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January 11, 2019 161 Main St., Cold Spring, N.Y. | highlandscurrent.org Go-Go Pops to Close Owners will shift focus to vegetarian restaurant

Pops made with cucumber, lime juice, By Michael Turton organic cane sugar and minced serrano chilies o-Go Pops, the Cold Spring main- stay known for its handmade (and G handheld) fruit pops, will close its Main Street location at the end of January. “We love Cold Spring and wanted to keep the business here but couldn’t make it hap- pen,” said Lynn Miller, who owns the shop at 64 Main St. with her husband, Greg, which Lynn Miller at Go-Go Pops, which will close at the end of the month Photo by M. Turton they run with help from their son, Jack. The family will shift its focus to Veggie Go-Go, a larger restaurant on Route 9 in well as Go-Go Pops’ menu. said Miller, who is a village trustee. “The Wappingers Falls that opened a year ago “We’re hoping someone might take over store is very well equipped.” She noted that, and offers vegetarian and vegan foods as Go-Go Pops and put their own stamp on it,” (Continued on Page 13) Mango hibiscus pops Photos provided

placed on top of buildings or on utility poles rather than standalone high-rise towers. An Can You attorney representing Verizon told the council last year that the units can boost wireless Hear Me Yet? signals for 500 to 1,000 feet and are used to fill coverage gaps in high-traffic areas. As applications for those units and other 5G, wireless conversation wireless structures trickle in — there are picks up in Beacon three on the table now — the council asked the Planning Board to review an older tele- communications law as well, to ensure that By Jeff Simms all of the city’s legislation is in sync. Together, the two laws strengthen the he Beacon Planning Board on Tues- city’s ability to oversee the implementa- day (Jan. 8) recommended that the tion of 5G and other technologies, said City Council exercise caution, par- T Planning Board Chair John Gunn. ticularly with regard to scenic viewsheds, There are two pending applications to as it begins to consider applications for place small-cell units in Beacon on exist- “small-cell” units and other types of wire- ing utility poles at 2 Red Flynn Drive and less facilities. 7 Cross St., both on the city’s west side. The council last year adopted a law — Those applications, submitted by Verizon, Beacon was one of the first municipalities will go to the Planning Board for review. in New York State to do so — regulating Verizon also has applied to install a 52- the relatively new small-cell units, which foot wooden utility pole on private proper- are low-powered radio antennas typically ty on Howland Avenue, a few blocks from Mount Beacon Park. The City Council is reviewing that request, and last month approved a Veri- zon proposal to add a rooftop antenna to equipment atop the Mase Hook and Ladder fire station on Main Street. PART OF THE ART — During a visit to Dia:Beacon on Dec. 29, Steven As more applications arrive, however, “it’s Hromnak of Blairstown, New Jersey, took this "3x3" selfie with his wife not going to be a pretty sight,” Planning and niece next to one of three streamlined Chevy pickups in Walter De Board member Gary Barrack predicted at Maria's Truck Trilogy. Photo by Steven Hromnak the Tuesday meeting. A small-cell antenna in Newark Verizon (Continued on Page 6) 2 January 11, 2019 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.org FIVE QUESTIONS: JEFFREY RICKER By Brian PJ Cronin

effrey Ricker is the chief executive of- artificial intelligence and the “internet of Can you explain the blockchain? ficer of Ricker Lyman Robotic, which things.” There aren’t that many, which is It means that individuals can safely J opened in Beacon last summer at 319 surprising. A lot of people talk about it, but exchange data, exchange value, peer- By Michael Turton Main St. few are actually doing it. Those that are to-peer, without a third party being in- realize you can’t push everything to the Are you building robots on Main volved. It’s as big a step as currency was. What actor should cloud [remote storage], so there’s a push to Street? Before, people had to say, “I’ll give you five play you in a movie We’re not building mechanical arms, yet. bring computing power back to the edge sheep for 21 goats, and I also have lum- We’re involved with machine learning, ar- [local storage]. That’s where the exponen- ber.” But that way of trading became so about your life? tificial intelligence, computer vision. We’re tial growth is going to occur, and that’s hard they created money. Then you could pushing automation as far as we can. what Hivecell is designed for. say, “I’ll give you X amount of money for It allows a company to do its the sheep, and Y amount of money for What’s the story behind all the big data processing, machine the goats, and Z amount of money for the Definitely Bruce retro futuristic artwork all over learning and artificial intelli- lumber.” It made trade easier. Blockchain Willis. He makes your office and website? gence in the field — at restau- does that, too. Everything we trade now great action movies. It’s by a graphic-design team from Lviv, rants, on oil rigs, on the fac- requires a trusted third party: a bank, an Ukraine. I told them: “In the 1950s there tory floor — and keep it under exchange, a market. The third party was this innocent exuberance for technol- their control, and manageable, takes a piece of the action ogy and all its potential. I want to capture and observe and change it for the trust it provides, but that.” And I’ll be damned if they didn’t! with the push of a but- it also keeps your data! It Except for flying cars, people in the 1950s ton. Otherwise, there’s knows everything about predicted nearly all of the future [technol- not enough bandwidth you. In the near future, ogy]: video phones, rapid transportation, to move the data [to with blockchain, you satellites. and from the cloud]. won’t need a Facebook Where are we with technology today? For example, as smart or a LinkedIn or Ins- It’s four parts awesome and one part cars get smarter, you tagram to share your creepy. How do we prevent the creepy can’t put a data center social data. You’ll be from taking over? How do you safeguard inside every one. That able to hold on to it against abuse of the technology we’re cre- power is going to have and share it only with ating? We’re very conscious of that. to be accessible locally, who you want, peer-to- ~ Jeb Berry, Beacon such as on a cellphone peer. We hope Hivecell has One of your products is called tower. There will have to be a part in that. Hivecell. How does it work? cells of computing power that Our customers are Fortune 500 compa- you reach out to as you move nies who are using machine learning and Judi Dench. She’s a across the country. Jeffrey Ricker Photo provided great actor, and such a good sense of humor.

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MALONEY BEGINS FOURTH TERM — U.S. Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (third from right), whose Judy Farrell, left, was sworn in on Jan. 3 to the Philipstown Town Board by her House district includes the Highlands, was officially sworn in for his fourth term on Jan. 3, predecessor, Putnam County Legislator Nancy Montgomery. Farrell will serve on an the first in which the Democrat has been part of the majority party. The Philipstown resident interim basis until Dec. 31 but can compete for the position in the November election. was joined at the ceremony by his family and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Photo provided Farrell's brother, Peter Farrell, held the family bible. Photo by Katie Halpin

