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BLACK VOTES MATTER — Oliver King (at left) portrayed Frederick Douglass on Tuesday (Aug. 11) during the unveiling in Newburgh of a mural by Vernon Byron that honors the former slave and abolitionist. Douglass spoke in the city on Aug. 11, 1870, as part of a lecture tour to push for the passage of the 15th Amendment, which extended voting rights to African-Americans. For more info, see bit.ly/douglass-newburgh. Photos by Ross Corsair Schools Can Cold Spring Tragedy Averted Putnam Open. That’s Carbon monoxide causes On Aug. 4, Tropical Storm Isaias left Says ‘No’ to the village without power. That night, Ed the Easy Part. early morning evacuation Currelley, who lives in and manages the five- Human Rights By Michael Turton unit building, was awakened at about 1 a.m. Haldane, Garrison, by an alarm in his second-floor apartment. Commission Beacon work on the details loud banging at your front door Because Currelley had the week before in the middle of the night doesn’t replaced the battery-powered carbon Legislators say it’s not By Jeff Simms A usually mean good news. But for monoxide alarms in the building, as well residents of the apartment building at 1 as the batteries in the smoke detectors, needed; Montgomery ov. Andrew Cuomo on Aug. 7 gave Market St. in Cold Spring, the knock in he said his first thought was that his CO decries ‘stonewalling’ public schools the green light to the early morning hours of Aug. 5 may detector must not have reset properly, G reopen next month and his office have been a lifesaver. (Continued on Page 3) By Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong last week approved plans submitted by hundreds of districts, including Beacon, utnam legislators on Aug. 7 rejected Haldane and Garrison, to do so as safely a proposal to create a human rights as possible amid the COVID-19 pandemic. P commission, saying the county has Cuomo said he would allow schools to too few problems to justify it and that it reopen as long as their region had an infec- would duplicate state anti-bias efforts. tion rate below 5 percent on a 14-day aver- The 9-3 vote came during a meeting age. The rate in the Mid-Hudson Region, held by audio connection that had been which includes Putnam and Dutchess coun- rescheduled from earlier in the week ties, has hovered around 1 percent. Infec- due to power outages caused by Tropical tion rates also have been relatively low in Storm Isaias. Dutchess (which tested 1,362 people on The proposal was endorsed by County Wednesday [Aug. 12] and had nine positives, Executive MaryEllen Odell, a Republican, or 0.7 percent) and Putnam (which tested and championed by Nancy Montgomery, 360 and had five positives, or 1.4 percent). the only Democrat on the Legislature, Cuomo last month asked every district who represents Philipstown. The commis- to submit detailed reopening plans to his sion would be asked to “inquire into inci- office for in-person, virtual and hybrid dents of tension and conflict among or instruction. All schools will be closed in between various racial, religious and a region if its infection rate rises above 9 nationality groups” and recommend percent, using a seven-day average, the solutions, according to the resolution governor said. presented to the Legislature. (Continued on Page 15) The apartment building at 1 Market St. Photo by M. Turton (Continued on Page 7) 2 August 14, 2020 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.org

FIVE QUESTIONS: GINNY FIGLIA

By Leonard Sparks By Michael Turton inny Figlia last month marked her 30th year as a librarian at the G Howland Public Library in Beacon. What’s your favorite place by the water on How did you become a librarian? When I was younger, I never in a million a hot summer day? years thought this would be my career. I wanted to study art, maybe become an art teacher. But I was looking for part-time work [in 1986] when my son was young, and where I lived [in Westchester County], there The Amalfi Coast, Italy. was an opening for a library assistant in The water is so blue the children’s room. That’s how I got into a and clear and peaceful. library. Eventually, after I came to Beacon, I got my master’s degree in information science from the University at Albany. they had performers come in and they did a and races and religions. Parents are much summer reading program. But now librar- more open to teaching their children about What hooked you on the job? ies do more afterschool programs and the differences and likenesses of all of us. I assumed being a librarian would be to programs that aren’t centered on books. have your nose in a book and archiving and We’ve developed STEM or STEAM [Science, Have kids you’ve met returned with cataloging and not seeing people. I never Technology, Engineering, Art, Math] activi- their own children? knew it could be this much fun. I love ties. We include art and we have included a The first time that happened, it was working with all different ages; I’m not in lot more technology. like, “Boy, do I feel old.” But it’s one of the a classroom with one group. I love meeting nicest things about my job — that some- families. I can be creative. I am able to do In what ways have children’s books body remembers the library so fondly that all kinds of arts and crafts. changed? they want to bring their own children. I Children’s writing and authorship and keep in touch with quite a few kids who ~ Tina Barile, Cold Spring How has programming changed? illustrations have become a much larger field are adults now, which is such a satisfying When I started, libraries had story times, than when I started, just by adding cultures part of the job.

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The mayor said the board decided it Wanted: Artist with a Thing for Trees needed “someone that can respond a little more quickly” and work directly with Village Also, Village Board Ten to 12 feet of the tree, which has a Clerk Jeff Vidakovich. The mayor said he diameter of about 30 inches, will be kept wanted to hire Mountain in October but her appoints code enforcer intact as the foundation for whatever art contract in Mamaroneck prevented her from working elsewhere. Her situation is more By Michael Turton project is chosen. (Email jzwarich.cstab@ gmail.com for more information.) flexible now, he said. Merandy met with think that I shall never see / A sculp- “It’s carte blanche for someone with a Mountain on Aug. 2 and the board inter- ture as lovely as this dead tree.” creative idea,” Zwarich said. “I envision it viewed her in executive session before the “I The Tree Advisory Board of the as being community-centered. Sculpture Aug. 5 meeting. Merandy said there will be Village of Cold Spring may be hoping resi- would be the coolest, but it could also be a period of overlap while Wunner completes dents and visitors paraphrase Joyce Kilm- painted.” current permit applications and Mountain er’s poem if their creative aspirations for a The advisory board intends to advertise becomes familiar with Cold Spring’s needs. large dead tree near the pedestrian tunnel the project soon with a goal of seeing the work out as planned. project underway this fall. ¢ The village will use the state bidding Jennifer Zwarich, who chairs the board, Zwarich hopes it will get the commu- system to purchase a new garbage truck. Its received approval from the village on Aug. 5 nity involved in a conversation about the procurement policy does not allow it to seek to seek proposals from artists with a vision advisory board’s other work. It received a bids on its own for equipment purchases of for transforming the doomed Norway $50,000 urban forestry grant from the state more than $20,000. The cost of the truck Maple. Department of Environmental Conserva- Jennifer Zwarich with Archie and the tree has been estimated to be much as $134,000. “We’ve been watching this tree for a long tion last year. Phase 1 helped fund metal Photo by M. Turton time,” she said. “It didn’t make it through tree guards and pervious pavers along ¢ Trustee Fran Murphy said the village is last winter.” Main Street, while Phase 2 will include dent Charlotte Mountain as a part-time code still waiting for information from its insur- Zwarich said if the tree were removed, extensive pruning of village-owned trees. enforcement officer. Mountain, who also ance company regarding a proposed plan the advisory board wouldn’t have the funds “We have a large, aging tree popula- works in code enforcement in Mamaroneck, to have volunteers from the Cold Spring to excavate the extensive root ball. So, the tion that has never been maintained well,” will work up to 18 hours a week for $24.50 Chamber of Commerce be partially respon- five-member volunteer panel brainstormed Zwarich said. Nearly a dozen trees will be an hour. Greg Wunner, the code enforcement sible for disinfecting the public restrooms alternatives. removed as part of the program. officer for Philipstown, had been handling alongside the Chamber’s Main Street visi- “We thought we could do something “We’ve been planting trees in those areas duties in the village since June 2017 when the tor booth on weekends. Facilities there have uplifting,” Zwarich said. “Then came the to try and make up for it,” she said. municipalities merged building departments. been closed since the outbreak of COVID- idea of making this already dead tree into Merandy thanked Wunner, whose services 19. The Chamber must also submit its final at least a temporary piece of art in a very In other business (Aug. 5) … he said “got us through some tough times” proposal to the board. prominent, visible spot.” ¢ The Village Board hired Newburgh resi- and the Butterfield redevelopment project. (Continued on Page 7)

Tragedy Averted (from Page 1) What Property How to Prevent triggering a false alarm. As he examined the detector — which Owners Must Do CO Poisoning was displaying the message, “Danger. Open A state law that went into effect in 2010 ¢ Run generators far away from windows. Get out!” — he heard alarms go requires that at least one detector be buildings. off in two other apartments. installed in every dwelling where there Currelley said he began banging on ¢ Never use a gas range or oven for is a carbon monoxide source (including doors, hollering at tenants to wake up and warmth. a fireplace or attached garage). Before get out. “Everyone was asleep,” he said. Ed Currelley Cold Spring Fire the law went into effect, only residences ¢ Never use a charcoal grill or a At the same time, he called 911, which Photos by M. Turton Chief Tom Merrigan built or bought after July 30, 2002, were barbecue grill in enclosed spaces, received the call at 1:17 a.m. The Cold Spring required to have them. carports or covered porches. Police Department, Putnam County Sher- inventory of gelato and other perishables. iff’s Department and Cold Spring Fire Co. “I put the generator in the boiler room, Homes, apartments, condos and ¢ Start and run gas-powered mowers, were on the scene within minutes, he said. which I thought was separate from the rest townhouses built after Jan. 1, 2008, are weed trimmers, snow blowers and Danny Meisner, who lives on the second of the building,” he said. “I wasn’t cautious required by the state building code to chain saws away from buildings. enough,” noting that the generator should floor, slept through Currelley’s attempt to have hardwired detectors within each ¢ Never use a stove or fireplace have been placed up to 50 feet away from wake him but was roused when the power dwelling or sleeping unit, and on each unless it is properly installed and the building. happened to come back on moments later. story where there is a sleeping area or a vented. He did hear the Putnam County sheriff’s “I apologized to everybody for the inconve- CO source. Dwellings built before 2008 deputy who banged on his door. He was told nience,” he said. “It won’t ever happen again.” can have battery-operated units, and ¢ Never run a car, truck or motorcycle to leave the building immediately. There was enough carbon monoxide in they don’t have to be interconnected. inside a garage that is attached to “I got out pretty quickly,” Meisner said. the building to trip the detectors but not a house or in a detached garage In addition, a law enacted in 2014 requires “With my dog!” enough to cause symptoms, according to with the garage door shut. every restaurant and commercial building All of the building’s six residents, along measurements taken by the fire company. in the state to have CO detectors. Source: New York State Department of Health with three dogs and six cats, were evacuated Chief Tom Merrigan said the apartments to Market Street and the building’s backyard had levels of 40 parts per million; symp- until 2 a.m., when the first responders gave toms such as dizziness, headaches, fatigue cated on the back.” after returning to his apartment, Meisner them the OK to return to their apartments. and nausea typically occur at sustained Merrigan emphasized the need to follow said. “We could have all died, and I would Carbon monoxide is an odorless, color- levels of 70 ppm or more. Sustained levels of manufacturers’ instructions. “Carbon have been the first.” less gas found in fumes produced by gaso- more than about 150 ppm can cause disori- monoxide is a low-lying gas,” he said. “If you More than 430 people are killed by acci- line engines, stoves and ranges, propane entation, unconsciousness and death. put a detector up high on a wall or ceiling, dental, non-fire-related CO poisoning in the lanterns and grills, charcoal grills, fire- Merrigan said the incident was a reminder by the time CO gets up there, it’s too late.” U.S. each year, and some 4,000 people are places and furnaces. for residents to maintain their CO detectors, Meisner said he won’t forget his brush hospitalized, according to the Centers for Searching for the source of the gas, police which are required by state law in any dwell- with carbon monoxide anytime soon. He Disease Control and Prevention. Between found a portable generator running in the ing with a carbon monoxide source, includ- had to wait outside longer than his neigh- 2004 and 2013, small, gas-powered genera- basement of the building. Hector Antonio, ing fireplaces and attached garages. bors because his apartment is directly over tors were responsible for 81 percent of acci- owner of Rincon Argentino, a cafe on the “They’re like smoke detectors,” he said. the boiler room and had higher CO levels dental deaths by CO poisoning, according to ground floor, had started it when the storm “Change the batteries yearly and make sure that took more time to clear. the Consumer Product Safety Commission. knocked out power, hoping to save his they’re not beyond the expiry date indi- He “was up for hours” from the anxiety 4 August 14, 2020 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.org

