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Friday, August 16, 2013 69 Main St., Cold Spring, N.Y. | www.philipstown.info Trustees Approve Tax Levy Resolution Villanti cautions parents on Common Core tests

By Michael Turton

Taxes and test scores t a Haldane School Board meet- ing Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 13, ASchool Board trustees approved a resolution confirming tax rolls and authorizing the tax levy for the 2013- 14 school year with $17,369,969 to be March Back — New Cadets from the U.S. Military Academy Class of 2017 concluded their Cadet Basic Training with a 12-mile raised through taxes in Philipstown. road march from Camp Buckner to West Point Aug. 12. New Cadets will be officially accepted into the Corps of Cadets during Putnam Valley tax payers will contrib- the Acceptance Parade scheduled for Aug. 17. ute $455,148 and Fishkill residents will brought as a private citizen and that the be taxed $257,325. Total spending of matter should not involve county funds $22,345,120 was approved by voters in a DA Sues Sheriff for $5 million on either end. May referendum. The budget will result against Smith. The suit seeks $3 million Levy lawsuit claims Accompanying Levy to the meeting with in a 3.55 percent increase in the tax levy in compensatory damages and $2 mil- the media, which was held in the confer- in Philipstown with the final budget fall- Smith ‘out of control’ lion in punitive damages. ence room of a local Carmel law firm, Mi- ing within the spending cap imposed by Although both individuals are elected chael Sussman, a well-known Westchester New York state. By Kevin E. Foley public officials, Levy said his suit was trial attorney, said he believed Superintendent of Schools Mark Vil- n an unsettling turn of events for law the lawsuit was unprecedent- lanti advised parents to take test scores enforcement, Putnam County District ed in the annals of New York coming out of the new Common Core Attorney Adam Levy has pushed the State jurisprudence. curriculum, “… with a grain of salt.” He I feud between himself and Putnam Coun- The lawsuit alleges that said that some parents may be surprised ty Sheriff Donald B. Smith into State Su- Smith made a series of defam- by scores that appear to be low. Forty- preme Court and in so doing has heated atory statements in March of one to 72.9 percent of Haldane students the cauldron of eastern Putnam Republi- this year related to the sher- in grades three through eight achieved can politics to the boiling point. iff’s investigation into the al- scores at the “proficiency” level in the An angry and agitated Levy told a leged rape of a 13-year old girl new assessment system. “The average press conference Wednesday afternoon in 2010. The accused, Alex- was 30-31 percent statewide for profi- (Aug. 14) that Smith, the head of the andru Hossu, was a personal ciency,” Villanti said in an email to The county’s police force, is “out of control” friend of Levy who on many Paper. “If you compare Haldane’s scores and has told lies, and distorted or omit- occasions stayed overnight at to other NYS scores we are at 90 percent District Attorney Adam Levy speaking at a press ted facts, all in an attempt to damage his home. Levy first met Hos- compared to other districts.” At Wednes- conference Aug. 14. His lawyer Michael Sussman, Levy’s reputation. Consequently Levy su at a local gym and later in- day’s meeting, Trustee Evan Schwartz left, listening. Photo by K.E. Foley said he had filed a $5 million lawsuit vited (Continued on page 4) dismissed the first set of test results. “I’ll look at the test results then throw them in the garbage,” he said. “I’m for the Putnam Cycling Classic May Not Return to Cold Spring Common Core … but this is their attempt not wedded to (centering the race in) the tions presented was the celebration of to hit rock bottom.” Schwartz said that Opinions vary on economic west end of the county or the east end.” Grand Central Station’s 100th anniversa- as test scores improve over time, “Every- benefit of special events She did say she is committed to having ry and Brewster’s Founder’s Day which is one looks like geniuses.” He was critical the race again pass through each town held in September. Brewster, located on of the length of the tests saying, “A lot of By Michael Turton in Putnam County, and that Cold Spring Metro-North’s Harlem Line, is already kids didn’t finish the exam.” Villanti said few weeks from now, organiz- would be part of the route. partnering with the Metro-North Com- that the law board exam taken by his ers will begin planning the 2014 An example of cross-promotional op- muter Council to (Continued on page 5) nephew recently took less time than the Putnam Cycling Classic, with Put- tests completed by fourth grade students A nam County again being the only North as part of Common Core assessment. American stop on the UCI World Cycling State DOT Rejects Paving Job at (Continued on page 3) Tour. Last year marked the second time that the race, organized and promoted by Putnam County Tourism, started and fin- Route 9-Glassbury Court Intersection ished in Cold Spring. It was also the first Recently finished work time that the Cold Spring Area Chamber of Commerce piggybacked with the race, described as ‘poor quality’ hosting “Pedal into Spring,” a two-day, By Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong weekend festival. Libby Pataki, Putnam County Tour- he New York State Depart- ism Director, said that the Putnam Clas- ment of Transportation has sic and UCI event are “absolutely” on for Treportedly rejected the pav- 2014; however, it remains to be seen if ing job on the reconfigured inter- The New York State Department of Transportation next year’s race will again start and fin- section of Route 9, a state highway, objects to the paving job at the Glassbury Court ish in Cold Spring. at Glassbury Court and wants the intersection with Route 9. File photo by Michael Mell “I’m looking at a lot of options within new surface torn up and replaced. the county,” she said, adding there is “no Philipstown Supervisor Rich- DOT engineering official. guarantee” the race will again be cen- ard Shea revealed the unexpected turn Shea said the regional DOT office Haldane junior Wiley McDonald in the tered in Cold Spring. Pataki said that of events to Philipstown.info on Monday alerted him that the new pavement need- auditorium’s newly revamped digital serious planning would not start until (Aug. 12), following a brief phone conver- ed to be removed and replaced with a projection room. Photo by M. Turton about six months prior to the event. “I’m sation a few days earlier with a regional better surface. (Continued on page 4) 2 August 16, 2013 The Paper www.philipstown.info | Philipstown.info

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website, “During World War I … ‘les Dia- community to help others in need,” he (from page 1) Trustees Approve Tax Levy Resolution bles Bleus’ were well-known French sol- said. Ricketts learned how Habitat for Tour of projects Mascot objection diers … who won accolades for their cour- Humanity can be “a life changing ex- age.” The website notes that Irving Berlin perience” when she worked on a proj- Prior to the start of the business meet- Catherine Garnsey, a resident who in- captured the brigade’s spirit in a song, ect in Newburgh this summer. Villanti ing, Villanti led a tour of the ongoing troduced herself as director of Religious describing them as “strong and active ... praised student leaders. “Leadership capital project to upgrade the main ath- Education at Our Lady of Loretto Catho- those Devils, the Blue Devils of France.” has done a lot of work,” he said. “This letic field, auditorium and locker rooms. lic Church in Cold Spring, raised objec- is not just a ‘let’s go some- He reported that all phases of the $2 tions to Haldane school’s use of the Blue where’ trip.” Trustees will million project are on schedule, and pos- Devil as its mascot. Garnsey submitted formally consider the pro- sibly “a little under budget.” Grading of a letter to the Haldane Board of Educa- posal at their September the playing field just off of Route 9D is tion. “This offends me as a citizen and as meeting. The cost of the undergoing near-final laser leveling and a godmother,” she said. Villanti respond- trip per student is esti- expectations are that the artificial turf ed that the mascot has been used for mated at $919. A number field will be ready for soccer games in many years and that his understanding of fundraising activities early September. “This isn’t just about is that its origin lies with a French bri- are being planned to help Haldane,” Villanti said, stressing that the gade in the First World War known for reduce that amount. Rick- community will also benefit from use of its courage in battle — and that a num- etts said that 77 percent the new field. “Youth soccer, lacrosse … ber of schools adopted the Blue Devil as of the senior students seniors’ fitness … I think this will be a a mascot for that reason. Trustee Jon expressed interest in the real center for the community.” He said Champlin said that his father, a teacher Shauna Ricketts and Aidan Gallagher want Habitat for trip. Previous trips have the field will be the center of activity at Haldane for many years, said that Hal- Humanity to be part of their proposed senior trip. included roughly 50 of 70 at Haldane’s Homecoming on the first dane’s mascot was established prior to Photo by M. Turton senior students. The pro- weekend in October. World War II. posed trip would include Seamus Carroll helped guide im- “My point is, how attached are we?” Garn- two days working with Habitat for Hu- provements to the auditorium and was sey asked. “Perhaps we could ask parents or Students propose a working manity and two days touring the New on hand to show off the new facilities propose a change to the mascot.” Later she senior trip Orleans area. as part of the tour. “This is a major step added, “The devil is a biblical figure— not Haldane’s Class of 2014 senior trip forward for the school,” he said. Carroll secular. I’m sure everyone here agrees.” will have a very different feel to it if Superintendent search said that the auditorium, built in the When Garnsey’s letter was received as student leadership has its way. Student School Board President Gillian Thorpe 1930s, has been brought up to modern part of correspondence, Villanti said he Council President Aidan Gallagher and said that she will meet with representa- standards – including digital projec- wondered if athletes and alumni would Senior Class President Shauna Ricketts tives of the Garrison Union Free School tion and sound and improved acous- object to a name change. Later in the presented a proposal that would see se- District to discuss the two organiza- tics. New stage curtains have also been meeting he added, “There does seem to niors travel to New Orleans to spend two tions’ search for new superintendents. added that can be employed in dozens be an attachment” to it. days working on Habitat for Humanity In light of recent retirement announce- of configurations. A program highlight- Garnsey concluded her remarks say- projects. In explaining why New Orleans ments by Villanti and Garrison Superin- ing the new facilities will also be a part ing, “I am a godmother. I have an inno- was selected, Gallagher said that al- tendent Gloria Colucci, New York State of Homecoming weekend. The tour in- cent child I am entrusting to this school.” though some 400 homes there have been Assemblywoman Sandy Galef had writ- cluded the locker rooms which are also “You are the first person to raise an renovated through Habitat for Human- ten to both school districts, encouraging undergoing a complete revamping. The objection,” Villanti said, adding that the ity, the city is still recovering from Hur- them to consider merging. In speaking new lockers will be installed the first public “should feel free to comment.” ricane Katrina — the devastating storm with The Paper, Thorpe said that while week in September. Duke University also uses a Blue Devil that struck the Gulf Coast eight years there will be a discussion of Galef’s let- as its mascot. According to that school’s ago. “We’re looking to reach outside our ter, merger is not in the offing. She said the two districts are pursuing separate superintendent searches, Garrison using (from page 1) Putnam Cycling Classic May Not Return to Cold Spring BOCES’ services and Haldane opting to make the Grand Central Station anniver- nam County. on the map through an international bi- use a private search firm. sary part of Founder’s Day festivities. Pataki ardently defends Ridge Hill’s cycle event, and they jump at the idea, sponsorship.“If I go to an entity outside why would I be so stupid as to turn down Economic benefit and sponsorships of Putnam County that is very anxious their money when entities in Putnam The race is intended to bring busi- to promote their new site, and make a County have already been asked, and not Join us ness to Putnam County but in 2012 some proposal … that we can help get them donated?” (Continued on page page 5) Cold Spring merchants complained that to celebrate our closing Main Street actually hurt their business. Organizers responded by keep- ing Main Street open the following year. llth Annual Business owners were still split as to the economic benefit of the race. Some said that business improved and welcomed Est. 2002 more special events while others said they saw no new business and ques- tioned the value of special events overall. There were also questions regarding the race’s major sponsor – Ridge Hill, a Westchester shopping, dining, enter- FARMERS’ tainment and residential complex that describes itself as a regional destina- MARKET tion. Detractors pointed out that if Ridge Hill’s promotion of the race proved suc- cessful as a marketing strategy, it could Community actually draw business away from Put- Dinner Wed, September llth Michael McKee, PhD 7pm at The Garrison Licensed Psychologist Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapy (CBT) Reserve Now! Tickets $40 for adults, $15 for kids 7-17. 6 Marion Avenue kids 6 & under are free Cold Spring, N.Y. 10516 45 Popham Road How to reserve: Scarsdale, N.Y. 10583 [email protected] 845-235-4670 (914) 584-‐9352 or visit the market table [email protected] on Saturdays www.McKeeTherapy.com 4 August 16, 2013 The Paper www.philipstown.info | Philipstown.info