gio Spanu of Garrison, established a non- Judge Says Neighbors Can’t Intervene in Cell Tower Suit profit to run it, recast it as a museum, and opened it five days a week, at set hours. Also, Town Board changes zoning law for museums, galleries Magazzino Shea expressed concern at the board’s Dec. Dealing with other business at its Jan. 6 meeting that if the building and property 3 meeting, the Town Board voted 5-0 to were transferred to the nonprofit founda- By Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong cerns, is mishandling the case. To do that, change the zoning law to allow museums tion, “there would be tax implications for they usually present evidence of “collu- and art galleries to operate in the office- the town.” On Jan. 3, Shea said that he had federal judge ruled that neighbors sion, adversity of interest, non-feasance, commercial district, a change inspired by discussed the situation with Magazzino of- opposed to a 180-foot cell tower or incompetence” by the main party. Magazzino Italian Art on Route 9. ficials, who informed him that while “the A proposed for Philipstown cannot In contrast, he said, the neighbors and When it opened in 2017, Magazzino foundation will own the business; the own- intervene in the lawsuit filed by the com- Philipstown government “are aligned” in called itself an art space and required vis- ership of the building will remain private. panies that want to build it. a common cause, with no evidence of dif- itors to make appointments. In September So they will continue to pay taxes,” which In a five-page opinion issued on Dec. 17, ferences. He expressed fear that allowing 2018, its owners, Nancy Olnick and Gior- amount to about $35,000 a year. Judge Vincent Briccetti of the U.S. District the neighbors’ participation would cause Court for Southern New York ruled that undue delays. because the Philipstown government also In a related development, at a Town Done opposes the cell tower — the town Zoning Board meeting on Jan. 3, Supervisor Rich- Next and Conservation Boards voted a year ago ard Shea announced that the board had Day to deny a permit to a Homeland Towers hired a new law firm, Bleakley Platt & 50 and Verizon Wireless partnership, which Schmidt, based in White Plains, to defend promptly sued — the neighbors “fail to show the town in the lawsuit. DEPOT DOCS PRESENTS: they have an interest the defendants [town Although the judge declined to let the officials] will not adequately protect.” neighbors get involved in the legal case, This is Home full color The neighbors all reside within a quar- Shea said Campanelli, who “has a wealth Followed by Q & A and reception ter mile of the proposed tower site on of knowledge on this issue,” can advise Jan.11 at 7:30pm Vineyard Road, near the intersection of the town’s new attorneys, John Diaconis Route 9 and Route 301. They are repre- and Adam Rodriguez. “They will be work- posters sented by attorney Andrew Campanelli. ing closely with him and with the neigh- EXCELLENT CREATURES DIALOGUES In rejecting their request, the judge bors,” he said. During settlement negotia- -Indoor/Outdoor Quality wrote that typically intervenors must tions this past fall, an insurance company WITH DRAMA PRESENTS: -Coated 80# Card Stock demonstrate that a main party to a law- lawyer, Terry Rice, represented the town. -12x18” suit, with whom they share basic con- Long Day’s Journey - Your PDF File into Night + tax Jan. 12 at 7pm

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Founder Do we need the energy? Gordon Stewart (1939 - 2014) Our Hudson Valley is once more under attack by corporate polluters. This time Managing Editor The Danskammer electric power plant in Newburgh Photo by Tom Konrad Chip Rowe it’s the gas industry. Wall Street investors who bought the Danskammer electric [email protected] 9 daily. The Danskammer plant will burn improving their efficiency, the state could power plant in Newburgh in 2017 want to methane, or “natural” gas. At full opera- gain 1,000 megawatts, without putting Arts/Feature Editor return it to full capacity with a $400 mil- Alison Rooney tion 1.5 miles across the river and 3 miles any poisons in the air. lion upgrade. It currently only operates [email protected] from Wappingers Junior High School, The reason Danskammer is being re- during periods of peak demand. it will put the equivalent of more than built is so that investors can make money Senior Correspondent The American Lung Association gives 300,000 more cars on the road. for themselves, allies and friends. Michael Turton Dutchess County a grade of “D” for air The gas industry and its friends say we Two years ago, a massive public outcry quality. We have 5,157 cases of pediatric Reporters need the energy. We don’t. The New York stopped the oil industry’s attempt to an- Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong asthma, 22,764 cases of adult asthma, Independent System Operator (NYISO) chor barges in the Hudson River. A simi- Brian PJ Cronin • Joe Dizney 12,892 cases of chronic obstructive pul- calculated in a 2017 report that we will lar effort will be needed to stop this at- Pamela Doan • Deb Lucke monary disease and 172 cases of cancer. need only 600 megawatts in additional tack upon our health and wellbeing. Skip Pearlman • Jeff Simms A major source of air pollution is the generation capacity by 2027. Addition- Charles Davenport, Wappingers Falls 40,000 cars driving up and down Route Layout Editor ally, by upgrading transmission lines and Pierce Strudler

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Board members cautioned that parking ry commercial building and single-story Notes from the Beacon Planning Board could be inadequate for some events, such garage at 296 Main St. into a new location as beer tastings. for Ziatun, now at 244 Main. River Valley More details on brewery, building inspector withdraws Industrial Arts plans to open a beer- also owns Tito Santana, Vegetalien and tasting room of “modest size” with an Beacon Bread Company. By Jeff Simms quire less parking than if the uses were outdoor deck first, followed by a second After being named in November as the separate businesses, architect Aryeh Siegel phase with an event space upstairs and city’s new building inspector, George Kolb public hearing held by the Beacon said. Because the brewery will operate dur- beer manufacturing as a third phase, has decided not to take the job, Mayor Planning Board on Tuesday (Jan. 8) ing the day and the arcade and event space O’Neil said. Randy Casale said during Monday’s City A revealed more details about a mi- will likely be open only on Thursday and Only one resident spoke during the Council meeting. Kolb will remain in crobrewery proposed for 511 Fishkill Ave. weekend evenings, the amount of parking hearing, suggesting that beer production Union Vale, where he has been the build- Industrial Arts Brewing Co., which was required for each will be “comfortably less” could cause water consumption to spike. ing inspector since 2011. Tim Dexter, Bea- founded by Cold Spring resident Jeff O’Neil than the 205 spaces on the property, he said. The hearing will resume at the February con’s longtime inspector, retired at the in 2016 in Rockland County, has asked the Without an exception, city zoning requires board meeting. end of 2018. David Buckley, the depart- Planning Board to amend an approved site 299 spaces. ment’s deputy, will lead the agency on an plan to allow a brewery, arcade and event Although Siegel called the brewery and In other business … The Planning Board closed its public interim basis while city officials seek a space at the former Mechtronics Corp. arcade (the latter also has a Peekskill loca- hearing on a request by the River Valley full-time replacement through Dutchess building on the outskirts of Beacon. tion and will not be operated by Industrial Restaurant Group to convert the two-sto- County civil service, said Anthony Rug- The firm plans to request the board re- Arts) “known quantities,” some Planning giero, the city administrator. Notes from the Cold Spring Village Board Public hearing laws revised; village fire district to be discussed tion, only staff and trustee participation. By Michael Turton The possibility of Cold Spring applying to fter a two-week holiday recess, the the program will be discussed on Jan. 22. Cold Spring Village Board got back Trustees approved a recommendation by A to business on Tuesday (Jan. 8). Larry Burke, officer-in-charge of the Cold Trustees approved three revisions to Spring Police Department, to hire Ken laws aimed at improving public aware- Baker as a patrol officer. Baker, a 22-year ness of projects before the Planning veteran of the New York City Police Depart- Board, Zoning Board of Appeals and His- ment, recently retired as a detective. The toric District Review Board. If a project board also approved the purchase of police requires a public hearing, the applicant vehicle that should arrive in February. is now required to post a sign provided In Burke’s monthly briefing for the board, by the village clerk with the hearing date he said officers in December answered 52 and project description on the property at calls for service and issued 25 parking and mental Conservation. Cold Spring’s appli- least 10 days before the hearing. 20 traffic tickets. A man was arrested for Tree Advisory Board cation, written by members of the advisory Mayor Dave Merandy said leaders from driving with a suspended license and a Outlines Plans board, was the only one selected from Put- the Cold Spring Fire Co. will attend the woman for disorderly conduct. nam County. In Dutchess County, the City board’s Jan. 22 workshop to discuss their Greg Phillips, superintendent of water Received $49K grant for maintenance of Poughkeepsie and the Cornell Coopera- interest in establishing a fire district. and waste water, told the trustees that tive Extension each received $50,000. he Tree Advisory Board of the Vil- Merandy noted he has concerns about the the village will soon lose the services of The village money will also pay for T lage of Cold Spring, which in Novem- idea, adding that a number of improve- Bart Clark, a consulting engineer to the maintenance pruning on older trees, ber received a state grant for $49,162, an- ments are needed at the Main Street fire- village for nearly 25 years. Clark has tak- inventory tags on street trees and pub- nounced it would use much of the money house, which is owned by the village. en a full-time position in Connecticut but lic information sessions in partnership to address a backlog of safety pruning Michele Smith, executive director of the will assist with completion of a number of with the Cold Spring Shady Lane Cam- and to protect trees along Main Street. Hudson Highlands Land Trust, told the projects, including the connection to the paign (facebook.com/villageshade). For The village was one of 54 communities board that New York State is inviting as Catskill Aqueduct needed during repairs more information, or to volunteer, see to receive part of $2.24 million in funding many as 30 municipalities to participate to the village reservoir dams. Phillips, coldspringtree.weebly.com. from the state Department of Environ- in a program to protect water supplies. who is scheduled to retire in July, said It would not require a financial contribu- (Continued on Page 14)

