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The Body As Artist's Palette Planning Board Trio Resigns * Winner: 13 Better Newspaper Contest Awards *New York Press Association, 2013 & 2014 FREE! Rick Moody at Chapel Series See Page 7 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2015 161 MAIN ST., COLD SPRING, N.Y. | philipstown.info The Body as Artist’s Palette Veterans Day Marked in Cold Spring Tattoos tell people’s stories espite overcast skies and a light rain, World War I at the 11th hour of the 11th Dmore than 60 veterans, residents day of the 11th month in 1918. America and local leaders came out on Nov. observed Armistice Day until the holiday 11 to honor those who have served in was renamed Veterans Day in 1954. the U.S. Armed Forces as part of Cold Local veteran Francis (Terry) Lahey (left) Spring’s 2015 Veterans Day ceremony at led Wednesday’s memorial service. Matt Montleon, tattoo artist and owner of Honorable Ink Photo by M. Turton the war memorial below St. Mary-in-the- Cold Spring Mayor Dave Merandy read Highlands Episcopal Church. Celebrated a proclamation from U.S. Rep. Sean By Michael Turton To many, tattooing the face may seem as Armistice Day and Remembrance Patrick Maloney. extreme. “I’ll do facial tattoos depending Day in several other countries, Veterans Photo by Michael Turton he idea of getting a tattoo is any- on the circumstance, usually a very avid Day marks the anniversary of the end of thing but new. The tattooed “ice- client with many tattoos,” he said. “But Tman” discovered in the Alps in never someone getting their first tattoo.” 1991 dates back some 5,200 years. In He also discourages first-time clients Planning Board Trio Resigns recent years, tattoos have become much from tattooing their neck or hands. more accepted as a legitimate part of Montleon, who also paints, said he con- Letters submitted en masse “The Planning Board is adrift. This dis- pop culture as the stigma once associ- siders himself an artist, but views his job array is making it impossible for the board to be effective.” She also said she ated with them rapidly disappears. as a trade. “I love doing flowers and cus- By Michael Turton Matt Montleon has seen that shift as tom lettering,” he said. “But you’re really was “disturbed by what appears to be owner and one of four tattoo artists at kind of a slave,” doing what others ask you hree members of the Cold Spring attempts to torpedo the Butterfield proj- Beacon’s Honorable Ink. “The attitude to do. “When someone trusts you as an Planning Board have resigned, ect.” In a reference to the disagreement towards tattoos started to change to the artist and says they have an idea but no Tleaving the all-volunteer commit- between the village and Guillaro over positive about 10 years ago when it hit boundaries, telling me to do it as I please, tee with less than a quorum. Barney payment of bills she wrote that “the is- mainstream television,” he told The Pa- that’s as close to a favorite job as I get.” Molloy, Karen Dunn and James Pergamo sues could easily have been resolved without the stop-work order.” Pergamo’s per. “There are more and more people The good and bad side of life submitted letters of resignation en masse comments were more measured. “I’m not who want tattoos now.” Christine Nauman has taken tattooing at the Tuesday (Nov. 10) Cold Spring Vil- in agreement with the way the Village Montleon, who has been creating tat- to a high level. The 51-year-old Beacon lage Board meeting. The three cited re- Board has conducted itself and the lack toos since 2004, said that commemorating resident got her first small tattoo when cent disagreements with Mayor Dave of professionalism,” he wrote. The letters a family member or other loved one is the she was 18. Why? “Because I was 18! ... and Merandy’s administration, including the were submitted but not read into the re- most common reason why clients walk into wanted to be a rebel,” she said. About 10 appointment of former village Trustee cord at Tuesday’s meeting. his shop. It can also be about artistic ex- years ago, her interest intensified. “About Matt Francisco as Planning Board chair In an email to The Paper, Merandy pression. “Some people collect paintings — 60 percent of my (Continued on Page 3) and the handling of payment of legal fees others collect tattoos,” he said. owed by Butterfield developer Paul said that he feels the resignations are “in Guillaro. The resignations leave the best interests of the village; and I’m Men and women, young, old grateful to them for doing so.” He said he In assessing who is drawn to tattoo- only Francisco and Arne Saari on will appoint new members as quickly as ing, Montleon estimates, “It’s about 50- the