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EDITOR LETTERS AND COMMENTS Chip Rowe [email protected] Local activism It’s been said that “when you’re accus- a Black or brown person walking down the As a newcomer to Cold Spring who has tomed to privilege, equality feels like street. Or in a job interview. Or at a party. SENIOR EDITOR felt nothing but welcomed by this beau- oppression.” Or to your neighbor. It’s a lifelong action, Leonard Sparks tiful community, I was a bit surprised at Steve Smith, Cold Spring and one will encounter a different action the reaction to your interview with the every day. BEACON EDITOR young activist Cassie Traina (Letters and The Cold Spring resident who wrote in Katie Hellmuth Martin, Beacon Jeff Simms Comments, Aug. 7). the Aug. 7 issue that longtime residents of the village don’t “suffer” from “white privi- Let the young people have their views. ARTS EDITOR I haven’t met Cassie but she sounds like an lege” I think was confusing white privilege They may be different from your own but Alison Rooney impressive person who is working to make [email protected] the world a better place. She was, however, with “white guilt,” because no one suffers that is the price for progress. called a brainwashed Marxist and outsider from privilege. Francesco Robledo, Nelsonville SENIOR CORRESPONDENT whose family apparently hasn’t lived here for Guilt is certainly something that white Michael Turton enough generations, even though she gradu- people do suffer from, so to avoid it, they deny COVID in prison ated from Haldane High School. that they have anything to feel guilty about. What does Ulster County Executive REPORTERS What sort of message does this send to Privilege is when someone has an easier Pat Ryan mean about “proactively” test- Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong young people and people of all ages who time getting something, and it applies to ing inmates when the prisons have been Brian PJ Cronin • Joe Dizney choose to make their home here? Keep your different scenarios, in addition to race. It hot spots for months (“Why the Jump in Pamela Doan • Deb Lucke mouth shut and don’t get involved in your could involve people of different economic Dutchess Cases?” Aug. 7)? Ulster should Skip Pearlman community? classes. The fact that white people have have been testing its jailed citizens since privilege is just that: a fact. It’s just easier LAYOUT DESIGNER As a not-so-young actual “outsider,” I March. Doing it now is welcome but tardy. to get things. 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2020 2010 2000 1990 Count, or Counting the Cold Spring 69.1 69.1 71 72 Highlands Putnam County 66.6 66.8 67 56 Undercount? Response rates to the Philipstown 66.5 66.2 67 64 Census takers begin 2020 U.S. census, as Nelsonville 65.2 66.5 67 65 of Aug. 12, along with knocking on doors as 18th District 63.7 66.0 - - historical data, are deadline approaches National 63.4 67.2 65 61 in-person visits to the estimated 56 million at right. The Census By Leonard Sparks households that had yet to complete a ques- Bureau is emailing Beacon 62.3 65.8 54 66 tionnaire at census2020.gov (available in households that have Dutchess County 62.2 65.7 68 64 ocal public officials and organiza- English, Spanish and 11 other languages), not responded and also tions that thought they had another by phone (844-330-2020) or by returning sending census-takers New York State 59.2 64.6 67 62 three months to convince holdouts L a paper form received in the mail. Door- New York City 55.5 64.0 55 53 to knock on doors. to complete the 2020 census are critical of to-door visits started in some areas of the a federal decision to shorten data collec- country in late July. Newburgh 41.0 50.2 45 44 tion by a month — a move some believe will As many as 500 enumerators will be Source: 2020census.gov lead to an undercount of immigrants and deployed in Dutchess County and up to minorities in Democratic-leaning states 100 in Putnam County, said Jeff Behler, a like New York. regional director for the bureau whose office had responded as of Aug. 12, although only to spread awareness about the census. On Aug. 3, Census Bureau Director oversees New York, seven other states and 64 percent did in 2010. Before COVID-19 hit, NLMH members Steven Dillingham announced that the Puerto Rico. They will generally visit resi- “More than likely they left before they had knocked on 5,000 doors, said Jona- arduous work of collecting information dences between 9 a.m. and 8 p.m. and try up ever got the form” in the mail, he said. than Bix, the group’s executive director. from households and individuals, already to six times to speak with someone directly. Since the pandemic put a halt to the door- beset by delays due to the COVID-19 If unable to reach anyone, census-takers Playing politics? step campaign, volunteers have been using pandemic, would end on Sept. 30 instead will try to get basic information about a Along with announcing the new dead- phone calls, text messages and social media of Oct. 31. The original deadline, July 31, household from neighbors. If that fails, the line, Dillingham said the Census Bureau to encourage people to be counted. had been extended to the end of October Census Bureau will estimate “what that would be hiring more workers and creat- Having one less month is “concerning in response to the delays. household looks like” based on data from ing an awards program to “accelerate the and troubling” and “seems like it’s being While Dillingham gave no reason for the neighboring households, Behler said. completion of data collection and appor- done by the administration to produce an reversal, Marc Molinaro, the Dutchess County Enumerators will have an identification tionment counts.” undercount,” said Bix. executive, called the decision “pathetic” and badge with their photograph, a U.S. Depart- But actions by President Donald Trump “We’ve been doing as much as possible said it seems “clearly political.” ment of Commerce watermark and an expi- have fueled the belief by detractors that for as long as we can already, but we’re just He and other elected officials said they ration date. They also may carry Census politics is behind the decision. going to have to try to do even more with want to see as many people counted as Bureau bags and other equipment with the Two weeks before the announcement, on the time we have left,” he said. possible. Census figures not only determine Census Bureau logo and are required to wear July 31, Trump issued an executive order the number of representatives each state masks and follow other health guidelines. to exclude undocumented immigrants has in the U.S. House of Representatives The door-to-door phase generally leads from the census “to the maximum extent but also figure into formulas that deter- to “an uptick in self-response,” said Behler. feasible.” Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court mine the amount of federal aid that is sent “We’re confident we have plenty of time to rejected an attempt by Wilbur Ross, the to states and local governments for Medic- finish the door-knocking before Sept. 30.” secretary of the Department of Commerce, aid, highway construction, school lunches, In mid-March, at the beginning of the which oversees the Census Bureau, to add Head Start and other programs. COVID-19 outbreak in the U.S., the Census a question asking people whether they CINEMA IN PIAZZA “I don’t see any reason why the federal Bureau suspended field operations as large were U.S. citizens, which critics said would Saturday, August 15, 2020, 8pm government could justify cutting short or swaths of the country shut down. Partner discourage participation. I Am Not Legend, 2020 reducing the amount of time, especially organizations, such as local churches and Dillingham said that the bureau “contin- Andrea Mastrovito under the current circumstances,” said libraries that usually hold outreach events ues its work on meeting the requirements” Molinaro, who is a Republican. “There are This year summer film program meets closed, said Behler. of the president’s order. new social distancing guidelines with certain things that we do as a society, as a Another problem created by the “We are committed to a complete and a drive-in theater. government, that need to be protected from pandemic, Behler said, was the flight accurate 2020 census,” he said. political or partisan influence. The census of people from their primary addresses Nobody Leaves Mid-Hudson, a Pough- Watch the movie online at count is one of them.” in COVID-19 hotspots such as New York keepsie-based grassroots advocacy organiza- www.magazzino.art/events/cinema-piazza-1 Saturday, August 15, 2020, 8-10pm Putnam, with 66.6 percent of house- City to second homes upstate and on Long tion, is part of Dutchess County’s Complete holds responding through Aug. 12, and Island. Only 55.5 percent of city residents Count Committee, a group formed last year Dutchess, with 62.2 percent, have had rela- tively healthy responses compared to the past three censuses, which are conducted every 10 years. Putnam, which had only a 56 percent response in 1990, has nearly SOLD matched its 2010 rate. Dutchess had a 65.7 East Mountain Studio percent response in 2010. Cold Spring, Philipstown and Nelsonville OUT have 65 percent response rates or better MUSIC LESSONS (see chart, top right) and Beacon is at 62.3 percent. The national response rate is 63.4 percent. The City of Newburgh, whose FOR KIDS & ADULTS population contains many of the under- represented racial and economic groups the Book a Free trial lesson census hopes to capture, was at 41 percent Curated by and had only 50 percent response in 2010. during the month of August!

