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ancy Montgomery, a three-term member of the Philipstown Town NBoard, will run in November for the seat held in the Putnam County Leg- islature by Barbara Scuccimarra. The district includes Philipstown and part of Putnam Valley. Montgomery, a Democrat, has been on divide between the two major the Town Board since 2008. On Wednes- parties on global warming that day (June 6), Philipstown Democrats an- Part 5: What Now? nounced a campaign event scheduled extends right down to our own Nancy Montgomery File photo by Ross Corsair for June 15 in (Continued on Page 2) Congressional district. According to a study published in 2015 in the journal Climatic Change that ex- amined different views of climate change at the local level, 84 per- cent of Democrats in the 18th are convinced global warming is hap- pening, but only 57 percent of Re- publicans. More than 75 percent of Democrats say they are concerned, versus 41 percent of Republicans. Fred Rich, a Garrison resident By Chip Rowe who is the author of Getting to Green, a book that outlined (before ccording to the best science President Trump) how the parties available, based on a method of might find common ground on envi- inquiry that has served civiliza- A ronmental issues, argues that polls tion for centuries, the earth’s climate will continue to heat up at a pace never are skewed by the third of Republicans before recorded. This may not change who are hardcore deniers. Results also our lives so much, but our children and vary by state: Republicans in New grandchildren are in for a wild ride. York, Delaware and Alaska are more Shelley Boris on a patio at Dolly's Photo by A. Rooney We can slow down the warming, but likely to believe that rapid climate it will take a tremendous, sustained ef- change is underway than Republicans fort over generations, because climate elsewhere. Final Touches at Dolly’s change due to increasing amounts of In this, the fifth and final part of our carbon dioxide trapped in the atmo- The name, Dolly’s, is a nod to the film series, we spoke with Rich and other Ten years later, new cafe in sphere appears to be accelerating so Hello, Dolly!, which was filmed in part Highlands residents who are doing fast it has its own momentum. Guinan’s building on Garrison’s Landing in 1968, the anni- what they can to get things moving. When the planet’s health was easier versary of which is being celebrated this New York State has promised grants to to see and comprehend — smog, acid By Alison Rooney summer with a festival. communities that mitigate and adapt rain, the polluted Hudson — politicians “Dolly’s feels like there’s a sense of fun, for what is coming, but only Philip- he long-awaited opening of Dolly’s, from both parties worked together to that it’s all not too serious,” Boris says, stown has made much progress. Pas- a cafe and restaurant on Garrison’s find solutions. But this danger is dis- adding that, for her, it also evokes “Guys sionate activists such as Krystal Ford Landing where the iconic Guinan’s tant, and complex, with uncertain out- T and Dolls, Dolly Parton, kids playing with in Garrison and members of the newly Pub and Country Store once stood, is comes. And somewhere along the way dolls, all those things. It feels like it can nearly here. scientists — thousands of scientists, in formed chapter of the Citizens’ Cli- be a lot of different things to people, and Shelley Boris and Kimball Gell, co- multiple disciplines — have become mate Lobby in Beacon are attempting that’s what we want it to be like.” owners of Fresh Company, a Philipstown- cast by naysayers as clueless villains to add urgency to the conversation. But A tour of the newly renovated, three- based catering firm, say they have a few who hope for unexplained reasons to it’s a hard sell, and politicians think in story space overlooking the Hudson began bells and whistles to hang — molding, destroy the economy by sabotaging the terms of two to eight years, not 50 to with the large front room with windows mirrors, shelving, artwork — before a soft most profitable product ever devised: 100. Fred Rich points out that people open to the river. The back room — the opening in the next few weeks with break- fossil fuels dug from the earth. respond better to hope than gloom. So, former pub — is dominated by the famil- fast and lunch service. Dinner service will There is a clear and consistent where is it? iar stone fireplace. There are two outdoor follow. (To Page 10) patios, one near (Continued on Page 5) 2 June 8, 2018 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.com Montgomery Wants County Seat (from Page 1) Garrison with Montgomery and Kent Su- Five Questions: Tommy Tune pervisor Maureen Fleming, who is chal- By Alison Rooney lenging incumbent MaryEllen Odell for 5 county executive. ommy Tune, 79, who has won 10 Tony it and mess up the scene. Other people had Odell is a Republican, as are Scucci- Awards as a Broadway dancer, direc- derbys, which are easier to toss. marra and the other eight members of the county Legislature. Ttor and choreographer, will lead a Any memories of Philipstown? parade at 4 p.m. on Saturday, June 16, at It was so, so hot. I was wearing a cut Montgomery did not immediately re- Garrison’s Landing to mark the 50th anni- velvet coat with a silk vest and tweed turn an email seeking comment. Scucci- versary of the filming there of Hello, Dolly! pants and it was 106 degrees in the shade. marra said: “I’ve heard rumors for a while The next day, he will perform Tommy Tune I said to Barbra, “I’m really sweating,” and that she planned to run, and now it’s of- Tonight at the Paramount Hudson Valley. she replied, “You’re not sweating. Horses ficial. I look forward to comparing our re- cords of public service and letting voters Which was more intimidating: sweat, gentlemen perspire.” I asked her make the right choice.” meeting Gene Kelly, who directed the what ladies did, and she said, “They glow.” Scuccimarra announced on May 8 that film, or Barbra Streisand, its star? For the elopement scene, there was no Oh, Gene Kelly. I was plucked from the rehearsal, because they were supposed she would run for a third term. She may chorus of a Broadway play by the Dolly to film a scene with Walter Matthau but face a primary challenge from Patty Vil- casting director, who had seen it and flew it was the day Robert Kennedy got shot, lanova of Putnam Valley, who said on May me to Hollywood. I was the 21st guy to and the news hit Matthau hard. When I 7 that she planned to run. audition, in full costume. Gene Kelly said, saw the scene I realized we were working Scuccimarra is a former member of the “Let’s see how you dance.” He later would through a sadness. I returned to Garri- Philipstown Town Board. She lost her po- give me the best piece of advice I’ve ever son for a visit in 2009 and went into Van- sition in 2011 to Montgomery and Dave received when he said, “Tommy, dance dergelder’s [the three-story brick house on Merandy, now the mayor of Cold Spring, better.” Dancers know what that means. Dock Street] to the room where we played in a four-way race for two seats. The next On set, Barbra Streisand was nice but shy. our little scene. Then I tripped the light year, Scuccimarra ran for the county Leg- She had filmed her first movie, Funny fantastic down to the train station. Just islature, defeating Steve Rosario with Girl, but it hadn’t been released yet. me. I had to. 54 percent of the vote, and then won re- election against Lithgow Osborne in 2015 How did it feel leading the You have said your father sent with 58 percent. complicated “Put On Your Sunday you from Texas to New York City Tommy Tune Photo by Carol Rosegg Montgomery was endorsed June 4 by Clothes” number? with “a bag of sandwiches and a the Putnam County Democratic Commit- I didn’t think about it. It wasn’t until I checkbook.” What should a dancer have a cellphone, either. They rob me of tee, along with Fleming, incumbent state saw the film that I realized how big my part bring now? my imagination and concentration. Assemblywoman Sandy Galef and Karen was. I had a straw hat that I had to throw A computer, but thank God we didn’t You’ve also said that every time you Smythe, who is challenging state Sen. Sue in the air, and I was terrified I would drop have them. I don’t have one now. Don’t go onstage, your intent is to make it Serino. The Putnam County Republican better than the night before. Do you Committee endorsed Odell and Scucci- find theater more satisfying than film? marra on May 17. LIMITED EDITIONS REALTY, INC. I’m a theater junkie. I especially loved Meanwhile, U.S. Rep. Sean Patrick Ma- 10 MARION AVE., SUITE 2, COLD SPRING, NEW YORK 10516 being in the chorus. Instead of uniforms loney, whose district includes the High- Garrison $569,000 there are costumes, instead of cleats there lands, announced on Wednesday that he are tap shoes, and we have to win every will pursue the Democratic nomination PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE Sun. June 10, 12 noon-2 p.m. night — to give people the best show they for state attorney general. Three other 14 Oak Road, Garrison can see — invent the thrill. If you make candidates have already announced. The position is open after the resigna- A centrally located Garrison a mistake you have to make it work, and home for the commuter to that requires adrenaline. I do love both tion on May 7 of Eric Schneiderman fol- NYC, post offi ce and library. the stage and film versions of Hello, Dolly! lowing allegations he physically assaulted Preserved land in front of When the movie came out, it was dur- four women. home and privacy to the ing the height of the Vietnam War and Maloney, 51, says he will continue to rear. Three (3) bedrooms, 2 the country was not in the mood for it. pursue re-election to his fourth term rep- full baths, family room with Through the years, though, the feeling resenting New York’s District 18 in Con- fi replace and offi ce. Portion of pond is on property. A nice fi nd in this residential area. MLS 4819978 from it has become timeless. Musical the- gress. 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ganized in part by City Council Member Square area of East Main. In addition, Tight Squeeze in Beacon George Mansfield. the changes give the City Council, rather Developer proposes six a public hearing on June 12 — one of six The Planning Board also will hold pub- than the Planning Board, the final say on scheduled for the meeting — to address lic hearings June 12 to hear comments on special-permit requests in the new zone. townhouses on half-acre the environmental impacts of the pro- proposals to: The zone establishes specific architec- posal. • Expand the nonprofit Hudson Hills tural and landscaping guidelines meant By Jeff Simms Called Ferry Landing at Beacon, the Academy onto the grounds of St. Luke’s to “preserve the traditional character of developer hopes to squeeze six project is located at the corner of Beek- Episcopal Church on Route 9D. The Main Street,” while increasing its “vitality, townhouses onto a roughly half- man and Ferry streets. It would include private Montessori school has about 50 attractiveness and marketability,” accord- Aacre tract across from the Beacon six 4-story townhouses, each with a one- students at its Hanna Lane location. It ing to the code. The regulation caps build- Metro-North station, which, if approved, or two-car garage, on Beekman. wants to lease space from the church ings at three stories, unless the council would presumably leave the “Welcome to The plans do not indicate what will to serve up to 100 more students, up to authorizes a fourth floor via a special-use Beacon” rock wall looking for a new home. happen with the wall, which was created eighth grade, director Asma Siddiqui permit. The Beacon Planning Board will hold in 2010 by local artists in an initiative or- said. The school also has a campus in Since the fall, the council has ap- Newburgh. proved revisions to the Fishkill Creek • Expand the second floor and add a development zone, reset the calculation third floor to the building formerly oc- of building density to account for envi- cupied by the Pleasant Ridge Pizzeria ronmentally sensitive land and beefed at 208 Main St. to create eight apart- up protections in the historic zone. These ments. and the Main Street changes are “about • Construct a 13-home development at getting the zoning details right, so we can 25 Townsend St. near Route 52. get new development that best suits our Main Street zoning vibrant community,” said Council Mem- The Beacon City Council on June 4 ber Lee Kyriacou. adopted changes to the Main Street zon- Next on the agenda, he said, is to con- ing district, the latest move in a citywide solidate disparate business and residen- overhaul that began last fall. tial zones into a transitional off-Main After nearly nine months of discussion, zone, add dozens of buildings to the his- the changes create a single Central Main toric zone and to consider extending the Street zone for properties with frontage greenway trail system to the south and on Main stretching up to the Fountain east of Fishkill Creek.