Letters Galef Pushes for Drowsy Driving Until this proposal becomes law I On long road trips, such as driving a Legislation thought it important to convey some son or daughter to college, or returning Publisher tips to help prevent drowsy driving in home on vacation, one should get a good Gordon Stewart August 12, 2013 the future. A person should not drive if night’s sleep and use companion driving, they have been awake for twenty or more switching every two or three hours. Managing Editor To the Editor: Kevin E. Foley hours, or are on six hours or less of sleep. New Jersey has a law on the books, With the approach of Labor Day and If a driver is feeling fatigued, the driver Maggie’s Law, to make drowsy driving a Arts/Feature Editor the beginning of the new school year, should get off the road as soon as pos- more punishable offense. Until that hap- Alison Rooney I would like to bring up the subject of sible, and either fall asleep or drink a caf- pens in New York, let’s all remind each drowsy driving. Drowsy driving is dan- Senior Correspondents feinated beverage. Please note that caf- other of the dangers of drowsy driving. gerous and unfortunately there are cur- Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong feine will take anywhere between 15-20 rently no laws in New York State against Sincerely, Michael Turton minutes to kick in, and is a short-term it. I am pushing for legislation in the As- Sandy Galef fix, and is not supposed to replace sleep. Layout Editor sembly that will make aggravated driv- Assemblywoman 95th District Remember that certain medications may Kate Vikstrom ing while fatigued a misdemeanor in an cause drowsiness. Calendar Editor attempt to prevent drowsy driving. Chip Rowe [email protected] Future of Post Office Remains Copy Editor the business will relocate at the end of Mary Ann Ebner Uncertain the month. Reporters George Flood, a U.S. Postal Service By Elizabeth Bengel Jeanne Tao spokesperson for Westchester and the sur- Sommer Hixson t has yet to be determined where opera- rounding area, told The Paper the post Lois Powers tions will be based once the village post office is exploring the possibility of a tem- Pete Smith office on Chestnut Street reaches the porary customer service trailer in Cold Cold Spring Post Office File photo Elizabeth Bengel I end of its two-year building lease Aug. 31. Spring where locals will be able to purchase stamps and send packages. A location for nobody would lose their job.” Photographer Adjacent to Foodtown, the post of- Maggie Benmour fice currently rents its space from Dan the trailer has not been announced. Additional properties are under con- Katz, owner of the supermarket under As far as establishing a permanent sideration for the site of the new office. Advertising Director a sublease. However, plans to expand retail space, Flood identified a potential According to Flood, a number of factors Michele Rubin the grocery store into the present post merger between the Garrison and Cold must be taken into consideration before For information on advertising: office location has left the Cold Spring Spring post offices. “We’d have to modify deciding upon a location, including a 845-809-5584 Village Board, Planning Board, and Zon- the Garrison post office in order for this space requirement of approximately 900 Email: [email protected] ing Board of Appeals to decide where to work,” he said. “Cold Spring carriers square feet and the influx of traffic due Advertising closing: Tuesday at noon would work out of the Garrison office … to deliveries to and from the post office. Requirements: PDF or jpeg (minimum 300 dpi) DA Sues Sheriff for $5 million (from page 1) Review our rate sheet: www.philipstown.info/ads him to his home to help train Levy and politically motivated. He has pointed Hossu using his address at Clock Tow- his family. Levy said Hossu also served out that it was filed less than a month er Commons in Brewster, which is also © philipstown.info 2013 as a male nanny on occasion for his son. before the Republican primary on Sept. where Hossu was arrested. All rights reserved. No part of this At the heart of Levy’s legal complaint is 10. Running for a fourth term, Smith is Levy said that over a period of time be- publication may be reproduced in the assertion that Smith falsely accused challenged by Kevin McConville, a former tween 2011 and 2012 Hossu did stay at his any form, mechanical or electronic, him of interfering in Smith’s investigation chief of the MTA police. The winner of the home a number of times in a guest wing without written permission of the and also attempting to use his influence primary will very likely be the next sher- because he had struck up a relationship publisher. Advertisements designed to affect the outcome of the investigation. iff. There is no Democratic candidate. with the Levy family’s nanny. But that by The Paper are copyrighted and “Sheriff Smith engaged in a pattern of “Plain and simple, this lawsuit is politi- ended when Levy’s father retired since may not be reproduced in whole or malicious statements, which were intend- cally motivated, is frivolous, without any the wing was originally built for his father in part without permission. ed to defame the sitting district attorney, merit and will be defended vigorously in to live in. Levy said Hossu always main- claiming maliciously and falsely that the a court of law,” Smith said Wednesday, tained the Clock Tower Commons address. district attorney interfered in a serious according to published reports. When he was elected district attorney For content you can only criminal matter,” Sussman said. “He would say that no matter when in 2008 Levy said that he tried to develop see online, visit Levy denies those charges completely. I filed the suit,” said Levy. During the a good working relationship with Smith He also said in a statement that in the press conference Levy acknowledged, and his team. “I had some good ideas or five months since Smith made his alle- however, that members of his family, in- at least I thought so.” But over time as he gations about Levy, the sheriff has pro- cluding his wife, have donated a total of pressed Smith on a few issues such as vid- duced no evidence of his charges. $5,000 to McConville’s campaign. eo taping suspect interviews and not us- “There is no way, none, that I would Christopher York, Levy’s chief assis- ing sheriff’s deputies to prosecute parking have been able to, as the sitting DA, tant, was a candidate for sheriff earlier violations at hearings (to avoid overtime) Town Board votes to handle that prosecution. I followed my in the year but withdrew in favor of Mc- Smith began to change. “His demeanor issue $550,000 bond for ethical, my legal, my moral obligations Conville. Levy admitted he would have became more political in nature.” as DA, as a father, as a person who truly Levy said he offered to sit down with Smith community center boiler supported York to the fullest extent his cares about children to make sure that office allowed. and try to iron out their differences. “But for upgrade there was a professional district attor- reasons only known to Don, he refused.” ney’s office available to assist Sheriff Hossu residential address big issue Despite the intense acrimony between Smith and his department in the inves- According to Levy, Smith deliberately the county’s top cop and chief prosecu- misled the media in asserting that Hossu Philipstown ZBA sets tigation of my family friend,” said Levy. tor, Levy said their respective offices  The criminal case against Hossu, lived at Levy’s home in Southeast at the were nevertheless conducting business wind turbine public charging him with two counts of rape, time of the investigation and arrest in professionally. hearing for Sept. 9 was ultimately brought by the Westches- March. This lead, according to Levy, the Asked by The Paper if he had contacted ter District Attorney’s office. Hossu, who son of Judy Sheindlin, star of the long-run- or contemplated contacting the Gover- was subsequently found to be a 35-year ning court room television show “Judge nor’s office or the New York State Attor- old illegal immigrant from Romania, has Judy,” to a media frenzy at his home, in- ney General to request an investigation New visitor website: been in the Putnam County jail (run by cluding helicopters hovering overhead. of Smith, Levy said he couldn’t comment coldspringny.info the sheriff) since his arrest in March. At the press conference Levy said that on those offices except to say he knew Smith has dismissed the lawsuit as Smith obtained an arrest warrant for they were aware of what was happening.