said. For example, the manual states that pressed disappointment over not being Montgomery Takes Seat on Legislature certain initiatives be “channeled” from chosen for the Soil and Water Conserva- department heads to the Legislature. tion District Board or the Board of Health. Expresses disappointment at board appointments “What does channeling mean?” she “I’m not sure how these appointments” asked. “We’re not serving our public by are made, she said. “Being new to this, I’m sole Democrat on the nine-member board, having this document serve as our code curious as to what qualifies somebody to By Holly Crocco said she was happy to support Castel- for communication, and in the best inter- be the liaison” to each board. here was one new face on board, but lano’s nomination but asked that he con- est of the public we want to have a solid Legislator Ginny Nacerino (R-Patter- little else changed as the Putnam sider assigning her as a liaison to certain document that’s clean to communicate son) replied that legislators are rotated to County Legislature began the new advisory boards. with each other and the county executive’s serve on different boards. T office, and there are words and phrases in Montgomery thanked her fellow law- year, with members voting to re-elect the “I hope that the Legislature and Joe will incumbent chair and deputy chair during consider the volunteer items that I put here that are not clear,” she said. makers for the “warm welcome” she re- the annual organizational meeting Jan. 8 forth in a letter to him in early December No other legislator seconded Montgom- ceived after the election and during her at the Historic Courthouse in Carmel. and an email that the rest of the Legisla- ery’s request, so the manual was adopted first week in office. Joseph Castellano (R-Brewster) will ture received today,” she said. by a vote of 7-1. (One legislator was absent.) “I do ask a lot of questions, quite spon- remain as chair and Toni Addonizio (R- When it came time to adopt the Legisla- Committee assignments have not yet taneously, and I appreciate any and all the Kent) as his deputy. tive Manual, which outlines the functions been made, but Montgomery was named information you can give me as I get used Legislator Nancy Montgomery (D-Phil- and duties, organization, rules and power to the Region 3 Forest Practice Board and to this new position,” she said. “Things in ipstown), participating in her first meet- of the governing body, Montgomery asked the Fish and Wildlife Management Board, government do work the same on every ing since being sworn in on Dec. 31, the that the Legislature revise the guidebook and as an additional representative on level, but they also are very different and first. “Some wording is unintelligible,” she the Capital Projects Committee. She ex- I’ll have some work to do.” 6 January 11, 2019 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.org

facilities based on health concerns — it (from Page 1) Wireless leaves that to the Federal Communica- He said he had no problem with the leg- tions Commission — it does give cities islation the board was reviewing but that flexibility to regulate aesthetics. he wasn’t so happy about cell towers in The small-cell law adopted in Beacon general. “It certainly will not enhance the last year, for example, requires a special- look of the city or neighborhoods unless use permit from the City Council to install they were strategically placed in spaces units on poles more than 50 feet high, where we wouldn’t see them,” Barrack said. within 20 feet of a home, or with equip- Even as cellphone use continues to grow ment less than 15 feet from the ground. (by one estimate, nearly 70 percent of the Beacon’s older wireless telecommuni- U.S. population uses them), and with it a cations law, adopted in 2002, restricts demand for bandwidth, municipalities in radio towers and other wireless facili- the Highlands have resisted the industry’s ties in most cases from the waterfront or perceived intrusion on scenic resources. residential and historic zoning districts. In Putnam County, Homeland Towers Planning Board members on Tuesday said and Verizon last year sued Philipstown they’ll recommend that the City Council and Nelsonville after both municipali- consider scenic viewsheds, as well, when ties denied applications for cell towers. In reviewing applications. Philipstown, a tower had been proposed But John Clarke, a city planning consul- for a hillside along Vineyard Road, off tant, noted that could be difficult to imple- Route 9. The Nelsonville tower would have ment. “Anyone can say ‘That’s my views- overlooked the Cold Spring Cemetery. hed, so it’s important,’ right?” he observed. In Beacon, Planning Board member Meanwhile, Beacon resident Stanislaw A coverage map for Fios created by Patrick Lambert said he has similar con- “Stosh” Yankowski has cautioned the Broadbandnow.com cerns about the potential for blight. “Once council for months that the electromag- Where is Fios? this tsunami starts, it’s going to be tough netic radiation, especially at higher 5G identified any way that electromagnetic While 5G technology is on its way to to reel in,” he said. frequencies, emitted by cell phones and radiation could cause cancer. The Nation- Beacon, a fiber-optic network apparently The Howland Avenue application includes other wireless devices is more dangerous al Cancer Society notes that it’s difficult to is not. A Verizon spokeperson says the a map showing several Beacon sites “at vari- than the FCC is letting on. study “because the majority of individu- company has no plans (but declined ous stages of development” for Verizon fa- “These things are eventually going to be als in the general population are exposed to say why) to expand Fios, its high- speed internet, telephone and television cilities, including the train station, an area all over the city,” he said, referring to the only intermittently” and individual ex- service, into Beacon or Philipstown, called “Rombout,” the area near Cliff and small-cell units. “It may take a few years posure varies by population density, dis- although it is available in much of the Willow streets, an area called “Tioronda” to build out, but there are people out there tance from the source, and the time of day rest of Dutchess and Putnam counties, and at the fire station. that are electromagnetic sensitive.” or day of the week. along with Albany, Buffalo, Long Island, While the federal government prevents There is no conclusive science on poten- New York City and Syracuse. municipalities from regulating wireless tial health risks, and scientists have not