Elisa Soto, Michael Kealy and Crystal Sessoms Photo provided New Faces at Beacon Schools School board also hires Crystal Sessoms was appointed as technology director principal of J.V. Forrestal Elementary, succeeding Asheena Baez, who took he Beacon school board on June a job on Long Island. Sessoms is the T4 appointed two principals and a assistant principal of Ithaca High School director of technology. and a former special education teacher. Elisa Soto is the new principal of The board also named Michael Kealy as Beacon High School, succeeding John director of technology for the district. He It's not clear what will happen to the "Welcome to Beacon" sign if a proposal to build Sieverding, who had been in the position currently holds the same position with six townhouses is approved by the city. Photo by J. Simms since 2011 and retired. Soto is the the Coxsackie-Athens Central School assistant principal at Monroe-Woodbury District and is a former social studies High School. teacher and academic dean. HUDSON RIVER EXPEDITIONS Join us on the water this Memorial Day Weekend via kayak, canoe, or stand-up paddleboard! Visit www.HudsonRiverExpeditions.com for more information. 4 June 8, 2018 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.com How to Honor the Flag lag Day is Thursday, June 14. The flag code, outlined in Title 4 of the * Winner: 33 FU.S. Code, Chapter 1, was created during a National Flag Conference held Better Newspaper in 1923 and revised 16 times by Congress, Contest Awards most recently in 2017. Excerpts from the *New York Press Association, 2013 - 2017 Code follow. For the full text, see legion. org/flag/code. NNA* Winner: § 6. Time and occasions for display 9 Better • The flag may be displayed 24 hours a Newspaper day only if illuminated. Contest Awards • The flag should be hoisted briskly and lowered ceremoniously. *National Newspaper Association, 2016 • The flag should be displayed on or Publisher near the main administration build- Highlands Current Inc. ing of every public institution, in or 161 Main St. near every polling place on election Cold Spring NY 10516-2818 days and during school days in or 291 Main St., Beacon NY 12508 near every school.

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Final Touches at Dolly’s (from Page 1) the river and the other over the front en- Boris, who is Dolly’s executive such as a sandwich made with lo- trance, and a room downstairs that can be chef (Gell is the “boots on the cal eggs and Marbled Meat Shop’s used for private events. ground,” handling events, rent- bacon and sausage. There will be Boris and Gell, who founded Fresh als and equipment, Boris says), scones, granola served with local Company in 2004, are leasing the space has long coveted the spot. But maple syrup and even “nourish- from Garrison Station Plaza, which owns once secured, the building took ing” roasted sweet potatoes, ac- and operates the Landing in partnership time to prepare. After the build- cording to Boris. with the nonprofit Garrison’s Landing As- ing's 50 years as a country store, At lunch, Dolly’s will offer sociation. Fresh Company provides food and 10 years being dormant, its soups, salads and sandwiches, service at the Garrison Institute and runs plumbing, refrigeration, exhaust and dinners will include Autumn the cafe and a taco truck at the Storm and water systems all needed up- Harvest grass-fed beef burgers King Art Center in New Windsor. grading. The wall that divided the served with “we make our own” The front of Dolly's, with the clapboard that was pickles. There’ll be steak, roasted the original exterior of the building chicken and fish such as striped bass or fluke, along with vegetari- Guinan family living room from the store an options. It will offer craft beers has been removed and the building’s bay and ciders, spirits and wine. Take out will windows raised. The green stucco exterior be available in a refrigerated case near the was removed to reveal the original clap- door, and there will be 16 parking spots. board siding, which was painted yellow. And there will be soft serve ice cream by The landmark phone booth remains and Ronnybrook Farms. may be repurposed. Live music, a staple of the Guinan’s Boris says she has long been tempted to experience, will return, beginning once open a restaurant but found the catering a month, Boris says. The pub will be re- business provided a better schedule while membered in a display assembled by raising her now-grown sons. Soon after Gui- Gwendolyn Bounds, author of a memoir of nan’s closed in 2008, she expressed interest Guinan’s, Little Chapel on the River; pho- but was told other plans were being explored. tographer Christine Ashburn; designer “When it came back to me three or four years Kelly Guinan Preusser and Landing resi- later, I was very excited,” Boris says. dent Mary Ellen Yannitelli. Naturally, the partners plan to tap into “We want to be respectful of the his- the morning rush of commuters to the tory, but don’t want to take advantage of A view from the former pub toward the north entrance shows the familiar fireplace on adjacent Metro-North station. Dolly’s it,” Boris says. Like Guinan’s, she and Gell the right. The wall that ran down the center of the building has been removed. will offer a range of coffees by Long Is- want Dolly’s to be “open and comfortable, Photos by A. Rooney land City’s Regalia Roasters, espresso and welcoming to people of various ages, fam- loose-leaf tea, as well as breakfast food ilies, in the pub tradition.” Join us for the art of Lukas Lahey & Victoria Jones, held over by popular demand! Exhibition runs through June 30th.

Wine & cheese reception Saturday, June 9, 4 - 6 p.m. Philipstown Democrats invite you to join us at our at the McCaffrey offi ce, 140 Main Street in Cold Spring.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Annual Spring Fundraiser PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on the 21st day of June, 2018, at 7:30 p.m., at the Sunday, June 10th VFW Hall, 34 Kemble Ave., Cold Spring, New York 10516, the Planning Board of the Town of Philipstown will hold a scoping session for the Environmental 3-5pm Impact Statement being prepared under the State Environmental Quality Review Act for the Hudson Highlands Reserve conservation subdivision proposed to be developed on certain real property located on the east side of Route 9 between Horton Road and East Mountain Road North, in the Town of Philipstown, New York. at the Old VFW Hall The Planning Board will, at the said date, place and time, hear all persons 34 Kemble Avenue, Cold Spring interested in the subject matter hereof. Persons may appear in person or by Suggested donation: $30/person agent. All written communications addressed to the Board must be received by the Board at or prior to the scoping session. A copy of the draft scope will be on fi le in the offi ce of the Town Clerk and RSVP at philipstowndemocrats.org available for inspection by interested persons during Town Clerk’s business hours prior to the said scoping session 6 June 8, 2018 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.com

This is a free costume (optional) parade celebrating the 50th Lead by TOMMY TUNE! Anniversary of fi lming Hello, Dolly! June 16, Garrison Landing on Garrison Landing. BROADWAY STAR Tommy Tune (Ambrose in the fi lm) will lead us in creating the Put On Your Sunday Clothes song, just as he did in the same place a half century ago! Also, we’ll be marching to Before The Parade Passes By and joining in a rousing sing along of Hello, Dolly!

Community Parade Practice Rehearsal: ALL INVITED June 9, 3:30 - 5 p.m. Philipstown Rec Gym (free) Dance video: Lesson for Parade at: HelloAgainDolly.com

PARADE LOCATION: Garrison Landing, PARADE CAST AND CREW: Saturday June 16 DOLLY LEVI: Performed by Joni Lanza On location DRESS REHEARSAL: PARADE DIRECTOR: Linda Speziale Garrison Landing 2 p.m. PARADE CHOREOGRAPHER: PARADE TIME (With Tommy Tune): Suzi Myers Tipa 4 p.m. (be in place by 3:30) BAND AND MUSIC: Chris Hughes/ PARKING LOCATIONS: Redwillow Music Metro North parking on east side of tracks SOUND DIRECTOR: Damian McDonald PARADE PLANNER/FESTIVAL DIRECTOR: Desmond Fish Library ✭ Garrison Union Free School Christopher Radko GARRISON ART CENTER PADDLEBOAT CRUISE Tourist Bureau Trolley will be running between More Events on June 16: Cocktails and Hors’ D’oeuvres 6 - 8:30 p.m. all of these locations ✭Q&A WITH TOMMY TUNE GarrisonArtCenter.org No cars allowed on Garrison Landing Parade Route 5 p.m. (free) Following the Parade ✭HELLO DOLLY! OUTDOOR MOVIE SCREENING Ice cream social on Garrison Landing all afternoon Restored HELLO, DOLLY! 8:45 p.m. (free) (Event PUTNAM HISTORY MUSEUM will be open ALL DAY picnicking on Garrison Landing (bring supported by Cold Spring Lions Club) Featuring Hello Again, Dolly! Exhibit, movie your own chair/blanket) (free) costumes and Barbra Streisand’s Dolly The movie Hello, Dolly! is Levi gown. copyright 1968 by 20th Century For more information: HelloAgainDolly.com Fox. All rights reserved.

Giovanni Anselmo Marisa Merz Currently on view Thursday through Monday, Alighiero Boetti Giulio Paolini Arte Povera: From the 11am to 5pm. Pier Paolo Calzolari Pino Pascali Olnick Spanu Collection Free by reservation Luciano Fabro Giuseppe Penone at magazzino.art. Jannis Kounellis Michelangelo Pistoletto Mario Merz Gilberto Zorio 2700 Route 9 Cold Spring, NY 10516 highlandscurrent.com The Highlands Current June 8, 2018 7 The Calendar Richard II May Sound Familiar Shakespeare Fest opens 32nd season under the tent

By Alison Rooney

lthough the Hudson Valley Shake- speare Festival has only dipped into Athe Bard’s 10 “history plays” twice in its 32 seasons, remedying that wasn’t the reason Artistic Director Davis McCallum included Richard II in the repertoire this summer. He chose it, he says, because it resonates. “The play dramatizes the rupture caused when a new system comes in and destabilizes a kingdom,” he says. “I’ve Mark Bedard as Henry Bolingbroke and Julia Coffey as Richard II are shown in costumes by Charlotte Palmer-Lane of Cold Spring. been obsessing over it for a year. Shake- The production opens at Boscobel with a preview on June 9. HVSF speare takes these big things and makes them personal.” self-absorption and errors in judgement, has read “a few Facebook grumbles” about “Not all the water in the rough Richard II was probably written is challenged by Henry Bolingbroke, a a woman portraying a male, “gender isn’t about 1595. Although it’s set some two cousin and former supporter. Shake- an active component of this play. Richard rude sea centuries earlier, it spoke to audiences at speare examines family loyalties, their exists outside the boundaries of conven- Can wash the balm from an the time because of the contentious reign consequences and questions of treason tion in other ways. He has so much of Elizabeth I. and justice. learning to do, because being a monarch anointed king.” In the play, Richard, who is cultured Julia Coffey will play the title role. has insulated him. He has to look into the and charming but compromised by his Although McCallum, who directs, says he mirror.” (Continued on Page 9) ~ Richard II Starting a Business That Makes a Difference Entrepreneur will discuss “It’s all about examining what how to ‘go tiny’ you value and disposing of

By Alison Rooney what you don’t. It sounds easy, but it’s harder to put into he rule of thumb when opening a small business is that you should be practice ... ” Tprepared to sacrifice your leisure time and fiscal well-being. As for incorporat- a cultural shift I wanted to see,” she says. ing your personal convictions into your Now, she notes, supermarkets have entire business plan, that comes later, after aisles devoted to “waste-free living.” you’re making a steady profit. Rowe, who lives in Ossining, will But that approach is all wrong, says speak on June 14 at Beahive Beacon Sharon Rowe, who nearly 30 years ago about her book, The Magic of Tiny founded Eco-Bags Products after feeling Business: You Don’t Have to Go Big to appalled by all the plastic bags strewn Make a Great Living, which addresses everywhere, destined for landfills. She how to mesh your values with your small took note of the reusable string bags business while also making it profitable popular in Europe and wondered why and sustainable. they couldn’t catch on in the U.S. To “go tiny,” she says, means learning She started small, importing bags and how to say no. Sharon Rowe with a copy of her book Photo provided selling them herself. “I had an idea about “If something is important to you, (Continued on Page 14) 8 June 8, 2018 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.com