DOT Rejects Paving Job at Route 9-Glassbury Court Intersection (from page 1) The extended calendar “They’re not going to accept the pave- discuss the remediation. The repair will Philipstown Town Board in July 2012, to of events ment job. I don’t know why,” Shea said. not cost the state any money; it will be explain the then-pending lane reconfigu- “All I know is that I got a call that there the responsibility of the developer.” ration and pavement project. He said the is a problem with the pavement.” Wilder Balter Partners Inc., a develop- goal, reflecting a plan not realized earlier According to Beau Duffy, DOT direc- ment firm that specializes in affordable as Glassbury Court got built, was to en- Phil’s List: tor of communications at the state head- housing and complexes for retirees, built hance safety by providing real turning Free online local classifieds quarters in Albany, “the paving at Glass- Glassbury Court, which offers energy ef- lanes into the complex from Route 9. devoted to jobs, housing, tag bury Court was performed under permit ficient homes in a quiet setting near Hus- “He’s been great to work with” in devel- sales, services and more by the developer,” who also handled the tis Road and Quarry Pond, an old rock opment of the community at Quarry Pond, widening. “The paving is not acceptable,” excavation site. Shea said, praising the attractiveness and www.philipstown.info/philslist Duffy said Tuesday afternoon. “The place- An attempt to reach Bill Balter, a com- amenities found in the houses and overall ment is poor quality and it’s not smooth. pany executive, on Tuesday was not imme- complex. “He’s been really upstanding.” We will be meeting with the developer to diately successful. Balter came before the www.philipstown.info | Philipstown.info The Paper August 16, 2013 5 Constitution Island Education Center Proposed for Main Street Concern over loss of boards, Bujarski raised a number of con- ing that he planned to attend. He also cerns, potential parking and traffic prob- questioned whether the location of the tax revenue lems among them. He also pointed to the hearing could be challenged legally. “I loss of a Main Street commercial opera- think it’s a great project, I truly do … I By Michael Turton tion and with it the loss of tax revenue believe in what they are doing.” But he to the village due to the not-for-profit also underlined what he sees as a down- he Cold Spring Village Board con- status of the Constitution Island Asso- side to the project. “It’s another hard pill ducted a very brief workshop on ciation, the organization that would run to swallow in our little village,” he said, TThursday, Aug. 14, before moving into the education center. Bujarski also stated referring to the loss of tax revenue. Fal- executive session to continue interviews as that the center would be “tourist based” loon also said that while Putnam County part of a process to select a firm to handle and would “have only a seasonal impact supports the project, “They’re the ones village planning and engineering needs. A Constitution Island education center or benefit to the village.” not sharing (sales) tax revenue with us.” A resolution was passed to adopt a law is proposed for 107-109 Main St., Cold A grant of up to $749,766 from Empire He said he would discuss the project changing the minimum time required Spring. Photo by M.Turton State Development will be used to pur- with the superintendent of the U.S. Mili- for public notices of public hearings held chase the building, complete renovations tary Academy at West Point which owns by the Zoning Board of Appeals from 10 ted by Cold Spring Building Inspector and design the education center. The Constitution Island. The Constitution Is- days to five days. Mayor Ralph Falloon Bill Bujarski regarding the Constitution ground floor of the building, located be- land Association operates as a separate said he supports the change, “If (the in- Island education center proposed for tween The Living Room and Momminia entity and there have been tensions be- tent) is to move the process forward fast- 107-109 Main St. A public hearing on the Jewelry, is currently occupied by Chicka- tween the organization and USMA. er.” A public hearing on the proposed law project is scheduled for Monday, Aug. dee Gallery. Trustees Matt Francisco and Charles will be held on Sept. 24, at 7:30 p.m. at 19, at 10 a.m. in Carmel. In addition to Falloon expressed mixed feelings Hustis were absent from the meeting. the Village Hall. pointing out that the proposal will have about the project. “I’m concerned that Francisco is on vacation and Hustis had The board reviewed a memo submit- to be reviewed by a number of village the hearing is in Carmel,” he said, add- to respond to an emergency at work.

Putnam Cycling Classic May Not Return to Cold Spring (from page 3) “They (special events) should not be just she said in an email to The Paper. er or not sponsorship is sustainable an- and included $5,000 from Putnam County one weekend.” Zaken thinks street ven- nually. Pataki said that in discussions Tourism; $3,000 from Philipstown.info/ “Events are not free” dors should be a regular feature in Cold with Ridge Hill no commitment was The Paper; $2,000 from an anonymous Spring and that special events should be “There was some risk,” Pataki said. made, nor was there a request, for long- donor, $700 from Cathryn’s Tuscan Grill, offered on a consistent, scheduled basis. Part of the risk was the scope of the term sponsorship. and $500 from Mid-Hudson Concrete. “That way, people will know what to ex- event. “Events are not free … there’s a Pataki believes that the Putnam Cy- The Chamber also raised $2,065 from ad- pect here on weekends.” need to think big and outside the box in cling Classic is sustainable. Her philos- vertising space donated by Philipstown. Tim Chevtaikin could not disagree developing tourism.” She said the race ophy is clear when it comes to special info on its visitor’s map and from balloon more. He said that Archipelago saw no was, “A bit … out there in terms of ex- events. “I believe in fundraising. We have sales. The Chamber also recruited 14 new increase in weekend sales and that traf- penses — but they were more than cov- to have public-private partnerships,” she members as a result of the event. fic was less than normal on the day of the ered.” She estimates expenses totaled said. “Events such as this should not be Polar-opposite opinions bike race. Yet, he had praise for organiz- $110, 000 in 2013. When The Paper spoke on the backs of taxpayers.” ers. “It was the best street fair I’ve seen with her in July, Pataki said sponsor- She admitted fundraising was more Opinions could not differ more re- here in 15 years … very well thought out, ships had totaled about $123,000. “The difficult in 2013, in part because sponsors garding the economic benefit of the two organization and set up were great.” But county actually made money,” she said. such as Central Hudson that had contrib- events than those held by the owners of he remains a non-believer when it comes Surplus funds cannot be rolled over to uted at the $5,000 level in 2012, won’t two Main Street businesses — Frozen- to special events. “There’s too much going help defray costs of the 2014 race but are contribute to the same event in consecu- berry’s Benny Zaken and Archipelago at on — people get distracted from shopping. used for other tourism projects. As of tive years. The Putnam County News and Home’s Tim Chevtaikin. Street vendors and the village (as a whole) Aug. 14, a final financial statement was Recorder contributed $5,000 in 2013. “We were busy … about 10 to 15 per- do well — but I don’t,” he said. not yet available. The fundraising strategy for 2014? “I cent busier than normal,” Zaken said. The cost of running the Putnam Clas- don’t want to [go] outside Putnam County sic is anything but free. A total of $55,000 for sponsorships,” Pataki said. She said was paid to Sparta Cycling Inc. Sparta’s she will begin fundraising much earlier President John Eustice was the primary and plans “… a very aggressive campaign organizer of the international race. Cold in Putnam County.” The campaign will Spring resident Ray Fusco was paid include approaches to a broad cross-sec- $8,000 to handle local race logistics. tion of the business community including A fee of $15,000 Euros (approximately banks, energy companies, car dealerships, $16,700 U.S.) went to Union Cycliste In- insurance companies, hospitals, big-box ternationale (UCI) for sanctioning the stores and other private enterprises. Pa- race internationally. Bicycling Maga- taki also intends to revisit those who con- zine, billed as the world’s largest cycling tributed in 2012 but deferred in 2013. magazine with 2 million readers, was paid $10,000 for advertising. Super Race Pedal into Spring Systems received $4,000 for providing Pedal into Spring, which included ven- timing services. dors, live music, storytelling, themed Fundraising challenges window displays and free public semi- nars, operated on a relative shoestring While fundraising in 2013 was impres- compared to the Putnam Cycling Classic. sive in offsetting costs, $75,000 came Chamber of Commerce President Debbi from just two sources — Ridge Hill and Milner said that while expenses totaled an anonymous donor who contributed $14,652, revenues totaled $10,719. Spon- $25,000 — raising questions as to wheth- sorships made up the bulk of revenues

