Dam Removals Restore Over the Following Few Days, the Field- Alexander Was Its Last Occupant

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Built in 1881, Castle Rock in Garrison has been empty for 45 years. An excavator removes the Furnace Brook dam in Cortlandt earlier this month. Photo by B. Cronin This Home Could Be Your Castle A Leg Up for River Fish Castle Rock, empty since Osborn, from 1955 to 1975. Dam removals restore Over the following few days, the field- Alexander was its last occupant. It has stone from the dam was used to regrade 1975, is on the market been owned for the past 45 years by a spawning habitat the stream bed, the remnants of a collapsed private company, Castle Rock LLC. bridge were removed, and aquatic life was By Michael Turton By Brian PJ Cronin According to lore, the castle in The again able to make its way upstream. astle Rock, a 10,518-square-foot, Wizard of Oz was patterned after Castle merican eel and river herring Also this month, the DEC awarded seven-bedroom historic home in Rock because the author, L. Frank Baum, that return to the Hudson River $113,800 to the Open Space Institute to C Garrison, is looking for its next viewed it from across the Hudson River A to spawn next spring are in for a study the removal of the Sloan Dam on owner — and a contractor. while he was a cadet at West Point. In welcome surprise: Access to two ancestral Arden Brook at the Highlands Country The home, which towers on 16 acres over fact, Baum attended the Peekskill Military spawning grounds that have been blocked Club, which is part of the Garrison Grist Mill Route 9D, has been listed for $3.45 million, Academy about 13 years before Castle Rock for nearly 300 years. Historic Site that the nonprofit oversees. It but also hasn’t been occupied since 1975. was built. On Oct. 27, the New York State Depart- is the only dam in Philipstown that is not Built in 1881, it was a summer residence for The home shouldn’t be confused with ment of Conservation (DEC), working with on private property or owned by the town. William Henry Osborn, who had been presi- nearby Cat Rock, which was built in 1919 the nonprofit Riverkeeper, removed the There are about 1,600 dams in the dent of the Illinois Central and the Chicago, for Frederick Henry Osborn, another Strooks Felt Dam on the Quassaick Creek Hudson River Estuary watershed. River- St. Louis and New Orleans railroads, who grandson of William Henry Osborn, and in Newburgh. keeper and the DEC in 2016 removed a lived there until his death in 1894. sold in 2013 for $6.95 million. Two weeks later, on Nov. 10, onlook- dam in Troy and next year plan to remove a His son, Henry, inherited the home and ers clapped and cheered as an excavator fourth dam upstream from Furnace Brook. The listing is with Melissa Carlton at owned it until 1935, followed by William’s hammered through a 5-foot-high, 75-foot- “In order to bring the fish back, we have Houlihan Lawrence in Cold Spring. granddaughter, Virginia Osborn, from wide colonial-era dam on Furnace Brook to bring the habitat back,” said George 1935 to 1955 and his grandson, Alexander (More photos on Page 12) in Cortlandt’s Oscawana Park. (Continued on Page 6)

Reporter’s Notebook once have two facilities — the Martin Luther King Cultural Center on South Avenue, from 1969 to 2011, and the Beacon Community Does Beacon Need a Community Center? Center, which operated for decades from By Jeff Simms $5.9 million, accounts for about 26 percent 3 percent of general spending.) what is now the Recreation Department of city costs but will not increase substan- Throughout 2020, I’ve heard many resi- building on West Center Street. h e B e a c o n tially over 2020. dents say at City Council and school board However, neither facility was run by the City Council During an hourlong public hearing on meetings and other forums that a city-run, city — the Martin Luther King center was T next month is Nov. 16, most residents who spoke echoed central facility — a recreation or commu- a nonprofit and the Beacon Community expected to adopt a a similar thought: Let’s spend less on polic- nity center — is something Beacon has Center leased space from the city, although 2021 budget that includes ing and more on recreation, food distribu- needed for years. the city at times supported both with grant $22.2 million in general tion, internet access and other programs At the moment, a newly constructed facil- funds, said Mark Price, the director of the spending and keeps property taxes flat. that would create a more equitable distri- ity would be a heavy lift for any municipality Beacon Recreation Department. Much of the dialogue over the proposal bution of municipal services. (Parks and given the uncertainty over state aid because John Galloway Jr., a 2015 Beacon High has focused on police spending, which, at recreation, at about $762,000, accounts for of the pandemic shutdown. But the city did (Continued on Page 6) 2 November 27, 2020 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.org

FIVE QUESTIONS: ELIZABETH KOLBERT

By Brian PJ Cronin Are there lessons from the pandemic that could be used to address climate By Michael Turton lizabeth Kolbert is the author of The change? Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural People have always questioned whether History, which won the 2015 Pulit- How will you enjoy E climate change is such a diffuse issue that zer Prize for nonfiction, and the forthcom- people aren’t willing to deal with it. They your Thanksgiving ing Under a White Sky: The Nature of the only deal with things that are staring them Future. She will speak at 4 p.m. on Dec. 6 in the face. COVID is staring people in the leftovers? with David Gelber in a virtual event hosted face, killing their friends and relatives, and by the Desmond-Fish Public Library. still people have found a way to deny reality. So the lessons we’ve learned are chilling, This week, General Motors said it unfortunately. I’ll heat up a bit of would no longer support President everything in the Trump’s attempts to nullify Califor- What issue with climate change isn’t oven and watch nia’s stricter fuel economy rules. Do getting enough attention? you think other companies will signal How much warming is baked into the holiday movies. that they’re willing to be more aggres- system at this point that we haven’t yet sive in addressing climate change experienced. That isn’t getting enough under the new administration? attention among the general public but is Yes. They see the writing on the wall. The well understood among those who study Biden administration is going to try and Biden has unveiled a robust climate climate change. That is why scientists have reverse the Trump administration’s Cali- plan. What’s missing from it? always said that you have to act before you fornia decision. These companies are faced It’s ambitious, but what it lacks — which don’t like the climate that you’re seeing. with a new political reality, and I hope they is what most of these ambitious plans lack We’ve already baked in a lot of damage respond wisely. — is a clear roadmap from A to B. because of the time lag in the system.