Cold Spring Board of Trustees FRIDAY, JUNE 8 7:30 p.m. Village Hall Wall-E (2008) 85 Main St., Cold Spring 6 p.m. Desmond-Fish Library 845-265-3611 | coldspringny.gov 472 Route 403, Garrison Calendar Highlights HVSF: The Heart of Robin Hood (Preview) 845-424-3020 | desmondfishlibrary.org Submit to [email protected] 7:30 p.m. Boscobel | See details under Friday. Little League Fundraiser: Ladies Night Out For complete listings, see highlandscurrent.com 7 p.m. North Highlands Fire Department WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13 504 Fishkill Road, Cold Spring Shrubs and Vines Garden Walk Email [email protected]. 5:30 p.m. Stonecrop Gardens Middle-School Play: Circus Olympus Kazumi Tanaka: INK: The Color of Manitoga The Other Night at Quinn’s (Reading) See details under Saturday. 7 p.m. Haldane School (Reception) 7 p.m. Binnacle Books Nelsonville Village Board 15 Craigside Dr., Cold Spring | haldaneschool.org 5 – 7 p.m. Manitoga 321 Main St., Beacon | binnaclebooks.com 6:30 p.m. Village Hall HVSF: The Heart of Robin Hood(Preview) 584 Route 9D, Garrison 258 Main St., Nelsonville 7:30 p.m. Boscobel 845-424-3812 | visitmanitoga.org SUNDAY, JUNE 10 845-265-2500 | villageofnelsonville.org 1601 Route 9D, Cold Spring Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989) Garden Conservancy Open Days Garrison School Board 845-809-5750 x12 | hvshakespeare.org at Bannerman Island 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. | Stonecrop Gardens 7 p.m. Garrison School Pete Seeger: The Power of Song(Film) 7 p.m. Boat departs from Beacon 81 Stonecrop Lane, Cold Spring 1100 Route 9D, Garrison 7:30 p.m. Tompkins Corners Cultural Center 845-831-6346 | bannermancastle.org Ross Gardens | 43 Snake Hill Road, Garrison 845-424-3689 | gufs.org 729 Peekskill Hollow Road, Putnam Valley Middle-School Play: Circus Olympus opendaysprogram.org HVSF: Richard II (Preview) 845-528-7280 | tompkinscorners.org 7 p.m. Haldane School Cub Scout Open House & BBQ 7:30 p.m. Boscobel | See details under Friday. The Music Man See details under Friday. Noon – 3 p.m. Mayor’s Park 3 Plays by Tennessee Williams 7:30 p.m. Philipstown Depot Theatre HVSF: Richard II (Preview) 105 Fair St., Cold Spring 8 p.m. Paramount Hudson Valley 10 Garrison’s Landing, Garrison 7:30 p.m. Boscobel | See details under Friday. 845-265-9199 | cubscoutpack137.org 1008 Brown St., Peekskill philipstowndepottheatre.org The Music Man Strawberry Festival 914-739-0039 | paramounthudsonvalley.com 7:30 p.m. Philipstown Depot Theatre Max Weinberg’s Jukebox Noon – 5 p.m. Seeger Park, Beacon 8 p.m. Paramount Hudson Valley See details under Friday. beaconsloopclub.org 1008 Brown St., Peekskill THURSDAY, JUNE 14 Flag Day Ceremony 914-739-0039 | paramounthudsonvalley.com BEACON SECOND SATURDAY 2 p.m. Elks Lodge Flag Day Carol Lynn Lustgarten (Reading) Intro to Pour Painting 900 Wolcott Ave., Beacon | 845-831-6450 1 p.m. Howland Public Library SATURDAY, JUNE 9 10 a.m. RiverWinds Gallery The Music Man See details under Second Saturday. Citywide Yard Sale 172 Main St., Beacon 2 p.m. Philipstown Depot Theatre 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Beacon 845-838-2880 | riverwindsgallery.com See details under Friday. Chamber of Commerce Mixer 6 p.m. Robert McCaffrey Realty cityofbeacon.org Brett Littman on Walter De Maria (Talk) Dragonfly Story Hour 140 Main St., Cold Spring Community Training on Unconscious Bias 2 p.m. Dia:Beacon 3 p.m. Constitution Island explorecoldspringny.com 9 a.m. St. Mary’s Parish Hall 3 Beekman St., Beacon 845-265-3040 | butterfieldlibrary.org Panel: Repercussions of Solitary Confinement 1 Chestnut St., Cold Spring 845-440-0100 | diabeacon.org Philipstown Democrats Fundraiser 6 p.m. Howland Public Library ecologicalcitizens.org/convenings Knit Us As One 3 p.m. Old VFW Hall 313 Main St., Beacon Trough Making (Part 1) 2 – 6 p.m. St. Andrew’s Church 34 Kemble Ave., Cold Spring facebook.com/beaconprisonaction 9 a.m. Stonecrop Gardens 17 South Ave., Beacon philipstowndemocrats.org Panel Discussion: Lyme & Other Tick-Borne 81 Stonecrop Lane, Cold Spring wwkipday.com/knit-us-one April Vollmer: Woodcut Block Printing (Talk) Diseases 845-265-2000 | stonecrop.org Debra Kaye: Howland Quartet (Premiere) 4 p.m., Buster Levi Gallery 6 p.m. Cary Institute Bring the Kids (Ages 5+) 4 p.m. Howland Cultural Center 121 Main St., Cold Spring 2801 Sharon Turnpike, Millbrook 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. Boscobel 477 Main St., Beacon 845-548-5987 | busterlevigallery.com 845-677-5343 | caryinstitute.org 1601 Route 9D, Garrison howlandculturalcenter.org Orly Corgan: Summer Lovin’ (Opening) David Rocco: The True Story of World War II Hero 845-265-3638 | boscobel.org Bernice Ficek-Swenson: Stone Voices 4 – 7 p.m. Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art “Captain Dixie” (Reading) Revolutionary Era Blacksmithing 5 – 8 p.m. Photo Book Works 1701 Main St., Peekskill 6:30 p.m. Desmond-Fish Library 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Fort Montgomery Historic Site 469 Main St., Beacon 914-788-0100 | hvcca.org See details under Friday. 690 Route 9W, Fort Montgomery photobookworks.com Bernice Ficek-Swenson: Stone Voices (Talk) Citizens’ Climate Lobby 845-446-2134 | nysparks.com “Paint Out” Auction 6 p.m. Photo Book Works 7 p.m. Beahive Beacon Community Playwriting “Bake Off” 5 – 7 p.m. Bannerman Island Gallery 469 Main St., Beacon 291 Main St., Beacon 10 a.m. Butterfield Library 150 Main St., Beacon photobookworks.com citizensclimatelobby.org 10 Morris Ave., Cold Spring 845-831-6346 | bannermancastle.org HVSF: The Taming of the Shrew (Preview) The Magic of Tiny Business 845-265-3040 | butterfieldlibrary.org Group Show: Photo Requests from Solitary 7:30 p.m. Boscobel 7 p.m. Beahive Beacon Native Plants and Pollinators 5 – 7 p.m. Howland Public Library See details under Friday. 291 Main St., Beacon 10 a.m. One Nature 313 Main St., Beacon 845-765-1890 | beahivebzzz.com 321 Main St., Beacon 845-831-1134 | beaconlibrary.org MONDAY, JUNE 11 HVSF: The Taming of the Shrew (Preview) onenaturellc.com/events Coulter Young III: SK8 Art Philipstown Soccer Club Tryouts 7:30 p.m. Boscobel Summer Reading Kick-Off 5 – 10 p.m. Catalyst Gallery 4 – 5 p.m. Boys born 2008 See details under Friday. 1 – 3 p.m. Desmond-Fish Library 137 Main St., Beacon 5 – 6 p.m. Boys born 2006, 2007 See details under Friday. 845-204-3844 | catalystgallery.com 3 Plays by Tennessee Williams Philipstown Park 8 p.m. Paramount Hudson Valley Local History of the American Revolution (Talk) Chris RWK: Cluttered and Czee 1239 Route 9D, Garrison See details under Wednesday. 2 p.m. Putnam Valley Free Library 6 – 9 p.m. Clutter Gallery Email [email protected]. 30 Oscawana Lake Road, Putnam Valley 163 Main St., Beacon Beacon City Council 845-528-3242 | putnamvalleylibrary.org 212-255-2505 | shop.cluttermagazine.com/gallery FRIDAY, JUNE 15 7 p.m. City Hall Group Show: Earthbound Great Chain Sunset Cruise 1 Municipal Plaza, Beacon HVSF: The Taming of the Shrew 5 p.m. Boat leaves Garrison’s Landing 6 – 9 p.m. Hudson Beach Glass 845-838-5011 | cityofbeacon.org 7:30 p.m. Boscobel 845-265-2501 | constitutionisland.org 162 Main St., Beacon See details under June 8. 845-440-0068 | hudsonbeachglass.com Forgotten Drinks of Colonial Times (Talk TUESDAY, JUNE 12 Open Mic and Tasting) Suzy Sureck: After Glow 7:30 p.m. Howland Cultural Center 5 p.m. Putnam History Museum Rosary Solimanto: Armor of Adaptation Putnam County 206th Birthday Ceremony See details under Second Saturday. 6 – 9 p.m. bau Gallery 63 Chestnut St., Cold Spring 10 a.m. Historic Courthouse 3 Plays by Tennessee Williams 506 Main St., Beacon 845-265-4010 | putnamhistorymuseum.org 44 Gleneida Ave., Carmel 8 p.m. Paramount Hudson Valley 845-440-7584 | baugallery.com putnamcountyny.com See details under Wednesday. highlandscurrent.com The Highlands Current June 8, 2018 9

Richard II May Sound Familiar (from Page 7) Coffey says that despite preconceptions balance, “letting the audience become the that Richard II is a ponderous historical tipping point.” drama, “it doesn’t feel like a dry, educational piece. It’s a play about the birth of a human “I wasted time, and now doth time being.” She explains: “A man considered a direct waste me.” conduit to God learns that he is a subject ~ Richard II himself. What’s left after you take away purpose and identity? Richard has created his own bubble, of ceremony, of pomp — it’s When HVSF selected plays for the 2018 his headspace. Then the divine right gives season, current events were front and center, way to the power of the sword. It’s almost McCallum says. The Taming of the Shrew like Shakespeare is shining a light on it; it reflects the #MeToo conversation. The does come down to one decision, which questions raised by The Heart of Robin Hood changes the world.” focus on compassion, courage and sacrifice, McCallum says he’s come to see the play as he says. All three plays provide “a lot to think a tragedy “in a line going back to the Greeks. about on the way home.” Someone high takes an incredible fall. We all The HVSF season began Thursday (June 7) encounter loss. Plays like this are in a sense with a preview of Taming of the Shrew; the spaces created which allow us to feel a little first preview of Richard II is Saturday. See less alone.” hvshakespeare.org for tickets. The season will Unlike the line in many of Shakespeare’s also include, on Labor Day Weekend, a plays between hero and enemy, the one here community production of Rip Van Winkle, Or can be ambiguous. McCallum says that Cut the Old Moon into Stars. The performanc- although, as a director, he could push one es take place under the tent on the grounds of view over the other, he attempted to create a Boscobel, 1601 Route 9D, in Garrison.