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Free screenings of movies with Hudson Valley connections people who worked on it. Gamma’s documentaries fit the bill: The Valley of Music By Alison Rooney of photography,” he says. “I have that blue- documents Hudson Valley musicians, and collar mentality that you just help people up The Beat Goes On focuses on 12 drum- n the old days, before its move in 2013 the pole, and one thing leads to another.” mers. The Feb. 7 screening will be Justin from Beekman to Beacon, the Towne The next monthly screening at the Crier, Van Voorhiss’ Slate Yourself, a found-foot- I Crier hosted film nights. And now at 379 Main St., will take place at 7 p.m. on age comedy about what it takes to make Mark Gamma Photo provided they have returned. Thursday, Jan. 17. Admission is free. The it as a filmmaker that was co-written by In November, Mark Gamma, who ran selection is All the Creatures Were Stirring, Keaton Weiss of Beacon. considered for the series can email Gam- the Newburgh Actors’ Studio for a decade, a 2018 horror flick whose score was com- In December, Gamma showed two films ma at [email protected]. screened two of his music documentaries posed by Newburgh native Seth Colgrove, he made with Weiss, whom he met on a “There are so many filmmakers out there,” to a full house. That prompted Phil Cigan- who will be there to answer questions. The film set in 2007: a short called America Gamma says. “They enter film festivals and er, who owns the Crier, to ask Gamma to movie follows a couple on a first date who that chronicles the daily life of a homeless have to pay a fee for their film to be evalu- revive the series. end up in a strange theater where they are man as he remembers the affluent life he ated for participation. Or they have to rent a That appealed to Gamma, who has long shown bizarre and twisted Christmas tales. led before the market crash of 2008, and place in the city to screen it, at a high cost. had a connection with the film industry as a The goal is for each film in the Crier se- The Lost City Diaries, a documentary This, on the other hand, is an opportunity location scout. “I got to know assistant direc- ries to have a connection to the Hudson about the history of Newburgh. to get it out there for an interested audience tors who became full directors and directors Valley, either in its subject matter or the Filmmakers who would like their works without paying anything.” I Am Woman, Hear Me Sing will take place at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 19, and 3 p.m. Garrison native will perform on Sunday, Jan. 20. (Advance tickets are $20 at brownpa- ‘feminist cabaret’ pertickets.com/event/3919412.) Each song represents the perspective of a different woman. “The subjects range from being cheated on to By Alison Rooney body image; some are funny, some not,” Copeland says. uring two performances at the Philipstown Depot The collective work is “present and punchy. It brings out Theatre next weekend, Garrison native Eugenia the personality of a jazz singer mixed with the technical D Copeland will sing selections from what she calls a ability of a classical singer.” “feminist cabaret songbook,” including “Ode to Cellulite.” The music will be interspersed with monologues written “The song is about a woman embracing what she can’t by women, including Irene O’Garden of Garrison and Cope- change,” explains the soprano, who performs as Eugenia land’s mother, Carolyn, who is a Broadway producer. Dante. “The first time I sang this song it fully allowed me to Copeland says she has keen memories of performing express my feminist beliefs of body acceptance as a woman a solo of “Light the Candles” in the third grade during in a bigger body. I get chills when I sing it still and I know a holiday concert at the Garrison School. “From high it will be a message that many women and men in the audi- school on, I knew I liked being onstage,” she says. “I al- ence need to hear. Nobody says it, let alone sings about it.” ways wanted to be a singer; never had any other ideas.” The song is one of nine pieces that Copeland will sing of After earning degrees in music and entrepreneurship 12 composed for a suite called The Well-Tempered Wom- at the University of North Carolina at High Point, she Eugenia Copeland, who sings as Eugenia Dante Photo provided an, written by Stefania de Kenessey. The performances (Continued on Page 8) 8 January 11, 2019 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.org

Eugenia Copeland (from Page 7) moved to New York City to sing in jazz clubs, “learning how to do cabaret, singing songs after midnight — the whole deal,” she says. After two years of gigs, she enrolled at the Mannes School of Music, which is part of The New School, and last year earned a master’s degree in voice. “I knew I wanted to pursue a bigger stage and having the credibility of a degree from a conservatory like Mannes was critical to that,” she says. “At Mannes I learned how to interpret a song — how to put my own artistic lens on it. What’s also turned out to be important, aside from the Eugenia Dante Photo by Rich Kowalski connections I’ve made, is I feel I have a huge home at Mannes, which takes a lot but gave me confidence,” Copeland says. of stress off.” Working with pianist Katherine Miller, It was through Mannes that Copeland she would visit de Kenessey’s apartment, met de Kenessey, who teaches composi- which has a concert piano in the living tion at The New School. When Copeland’s room, “and it felt like I was stepping into voice teacher was unable to make a gig, an old-world salon.” Copeland stepped in, and de Kenessey After giving The Well-Tempered Woman heard her for the first time. a soft landing at the Depot Theatre, Cope- “It was kind of fate,” Copeland says. “She land will perform in March at the Women loved my voice and decided to send me this Composers Festival of Hartford. The sing- other composition, which was so exciting, er, who now lives in Harlem, is aware that OLIVER’S ADVENTURE — Heidi Corley Barto, who lives in Wingdale, had never particularly as she wrote these pieces for the road to success will have highs and visited Beacon. Nor had her customized Blythe doll, Ricky, the star of Barto’s herself. Although she’s a contemporary lows. “You have to be prepared to hear ‘no’ blog at rickyandfriends.wordpress.com. Ricky’s companion, Oliver, is visiting classical composer, she wrote these as cab- a lot,” she says. “But I don’t want to wait from the U.K. for three weeks before Barto ships him off today (Jan. 11) to his aret,” to make them more accessible. around. I want to find pieces that excite next host, a Blythe enthusiast in Hawaii. (Each host agrees to photograph Oliver for his owner’s blog; after a year of travel, he will be raffled off.) Besides De Kenessey told Copeland she could me. I might fail. I’m fresh now, so I can Glazed Over, Barto and the dolls visited Beacon Bubble & Bath and the Beacon interpret the work any way she wished. fail. It’s kind of exciting.” “I was given no reins, which sounds scary Building. “I am trying to visit cool places while Oliver is here,” explains Barto. “My daughter suggested Beacon, and I’m glad she did! We’ll definitely be back.”