What gives you hope? People have always questioned whether A lot of Americans are increasingly aware climate change is such a diffuse issue that of the dangers of climate change and push- ~ Kathleen Bowman, Beacon ing on the political system to act, and that’s people aren’t willing to deal with it. what we need. I’ll pay homage to Philly’s Wawa Gobbler sandwich — no fixings left out!

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EDITOR LETTERS AND COMMENTS Chip Rowe would want was to cause anyone, especially play in determining how many people to [email protected] Stay safe As we head into winter and the pandemic a new baby, to become ill. have in your home. Are any of them at SENIOR EDITOR continues to take its toll on humanity, it This crisis will end, and we will be more high-risk? From where are they traveling? Leonard Sparks is impossible to not feel an acute sense of prepared because of it. We will also appre- Is it more or less likely that they have been fatigue. A year in a life holds many special ciate the simple things in our lives so much recently exposed to the disease? Are they BEACON EDITOR moments, and to miss those has an effect more. I believe that we are gaining a deeper regularly in your circle of contacts anyway? Jeff Simms that cannot be denied. Recognizing this, understanding that material goods are Is your home large enough that you can while also acknowledging the fact that we meaningless when compared to relation- safely accommodate a larger number of ARTS EDITOR ships and the love of friends and family. guests? These are questions that I believe Alison Rooney are likely to be dealing with the current crisis We will all be together again. Until then, each family needs to answer themselves. [email protected] for the next six months, I am compelled to urge people to do all that they can to protect please stay safe and remain positive in the Rather than issuing orders, which are, at SENIOR CORRESPONDENT themselves and their loved ones. knowledge that we have met this crisis with best, impossible to enforce, and, at worst, Michael Turton The harsh reality is that without contin- resolve and will soon put it behind us. unconstitutional, the governor would better ued vigilance and a strong will to perse- Richard Shea, Philipstown serve the people of New York if he encour- REPORTERS vere we are likely to succumb to this fatigue Shea is the Philipstown supervisor. aged citizens to be cautious, use good judg- Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong and let down our guard at the very moment ment in weighing risk factors, protect the Brian PJ Cronin • Joe Dizney that the battle is almost won. A vaccine is On Nov. 11, Gov. Andrew Cuomo vulnerable, and enjoy our families and our Pamela Doan • Deb Lucke on the way and I am confident that the U.S. announced that, effective Nov. 13, the state great gathering traditions only in ways that Skip Pearlman will lead the way in recovering from all the would limit nonessential indoor gatherings are safe, until we can get back to normal. devastation that the pandemic has wrought. at a private residence to 10 people. As sheriff, I see a better use of our LAYOUT DESIGNER I am not encouraging people to have resources than to disrupt families celebrat- Pierce Strudler Please continue to take the actions that will not only preserve your own health but large gatherings in their homes, but rather ing this national holiday. I wish everyone a ADVERTISING DIRECTOR that of our entire community. Wear a mask, asking everyone to use their own best judg- safe and happy Thanksgiving. Michele Gedney social distance and avoid indoor gather- ment to remain safe. 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LETTERS AND COMMENTS to social (Continued from Page 4) to stations closer to Grand Central Termi- gather- Metro-North pricing nal. And let’s not get started on the varying Why No ings and Thank you, Metropolitan Transporta- quality and conditions of the cars. parties. tion Authority Commissioner Neal Zucker- How will this proposal affect station- The man and Putnam County Legislators Nancy to-station pricing along the line? Would Yellow? spike Montgomery and Paul Jonke for your advo- prices between Beacon and Cold Spring, or that is cacy on this proposal to have flat-rate pricing Cold Spring and Irvington go up or down? n Tuesday (Nov. 24), the Putnam occur- for Metro-North commuters (“Metro-North: While we want to make ridership costs as County Department of Health said ring locally Should Everyone Pay the Same?” Nov. 20). fair as possible, it shouldn’t be on the backs Oit was trying to get more guidance is a result of Not only are commuters in upper West- of commuters using only a portion of the from the state about what restrictions our actions. chester, Putnam and Dutchess paying line and who might not even get as far as might be put into place and where, if its Whether you higher fares, they are receiving less the Bronx or Manhattan. COVID-19 infection rates continue to rise. are in closer frequent and less reliable service compared Sean Conway, Cold Spring The state could designate the entire county proximity to as “yellow” or “orange” or only place restric- Brewster, or tions on certain areas or ZIP codes. you are farther While Putnam has qualified for restric- west, nearer to Real Estate tions using two measures — the positiv- Peekskill, it is ity rate on a seven-day rolling average and clear that our the number of COVID-19 cases per 100,000 numbers are Market Report (October) residents — the state also considers metrics rising, and we such as hospital admissions; population all must make density; the age of those testing positive; responsible choices Beacon Philipstown the effectiveness of contact tracing; and to keep our families 2019 2020 2019 2020 whether outbreaks involve facilities such as and our neighbors nursing homes, colleges or prisons. safe.” New Listings 9 8 9 22 “The governor’s mention [on Nov. 23] of On Nov. 18, the Garrison School went Brewster ‘nearing yellow-zone designation’ all-virtual in anticipation of Putnam being Closed Sales 11 10 7 17 confirms that our request to view Putnam designated “yellow” and the district not Days on Market 86 40 69 112 County on a hyper-local level is a neces- having the capacity to test 20 percent of sity,” said County Executive MaryEllen its students and staff, as that designation Median Price $360,000 $388,000 $375,000 $590,000 Odell in a statement. “We continue to push requires. Haldane remained open. Garri- for the state to provide us with a town or son Superintendent Carl Albano said this % List Received 93.9 99.1 89.5 95.4 ZIP code breakdown of their metrics.” week that he hopes to re-open the school Inventory 37 19 103 68 Dr. Michael Nesheiwat, the county on Monday (Nov. 30). health commissioner, said Putnam “has For COVID-19 updates and more data, Source: Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors (hgar.com). Excludes condos. Philipstown includes Cold Spring, Garrison and Nelsonville. seen a sharp rise in positive cases related see highlandscurrent.org.