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that as global warming continues, “there Climate Smart will be certain things we have to adapt to. Whether we did them or nature did them, State pushes local things have happened. The more we start governments to make early and work on these issues, the more choices we have. The longer we wait, we’ll changes be forced to do things we’re not going to be happy with.” By Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong A month later, in an interview, Muller hilipstown wants to be smart. Certi- sounded the same alarm. fiably smart. Climate smart. “We’ve done our part to do the damage, It’s not alone. As of June, 230 gov- ed a coordinator, Cold Spring resident Ro- most communities take two to three years as well as every other municipality around P berto Muller, who earns $500 per month. to attain certification. the planet,” he said, and now must accept ernments in towns and cities stretching from Long Island to the Canadian border The Town Board also sought volunteers, The tasks include initiatives such as responsibility. “There’s this window, per- had enlisted in the state’s Climate Smart resulting in a 20-member taskforce that conducting an inventory of how the mu- haps, to make changes,” before it’s too Communities initiative. will make recommendations to the Town nicipality and the community produce late. Internationally, “we should care be- Of those, 18 were not only certified, Board, which will make final decisions. greenhouse gases and drafting plans to cause climate change will destabilize de- but had reached a bronze or silver rank- In Beacon, the City Council passed reduce them; installing water-saving fix- mocracies around the world,” he said. ing after completing additional projects. a resolution in 2009 to join the Climate tures and LED street lamps; initiating Closer to home, Muller said, Highlands They include Dobbs Ferry, Kingston and Smart program but has made little prog- employee car pools, upgrading HVAC sys- residents should care because climate Ulster County (silver) and Cortlandt and ress since. Its Conservation Advisory tems; shifting to solar and wind energy; change will upset local agriculture; force Orange County (bronze). No municipality Committee hopes to have a Natural Re- promoting composting and recycling; local governments to spend money on has reached the gold level yet. sources Inventory completed by the fall planning bicycle and walking paths; and the after-effects of violent weather, which The remaining 212 hopefuls include that could make the city eligible for Cli- issuing an annual progress report. could conceivably lead to tax increases; Beacon and Philipstown, the only Putnam mate Smart grants. City Administrator At a May 3 Town Board meeting, Su- and generally make life difficult, especially County community to participate. Anthony Ruggiero said this week that the pervisor Richard Shea said reducing for those who don’t have wealth to create In an attempt to reduce greenhouse gas council was close to naming a Climate greenhouse gases, starting with the town “a cushion against chaos” because “those emissions that contribute to global warm- Smart coordinator, who would then lead government itself, tops Philipstown’s im- who live on the edge of poverty have very ing by trapping heat in the atmosphere, the city through certification. mediate Climate Smart to-do list. little backup.” New York launched the Climate Smart The Cold Spring Village Board briefly “We need to look at where we’re getting Muller said the Philipstown task force program in 2009. To encourage munici- discussed the Climate Smart program our power from, where our electricity is is focusing on creating an inventory of palities to participate, the state has prom- in 2012 but went no further. Muller has coming from, what kind of vehicles we’re town government greenhouse gas emis- ised that certification will help win grants. briefed the Cold Spring board and the Nel- driving and how we’re going to combat sions. Then comes the community inven- To join, municipalities must pass mea- sonville Village Board and says he intends climate change,” he said. “I feel like we’re tory. Muller said the group plans to gather sures declaring their intent. Beacon did to follow up with both. He noted that at the last possible moment to try to turn more data than is typical in such surveys. so in 2009 and Philipstown in June 2017. either village could team up with Philip- back the tide. But that requires funding. So far, it has Next, the local government organizes a stown and suggested one task force goal, “This is no joke — the storms you see raised $10,000 with the help of the Eco- task force and appoints a coordinator to providing stations for recharging electric now are not like anything I’ve seen in 56 logical Citizens Project and hopes to re- tackle assignments on a list of more than cars, is ideal for collaboration. years,” he said. “Regardless of whether ceive a matching state grant, he said. 100 projects. How it works you agree with climate change or the fact The precise inventory will gather such Philipstown's comprehensive plan, passed With the completion of each Climate that it’s man-made, it’s happening.” details as how many miles a vehicle is in 2006, included many Climate Smart- Smart project, a municipality earns points; Councilor Mike Leonard, the board’s li- driven or the type of windows and insula- style goals. In January the town appoint- it needs 120 for certification. Muller said aison to the Climate Smart task force, said tion in buildings, Muller said. “The idea is to have more real data” to better measure the progress made with upgrades. Muller said a 2010 regional study sug- gested that “people drive way too much in Putnam County and that deforestation is an issue. Philipstown might be a little different,” he said, because residents and the board are “already savvy about this. We’re seeking to become a Climate Smart Community, but that doesn’t mean a lot of things aren’t already happening.” The town’s 2006 comprehensive plan called for conserving its farmland, for- ests, shoreline and scenery; developing paths for bikes, hiking and horses; mini- mizing sprawl; tightening land-use laws; and promoting recycling and renewable energy. Five years later, the Town Board changed the zoning code to turn plan rec- ommendations into law. It also created a Conservation Board, which safeguards wetlands and water supplies. More recent- ly, the town government started looking at installing solar panels at the Recreation Center in Garrison. Being Climate Smart “goes hand-in- hand with all these initiatives,” Shea said.

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placement of 100 single-pane windows at waterfronts are flooding more now than (from Page 10) Climate Smart City Hall, paid for with a $100,000 state they used to.” The city has also revisited What does it take? grant; providing residents with compos- its comprehensive plan to ensure that it Kingston, a riverfront community like ters, recycling bins and rain barrels; and looks far enough into the future. Cold Spring and Beacon, is the Climate figuring out how to make the city fully ac- He says Kingston officials are asking commission handles some projects; city Smart program’s only “silver” city. It has cessible by bike or foot. tough questions about the effect of ris- departments tend to others. a population of about 23,000. Steve Noble says the city has used a soft ing water levels on infrastructure: should “We’ve tried to change the mindset re- The husband-and-wife team of Steve touch with residents. “We’ve never taken sidewalks and roads be raised; should cer- garding how people can collectively move and Julie Noble championed the city’s re- the approach that it’s the law and you tain areas be abandoned and returned to Kingston toward a more sustainable fu- sponse to climate change, even before Cli- must do that,” he said of mitigation and nature? “The community recognizes that ture,” Julie Noble said. That change can mate Smart, while working for the parks adaptation efforts. Instead, he said, the our waterfront is such a special place,” vary from neighborhood to neighborhood. and recreation department. Julie was ap- city leads by example, by composting and Noble said. “To lose it would be terrible.” “In some areas it might be about recycling pointed Climate Smart coordinator and, recycling, using fuel-efficient vehicles and Julie Noble, the city's environmental or better composting,” she said. “In other in 2016, Steve was elected mayor. switching to LED lighting. education and sustainability coordinator, areas it might be about green infrastruc- “Kingston has always leaned toward be- Noble said one major benefit of achiev- also chairs the Climate Smart Kingston ture, electric vehicles, altering buildings ing a green, sustainable city,” the mayor ing silver status has been increased access Commission, which implements the city’s or bicycle infrastructure.” said. “We recognized it’s a way for us to to funding, including grants through Cli- 2012 Climate Action Plan. The 21-member Noble said she regularly gets calls from save money, which taxpayers love.” mate Smart Communities and the Clean panel consists of staff from departments officials in other municipalities asking Some of Kingston’s projects include a Energy Communities program run by the such as planning, public works and eco- about Kingston’s success. “The most impor- city fleet with four hybrid and three elec- New York State Energy Research and De- nomic development, as well as community tant thing any community can do is to hire tric cars; LED lighting on all city streets; velopment Authority (NYSERDA). stakeholders and professionals from fields someone to work on environmental issues,” a mile of central roadway revamped to “We have done a lot of long-term plan- that include renewable energy, education she said. “That’s how things get done.” include a protected bicycle lane; rain ning,” he said. “We’ve taken a look at and shoreline management. Michael Turton and Jeff Simms con- garden tree pits and pervious pavers to our waterfronts because sea-level rise is Its work provides “the match” often re- tributed reporting. reduce stormwater runoff, paid for with already happening.” At high tide, “our quired for grant funding, she said. The a $750,000 Climate Smart grant; the re- The Bottom Line Want less carbon in the atmosphere? Start making it expensive By Brian PJ Cronin

or years, David Strayer, a freshwa- ter ecologist at the Cary Institute Fin Millbrook, traveled to Albany to explain to lawmakers the dangers of inva- sive species. His experience at the state Capitol was always the same. No matter their party, the representatives were always receptive. They got it. Yet the meetings always ended the same way. “They’d say, ‘How come I never hear from my constituents about this, if this is such a big deal?,’ ” Strayer recalls. With global warming, “people aren’t making that connection that they need to be writ- ing to somebody in Washington or Alba- ny. Unless they get some letters, they’re going to work on economic development instead of climate change.” In the wake of a contentious election, many Highlands residents are attempt- ing to change the conversation in Albany and Washington, looking for large-scale solutions to the growing level of green- house gases in the atmosphere, which Bevis Longstreth Photo by B. Cronin contributes to global warming. Although the earth is already locked into a certain prints, or risk losing their support. nonprofits, pension fund managers and to the state’s newly formed, six-member amount of climate change over the next Bevis Longstreth, a Garrison resident, other fiduciaries can make investments Decarbonization Advisory Panel, which century and beyond, scientists say there is literally wrote the book on the subject. A that best exemplify the ethics and goals will advise Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli still time to push toward a disrupted, but member of the Securities and Exchange of their clients. on how climate change and the emergent manageable, future. Commission under President Reagan Now Longstreth is at the forefront of renewable energy sector could affect in- Unfortunately, it’s going to take a big (and a current member of the board of the divestment movement, which urges vestments made in the state’s $209 billion push on the levers of institutional power Highlands Current Inc., which publishes institutions to divest from oil and gas pension fund. to make that happen. One method is to this newspaper), Longstreth explained companies unless they commit them- Longstreth argues there’s a moral obli- make money talk. Investors can pressure 30 years ago in Modern Investment Man- selves to renewable energy. He was ap- gation to divest from companies that are companies to lower their carbon foot- agement and the Prudent Man Rule how pointed in March by Gov. Andrew Cuomo contributing to (to next page) 1612 June 8, 2018 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.com

That’s the mission of the Hot Earth, or Hot Air? Citizens’ Climate Lobby or a review of the positions taken (CCL): To build the politi- Fon climate change by elected cal will to enact a carbon (from previous page) global warm- state and federal officials, from Galef fee in the U.S. of $15 per ing, especially for institutions such as uni- to Trump, see highlandscurrent.com. ton of carbon dioxide versities and states that are committed to (CO2) emissions, with the fees distributed as divi- the continued well-being of the people un- remove the moral component, he says, dends to every American der their care. in a world in which renewable energy is household. “When you invest in Exxon, you are becoming cheaper and fossil fuels are in “The goal is not that investing in the hope that you will profit limited supply, investing in oil companies this is the only thing that from the sale of their oil,” he said. “That’s creates what he calls an “asymmetrical ever gets done,” said Sean their business. So you are hoping to profit risk.” Dague, a leader in a CCL from further fossil-fuel burning, which “The risk is that oil is going to cease to chapter based in Beacon. means further carbon in the air, which have any value,” he said. “Here you have “But a price on carbon means exactly what we shouldn’t be do- not just the natural economic forces at makes every other effort ing. And so to profit from that activity work and technology and advances in to shift our economy to seems to me, to a public-spirited institu- solar and other things, but you have the something cleaner go that tion, or one that is entrusted with the pro- pressure of the world’s governments — ex- much faster.” tection of its people, to be fundamentally cept our own — pressing on doing some- Kate Stryker and Olga wrong.” thing fast in order to hold the tempera- Anderson founded the Longstreth understands the challenge ture down. So the risk of your investment Beacon CCL chapter, of telling Wall Street investors not to pur- having no value is extraordinary. And it’s which serves House Dis- sue profits, although he points to studies an unacceptable risk if there’s no reward trict 18, last year. After that show the returns on oil are about equivalent.” the 2016 election, “a lot what you get in the long term in the over- A study published this month in Nature more people decided that all market. “Fossil fuels have been the Climate Change suggests that even without they wanted to get more spark plug for the economy we’ve enjoyed government intervention, the “carbon bub- actively engaged in citi- all these decades, so it’s hard to disen- ble” will burst by 2035, sending the value zenship,” Dague said. “We thrall yourself,” he says. “Imagine telling of oil and gas companies crashing. “Some- seem to spend a lot of a Nantucket whaler in 1840 that you can’t day very soon it will be imprudent, per se, time fighting over things go out there and look for whales anymore, to hold stocks in Exxon,” Longstreth says. at the national ideological because we’re not going to burn whale oil “Just like it would be imprudent to hold level without talking to in lamps.” stocks in a whaling fleet in 1860.” Yet, in that case, less than 20 years our neighbors.” later, crude oil was discovered in Pennsyl- Expensive carbon CCL's members are vania and the whaling industry fell into For those without access to hefty in- building what Dague re- Krystal Ford at her home in Garrison Photo by Meredith Heuer rapid decline. Which leads to Longstreth’s stitutional stock portfolios, there’s still fers to as “grass tops” a way to push industries to produce less second reason for divestment. Even if you support. The chapter If we can get school boards to say climate carbon: Laws that make it expensive. identifies influential civic leaders and change is real, there’s a scientific consen- institutions and seeks their support on sus, and it’s a children’s issue because carbon pricing, then uses that support to they’re the ones who are going to be most lobby federal leaders. “When you’ve built harmed by this, we can start looking at consensus at the local level,” said Dague, what we can do. “it means your representatives have to fol- “It’s unfortunately a problem our chil- low through.” dren are going to inherit,” she said. “We Contacting those representatives is need to teach them to be globally minded where Krystal Ford comes in. A member of and civically engaged.” the Philipstown Climate Smart Commu- Ford has already inspired eighth-grade nity task force (see Page 10), Ford joined students at the Garrison School to calculate CCL a year ago and a month later found how much money the district could save by herself in Washington being trained how switching to geothermal energy (a system to lobby for carbon pricing. She’s met with in place in the Putnam Valley district), several members of Congress pushing for and sixth-graders to make documentaries a bill, and on June 12 she will visit in D.C. about climate change. She led a group of with staff members of Rep. Sean Patrick eighth-graders on April 20 to a Youth Cli- Maloney, the Democrat who represents mate Summit at Columbia University, District 18, which includes the Highlands. which prompted them to investigate how Climate education to introduce composting at their schools. Locally, Ford has been pushing school “It’s important for kids to realize that districts to put more emphasis on climate they have a voice and power,” she said. “I change by setting targets for reducing tell them: You can go to town hall meetings greenhouse gas emissions, increasing and talk. You can go to school board meet- composting and recycling, teaching sub- ings and talk. People will listen to you!” jects such as outdoor education and cli- If young people don’t get involved, not- mate justice, and partnering with groups ed David Strayer at the Cary Institute, we like Hudson Valley Seed. will have to trust that the next generation “We have school boards, whose mem- or the next, will. “If we don’t start more bers are elected officials, whose mandate aggressively on this stuff, someday your is to look out for the welfare of our chil- granddaughter is going to be interview- dren,” she said. “And then we have all the ing my great-grandson and asking what Sean Dague, Olga Anderson and Kate Stryker of the Citizens' Climate Lobby at Long other elected officials who are silent on we can do about climate change in the Dock Park in Beacon Photo by Meredith Heuer climate change, if not in outright denial. Hudson Valley.” highlandscurrent.com The Highlands Current June 8, 2018 1713