G U I T A R , P I A N O , U K U L E L E , D R U M S , B A N J O , B A S S , V O I C E Door-to-door S O N G W R I T I N G & P R O D U C T I O N | A G E S 6 & U P The beginning of the final stage of count- O N L I N E O R L O C A L I N - P E R S O N ( D I S T A N C E D ) L E S S O N S A V A I L A B L E Supported by ing began Tuesday (Aug. 11), when 500,000 census takers nationwide began making W W W . E A S T M O U N T A I N S T U D I O N Y . C O M / L E S S O N S 6 August 14, 2020 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.org Neighbors Alarmed by Potential Park Lake Valhalla residents worry about visitor access

By Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong A view of Lake Valhalla File photo cenic Hudson wants to transfer 766 acres of property it owns at Lake S Valhalla in Philipstown to New York “We all know that the situation with the State or put it under a conservation ease- influx of hikers on Route 9D is just a disaster,” ment, and some residents are wary. said James Calimano. At Lake Valhalla, “the At a public hearing convened by the Phil- thought of any parking lot, even for 25 cars, is ipstown Planning Board last month, several kind of terrifying,” he said. “We live in a beau- neighbors of the property expressed fears tiful little community up here. We certainly that if the nonprofit gives some of the land do not want it overrun the way other parts of to the state, and the state adds it to the park Philipstown have been, by people who come system, their idyllic enclave could be within from distances to hike the trails.” reach of thousands of visitors. Fishing at Lake Valhalla Photo by Karen Thompson Richard Chirls warned that building The public hearing continues on Thurs- a public access lane to a parking lot off day (Aug. 20) via Zoom. homeowners’ association under a ing, who owned Valkyria. Watson told the Foundry Pound Road would risk “extreme On Tuesday (Aug. 11), Scenic Hudson conservation easement that precludes Planning Board that residents had “the run danger” from infrastructure “development officials said dividing its property at Lake development. of the property” during Novoting’s tenure on steep slopes off a very narrow road.” but that after its sale following his death However, Joseph Lombardi, president of Valhalla will preserve it as open space and ¢ Parcel C, with 52 acres, contains the Lake Valhalla Civic Association, said protect its ridgetop trails; fill a major gap Valkyria, a historic home, a second disputes arose about the extent of home- the group supports Scenic Hudson’s plan. in the Hudson Highlands State Park; and residence or two and outbuildings, and owner rights. He said the community, Nancy Montgomery, who also lives at provide Lake Valhalla residents “with control would be sold but likewise protected by where he lives, consists of about 60 houses, Lake Valhalla and represents Philipstown over lands surrounding their community.” a conservation easement. most on quarter-acre lots. Scenic Hudson purchased 1,178 acres of The Philipstown Planning Board must in the Putnam County Legislature, cited the property at Lake Valhalla in 2018 for $12 Lake Valhalla, which was created by approve Scenic Hudson’s plan. Land town’s Open Space Index that prioritizes million through a subsidiary, Slopeline damming a brook, lies in Parcels B and C. divisions, especially those not linked to land to be preserved as providing protec- LLC. The property, which straddles the The remaining land, with 411 acres, commercial activities or road construc- tion against development. Putnam-Dutchess border and is adjacent would remain with Scenic Hudson. tion, often draw little attention. However, “I don’t believe either Scenic Hudson or to the Hudson Highlands State Park, lies Representing Scenic Hudson, Glenn Stephen Gaba, the Philipstown town the state can override that,” said Montgom- atop an aquifer that serves six Dutchess Watson, of Badey & Watson Surveying & government attorney, advised the Planning ery, who was a member of the Town Board County communities. Engineering, told the Planning Board in Board in June that “even though there’s no when the index was updated in 2016. “For me Scenic Hudson wants to divide part of the June that the plan is “a chance to create a development involved, this is clearly impor- there was no great fear of development. “We tract into three pieces: win-win situation that’s been a long time tant land and you want to give the public a will have the protection we want and need.” coming.” Last month, he added that “ulti- chance” to react. Michael Knutson, Scenic Hudson’s senior ¢ Parcel A, with 520.5 acres, would be mately, the entire property will be subject Lake Valhalla residents took that oppor- land project manager, told The Current that placed under a conservation easement to some kind of permanent conservation” tunity when the public hearing opened in Scenic Hudson “can’t speak for the state, and eventually given the state. and that conservation easements “are very July, cautioning that if some of the land but we’re not aware of any plans to add any” ¢ Parcel B, with 193.5 acres, has a picnic strictly regulated.” joins the park system, the state could build hiking trails or parking lots. “We would area, tennis courts and trails. It would The Lake Valhalla community was an access lane, parking lot and trails to alle- expect the use of the property transferred be transferred to a Lake Valhalla founded in the 1930s by Ludwig Novot- viate pressure on Breakneck Ridge. to the state to remain as it is now.”

Warehouse Proposed for Route 9 Real Estate Neighbors express concern “Nobody does the speed limit” and large trucks whiz past at 60 or 70 miles an hour, about truck traffic he said. “The situation is horrible.” “Everybody is trying to beat the traf- Market Report (July) By Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong fic light” at the intersection, said another he Philipstown Planning Board last neighbor, Terry Thorpe. Beacon Philipstown month opened a public hearing on Glenn Watson, of Badey & Watson a proposal by CRS International, a Surveying & Engineering, who represents 2019 2020 2019 2020 T CRS, said the developers have “done every- fashion and apparel distributor, to create a 20,340-square-foot warehouse and office thing we can” to eliminate threats from New Listings 11 10 26 29 trucks entering or leaving the CRS site. He on 2.5 acres on Route 9 near Route 301. Closed Sales 8 7 16 18 The public hearing will continue on said CRS expects about six or seven trucks Thursday (Aug. 20), by Zoom. a day: one or two large tractor-trailers and Days on Market 38 114 111 103 Several neighbors raised concerns about four or five smaller box trucks. traffic, especially large trucks making A project traffic engineer, Veronica Median Price $345,000 $415,000 $500,000 $790,000 Prezioso, observed that Route 9 is intended deliveries. % List Received 98.6 95.6 95.2 92.7 “The traffic is very, very rough” along for use by tractor-trailers and that more Route 9 already, said Frank Anastasi. than 900 trucks use it daily. Inventory 40 20 93 72

Source: Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors (hgar.com). Excludes condos. Philipstown includes Cold Spring, Garrison and Nelsonville. highlandscurrent.org The Highlands Current August 14, 2020 7

rior inspections sometimes provide infor- (from Page 3) Cold Spring mation related to the historical accuracy of ¢ Murphy expressed concern over toys being the exterior. She cited the example of 126 moved from Tots Park on High Street into the Main St., formerly Carolyn’s Flowers, where adjacent McConville Park. Tots Park remains an interior inspection before its demolition closed due to the pandemic. Merandy said revealed a parapet that was then included COVID-19 by the Numbers people have been dropping off plastic toys in the design of the new building. at the park in increasing numbers in recent PUTNAM COUNTY DUTCHESS COUNTY weeks. “It makes no sense to have children ¢ Village Accountant Michelle Ascolillo Number of confirmed cases: Number of confirmed cases: playing outside Tots Park if they can’t play reported that the COVID-19 shutdown has so far led to a loss of about $40,300 in inside it,” he said. He added that “there’s no (+11) (+58) way we can disinfect those toys.” Merandy village revenue, more than half of which is 1,455 4,640 New Cases in Philipstown: 1 Active Cases in Beacon: 8 said he will seek input from parents. fee income usually collected from Seast- reak when it docks its cruise ships at the In other business (Aug. 12) … waterfront in the fall. Those trips have been Tests administered: Tests administered: ¢ Merandy and Kathleen Foley, who is canceled for this year. (+2,077) (+7,786) running unopposed for a seat on the Village 30,449 106,469 Board, engaged in a protracted exchange ¢ The Cold Spring Police Department over the role of the Historic District Review responded to 59 calls for service in July. Percent positive: Percent positive: Board, of which Foley is vice chair. Foley Officers issued 56 parking and three traffic (-0.3) (-0.2) had provided the HDRB’s monthly report, tickets. No arrests were made. 4.8 4.4 which stated that its members discussed the Village Board’s “insistence” that the ¢ Merandy said he and Philipstown Super- Number of deaths: Number of deaths: HDRB be prohibited from attending visor Richard Shea are speaking with the (+0) (+0) inspections of building interiors, because state parks agency about the role of local 63 153 fire companies in rescuing lost and injured its mandate only deals with exteriors. “If Source: New York State Department of Health, with weekly changes in parentheses, as an engineer decides [a building] should be hikers at Breakneck Ridge and other trails. of Aug. 13. New cases in Philipstown for week ending Aug. 6. demolished, why should the HDRB need to Merandy said the number of rescues has go inside?” Merandy asked. Foley said inte- gotten “out of hand.”

tion, he said, “I just don’t want to see more Sullivan described the commission as an (from Page 1) Human Rights government where it is not necessary.” advisory panel with “the ability to assist In a letter dated July 17, Odell told Nacerino asserted that “no one on this people and educate them.” He also pointed For Beacon representatives of Putnam Pride, Putnam Legislature said they are against basic out that “we don’t know whether it is or Progressives and Putnam County Patriots human rights” or tolerance. “We know isn’t needed” because that only becomes Residents for Immigration Reform that she would more has to be done to alleviate bigotry, apparent after it’s in place. sign the resolution “once adopted” by the prejudice and discrimination” but creating Legislators on both sides reported receiv- The Dutchess County Commission Legislature, “as I believe that the creation a commission that fields complaints “will ing numerous messages from residents, on Human Rights, which was created of a Human Rights Commission in our not meet our goal,” she said. who, like the Legislature, were divided. in 1984 and re-established in 2016, community is an important step toward She referred to the commission as “nine Jonke said legislators had been called can be contacted at 845-486-2169 or creating greater cultural understanding untrained, uneducated, rookie volunteers racists and pigs and that some proponents [email protected]. and tolerance.” who are at the mercy of the people who for a commission “fill social media with Its mission includes reporting complaints Montgomery noted that Dutchess and come to them. They’re not in a position to some of the most angry, hateful speech I’ve of alleged discrimination because of Westchester, as well as other counties in handle that. They don’t know how to medi- ever seen.” Actually, he added, “you can be age, religion or religious practice, race, the Mid-Hudson Valley, have commissions. ate. They don’t know what to do.” in favor of human rights and be opposed to color, gender identity, sexual orientation, The Putnam commission, which would Furthermore, she said, the commis- the human rights commission.” national origin, marital status, domestic receive no funding from the county, would sion’s work could invite false accusations Before the vote, in a posting on Facebook, violence victimization, disability, military have the power to receive and direct alle- and smears against “victims of retaliatory Montgomery wrote that that since the May status, arrest record, conviction record, gations of human rights violations to the tactics. Is this what we call fair and just?” 25 killing of George Floyd by a police officer predisposing genetic characteristic, New York State Human Rights Division Nacerino and other opponents also main- in Minneapolis, “people from every Putnam familial status (housing only) and domestic or to local, state or federal agencies; offer tained the state Human Rights Division, town have stood up for the causes of human worker status (employment only). programs to educate the public; and work which has investigatory power, can address rights broadly, and racial equality specifi- “to foster mutual respect and understand- complaints from Putnam. cally” and focused attention on the county’s “If you believe you have a human rights ing.” Its members would have included a Sayegh said that schools play a role in racial, social and economic disparities. issue, please contact us so that we can volunteer from each legislative district. overcoming discrimination and that law “It can be hard for us to admit that we discuss the situation with you and help Legislators Joseph Castellano of Brewster enforcement can pursue those who commit have human rights issues in Putnam,” she you decide the best course of action,” and Neal Sullivan of Carmel-Mahopac joined hate crimes. “Do we need, in our little wrote. “But we do have them, even in our the commission says on its website. That Montgomery in voting for the commission. county, more intervention?” she said. “We local governments” and governing bodies, could include sending a complaint to the Legislators William Gouldman of Putnam have the protections in place. It’s not the which she said do not adequately reflect White Plains office of the state Division Valley, Paul Jonke of Southeast, Ginny Nacer- human rights I vote against. It’s the politi- demographic and socioeconomic realities. of Human Rights. ino of Patterson, Amy Sayegh of Mahopac, Carl cization of human rights,” the costs and “The power we hold as legislators comes Albano of Carmel and Toni Addonizio of Kent, replication of state activities, she said. with tremendous responsibility,” she wrote. who chairs the Legislature, each voted “no.” Castellano said that the legislators “are “We need to use it with great humility. And county government for too long in Putnam. Albano acknowledged that “it would very careful with finances” and that a that means making space for multiple points And it’s wrong.” be silly to say there never were issues [in commission comes with “a fine line” to cali- of view, multiple experiences and multiple From “Day One,” she said, “you have made Putnam]. But when they did arise, it seemed brate. “I’m very concerned with where it ways of seeing. Diversity requires diversity choices to stonewall and limit my ability the community was extremely upset and could go,” he admitted. Yet, he concluded, of thought, from many sources. A county- to deliver for my constituents. Worse, for they were addressed immediately.” In addi- forming one “is the right thing to do.” level human rights commission is a forum in the sake of gamesmanship, you hurt your which people can speak honestly about their own constituents. The people you hurt by Diversity requires diversity of thought, from many experiences, disagree respectfully and find denying a human rights commission are all sources. A county-level human rights commission is a pathways to change, together.” across Putnam. Someone you know would During the Aug. 7 meeting, Montgom- benefit from a commission. And you’re will- forum in which people can speak honestly about their ery castigated her colleagues for “partisan ing to deny them in an attempt to hurt me.” experiences, disagree respectfully and find pathways gamesmanship” and “back-room business,” It won’t succeed, she promised. “I will which, she contended, “has been the way of be back.” to change, together. ~ Nancy Montgomery 8 August 14, 2020 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.org