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Part I Benedict Arnold: From Patriot to Pariah By Ron Soodalter was strong, and just five weeks before ranks thinned by death and de- the outbreak of the Revolutionary War, sertion combined to doom their esidents of Philipstown are for- he outfitted and trained a militia compa- chance of victory. Montgomery tunate to live in an area where so ny, with himself as captain. Immediately was killed, and Arnold came Rmuch of our nation’s history took after the smoke of battle had cleared at away with a badly wounded leg place. One of the most dramatic stories Lexington and Concord, Arnold obtained and dashed hopes. After main- to come out of the Revolutionary War permission to lead his new company in taining a long, fruitless siege at occurred, at least in part, in and around an expedition against British-held Fort Quebec, Arnold was placed in Garrison, and within just a few miles of Ticonderoga. command of Montreal, but the Cold Spring. It was here that Benedict Along the way, however, he was con- reinforced British forces even- Arnold — George Washington’s “fight- fronted by a man of equally strong and tually rallied and drove the ingest” general — attempted to sell West intractable ambition – the legendary fron- Americans out of Canada. Al- Point to the British. And when the plot tiersman, land speculator, and brawler though disappointed, Washing- failed by the slimmest of chances, it was Ethan Allen. Allen stood at the head of his ton – in recognition of Arnold’s from here that he made his escape. Green Mountain Boys (the largest para- valiant efforts – had him com- military group in America missioned a brigadier general. at the time) with the same Meanwhile, Washington plan as Arnold: seize Ti- knew that the British army in Benedict Arnold Source: Library of Congress conderoga. Neither would Canada was certain to invade concede command to the New York by sailing down Lake other. Consequently, they Champlain and the Hudson In the spring of 1777, Arnold led a par- agreed to capture the River. He ordered Arnold to stop them. ty of local Connecticut militia in driving fort together, although During the summer of 1776, Arnold built a superior British force from Ridgefield bitter feelings between a tiny armada of 16 vessels, some of which to the sea, earning himself the praise of the two remained. Ulti- were little more than armed rowboats, a fickle Congress. They finally promot- mately, Allen would have and in October, sailed to Champlain to ed him to major general — but did not the last word in his re- meet the British fleet. Hopelessly out- restore his seniority over the other five ports to Congress, and numbered and outgunned, Arnold lost appointees. Worse yet, Congress now for- would receive sole credit, the two desperate battles that followed, mally accused Arnold of pilfering goods while failing to mention but his bold action delayed the British from Montreal’s merchants during his Arnold’s role — or name invasion until the following year. It also brief tenure as commander of the city. — at all. gave Washington time to cross the Dela- Historical marker of Arnold’s Flight on Route 9D Although the Board of War exonerated Arnold was furious ware in the dead of winter, and stage his him, declaring all charges “cruel and Photo by R. Soodalter over what he rightly per- now-famous attack against Trenton. groundless,” this time he tendered his ceived as the slighting of Instead of praise, however, Arnold resignation — “not out of a spirit of re- Arguably, there is no other figure in his part in the capture of Ticonderoga. found his name and reputation were in sentment (though my feelings are deeply the pantheon of America’s homegrown He challenged an offending officer to a poor standing among many of the poli- wounded), but … as an implied impeach- villains who has achieved the degree duel (which the man declined), resigned ticians in Congress. Nowadays, we tend ment of my character.” of infamy of Benedict Arnold. His very his commission in the militia, and dis- to lionize the original members of Con- Again, Washington intervened. He had name has become synonymous with missed his men. This pattern would re- gress as noble men, unified in their pur- received word that a force of 10,000 Brit- the meanest forms of betrayal. And yet, peat itself throughout his military career pose – to forge a new nation. However, ish troops under General John Burgoyne there was a time when he held not only – bold action and the promise of success they were often self-serving, politically had, in fact, invaded the Champlain- the respect and admiration of a nascent and glory, followed by disappointment, driven bureaucrats, following their own Hudson River corridor and was moving country struggling for its independence, anger at betrayal by higher-ups, and rash agendas. The year 1776 has magic con- on Albany. Washington requested the ap- but the love and trust of its army’s com- response. It earned him many critics and notations for Americans; it was also the proval of Congress to send Arnold north mander-in-chief. The road from patrio- few supporters, and would ultimately year when a political faction hostile to to meet the threat, characterizing him tism to treason was a long and twisted prove his undoing. George Washington began a campaign as “active, judicious, and brave.” Con- one, fraught with heroism and injustice, By late 1775, George Washington was of sniping at him, and all those who gress responded by shelving Arnold’s let- bitterness and disappointment, and de- planning an invasion of British-held supported him. And one way to hurt ter of resignation — but still refusing to serving of more understanding – and Canada, and he proposed Benedict Ar- Washington was by attacking one of his restore his seniority. Once again, Arnold perhaps sympathy – than Arnold has nold to the Continental Congress to favorite generals, Benedict Arnold. With was sent into harm’s way, this time to been accorded. command an expedition against Que- his prickly personality, and tendency to play a major role in the battle that would Benedict Arnold was a Connecticut bec. Commissioned a colonel in the attract negative attention, Arnold was change the course of the war. And once Yankee, born into privilege in Norwich regular army, Arnold led his 1,100 men an easy target. He was falsely accused again, Congress would respond to his in January, 1741. He learned the value north out of Cambridge, Mass., across of misconduct on the wilderness march victory with insult rather than laurels. of money, when his father’s bad busi- icy rivers and into the teeth of brutal to Quebec, and incompetence during the –––––––––––––– ness ventures compromised the fam- Maine snowstorms, on a grueling wil- battles on Lake Champlain. And when he ily fortune, and necessitated Benedict’s derness trek that has come down as one learned that Congress had promoted five Parts II and III will point out the dra- removal from school. After serving an of the most extraordinary feats in U.S. other brigadier generals – all his juniors, matic events that unfolded just outside apprenticeship, he ultimately opened military history. Hearing of the march, with less experience – to major general’s our doors and down the road, and will his own apothecary, while maintaining Washington dubbed Arnold “America’s rank while ignoring him, a disgusted Ar- explore the final attacks on Arnold’s a bustling side business in smuggling. Hannibal.” On December 31, Arnold and nold wrote out his resignation. Only the character, his marriage to the beauti- Stocky, powerful, and quick to anger, he General Richard Montgomery, who had pleadings of Washington himself, who ful young Tory, Peggy Shippen, and his reportedly fought two duels before leav- just captured Montreal, launched their recognized Arnold as his best fighting rapid decline from patriot soldier to no- ing business for a military career. attack. The weather was still against man, kept the bitterly disappointed gen- torious traitor. Apparently, the pull of military service them, however, and driving rain and eral in uniform.  
  

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By Alison Rooney

isa and Joe Diebboll came early to their calling. As students at Rhode LIsland School of Design (RISD), both initially studying painting, they turned to printmaking after feeling disap- pointed with the painting department there. It wasn’t a new form to Joe, who had studied printmaking in high school and whose art teacher had, in fact, predicted he would become a printmaker. Printmakers they have both become, running Cold Spring’s Joe Diebboll, above, takes an Iris print by Rob Diebboll off of the printer. (Photo by Lisa Diebboll) Highland Studio, Joe and Lisa Diebboll, right (Photo by A. Rooney) HS, located in a spacious two-sto- ry studio build- ing they custom- built on their property down a Steppin’ Out With dirt road right off of Route 9. Highland Studio, which began life in Nelsonville and then journeyed to Beacon before moving to its present location, is, as its website describes it, “a fine art atelier dedicated to capturing Almost Too Much To Do every detail of the artist’s intent. These A busy hive of activities in lasts until 8:30 that night. (Handily, one (there is a fee for the tour of the are not posters made in a high volume is able to join the Friends group on the mansion, however) from 9:30 a.m. to 5 printing factory setting, but fine quality Philipstown, Beacon and spot.) The sale continues over the p.m., and Dia is free for Beacon art prints worthy of special care and nearby this weekend weekend, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, residents on both Saturday and Sunday handling. These prints will last for 1 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, and then on into from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Further afield, but generations because every care is taken the week ahead. easy to get to via train to save a drive, By Alison Rooney with regard to ink, paper, process and One might prepare for the challenges the Mid-Hudson Children’s Museum, 75 handling.” The prints can be meticulous anhattan has nothing on us! This of sifting through multiple tables of North Water St., Poughkeepsie, is reproductions of already existing weekend is one of those over- books and other media by a bit of wine offering free admission for kids on paintings or other artworks, or Mstuffed, bursting-at-the-seams tasting at Artisan Wine at 4 p.m. Saturday from 5 to 8 p.m. It’s Garden originals, new works made in extravaganzas that Philipstown, Beacon Friday, (also 3 p.m. Saturday), or closer Conservancy Open Day at Stonecrop collaboration (Continued on page 11) and their surrounds seem to spontane- to the library, at Garrison’s Landing Gardens on Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 5 ously combust into a few times a year. where Antipodean Books hosts an p.m., with Tea In The Garden served The assortment of activities, some evening wine and cheese from 5 to 8 between noon and 4 p.m., with free taking place just once a year, others p.m. and an unveiling ceremony of the admission to visitors with a Garden part of this area’s constant panorama, new Hudson Highlands Map Saturday, Conservancy Open Days pass. reflect why so many people come to visit which runs from 5 to 7 p.m. If you fancy getting out on the and why others choose to make it their Just a few doors down from water, there is a public sail on the home. From canoeing to crafts fairs, Antipodean, the Garrison Art Center’s Woody Guthrie at 6 p.m. on Friday rock ‘n’ roll to Rachmaninoff, outdoor Annual Fine Crafts Fair spills over night, departing from the Beacon Sloop movies, wine tastings, free museum and Garrison’s Landing onto the green Club at 2 Red Flynn Drive. Boat tours to site admissions, it’s a pretty difficult banks of the river with handmade Bannerman Island depart Beacon dock couple of days in terms of surrendering traditional and alternative crafts at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. to summer’s dozy indolence. vendors, food and music on Saturday Constitution Marsh is hosting an Here is a rundown of a number of and Sunday. Hear the Edukated Fleas interpretive public canoe program from this Friday to Sunday’s highlights. More on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 9 to 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, focusing on details for some can be found in our Tiki Daddy on Sunday, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. the near-shore environments of the tidal calendar listings both here and online at The fair itself is open from 10 a.m. to 5 Hudson River, especially the natural Philipstown.info. Some events require p.m. both days. history of Constitution Marsh and the reservations and/or may already be sold It’s high season for local sites and surrounding Hudson Highlands. out, therefore you should check directly museums. Manitoga offers its house Audubon naturalists lead paddlers with venues and organizers. and landscape tour Saturday and through winding channels lined with At 6 p.m. Friday the Desmond-Fish Sunday at both 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., tall, elegant marsh grasses, searching Library will un-barricade their doors while Storm King’s tour at 2 p.m. for hidden wildlife. and wait for the stampede of Friends of features the highlights of its outdoor Back on land, hikers might be The Betterlight camera scanner, set up DFL members eager to be the first to sculpture collection. Or, there is free interested in a two-hour Storm King to reproduce a painting at The Highland dive into their annual book sale, which admission to Boscobel’s lovely grounds hike, leaving at (Continued on page 11) Studio Image by A. Rooney 8 August 16, 2013 The Paper www.philipstown.info | Philipstown.info

