Old Albany Post Road Eroding

The PUTNAM COUNTY NEWS and RECORDER We are 143 years old but new every Wednesday CXLIII No. 26 www.pcnr.com Wednesday, July 1, 2009 Philipstown & Putnam Valley 50¢ Scrambled, Poached, or Friedl’d? Old Albany Post Road Eroding Philipstown Seeks Easements from Property Owners by Annie Chesnut of the eight property owners the monument at the corner solving drainage issues that have indicated their will- of Old Albany and Sprout contribute to road erosion. T h e P C N & R r e c e n t l y ingness to proceed. There Brook Roads and continu- The road became a concern learned that eight Continen- was some concern about the ing to Upland Drive. The after a torrential April 2007 tal Village property holders way in which the delivery easement language gives the rainstorm, termed the “hun- on and near the unpaved of these legal documents town the right to address dred-year storm” by some, Old Albany Post Road have was handled—Bruno was drainage issues—“install, which washed away portions received legal documents asked by the Town to place inspect, maintain, use, re- of the road and created ruts asking them to grant ease- the easement paperwork in pair, replace, and remove deep and wide enough that ments so that the Town mailboxes, which appeared catch basins, drainage lines, some homeowners were un- of Philipstown can make to some to be a less-than- pipes, dry wells, culverts, able to leave their properties improvements to the dirt professional way of deliver- manhole covers, bridges, for several days. road. According to Justine ing legal documents. and other appurtenances.” Mr. Shea, who is also the Bruno, who heads up the The requests for easements According to the Philip- liaison with the Conservation Continental Village Prop- are part of a FEMA-funded stown Highway Department, Advisory Council and chair erty Owners Association, plan designed to address plans include repairing and of the Comprehensive Plan as well as Council Member problems on a section of paving trouble-prone areas Implementation Committee, Richard Shea, to date, seven the dirt road beginning at of the road as well as re- (See Road on Page 12) C OMMUNITY D AY S ET FOR S ATUR D AY , J ULY 4 IN C OL D S PRING ALL THE PEOPLE OF THE COUNTY ARE INVITED TO ATTEND. PROGRAM OF THE DAY DETaiLED ON PAGE 7 PARADE AT 2PM, FIREWORKS AT 9:15PM Taypayer Revolt: Putnam Legislature Intern Might Refuses to Pay MTA Mobility Tax Find Cash for by Eric Gross tion Committee meeting, “We members but appointees to County Coffers must draw the line. This levy the commission from Putnam, by Eric Gross It’s being called a taxpayer’s is taxation without representa- Dutchess, Orange, and Rock- ANNIE CHESNUT revolt. In a shocking and sur- tion. The tax is grossly unfair land have one shared vote. Brianne O’Hare is a young prise move, the Putnam County and is a geographic issue. Hay also blasted the MTA lady with a mission. by Annie Chesnut ing Brook Lake and Lake quiet and relatively undis- The process is regulated by Legislature Monday voted The MTA doesn’t care about for “taking revenue from not- The 20-year-old communi- Peekskill. turbed places that geese the US Fish and Wildlife Ser- to refrain from paying the the residents north of the Big for-profit organizations that cations major at Connecticut’s If you are noticing fewer The process requires not would choose for nesting. vice, and the Humane Society Metropolitan Transportation Apple, which is too bad.” serve the handicapped and Quinnipiac University gradu- Canada geese this year around only a deft hand and a knack When he finds a nest, both has published a guidebook of Authority a “single penny” Under the state’s plan, 34 disabled, which will signifi- ated from John F. Kennedy your favorite local ponds, for finding nesting areas, but of the nesting birds are al- “Wild Goose Egg Addling for the state’s recently en- cents of every $1,000 earned cantly reduce their limited High School in Somers in lakes, beaches, and grassy also a keen understanding of most always nearby, but their Protocol”: acted MTA Mobility Tax that by residents of the counties funds and services to the most 2006, and is working with areas, you may have an egg the behavior of geese. instinct is to distract the will cost businesses in the surrounding New York City needy segment of the county’s the Putnam Legislature on addler named Friedl Muller- “They mate for life, and intruder by leading him away If the gander is not imme- commuter region millions of will be paid to the MTA. population.” a series of stimulus grants