over the railroad tracks speak with us, which was typical of most a major attraction and focal point. We would to deliver sand to the trains when there was everyone in the village. The Depot Restau- ice and snow on the rails. As part of our rant now occupies the site of the former swim, fish, canoe or ice skate when the river froze over. childhood excitement, we would climb to depot. Trains traveled night and day, leav- the top of the sand pile and slide down. ing behind dense smoke pockets since most My mother, who was “courting” my sit near the railroad tracks and make bets I am in my 80s now, and living in Fish- engines were coal-fired. The loud railroad father, and Mrs. Impellittiere, the mother on how many freight cars there would be kill, but I often drift into moments of noises interrupted everyone’s sleep for of heavyweight boxing title contender Ray on a passing train. nostalgia and revisit this wonderful village, miles around. Impel, frequently walked across the frozen After supper, we would go outside until which had become such a part of me. It will Main Street in Cold Spring was always the river to West Point to visit my father, when it got dark and play hide-and-go-seek, ring- always remain the same for me as it was hub of activity. Cars and trucks traveled to he was employed there. a-levio, marbles, pick up sticks, jump rope, many years ago.

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HAVE YOUR OWN BUSINESS CARD ? You can advertise your business here starting at $20. 22 March 19, 2021 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.org SPORTS Follow us at twitter.com/hcurrentsports Desperation Heave Dooms Haldane Boys Last-second bank shot falls for much of the game, including by five Matteo Cervone led Haldane with 19 points at halftime and seven points at the points, Dan Santos added 12 and Soren in semifinals end of three quarters. Holmbo had 10. This week, Cervone was By Skip Pearlman But the Hornets cut into the deficit in named All-Section and All-League, and the fourth quarter and were down 50-49 named league MVP. Dan Santos, Darrin he Haldane High School boys’ when the winning shot was made with 1.4 Santos and Holmbo were also selected for basketball team, undefeated in 10 seconds remaining. A shot by Haldane at the All-League team. T games, lost a heartbreaker on March the buzzer did not fall. The Blue Devils will lose five players to grad- 11 when a Lakeland player put up a desper- “That was an extremely difficult loss,” uation — Darrin Santos, Dan Santos, Vincenzo ate, last-second jump shot that banked in said Coach Joe Virgadamo. “We were the Scanga, Christian Pezzullo and John Bradley for a 51-50 victory. better team. But thankfully we had the — but expect to return three starters. The top-seeded Blue Devils had hoped game, and we had 11 games.” “The offseason work will tell how good to advance to the championship game in “It felt good to have some fans there” after they can be,” Virgadamo said. “We have a the Putnam-Northern Westchester regional Section I officials allowed limited specta- lot of talent returning, and talent coming playoff tournament for smaller schools. tors, he said. “I’m super-proud of the team, up. I thank everyone who made this season READY FOR SOFTBALL — Despite Instead, No. 5 Lakeland went on to upset the way they handled themselves and their happen — the kids needed it more than we a cold wind on Sunday (March 14), No. 2 Briarcliff (11-1) to win the title. intensity. Our rebounding was unbelievable know, and it was a ton of fun.” more than 50 girls kicked off the Playing at home, Haldane led Lakeland against Lakeland; we outhustled them.” Philipstown Little League softball season with practice at the Haldane school. This is the largest and senior tight end/linebacker Doug ball team [which finished 10-1], because we Football (from Page 24) turnout for softball in at least 10 Donaghy all bring experience. have of a lot of the same guys.” years, said Megan Cotter, a Little will be a third-year starter. Darrin is an All- “Those are our playmakers,” McConville The Blue Devils are scheduled to open League board member and lifelong League running back and linebacker. said. “We have a good group of running backs the season on Saturday at Dobbs Ferry, softball player who has a daughter In addition, wide receivers Ryan Irwin and receivers, and I’m looking for them to followed by Blind Brook at home on March in the program. Opening day is and Soren Holmbo, outside linebacker Will create some big plays. And, hopefully, some 27 at noon. They will also host Woodlands scheduled for April 10. Photo provided Etta, guard/defensive tackle Jake Mason of the success will carry over from the basket- and Valhalla, and travel to Rye Neck.