Planning Board. possible, adding that while “decisions re- 50 men and women,” adding that age “The malice, arrogance and in- quiring a vote cannot take place without is a factor at opposite ends of the spec- competence that the majority of a quorum” the two remaining members trum. He has tattooed a small angel on [Village] Board members demon- “will continue to work with applicants.” the shoulder of an 83-year-old woman strates on an almost daily basis is The mayor termed Dunn’s comments on and once watched a fellow artist give a breathtaking,” Molloy wrote in his Butterfield “an absurd characterization,” 95-year-old man three tattoos. Tattooing resignation letter. Dunn wrote: adding that “a stop-work order was young people is regulated, however. “It’s never issued.” He also commented against the law in New York State to tat- that “Butterfield will continue to too anyone under the age of 18, even with move forward and if built as … de- parental consent,” he said. And of those signed and approved by the Plan- who get that first tattoo, Montleon has ning Board there is no cause for observed that very few end up with just concern.” one. Village officials will meet with Not all tattoos are about loved ones or Guillaro next week to assess invoic- art. When a woman asked Montleon for ing, payment of bills and the But- a Waffle House tattoo, he assumed there terfield project’s escrow account. had to be an interesting story involved. “No,” she said. “I just really like Waffle Six degrees of separation? House.” Merandy appointed Francisco af- ter Donald MacDonald resigned as Limits — and no boundaries Planning Board chair. Although the There are limits to what Montleon will mayor has the authority to make depict on a person’s skin. “I won’t do rac- such an appointment unilaterally, ist or gang tattoos, or anything hateful,” Christine Nauman’s tattoos cover about 60 Kathleen Foley offering a public the Village Board approved the he said. percent of her body. Photo provided comment Photo by M. Turton move at its (Continued on Page 3) 2 November 13, 2015 The Paper philipstown.info Roots and Shoots What’s Lurking in Your Garden? Early detection, rapid response On the invasion curve, public awareness comes right before the “too late” phase, when the plants are so prolific they are im- By Pamela Doan possible to ignore. That part of the curve t a recent talk, Current and Emerging Threats can change, though. Someone hiking or be- in the Hudson Valley, at the New York Botani- ing curious about a new plant in the yard cal Garden’s Invasive Species Summit, the news finds many invasive plants. Citizen science A through the iMapInvasives app for smart- for recovering natural areas with native plants was not hopeful. On the invasion curve, a standard graph used phones (imapinvasives.org) is helping to commonly in the industry to determine the level of in- identify and control invasive species. festation through three phases, the Hudson Highlands Rohleder mentioned all of the following fall in the “too late” category, meaning that eradication plants as high risk and all have been found is not possible. Local controls and management are the in our area. They have been identified in only recourse to try to control the spread and protect small numbers for the moment, though, high value areas. and are currently considered to be man- The most prolific invasive plants are Japanese barber- ageable. Emerging threats include: ry, tree of heaven, mugwort, Oriental bittersweet, Japa- Phellodendron amurense or Amur cork- nese stiltgrass, and the aquatic dwellers water chestnut tree — This large tree is planted as an or- and phragmites. It’s hard to go far without finding large namental species and its compound leaves look similar to the ash tree but it has dis- patches of any of them. I can look out my window right Not all invasive plants are ugly. This fig buttercup’s prettiness isn’t tinctive ridged, corky bark. It is one of now and see all except water chestnut and phragmites. worth the damage it causes, though. New York’s prohibited invasive species as Linda Rohleder, who leads the land stewardship pro- Photo by Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut / Bugwood.org gram for the New York/New Jersey Trail Conference and of this year, but it has already escaped into forest areas and is establishing itself and is the program coordinator of the Lower Hudson Valley perennial looks similar to marsh marigold, a native taking over. There are three reports of Amur corktree Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management plant, but it quickly takes over anywhere it can establish. populations in the Bronx and Westchester.
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