AROUND TOWN

 YOGA AT BOSCOBEL — Julian Paik leads a class on the West Meadow at Boscobel in Garrison as part of a partnership between the historic site and Ascend Yoga of Cold Spring. Classes take place on Friday, Saturday and Sunday through Sept. 13. To register, see boscobel.org. Photo by Leslie Kenney

 MESSAGE MAKERS — Alejandro Lopez took this selfie with Aaron Sinift as they created banners on July 29 at University Settlement for Beacon Mutual Aid.

 MAKING HISTORY — A woman in Beacon films a Black Lives Matter march on Saturday (Aug. 8) as it passes her car on Main Street, and a girl creates a poster for the protest. Photos by Alejandro Lopez highlandscurrent.org The Highlands Current August 14, 2020 9 The Calendar The Artist Next Door Sascha Mallon By Alison Rooney

here’s something going on in Sascha Mallon’s attic in Beacon: things T being moved about, hammering noises and the occasional sound of some- thing shattering. Too scared to investigate? Don’t be. It’s “just” an installation, although just is rela- tive when considering a work-in-progress “Accumulation of Nature” that already has more than 400 parts. Mallon, a native of Austria who studied art therapy there, is an artist-in-residence (albeit her own residence, at the moment, because of the pandemic) for the oncol- ogy and hematology, and the bone marrow transplant programs at Mount Sinai Hospi- tal in Manhattan. Her attic installation began as a “medi- tation on dying, a way for me to meditate Sascha Mallon in a peaceful way,” she says. “It became specific to people, events, like the Connecti- other locations. In 2017 she was invited to cut school shooting [in Newtown in 2012] participate in a residency and exhibition and the deaths of my patients.” in Taiwan and in 2019 had a solo show at She prefers drawing but switched to clay Walnut Hill Fine Art in Hudson, where she to make her images “more real and adapt- created an installation of ceramics, yarn able.” A friend gave her an old kiln and a bit and wall painting. She will have solo shows of advice to operate it, but “most of it came to in the near future at the Woodstock Artist me very easily, as if I was meant to do it,” she Association and Museum and at the BAU says. “It all happened very late, but it felt like Gallery in Beacon. coming home when I started the ceramics.” She says the biggest change to come with Quickly, the forms turned into installa- the pandemic has been having her daughter tions that filled walls because, she says, “I at home. “We’re trying to keep a schedule, see my work as three-dimensional draw- distinguishing between weekends and week- ings in motion.” days,” she says. “During the week we work The smaller parts of the whole are and have school. It’s important for keeping frequently life forms: female figures, plants, sane because time is such a watery thing. animals. “My work is predominantly about “I try to focus on positive ways to deal with the cycle of life, and within that context all of this,” she says. “I’ve stopped listen- my sculptures serve as pictograms, carri- ing to the news so much. For my art, it has “About Forever,” an ongoing installation in Sascha Mallon's attic in Beacon Photos provided ers of hidden messages,” Mallon explains. changed a little bit. I used to do much-larger- “There are figures covered by flowers and scale work, but I find myself now working in insects, an unusual sense of scale, bodies the kitchen, making tons and tons of little opening up to reveal scenes inside. I love ceramic flowers, looking forward to placing when people have their own interpretations them as an installation in the yard.” and their own magic.” Mallon has been working at Mount Sinai Much of the work is improvised. “One for nine years, interacting with patients, piece leads to the next and the next,” she which she continues to do remotely. “When I says. “Once I have all the pieces, I bring came to the U.S., my plan was to work as an them all to the space, where sometimes, art therapist, but regulations were such that the story changes. I would have to redo my master’s degree,” “All the installations feel like they’re all she says. “That was too much of a financial part of one; it’s fluid — I could go on forever commitment, as I was already in my 30s. and have to cut myself off,” she adds. “When After attending an arts-in-health-care confer- it feels good, balanced, holds together, it’s ence, I knew that’s what I wanted to do.” done, but it always wants to keep moving. At Mount Sinai, “I learned how to pay The installations also change over time, good attention to another person’s needs, evolving as new pieces are added and adap- how to face impermanence better and also tations are made to display in new spaces. to let go, because it’s a tricky relationship We all have to adapt to unpredictable situ- that mixes being professional but also giving ations, so these installations do, too.” people a lot of warmth and comfort,” she Mallon’s installations have been shown says. “What I learned is how art is magic, in New York at the Samuel Dorsky Museum, how it can bring happiness to people in the Garrison Art Center, the Katonah awful situations. My hospital work connects “Jumping Inwards” (left) Museum and Albany’s Collarworks, among to my own art; I practice it and give it back.” and detail 10 August 14, 2020 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 protocols. Snacks will be available MON 17 for purchase. Also SUN 16. Cost: $10 Story Time with SAT 15 ($8 children, seniors, military) Mrs. Merry Yoga on the Farm GARRISON HOPEWELL JUNCTION THURS 20 1:30 p.m. Desmond-Fish Library 9 a.m. Fishkill Farms Paradise Lost instagram.com/ 9 Fishkill Farm Road COLD SPRING desmondfishpubliclibrary 845-897-4377 | fishkillfarms.com 7:30 p.m. facebook.com/desmondfishlibrary Register online for this weekly Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival class led by Red Tail Power Yoga. hvshakespeare.org TUES 18 Check in at the CSA window. In this adaptation by Erin Shields Cost: $18 Teen Zoom Book Club of John Milton’s classic poem, BEACON performed as part of the HVSF2 3 p.m. Howland Public Library SAT 15 series, Satan (Nance Williamson) beaconlibrary.org Yoga at Boscobel vents about her frustration at The selection is Nnedi Okorafor’s being cast out of heaven and shares GARRISON Akaka Witch. Email community@ her thoughts on oppression while 9:30 a.m. Boscobel | 1601 Route 9D beaconlibrary.org to register. 845-265-3638 | boscobel.org plotting revenge on the Almighty. Boscobel and Ascend Studio Directed by Sara Holdren. Register online. Cost: $20 donation THURS 20 collaborate on an in-person, Flower Arranging, Aug. 22 weekend yoga program on the West Imagine Your Song Meadow overlooking the river. BEACON 3 p.m. Howland Public Library Classes are being held Fridays WED 19 of the Creative Strings Improvisers to Sundays through Sept. 13. beaconlibrary.org Pathways to Orchestra will present this socially Registration required. Cost: $25 City Winds Trio will lead a Zoom Planetary Health distanced show. Register online. program for elementary school Free SAT 15 students that will feature music GARRISON from classics such as Sleeping 2 p.m. Garrison Institute Pop-Up Farm Shop TUES 18 Beauty, as well as an intro to garrisoninstitute.org WAPPINGERS FALLS rhythms and movement. The Zoom Sebene Selassie, a meditation Circle of Song 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Stony Kill Farm ID is 880 542 2579. teacher and author, will discuss her PUTNAM VALLEY 79 Farmstead Lane | stonykill.org book, You Belong, with Garrison 7 p.m. Tompkins Corner Cultural Center This fundraiser for the Stony THURS 20 Institute co-founder Jonathan Rose tompkinscorners.org Kill Foundation will feature farm- Fairy Tale Trivia as part of an ongoing Zoom lecture Tompkins Corners’ monthly fresh eggs and honey along with series. Register online. open-mic Zoom sessions highlight GARRISON gear and accessories. the talents of local musicians. 5 p.m. Desmond-Fish Library Registration required to perform. SAT 22 desmondfishlibrary.org Email [email protected]. Save the Children Children and families are invited ​ to test their knowledge. Register at March & Rally bit.ly/3itCA2F. CIVIC BEACON Most meetings are being streamed 10 a.m. Memorial Park TALKS or posted as videos. 198 Robert Cahill Drive See highlandscurrent.org/meeting- bit.ly/33O9F5b TUES 18 videos. Highlands residents are invited Graphic Novel Book Club to participate in this national COLD SPRING event to raise awareness about the MON 17 THURS 20 7 p.m. Split Rock Books trafficking of children by wearing City Council The Wiz 845-265-2080 | splitrockbks.com red and making signs. BEACON Summer Pierre will lead a virtual BEACON 7 p.m. City Hall 8:15 p.m. Riverfront Park discussion of Aya: Life in Yop City, SAT 22 THURS 20 845-838-5011 | cityofbeacon.org 2 Red Flynn Drive | beaconny.myrec.com by Marguerite Abouet and Clément Rock Your Flower Arranging Oubrerie. See the website for Zoom The Beacon Recreation LinkedIn Profile COLD SPRING Department and Story Screen’s info. MON 17 BEACON 4:30 p.m. Desmond-Fish Library outdoor movie series continues Village Board 6 p.m. Howland Public Library crowdcast.io/e/flower-arranging-with with the 1978 adaptation of The NELSONVILLE beaconlibrary.org Marcella Broe, owner of The Wizard of Oz starring Diana Ross, 7:30 p.m. Village Hall Parcel Flower Co., will lead this Michael Jackson and Richard Pryor. Learn how to build your profile 845-265-2500 | nelsonvilleny.gov virtual seminar. To follow along, Bring chairs, blankets and snacks. in this 90-minute virtual workshop. email Broe at info@theparcelflower. Registration required. Free Email [email protected] to co. to arrange pickup of flowers. register. THURS 20 Haldane Parent KIDS & FAMILY STAGE & SCREEN MUSIC Town Hall MON 17 COLD SPRING SAT 15 Zooming Babies & Books TUES 18 2 p.m. Via Zoom Story Screen Drive-In GARRISON Creative Strings 845-265-9254 | haldaneschool.org BEACON 10 a.m. Desmond-Fish Library Improvisers Orchestra 8:30 p.m. University Settlement 845-424-3020 BEACON SAT 22 724 Wolcott Ave. | 845-440-7706 bit.ly/BabiesAndBooks 5 p.m. Riverfront Park Haldane School Board storyscreendrivein.square.site Lucille Merry leads this program 2 Red Flynn Drive | beaconny.myrec.com COLD SPRING This pop-up drive-in theater for babies and toddlers up to 24 The Beacon Recreation 9 a.m. Via Zoom will screen Gremlins (1984) and months. Register online. Department, Compass Arts 845-265-9254 | haldaneschool.org Beverly Hills Cop (1984). See Creativity Project and Gwen Laster website for show times and health highlandscurrent.org The Highlands Current August 14, 2020 11