OBITUARIES Mattie Alyea Sheilah Rechtschaffer niques of fresco painting and scagliola. Murray Prescott, 83 Sheilah had many solo shows of her Polly Rick, 92 Marion R. “Mattie” (1938-2021) pastels between 1985 and her death. Her James Ridgeway, 84 Alyea, 98, of Beacon, died Sheilah Rechtschaf- most recent series included Threads, Green Thomas Russell Jr., 74 March 5 in the house she fer, 82, died of cancer on in Vietnam, Memory Language and Listen- Gil Tarbox, 73 had lived in for nearly 100 March 13 at her home in ing to Jazz: A Journey. Connie Tuomey, 91 years. She was the young- Garrison. From 1999 to 2009, Sheilah and Bert Erna Vecchione, 84 est of six siblings. She was born on June traveled to Brazil, St. Lucia and Vietnam Penelope Wilson, 97 Two years after the end 6, 1938, in New York City, to perform volunteer work through the East of World War II, at age 25, Mattie began a the daughter of Nathan Meets West Foundation. He volunteered Beacon 58-year career with the Beacon school district. and Charlotte Sarett. She earned a bach- as a dentist and she taught art classes to Eunice Aliotta, 99 She served as a senior account clerk, office elor’s degree in education in 1959 from orphans and underserved children. Meghan Ashcroft, 37 manager and treasurer. At her retirement in Boston University and a bachelor of fine Sheilah was active in the earliest days of Chub Baxter, 81 2005, Mattie was one of the five longest-serv- arts in 1981 from SUNY Purchase. the anti-war movement of the 1960s; the anti- Lou Boccia, 92 ing public employees in the state of New York. Sheilah met her future husband, Dr. Bert nuclear movement of the 1970s and ’80s; and Joe Bradley, 57 For decades, Mattie and her sisters, Jean Rechtschaffer, in New York City in 1961, when in the anti-war and environmental move- Domenica Brunetti, 88 and Peg, lived in the house in Beacon, near they worked on different floors of an advertis- ments from the 2000s until the end of her life. Anna Burke, 61 Main Street. In 2003 and 2004, the Alyea ing agency. Bert had enlisted in the U.S. Air Along with her husband of 58 years, she Jim Foy, 78 sisters were the largest donors to a commu- Force as a dentist and taken a temporary job is survived by her children, Jonathan and Winifred Gage, 85 nity fundraiser to support the commis- while waiting for his certification. Jessica; her daughter-in-law, Debbie; and a Scott Garrett, 62 sioning of the mural on the front of the After he was assigned to serve at a base in granddaughter, Zoe. Bill Hamilton, 78 Howland Public Library on Main Street. Newfoundland, they kept up a long-distance A graveside service was held March 16 at Genevieve Hart, 89 Although Mattie gradually lost her relationship. When Sheilah visited, Bert the natural burial grounds at Sleepy Hollow Glenn Houghtalin, 78 eyesight, she never lost a particle of the recalled he was in the middle of making Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made Joanne Kearns, 87 mental acuity and strong-mindedness that a martini for her “when the phone rings to the Sugar Law Center for Economic & Thomas Magagnos, 70 marked her tenure as treasurer. She loved and it’s my commanding officer, who says, Social Justice (sugarlaw.org); the Garri- Joe Manetta Jr., 63 listening to books on tape, and to the radio, ‘There’s a retired general here, I want you son Art Center (garrisonartcenter.org); Arlene Matteis, 84 following with keen interest the doings of to come over.’ When we got there, Sheilah the Coalition for Institutionalized Aged & Gung Papula, 85 politicians of every stripe. She followed started preaching to the guy about disar- Disabled (ciadny.org); or the National Jazz Edie Peña, 91 baseball and football and made many trips mament. I was kicking her under the table.” Foundation of America (jazzfoundation.org). Rosa Penfield, 81 to West Point for football games. The couple moved to Garrison in 2000, Filomena Piccone, 88 She leaves behind three nieces and two after dividing their time between Manhat- Pat Pucino, 72 nephews and many lifelong friends and tan and Croton, where Bert had a practice Other Recent Deaths Chickie Robertson, 83 acquaintances — neighbors on her street for 30 years. 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Haldane quarterback Dan Santos Coach Ryan McConville instructs his team during a practice this week; Haldane will open its season on Saturday at Dobbs Ferry.

Jim Phelan. “We’ve also picked up some their leadership,” Phelan said. “Defensively new faces; our special teams are much we’ll be much more athletic and physical.” Football? Football! improved with the addition of some soccer The Bulldogs will have their hands full. players.” He said he may also deploy some After Brewster, they will take on Tappan After delay, teams gear up for spring of the soccer players at the wide receiver Zee, Mahopac, Somers and Lourdes. position. “These guys can catch the ball.” “I always believe the only way to get By Skip Pearlman and April, barring quarantines, followed by Last year the Bulldogs went 2-6. As the better is to play the best teams and a sectional tournament. On Monday (March No. 16 seed in the playoffs, they lost to John coaches,” Phelan said. “The boys are fired fter a six-month postponement 15), Section I officials said they will allow Jay Cross River in the first round. up; it’s been a long eight months.” because of the pandemic shutdown, attendance by two spectators per player at The key returning players include a group A the Beacon High School football team home and away games for Fall II sports. of three-year starters: quarterback Jason HALDANE is poised on Saturday night under the lights at Beacon this season will miss two experi- Komisar; running back/linebacker Isaac Coach Ryan McConville compared his Brewster to open what the state athletic asso- enced linemen lost to graduation: Santino Hanson, center/defensive end Tyler Haydt, Blue Devils football team this week to a ciation is calling the “Fall II” season. Negron, who was All-Section, and George guard/defensives tackle Amir Bell and corner- hungry, caged animal waiting for the gate It will be the first day of spring. Pinkhardt, who was All-League. But every- back/wide receiver Cody Shields; as well as to be opened. The football season typically begins in one else returns. seniors Mike Hernandez and Dennis Mann. The six-month wait for the season to start September. Instead, local high school foot- “That allows us to move a lot faster” “With the short season, we need our expe- included many moments of doubt, he said. ball teams will each play five games in March getting ready for the season, said Coach rienced guys to not only step up their play but “Now that it’s reality, we’re going to smile and enjoy ourselves, no matter what happens,” he said. Last year’s team went 2-7, losing to Tuck- ahoe in the Section 1 championship game. (As the only Class D teams, the teams play each year for the title.) This year McConville is going all-in on analytics. He said that because of the condensed preseason, his team is focusing on maximum effort and maximum atten- tion to detail, putting three hours of work into half that time. The idea is to avoid burning players out in lengthy practices. “The goal this season is to compete with some teams we haven’t played in a few years,” he said. “We will play Tuckahoe for the cham- pionship, so we’ll build toward that. There might be some early bumps in the road, but we’re focused on our key concepts.” The Blue Devils had no seniors last year, so they return the entire squad. Key play- ers include seniors Dan and Darrin Santos. Dan is an All-Section honorable mention Beacon opens its season on Saturday night under the lights at Brewster. Beacon quarterback Jason Komisar and second-team All-State quarterback who Photos by S. Pearlman (Continued on Page 22)