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My furry friends and I unques- Jeff Allen Quartet Outdoor Discovery Center Events 9 a.m. Beacon Memorial Park meetup.com/hudsonvalleycoedsoccer tioningly concur with this common 7:30 p.m. Bean Runner Café 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Nature Play Area (ages 2-10) wisdom Bien sur, we are here to help 201 S. Division, Peekskill 10 a.m. Fascinating Fossils Tai-Chi Chuan Group each other! One young pup in our pack 914-737-1701 | beanrunnercafe.com 100 Muser Drive, Cornwall 9:30 a.m. Arts on the Lake seems to interpret this as “here to help 845-534-5506 | hhnaturemuseum.org 640 Route 52, Kent Lakes him get treats” — still he has only a kind 845-228-2685 | artsonthelake.org soul. Alas, some humans with whom we share this beautiful and sacred spot on Art & Design the Hudson, seem to care more for their own gain and self-perceived importance. 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Storm King Art Center Events Baseball Card Show Noon & 1 p.m. Beekeeper Tour of Untitled 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Westchester County Center (Bees Making Honey) See details under Friday. 3 p.m. Wanderings and Wonderings with Fine Crafts Fair Matt Jensen 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Garrison Art Center 1 Museum Road, New Windsor See details under Saturday. 845-534-3115 | stormking.org Garden Conservancy Open Day th Theater & Film 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Open Hours 44 Fine Crafts Fair Noon - 4 p.m. Tea in the Garden CSFS Summer Film Series Stonecrop Gardens August 17 & 18 Rain or Shine 7:45 p.m. Family Shorts 81 Stonecrop Lane, Cold Spring 8 p.m. The French Connection 845-265-2000 | stonecrop.org Dockside Park, Cold Spring 10 – 5 on Garrison’s Landing coldspringfilm.org Nimham Pow Wow 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Veterans Memorial Park Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working See details under Saturday. Step off the TRAIN with Time (Documentary) 8 p.m. Storm King Art Center Beacon Farmers’ Market and into the FAIR! 1 Museum Road, New Windsor 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Scenic Hudson River Center 845-534-3115 | stormking.org Long Dock Drive, Beacon for 50% off admission 845-234-9325 | thebeaconfarmersmarket.com King Lear The most convenient & 8 p.m. Boscobel Wildlife Education Center Events beautiful way to travel See details under Friday. Noon - 4 p.m. Story Walk 2:30 p.m. Meet the Animals FREE parking Music See details under Saturday. Music at Fine Arts Fair Children and Families: Tour with Wally McGuire at MTA lots! 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. The Edukated Fleas 1 p.m. Storm King Art Center 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. Delta Dreambox 1 Museum Road, New Windsor Adults $10 Garrison Art Center 845-534-3115 | stormking.org Seniors $5 23 Garrison’s Landing, Garrison Train riders $5 Desmond-Fish Book Sale 845-424-3960 | garrisonartcenter.org Kids FREE 1 - 5 p.m. 472 Route 403, Garrison Olefson Design Summer’s End Fest 845-424-3020 | desmondfishlibrary.org 4 - 10 p.m. Arts on the Lake Bannerman Island Tour 640 Route 52, Kent Lakes 2:30 p.m. Beacon Dock 845-228-2685 | artsonthelake.org 800-979-3370 | bannermancastle.org Zac Brown Band 7 p.m. Bethel Woods Health & Fitness 200 Hurd Road, Bethel Adult Pick-up Soccer 866-781-2922 | bethelwoodscenter.org 9:45 a.m. Beacon Memorial Park Conigliaro Trio meetup.com/hudsonvalleycoedsoccer 7:30 p.m. Bean Runner Café See details under Friday. Sports Come to the Cabaret! Army vs. Stony Brook (Women’s Soccer) 3 p.m. Clinton Field, West Point 8 & 10 p.m. Philipstown Depot Theatre 10 Garrison’s Landing, Garrison 845-938-2526 | goarmysports.com Andrew Rouse Ceramics Mimi Hay Designs 845-424-3900 | philipstowndepottheatre.org Art & Design C’mon Beacon, Let’s Dance! Drop-In Art Sessions 8 p.m. Howland Cultural Center 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Drawing and Painting 477 Main St., Beacon from Life (Long Pose) 845-831-4988 | howlandculturalcenter.org 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Basic Etching The Compact 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. Printmaking Club 8 p.m. Whistling Willie’s | Details under Friday Garrison Art Center 23 Garrison’s Landing, Garrison Backbeat with Rudy 845-424-3960 | garrisonartcenter.org 9:30 p.m. Max’s on Main | Details under Friday

Stax of Soul (Motown) House, Studio and Landscape Tour 11 a.m. & 1:30 p.m. Manitoga 9:30 p.m. 12 Grapes | 12 N. Division St., See details under Friday. Peekskill 914-737-6624 | 12grapes.com Winnie Chai Jewelry L and M Studio Free Admission for Beacon Residents Meetings & Lectures 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. Dia:Beacon Quality handmades by 80 + regional artists Overeaters Anonymous See details under Saturday.  
  




 
 
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Adult Pick-up Soccer Car Show (from page 9) Art & Design The Calendar 6 p.m. Beacon Memorial Park 6 - 9 p.m. Bear Mountain State Park Drop-In Drawing & Painting from Life meetup.com/hudsonvalleycoedsoccer 3006 Seven Lakes Drive, Bear Mountain Open-Mic Night (Short Pose) 5 - 9 p.m. Virgo’s Sip N Soul Cafe 845-786-2701 | nysparks.com 9:30 a.m. Garrison Art Center Art & Design See details under Friday. See details under Sunday. Public Sail on the Woody Guthrie Photography Group Greg Westhoff’s Westchester Swing Band 6 p.m. Beacon Sloop Club 7 p.m. Arts on the Lake 5:30 p.m. 12 Grapes Theater & Film See details under Friday. 640 Route 52, Kent Lakes See details under Friday. The Three Musketeers Fawn Ridge Backgammon Club 845-228-2685 | artsonthelake.org p m oscobel | See details under Friday. Summer Sunset Music Series: Charlie Faye 7 . . B 6:30 p.m. Pasqualo Trattoria 5:30 p.m. Cold Spring waterfront Sound City (Documentary) Theater & Film 1892 Route 6, Carmel | 845-363-1669 coldspringareachamber.org 7:30 p.m. Jacob Burns Film Center All’s Well That Ends Well Summer Reading Report Help 364 Manville Road, Pleasantville 7 p.m. Boscobel | See details under Friday. 6:30 p.m. Butterfield Library Religious Services 914-747-5555 | burnsfilmcenter.org 10 Morris Ave., Cold Spring See philipstown.info/churches for Music 845-265-3040 | butterfieldlibrary.org Music Sunday listings John Mayer Community Chorus Health & Fitness 7:30 p.m. Bethel Woods 7 p.m. Howland Cultural Center 200 Hurd Road, Bethel Adult Pick-up Soccer Monday, August 19 477 Main St., Beacon 866-781-2922 | bethelwoodscenter.org 6 - 9 p.m. Philipstown Park 845-831-4988 | howlandculturalcenter.org 1235 Route 9D, Garrison Kids & Community Meetings & Lectures Meetings & Lectures 845-424-4618 | philipstownrecreation.com Bridge Club Knitting Club Free Level 3 Yoga Class 9:30 a.m. Howland Cultural Center Beacon City Council 10 a.m. Howland Public Library 6:30 p.m. Living Yoga Studios 477 Main St., Beacon 7 p.m. 1 Municipal Plaza, Beacon 313 Main St., Beacon 3182 Route 9, Cold Spring 845-831-4988 | howlandculturalcenter.org 845-838-5000 | cityofbeacon.org 845-831-1134 | beaconlibrary.org 845-809-5900 | livingyogastudios.com Nelsonville Board of Trustees Yoga for Toddlers Digital Salon 7 p.m. Village Hall Breast and Ovarian Cancer Support Group 10 a.m. Beacon Yoga Center 7 p.m. Beahive Beacon | 291 Main St., Beacon 7 p.m. Putnam Hospital Center 464 Main St., Beacon 258 Main St., Nelsonville 845-765-1890 | beahivebzzz.com 670 Stoneleigh Ave., Carmel 347-489-8406 | beaconyogacenter.com 845-265-2500 | villageofnelsonville.org Introduction to String Theory 800-532-4290 | supportconnection.org Desmond-Fish Book Sale 7:30 p.m. Coykendall Science Building Sports 2 - 5 p.m. 472 Route 403, Garrison Tuesday, August 20 Mohonk Avenue East, New Paltz 845-424-3020 | desmondfishlibrary.org midhudsonastro.org H.V. Renegades vs. Aberdeen Kids & Community 7:05 p.m. Dutchess County Stadium Herb Gardening and Wild Medicine 1500 Route 9D, Wappingers Falls Making (Opening) Senior Day Center Wednesday, August 21 845-838-0094 | hvrenegades.com 5 p.m. Eden Village Camp 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Mother Lurana House 392 Dennytown Road, Putnam Valley 166 Old West Point Road East, Garrison Theater & Film 877-397-3336 | edenvillagecamp.org 845-424-3184 | graymoorcenter.org Kids & Community King Lear Dutchess County Fair Colonial Day (grades 5-6) Public Sail on the Woody Guthrie 7 p.m. Boscobel | See details under Friday. 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Stony Point Battlefield 6 p.m. Beacon Sloop Club 10 a.m. - 11 p.m. Fairgrounds Poetry, Beacon See details under Friday. 6550 Spring Brook Ave., Rhinebeck Historic Site | 845-786-2521 | nysparks.com 7 p.m. Beacon Yoga | 464 Main St., Beacon 845-876-4000 | dutchessfair.com Come & Play (ages 0-3) Death on the Nile (grade 8) 347-489-8406 | beaconyogacenter.com 9:45 - 11:30 a.m. Howland Public Library 6:30 p.m. Butterfield Library Desmond-Fish Book Sale Jacob Burns Film Center 10 Morris Ave., Cold Spring 2 - 8:30 p.m. 472 Route 403, Garrison 313 Main St., Beacon 7 p.m. Rock Lens: The Rare Rock Films of Tapani 845-265-3040 | butterfieldlibrary.org 845-424-3020 | desmondfishlibrary.org 845-831-1134 | beaconlibrary.org Talo with Q&A Kids Craft Hour Chess Club 10 p.m. The British Invasion Part 2: Rare Clips Health & Fitness 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Howland Cultural Center 4 p.m. Desmond-Fish Library See details under Monday. Red Cross Blood Drive 472 Route 403, Garrison 477 Main St., Beacon Noon - 5 p.m. Church of the Nazarene 845-424-3020 | desmondfishlibrary.org 845-831-4988 | howlandculturalcenter.org Meetings & Lectures 953 Main St., Fishkill Public Sail on the Woody Guthrie Mah Jongg Open Play Library Board Meeting 800-733-2767 | redcrossblood.org 6 p.m. Beacon Sloop Club | Details under Friday 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. VFW Hall 7 p.m. Butterfield Library Grandparenting 101 34 Kemble Ave., Cold Spring 10 Morris Ave., Cold Spring Member Moonwalk 4 p.m. Hudson Valley Hospital Center 845-424-4618 | philipstownrecreation.com 845-265-3040 | butterfieldlibrary.org 9 p.m. Walkway Over the Hudson 1980 Crompond Road, Cortlandt Manor 61 Parker Ave., Poughkeepsie Dutchess County Fair Book Club: The Emperor and the Buddha 914-734-3896 | hvhc.org/events 845-454-1190 | walkway.org 10 a.m. - 11 p.m. Fairgrounds 7 p.m. Holy Smoke BBQ Yoga with a View See details under Tuesday. 241 Route 6N, Mahopac | meetup.com/P-B-B-C 6 p.m. Boscobel | 1601 Route 9D, Garrison Health & Fitness Produce Market Cold Spring Planning Board 845-265-3638 | boscobel.org Free Hepatitis C and HIV Testing Noon. Beacon Presbyterian Church 7:30 p.m. Village Hall | 85 Main St., Cold Spring Basketball at Rec Center 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. 121 Main St., Brewster 50 Liberty St., Beacon 845-265-3611 | coldspringny.gov 845-808-1390 x43114 | putnamcountyny.gov 6:15 p.m. Youth Skills/Drills (grades 3-8) 845-831-5322 | beaconpresbychurch.com 7:30 p.m. Men’s Pick-up Red Cross Blood Drive Pre-School Story Hour Thursday, August 22 Philipstown Recreation Center 2 - 7 p.m. Mahopac Fire Department 1:30 p.m. Desmond-Fish Library 107 Glenclyffe Drive, Garrison 741 Route 6, Mahopac 472 Route 403, Garrison Kids & Community 845-424-4618 | philipstownrecreation.com 800-733-2767 | redcrossblood.org 845-424-3020 | desmondfishlibrary.org Camp Cooking Day Breast Cancer Support Group Weight Loss Surgery Seminar Desmond-Fish Book Sale 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Stony Point Battlefield 7 p.m. Hudson Valley Hospital Center 4:30 p.m. Putnam Hospital Center 2 - 5 p.m. 472 Route 403, Garrison Historic Site 1980 Crompond Road, Cortlandt Manor 670 Stoneleigh Ave., Carmel 845-424-3020 | desmondfishlibrary.org 845-786-2521 | nysparks.com 914-962-6402 | supportconnection.org 845-230-4797 | health-quest.org (Continued on next page)

