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Two Races, One Candidate What Happens If Maloney Wins the AG Primary? [FREE] Serving Philipstown and Beacon She’ll Have You in Stitches Page 2 SEPTEMBER 7, 2018 161 MAIN ST., COLD SPRING, N.Y. | highlandscurrent.org Two Races, One Candidate What happens if Maloney wins the AG primary? Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney Campaign photo THEY'RE BACK! — Haldane Elementary students disembark on the first day of the By Brian PJ Cronin 2018-19 school year. Classes began on Wednesday (Sept. 5) in Cold Spring and Beacon and on Tuesday (Sept. 4) in Garrison. Photo by Michael Turton Election Day is two months away, and the Democrat candidate for New York’s “As a resident of an inner city, I want 18th Congressional District, which in- Who Will Succeed Skartados? what is best for cities like Beacon, Pough- cludes the Highlands, remains TBD. keepsie and Newburgh, to see us grow The picture will become clearer af- Five Democrats in primary to face Republican candidate and prosper,” he wrote. “I have spent a lot ter Thursday’s Democratic primary for of time walking our communities’ streets, state attorney general, a position that visiting churches and talking to its people. opened in May when Eric Schneider- Beneath our feet lies a well of untapped po- man resigned in the wake of a sexual- tential that can be harnessed only with the abuse scandal near the end of his sec- reins of dedicated leadership and visionary ond, three-year term. talent from someone who has been work- Among the four Democrats on the pri- ing in the heart of our community. I do my mary ballot is Sean Patrick Maloney, a Ralph Coates Jonathan Alex Kelly Kevindaryán Jodi McCredo homework and I ask the tough questions. Philipstown resident who is running si- Jacobson Luján I am equipped to represent our cities and multaneously for his fourth, two-year term candidate to provide biographical in- towns from Day One in Albany.” representing the 18th District in Congress. By Jeff Simms formation and explain why he or she is Jonathan Jacobson The other three Democrats are Letitia ive Democrats will square off in a running. Manley and his Democratic “Tish” James, the New York City pub- Jacobson served as an assistant coun- primary on Thursday, Sept. 13, to challenger will be asked more detailed sel to the speaker of the state Assembly lic advocate who has been endorsed by determine who will face Republi- questions before the general election. The the Democratic Party and Gov. Andrew F on its Labor Committee, where he re- can and Conservative Party candidate candidates are presented in alphabetical Cuomo; Leecia Eve, a former aide to searched and wrote legislation. He also Scott Manley in November to succeed the order. Their responses have been edited served as an assistant state attorney gen- Cuomo; and Zephyr Teachout, a Ford- late Assemblyman Frank Skartados. for brevity and clarity. ham law school professor and author of eral in charge of the Consumer Frauds The state seat, which Skartados held Ralph Coates Bureau in Poughkeepsie and as a Work- Corruption in America. from 2012 until he died of pancreatic can- A Quinnipiac University poll conduct- Coates, a lifelong resident of Poughkeep- ers’ Compensation judge. Currently a cer in April, represents the 104th District, sie, holds a bachelor’s degree in organiza- member of the Newburgh City Council, ed in July found 42 percent of a sample which includes Beacon and Newburgh. of 415 registered Democrats remained tional management from Nyack College Jacobson chaired the Orange County Manley is a retired police officer and and is pursuing a master’s degree in public Democratic Committee for 22 years. His undecided, while James had 26 percent current member of the Newburgh Town support, Maloney, 15; Teachout, 12; and administration at Marist. He is director law practice focuses on workers’ comp Council. Sakima McClinton, a West Point of Liberty Partnerships at SUNY Orange and Social Security disability cases. Eve, 3. The poll had a margin of error of graduate and former president of the plus or minus 6.2 percent. in Newburgh, a state-funded program to “The three top issues are, first, ending Poughkeepsie school board, also filed to prevent Newburgh public school students the reliance on school property taxes to Maloney’s campaign has survived two run on the Republican and Conservative court cases that challenged the legality from dropping out. Coates also served on fund public schools; second, legislation Party lines but her nominating petitions Poughkeepsie’s city council, served two to protect us from the excesses of the of running for a state and federal posi- were ruled invalid by the state Board of tion at the same time, provided he drops terms on its Board of Education and is a Trump administration and the Trump Elections. trustee of the Dutchess County Board of Supreme Court, from