Landau to thank. they will return to the same from the nest, so they head diately obvious, be watchful dollars. Legislature Chairman Tony Despite the lawmakers’ that will hopefully result in An egg addler’s job is to nesting area year after year,” off in a different direction. for his return, perhaps by Legislator Mary Ellen Odell Hay of Southeast called the decision, Commissioner of a windfall for county coffers. make bird eggs unviable. One Muller-Landau said. His job Muller-Landau then goes to air, inresponse to his mate’s of Carmel described her col- state’s decision “egregious” Finance William Carlin fore- After being introduced by way to do this is by gently in Lake Peekskill was made the nest and, using a soft rag, calls. Cheap umbrellas, the league’s actions as “an act of for the mobility tax to pro- cast that the local taxpayer Legislator Mary Ellen O’Dell, smearing nest eggs with oil tougher, he explained, by the applies cooking oil to the kind without pointed ends, civil disobedience.” pose that Putnam employers will lose in the end because who has known the young so that their permeability is fewer, smaller beaches, and eggs. “I always try to leave have several advantages for Legislator Vincent Tamagna be taxed at the same rate as the state will withhold the Carmel woman for many years, reduced and air is prevented the large number of houses at least one egg,” he said, fending. Carried closed and of Cold Spring told a small counties that have a full vote amount due to the MTA from Legislator Vincent Tamagna from reaching the embryo. that have been built right on “because the eggs get cold opened near the goose with audience attending the Legis- on the MTA Board. other reimbursements. has taken Brianne under his The embryo fails to develop the shores of the lake, mean- once they are addled, and some shaking and noise, lature’s Audit and Administra- The board consists of 16 (See Tax Revolt on Page 2) wing. and there is one less goose ing that many geese have to if they all go cold [or if he there is an element of sur- Tamagna said that, in addi- to hatch come springtime. go farther back into the woods simply took all of the eggs prise when a solid visual tion to the grant applications, Muller-Landau, who lives to make their nests. These and discarded them] the geese barrier springs opens in “Brianne is helping us with front of the geese. (The PV Pols Seek Sustainable Careers in the Roaring Brook Lake nests are much harder to find will just lay more. If there the recently organized Task advantage of using cheap area, is the official egg addler than those on the beaches or is one warm egg, they won’t Force on Energy. I don’t know umbrellas is that geese do by Annie Chesnut of Putnam Valley, which pays lawns around Roaring Brook do that. When it is raining or what this legislature will do break some.) him a small stipend. Cur- Lake. Muller-Landau uses the weather is colder, I will in the middle of August when rently, he addles at both Roar- a boat to look for the rare leave more than one live egg.” The upcoming Putnam Val- (See Addler on Page 12) ley election season is sure she returns to school. Brianne not to be dull thanks to an (See O’Hare on Page 12) Water Dampens Agenda of Parent Creates Web Forum intriguing cast of characters. Democrats are putting to- Food Pantry Cold Spring Board for Garrison Schools gether their opposition ticket with hopes of unseating cur- Concerns by Michael Mell lips feels that a plumber will by Michael Mell The PCN&R sat down with rent Republican supervisor Remain be better equipped “in case him recently to discuss guf- Bob Tendy. Dawn Powell, a At the June 23, 2009, Cold any plumbing issues arise.” Garrison resident and Gar- shelp.org, the long-running prolific blogger on local mat- by Joe Lindsley Jr. Spring Village Board meet- The removed meters will be rison School parent Gordon teacher contract impasse, and ters, has her eyes set on the ing, the ever-present issue bench-tested and any issues Stewart has had a varied career other related issues supervisor job. She has some against the PV Republicans him, he sued the board and In the June 24 issue, the of water, and what to do found brought to the atten- in politics, business, theater, experience with the town’s for two open board seats. his own town employees, PCN&R reported on Philip- with it, was again the main tion of the manufacturer and music, and teaching. He spent PCN&R: What moved you to top post: She was formerly The Davis administration and lost.

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