Remember Veterans Day, Monday, November 11 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2013 69 MAIN ST., COLD SPRING, N.Y. | www.philipstown.info Banner Week for Haldane Athletes Cross Country teams in State Finals, three teams in Regional Finals By Michael Turton ard work during the regular season has Hbeen paying dividends for Haldane’s athletic teams in playoff action this week. Boys’ and girls’ cross country Celebrating their town board victory from left to right, re-elected candidate John teams both won Section 1 Class Van Tassel, current board member Nancy Montgomery, re-elected Town Supervisor D championships and will par- Richard Shea, retiring board member Betty Budney, current member Dave Merandy ticipate in the State Champi- and newly elected board member Michael Leonard. Photo by K.E. Foley onships at Queensbury High School in Queensbury, N.Y., on Saturday, Nov. 9. The boys’ race Dems Take Three Town begins at 9:25 a.m. and the girls get underway at 11:10 a.m. 1,127 votes. Erickson lost two years ago Girl’s soccer won their third Board Seats when he challenged Shea for the supervi- straight Section 1 Class C Cham- Shea leads team to victory sor’s job. pionship defeating Solomon Running only on the Conservative line, Schechter 4-0. They then beat By Kevin E. Foley and Liz Schevtchuk Cathy Sapeta, a first-time candidate, re- S.S. Seward Institute in the State Armstrong ceived 657 votes. Regional Semi-Final 5-0 and will “We always keep it positive, we run on now face Friends Academy in the everaging a demographic advan- our own merits, we have a proven track re- Regional Final on Saturday, Nov. tage, a strong organizational core cord,” declared Shea as he thanked an en- 9, at Tully Park in New Hyde Park, Land a message of incumbent ac- thusiastic audience of campaign workers N.Y., located on Long Island. complishment, the Philipstown Demo- in a private home in Nelsonville. Shea em- Boys’ soccer won the Class C crats won the race for town supervisor phasized community building as a central Section 1 Championship with and the other two seats open on the tenet of his team’s agenda going forward. a 2-0 victory over Solomon Town Board. All five board positions are “There are so many people that have Schechter and went on to de- held by Democrats. to be there to make it happen,” a grate- feat S.S. Seward Institute in the Running unopposed for his third term ful Leonard told the group. “I will do the Regional Semi-Final. They now as supervisor, Richard Shea led the way best job I possibly can,” he promised. advance to the Regional Final for incumbent John Van Tassel and first- “It’s truly an honor to have served you against Friends Academy on Sat- time candidate Michael Leonard. Shea for the last four years and I must have urday, Nov. 9, at Arlington High received 1,751 votes according to the done something right because I am get- School in Poughkeepsie. The unofficial total by the Putnam County ting the shot again,” said Van Tassel. Both of Haldane’s cross country teams, top game is scheduled for 12:30 p.m., Board of Elections. Van Tassel had 1,585 While thanking campaign workers Van and middle, will compete in the state finals on however Haldane Athletic Direc- and Leonard 1,382. Tassel also paid tribute to Betty Budney, Saturday, Nov. 9, in Queensbury, N.Y. The girls’ tor Tom Cunningham is seeking Republican/Conservative candidate a long-serving board member who did volleyball team, above, won their 11th straight a time change. Please check the Lee Erickson, who had argued during the not run for reelection. Class D Section 1 Championship – and they’re not Haldane website for details. campaign that the board needed to in- At the Depot Restaurant in Cold Spring finished yet. Photos courtesy of Haldane The girls’ volleyball team clude a non-Democratic voice, trailed with about three- (Continued on page 3) won their 11th straight Class D Section 1 Championship with a 3-0 vic- tory over Keio Academy and will play in Village Addresses the Regional Final at 6 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 8, facing Shelter Island High School Boat Club Issues at Pelham High School. Details regard- Cruise boat fees may increase ing upcoming games can be found on the Haldane website at haldaneschool.org. By Michael Turton old Spring Village Trustee Bruce Putnam Reps Campbell reported that a meeting Cwas recently held with members of the Cold Spring Boat Club, continuing dis- Decline to Ask cussions about the club’s future after the New York Department of Environmental for Levy Probe Conservation (DEC) completes its cleanup Cruise boats rafting