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repertory each gets an outing over the (from page 10) The Calendar Steppin’ Out With Almost Too Much To Do (from page 7) course of the weekend: The Three Senior Day Center 8:45 a.m. on Saturday from the 9W cabaret standards. Cello and piano, Musketeers on Friday at 8 p.m., King 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Mother Lurana House parking area at Cornwall-on-Hudson. in the capable hands of Julia Bruskin Lear on Saturday at 8 p.m. and All’s Well See details under Tuesday. More details on meetup.com/Hike- and Aaron Wunsch, will create the That End’s Well on Sunday at 7 p.m. Be Dutchess County Fair Putnam. sounds emanating from the Chapel sure to picnic beforehand. Meanwhile, ? Take Restoration on Sunday at 4 p.m. in a 10 a.m. - 11 p.m. Fairgrounds Music, movies or theater one of the HVSF’s favorite actors, Jason See details under Tuesday. your pick or mix and match. The Cold free concert, which will feature a O’Connell, uses his night off on Friday to Spring Film Society is hoping for Rachmaninoff sonata, Bach’s Gamba bring his own one-man show, The Dork The Nature of Things (Class) weather similar to their last screening Sonata in G Major, and Lukas Foss’s Knight, to the Depot Theatre on Friday 11 a.m. Sargent-Downing Gardens night for an outdoor screening of the Capriccio. At the conclusion, those who at 8 p.m. as part of the In Process series. 724 Wolcott Ave., Beacon adrenaline-inducing ‘70s police thriller enjoy diverse genres of music can stroll Rounding things out is the Nimham 845-202-0632 | sdgardens.com The French Connection on Saturday over to the bandstand area to hear Pow Wow, which takes place over the Desmond-Fish Book Sale evening. It will be preceded by a Charlie Faye, in a free Chamber of course of two days, from 10 a.m. to 6 2 - 5 p.m. 472 Route 403, Garrison selection of family shorts for the very Commerce-sponsored Waterfront p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Veterans 845-424-3020 | desmondfishlibrary.org short people in your family (kids, that Music Series concert, from 5:30 to 7 Memorial Park, 200 Gipsy Trail Road is), with the shorts beginning at around p.m. Press notes describe her (yes, she’s Battle of the Books (grades 6-9) (off of 301) in Carmel. The event is an 7:45 p.m. and enough of a breather in a her) as having “… a band that rocks, 5 p.m. Howland Public Library “intertribal pow wow to honor the between to spirit them back home and an attitude that tips its hat to country, 313 Main St., Beacon memory of a forgotten hero, father return to Dockside for more adult fare. and a heart that sings the blues. Her 845-831-1134 | beaconlibrary.org Daniel Nimham and son, Abraham, and Not all that far from the bright lights gritty, powerful vocals tend to wow the Wappinger Indians of the Hudson Public Sail on the Woody Guthrie of Broadway is the Depot Theatre, which anyone who’s only seen the petite singer Valley who gave their lives for liberty 6 p.m. Beacon Sloop Club on Saturday night at 8 p.m. and again at in passing.” The rain location is The during the American Revolution.” See details under Friday. 10 p.m. presents five talented local Living Room, 103 Main St., Cold Spring. Amongst the Pow Wow’s events are Bingo Night women, amongst them Broadway and Theater is center stage, as it is all storytelling, inter-tribal dancing, 6 p.m. Our Lady of Loretto National Tour veterans, in Come to the summer long, at Boscobel, where children’s dances, a birds of prey 24 Fair St., Cold Spring Cabaret, serving up show tunes and Hudson Valley Shakespeare’s trio of demonstration, and pony rides. 860-428-1012 | ourladyoflorettocs.com (from page 7) Health & Fitness Highland Studio: Digital Printmaking Studio with Roots in Fine Arts with artists, sometimes created from a Philipstown.info) and the Putnam printing up to a 64-inch width on Free Hepatitis C Testing combination of images and even from County Historical Society. They moved archival canvas or paper. Questions, like 10 a.m. - Noon. Putnam County Department combinations of paintings and other to a storefront in the West End of this one posed on their site, determine of Health | 1 Geneva Road, Brewster objects or images. Beacon for six years, lured by the many of the processes used: “Do you 845-808-1390 x43114 | putnamcountyny.gov Along with prints, HS also offers then-inexpensive rent and the ability to want your black and white photography Adult Pick-up Soccer custom framing, sales of reproductions connect with lots of artists, before to be printed on a true watercolor 5:30 p.m. Sarah Taylor Park of antique prints, maps and other deciding to build their own studio, paper, like Arches Cold Press? Then you Old Main Street, Fishkill artworks, remastered 19th century tailored to their specific needs, on land have to choose the Iris printer in order meetup.com/hudsonvalleycoedsoccer stereoviews illustrating life and scenery near their residence. Now the Diebbolls to get really rich blacks.” Adult Co-Ed Volleyball along the Hudson, and contemporary are so well established that clients come Images are initially scanned on one 7:30 p.m. Philipstown Recreation Center photographs by Joe, largely of the to them from all over, many from New of two scanners, one called The 107 Glenclyffe Drive, Garrison natural world, printed on albumen York City, “artists and digital artists Betterlight direct 4x5 scanback system, 845-424-4618 | philipstownrecreation.com paper, which, when magnified, gives have us do their printing,” says Joe, but used to scan paintings and anything else them texture. They have many regulars, others from Pennsylvania, Arkansas oversized or gloss and provides Sports often city transplants, “People move up even, “and all over the country, really.” “incredible detail and sharpness.” This H.V. Renegades vs. Aberdeen here and just get drawn into scanner uses an old-fashioned 7:05 p.m. Dutchess County Stadium the history,” says Joe. 4x5 camera, after the artwork See details under Wednesday At RISD, Lisa found the is lit very precisely, the scanner printmaking process “excit- is inserted right where the film Theater & Film ing” while Joe notes that it gave would normally be put. The them a skill, which made it scanning takes about 10 or 15 The Three Musketeers easier to get a job, post-college. minutes, and then they get to 7 p.m. Boscobel | See details under Friday. After graduation they moved work with their color process, Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a to Brooklyn and worked in silk utilizing software and their Generation (Documentary) screening for about 13 years, re- specific knowledge of colors for 7:30 p.m. Jacob Burns Film Center producing paintings and match- expert color matching or color See details under Monday. ing those paintings closely. “We changing. The scanning In Process: The Merry Wives...etc. would interpret certain marks quality allows for “tiny 8 p.m. Philipstown Depot Theatre made by artists, and reproduce originals to be printed super See details under Friday. them, all by hand,” says Lisa, large and, retaining visual skills they honed which they integrity,” according to a Music use today, digitally, having be- description on the studio’s site. Rhythm on the Riverfront: The Big Takeover come early digital innovators. Many proofs later, the work is 5:30 p.m. Scenic Hudson River Center Leaving Brooklyn, (they were complete. The other scanner is Long Dock Road, Beacon raised near Philadelphia, Lisa, an Imacon Flextight drum 845-473-4440 x273 | scenichudson.org and Detroit, Joe), the pair first scanner which scans moved to Ossining, and worked Cold Spring Depot - 1860s, print reproduction of a photo by E. transparencies. Beginning Fiddle, Cello & Mandolin in another silk screen studio & H.T. Anthony, circa 1860s Image courtesy of Highland Studio For straight reproductions, 7 p.m. Garrison Art Center in Westchester. They relocated “We can scan really large 23 Garrison’s Landing, Garrison to Cold Spring in 1990 after visiting the Not all of their clientele includes fine paintings at a very high quality,” Lisa 845-424-3960 | garrisonartcenter.org area and loving it. Their two daughters artists, though. Their doors are open to says, “It’s a great way to reproduce every The Costellos were born and raised here; the younger the public, and they work on anything single brush stroke available digitally. 8 p.m. Dogwood | 47 E. Main St., Beacon of the two departing for college immi- and everything. They can be printed on canvas and we 845-202-7500 | dogwoodbar.com nently. “We have people coming in with can even add brushstrokes to an enlarged With “no connections — we started photos of their mother,” says Lisa, “from print to make it seem more realistic.” Watmelon from scratch with cold calling and ad- soup to nuts. We’ve done the smallest For two people who have been 9:30 p.m. 12 Grapes | See details under Friday. vertising in trade magazines — it started projects to some very large ones — one of working together in the same field for Meetings & Lectures to become a digital world though and I the biggest was for the New York decades, the work never grows stale for got a digital presence, which really got Presbyterian Hospital Milstein Family them. “We keep learning — from Chess Club things going … I watched digital things Heart Center for whom we made a photographers and painters,” says Joe. 7 - 10 p.m. Howland Cultural Center as they started to occur and thought beautiful, huge — 85-foot by 10-foot — “It’s always new,” adds Lisa, “working 477 Main St., Beacon they were amazing,” recalls Lisa, “in mural print of a work by John Beerman. with different artists who are always 845-831-4988 | howlandculturalcenter.org 1997 there were maybe 10 or 15 digital We started by scanning the original in different in what they want and how studios across the country doing what separate panels, then he came here and they want to get there keeps it fresh. Ongoing we were doing. It is really based in a fine partially painted some of it so it was a People come in and we talk about their art method, using archival materials of mix of painting and printing.” art — it’s exciting.” Art & Design the best quality … We take a lot of time Initially, the Diebbolls used an Iris The Highland Studio is located at 31 Visit philipstown.info/galleries with the work.” Joe adds, “We’ll sit down drum printer, which they still have, Stephanie Lane in Cold Spring. Although and collaborate with the artists and cre- although these are no longer being one can stop by, it is best to call Religious Services ate images while they’re still here.” manufactured. 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Community Briefs chestra and has appeared on stage with through Sept. 29, with an artists’ Stonecrop Gardens Holds James Taylor, Ray Charles, Natalie Mer- reception from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Tea in the Garden Aug. 18 chant, Judy Collins, Regis Philbin, Kate Sept. 6. Gallery 66 NY is located at tonecrop Gardens announces a Gar- Pierson, Garth Hudson and Robert Gou- 66 Main St., Cold Spring. Regular Sden Conservancy Open Day and Tea let among others. A versatile classically hours are Thursday through Sun- in the Garden Sunday, Aug. 18, at 81 trained percussionist, Larocco currently day, noon to 6 p.m., or by appoint- Stonecrop Lane, Cold Spring. As part of plays with the East Coast Jazz Trio, and ment. Call 845-809-5838, or visit the Garden Conservancy Open Days Pro- recently wrapped up a stint with the Put- gallery66ny.com. gram, Stonecrop will open for visitation nam County Symphony Orchestra. He from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tea in the Garden has performed and recorded with the River of Words Poetry will take place from noon to 4 p.m. Tea acoustic duo Open Book and is a regular and cake will be available for purchase. at FPCP’s Jazz Vesper Series. Image courtesy of Fort Montgomery State Historic Site Trail Celebrates Admission is $5, and no charge to Stone- Nature-Inspired crop members or visitors with a Garden Learn to Reduce Food parkways and historic sites for the Of- Conservancy Open Days pass. Visitors fice of Parks, Recreation and Historic Poetry should sign in at the Stonecrop Gardens Waste at Cold Spring Preservation in New York as well as the ollowing the success of last year’s potting shed. Visit stonecrop.org for Farmers’ Market Palisades Interstate Park and Parkway in Finaugural River of Words Poetry more information on open days and up- New Jersey. For more information, visit Trail, the Hudson Highlands Land Trust efore you toss the squash … this time coming events. nysparks.com and palisadesparksconser- (HHLT) is pleased to announce partner- of year, gardeners or CSA (communi- B vancy.org. ships with the Constitution Marsh Audu- ty supported agriculture) members find bon Center and Sanctuary in Cold Spring themselves knee-deep in squash, cucum- and the Hudson Highlands Nature Mu- bers, peppers, greens, herbs and toma- Gallery 66 NY Announces seum in Cornwall to bring trails to both toes. But we are also busy people, who September Exhibitions sides of the Hudson River. The River of forget these gems are hidden in drawers Words Poetry Trail is a series of unique, or pushed to the back of the refrigerator In Times of Chaos and Looking Past temporary installations celebrating the where they sit forgotten growing fuzzy Reality to open in Cold Spring white mold. This inevitably leads to them uring the month of September, Gal- being tossed into the trash. Unfortunate- lery 66 NY is pleased to feature the ly, food waste is not a seasonal phenome- D paintings of two fine abstract artists, non. It happens year round and it’s more Dina Herrmann and Sven Mohr. than just a couple of tomatoes we are In Times of Chaos is an exhibition of talking about. Americans are wasting 40 five of Herrmann’s most powerful works, percent of their food. According to the spanning a two-decade period. A native Environmental Protection Agency, more of New York City, Herrmann came by her than 97 percent of the wasted food ends talent honestly; her mother and father, Image courtesy of Stonecrop Gardens up in the landfill, which amounts to 33 who comprised the artist team of R&B million tons of food. When food breaks Herrmann, were highly regarded men’s down anaerobically (without oxygen) Come to the Cabaret fashion illustrators. Herrmann’s often in the landfill it releases methane gas; he Philipstown Depot Theatre hosts eclectic approach to her painting derives methane is 21 times more potent than Come to the Cabaret: An Evening of from a wide range of interests, including T CO2 as a greenhouse gas. Food waste not Songs from Stage and Film from 8 to 10 philosophy, spirituality, and therapeutic only takes up valuable landfill space, but p.m. Saturday Aug. 17, in Garrison. Tick- bodywork. Through her art she strives it’s heavy and costly to transport. ets are $15 at brownpapertickets.com. to express, as she puts it, “a sense of or- To prevent the fruits of your, or some- Hosted by Lisa Sabin, Come to the der against the turmoil of everyday life.” one else’s, hard labor going to waste, try Cabaret features five female vocalists Her work has been shown in a number of these tips: freeze or can food before it River of Words Poetry Image courtesy of HHLT — Jenn Lee, Julie Heckert, Liz Richter, venues, including Washington D.C.’s Na- spoils, give it to a neighbor or friend, do- Tess Dul and Lisa Sabin, accompanied tional Endowment for the Arts. nature-inspired poetry of local students nate to your local food pantry, or at the by acclaimed musicians, pianist Thomas Looking Past Reality is an exhibition winding through natural settings. very least, compost it. McCoy and percussionist Mike Larocco. of Mohr’s abstract work. Mohr grew up Works were selected by award-winning To learn more about how you can re- In choosing songs for this cabaret, Sa- in Denmark and developed his fine art poet and HHLT educator Irene O’Garden duce food waste, come to the Cold Spring bin and the vocalists created a song list skills under the tutelage of the renowned to represent the hundreds of poems cre- Farmers’ Market from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. of recognizable Broadway tunes inter- Danish painter, Professor Erik Clem- ated by students from public schools in Saturday, Aug. 17. Krystal Valiquette spersed with new experiences. The audi- mesen. Immigrating to New York in the Land Trust’s mission area during Ford will share recipes and tips for tack- ence is invited to join in the final num- 1970, he worked in the advertising busi- HHLT’s free Regional River of Words ling food waste in the kitchen. ber singing … Life is a cabaret old chum, ness, while continuing to develop and (ROW) environmental education work- come to the cabaret! refine his art. In Looking Past Reality, shops throughout the 2012-13 school Sabin is classically trained and has Revolutionary War Mohr strives to “avoid the temptation year. Each Poetry Trail will feature a dif- performed jazz, cabaret, Broadway and to make pretty pictures,” by focusing on ferent set of eight poems, written by chil- Shakespeare in New York, San Francisco, Period Concert Set for the patterns, rhythms, and colors in the dren from both sides of the river. London, Scotland and in the Hudson Val- Fort Montgomery State world around us. His bold use of colors The self-guided tour of the HHLT Poet- ley, and also coordinates youth programs — black is often a dominant presence – ry Trail at Constitution Marsh is free and at the Depot Theatre. Lee has been seen Historic Site ranges from soft, seductive hues to vi- open to the public, and will be available on Broadway in James Joyce’s The Dead, ort Montgomery State Historic Site brant shades of red and orange. Mohr’s to explore from dawn to dusk, Aug. 23, Grand Hotel, and Les Miserables as both Fannounces a special period music works can be found in private collections to Sept. 15. Details on the Hudson High- Cosette and Eponine. She is a founding concert, Down With This Earthly King! in the United States and Europe. lands Nature Museum’s Poetry Trail in- member of World’s End Theatre, where The concert, featuring vocal and instru- The exhibition is on view from Sept. 6 stallation will be available closer to its she recently performed in The Way of the mental music performed by the rebel- (Continued on next page) World. Endler Heckert has performed at lious Americans during the Revolution- Carnegie Hall and Hudson Valley venues ary War, takes place at 7 p.m. Saturday, and was recently seen in Beggar’s Op- Aug. 31, at the Fort Montgomery State era at the Depot. Dul is studying theatre Historic Site. and music at Muhlenberg College and Although much of America’s musi- recently performed with the summer cal culture was directly influenced by Opera Studio at College Conservatory of British tastes during this period, some Music in Cincinnati and in On the Town uniquely American styles of composi- at Muhlenberg. Richter is studying vocal tion began to develop in the latter part performance at Westminster Choir Col- of the 18th century. This performance lege in Princeton, N.J., has enjoyed many by musicians of the Ministers of Apollo roles at Haldane High School and at the will include music from Great Britain as Depot Theatre, and recently performed well as selections from American manu- in Sweeney Todd at WCC. scripts and publications. Fort Montgom- Pianist McCoy is well known locally for ery State Historic Site is located at 690 the Jazz Vespers he leads at First Presby- Route 9W, Fort Montgomery, one quarter terian Church of Philipstown and from mile north of the Bear Mountain Bridge the dozens of productions he’s music- traffic circle. Call 845-446-2134 or visit directed at the Depot Theater, where his Facebook. original score for Battle of the Orphans, Fort Montgomery State Historic Site the book by Brian McConnache, was first is part of the Palisades Interstate Park mounted. McCoy is principal pianist Commission. The Palisades Interstate with Hudson Valley Philharmonic Or- Park Commission administers 29 parks, Birds and Bulls by Sven Mohr Image courtesy of Gallery 66 NY www.philipstown.info | Philipstown.info The Paper August 16, 2013 13