MARRIED AT Manitou

n June 23, 2019, Sara Ziff found herself waiting at the Manitou Station in Philipstown to board the O Metro-North train for Manhattan. She had just spent four days hiking the Appalachian Trail with friends. Reed Young, a photographer, was also waiting at Mani- tou for the southbound train. He also loved hiking, and they chatted on the platform and during the ride about their common interest. But by the time they parted ways at the Union Square subway station, Young had not asked for Ziff’s name or number, to his later regret. Then, almost miraculously, four months later, they were matched on the dating app Hinge, where Ziff, a model and labor organizer, had just posted her profile. A year to the day after they met, they were married at Manitou Station by a friend who was ordained for the occasion. After the ceremony, the newlyweds hiked Anthony’s Nose with their wedding guests. A month later, on July 24, their story was told by The New York Times in its Vows column.

Photos by Jaka Vinsek 12 August 14, 2020 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.org That Philipstown Sound Guitarist records first ion,” says Peifer, who lives in New York City but often performs in Beacon. “It took two album after 30 years of or three songs to think, ‘I’m going for this.’ ” playing for others “I didn’t have 10 cohesive songs, but I sched- uled another session, so I effectively gave By Alison Rooney myself a deadline,” he recalls. “Sometimes I finalized arrangements, or even finished lyrics hris Peifer has played with and for a on the train. I work under pressure, even when blizzard of bands during his 30-year self-inflicted. Over the course of a little over a C career as a bass guitarist (“groovy year, we were recording. After the pandemic metal, punk, art-rock, folk-rock, singer- started, I was staying with my parents in the songwriter stuff”), but it is only now that he Midwest, came home briefly to swap out my has recorded his first solo album, Suicide sweaters for shorts, and finished it off.” Mission — and he did it at Philipstown’s Giudice co-produced, engineered and Todd Guidice and Chris Peifer recording Suicide Mission at the Roots Cellar Studio in Roots Cellar Studio. mixed the album, played drums and acous- Philipstown Photo provided “It was never the intent to play in all those tic guitar and sang backing vocals. bands,” Peifer says. “Far from it. In fact, Peifer says the character of the studio three-quarters of the members of one of my contributed to the album. “I had a tiny studio favorite bands, The Figgs, from Saratoga, in Williamsburg, where character had to be have kept it going for 30 years, whereas in added artificially, whereas with Todd’s, it’s 30 years I’ve played in 30 bands.” there,” he says. “It’s a treat just being in a It was the breakup of his penultimate band, space and playing, hearing it as it will actu- Blockhouses, two years ago, that prompted ally sound. With this record, I wanted sonic his return to songwriting. “It was the perfect connectedness.” time for a solo — the sadness of collaborations Peifer bought his first bass guitar with ending,” Peifer says. “I thought I needed to the proceeds from a paper route while keep playing and keep my sanity.” growing up in Fort Wayne, Indiana. “Pretty He began writing songs with no inten- much from that time I knew I wanted to Chris Peifer’s first solo tion of recording until he recalled that be a rock ’n’ roll musician,” he says. “I still album, released earlier this Todd Giudice, whom he’d met years earlier want to be that, which is crazy.” (He also month with an illustration when they played together in a band, had works as a theater sound designer.) by Sarah MacGhee, can converted a Philipstown barn into a studio. He had his first paid gig at age 15 when be purchased on CD or “I came up to the studio for a day, we his “very supportive” parents dropped him downloaded at recorded one song and there was a real chem- off at a Harley bar. “Hey — I got paid,” he chrispei.bandcamp.com. istry, working together in a spontaneous fash- says with a laugh. Chris Peifer Jetpack Promotions I thought I needed to keep playing and keep my sanity. ~ Chris Peifer Putnam Talent Down to 10 Four Philipstown students rounds since July 6, with each partici- pant submitting videos for each round of in competition finals a performance. The public then votes on which performers should advance. Three our Philipstown students are winners will be chosen, with a grand Local Bestsellers among the 10 finalists in Putnam prize of $300, plus $200 for second place F Performs, a talent showcase and and $100 for third. competition being held virtually over the The students’ most recent performances Based on combined hardcover and summer under the auspices of Putnam will be posted for voting beginning Monday paperback sales reported for June and July by County’s libraries. (Aug. 17) at the websites of the Butterfield Binnacle Books, 321 Main St., in Beacon, and The finalists include Lucky Bell, 11 (violin), Library in Cold Spring (butterfieldlibrary. Split Rock Books, 97 Main St., in Cold Spring Joanna George, 12 (violin), Kate Parker, 14 org) and the Desmond-Fish Library in (ballet) and Chloe Rowe, 15 (singer). Garrison (desmondfishlibrary.org). There have been three elimination PositionPosition last month TITLE AUTHOR 1 - White Fragility Robin DeAngelo 2 - How to Be an Antiracist Ibram Kendi 3 - The Vanishing Half Brit Bennett The Gift Hut 4 - Stamped from the Beginning Ibram Kendi

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Mouths to Feed but because vegetables are the category of food that is simultaneously best for you and (to most folks) the hardest to get passion- Rhapsody ate about. I’ve tried to integrate them fully into tasty meals so that, at my table at least, they can no longer be seen as side dishes. in Green (and Because: side to what? Banish the hierar- chy! — or so my old-school idealistic peace- Yellow) nik brain would wish. Yet green beans very nearly proved my By Celia Barbour Waterloo. Last week, I pulled two dozen cookbooks off the shelves, and, by the don’t know anyone light of my trusty headlamp once Tropi- who loathes green cal Storm Isaias had gotten busy with us, I beans. I also don’t began conducting an all-out search. know anyone who loves While doors slammed from the sudden them madly; who will, say, gusts and sheet music blew around the stand in line 20 minutes for them at the house, I paged past Salades Niçoise, novelty farmers market the way so many have been green-bean casseroles and Greek stews doing lately for tomatoes, or coo over them (which, by the way, are a fabulous way to like spring peas. cook beans out of season). I came across a Even my husband, who eats them raw recipe in an Italian cookbook for a baked with a distracted-snacker’s kind of plea- green-bean loaf, with eggs, bread crumbs sure, doesn’t rhapsodize at the sight of and cheese. Sure, yeah, I thought, you can them the way he does fresh summer corn do that to a green bean. But will it benefit on the cob. And I have yet to see an eat more from the effort? green beans bumper sticker. Finally, discouraged, I clicked off my Part of the problem is that they are the headlamp and contemplated the paper- Fricassee of Many Beans quintessential straight man to meat and strewn darkness. It was then that a glim- potatoes, the eternal dinner-plate sidekick, mer of hope appeared, in the form of a You can use a combination of yellow wax beans, haricots verts and the perpetual Best Supporting Role nomi- distant memory. green beans for this dish. Fresh shell beans in season are a great nee who never wins. Many years ago, when we had just bought treat, and pair beautifully with their botanical cousins; to prepare I set out to see if I could change that. our house and had only two children, both them for cooking, twist the pods to release the bean (seeds) within. After all, my guiding aim as a cook is to put still infants, my dear friend Maura came I like to serve this dish over whole-wheat pasta, whose rich, nutty vegetables at the center of the proverbial up from the city to see what kind of trouble flavor complements the beans; plain semolina pasta is also fine. dinner plate, not because I’m vegetarian, we’d gotten ourselves into here in the High- lands. For dinner, I made us chicken on the grill and a kind of fricassee of fresh and shell beans with herbs. The latter turned FOR THE FRICASSEE In a large saucepan over medium heat, out so nicely that Maura declared she could ¼ cup olive oil warm half the olive oil. Add half of the onion become a vegetarian if vegetables always 1 fresh young red onion, or shallot, all the garlic and half the thyme tasted that good. or 2 large shallots, leaves, and cook, stirring, until the onion is In the months that followed, I made the finely diced, divided beginning to turn golden and soft, about five dish a handful of times, serving it with 3 cloves garlic, minced minutes. Add the cranberry beans, stir to whole-wheat pasta, which ingratiated it 4 teaspoons thyme combine, then cover with water to about 2 with the aforementioned tots. And then, leaves, divided inches in depth. Simmer over low heat until like dishes do, it floated away on one of 3 cups cranberry the beans are quite tender, adding more water time’s inexorable breezes. beans, or other fresh if necessary (the exact time can vary greatly So for all the trouble and loss Isaias shell bean (from about depending on the variety and freshness of dumped on us last week, I’d like to also 2 pounds in pods) the bean; allow between 15 and 25 minutes). thank it for blowing that little memory into Salt and pepper When beans are nearly soft, add 1 teaspoon my mind, and for giving me a chance to 6 cups haricots, green salt and a few grindings of pepper. share it now with you. and yellow beans (see headnote) Meanwhile, bring a pot of water to boil, salt 1 bunch parsley, generously, and blanche the green and yellow leaves only (about 1 beans for about two minutes. Remove beans cup loosely packed), (if you use a steamer or can scoop them out, chopped you can reuse the water for your pasta) and 1 bunch basil, leaves run under cold water to retard cooking. Looking for a healing perspective in your life? only (about 1 cup You are invited to join loosely packed), Heat a large skillet over medium. Add the First Church, Christ Scientist White Plains-Scarsdale, NY chopped remaining olive oil and onion, and when it zoom weekly meetings. Juice and zest of 1 lemon begins to sizzle, add the blanched green bean 2 tablespoons butter, mixture. Raise the heat to medium-high and Sunday Services optional cook until the beans start to blister. Transfer 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. the cooked cranberry beans to the skillet Weekly Bible Lesson is read and hymns are sung. FOR SERVING along with some of their cooking liquid, stir Wednesday Testimony Meetings 1 pound whole-wheat to combine, reduce the heat, and simmer 7:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. pasta, cooked al together for three to five minutes, adding Topical readings, hymns, and dente, according to the al dente pasta for the last two minutes healing testimonies are given. package directions of cooking. Remove from heat. Just before ½ cup grated Parmesan serving, toss with chopped parsley, basil, To join in these healing meetings, cheese lemon juice and zest, and butter, if using. email the First Reader at [email protected] for zoom log in info. Serve with grated Parmesan on the side. highlandscurrent.org The Highlands Current August 14, 2020 15