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They called it Wares and Andrea Podob with Maggie, the store dog she stocked it with goods produced in small batches by independent designers, many she explains. “Most larger ones want more PERIOD HOME ON 6.64 ACRES from the Hudson Valley and most with sto- product up front, and sometimes they set a Victorian charm offers high ceilings, vaulted family ries that explain the who, where and why sales deadline by which a certain amount of room, library. Master suite. Pool. behind the clothing, textiles, jewelry, home product has to be sold, or you have to buy WEB# PO1472841 | Kent | $600,000 goods, accessories and cards they produce. the product back. These are huge barriers.” Podob is a jewelry designer and while Hoping to carve a path, Podob and her “the thought of opening up a store had not boyfriend, who works in technology with crossed my mind in New York City, it made companies such as ProPublica and Giz- a lot more sense up here, partly because modo, moved to Beacon. “The common there are so many artists who appreciate thread among our designers and products the handmade and are interested in invest- is the thought and intention that goes into ing in small designers.” the making of each item,” Podob says. “We A native of Michigan, she graduated search for goods that are ethically sourced, LAUREL RIDGE Two-fireplaces, five-bedrooms, plus two-master from Michigan State University with a de- sustainably created or locally produced, put- suites. High ceilings, three-car garage and generator. gree in journalism in 2008 and moved to ting special emphasis on the items that are WEB# PO1455301 | Garrison | $599,000 New York City. She found work in human small batch, limited edition or handmade.” resources at such fashion businesses as Ar- The goal, Podob says, is to “provide a plat- maniX while creating jewelry on the side. form and source of income for independent “It became clear that HR wasn’t my call- designers, one-woman, man or non-binary ing,” Podob says. She had a few design ap- persons running the show, and to those prenticeships and internships and also new in business, looking to carve out a spot studied accessories design and brand mar- for themselves within the retail landscape. keting at the New School. She began build- They are the ones keeping commerce fresh.” Wares carries a variety of colorful textiles. Photos by A. Rooney ing her own collection but found it challeng- Finding designers who meet that criteria SCENIC VIEWS ing. “It’s difficult to find retail partners,” has not been difficult. “Through the years, Perfect location. Close to school, train and shops. 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Kid Friendly children dancing and playing dress-up, sometimes neighbors, a pizza delivery man, and a demo song — usually the waltz from The Nutcracker — set to repeat from Space and our electric keyboard. Saturday mornings are the scariest of Me Time all. We have to be out of the house and at the soccer fields by 8 or 10 a.m. Like clock- By Katie Hellmuth Martin work, we frantically search for two socks, two pairs of cleats, two shin guards, clean he concept of shorts and a shirt, and snacks. “me time” was One Saturday morning, I got a break. T introduced to My friend in New Jersey had a baby show- me in college by a fellow er brunch in Hoboken. I wasn’t looking student whom I worked forward to the two-hour drive. My hus- with on the college newspa- band would be on his own with all three per. Her name was Tracy and she was older kids for the day. than I was. This was her second time through Some women at the brunch marveled college, and she was divorced. By the time I at my commute and took pity on my two- knew her, she had a boyfriend. Sometimes hour drive back. But the women who had on a Friday when we were talking about our children looked at me with hungry eyes: weekend plans, she’d smile peacefully and “Are you kidding? She’s in heaven! Two say she was having Tracy Time. hours in a car alone?” Tracy Time, she explained, was when This was true. My husband and I are she did things by herself, her moments of drivers. We do our best dreaming in the calm. By the time I was living on my own car, alone in wide-open spaces of the in a New York City apartment, I’d adopted highway, or exploring backroads. this concept. Every so often on a Friday Two toll violations later (Forgot the EZ night, I’d stay in, do my nails, order In- Pass and had no cash!), coupled with a dian food and coast through the night. New Jersey parking ticket (What? No free By Saturday morning, I’d leash up my parking?), I was on my way home, luxuri- dog, Gerdy, fold up a section of the Wall ously stuck in traffic. Street Journal, and walk to the middle of As I sat waiting to get on a ramp, I noticed Central Park to sit on flat rocks overlook- a woman in the car next to me with children Quiet time on the open road Photo by K. Martin ing fields where children played soccer in the back seat. An idea for a short-story hit while their parents watched. It was serene. me, and I started exploring it. Then I started story idea, and how that impulse hadn’t hap- and asks to be woken up as well. When she Today, my Fridays tend to involve three exploring the feeling of crafting that short- pened to me since my creative writing class was younger, she’d want to cuddle and do days in college. I’d forgotten that I’d even things with me. Now she smiles and waves wanted to write a short story. as she scuttles off into her own quiet place Back in the present day, it should be to do homework or have device time. noted that I wrote this column during my Nothing lasts for long. I know these days morning Quiet Time. I get up at 5 a.m. of limited Quiet Time are but moments each day to have coffee in a quiet space in the parental journey. I’ll have plenty of and meander through my creative wish time when the kids are older. Meanwhile, I list. My 8-year old daughter has caught on try to appreciate the blips in between.

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COMMUNITY THURS 17 Trivia Star SAT 12 BEACON Game Night 7 p.m. Hudson Valley Brewery COLD SPRING 2 Churchill St. | 845-218-9156 5 – 9 p.m. Old VFW Hall | 34 Kemble Ave. Teams of two to six members All ages are welcome at this event will compete in a classic trivia hosted by the former owners of Q&A format to benefit the Groombridge Games. Bring a game Sargent Elementary PTO. Email or join one: role-playing games and [email protected]. Cost: $10 board games will be available. Free HX Studios SUN 20 SAT 12 Martin Luther King Jr. Hudson Valley Wing Day Potluck Wars 2019 GARRISON FISHKILL 2 – 4 p.m. Desmond-Fish Library Patti Sonnenschein 5 – 9 p.m. Ramada Inn | 542 Route 9 472 Route 403 | 845-424-3020 hudsonvalleywingwars.com desmondfishlibrary.org MON 21 Beacon (“I got started in middle Sample wings from restaurants Bring a dish to share and school by just walking around and pubs in the Hudson Valley, Martin Luther King Jr. participate in a discussion led by the with an old flip phone”); Michelle accompanied by live music by Day Celebration Rev. Stephen Holton, interim rector at Precour, a business professional The Hype. Cost: $20 to $50 St. Phillip’s Church in Garrison, about POUGHKEEPSIE from Burlington City, New Jersey; (children under 10 free) how to fight racism and promote 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Mid-Hudson Children’s and Patti Sonnenschein, a retired civil rights and social justice. Museum | 75 North Water St. teacher. It continues through Feb. 3. SUN 13 845-471-0589 | mhcm.org Newcomers and MON 21 Children can create paper dolls SAT 12 to add to the Freedom Bell Project Neighbors Meet-Up Martin Luther King Jr. Pierce Johnston and attend StarLab Planetarium Newbies: One Gallery GARRISON Day Parade shows at 2:30 and 3:30 p.m. that 4 New Artists 1 – 3 p.m. Desmond-Fish Library BEACON focus on the constellations slaves BEACON VISUAL ARTS 472 Route 403 | 845-424-3020 10 a.m. Springfield Baptist Church used to find their way along the 6 – 9 p.m. BAU Gallery | 506 Main St. desmondfishlibrary.org 8 Mattie Cooper Square | 845-831-4093 Underground Railroad. Cost: $10 845-440-7584 | baugallery.com SAT 19 Make friends and connections. Following a free community (members free) plus $5 for StarLab Four new members of the Beacon Winter Weekend breakfast at 8 a.m. and a ceremony Artists Union — Jebah Baum, NEW WINDSOR at 9:30 a.m., the annual singing SUN 13 SECOND SATURDAY Elizabeth Arnold, Ilse Schreiber- 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. Storm King Art Center Volunteer Open House parade and civil rights march Noll and Andrew Rust Barger — 1 Museum Road | 845-534-3115 will begin outside the church. BEACON SAT 12 will exhibit in Gallery 1. A group stormking.org 4 – 5 p.m. Animal Rescue Foundation Manos Sucias/Dirty Hands show with works by other members The sculpture center, usually MON 21 will open in Gallery 2 and Chloe 54 Simmons Lane | 845-831-5161 BEACON closed during the winter Mosbacher’s Wake Up Call has facebook.com/arfanimalrescue Martin Luther King Jr. 3 – 8 p.m. No. 3 Reading Room & months, will be open to visitors, been extended in the Beacon Room. Learn how to help out at this cat Day Family Celebration Photo Book Works | 469 Main St. weather permitting, although Each continues through Feb. 3. and dog shelter and sign up for shifts. GARRISON photobookworks.com there will be no bike rentals and the tram may not operate 10:30 a.m. Desmond-Fish Library Manos Sucias/Dirty Hands is a SAT 12 in icy or snowy conditions. Also TUES 15 472 Route 403 | 845-424-3020 collaboration between visual artist SUN 20. Cost: $18 ($15 seniors, desmondfishlibrary.org Greg Slick, poet Seán Monagle Quiccs: Reinforcements Cold Spring Area $8 children and students, free Accompanied by John Grady and book artist Paulette Myers- Have Arrived / HX Chamber Breakfast for ages 4 and younger) on drums, Carolyn Evans will re- Rich. The limited edition of 30 Studio: Bots COLD SPRING enact the story of Harriet Tubman, copies will be available for sale and BEACON 10 a.m. Silver Spoon Cafe SAT 19 a leader in the Underground signing during the reception. Slick’s 6 – 9 p.m. Clutter Gallery 124 Main St. | 845-265-3200 original artwork will be on display, Railroad that helped slaves escape. 163 Main St. | 212-255-2505 Art is Elementary explorecoldspringny.com and Monagle will read his poetry. BEACON Connect with business shop.cluttermagazine.com/gallery The gallery will welcome 4 – 6 p.m. Howland Public Library owners over coffee and pastries. SAT 12 313 Main St. | 845-831-1134 Cost: $5 (members free) Quiccs, who lives in Manila, for Amanda E. Gross: I Quit his first solo show in the U.S. His beaconlibrary.org My Job to Draw designer toys fuse graffiti art This annual exhibit will feature BEACON and electronic media. Its second artwork created by students from Beacon elementary schools. It 5 – 9 p.m. Catalyst Gallery show will feature work by Jesper continues through Feb. 23. 137 Main St. | 845-204-3844 Puchades, better known as HX catalystgallery.com Studios, who began making resin and custom toys in 2008. The show by Gross, who lives HEALTH & FITNESS in Beacon, will include works on SAT 12 paper. It continues through Jan. 17. SAT 12 The imPerfect Yoga for Healing, Health SAT 12 Poetics of Peace and Happiness 3 Emerging BEACON BEACON Photographers 6 – 9 p.m. Hudson Beach Glass Noon – 5:30 p.m. Beacon of Light Wellness Center BEACON 162 Main St. | 845-440-0068 4 S. Chestnut St. | 845-202-3515 5 – 8 p.m. RiverWinds Gallery This group show, curated by beaconoflightwellnesscenter.com 172 Main St. | 845-838-2880 Eleni Smolen of Theo Ganz Studio, will include video, painting, Teacher jLTg Holo will share riverwindsgallery.com film, photography, etching and tips and insights at noon, followed This show will feature the drawings from 11 artists. at 1:30 p.m. by a four-hour yoga MLK Jr. Day Parade in Beacon work of Pierce Johnston, 24, of workshop. Cost: $65 ($10 lecture only) 12 January 11, 2019 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.org