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Kathy Moser, the chief conservation offi- (from Page 1) Dam Removal cer for OSI, and a former deputy commis- Jackman, a retired New York City police sioner for natural resources with the DEC, officer turned aquatic ecologist with River- is more than familiar with the benefits of keeper. The fish “are in bad shape. They’re the move. But the Sloan Dam project high- getting hammered out in the ocean with lights some of the obstacles that must be bycatch [being caught unintentionally], so overcome. Besides the issue of a dam being they’ve been overharvested.” on private or town property, there’s the American eel and river herring such as fact the state considers the Sloan Dam to American shad are diadromous fish, which be historic — the grist mill is one of the means they can survive in saltwater and oldest in Putnam County — which would freshwater. They swim up the river where usually make it untouchable. But the state they were born in the spring to spawn, then also considers the dam to be damaging to return to the ocean. the local environment. Many diadromous species are in peril Moser said the study will determine as a result of a recent development (indus- whether there are alternatives to removing trial deep-water fishing for species such the Sloan Dam, such as a “fish ladder” or eel as Atlantic herring that indiscriminately passage. It also will examine the sediment scoop up eels and river herring) and a behind the dam for toxins and consider the centuries-old one (small dams blocking the downstream consequences of removing it. tributaries of the Hudson). If the dam is taken out, the pond would Jackman said that the dam removals will give way to natural wetlands and restore be a boon not only to diadromous fish, but about 4,660 feet of stream on Arden Brook. freshwater fish and freshwater mussels. It may seem hard to believe that fish that “Freshwater fish are the most imperiled only live a few years will notice the resto- organisms in this country, if not the world,” Using a state grant, the Open Space Institute will study whether to remove the Sloan ration of spawning grounds that have been he said. “And it’s because of dams,” which Dam in Garrison, a portion of which is shown here. Photo by B. Cronin off-limits to them for centuries. But when he noted also change the chemical and the Wynants Kill dam was removed at the thermal properties of the water. that time to provide power to a nearby the forest,” he said. start of the 2016 spawning season, fish were The history of the Furnace Brook dam is furnace that made cannonballs. “There was In Garrison, the Sloan Dam on Arden pouring upstream just four days later. unknown, although Jackman said that its no Con Ed back in the day,” he explained. Brook, as well as a succeeding spillway and Jackman is optimistic that the same thing fieldstone composition points to the colo- “You wanted power, this was your form of culvert, are part of the Grist Mill Historic will happen at Jamawissa Creek: Last spring, nial era. The brook was known to Native power.” Site, which OSI restored in 2018 while also he noticed four herring that had squeezed Americans as Jamawissa Creek, meaning While the dams blocking tributaries up confirming that the dam was structurally through the ruins of the collapsed bridge “Place of Small Beaver.” and down the Hudson are symbols of colo- sound. But when Riverkeeper asked the group in order to make their way to the Furnace In 1734 it was named Furnace Brook, nial industry, Jackman said it’s time for if it would consider removing the dam to Brook dam, where they hovered, waiting. perhaps because the dam was built around them to go. “This is not a low stone wall in restore the stream, OSI agreed.

University Settlement site, now home of (from Page 1) Community the summer Camp @ the Camp and the School graduate who was appointed last municipal pool, Price noted. All relatively month to fill a vacancy on the Beacon recent, that represented a lot of growth school board, has advocated a community for an agency that was barely a real city center in part because he attended both department when he started as a part-time facilities while growing up. employee in 2008. “It’s a long, slow slog “It was like home, man,” he said about the uphill,” he said. Beacon Community Center. “It instilled that While discussing the 2021 budget, mentorship that kids in Beacon really need. members of the council have talked about I still talk to my [BCC] counselors today.” holding “listening sessions” or creating Galloway said the center provided an after- surveys to assess the community’s recre- school program where counselors helped chil- ation needs. “It’s about asking the questions dren with homework and played basketball and evaluating the resources we have,” said or other games with them. On weekends, the City Administrator Anthony Ruggiero. center had boys’ and girls’ nights. And while a new building would almost “They touched every base,” he said. surely be cost-prohibitive, Mayor Lee Kyriacou “Every Friday night you knew you were has floated other options, such as expanded going to the BCC.” programming at the 50-acre University Settle- Peruse our “Let’s Face It” portraiture Barbara McCaskill, who worked at the ment, the under-utilized Memorial Building exhibit at TompkinsCorners.org and MLK center from 2003 to 2006, said she on Main Street and even the Mase Hook and Let’s then zoom in to meet the artists was recruited by Eleanor Thompson, the Ladder fire station (also on Main), a build- Face It who will talk briefly about their work. first African American woman to serve ing that will one day be available as the city BYO wine or cocktail and celebrate on the Beacon City Council. McCaskill consolidates its firehouses. the work of these fine artists with us! Virtual Artists’ described similar programming, with For years, Beacon officials debated Saturday, December 5 at 7:30 pm homework help after school and exercise, whether (and where) to build a new, central Reception plays and other group activities. Both fire station. “Thinking ‘only new’ is under- centers offered summer programs, as well. standable,” Kyriacou said, “but what we have Although the children and teens who found is we can facilitate all our needs” by ZOOM LINK: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8985727911 visited the MLK center were mostly African improving the Tompkins Hose station on American, McCaskill said the programming South Avenue for less than half the cost of a was all-inclusive. “We were adamant that new building. it was for the entire community,” she said. The same approach could be taken with The city has tried to fill some of the a community center. gaps left when the centers closed by estab- “We have lots of opportunities to figure lishing an afterschool program that’s in out how to leverage that,” he said. “If we do three of the Beacon district’s elementary it effectively, we can make those dollars go schools and assuming management of the a lot farther.” highlandscurrent.org The Highlands Current November 27, 2020 7