in-person, all-virtual or a hybrid we’ll immediately Schools (from Page 1) Q&A: Beacon’s model. Which did you choose? work with the county After the state Department of Health The notion of in-person with social- Department of Health reviewed the plans, which also had to be distancing requirements seemed impossi- to start contact trac- posted online, it left each district to decide Matt Landahl ble. We’ve always been focused on hybrid, ing. We would make how to proceed. Beacon, Haldane and By Jeff Simms and the state put out guidelines in mid-July a decision, in conjunc- Garrison chose the hybrid route, with a mix to provide remote-learning opportunities tion with the state, of in-person and virtual instruction. They att Landahl is the superinten- for students who have health conditions or about who needs to be must offer all-virtual plans, as well, because dent of the Beacon City School family members with health conditions, or notified, who needs to Landahl some parents said they did not want to send MDistrict. He spoke during a if they’re uncomfortable being at school. So, be quarantined, whether the school needs to their children into classrooms. Current Conversation on Wednesday (Aug. we’re moving forward with a hybrid plan close for cleaning. We will tell the commu- Each district has sent questionnaires 12) that can be viewed at highlandscurrent. and a remote plan for folks who choose that. nity when we have a confirmed case. Every to parents to ask them whether they plan org/cc-archive. Below are edited excerpts. county is getting more clarity on people to send their children in person or rely on Will masks be required? who are symptomatic [but not confirmed], remote instruction. This is a massive lift that’s been Masks are required, and so are mask because that doesn’t automatically warrant School districts must post their remote- required of the district to prepare breaks. We’re working with administra- quarantining and shutting every school or learning plans online, as well as plans for for reopening. tors and teachers to define how we’ll do classroom. But if there’s a confirmed case, testing and tracing students and teach- It has been the most challenging time in them. On the flip side, we need to start it’s clear what we need to do. ers. In addition, according to the state, my career as an administrator. But this expe- working with families to prep students to they must hold three to five public meet- rience has been hard on everybody. We’re wear masks for longer periods of time. How will absences be tracked? ings to discuss their plans. figuring out new ways to do everything. The state is asking us to track students Haldane held one meeting last week What happens if a student or teacher daily. And by that, when students are home and has others scheduled for Aug. You had to prepare for three options gets sick? doing remote work, that means that we’re in the plan sent to the governor: 20 and 26, while Garrison will hold If there is a confirmed COVID-19 case, (Continued on Page 16) sessions on Aug. 18 and Aug. 20. The schedule for the Beacon district was not immediately available. The Haldane to submit three plans [virtual, in-class rooms are going to and Beacon superintendents this week Q&A: Haldane’s and hybrid]. I think most districts had look different. Kids are each discussed their reopening plans in the thought that we were going to have to going to be 6 feet apart. Current Conversations that can be viewed implement one of the plans. What’s been Students are going at highlandscurrent.org/cc-archive. Philip Benante clarified over the last month is that, nope, to be masked. Teach- By Chip Rowe in fact we’ll be responsible for implement- ers are going to be ing all three of the plans in some way, masked. I think there Reopening Plans hilip Benante is the superinten- shape or form. were 89 assurances we dent of the Haldane Central School Because of our low class size, we are had to provide to the Benante Beacon District. He spoke during a Current bit.ly/beacon-plan P able to bring back all our elementary state, each of which speaks to a process or a Conversation on Monday (Aug. 10) that and middle-school students with social routine or a procedure. Haldane can be viewed at highlandscurrent.org/ distancing in classrooms. At the high bit.ly/haldane-plan cc-archive. Below are edited excerpts. school level, we don’t have the space, so How will teachers manage to do Garrison we’re bringing those students back on a in-person and virtual instruction? bit.ly/gufs-plan School starts in three weeks. What is rotation. The state has clarified in recent We’re sorting that out. We are not big that first day going to look like? weeks that if a family is uncomfortable enough to designate teachers just to handle It’s going to look very different. There sending their child to school, the district the students working remotely. Larger are going to be a lot of new procedures has to be prepared to implement a virtual- districts might have five or six teachers at Private Schools and routines. Health and safety is what’s learning plan. each grade level, so one teacher could teach Hudson Hills Academy, Beacon most important. We don’t envision a heavy As far as practical changes: We anticipate remotely. We could do a livestream where emphasis on academics to start. There’s more parents will drop off kids instead of we allow kids to look into the classroom. We The school is offering in-person, going to be a transitional period where we sending them on the bus. We want to stag- could contract with an entity where fami- remote or a hybrid plan with in-person have to acclimate students and staff. ger arrivals so we don’t have the typical lies sign in. That’s not our preference, but learning for half the day. All students Like every district in the state, we had mass entrance and mass exodus. The class- and staff will be required to wear (Continued on Page 16) masks indoors but may take breathers outside and in designated indoor areas with social distancing. is doing the work on our $10 million capital of course they’ll remove Q&A: Garrison’s project, come in and analyze every square the mask for that. Manitou School, Philipstown foot of instructional space in the building There will be sched- The school plans to open in-person. It Carl Albano and give us a capacity for each classroom, uled mask breaks for has created outdoor classrooms and with students 6 feet apart. all students and staff. will have students spend a significant By Jeff Simms portion of the day outdoors. Masks Will masks be required? Will there be an arl Albano is the superintendent and social distancing will be required Masks will be required by all staff and all-virtual option? and interim principal at the Garri- for students and staff. Families may students unless you are alone in a space, The district plans Albano son School. He joined the district request all-virtual instruction, which C and then you can remove your mask, or if to partner with a company called iTutor on July 1. will be evaluated on a case-by-case you’re outdoors and you’re 6 feet apart, then through Putnam-Northern Westchester basis. you can remove the mask. The other excep- BOCES. The iTutor teachers, who are all Which of the plans required by the tion would be if a staff member or student state-certified, will provide synchronous The Randolph School, Wappingers Falls state does the district plan to use? has a health need, such as asthma, and remote instruction for students whose Like everyone else, we submitted three The school plans to open in-person. we would make accommodations. We also parents decide to keep them at home. We models [in-person, virtual and hybrid], Staff will be required to wear masks. have ordered plexiglass barriers for people conducted a survey about three weeks ago, and what we learned is that we have the Children will not be required to be who may have trouble tolerating a mask. and at that time, 17 percent of parents said ability, with nearly 60,000 square feet and masked in the outdoor classroom, Students and staff could lower their masks they would not be comfortable sending approximately 210 students, to fit all of our with social distancing. Children will be in the building, if they’re 6 feet apart, for their children back to school in person. I’m students in-person full-time. As long as encouraged to wear masks when using instance if someone needs to drink water. going to ask parents in Garrison to make the governor allows us to remain open, a restroom indoors or for temporary We also intend to have students eat lunch a final decision by Aug. 21 so we can plan we’re confident that we can fit everyone periods indoors “with attention to the in the classrooms. Weather permitting, they schedules, room assignments and trans- here with social-distancing measures in developmental and emotional needs of may be eating outside, but if it’s raining, they portation routes. place. We had our architecture firm, which children.” There is no virtual-only option. will most likely eat in their classrooms. And (Continued on Page 17) 16 August 14, 2020 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.org