SAT 12 MUSIC SOLD OUT The Artichoke SAT 12 BEACON Sharkey & The Sparks THE WEEK AHEAD 8 p.m. Howland Cultural Center BEACON SAT 19 SUN 13 STAGE & SCREEN 477 Main St. | 845-765-3012 8 p.m. Towne Crier | 379 Main St. Mighty Girl Storytime howlandculturalcenter.org 845-855-1300 | townecrier.com BEACON COLD SPRING SAT 12 Hosted by Drew Prochaska, Sharkey McEwen, the lead guitarist 8 p.m. Howland Cultural Center 10:15 a.m. Split Rock Books Met Live in HD: Cilea’s the show features storytellers for Slambovian Circus of Dreams, 477 Main St. | 845-831-4988 97 Main St. | 845-265-2080 Adriana Lecouvreur who have appeared on The Moth, and his son Ben, a sophomore at howlandculturalcenter.org splitrockbks.com POUGHKEEPSIE This American Life and other Haldane High School, will cover The Monroe-based band — with Songs and stories for children 1 p.m. Bardavon | 35 Market St. programs. Cost: $15 ($10 advance) classics from the 1960s to 1980s. Free Lena Fahringer (vocals, guitar), Bill and their caregivers. Also SUN 20. 845-473-2072 | bardavon.org Fahringer (drums), Mark McNutt In this live satellite broadcast THURS 17 SUN 13 (guitar) and Ed Sikora (bass) — SAT 19 from the Metropolitan Opera All the Creatures Were SOLD OUT returns to the Howland for an Feast for Feathered House in New York City, Anna Stirring encore performance. Advance tickets Netrebko sings the title role of Natasha Paremski BEACON at mightygirl.brownpapertickets. Friends Adriana Lecouvreur, the great BEACON 7 p.m. Towne Crier com. Cost: $10 ($15 door) CORNWALL 18th-century actress in love 4 p.m. Howland Cultural Center 379 Main St. | 845-855-1300 10 a.m. Outdoor Discovery Center with the military hero Maurizio, 477 Main St. | 845-831-4988 100 Muser Drive | 845-534-5506 sung by Piotr Beczała. townecrier.com howlandmusic.org SAT 19 hhnm.org Seth Colegrove, who composed The Howland Chamber Music Decora Learn about birds that winter the score for this 2018 horror Circle will open its annual piano BEACON in the Hudson Valley and how to flick, will answer questions after festival with Paremski performing 8:30 p.m. Towne Crier | 379 Main St. feed them in your yard. Cost: $8 ($6 the screening. The film, part of a Visions Fugitives, Op.22, by Sergei 845-855-1300 | townecrier.com children, members $6/$3) new series at the Crier, depicts a Prokofiev; Gaspard de la Nuit, by A hip-hop artist, DJ and first date gone wrong at a theater Maurice Ravel; and Pictures at an performance poet who has shared showing bizarre and twisted Exhibition, by Modest Mussorgsky. the stage with DJ Khalid, Fat Joe, TALKS AND TOURS Christmas tales. See Page 7. Free Cost: $30 ($10 students) Lauryn Hill, Lenny Kravitz and SUN 13 Run DMC, Decora has a new single, Get Lit Beacon SAT 19 THURS 17 “Blindfold,” and a new album, The Well-Tempered Ukulele Open Mic Reverie. Cost: $25 ($30 door) Literary Salon BEACON Woman BEACON 5 p.m. Oak Vino Wine Bar GARRISON 7 p.m. Towne Crier SUN 20 389 Main St. | getlitbeacon.com 7 p.m. Philipstown Depot Theatre 379 Main St. | 845-855-1300 California Dreamin’ SAT 12 10 Garrison’s Landing | 845-424-3900 townecrier.com BEACON Established and emerging writers Dialogues with Drama: are invited to read 5 minutes philipstowndepottheatre.org Show off your uke chops at the 7 p.m. Towne Crier of an original work. Novelists Long Day’s Journey In this “feminist song cycle,” debut of this new open mic night 379 Main St. | 845-855-1300 Brendan Kiely (Tradition) and into Night soprano Eugenia Copeland, who hosted by Wendy Matthews of townecrier.com. Jessie Chaffee (Florence in Ecstasy) GARRISON grew up in Garrison, will sing about the Edukated Fleas, who will be This cover band celebrates the are guests this month. Free 7 p.m. Philipstown Depot Theatre issues women know all too well — listening for performers to feature music of southern California in the 10 Garrison’s Landing | 845-424-3900 from body image to cheating lovers at the next Hudson Valley Ukulele 1960s and ’70s. Cost: $20 ($25 door) to mother-daughter relationships. THURS 17 philipstowndepottheatre.org Invitational. Sign up begins at 5 p.m. The words and music are by Stefania Christine Bokhour will direct The series will continue every other Climate Change, de Kenessey. Also SUN 20. Advance KIDS & FAMILY George Lee Andrews, Liz Ke fer, Mara month on the third Thursday. Free Hope and the Beacon i tickets at brownpapertickets.com/ Davi, Aaron Gaines and Evan Sibley SAT 12 event/3919412. See Page 7. Cost: $20 Community in a reading of Eugene O’Neill’s 1956 FRI 18 Rootin Tootin BEACON Tony-Award winning play. A Open Mic Hootenanny for Kids 7 p.m. Beacon Sloop Club discussion will follow that includes SAT 19 BEACON BEACON 2 Red Flynn Drive | 845-463-4660 author David Poses and Danielle All-Star Comedy Night 7:30 p.m. Howland Cultural Center 10 a.m. Beacon Music Factory beaconsloopclub.org Pack McCarthy, Philipstown’s BEACON 477 Main St. | 845-831-4988 333 Fishkill Ave. | 845-765-0472 Tim Guinee, the Hudson Valley anti-drug coordinator. Reserve 7 p.m. Elks Lodge howlandculturalcenter.org beaconmusicfactory.com Chapter chair of Al Gore’s Climate seats at brownpapertickets.com/ 900 Wolcott Ave. | 845-831-9476 Sign up will begin at 7:30 An hour of sing-a-longs and Reality Project, will discuss the event/4044551. Cost: $20 donation Three comics — Gene Trifilo, p.m. and performances at 8 p.m. movement for children up to local effects of global warming Peter Sasso at this monthly event. Free age 10 and their caregivers. and reasons to be hopeful. Free SAT 12 and headliner Cost: $5 per person Survivors Guide to Prison Rob Falcone SAT 19 SAT 19 BEACON — bring their Jazz Vespers SAT 12 FDR and the Post Office 7 p.m. First Presbyterian Church, Beacon acts to Beacon. The proceeds COLD SPRING Saturday Studio (Ages 5+) COLD SPRING 50 Liberty St. will benefit Elk 5:30 p.m. First Presbyterian Church 3 p.m. Butterfield Library moviesthatmatterbeacon.org BEACON charities. Cost 10 Academy St. | 845-265-3220 10 Morris Ave. | 845-265-3040 This 2018 documentary by Matthew 10:30 a.m. – Noon. Dia:Beacon $25 ($30 door, butterfieldlibrary.org Cooke tells the story of two men who Rob Falcone presbychurchcoldspring.org 3 Beekman St. | diaart.org $20 members) The program will honor and This monthly workshop of Author and historian Tony Musso spent decades in prison for murders celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. art-making and play is led will discuss the impact of President they didn’t commit. A discussion will with performances by vocalist René by artists and is designed for Franklin Delano Roosevelt on follow with Jeffrey Deskovic, who was CIVIC Bailey and other musicians. Free children ages 5 and older. Free the U.S. Postal Service. Free convicted and imprisoned in 1990 for strangling a classmate at Peekskill MON 14 City Council SUN 20 High School but exonerated 16 years Poetry Reading later by DNA evidence. In 2014 a BEACON federal jury agreed with claims that a 7 p.m. City Hall | 1 Municipal Plaza COLD SPRING Putnam County sheriff’s investigator, 845-838-5011 | cityofbeacon.org 4 p.m. Split Rock Books Daniel Stephens had fabricated 97 Main St. | 845-265-2080 evidence and coerced Deskovic’s WED 16 splitrockbks.com confession; the court ordered the Four county to pay $40 million in damages. School Board Hudson (Stephens, who retired in 2000, is GARRISON Valley poets now a Putnam County coroner.) 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Watson said the drive was created be- (from Page 1) fore adoption of the current code. At the GoGo Pops Planning Board’s Dec. 13 meeting, and in especially for a shop selling frozen treats, a Jan. 3 letter, he argued that accommo- the winter months are always a challenge. What’s Up with Miller recalled the day the shop opened How20° Steep is dating the drive makes more sense than Too Steep? trying to create one with a grade of 14 in 2010 when “a very pregnant woman 92 Main? percent or less. A driveway reconfigura- and her husband came in,” she said. “She Planning Board considers tion would involve “excessive tree remov- was already in a long labor and they were The new owners of 92 Main St., walking up and down Main Street trying driveway with 20 percent grade al, cuts and fills, and land disturbance, which until Nov. 30 housed the and encroachments on wetlands buffer to move things along.” The woman gave Cupoccino Cafe, filed articles zones,” Watson stated. birth to a boy later that day. of organization with the state Another high point, Miller said, has By Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong During the Dec. 13 meeting, Planning for a limited liability corporation Board Member Neal Zuckerman recalled been the steady stream of young people lans for a new house at the end of who have been both customers and em- called Bohemian Cafe. Craig that during the board’s site visit, some Roffman of Philipstown, an old, steep drive raised concerns members walked up to the site rather than ployees of the shop. One of the goals of the identified as its agent, did not P from Philipstown’s Planning Board attempt the steep drive with their cars. business, she said, was to provide training last month. “There’s a point where steepness be- and job opportunities. “I’ve been surprised reply to a request for comment The Planning Board scheduled a public comes destructive and a challenge,” at how many amazingly talented kids live on plans for the space. The hearing on the project for Thursday, Jan. Zuckerman said. “When does it become in this town.” building was purchased in 2017 17, at the Old VFW Hall, on Kemble Av- too much: 20 percent? 22 percent? I’m Miller said she will miss Go-Go Pop’s lo- for $480,000 by another LLC, enue in Cold Spring. just raising the question. When does it cation in the heart of the village. “Every day Rivertown Holdings. The plans call for a 4,000-square-foot become a little bit unsafe?” looks different on Main Street,” she said. “It’s home and 900-square-foot garage on a par- Ron Gainer, the town’s consulting en- like being in a Norman Rockwell painting.” cel on South Highland Road across from gineer, noted that the town has allowed the Garrison Fish and Game Club. A conser- driveway grades as high as 17 percent. vation easement covers the 17-acre property Planning Board Member Kim Conner Please join the and state park land surrounds much of it. cautioned that the board must also con- The approach to the site is an older sider the potential for development trig- drive with a 20 percent grade, although gering excessive stormwater runoff down town laws generally forbid driveways with a steep slope. Hudson Highlands Pipe Band grades of more than 14 percent. The par- “It’s not just the percent of grade, it’s th cel’s owners, Joseph Fratesi and Lindsey the distance the percent of grade goes,” for our 13 Annual Taylor, want the town to waive or modify added Steve Gaba, the town attorney. the restrictions, according to their rep- “The burden is on the applicant to satisfy resentative, Glenn Watson, of Badey and you that it’s safe.” Watson Surveying & Engineering. Traditional Burns Night Supper honoring the Save the date for our upcoming Scottish Poet Robert Burns Newcomers and Neighbors Meetups!