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So I assume you don’t name them? The first year we had turkeys, our daugh- Talking Turkey with a Farmer ter Seneca was 3 or 4 and she named one By Chip Rowe What do you feed the birds? Old Gal. Those turkeys were a breed that About two-thirds of their diet is organic was almost too “heritage” for us. During ason Angell is the owner, with his wife grain, and the other third is compost the slaughter, Old Gal escaped and flew 50 Jocelyn Apicello, of Long Haul Farm scraps from the garden. When they get big feet up into an ash tree. We were like, “OK, Jin Garrison and a board member of enough, they can hop the electric fence into Old Gal gets a reprieve.” Seneca was happy. Highlands Current Inc. the garden and I have to chase them down But all winter, I was out there feeding Old before they destroy it. Gal. Halfway through the winter, she disap- Long Haul sold 25 Thanksgiving peared and we thought an owl or coyote turkeys this year. How does it work? Did COVID affect your orders this year? got her. But in the spring, this turkey trots We buy hatchlings in May from a hatch- We did have people calling last week out of the woods and it’s Old Gal with 15 ery in Pennsylvania, which mails them to to ask if they could get a smaller bird, hatchlings. We fed her and the hatchlings us; newborn turkeys can survive for 24 to “because it’s just us.” But it’s too late for for about 10 days before they disappeared 36 hours without food or water. I get a call that! [laughs] back into the wild. from the Garrison post office and you hear I was thinking about this with the pigs. the birds in the background. They’re as cute When do you harvest them? Since we started doing the slaughter- as they’ll ever be. People in our CSA reserve We harvested this year on Sunday [Nov. ing ourselves, I try not to make too deep them for November. 22]. It takes a few hours. We have seven a connection with them. It’s weird. Is it or eight friends who help, and sometimes strange to teach yourself not to be empa- Do you get a mix of male and female people who bought a turkey. The birds are thetic? You’re aware you’re raising these hatchlings? in a coop and we bring them out one at a animals for meat, so to balance that out, Yes, and we get a breed called Standard time. As the coop gets empty, they have you give them as good a life as possible. Bronze. When we started, we were getting more room to evade you, so they get harder With the turkeys, they are outside all the a standard commercial turkey that is bred to catch. We hold them upside down or we time, they eat grass, they eat bugs, they’re to be heavy in the body and breast. But they stroke their breast feathers. You’re trying taking dust baths, they’re doing all the just sat around the feeder. Now we get a heri- to get them into a calm state, you know? things they want to do. It doesn’t mean that tage breed that has enough of its natural It should be done as humanely as possible. the end of the story is pleasant, but you also Jason Angell at Long Haul Farm with an sense and genetics that it hunts and pecks Most Americans eat meat without accept- give them as good a death as possible. unnamed turkey Photo provided and forages. ing that the animal had to die.

respectively, the annual pay for the supervisor ($27,000), four board members Philipstown Adopts $11.4 Million Budget ($18,000 each) and highway superintendent Tax rate rises 6.4 percent percent within the villages, whose municipal costs of $368,000 for 2021, the same as for ($91,200) will remain unchanged. budgets cover needs within their borders. At this year. As of Oct. 1, only $81,000 had Some town employees, but not all, will for non-village residents the same time, the rate for non-village resi- been used for snow removal in 2020. receive raises, which Councilor Robert dents who rely on the town government for Philipstown also lost $20,000 in code By Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong Flaherty said may cause “a little dissen- services will rise by 6.4 percent. enforcement income when Cold Spring sion.” At the same time, he said, no one he Philipstown Town Board last The five-member board voted unani- pulled out over the summer from an agree- has lost their job or had their pay reduced, week adopted a budget of about mously to approve the budget during a ment to share a building department with despite the economic shutdown. T $11.4 million for 2021, a decrease of Nov. 18 meeting at the Recreation Center the town. Shea and Councilor John Van Tassel 1 percent from this year. in Garrison. Its tax hike falls within the The budget includes $606,060 for the suggested the board hire a consultant to The board voted to take $1 million from state mandated 2 percent cap. Philipstown and Garrison ambulance oversee employee evaluations and establish its reserve accounts to make ends meet Supervisor Richard Shea said on Tues- corps, an increase of less than 1 percent; a uniform policy on pay hikes. That way, Van and increased property taxes by about day (Nov. 24) that Highway Department $1.9 million for fire protection by the Tassel said, “raises would be merit-based 1.75 percent, although the rate will be 6.4 costs of $3.62 million drive much of the departments in Cold Spring, Continental and based on the financial situation of the percent for residents who live outside the non-village increase. Although spending at Village, Garrison and North Highlands (the town. That’s the only fair way to do it.” villages of Cold Spring and Nelsonville. the agency will drop 4 percent in 2021, Shea latter two have their own districts but fund- Councilor Judy Farrell remarked that Along with $8.3 million raised from taxes, said the department has also seen cuts in ing is channeled through the town); and some jobs are harder to fill than others $2 million will come from fees and other state aid; retirement benefits for a depart- $18,500 for upkeep of historic cemeteries. and that the town must retain outstand- income. ing employee; and a decrease in reserves to While the town clerk and director of ing personnel. “This is a good budget, in a Under the budget, the tax rate per $1,000 $550,000 from $835,000. parks and recreation will each receive very difficult year,” she said. of property value will decrease by about 1.7 The budget anticipates snow removal raises of $1,000, to $62,000 and $71,500,

NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE Bagged leaves will be Road Closure The Philipstown Conservation Board picked up in the Village will hold their regular Monthly Meeting on December 8th, 2020 virtually via Zoom. of Nelsonville on Cedar Street If you would like to attend, please visit the following link: Wednesday, December 2 Saturday, https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ December 5th All day for Water Main Connection DU_59tQOQhuER21T-wIGXw Leaves must be placed Please make arrangements After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information to allow for this all day activity about joining the webinar. in paper bags and left OR email [email protected] to request login information at the curb by 7:00 a.m. Town of Philipstown before 7 pm on December 8th, 2020. Town Hall highlandscurrent.org The Highlands Current November 27, 2020 9 The Calendar A Novel Set in A House of Mormon Life Garrison writer draws on Windows childhood in Utah By Alison Rooney With portraits, artist or her second novel, published last attempts to capture month, Charity Shumway took on immigrant experience F a subject that brought up strong emotions: Growing up as a member of By Alison Rooney The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS). t a time when immigration is a “I had so much more trepidation with national focus, photographer Jill this book” than her first, Ten Girls to A Enfield’s exhibit, Glasshouse of Watch, which was published by Simon & New Americans, invites viewers to recog- Schuster in 2012, she says. “I felt much nize in recent immigrants the spirit of more exposed.” those who arrived on our shores a century Shumway grew up in a Mormon house- or more ago. hold and community near Bountiful, The show opens at the Garrison Art Utah, which provided the name of her Center on Saturday, Dec. 5, with a recep- novel, Bountiful. tion from 5 to 7 p.m. It was released in September by BCC There is a glass house at its core, although it Press, an indie publisher that specializes in wasn’t part of Enfield’s conception of the proj- books about Mormon life, although Shum- ect. Instead, she had assembled an exhibit of way points out “there is no one typical LDS portraits made using wet plate collodion, the experience. There are a lot of practitioners same process used to take photos of newcom- in Utah but actually a ton more in Brazil. I ers to the U.S. in the late 1800s and early wanted to get this very particular experience 1900s. Its steps include cutting a plate and right. I grew up in the town and I wanted to coating it with syrupy collodion. be sure to be generous to everyone. Enfield was invited to mount a display of “It’s meant to be a loving portrait,” she her images — designed as a tribute to the says. “But, just naming it after a real place “bravery and enduring inner strength” of her opens the door to things, and there’s a risk subjects, and also to “the significant contri- in doing that. I mean, my dad called me Jill Enfield works to replace clear windows with wet plate collodion transfers of her butions they have made toward the enrich- and told me I got the stoplights wrong!” immigrant portraits. Photo provided ment of American culture” — at Ellis Island One of the protagonists is Nedra, 60, a but it was delayed by Hurricane Sandy. conservative matriarch who decides to run In the meantime, the photographer for the state Legislature. A stay-at-home moved from New York City to Newburgh. mom and piano teacher, she had five chil- “I saw old windows being thrown out all dren early and is stepping out of a tradi- over the Hudson Valley, and I began collect- tional role. “She’s finding edges to herself ing them, wondering what I would wind up she hadn’t felt before,” Shumway says. doing with them,” she recalls. “It just came (Continued on Page 11) to me: construct a glass house to display the images in, and install it at Ellis Island. Two other photographers helped me figure out how to break up the images and put them on the windows correctly — it was a group project.” When her Ellis Island show was resched- uled, it included not only her photos but the glass house. It has since been installed in Brooklyn and at the Annenberg Center for Photography in Los Angeles, Saunders Farm in Garrison, Newburgh Open Studios and, now at the Garrison Art Center. Enfield is a first-generation American, the daughter of a Nazi escapee, whose family wound up opening a Miami camera store — “we always had cameras and the latest electronics in our house,” she recalls. A challenge of using the antique process is that it requires a long exposure during which the subject must freeze — hence Glasshouse of New Americans on display at the Annenberg Center for Photography in (Continued on Page 11) Los Angeles Photo by Stephen Levey 10 November 27, 2020 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.org

THE WEEK AHEAD Edited by Pamela Doan ([email protected]) For a complete listing of events, see highlandscurrent.org/calendar.