six or seven hours a day, so start times will Beacon to do the same? in person. The world got pulled out from (from Page 15) Landahl be pushed back a little bit. My feeling is that we will be prepared to under us, and we had families struggling sure we’re doing a daily check-in or some start the hybrid model. We would not need with people who were sick or out of work. sort of attendance procedure. The flip side Will students have access to gym class another month. If my feelings change, the Our teachers and administrators did amaz- is we don’t want anybody coming to school or other physical activity? community will hear about it. The infection ing things last spring, but it was hard to who’s the slightest bit sick. Attendance poli- We want to encourage getting outside, but numbers in the Mid-Hudson Region are develop a system on the fly. This summer cies that encouraged students not to have even there, the state asks for social distanc- very low right now, so if we have all of our it’s been cool to have small group conver- a lot of absences are, at least temporarily, ing. As a dad and a former elementary educa- preparation done, it would be great to get sations with teachers and administrators a thing of the past. If a student has a cold, tor, I get that it’s a challenge. I want to try to the hybrid model up and going in Septem- or, like today, we had a town hall with 178 we want them to slide into remote learning push back through our planning that being ber. I will never say that we’ve done this teachers and teaching assistants. There are and keep up that way. in-person is not just sitting with a mask on perfectly, but we had a team of administra- a lot of concerns and a lot of tough ques- for six-and-a-half hours without moving from tors working on “school recovery” in mid- tions but also a lot of “We got this” and For students who are doing only your chair. That’s not healthy and, honestly, June. Now we should put most of our time “We’re going to figure this out.” remote learning, will there be a day one of our reasons for moving forward with into getting ready for the instructional side. That being said, I want our community when they can meet their teachers? the hybrid model is that class sizes will be As I said at the school board meeting to feel that learning is happening every We haven’t adopted this yet, but we’re significantly reduced. Kids will be able to last night [Aug. 11], it’s very complex what day. We want the kids to feel like, if they’re looking at Sept. 10 and 11, and we may add move around a little bit more because there we’re asking teachers to contemplate and at home, “I am checking in with people. a few days at the beginning of the year as will be space. Obviously, they have masks on, implement. My promise to the community I am learning stuff from a teacher. I am orientation for everyone. It will be staggered but kids are kids and this is going to be a big and the board is that if I start changing my being able to connect with my peers on so we don’t have large numbers of students change. I think everyone recognizes they’re mind, or I don’t feel like we’re ready, I will a daily basis.” And we want the kids who at any one time. We were thinking of hold- going to need a lot of breaks. pull back and change the plan. We’re work- are in-person to feel that way, too. That’s ing elementary orientations outside. One of ing on this it feels like every second of the important to me, and it’s important to the our goals with the remote learners is that How can you be certain that students day, and we’re working hard to be ready. teachers. Depending on the moment, I have they feel like they’re part of the commu- will stay masked on the bus? different feelings, but I’m excited to try to nity. I understand some folks, if they’re We will work with them to keep them Under the hybrid plan, one group of get this going and to do it safely. And to all-remote, just want to stay home, and we on. We’re hoping to add bus monitors to kids will go to school two days a week, start seeing everybody again, whether it’s wouldn’t force this on anyone. But there help our drivers. I know they’re concerned then they’ll be remote two other days, on a screen or in person, or both. could be opportunities for remote students about how it’s going to work, and the and Wednesdays will be remote for to join outdoor activities. One of my goals deputy superintendent is setting up a Zoom everyone. What will the “off days” The night you were introduced to the is to do whatever we can to keep the district meeting with the drivers to go over some look like? school board nearly four years ago, whole during this challenging year. of their concerns. I feel like in New York, It’s hard to make a blanket statement “We got this” was your go-to phrase. in our region and our community, people because the courses are so vast and differ- I try to at least pretend to be a human Will there be live distance-learning have been serious about wearing masks ent, but students will either be doing inde- being every once in a while. That story was classes? and kids are getting used to it. Not to get pendent work or using instructional videos, that, in Ithaca, our son was in a special Yes. But while we are a well-staffed punitive, but we are going to work mask- and there will be live check-ins and teach- pre-K program. We had been having some district, with our current levels it would wearing into our code of conduct, to be ing. At the elementary level, when the kids health challenges, and I remember the be virtually impossible for us to create two clear about the expectations and how to are remote, they will have check-ins that teacher met with us in early September. And school districts. So, we’re going to have work with students and their families if may involve live teaching. We’re contem- she said, “We got this,” we’re going to figure some of our teachers doing a little bit of they’re resistant to wearing a mask. Some plating changing schedules so teachers this out. It’s cool to hear from other people. I both, or a lot of both. And the teachers have kids have medical issues or special needs have more time to do this. But it doesn’t heard it from some teachers today, and that asked for more planning time to pull this that make it more difficult, and we’ll work mean that you won’t hear from anybody was exciting, and our administrators have off, and they’ve also asked to not have to with those families, too. for three days. You will be seeing your been awesome. I also want to shout-out our create different lessons for different groups teacher or teachers on your off days and custodians and grounds crews, who have of kids. We know there needs to be more Will preschool students be expected doing work, along with live teaching, but been working on these buildings every day teacher interaction with students and more to wear masks? not a full day. We don’t have the staff to do since late April; and our bus drivers, who student-to-student interaction. Some of it Yes, although the procedures are going both. But we think we have enough in place were delivering food all during the closure; needs to be recorded to watch later, because to look different than for 12th graders. I’m to have kids advancing their learning and and our office staff, who have been getting we never know what a student might be sure our pre-K teachers have already been feeling supported every day. everything ready; and our nurses, who are dealing with at home. But we want to have thinking about ways to both encourage helping us plan; and our security staff, who more of a schedule. mask-wearing but also to give the kids a You mentioned that last night at the are working this summer to help with all We also need to plan for the governor lot of breaks from it. board meeting, the goal of “advancing the school entry stuff. I’m sure I’ve forgot- closing schools in the state or region. If learning every day.” ten someone. It seems like my job is listen- we’re closed, with every kid remote, we’ll Wappingers and other districts have When schools closed in the spring, it was ing and communicating and trying to make have a daily schedule of live classes. I’m not decided to go fully remote until they’re a shock to everybody, and it was a shock sure we’re in a good place in September. expecting kids to be in front of a screen for better prepared. Would it be wise for to us as educators. It’s always been done That’s what we’re working toward.

they’re uncomfortable with the student being What feedback have you been getting reopened the campus to administrative, (from Page 15) Benante in the building, we can more readily make from teachers? maintenance and operation staff during the it may be necessary because we can’t put that change to virtual. I feel we would have a We had a number of teachers on our reopen- second phase of the state reopening plan. Our our teachers in a position where they have responsibility to accommodate that concern. ing task force, and I’ve been in constant cafeteria staff and some of our maintenance to navigate two classrooms. It’s also very These are the same questions that our admin- communication with our faculty association and ground crew never left. I feel we’ve been different to do that with 5-year-olds and istrative team has been grappling with. president, Andrea McCue, who is a special- able to maintain a standard to demonstrate 17-year-olds. That’s why the survey we sent education teacher at our high school. We also to the employees who have been here and out today to families is important so they Masks will be mandatory inside the asked our principals to give each teacher a those who are getting ready to come that can let us know their intentions. If 5 percent school? call and check in. How are they feeling? What we’re taking their health and safety seriously. want remote learning, versus 50 percent, the Correct. Initially our plan followed state concerns do they have? A lot is happening now strategy will look different. Department of Health guidelines, which in a short period of time. We had concerns Can a teacher opt for virtual is that wherever students cannot be 6 feet early on about ventilation and there still are instruction? Will parents be able to switch back apart, they need to wear masks. From that some concerns. Schools generally have older We have a responsibility to make accom- and forth? you could infer that students would be able buildings and HVAC systems. I want to be able modations for teachers who may have a If a family commits to virtual, it will have to remove their masks when sitting at their to say to our teachers that we’ve taken every particular condition that would interfere to be for a defined period of time, perhaps desks. Today [Aug. 10] we updated that precaution. I feel that responsibility to our or put them at greater risk by working with at least a trimester. We’re not in a position language to state that they are expected staff. I was a teacher, my wife’s a teacher, my students or coming into a large gathering where we can accommodate going back and to have a mask on at all times in the class- sister’s a teacher; I can empathize. space each day. But at this point — as of forth. However, if a family is sending their room. That’s something I received a lot of I’d like to note that while our schools are today — everyone will be here. child to school and we get four weeks in and feedback on over the last week or so. reopening to students in September, we (Continued on Page 17) highlandscurrent.org The Highlands Current August 14, 2020 17