Community Briefs (from previous page) opening in Octo- accepted. For questions on items you are when there is no bat for testing, and ex- made through the Circle’s website: how- ber. The Poetry Trails have been made avail- unsure of dropping off or for more infor- posure may have occurred, treatment is landmusic.org, or by writing to Howland able through a generous grant from Central mation, contact Mary Rice at the Putnam necessary,” he warns. “Remember, rabies Chamber Music Circle, P.O. Box 224, Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation. County Department of Health at 845- remains the most deadly virus. It is 100 Chelsea, NY 12512-0224. 808-1390 x43164. Visit putnamcountyny. percent fatal if untreated. Fortunately, com/health and putnamncadd.org/ctc. post-exposure treatment is also 100 per- Learn about Fossils cent effective in preventing the disease. Make Chutney at at Hudson Highlands Get Hands Dirty Helping That’s why all possible exposures, absent Common Ground Farm Nature Museum Aug. 17 the bat for testing, must be treated as a Aug. 18 Haldane Garden necessary safety precaution,” Dr. Beals oin environmental educator Lisa ommon Ground Farm, a community aldane’s school garden has not continues. All possible bat exposures Mechaley at 10 a.m. Aug. 17, at the Out- project in Southern Dutchess County, J stopped growing this summer. should be reported immediately by call- C door Discovery Center on Muser Drive H announces an adult workshop – Make Come visit to see what’s blooming, buzz- ing 808-1390. (Follow voice mail instruc- (across from 174 Angola Road) in Corn- Chutney! – to be held from 9 a.m. to noon ing, and bursting with color. tions for evening and weekend calls.) wall to learn about Fascinating Fossils. Aug. 18, at Artisan Wine Shop in Beacon. The garden needs help to tame the An instructional video on “Capturing Budding paleontologists will view a col- overgrowth of weeds and mulch around a Bat,” is available on the Putnam Coun- lection of fossils, learn about their forma- class beds before school starts. Please ty Department of Health’s website at put- tion, find out what scientists learn from help Haldane get the garden ready for namcountyny.gov/health and via their them, and learn how to collect them. returning students and teachers. Bring social media sites, Facebook and Twitter, “Many of the fossils that are found water, gloves, a shovel and/or iron rake and on the New York State Department in New York are marine animals that on clean-up days to be held from 5:30 of Health’s website. once lived in an ancient ocean that ex- p.m. to dark Monday Aug. 26, and 9 a.m. The Health Department’s mission is isted here 400 million years ago,” said to noon Thursday Aug. 29. to improve and protect the health of the Mechaley. Kids are welcome to play on the black- county’s nearly 100,000 residents through Participants will create their own fos- top or get dirty helping with the garden prevention of illness and injury. Visit put- sil replicas to take home. The program clean-up. As always, thank you for your namcountyny.gov/health or visit social is geared for adults with or without chil- support. The garden committee has only media sites at facebook.com/putnam- dren, and children ages 5 and up. Admis- so many hands for so many, many plants! health and Twitter @PutnamHealthNY. sion is $7/adult, $5/child (members $5/ adult, $3/child). Visit hhnaturemuseum. Beacon org or call 845-534-5506 x204. Howland Chamber Music