HOLIDAY MARKETS COMMUNITY VISUAL ART

SAT 28 SAT 28 TUES 1 Pottery Show & Sale Virtual Tree Lighting Requiem for Ashokan GARRISON BEACON COLD SPRING 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Garrison Art Center 5 p.m. bit.ly/beacon-tree-lighting 10:30 a.m. Butterfield Library 23 Garrison’s Landing Instead of an in-person event, the 845-265-3040 | butterfieldlibrary.org garrisonartcenter.org city will post a video that includes Kate McGoughlin will share a Visitors will find a range of the tree lighting, a visit from Santa multimedia presentation of her work sophisticated art objects as well as and performances by Joe Schuka, that centers on the Catskills and the children’s items created by more Stephen Gara, the Yanarella Ashokan Reservoir. Register online than 30 ceramicists, jewelers and Dancers, Nicole Tori, Dick Murphy to join the Zoom event. artisans. Book a time online to and Mary Kerr, Cub Scout Pack 3001, browse. Also SUN 29. Girl Scout Troops 10293 and 10459, SAT 5 the Beacon School of Rock and the Beacon Music Factory. There will Glasshouse of smallWORKS, Dec. 5 also be a raffle of donated prizes. New Americans GARRISON MUSIC meets via Zoom, will discuss This Land is Their Land, by David WED 2 5 – 7 p.m. Garrison Art Center 23 Garrison’s Landing | 845-424-3960 THURS 3 Silverman. Forum on Managing the Lucinda Williams: Popularity of the Highlands garrisonartcenter.org This is the opening reception for A Night of ’60s SUN 6 PHILIPSTOWN Jill Enfield’s exhibit of wet plate Country Classics Elizabeth Kolbert 7 p.m. Hudson Highlands Land Trust collodion portraits of immigrants GARRISON 845-424-3358 | hhlt.org POUGHKEEPSIE who came to the U.S. since the 8 p.m. Bardavon 4 p.m. Desmond-Fish Library The pandemic has increased 1960s. See Page 9. Through Jan. 3. 845-424-3020 | desmondfishlibrary.org demand for trails, parks and real 845-473-2072 | bardavon.org The author of The Sixth estate. Learn at this Zoom webinar In a series of streaming concerts, Extinction will discuss climate how the land trust is responding. SAT 5 Williams is raising money for venues change and the future of the planet Register online. smallWORKS closed by the pandemic. This episode with David Gelber, co-creator of GARRISON of Lu’s Jukebox covers “every high Years of Living Dangerously, via 5 – 7 p.m. Garrison Art Center and lonesome corner.” Cost: $20 KIDS & FAMILY Crowdcast. See Page 2. 23 Garrison’s Landing | 845-424-3960 SUN 29 garrisonartcenter.org SAT 5 Bird Feeding 101 This is the opening reception Love for the Holidays CIVIC for a show of 70 works chosen by CORNWALL BEACON TUES 1 10 a.m. Outdoor Discovery Center Pauline Lethen from more than 500 8 p.m. Towne Crier submissions. They are no larger Board of Trustees 120 Muser Drive showclix.com/tickets/darlene-love- than 12 inches long and high. COLD SPRING 845-534-5506 x204 | hhnm.org towne-crier Through Jan. 3. This streaming holiday concert 6:30 p.m. Village Hall Learn how to identify commonly 845-265-3611 | coldspringny.gov seen birds and what to offer them at by Grammy winner Darlene Love a home bird feeder. Cost: $8 to $10 will feature classics and her hits. (members $6 to $8) The concert benefits the venue. TUES 1 Cost: $35 School Board WED 2 COLD SPRING Middle School Book Club TALKS & TOURS 7 p.m. Haldane 845-265-9254 | haldaneschool.org BEACON MON 30 3 p.m. Howland Public Library Flash Writing TUES 1 845-831-1134 | beaconlibrary.org COLD SPRING Email community@ 7 p.m. Butterfield Library Putnam County beaconlibrary.org for details on how 845-265-3040 | butterfieldlibrary.org Legislature SAT 28 to get a copy of An Elephant in the Current reporter Mike Turton CARMEL Garden, by Michael Morpurgo, and Small Gift Show will lead participants over Zoom as 7 p.m. Via audio conference sign up for the Zoom discussion. BEACON they write a complete story in 75 845-208-7800 | putnamcountyny.com 1 – 5 p.m. Howland Cultural Center words or less. 477 Main St. | 845-831-4988 WED 2 Kids’ Book Club WED 2 howlandculturalcenter.org TUES 1 School Board Find handmade and artistic GARRISON Nature in Winter GARRISON jewelry, ceramics and other gifts 4 p.m. Desmond-Fish Library BEACON 7 p.m. Garrison School priced at $100 or less. Also SUN 845-424-3020 | desmondfishlibrary.org 29, FRI 4, SAT 5, SUN 6. Continues SAT 5 1 p.m. Howland Public Library 845-424-3689 | gufs.org This month the group will discuss 845-831-1134 | beaconlibrary.org through Dec. 23. via Zoom the final chapters of The Let’s Face It Master Gardener Johanna Fourteenth Goldfish, by Jennifer Holm. PUTNAM VALLEY THURS 3 Tomik will discuss via Zoom the SAT 5 7:30 p.m. Town Board trees and plants that can grab our Tompkins Corners Cultural Center Handmade Pop-Up Shop STAGE & SCREEN attention in winter. Email adults@ PHLIPSTOWN tompkinscorners.org POUGHKEEPSIE beaconlibrary.org to register. 7:30 p.m. Community Center 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Trolley Barn SUN 6 Bring your own wine or cocktail 845-265-5200 | philipstown.com 489 Main St. | 845-454-3222 A Christmas Carol for this virtual reception with artists who contributed portraits THURS 3 artsmidhudson.org POUGHKEEPSIE for the online show, which History Book Club Browse jewelry, decorations, 3 p.m. Bardavon continues through Dec. 19. Each COLD SPRING prints, paintings, glasswork and 845-473-2072 | bardavon.org contributor will talk briefly about 7 p.m. Split Rock Books textiles from more than 50 artisans. The Ulster Ballet will perform his or her work. 845-265-2080 | splitrockbks.com Also SUN 6. the holiday classic online. Free This month the group, which highlandscurrent.org The Highlands Current November 27, 2020 11

designed by Spanish architects Albert Campo Baeza and Miguel Quismondo, the latter of Magazzino whom designed the museum’s main building. The expansion will include 3,500 square feet of exhibition and 1,500 square feet of to Expand lower-level programming space for film screenings, panels and lectures. There will Receives approval for also be a smaller gallery for a display of new pavilion Murano glass and ceramics, the museum said, along with amenities such as a read- he Philipstown Planning Board last ing lounge and cafe. week approved plans for Magazzino Groundbreaking is expected to take place T Italian Art to add a 13,000-square-foot in the spring. Magazzino, which opened in pavilion to its museum campus on Route 9. June 2017, was founded by Nancy Olnick Magazzino plans to purchase 3.5 acres and Giorgio Spanu and specializes in Arte adjacent to its present location for a facility Povera and postwar Italian art. The pavilion to be built at Magazzino is shown at right in this rendering of the site.