reproductive rights out of the congressional race if he wins The Current asked each Democratic (Continued on Page 5) Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES). (Continued on Page 8) 2 SEPTEMBER 7, 2018 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.org On the Spot Five Questions: A LICE MATTHEWS By Michael Turton Where do you go when you By Alison Rooney 5 want peace and quiet? lice Matthews, a native of Hot are white and black sections and it’s sim- Springs, Arkansas, who now lives ple, as long as you’re not drinking. I sepa- A in Beacon, won multiple ribbons rate patterns by the “What you can watch last month at the Dutchess County Fair for on TV while you’re doing it” method. With her knitting. the hardest things, I can’t watch anything. With the easiest one, I can watch a Japa- When did you start knitting? nese movie — and drink. In 1995, after a friend opened a knitting shop. Nobody starts out good. Even Yo-Yo Did your professional life have any- Ma has to practice. It becomes a combina- thing to do with crafts? tion of aptitude and attitude. I’m a craft Nope, although I’ve had a million jobs. freak. My grandfather called me “dorky,” My last job in Arkansas was at a newspa- and not the admiring kind of dorky. I’ve per called The Trucker. My worst job was become one of those old ladies who knits as a car hop at Shoney’s, although they did and cusses. have chocolate cake with ice cream and hot fudge that made it almost worth it. Do you enjoy the Knit Together group? Now I’m retired and spending time in the Oh, yes! It’s amazing. We meet at How- yard and doing crafts. My husband and I land Library every Tuesday morning at wanted to get out of New York City. The 10. Sometimes there are three people and first time we visited Cold Spring, we got “My room. It’s my temple, my fortress, other times there aren’t enough chairs. two parking tickets and felt so welcomed my safe place, my happy place, my There are men and women; we love our we moved nearby. everything.” men, when they come. Some people bring ~Keije Walser, Beacon Alice Matthews Photo by Casey Morris babies. We often do work for charities. Re- cently we knitted for Syrian refugees. How does the fair judging work? There are so many categories, and prob- ably 300 to 400 entries. I’d never entered before. I never even knew it existed, but I have gardener friends who have won rib- bons, and I wanted ribbons, too! I won Best Knitted Scarf/Cowl; Judge’s Choice; and a Blue Ribbon. My goal now is to compete at the Sheep and Wool Festival; that’s like the Nobel Prize or the MacArthur grant of knitting. Something like 60,000 people participate, people crazier than I am. But crazy is OK — it’s a victimless crime. What is a cowl? One continuous piece, doubled, and de- ceptively easy. I knitted a different piece I “I used to go to Hudson Highlands State think is better, but I gave it away as a wed- Park, but it has become too crowded. ding present. The one that won is called Now I just go to my backyard.” Fair Isle, or “charted” knitting. Typically, ~Chris Rowley, North Highlands they are historic patterns. This one had 19 charts, which look like graph paper. There Matthews' three ribbons atop her cowl Photo by A. Rooney “Long Dock Park. The river is so beautiful and relaxing, in every season.” ~Tricia Rivers, Beacon highlandscurrent.org The Highlands Current SEPTEMBER 7, 2018 3 In July, the Department of Education sent Once You’re In, a “guidance memo” to every public school principal and superintendent in the state, including at Beacon, Haldane and Garrison, You’re In reminding administrators that it is against Schools scolded for state regulations to register students except when they initially enroll or leave and then “re-registering” students return, or if administrators have reason to believe a child’s family has left the district. By Christine Sparta If that happens, the state noted, there are procedures for administrators to fol- hen parents in Brewster ex- low, and making every student re-register pressed concern that some is not one of them. students did not live in the W In Brewster, parents opposed to the re- district — one claimed as many as 40 to registration process formed a Facebook 50 students should not be enrolled there group to argue that the process might — the district did something unusual: It BRING ON THE SUN — Local officials and supporters, including state Sen. Sue be difficult for undocumented or home- required every student to re-register over Serino, BQ Energy's Paul Curran and David Sandbank of NY-Sun, join Beacon Mayor less parents who do not have lease agree- the summer, compelling families to pro- Randy Casale as he cuts the ribbon on Thursday to open a 2,766-kilowatt solar farm ments, mortgages or utility bills in their vide proof of residency as they had done at the former Beacon landfill site.
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