president, while environmentalists said, Can We All Get Along? “I have a nightmare” and 40 years later we haven’t solved the problem. An argument for the center You have to go behind the polls. Far- There have been many betrayals by right conservatives deny it’s a problem, Donald Trump of his supporters but one of By Chip Rowe but among the balance of Republicans, the worst was withdrawing from the Paris goal. That’s cap and trade. The people the number who are concerned is not so who can reduce pollution at the lowest red Rich, a retired Wall Street law- Agreement. He gave China leadership of far off the national average. The majority cost do it and those with the highest cost yer, is the author of Getting to Green green energy technology. There’s no sce- of the country — the huge chunk in the don’t, but pay something. — Saving Nature: A Bipartisan So- nario where people in the coal industry F middle — is ready to move forward. Many lution. We spoke June 3 at his home in will keep their jobs, because natural gas So it’s at the feet of the Republican Republicans may favor a market approach Garrison. killed the industry. But the jobs that coal leadership in Washington? over a regulatory approach. They may miners and their children might have had I was hopeful, but Trumpism knocked How did you come to this topic? support a revenue-neutral carbon tax over in green energy are going to China. If you the thesis of my book for a loop. If any I’ve been involved in environmental or- a revenue-positive carbon tax. But those want to make America great again, make other Republican had won, we’d have ganizations since moving to Garrison in are details. us lead the industries of the future. a carbon tax or cap and trade. His elec- 1989 and was board chair of Scenic Hud- Because of our primary system and tion moved the action to the state and son Land Trust for more than 20 years. gerrymandering, the 30 percent of the What could be done? local and corporate level. Huge parts of As a lawyer, I represented oil and min- population on the hard right make it im- With acid rain, scientists told Con- the corporate sector are doing carbon- ing companies so was positioned to see possible for moderate Republicans to win gress, the stuff coming out of smokestacks positive things every day, because it re- the issue from both sides. I also was a primaries. But change is possible. Look at is killing the forests and lakes and fish. alizes sustainability will be profitable in registered Republican until 2012, when I same-sex marriage. In 2010 it looked like Republican leaders didn’t say, “It’s not the long term. And local governments are couldn’t take it anymore. it was going down in flames, but by 2012 real,” but asked, “What are we doing to less dependent on party politics. If every- it reached a tipping point. do? We don’t like regulation, but want to You describe the relationship minimize the expense to the economy.” body does what they can do, that’s how between the major parties on Many scientists express frustration. Instead of saying every plant had to add the world changes. It’s not enough, which environmental issues as “the great Their view is we can’t keep talking pollution controls, they set an aggregate drives scientists crazy, but it’s a start. estrangement.” What do you mean? about it and finally do something in Part of the reason we’re in this pickle 2100. is that it’s complicated and hard to dumb I get the frustration, but we have to be down. Conservation used to be a bipar- deeply pragmatic. The perfect is the ene- tisan cause but climate change is not my of the good. The environmental move- smog or acid rain. Arguing that we can ment didn’t want to be incremental, and find common ground doesn’t mean we so it rejected mitigation on the basis it can’t disagree about how much sacrifice wasn’t enough. And then 20 years passed. to make. We should be debating the best When the State of Washington tried to set approach to the problem, not whether it up a carbon tax, environmental groups exists. opposed it because it was revenue-neutral Nuclear to me is a great litmus test. and they wanted it to be revenue-positive We’re sitting here with Indian Point so there would be money for research around the corner. I’m thrilled to see and development. Environmentalists also it shut down, but that’s a totally selfish tried to work at a global level, but the thing. If we had some climate scientists right hates treaties and “derogation of sitting here, they would say if you are seri- sovereignty” and all that stuff. The Paris ous about climate change, you should sup- Agreement in 2015 was great but it was port nuclear. We should assume nuclear clear it would never accomplish anything is going to go bad so you have to site it unless Democrats controlled both houses where the damage can be contained. For [of Congress] and the presidency. Every- example, not outside New York City. But thing Obama did has been destroyed. to take a knee-jerk anti-nuclear stance is There’s a lesson there. If we keep shifting one of the hypocrisies that a lot of people back and forth, why bother? on the right see on the left. How do you change hearts and minds? Various polls show most Republi- We tried, “It’s the apocalypse, we’re go- cans do not consider global warm- ing to be under water!” That didn’t work. ing to be a threat, or even real. People respond to hope. Martin Luther That’s more than a disagreement King Jr. said, “I have a dream,” and 40 over what to do. years later we had an African-American Fred Rich on the balcony of his Garrison home, with the Bear Mountain Bridge in the distance Photo by C. Rowe

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For addresses and ticket Goodnight Moonshine (Towne Crier) information, see Page D. Music Harry Styles (MSG) Jesse Marchant (BPS) JUNE Johnny Cash Tribute (Mid-Hudson) Guide Leonard Cohen Tribute (Colony) Sat 9 The Monkees’ Mike & Micky (Beacon The- 8Track (Capital) 2018 atre) Basecamp (Chance) Murali Coryell (Ritz) Luis Miguel (MSG) Outlaws (Infinity) Pink Floyd Tribute (Tarrytown) Poison / Cheap Trick (Bethel) Mary Lambert / Maul Blum (Daryl’s) Rolling Stones Tribute (Tarrytown) Mose Allison Tribute (Falcon) Special Pullout Section So Percussion (Caramoor) Southside Johnny (Infinity) Tom Freund & Friends (Falcon) Sweet Clementines (BPS) Tracy Bonham / Blake Morgan (Colony) Sat 23 Tannahill Weavers (Towne Crier) West Point Concert Band (Trophy Point) Amanda Palmer with NOIR (Colony) Taste of Country Festival (Hunter) Sun 17 American Roots Festival (Caramoor) Third Day (Beacon Theatre) Boz Scaggs (Bergen) Christine Ohlman (Towne Crier) Upstate Rubdown (Colony) Clearwater Music Festival Greater Newburgh Symphony (MSMC) West Point Jazz (Trophy Point) Josh Deutsch’s Pannonia (Falcon) Harlem Blues Project (Falcon) Sun 10 Mountain Jam Festival (Hunter) Huevos Revueltos (Radio City) The Cupcakes (Colony) Nina Simone Tribute (Colony) Jimmy Vivino (Levon Helm) Eternal Summers (BPS) Tommy Tune (Paramount) Judas Priest / Ratt Tribute (Chance) Hot 97 Summer Jam (Metlife) Pat Benetar & Neil Giraldo (Ridgefield) Mon 18 Paul Young (Daryl’s) The Pleasers (BPS) Bruce Hornsby (Bergen) Ralph Alessi (Falcon) Robert Earl Keen (Infinity) Stephen Stills & Judy Collins (Ridgefield) Taste of Country Festival (Hunter) Simply Streisand (Depot) Yosvany Terry & Baptiste Trotignon (Fal- Third Day (Beacon Theatre) Ultimate Doo-Wop (Beacon Theatre) con) Mon 11 West Point Concert Band (Trophy Point) Tues 19 Jeon In-Kwon Band (Bergen) Sun 24 Happy Together Tour (Bergen) Peter Frampton and Steve Miller will Aaron Parks & Little Big (Falcon) Tues 12 Imagine Dragons (MSG) perform together on June 29 at Bethel Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin (UPAC) David Crosby & Friends (Ridgefield) Spoon / Grizzly Bear (Capital) Melissa Etheridge (Bergen) Woods. Jim Kweskin / Happy Traum (Colony) Wed 20 Mary Fahl (Infinity) Wed 13 Half Waif (BPS) Trace Adkins (Ridgefield) Stephen Stills & Judy Collins (Bergen) Def Leppard/Journey (MSG) Liam Payne (Beacon Theatre) Verona Quartet (Caramoor) Mon 25 Flaw / Smile Empty Soul (Chance) Red Wanting Blue (Daryl’s) Fri 22 U2 (MSG) Lucinda Williams / Steve Earle / Dwight Rhiannon Giddens (Ridgefield) Andrew Bird (UPAC) Yoakam (Beacon Theatre) Thirty Second to Mars (MSG) Angel Vivaldi (Chance) Tues 26 Jeff Rosenstock (Colony) Thurs 14 Thurs 21 Bill Withers Tribute (Levon Helm) Seal (Beacon Theatre) Boz Scaggs (Palace) Harry Styles (MSG) Buddy Rich Band (Paramount) U2 (MSG) Daryl Hall & John Oates / Train (MSG) Junior Brown (Daryl’s) Chris O’Leary Band (Daryl’s) Happy Together Tour (Tarrytown) Myles Mancuso Band (Falcon) The Clair Concert (Wellmont) Wed 27 Tennis / American Film History (Colony) Steve Miller / Frampton (Radio City) Terry Reid and the Cosmic American Der- White Denim (BPS) elicts (Falcon) Xeb (Daryl’s) Fri 15 Thurs 28 Gratefully Yours (Towne Crier) Acadian Carbaret (Falcon) Grizzly Bear (Wellmont) Dead Rock West (Colony) Jessie’s Girl (Daryl’s) Isabel Leonard & Sharon Isbin (Caramoor) John Bevere (Beacon Theatre) Fri 29 Williams / Earle / Yoakam (Bethel) 10,000 Maniacs (Infinity) Marco Mendoza (Chance) Anders Osborne (Towne Crier) Mountain Jam Festival (Hunter) Best of the Eagles (Wellmont) Okkervil River (Colony) Drew Cole (Ridgefield) Scott Sharrard (Falcon) Junior Toots (Colony) The Stone Foxes (Infinity) Kronos Quartet (Caramoor) Sat 16 Nothing Remains (Chance) Al Di Meola (Ridgefield) Rosegold (BPS) Anthony Santos (Radio City) Sam Smith (MSG) Audra McDonald (Caramoor) Steely Dan Tribute (Falcon) The Beverly: Kuinka (BPS) Steve Miller / Peter Frampton (Bethel) Bobby Tarantino (MSG) Zoso (Daryl’s) Clearwater Music Festival Sat 30 Ed Palermo Big Band (Falcon) Béla Fleck and the Flecktones (Capital) Jessie’s Girl (Capital) Benny Havens Band (Trophy Point) K104 K-Fest (Bethel) Big Guns (Chance) Los Lonely Boys (Daryl’s) Cuboricua Salsa Band (Falcon) Mountain Jam Festival (Hunter) Ludovico Einaudi (Radio City) One Day Waiting (Chance) Old 97’s (Tarrytown) Robert Cray Band (Infinity) The Orchestra (Bergen) Slam Allen Band (Towne Crier) Spoon performs at the Capital Theatre in Port Chester on June 19. (Continued on next page) 12B June 8, 2018 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.com Summer Music Guide 2018