in Garrison — but they came for a weeklong (from Page 9) Bountiful stay in March and haven’t left. Two of her Her daughter, Heather, 29 and single, “is boys now attend the Garrison School. trying to figure out if she’s going to find a “It made much more sense to stay here,” Latter-day Saint spouse and make it work. she says. “We don’t know what the future She’s dating a nice Mormon guy but she’s will hold, but we’re here for now.” also drawn to a non-LDS, worldly neighbor. Her only event so far to promote the book She has a lot of difficulty with things in the was at the Desmond-Fish Public Library in church; she sees things with a harsher lens.” Garrison on Nov. 16. “With my first book, Heather becomes her mother’s campaign there was a whole West Coast tour, a big manager. “A lot of the book is about Heather party, the works. This publishing has been navigating the faith community’s general much quieter.” expectations for them as women,” Shum- She has no regrets about going with a way says. “If you find discomfort in things, smaller, LDS-focused publisher. “I wanted do you stick around?” to tell this story, and, who knows, maybe The book, she says, “is very much about it’s a terrible move for my career,” she says. the community I grew up in, and things “I’ve been working on it for a long time and, I grappled with. It’s the place and people along the way, your expectations change. I Charity Shumway Photo provided closest to my heart, and I wanted to invite feel so good about it being out in the world.” readers into that world.” of the culture,” she says. “LDS people have Oregon State, where she received a master’s Shumway is currently writing nonfic- Shumway feels that there are not enough many subtleties. There are so many stripes.” of fine arts in creative writing. She and her tion essays. “Probably more poor career depictions of Mormon life in fiction aimed at Shumway left Utah to attend Harvard, husband and their three young sons usually choices,” she says, with a laugh. “It’s a general audience. “There are a lot of layers where she earned a bachelor’s degree, and live in Brooklyn and have a weekend place surprising where things take you.”

Windows (from Page 9) the hard-eyed stares of portraits from an earlier time. “It’s hard to hold a normal smile for 45 seconds,” Enfield notes. She said that images from a century ago tended to “render the subject almost invisible”; she hopes with her contemporary shots to create a connection “through looking into the eyes of the subject, rather than just seeing somebody staring back.” There was no shortage of willing subjects. “I was living in New York City and most of my neighbors and friends were immigrants,” she says. “When you start taking pictures like that, someone will say, ‘A friend of mine is from Peru,’ and so on. I shot more than 100 people. At first I took the photos in my apartment, but after a while I would meet people at their places of work: restaurant owners, plumbers.” The house has 45 windows and trans- porting it has its logistical challenges. Szymon and Maciej in an image from Jill Enfield's glass house Photos provided Inside the glass house “When we took it to Ellis Island, we put it on the back of a truck with pillows in At the Garrison Art Center, Katie she says of the immigrant experience. “I It is this understanding and awareness of between,” she says. “We had a crate built to Schmidt Feder and Barbara Smith Gioia keep thinking that it’s going to go out of heritage and personal history that is key truck it to L.A. At Saunders Farm, we put “had their hearts quite set on showcasing importance; instead it just keeps getting to a more empathetic and compassionate a fence around it — which reminded me it,” Enfield says. “I gave them the unfortu- more important, depressing and gratifying future.” of the internment camps — but the cows nate news.” The installation was restored at the same time. It’s always been like that. still got in and destroyed five windows. I with help from the art center and James “People who live in glass houses shouldn’t The Garrison Art Center is located at 23 consoled myself by knowing that over a Murray, a sculptor, who visited Enfield’s throw stones,” she says. “Everyone is an Garrison’s Landing. Glasshouse of New three-year period, that story of immigrants studio. immigrant. If somebody looks different, Americans will be on display Tuesdays had traveled the country, disassembled, Enfield was overjoyed. “It’s so impor- or has an accent, when you walk into the through Sundays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. reassembled. I thought its life was over.” tant to keep remembering these things,” glass house, you’re the one being stared at. through Jan. 3, except on holidays. 12 November 27, 2020 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.org

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Advertise your real estate business here. CONTACT: 845-809-5584 | [email protected] Michele Gedney highlandscurrent.org/ads 14 November 27, 2020 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.org Officer-in- Waiting Cold Spring resident completes candidate school

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anya Needham of Cold Spring is 5’2” and weighs 125 pounds. Those aren’t T likely the first vitals that spring to mind when you think, “U.S. Marines’ officer corps,” but that’s where she is headed. In July and August, the 20-year-old attended a grueling 10-week program at the U.S. Marine Corps Officer Candidate School at Quantico, Virginia. (She weighed 115 when she arrived and added 10 pounds of muscle.) She is now eligible to join the Marines as a 2nd lieutenant. Needham and her fellow Officer Candidate School graduates. Photos provided Marine Corps officers must have a four- year college degree and Needham is on basic training. former Air Force pilot Dan Needham, with schedule to graduate from the University Women make up about 8 percent of the her interest in serving her country. of Massachusetts Amherst in May with a Marine Corps, and “the female instructors Two years ago, while attending an air double major in kinesiology and psychology. were the hardest and scariest,” Needham show with her father, she spoke with a If she accepts a commission, she hopes said. “They worked us harder than any [male] Marine recruiter and last summer joined her fluency in Russian might lead to work- platoon. They did it to prove that we are just 65 other candidates at Quantico as part of ing in military intelligence, or she said she as capable.” She said male instructors would Alpha Company’s all-female 1st Platoon. would be interested in recently created sometimes “say things under their breath Nearly 40 percent of the class did not positions dealing with kinesiology, physi- when we did things ‘better than expected.’ ” complete the training, which included cal activity and nutrition training. Needham, who attended Haldane elemen- physical, academic and leadership training. Needham tackles the obstacle course. Choosing the Marines would mean tary and middle schools before graduating “It was very demanding, especially for a returning to Quantico for six months of from NYC iSchool in 2017, credits her dad, fairly small person,” Needham said. She said the obstacle and combat courses five to seven minutes to finish a full plate were difficult but it was the 9-mile “rucks,” of food, while still getting screamed at,” or hikes, while carrying an 80-pound pack she said. that nearly broke her. “It was a brutal Needham also was isolated, with no environment with that much weight, the mail or phone calls from home even on exhaustion and humidity,” Needham said. the tough days when she felt discouraged. She sprained her ankle badly on the first Whatever path she takes, she said the experi- hike, took a day of rest and then continued ence was worth the effort and pain. “I learned training — only learning she had torn liga- so much about myself,” she said, adding that ments after she returned to Cold Spring. she made lifelong friends and improved her The biggest mental challenge was the mental toughness and work ethic. lack of sleep, she said, “and the yelling!” After completing the training, Needham Advent at The First Presbyterian Church Needham said the instructors’ screaming rewarded herself with a cup of coffee. “That The Church of the Open Door “became just noise toward the end, except was something I had craved the entire when you really did something wrong.” time!” she said. “I had it with a burger and The Lighting of the Advent Wreath: Even meals provided no relief. “We had a cold beer.” Every Sunday Nov 29, Dec 6, 13, 20 at 10:30.