at the Cold Spring dock — a practice prohibited by village of toxic coal tar found beneath the site. insurance. Photo by M. Turton Like ‘pulling wings off flies’ His comments were part of a very full recommendations in Cold Spring’s Com- There are however, major sticking By Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong agenda at the Village Board meeting on Nov. 5 (Tuesday). The Village Board must prehensive Plan, which advocates mak- points to be resolved. The club has sug- ithstanding impassioned pleas, respond to DEC by the end of January ing the club more accessible to the com- gested a new, 50-year lease, a big shift from the Putnam County Legislature 2014, confirming that the boat club build- munity. The plan also emphasizes the the current 20-year agreement. At Tues- WWednesday night (Nov. 6) re- ing will be removed as part of the cleanup. village’s need for new revenue sources. day’s meeting Trustee Stephanie Hawkins fused to join the increasingly messy fra- In the meantime, the board must consider The boat club is demonstrating a will- pointed out that the boat club does not cas over county District Attorney Adam a number of significant issues, including ingness to heed the recommendations. pay rent and also suggested it should be Levy, who is under scrutiny for his con- the club’s lease. The village owns the site At Tuesday’s meeting, Mark Patinella, required to submit a business plan. Pub- duct in the case of a friend accused of and the club, established in 1955. boat club commodore, said that public lic input will also likely become an issue. raping a teenager. The two sides are not close to a new restrooms are being considered for the Trustee Matt Francisco said that in cre- For months, Levy’s situation has drawn agreement but issues are beginning to replacement building. The club is also ating a new agreement, the Village Board attention with a vitriolic spat (replete take shape. One thing that seems cer- considering charging a fee for guest will eventually have to face the question: with a defamation lawsuit) between tain is that the club’s future will not be a dockage — which could become a new “Do the residents agree?” With projects Levy and county (Continued on page 4) mirror of its past. In part, that is due to source of revenue for the village. such as a new (Continued on page 3) 2 November 8, 2013 The Paper www.philipstown.info | Philipstown.info Mouths to Feed that tea – tea! – could satisfy me is ridicu- vors that has gone missing from mass- lous because what I really need is candy. market confections. Candy’s genius lies in the fact that it so I have taken to buying a couple pounds Sugar Mommy precisely delivers its sugar load. Unlike, of them whenever my family passes say, cookies or cake, which offer sweet- through Weston, Vt., where the Vermont By Celia Barbour ness padded with flour and butter, candy Country Store sells penny candy by the doesn’t introduce a lot of unnecessary barrel. This summer, after I acquired my y doctor once told me that I baggage into the experience. stash, the kids decided that I should de- should try drinking a cup of tea Which isn’t to say that candy can get vote a whole column to the Bit-O-Honey. Msweetened by a single teaspoon away with being merely sweet. The best The recipe, they agreed, would go like of sugar in the afternoons, if indeed I had candies balance sweet notes with bitter, this – ingredients: 1 Bit O-Honey; instruc- an insatiable daily craving for sweets, as sour, or salty ones (chocolate is the most tions: Open it. Discard wrapper. Eat. I’d claimed. One teaspoon of sugar, she famous example of bitterness tamed by What they didn’t realize is that I explained, has only 16 calories. sweetness). They also offer subtler es- planned to follow their instructions to What prompted her comment was the sences, like those from woodsy nuts and the letter this fall, whenever I was craving number that the scale had come to rest fragrant vanilla, or the intricate, toasted something small and sweet. But I couldn’t. at when I’d stepped on it – a number that flavors that occur when ingredients are Because one day, barely three weeks later, seemed to indicate that my current af- caramelized. I searched the high shelf where I’d hidden ternoon remedies were, perhaps, a bit When I was a kid, ordinary candy still them and discovered they’d all been eaten. Apple cider caramels Photos by C. Barbour heavy-handed. had a little complexity to it – the kind Every last one of them. you now only find in gourmet con- Last night I made apple cider cara- burnt caramel notes to offset the sweet- fections.