Orchestra of St. Luke’s (Caramoor) Sun 8 Roomful of Blues (Infinity) Brand X (Infinity) Sam Smith (MSG) Happy and Adam Traum (Towne Crier) Shokazoba (BPS) Paul Green (Levon Helm) Unspoken (Ridgefield) Sebastian Bach (Chance) Vance Gilbert (Towne Crier) Tues 10 Zoso (Daryl’s) Radiohead (MSG) JULY Wed 11 Radiohead (MSG) Sun 1 Thurs 12 Asleep at the Wheel (Infinity) The Deadbeats (Colony) Hannah Wicklund (Daryl’s) Jessie Colin Young (Daryl’s) U2 (MSG) Michael Brown (Caramoor) Robert Randolph & the Family Band will perform on July 14 at the Pleasantville Music Porcelain Helmet (BPS) Thurs 5 Festival. Other headliners are The Psychedelic Furs and The Lone Bellow. Dirt Surfers (BPS) Fri 13 Drive-by Truckers (Colony) Beyond Purple (Chance) Robert Gordon (Towne Crier) David Mallett (Towne Crier) Lil Durk (Mid-Hudson) Shelby Lynne (Daryl’s) Fri 6 Erasure (Beacon Theatre) Lindsey Webster (Colony) Mon 16 Jasper String Quartet (Caramoor) Freddie McGregor (Bearsville) M. Ward (Bearsville) Charlie Puth (Radio City) Joe Jackson (Tarrytown) James Maddock (Daryl’s) Marcia Ball (Towne Crier) Foo Fighters (MSG) The Music of Traffic (Bearsville) Jason Aldean (Bethel) Pleasantville Music Festival Magpie Salute (Paramount) Myles Mancuso (Towne Crier) Martin Sexton (BPS) Radiohead (MSG) Phillip Phillips (Ridgefield) Speeding Females / Spowder (Colony) Pearl Charles / Fascinator (Colony) Steely Dan / Doobie Brothers (Bethel) Tues 17 Uli John Roth (Daryl’s) Radiohead (MSG) The Weeklings (Daryl’s) Foo Fighters (MSG) Shelby Lynne (Infinity) Sat 7 Sun 15 Yes (Paramount) Brand X (Towne Crier) Sat 14 Chamber Fest (Caramoor) Wed 18 Cast of Beatlemania (Infinity) America (Paramount) Dave Mason / Steve Cropper (Tarrytown) Billy Joel (MSG) John Hall Band Reunion (Colony) Bernstein’s Broadway (Caramoor) Dion (Bergen) Dickey Betts / Marshall Tucker Band / Kinky Friedman (Daryl’s) Dennis Quaid & Sharks (Ridgefield) Erasure (Beacon Theatre) Devon Allman (Beacon Theatre) Sistine Chapel Choir (Radio City) Erasure (Beacon Theatre) Japanese Breakfast (BPS) Little Feat (Ridgefield) West Point Band (Trophy Point) James Hunter Six (Infinity) Michael Glabicki & Dirk Miller (Towne Supertramp’s Roger Hodgson (Bergen) Yes (Wellmont) KISS Tribute (Chance) Crier) (To next page) highlandscurrent.com The Highlands Current June 8, 2018 13C

Thurs 19 Beck (MSG) Derek Gripper (Caramoor) Summer Music Guide 2018 Ronnie Milsap (Ridgefield) Fri 20 Jesse Colin Young (Levon Helm) Sat 18 Body/Head with Kim Bordon Joan Jett and the Blackhearts (UPAC) American Idol Live (Bergen) (BPS) Luther “Guitar Jr.” Johnson (Towne Crier) Benny Havens Band (Trophy Point) Brentano Quartet (Caramoor) Patty Smyth & Scandal (Ridgefield) Fleetwood Mac Tribute (Daryl’s) Bruce Katz (Ritz) Rolling Stones Tribute (Infinity) Hippiefest 2018 (Paramount) Cracker (Infinity) Wise Old Moon (Daryl’s) Journey Tribute (Infinity) Singer Rene Marie will be among the headliners at Dickey Betts (Ridgefield) Sun 5 Kenny Chesney (Metlife) the Jazz in the Valley festival on Aug. 19 at Waryas Enter the Haggis (Daryl’s) Beach Boys / Righteous Brothers (Bethel) Kansas (UPAC) The Pain Method (Chance) Park in Poughkeepsie. Photo by MaryLynn Gillaspie Tues 7 Sun 19 Taylor Swift (Metlife) Fishbone (Chance) Toots & the Maytals (Capital) John Denver Tribute (Bergen) Rod Stewart / Cyndi Lauper (MSG) Fleetwood Mac Tribute (Daryl’s) Sat 21 Jazz in the Valley (Poughkeepsie) Cherish the Ladies (Towne Crier) Wed 8 O.A.R. (Bethel) Cracker (Daryl’s) ABBA Tribute (Bergen) Dark Star Orchestra (Ridgefield) Tues 21 Don McLean (Ridgefield) Jeff Lynne’s ELO (MSG) Jazz Festival (Caramoor) Dylan Doyle Band (Daryl’s) Kenny Wayne Shepherd (Capital) Thurs 9 Wed 22 Led Zeppelin Tribute (Infinity) The Blasters (Daryl’s) Dick Dale (Daryl’s) Lynyrd Skynyrd (Bethel) Bonny Doon (BPS) Jeff Lynne’s ELO (MSG) The Meditations (Colony) Rasputina (Colony) Thurs 23 OTEP (Chance) Fri 10 Billy Joel (MSG) Taylor Swift (Metlife) Air Supply (UPAC) Eliot Lewis (Daryl’s) West Point Concert Band (Trophy Point) Band of Horses (Capital) Lords of 52nd Street (Bergen) Sun 22 The Blasters (Colony) The Meters (Capital) Adam Ant (Ridgefield) Entrain (Infinity) Rodney Crowell (Infinity) Brian Wilson (UPAC) Frenchy and The Punk (BPS) Fri 24 Quebe Sisters (Towne Crier) Godsmack Tribute (Chance) 311 & The Offspring (Bethel) Steely Dan Tribute (Daryl’s) The Playback / Junket (Towne Crier) Drake & Migos (MSG) Tab Benoit (Infinity) Shakira (MSG) Everly Brothers Experience (Bearsville) Taylor Swift (Metlife) Sat 11 Glenn Tilbrook (Daryl’s) Thompson Square (Bearsville) Beausoleil (Towne Crier) Pimpinela (Beacon Theatre) Mon 23 Joan Jett and the Blackhearts will play Eagles Tribute (Tarrytown) (Continued on next page) Britney Spears (Radio City) UPAC on Aug. 4. Photo by Lindsey Turner Jason Aldean (MSG) Tues 24 Jeff Daniels (Infinity) Bacon Brothers (Ridgefield) Dylan Carlson (BPS) Lee Ann Womack (Levon Helm) Britney Spears (Radio City) Orchestra of St. Luke’s (Caramoor) Lloyd Cole (Daryl’s) Devon Allman Project (Bearsville) Trombone Shorty (Bethel) Tues 31 West Point Concert Band (Trophy Point) Panic! at the Disco (MSG) Todd Rundgren (Daryl’s) Wed 25 Sun 12 Bermuda Triangle (Colony) AUGUST Beres Hammond (Chance) Hippiefest 2018 (Bergen) Gordon Lightfoot (Paramount) Mary Chapin Carpenter (Ridgefield) Wed 1 Jeff Daniels (Ridgefield) Roger Clyne (Daryl’s) Todd Rundgren (Daryl’s) Justin Hayward (Tarrytown) Smashing Pumpkins (MSG) Richard Shindell (Towne Crier) Thurs 26 Tony Lucca / Jesse Ruben (Daryl’s) Big Takeover (BPS) Thurs 2 Chanticleer (Caramoor) Glassjaw / Quicksand (Wellmont) Tues 14 Femi Kuti (Ridgefield) Jay-Z and Beyoncé (Metlife) Toad the Wet Sprocket (Bethel) Hollywood Undead (Chance) Jerry Douglas (Ridgefield) Wed 15 Lady Antebellum / Darius Rucker (Bethel) Fri 3 The Beach Boys (Ridgefield) Walter Trout (Daryl’s) The Alarm (Daryl’s) Jeff Beck (Capital) Fri 27 CTA (Paramount) Thurs 16 Bazzi (Wellmont) Dierks Bentley (Bethel) Donna the Buffalo (Daryl’s) Glen Hansard (Capital) Dio Disciples (Chance) Postmodern Jukebox (Ridgefield) James Hunter Six (Daryl’s) Gordon Lightfoot (Wellmont) Jay-Z and Beyoncé (Metlife) Fri 17 Joey Alexander Trio (Caramoor) Fleetwood Mac Tribute (Daryl’s) Larry Carlton (Towne Crier) Montgomery Gentry (Ridgefield) Eli Young Band (Palace) Trivium (Chance) Sat 4 Kansas (Tarrytown) Sat 28 Benny Havens Band (Trophy Point) Molly Hatchet / Radar (Chance) Amanda Shires (Daryl’s) Free Cake for Every Creature (BPS) Old Blind Dogs (Towne Crier) Angélique Kidjo (Caramoor) Garcia Project (Chance) Rufus Wainwright (Capital) Big Sister (BPS) Blackmore’s Night (Ridgefield) Buddy Guy and Jonny Lang (Capital) Chris Webby (Chance) Cowboy Junkies (Bethel) Simply Streisand James Hunter Six (Levon Helm) A celebration of Ms. Barbra Streisand and the tunes she made famous performed by: Natalie Arneson, Julie Heckert, Jacob Ho man, Harper Levy, Sally Mayes, Punch Brothers (Beacon Theatre) Kelli Rabke, Julie Reyburn, Lisa Sabin and Linda Speziale Sun 29 Hosted by Phil Geo rey Bond Blackmore’s Night (Wellmont) June 23, 8 p.m. philipstowndepottheatre.org 14D June 8, 2018 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.com

Sat 25 Fri 31 Chris Isaak (Wellmont) AC/DC Tribute (Chance) Drake & Migos (MSG) The Fixx (Paramount) Glenn Tilbrook (Colony) Laura Pausini (Radio City) Sun 26 Live at the Fillmore (Daryl’s) Billy Joel Tribute (Towne Crier) Melissa Etheridge (Tarrytown) SEPTEMBER Mon 27 Sat 1 Drake & Migos (MSG) Chris Isaak (Paramount) Thurs 30 Daimh (Towne Crier) Brandon Lay (Palace) Roomful of Blues (Daryl’s) Donavon Frankenreiter (Daryl’s) West Point Band (Trophy Point) Shovels & Rope (Ridgefield) Sun 2 Deep Purple / Judas Priest (Bethel) Chris Isaak, best known for his hit Wicked Game, will play the Paramount Hudson Valley on Sept. 1. Photo by Andrew Macpherson