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punishment. Prosecutors had asked that mail-order pharmacies to accept and dis- Heroin Arrest in Philipstown Pipeline Protestors each serve 300 hours of community ser- pose of unused prescription medications. Poughkeepsie man charged with Found Guilty vice with a non-environmental group. The program, which will include kiosks possession The project, an expansion of the Alqon- or mail-order returns, will be financed by Judge rejects ‘necessity defense’ quin Incremental Market (AIM) pipeline, drug makers. utnam County sheriff’s deputies ar- ore than two years after three pro- is being built by Enbridge (formerly Spec- According to lawmakers, the regulation rested a Poughkeepsie man on Route P testors spent most of a day inside tra) to transport gas between Pennsylva- is designed to create more locations where 9D in Philipstown after allegedly finding M a natural gas pipeline under construc- nia and Massachusetts. See highlandscur- medications can be brought to keep them a small amount of heroin in his vehicle on tion near the Indian Point nuclear power rent.org/pipeline. out of the hands of children and those Jan. 3 during a traffic stop. plant, a Cortlandt town judge found them addicted to opiates, as well as state wa- After receiving a report from a 911 guilty of trespassing. terways. Philipstown Town Hall in Cold dispatcher of an erratic driver, the depu- Drug Take-Back Law Goes Justice Kimberly Ragazzo allowed the Spring (weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.) and ties pulled over a vehicle driven by David protestors to present a “necessity de- Into Effect the Beacon Police Department (24/7) both Richards, 32, at 9:28 a.m. near Philip- fense” — that their actions were designed have boxes. In the Highlands, only Rite stown Park. Police said Richards also had Requires chain pharmacies to collect to prevent a catastrophe if the pipeline Aid in Beacon would be required to accept a suspended license. He was arraigned in unused meds were to break or burst close to the aging medication under the law, which applies to Carmel on two misdemeanor charges and plant. While she rejected the argument new state law that goes into effect pharmacies with 10 or more locations. taken to the Putnam County jail. and found them guilty, she imposed no A this summer will require chain and

