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[FREE] Serving Philipstown and Beacon Feminist Cabaret PAGE 7 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 coun- cil 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 re- quest, 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. ~ Leonora Burton, Cold Spring John Cho, who played Sulu, the helmsman Share Your News in Star Trek. With Our Readers To submit your upcoming events and announcements for consideration in our Community Briefs section (in print and online) submit a text- only press release (250 words or less) along with a separately attached high-resolution photograph to calendar@ highlandscurrent.org. ~ Moning Lin, Beacon highlandscurrent.org The Highlands Current JANUARY 11, 2019 3 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.