what lessons might come out of it. the Haldane community that back in the (from Page 16) Benante There have been periods throughout our spring, when we put our budget up to a vote, What if someone gets sick? What is history when people have had to deal with many districts were hesitant to go to the Current the protocol? something that changes what is normal. tax levy limit [imposed by the state]. But we I remind folks that we were in that mode for We’re in one of those periods. Our kids are went to the limit because we were anticipat- a week or two before they closed the schools going to tell their kids about it, and maybe ing that we were going to have greater needs Classifieds in the spring. We didn’t have anyone who was their grandchildren. When you think about come September. And that’s proven to be a sick, but it was happening in Westchester. You how unprepared we were from a public- good decision by our Board of Education. It’s need to have a swift response. That’s why I say health perspective, maybe our kids will put us in a better position to pursue some FOR RENT it could be a unique school year because I can consider pursuing public health as careers. things in these last few weeks as we consid- foresee a period of closure and another reopen- ered the all-remote option. BEACON — Retail shop/office ing. We could be forced to go into a remote What about students with special available Sept. 1. Charming retail shop / office. Lower level has large learning for a period of time. It doesn’t take needs? Do you plan to use more of the outdoor storage space and a garden. 17 E. much to put the school in a position where the We want our students with special needs space? Main St. Call 917-406-2838 to view. safest thing to do is to close. 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We’ve had students who were sick was a transitional period — we got thrown had some families say, “I want my child — Second-floor during the closure, and some of our staff. We into it — but I think by May we had some outside all the time.” But I can’t guarantee COLD SPRING corner apartment in Butterfield don’t have blinders on. We know it can happen things set up that we saw were effective. your child is going to be outside all the time. with 2 bedrooms, 2 full baths, den, here just like it’s happened elsewhere. living, dining, w/d. Available Oct. 1. I want to mention that we will be asking Many parents were disappointed with I imagine dismissals, like arrivals, Unfurnished. Beautiful south & west families not to send kids to school if they the virtual learning. will be staggered. exposure. One interior parking space, are sick, whether you think it’s COVID- We heard those concerns. We collected Yes, but those are the details, now that storage space. Exterior parking. related or not. This is not the year or the feedback in June and have made modifica- our plan is approved, that we’re working Adult community for ages 55 and environment to tough it out. We haven’t tions. You should know we’re barraged with through. The good news is we’re at that up. Close to Foodtown, Drug World, announced this yet, but we want families pitches for products and services and solu- point where we’re talking about the school medical center, wine store. Walk to to attest that they’ve screened their kids tions, but 90 percent of them are no good. day, whereas two weeks ago we were exam- Main Street and Metro-North. Email before they send them to school. We will None of it matters, though, when you don’t ining the models. Now we have a model and [email protected]. have a procedure in place to flag students have any funding. We’re dipping into the well we’re thinking through the schedule. I have who are not screened so that they can be already just to get the schools ready. That’s already made some changes to the calendar HELP WANTED screened upon arrival by a nurse. The same where federal stimulus money could go a long to create more time, before classes start, for will go for staff; their screening will be way toward creating an infrastructure. teacher training. Our role now is to communi- NANNY — Seeking experienced, reviewed by administrators each day. cate what the school day is going to look like, long-term female nanny for four Local governments are facing the because anxious parents lead to anxious kids, wonderful children, in a nanny share It’s too bad for the students that they same financial issues. and anxious teachers lead to anxious kids. arrangement in Garrison. Hours have to live through this. You wonder We’re all in the same boat. It’s a credit to M-F 8 to 5. Children are 5 mos, 10 mos, 3 yrs, 7 yrs. Three days a week taking care of the two infants; two days a week taking care of one infant portation and facilities, we really have just you’ve dealt with in your career? and the two older children (when (from Page 15) Albano three administrators. Without question. Any administrator not in daycare/school). Must have Has being such a small district made will tell you that, typically, by this time in experience with infants. Competitive it more or less challenging to create a What are your plans if a student or the summer, the school year is 95 percent pay and option to live-in, with private bed/bath and access to home gym. reopening plan? teacher gets sick? planned, if not more, meaning everything Weekends off. Start by September. In some ways it’s been less complicated. We’re going to have iTutor teachers in from bus routes and schedules to teacher Email [email protected]. With our generous instructional space, we place for every grade level, so if one of our assignments. At this point, you’re just fine- have some advantages that larger, more- in-person students becomes ill or has to tuning and preparing to welcome every- crowded districts don’t have. Where it was quarantine, we could enroll that student in one back. Instead, this year many districts FOR SALE more challenging is that we have a small iTutor. If we go fully remote, the Garrison are creating three schedules and two bus administrative staff, and our principal teachers would replace iTutor. routes, and then there’s professional devel- COMPACT REFRIGERATOR — The position is vacant. Between myself, our opment for the teachers, as well. Many of Current has a black Danby 3.2 Cu. Ft. business official and our director of trans- Is this the most challenging situation the initiatives that we were working on compact refrigerator for sale, $100. are on hold because now the focus is on Email [email protected] training staff for health and safety proto- with interest. cols. 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George Bradley Jr. (1942-2020) 1990, he became a member of the carpen- and family as “Sammy,” he graduated from died Aug. 6 at Vassar George Bradley Jr., 78, ters’ union and fulfilled a lifelong dream Beacon High School and enlisted in the Brothers Medical Center of Beacon, died Aug. 3 in 2008 when he graduated from the New U.S. Navy, serving from 1956 to 1959 as an in Poughkeepsie. at Montefiore St. Luke’s- York City Police Academy. airplane engine mechanic, followed by two He was born July 20, Cornwall Hospital in Paul had a love for the beach that began years in the reserves. 1942, in Georgetown, Newburgh. as a child, his family said, and he would Gary was employed by the Barbrich Blan- South Carolina, the son George was born on look forward to spending time at Chad- ket Factory in Beacon. In 1971, he joined of Johnny and Annie Mae (Washington) March 3, 1942, in Aiken, South Carolina, wick Beach each year with family. He Chemical Rubber (later Chemprene) as a Williams. He was a bus driver and custo- the son of George and Louise (Mathis) never passed up an opportunity to enjoy a fabric coater. He retired in 2001. dian for the Wappingers Central School Bradley. He served in the U.S. Army in seafood dinner and often provoked laugh- Gary was a member of St. Andrew’s Epis- District until his retirement. 1963-64 during the Vietnam conflict. ter with his wit, they said. copal Church and the Soul Clan Motorcycle Richard loved music, dance and food. He George worked for many years as a bridge Besides his mother, Paul is survived Club, as well as multiple bowling leagues over was a bit of a jokester, his family said, and operator for New York City and spoke highly by his son, Colin Kennedy, 15; his sister, 20 years. He also enjoyed softball, fishing, enjoyed a good laugh. of his time at the Williamsburg Bridge, Colleen Kennedy; and his brother-in-law, gardening, birdwatching, hiking, crafting, He is survived by his former wife, Mary connecting New York City with Brooklyn, his Richard Tompkins. His father died in 2006 listening to jazz music and watching football, Ann Williams of New Hamburg, and his family said. He lived in his later years at the and his sister, Kerri Ann Kennedy-Tomp- especially the Washington Redskins. children: Richard Williams, Belinda Castle Point VA Hospital and loved visitors. kins, died on April 10. Gary is survived by his children: Gary Williams, Angela Williams-Buggs (Terry George is survived by his siblings, A Mass of Christian ceremony was held Medley (Carolyn) of Aurora, Colorado; Buggs), Katherine Williams, Yvonne Amanda Stallings, Mae Doris White and Aug. 10 at St. Columbanus Church in Cort- Christopher Medley of Poughkeepsie; Joce- Williams, Richard Nelson and Matthew Norris Bradley. landt, with interment following at Gate of lyn Medley of Poughkeepsie; and Andrea Nelson. He will be interred with military honors Heaven Cemetery in Hawthorne. Medley (Vern) of Georgetown, South Caro- He is also survived by his grandchildren: at the Fort Jackson National Cemetery in Memorial donations can be made to the lina; and his siblings: Carol Ann Medley of Andre Brown, Natasha Brown, Asia Buggs, Columbia, South Carolina. Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Utica; Candace Carter (Thomas) of Marietta, Erica Clayton, Terry Buggs (Josiah), Aliya (jdrf.org). Georgia; and Shawn Medley of Manhattan. Clayton and Anaya Clayton; a great-grand- He is also survived by two stepchildren, daughter, Maya Brown; and his siblings: Paul Kennedy Jr. (1972-2020) Aaron Owens (Jacqueline) of Poughkeepsie Ruby Simmons, Johnnie Mae Blacknall, Paul Thomas Kennedy Gary Medley Sr. (1939-2020) and Nyree Callaway of Hemingway, South Cecil Williams, Benjamin Williams and Jr., 47, of Buchanan, a Gary Andrew Medley Carolina; and six grandchildren: Lauren, Charles Williams. former longtime resident Sr., 81, a lifelong Beacon Matthew, Navonni, Bryan, Kayla and Vern. A service was held at Libby Funeral of Continental Village in resident, died Aug. 5 at A graveside service with military honors Home in Beacon on Aug. 11, followed by Philipstown, died Aug. 4. Vassar Brothers Medical was held Aug. 12 at Fishkill Rural Cemetery. interment at Fishkill Rural Cemetery. He was born Oct. 17, Center in Poughkeepsie. 1972, in Yonkers, the son of Paul and Eileen He was born Jan. 8, Information provided by local funeral (Kilduff) Kennedy. After graduating from 1939, the son of Thomas and Mildred Richard Williams (1942-2020) homes. For more obituaries, see highland- Walter Panas High School in Cortlandt in (Washington) Medley. Known to friends Richard Allen Williams, 78, of Beacon, scurrent.org/obits.

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Answers for August 7 Puzzles                          Puzzle Page Sponsored by           Country Goose  115 Main St. Cold Spring, NY 10516 1. CONVERGED, 2. SLIDES, 3. WEIGHT, 4. REDFORD, 5. FRAGMENTARY, 6. FERRY, 7. SCULPTURES 845-265-2122 Answers will be published next week. See highlandscurrent.org/puzzle for interactive sudoku. 20 August 14, 2020 For mail delivery, see highlandscurrent.org/delivery SPORTS Follow us at twitter.com/hcurrentsports Beacon 11U Results Beacon 14, East Fishkill 10 The Beacon Bulldogs travel baseball squad of 11-year-olds nabbed the lead late in the game to secure a victory Aug. 5 over the Patriots. Eli Netboy pitched three innings, allowing two runs on four hits and striking out two. The game was tied with the Bulldogs batting in the bottom of the fourth when Tye Elias doubled on a 1-2 count, plating two runs. Beacon pulled away with 10 more runs in the inning. Beacon 9, Cortlandt 3 Beacon 8, Cortlandt 3 Although the Bulldogs gave up three Caellum Tripaldi doubled in two runs for Beacon. Photos by S. Pearlman Jesse Apostolou reacts to an inside pitch. runs in the fourth inning of the first game of a doublehitter, they held on to defeat the Nationals on Aug. 8. Beacon Comes Close, But Can’t Stop Powerhouse Beacon scored seven runs in the Putnam Valley scores seven team battled.” two RBI and Connor Varicchio and Nolan fourth, led by singles by Parker Hudson Fontaine started the game on Varicchio each had an RBI. White, James Bouchard and Zachary in final inning the mound for Beacon, followed by Nolan “Putnam Valley is a great team, and a Schetteran, an error on a ball put in play by Netboy and a double by Ryan By Skip Pearlman Varicchio, who pitched the final three great bunch,” Varicchio said. “But our team innings. “Hudson was masterful,” Varicchio matched their hustle, and that’s why this Landisi. he Beacon travel baseball team of said. “And our defense played well behind was such a good game.” White lasted five-and-two-thirds innings players ages 10 and younger has him. Nolan came in and also pitched a great Varicchio said his team will not partic- on the mound, allowing one hit and T been searching for its first win three innings. ipate in next week’s playoff tournament. three runs while striking out four. during this abbreviated summer season, “But we had a tough defensive sixth “We are not a playoff team right now,” he Schetteran went 2-for-3 at the plate. and the Bulldogs had a golden opportunity inning,” he added. “When you give a good said. “But we’ll come back in the fall, and The Bulldogs took an early lead in Wednesday (Aug. 12) at Memorial Park. team extra chances, they will make you work more, and get there on merit.” the second game. White led off the Beacon, which plays in the second divi- pay.” The team was scheduled to host Pough- scoring with a double in the first sion of the Greater Hudson Valley Baseball Jake Deluise went 2-for-3 for the Bull- keepsie on Thursday (Aug. 13) for its final and Beacon scored four more in the League, held an 8-7 lead going into the top dogs, Caellum Tripaldi went 2-for-2 with game of the summer. third. Alex Young and William Flynn of the sixth and final inning against Putnam contributed RBIs, with Young going Valley (10-4), which plays in the top division. deep with a home run. The Bulldogs found out the hard way that Putnam Valley is a great team, and a great the game isn’t over until the final out, as the Bouchard pitched for six innings, Miners rallied for seven runs for a 14-8 victory. bunch. But our team matched their hustle, allowing four hits and three runs “That was a tough pill to swallow,” said and that’s why this was such a good game. while striking out five. Coach Jed Varicchio. “But overall, we kept Poughkeepsie 3, Beacon 0 ~ Coach Jed Varicchio the errors down. I’m proud of the way the Poughkeepsie 5, Beacon 3 The Bulldogs watched two games slip SPORTS BRIEFS away against the Lightning on Aug. 9.

2016. That same year, he was selected as Young went five innings for Beacon, Haldane Names Interim the Section 1 Athletic Director of the Year. Beacon, Haldane Honored allowing three runs on one hit and striking out eight. Athletic Director “It is anticipated that Mr. Goddard will Named ‘schools of excellence’ serve in this role for no more than three Flynn, White and Schetteran each District says he will serve for about months as we seek to identify a candidate eacon and Haldane high schools were had a hit for Beacon, and the team three months for the probationary position,” Superin- Beach named Schools of Excellence by didn’t commit any errors. White the New York State Public High School he Haldane school district announced tendent Philip Benante, who came from made the most defensive plays, with Athletic Association for 2019-20. on Aug. 7 that it has appointed an the Arlington district to Haldane in 2018, eight. T To qualify, 75 percent of a school’s varsity interim athletic director while it searches said in a statement. “In the coming weeks, teams must receive the association’s The second game was tied at for a successor to Chris Salumn, who is Mr. Goddard and Mr. Salumn will work Scholar-Athlete award, in which 75 percent three in the top of the sixth when a leaving for the Carmel district. together to effectuate a smooth transition.” Poughkeepsie batter singled to drive of the roster has a GPA of 90 or better. Salumn had been at Haldane for five Because of the COVID-19 shutdown, the in the winning runs. Beacon had 13 of its teams meet that years. He will be replaced in the short term association that governs high school sports standard and Haldane had nine. Beacon On the mound, Schetteran went five by David Goddard, who was the athletic in New York state has delayed the start of qualified in 2018-19 with 19 teams and innings for Beacon, allowing four runs director at the Arlington Central School the fall season until Sept. 21. Haldane with five. If every team qualifies, on four hits and striking out nine. District for 16 years until his retirement in the school is named a School of Distinction.