Summer Music Guide 2018: Venues

Bearsville Theater 845-384-6350 | jazzinthevalleyny.org pleasantvillemusicfestival.com 291 Tinker St. (Route 212), Bearsville Clearwater Festival Levon Helm Studios Radio City Music Hall 845-679-4406 | bearsvilletheater.com Croton Point Park, Croton-on-Hudson 160 Plochmann Lane, Woodstock 1260 Sixth Ave., New York Beacon Theatre clearwaterfestival.org 845-679-2744 | levonhelm.com msg.com/radio-city-music-hall 2124 Broadway, New York The Colony Madison Square Garden The Ridgefield Playhouse msg.com/beacon-theatre 22 Rock City Road, Woodstock Seventh Avenue and 32nd, New York 80 East Ridge, Ridgefield, Connecticut Bergen Performing Arts Center 845-679-7625 | colonywoodstock.com msg.com 203-438-5795 | ridgefieldplayhouse.org 30 N. Van Brunt St., Englewood, Daryl’s House Metlife Stadium The Ritz Theater New Jersey 130 Route 22, Pawling 1 Metlife Stadium Dr., East Rutherford, 107 Broadway, Newburgh 201-227-1030 | bergenpac.com 845-289-0185 | darylshouseclub.com New Jersey safe-harbors.org/the-ritz-theater Bethel Woods Center for the Arts metlifestadium.com The Falcon Tarrytown Music Hall 200 Hurd Road, Bethel 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro Mid-Hudson Civic Center 13 Main St., Tarrytown 866-781-2922 | bethelwoodscenter.org 845-236-7970 | liveatthefalcon.com 14 Civic Center Plaza, Poughkeepsie 877-840-0457 | tarrytownmusichall.org BSP Kingston 845-454-5800 | midhudsonciviccenter.org Greater Newburgh Symphony Towne Crier Cafe 323 Wall St., Kingston Orchestra The Palace 379 Main St., Beacon 845-481-5158 | bspkingston.com Mount Saint Mary College, Newburgh 61 Atlantic St., Stamford, Connecticut 845-855-1300 | townecrier.com The Capital Theatre 845-913-7157 | newburghsymphony.org 203-325-4466 | palacestamford.org Ulster Performing Arts Center 149 Westchester Ave., Port Chester Hunter Mountain Paramount Hudson Valley (UPAC) 914-934-9362 | thecapitoltheatre.com 64 Klein Ave., Hunter 1008 Brown St., Peekskill 601 Broadway, Kingston Caramoor Center for Music and the 800-486-8376 | huntermtn.com 914-739-0039 845-339-6088 | bardavon.org Arts paramounthudsonvalley.com Infinity Music Hall Wellmont Theater 149 Girdle Ridge Road, Katonah 20 Greenwoods Road West, Norfolk, Philipstown Depot Theatre 5 Seymour St., Montclair, New Jersey 914-232-1252 | caramoor.org Connecticut Garrison’s Landing, Garrison 973-783-9500 | wellmonttheater.com The Chance 860-542-5531 | infinityhall.com 845-424-3900 West Point Band 6 Crannell St., Poughkeepsie philipstowndepottheatre.org Jazz in the Valley Trophy Point Amphitheater, West Point 866-777-8932 | thechancetheater.com Waryas Park, Poughkeepsie Pleasantville Music Festival 845-938-2617 | westpointband.army.mil

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Starting a Business That Makes a Difference (from Page 7) whether it’s closing the doors at 5:30 “You can tap into a larger cultural every day, as my dad did running his Army-Navy store, or using only recyclable shift and build a business around it, ingredients in making your product, you and that business is tied to must be doggedly persistent,” she says. who you are.” “It’s all about examining what you value and disposing of what you don’t. It an old boys’ club. I had chosen to run a sounds easy, but it’s harder to put into business myself, because I wanted the practice, especially when there are flexibility. I had to earn a living, but I economic consequences. But you can lose also cared deeply about making a your sanity if you don’t listen to yourself.” change.” Rowe speaks from experience. The Rowe advises budding entrepreneurs eco-movement was less established when to look beyond the first year. “You need she began Eco-Bags. to factor in rent increases and amortiz- “I couldn’t even get recycled paper,” ing income over the winter months if she recalls. “I went to my first social you’re a retail business,” she says. Her venture network meeting, and it was like

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business is still small, with five employ- Rowe says she wrote the book because ees, but nets more than $1 million she’s constantly being asked, particularly annually. Of course, reaching that level by women, how she manages to have a took 29 years, including many before the life while running a million-dollar internet. business. “It’s been complicated, and there have “I got a phone call from a friend,” she been huge challenges, but math is where recalls. “She said she was thinking of you have to go; it’s your ultimate friend,” starting a business and had looked at a she says. “Anyone who can see how they whole bunch of books, and they were all want their community to be can use their dull and in the vein of ‘Put your big girl business as a platform to make an pants on, you’re a badass, jump in and impact. You can tap into a larger cultural go.’ But we need more women, and shift and build a business around it, and men, saying, ‘Hey, I did this, and I did it that business is tied to who you are.” in a different way.’ ”

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bush; woody plants like serviceberry, Gardening for a Better Future ninebark and native oakleaf hydrangea; By Pamela Doan flowering perennials like asters, golden- rod and bee balm; and, just below that, a groundcover layer ith all the bad news about climate change, gar- like some native sedges and strawberries. dening can be a powerful way to feel like your Composting to keep food waste like vegetable and fruit efforts matter. Our yards are spaces where our W scraps, coffee grounds and eggshells out of a landfill, personal choices can be positive and restorative. where they turn into methane as they decompose, which Here’s my vision for a yard that absorbs and holds car- contributes to greenhouse gas emissions. The EPA esti- bon dioxide (CO ), which keeps it out of the atmosphere, 2 mates that 30 percent of all materials sent to landfills are where it contributes to global warming. organic materials like food waste and lawn clippings that A low-carbon footprint landscape includes: could be composted. Small areas of lawn that are used for specific recre- People-powered or electric-powered equipment, not gas- ational purposes. powered lawn mowers, trimmers, leaf blowers, etc. Gas- Native plants that provide habitat for birds, wildlife powered lawn equipment is a major source of pollution, and pollinators. For example, native milkweeds like emissions and a major contributor of harmful ozone. A butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa), common milkweed lawn mower running for one hour can release the same (Asclepias syriaca) and swamp milkweed (Asclepias in- amount of CO as driving a car for hundreds of miles. carnata) are important habitat for monarch butterflies, 2 Soil that isn’t broken up by rototillers, shovels or heavy in particular. Losses of this plant across the country have equipment. Keep microbial communities in soil intact by leav- led to severe declines in monarch populations. ing them alone. Every time a tree is cut down or soil is plowed, Water conservation methods. For example, drip irriga- all its CO that was stored is released into the atmosphere. tion for vegetable gardens, drought-tolerant shrubs and 2 Trees to shade living spaces in summer to reduce air- perennials, and mulch to cover soil and retain moisture. conditioner usage. Fall blooming asters are a beautiful way to help Healthy soil amended with organic materials like com- A rain barrel connected to a gutter drain pipe to col- pollinators. Photo by P. Doan post holds CO . Make your yard into a carbon farm by or- 2 lect water for hot summer weeks without precipitation. ganically enriching the soil. Research is showing that soil’s Garden beds can be planted with cover crops like rye or A 1,200-square-foot roof will yield 320 gallons of water ability to sequester CO can play an important role in lower- winter wheat to prevent erosion and add nutrients. 2 when just a half inch of rain falls. ing greenhouse gas emissions, but we have to treat it right. Create a rain garden to keep stormwater on your prop- Diverse plantings — color, scent, bloom time — that More tips erty. When we have heavy rainfalls, water runs off in- offer value to the ecosystem all year long. Monocultures Grow vegetables for food. Most supermarket produce stead of soaking into the ground and takes with it any of plants and trees, the typical suburban landscape, don’t travels 1,500 miles from farm to consumer. Locally sourced chemicals it catches along the way. Spilled gas, oil leaks, offer habitat value. and homegrown produce reduces the carbon emissions fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides are all washed into Layers of plantings that mimic natural settings. Envision produced by shipping. It also eliminates packaging. waterways. A rain garden uses roots of plants that like a landscape with canopy trees such as oak, maple, pine and Avoid bare ground. Flowerbeds that die back in the wetter conditions to capture and contain more water so birch; understory trees like redbud, witchhazel and shad- winter can be mulched and plant stalks left until spring. that it can soak into the ground.

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(from previous page) premiere at 4 p.m. drew’s, 15 South Ave. Tickets are $15 or on Saturday, June 9, of composer Debra $25 per couple. Call 914-213-4329. Kaye’s Howland Quartet. The free concert will be performed at the Howland Cul- tural Center by the Voxare String Quartet. Photos to Solitary See howlandmusic.org. Exhibit opens June 9 he Howland Public Library will host a Garden Club Award Treception from 5 to 7 p.m. on Saturday, June 9, to open an exhibit called Photo Tioronda wins for civic beautification Requests from Solitary. The group show includes photos created at the request he Federated Garden Clubs of New of prisoners in solitary confinement. See York awarded the Tioronda Garden T photorequestsfromsolitary.org. There will Club the first place award for Civic Beau- also be a forum at the library on Thursday, tification for its hanging flower baskets on June 14, at 6 p.m. on the repercussions of Main Street, maintenance of the Patriots’ AVAILABLE solitary confinement. Garden and plantings in containers at city entrances. On Wednesday, June 13, the Beacon club will lead a trip the New York Share Your News Botanical Garden. Call 845-831-9199. With Our Readers o submit your upcoming events and Pantry Fundraiser Tannouncements for consideration Churches to host dance in our Community Briefs section (in print and online) submit a text-only he Episcopal churches in Beacon, St. press release (250 words or less) TAndrew’s and St. Luke’s, will host a along with a separately attached high- Soulful Summer Jam at 7 p.m. on Satur- Butterfield Square Philipstown Square resolution photograph to calendar@ Join NewYork-Presbyterian Medical Group! Join Allstate Insurance, Fred Astaire Dance Studio & More! day, June 16, to raise money for the food highlandscurrent.com. Medical | Office | Financial Storefronts | Retail | Office pantry. The dance will be held at St. An- 700 – 15,000 ± SF Available 450 – 1,600 ± SF Available

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2218 June 8, 2018 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.com Bits of Beacon History The eagle must have watched us for ting on the trees overlooking the marsh, By Robert Murphy some time as we worked our way across at low tide bare mud flats. Of course, it the sand and muck. Its dropping was per- was incumbent of me to shoot an eagle Eagle dropping fectly timed. [although] I am not proud of the feat or uring low tide recently at Den- The incident brought to mind a 1933 the method I used. ning’s Point, my sister, Diane, and book by Edwin Kent, Isle of Long Ago: “The eagles would not permit a man DI walked onto the mud flats on the Sporting Days, in which he reminisced on foot to come anywhere near them but bay side of the Point to take a photo of about hunting eagles on Denning’s Point paid no attention to a wagon, so enlisting the ruins of the old cider mill. Suddenly I in the late 19th century. the services of one of my brothers and of heard, “Oh, yuck!” We had both been hit “When the ice in the river broke up, gen- an old mare who was indifferent to the by a huge splat. I looked up and saw the erally about the second week in March, report of a gun, we drove under an eagle culprit: an eagle perched near the top of the eagles came in numbers to Denning’s sitting on a tree at the narrow neck of the a giant oak. Point,” he wrote. “I have counted 20 sit- Point. The bird, sorely wounded, fluttered down and lit on a cake of ice in the river some 20 yards out. Over my waist in ice water, in no pleasant frame of mind, I took my gun and slew him with a venge- ful shot. He was a good-sized specimen, 78 inches in spread of wing.” Kent lived long enough to see the eradi- Dr. C.J. Slocum treated Zelda Fitzgerald cation of the bald eagle on Denning’s at Craig House. BHS Point and elsewhere. He was not sur- prised. “I was told by a man who killed after the publication of The Great Gatsby. some 10 or 15 of them that he received $10 Dr. C.J. Slocum was considered a pio- for each bird.” neer in the field of mental health. Patients The ill deeds of our forefathers some- at his Craig House Sanitarium could en- time fall on our own heads. I did not mind joy nature walks, swim, do crafts and im- being pooped on by an eagle, though. In a merse themselves in the landscapes of the way, you feel special. former Sargent and Howland estates. Zelda and Scott Zelda Fitzgerald, a novelist, painter and F. Scott Fitzgerald was hopeful that dancer, was admitted on March 8, 1934. Her Beacon psychiatrist C. Jonathan Slocum letters to her husband from the sanitarium could help his beleaguered wife recover tell of productive, happy hours painting, from her third nervous breakdown. “You writing an article for Esquire, and playing are perhaps the best man to help Zelda,” golf on the sanitarium’s nine-hole course. The ruins of the cider mill at Denning's Point. Don't look up. BHS he wrote to the doctor in 1934, nine years “This is a beautiful place,” she wrote. “I C. E. Paint Supply, Inc. If you are looking Pruningfor a “natural fi nish” is and an do notart want to see your & ornamentals cut back severely to dead wood, choose artful pruning. Tools • Hardware • Plumbing & Electrical Supplies Artful Pruning allows your ornamentals to keep looking good. Artful Pruning gracefully brings your ornamentals back to a more appropriate smaller size. Monday - Thursday 8 - 5:30 For an artful, natural fi nish, call Gregory, the artful pruner, with over 10 Friday Saturday 8 - 5 years as a career gardener specializing & in natural and restorative gardening. Tel. 845.265.3126 845.446.7465 158 Main Street • Cold Spring, NY 10516 SERVICE DIRECTORY