92 Main St. and to expand Cold Spring Cold Spring Village Board Bed & Breakfast. The owner, Hussein Ab- (from Page 5) delhady, submitted a revised plan on Dec. 27 that reduced the number of rooms on Clark “will be hard to replace.” the ground floor from seven to five. The Phillips also reported that three inci- second floor has five rooms available. dents caused by December’s heavy rains Philipstown Board Member Bob Flaherty were reported to the state Department said that newly appointed board member of Environmental Conservation. In two Judy Farrell will replace him as the town’s cases, the discharge of solids and efflu- liaison to the Cold Spring Village Board. ent from the wastewater treatment plant Farrell stopped by briefly to introduce her- exceeded acceptable levels. The third in- self at the end of the meeting. volved a sanitary sewer overflow near the corner of Main and West streets. The Planning Board and Historic Dis- trict Review Board continue to review a Visit highlandscurrent.org for news proposal to close the Silver Spoon Cafe at updates and latest information.

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his season high with 28 points. Garner had 15 points, Davis added eight, and Simpson contributed six points and pulled down 12 rebounds. Tre Smith had six points and five Split Decisions rebounds for Beacon. “That was a tough loss,” Timpano said. Haldane, Beacon boys win, and lose, tough games “Poughkeepsie is an excellent team — they’re big and they can shoot. We stayed with them the entire game, and we had it at two points By Skip Pearlman Haldane is scheduled to host Pawling on Tuesday, Jan. 15, at 6 p.m., followed by in the last few minutes. They hit a couple of he Haldane High School boys’ bas- a game at home against Blind Brook on threes and hit free throws to blow up the ketball team picked up a 53-43 vic- Saturday, Jan. 19, at 4 p.m. that will ben- score. We showed what we’re capable of.” T tory over North Salem at the Put- efit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Beacon was scheduled to host Lourdes nam Challenge on Jan. 5 at Carmel High A strong showing at the free-throw line today (Jan. 11) at 6 p.m. Before the game, School but came up short against West- was the deciding factor on Tuesday (Jan. three former Beacon athletes and two lake, 44-38, on Wednesday (Jan. 9). 8) in Montrose as the Beacon boys defeat- girls’ track teams will be inducted into the Alex Kubik and Mame Diba each had ed Hendrick Hudson, 57-47, to improve to school’s athletic Hall of Fame. The Bull- nine points to lead the Blue Devils (7-4). 6-5 for the season. dogs will travel to Peekskill on Wednes- “They beat us on the boards,” said After a slow start, the Bulldogs raced day, Jan. 16, for a 6:15 p.m. tip. Coach Joe Virgadamo. “We didn’t get out to a 26-19 halftime advantage and never Girls’ results and run, and second-chance shots hurt us looked back. The Haldane girls’ varsity basketball in the fourth quarter.” Dayi’on Thompson led the Bulldogs squad picked up a 54-36 victory over He said sophomore Darrin Santos had with 17 points, Manny Garner added 13, Bronxville on Jan. 3, its second win of the given the team “good energy” in the second and Aaron Davis had seven. season against eight losses. half, and that senior Kyle Sussmeier nailed a The Beacon win was highlighted by “We played a decent game,” said Coach few threes to keep the Blue Devils close, but what turned out to be a key, 23-of-28 Tyrone Searight. “We only had 10 turn- “it was not a good game for our team overall.” showing at the free throw line. overs, which is a very good number for us.” Against North Salem, Matt Champlin “Hen Hud beat us pretty good last year, Bela Monteleone led the Blue Devils led Haldane with 23 points, and Diba but they lost a lot of players to gradua- with 18 points, and Olivia McDermott added 20. In that game, Virgadamo said, tion,” said Coach Scott Timpano. “I knew it added 17. 51 “we brought some great intensity. Our de- would be a battle, and it was. Every time we The Blue Devils will play in a tourna- Points scored by fense was also impressive, and we had a went up, they came back. They got it to two ment in Peekskill on Saturday, Jan. 12, and 22-5 first quarter. We created turnovers points in the fourth, but we held them off.” host Saunders on Monday. eighth-grader Matteo and finished in transition.” Beacon held on behind Garner, who was The Beacon girls’ team dropped a 41-34 Cervone of Garrison At one point the Blue Devils were up by 6-for-6 at the line in the fourth quarter. decision to Hendrick Hudson on Tuesday 23 points, although North Salem cut that Thompson was 8-of-8 at the stripe and (Jan. 8) at home. They were scheduled to Middle School in a lead to six. “We bent but didn’t break,” also had three steals. visit Lakeland on Thursday and host Har- said Virgadamo. On the previous Friday, Jan. 4, the rison on Jan. 15 at 5 p.m. 62-30 victory over The Blue Devils also won on Jan. 4 over Bulldogs came up short at home against Yonkers Montessori Academy, 55-34. Cham- Poughkeepsie, 79-64. Haldane on Jan. 3. plin scored 16 and Dan Santos added 12. Thompson led the Bulldogs, matching MORE SPORTS ON PAGE 15