Circle Announces Season Photo courtesy of Common Ground Farm he 21st season of the Howland Cham- Tber Music Circle gets under way Sept. Local chef, food educator, and found- 29. It will again feature four string quar- er of Solomon’s Rose condiments, Ol- tets, beginning with the first appearance ivia Hill, will teach the workshop. Par- at the Howland Center of the Juilliard ticipants will learn basic canning and String Quartet. The others will be the preservation techniques to turn raw in- Daedalus, Voxare and Shanghai quartets, gredients into delicious chutneys for all all well known and loved by the Circle’s occasions, and will learn how to make Participants at Fascinating Fossils will audience. Two soloists will join the pre- chutneys using different techniques. learn about many of the fossils found in sentations, violinist Stefan Jackiw, with Participants will go home with informa- New York. Photo by Judy Onufer Gilles Vonsattel on the piano, and cellist tion to make preserved condiments and Narak Hakhnazaryan with pianist Nor- will also receive a pot of chutney to take een Polera. The Gaudete Brass Quintet home. The session will end by breaking will play music spanning five centuries bread and sharing a spot of chutney. Save the Date for Putnam Image courtesy of Haldane Garden Committee and Istanpitta: A Medieval Dance Band, Registration is $25 (incudes materials) County Medication members of Early Music New York, will and $23 for CGF friends. Visit common- Bat Capture May Help perform on period instruments. groundfarm.org or email education@ Take-Back Day The Chamber Music Circle’s wintertime commongroundfarm.org. Artisan Wine he Putnam County Communities Avoid Treatment piano series, enthusiastically received Shop is located at 180 Main St., Beacon. TThat Care Coalition, Putnam Coun- Department of Health reports recent by sold-out houses, will feature return ty Department of Health and Putnam uptick in treatment needs engagements by Jonathan Biss, Jeremy Visit www.philipstown.info for news County Sheriff’s Department present a Denk, Gilles Vonsattel and Frederic Chiu, updates and latest information. medication take-back day from 9 a.m. to seasonal uptick in the number of who will be joined by Andrew Russo in a noon Saturday, Sept. 21, at the American Abats found in Putnam County homes concert of works for two pianos. Legion, George A. Casey Post, 275 Cedar has caused increased rabies treatments All performances take place at 4 p.m. St., Cold Spring. because the bats were not captured. Sundays at the Howland Cultural Center, NY Alert Don’t flush your drugs. Help protect “The important thing to remember is 477 Main St., Beacon, and are followed youth and New York’s waters. Individu- capture any bat found in your home, and by a reception to meet the artists. For the latest updates on als can dispose of prescription medica- then call the Health Department to find Adult series subscriptions of four to out about testing,” says Commissioner weather-related or other tion, over-the-counter medication and eight concerts are $110 to $185; the four- emergencies, sign up at pet medication. Please keep medications of Health Allen Beals, M.D. “Less than 2 concert piano series is $105, three concerts in original package if possible. Remove percent of bats have rabies so with test- for $80. Tickets to individual concerts are www.nyalert.gov. personal patient information. No syring- ing, the need for treatment should be $30, and all student tickets are $10. es, lancets or sharps of any kind will be markedly reduced. On the other hand, All series and ticket orders can be

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Wondering if you have any the tree. While it wasn’t high resolution ity. The fungus spreads to new growth ideas about this? It’s like a growth enough to distinguish many details of during the growing season in the wind. A the growths, it did help me identify it. Depending on how many branches are in the branches of the plum tree in my yard. It’s black and looks almost moldy. First I pulled out Dirr’s Encyclopedia of infected on this particular plum tree, Lots of fruit, so it doesn’t seem to be Trees and Shrubs, a massive reference pruning will indeed help, but not in the harming the tree but there is more and book with nearly 4,000 species and cul- fall, as the reader mentions. Fruit trees, more every year. Should I have the tree tivars. Actually, this was also a great ex- in general, should be pruned when dor- pruned down this fall to get rid of it all?” cuse for perusing the book. It’s gorgeous mant. Late winter, like the end of Feb- I have a crabapple tree in the yard and I and I got in my weight training for the ruary, is the best time to prune. Cutting walk by it all the time, noting the chewed day while taking it off the shelf and car- away two to four inches and up to six up leaves and scraggly fruit. It isn’t a great rying it to the table. It is literally not for Tree and shrub maintenance keeps a inches below the growths will remove tree, but I’ve neglected to ever look into the weak. There are a lot of trees listed as garden healthy. Photo by P. Doan the infected areas before the fungus can any methods of diagnosing what’s hap- plums, but I could rule out all those with become active again next year. purple and red leaves. That left Prunus This resource is immensely useful. It’s Here’s a really important step that can- pening to it or making it healthier. It’s searchable both by Latin and common an old tree, the birds like it, but I didn’t Americana, or American red plum, and not be neglected – the infected branches Prunus Maritima, or beach plum. Since name, lists characteristics, and has im- must be burned or buried. Toss them plant it and don’t pay much attention to it. ages and a list of the status of the plant That’s all a way of saying, good for you for Dirr’s Encyclopedia is awesome, but the in the fireplace. Left on the ground, the photographs don’t show all the detail, I in different states, for instance if it is spores can still spread and the tree will noticing that something isn’t right on your threatened or invasive. With the photos plum tree and trying to figure it out. turned to the USDA website of plants. be re-infected. Once you assess how much on this site, I could tell by the shape of of the tree has to be pruned to remove the the leaves that the reader is referring to black knot, you’ll know if the tree can be Sample Local Fare at United Way’s Putnam Best an American red plum. saved. If the tree is very valuable, there Next, I had to work with the descrip- is a fungicide that can be applied before Chefs and Fine Wines (from previous page) tion of the problem, “black, moldy-look- bud burst in the spring and an arborist no prescription drug coverage or insuf- The Garrison is located at 2015 Route ing growths on branches that are getting could help you. Try pruning first, though. ficient coverage by $1 billion. Family- 9, Garrison. Tickets are $50 in advance worse each year.” Cornell has the most Hopefully, you’ve caught it in time. Wize cards are being distributed free and $60 at the door. Sponsorship op- relevant resources for fruit trees, although Avoid problems like this by choosing of charge nationwide by participating portunities start at $275. To purchase geared toward commercial growers. It was disease resistant cultivars when buying United Ways along with other agencies. tickets, or to learn about sponsorship, easy to learn that there are two diseases, plants and trees. Different cultivars have The discounts and savings are provided visit uwwp.org/bestchefs or contact Pe- plum pocket and black knot, which com- lesser or greater resistance to common voluntarily by the more than 61,000 par- ter West at 914-997-6700 x732 or pwest@ monly afflict plum trees. Black knot sound- problems. One cultivar of plum tree is ticipating pharmacies that have agreed uwwp.org. UWWP is based in White ed promising so I went with the obvious. listed as highly resistant to black knot, to accept this card. Since the program’s Plains and can be reached at 914-997- A fungus called Dibotryon morbosum it’s called “President.” Good luck! inception there have been 3,045 claims 6700 or by visiting uwwp.org or through thrives in the cool, wet conditions we had Links: thus far in Putnam County. their Facebook page. for the early part of summer and causes In addition, there are United Way black knot. It overwinters on the branches • www.nysipm.cornell.edu/factsheets/ funding streams: in the Community Im- of the tree and then becomes active in the treefruit/diseases/bk/bk.asp pact Fund, nonprofits may apply for any spring when it releases spores. Well, there • msue.anr.msu.edu/news/your_plum_ of 10 special community impact grants is a much longer, scientific explanation of trees_versus_black_knot Dibotryon morbosum on the Cornell web- in the areas of education, income and • plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=pram# health. 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