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By Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong 27, 2017 lection signs emerged as a political issue this past week after a OctOber national newsmagazinetheft claimed of placards a candidate’s from Highlands campaign yards. logo violated its trademark and objects a bipartisan chorus decried the Time E Tim Greco, the Republican candidate for one of two open seats on the Philipstown Town Board, ran afoul of Time Inc., which warned that for thea Change appearance — improperly of his slogan repli- E magazine title, including its — TIM Time cated the deep red lettering. Greco is challenging Democratic incum- Putnam Coun- bents John Van Tassel and Mike Leonard for a four-year term on the board. The minister and former ty News and Recorder reporter agreed to - alter his campaign materials, although he Or send check to predicted that, less than two weeks before the Nov. 7 election, his supporters likely would not change their lawn signs. In ad dition to signs, his logo appeared on his Facebook campaign page and other ma- terials. Photos by Ross Corsair The dispute began on Tuesday (Oct. E for a Change 24), when Greco receivedTIM a letter from a and Time Inc. lawyer demanding that heT i“im-me mediately cease” using 161 Main St. TWIN FORTS DAY — Tom Johannessen of Carmel (right) portrays the because it employs “the same style, serif commander of the 5th New York regiment at a reenactment on Oct. 7 at typeface, font, and red color” as Fort Montgomery Historic Site near the Bear Mountain Bridge. History At the board’s request, planning con- name “suggests an affiliation or endorsement,Time buffs converge each year at the historic site to commemorate the battle on Oct. 6, 1777, in whichsultant 2,100 JohnBritish, Clarke Loyalist is re-drafting and zoning neither of which was authorized. Hessian troops attacked and overran 600 Continental Army soldiers defending the fort and nearbylanguage Fort Clinton. for Main The Street attacks and werethe creekside “As an independent source of news and designed to divert the Americans from another Hudson River battle with British Gen. John Burgoynedistrict but ultimatelyfor its review it didn’t while work, a date as is set for information, we do not allow the Burgoyne surrendered on Oct. 17. For more photoswhile from lowering the event, density see highlandscurrent.com. allowances on the public hearing. (Continued on Page 3) to be used to support political candidates or In other business, the City Council ap- he believes an some parcels and heightening consistency causes,” wrote Jennifer Chung, an assistant The Current requirements with the city’s greenway proved a minor general counsel with the company. Cold Spring, NY 10516 Zoning Changes Beingtrail master Considered plan. The council also dis-in Beacon Greco, who told cussed a requirement for residential proj- City Council looking at two unknown political adversary alerted Time - ects to include commercial uses as part of Inc., initially had a different color scheme e,” busy districts their plans. for his logo but changed it to red, white andTim Advertise your business here By Jeff Simms blue. He told Chung this in an email, after she said that “it seems a deliberate deci he Beacon City Council is expected sion was made to transition to a red to hold a public hearing before the (Continued on Page 3) thereby “suggesting an intention to trade off end of the year on proposed chang- ime magazine T the T es to the Main Street and Fishkill Creek zoning districts. Pushed by council member Lee Kyri- What the Candidates Say acou as a vehicle for reining in incompat- n anticipation of the general election ible development, the council pledged in Ion Tuesday, Nov. 7, The Current asked September to complete a nearly parcel-by- each candidate running for the Beacon parcel review of the zoning laws for the City Council and Philipstown Town city’s busiest development corridors while Board to respond to questions posed by starting at $18. a building moratorium, set to run until reporters Jeff Simms or Michael Turton. See Page 9. March, is in effect. A three-hour planning session on Oct. 23 provided some details on the changes - Photo by Cooper Cardenas likely to be proposed. Draft revised codes would establish a single zoning district RESCUE ON ANTHONY'S NOSE — First responders watch as a hiker is lifted in a for all of Main Street while addressing stretcher to a New York Police Department helicopter on Oct. 22 after he had a heart building-height restrictions, design stan attack on Anthony's Nose near the Bear Mountain Bridge. It took emergency crews dards and better ensuring that develop- 25 minutes to hike to the victim, who was taken to Westchester Medical Center. For a ment projects don't adversely affect his- video of the rescue, see highlandscurrent.com. Contact [email protected]. torical assets and protected viewsheds. Along Fishkill Creek, proposed changes would give the City Council authority to review conceptual plans for developments

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Bits of Beacon History (from previous page) Montgomery Wants County Seat (from Page 2 Maloney says if he wins the party convention and is state primary, he will aban- backed by Gov. Andrew don his House re-election Cuomo; Zephyr Teachout, bid. a law professor who won “When you’ve got 34 percent of the vote in crooks in the White the 2014 Democratic pri- House, crooks in Albany mary for governor; and and crooks in corporate Leecia Eve, a former ad- suites, you need a leader viser to Hillary Clinton with the passion to fight and Cuomo. and the experience to James has secured a win,” he said in a state- spot on the primary ballot ment. “I’ve successfully because of the state party defended the Constitu- Sean Patrick Maloney endorsement; Maloney, tion and our progressive Photo provided Teachout and Eve each values against the Trump need to gather 15,000 sig- administration’s attacks down in Wash- natures between July 10 and Aug. 21. The ington, but now it’s time to go on offense.” Republican-endorsed candidate is Keith Maloney has more than $3 million in Wofford, a partner in the firm Ropes & Gray. his campaign fund for Congress, but it’s Before he began his political career, Ma- not clear if he can use that money in his loney received his law degree from the Uni- The former Craig House, where Zelda Fitzgerald stayed for nine weeks in 1934 bid for attorney general. If he wins that versity of Virginia and was a partner at two Photo by Sami Fego primary, the 18th House District would law firms. He served as a senior adviser to have a little room to paint in with a win- He didn’t have to do that, as Zelda stayed likely become a battleground. It is just President Bill Clinton and has worked for one of 18 districts in the country held by two New York governors. dow higher than my head — the way I like only nine weeks. a Democratic House member but won by Maloney was among 16 candidates who windows to be. And my room is the nic- Scott died in 1940, at age 44, of a heart at- President Trump in 2016. Maloney took applied to the state Legislature to fill the est room I’ve ever had, any place, which is tack, and Zelda was killed seven years later the seat in 2012 by defeating the Republi- remainder of Schneiderman’s term. But he in a fire at a hospital in Asheville, North very unjust [to you] considering the bur- can incumbent, Nan Hayworth. soon withdrew his name, saying he felt act- Carolina. The letters she and her husband den you are already struggling under.” Other Democratic candidates for the ing Attorney General Barbara Underwood, wrote while she was at Craig House are The “burden” was the cost, $175 a week, attorney general job are Letitia James, a who is not running to keep the position, was preserved at Princeton University. or about $3,300 today. Scott wrote to New York City public advocate who won the best choice. The Legislature appointed Slocum, asking how long his wife should Robert Murphy has been president of 85 percent of the delegates at the state her to fill the job until Dec. 31. be expected to stay. If it was more than the Beacon Historical Society since 1998. a few months, he said, he would need to These items were excerpted from his blog go to Hollywood to write for the movies. at beaconhistorical.org.

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MLB Torres Jr. drafted by Indians the majors, noted his father. “It will get Abbey Stowell Photo provided harder. But no matter what level, he always in first round rises to the occasion. I know he just wants Stowell again chases points, breaking her own Haldane re- to keep going and make it to the show.“ cord. She also holds school records in the 200-meter run, 100-meter hurdles, high By Skip Pearlman Rather than attend the draft in Secau- pentathlon title jump and long jump. cus, New Jersey, the Torres family planned By Skip Pearlman enny Torres Jr., a senior pitcher at a small gathering at their home in Bea- “She’s feeling great,” said Blue Devils Beacon High School with a 98 mph con. That quickly turned into a community bbey Stowell, a senior at Haldane High coach AJ McConville. “She just needs a Lfastball, was selected on Monday viewing party, with 60 to 70 people hud- School, will make her third trip to the consistent performance, and she’s been (June 4) in the Major League Baseball dled around a television in the backyard. ANew York State track-and-field champi- doing it all year.” draft by the Cleveland Indians. “We had teammates, family from Flor- onships today (June 8), to make a final push for The pentathlon is a particular chal- Torres, 17, who planned to attend St. ida, coaches from high school, trainers, a Division 2 title in the pentathlon. lenge, he noted. “You may be good in the John’s University in the fall on an athletic neighbors, friends,” said Lenny Torres Sr. Two Beacon High School athletes will 800, but you might not be a jumper. She scholarship, said he will forgo college to “It was a party!” also be traveling north to compete in Di- likes the challenge of figuring out how to sign with the Indians. The crowd erupted when Lenny’s name was vision 1, made up of larger schools. Ethan approach the five events in training.” The 6’2” righthander was taken as one announced. “I stood up and hugged my dad,” Burgos qualified in the boys’ 400-meter Stowell began competing in the pen- of eight “competitive balance” picks at the Lenny said. “We cried a lot, tears of joy. It hurdles and Jummie Akinwunmi will com- tathlon in the eighth grade. “She was end of the first round, designed to give le- was nerve-wracking, but the moment I heard pete in the girls’ high jump and long jump. strong in a few events, and that jump- verage to teams in smaller markets. In the my name, it felt like the beginning of a lot of The pentathlon includes five events: the started it,” McConville recalled. Because 2017 draft, the picks signed for bonuses of things. I’m not anxious or nervous, I’m ready. 800-meter run, 100-meter hurdles, high Haldane does not have a regulation track, $1.9 million to $2.4 million. My dad taught me to stay quiet, be humble, jump, long jump and shotput, over two she trained at Putnam Valley and Beacon After Lenny graduates from high school and show what you can do on the field.” days. Stowell had her best finish in 2016, high schools with help from other coach- on June 23, he will travel to Cleveland to His father said the evening was surreal. placing fourth in Division 2 with 2,714 es, including PJ Keating at Putnam Valley. sign, then start his career in Goodyear, “All of the sacrifices, the finances, the time points. Last year she was sixth with 2,559. “Her drive, desire to push herself — Arizona, in the Rookie League. — to see it all come to life is amazing,” he “I’m thrilled with my season so far,” sometimes too hard — her fire, the at- “He still has five levels of minor league said. “I think Beacon just became a Cleve- said Stowell, who won the Section 1, Divi- titude to compete and not hold back, all ball” to advance through before reaching land Indians town.” sion 2 qualifier in White Plains with 3,160 make her who she is,” McConville said.

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