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The Longest Night Service: One of the greatest acts of pastoral care in the Advent season is to offer a service known as a Longest Night Service. It is a worship service scheduled around the winter solstice (the longest night of the calendar year), so it is on December 21 at 7:30pm. The long nights just before Christmas can be a hard time for some. For the struggle with darkness and grief faced by those living with loss of any kind, we offer this service.

Christmas Eve A family oriented service with Rev. Rachel Thompson and Rev. Joseph Gilmore filling the pulpit. Music for the holiday featuring a mix of traditional and jazz themes by Tom McCoy. Dec 24th, 5:00 PM All services will be live on Zoom. Link information will be posted on our website: presbychurchcoldspring.org. highlandscurrent.org The Highlands Current November 27, 2020 15

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(Continued from Page 16) Alternatively, a homeowner could install a meter and pay 20 cents per 1,000 gallons. Farmers would be charged $1 for the first COVID Finds cow and 50 cents for each additional. At a recent virtual roundtable hosted Bakeries, saloons, soda fountains, public by the Putnam County Historian’s baths, livery stables, private stables with Office, members of local historical hoses, factories and other business consum- societies and museums discussed how ers would be required to install meters. many current and former residents Metcalfe, who was also president of the have donated ephemera and artifacts Village Improvement Society, offered 5 discovered in closets and attics while cents for every metal and cardboard adver- stuck at home by the pandemic over the tisement removed from trees and posts. past eight months. Once the boys in town recovered all those signs, the Recorder reported, they stole In Cold Spring, the Putnam History grocery, drug and cigar signs and punched Museum received material related holes in the corners to make it appear they to the ferry that operated between had been posted. In the end, Metcalfe paid Garrison and West Point in the 19th for about 300 signs. century. It was contributed by Anthony A scarf pin lost by a performer with and Taylor Mike Belcher, former Howorth’s Hibernica and Comedy Co., longtime residents of Garrison and which had performed at Town Hall, was descendants of Henry White Belcher, recovered by Coleman Oakley of North who owned the ferry. Highlands. When Oakley refused to return “One exceptional item is a seal stamp for it unless he received a $5 reward, he was the West Point Ferry Co., which operated arrested on larceny charges. from about 1854 to 1900,” said John William Ladue Jr., a clerk at the National Duncan, the collections manager. Bank of Cold Spring, won a 10-mile bicycle road race in Garrison in 25:27 and was The Belchers also sent photos of awarded a new camera and gun. Charles Garrison Landing from the 1920s Post was second (despite a broken pedal and 1930s, which filled a gap — and a pit stop to replace a wheel) and won most landing photos in the museum John Duncan at the Putnam History Museum with a ferry seal stamp and photos a bicycle suit; Eugene Crawford was third collection are from the late 19th century donated to its collection Photo provided and won a lantern; and John Homer was or the past 50 years. pandemic,” said Jennifer Cassidy of 845-808-1420 or email historian@ fourth and won a handsome sweater. “Donations documenting local history the Putnam County Historian’s Office. putnamcountyny.gov. The Recorder published an accounting have been a silver lining during the To learn how to donate items, call of Ladue’s other winnings in bicycle races over the previous year: two silver watches, three gold watches, two diamond rings, a mantle clock, a silver cake basket, two bicycle suits and a silver cup. The paper observed: “The complaint that Attic Mystery bicycles frighten horses is slowly but surely giving away to a protest against horses and Solved carriages getting in the way of bicycles.” William King installed street signs Teresa Lagerman, our community in Cold Spring made of iron with white engagement editor, posted this photo to enamel letters about 2.5 inches high on a the Facebook group Philipstown Locals, blue background. noting she had found a board with the A rabid dog owned by Emerson Jaycox name “Warren N. Merritt, Nelsonville, of Nelsonville bit at least 17 other dogs. In N.Y.” in the attic of her Cold Spring response, the Cold Spring Village Board village home. ordered that all dogs be muzzled until at Cheryl Allen responded that, according least Dec. 31. At the same time, it autho- to her research, it referred to Warren rized James Mosher to kill any mad dogs. Nelson Merritt, a contractor and former Alan DeMichael, Warren’s grandson, it, where he lived until his death. That led to further trouble when he shot mayor of Nelsonville who was born said his grandfather had grown up in a a dog owned by Warren Merritt, who Finally, Pamela Gunther commented, in Cold Spring in 1875 and died in home at the corner of Pearl and Secor promptly sued for its value. “This is what Facebook was supposed to Nelsonville in 1958. streets and later built the home next to The Cold Spring clerk recommended the be about: connecting!” village purchase a safe to store important documents. E.H. Timm, a member of the Board of above the river on a dangerous approach, to York City and Newport, Rhode Island. 1,884 cast and Norman Champlin won by Education, spoke at the Haldane Union retrieve specimens of quartz they believed Nancy McNeal gave an address titled nine votes to become assessor. School about his experiences serving in might contain silver. “The Value of a Hot Dish for the School Jane Stevenson hosted a party for her the Civil War. Lunch” at the Garrison school to about 100 son, Cpl. Kenneth Stevenson, who returned A horseless carriage, or motor cycle, 100 Years Ago (November 1920) members of the Junior Extension. Mrs. to the U.S. after spending 44 months in the making a pilgrimage to Chicago from New Maj. Hamilton Fish Jr. of Garrison was William Church Osborn financed the lunch Pacific, the longest record of service for any York, was stymied by the grade at Nelson elected to the U.S. House of Representa- program at the school. soldier from Cold Spring. Another son, Staff Hill and the occupants had to push. tives, defeating the Middletown mayor, Sgt. Malcolm Stevenson, had completed 50 The State Prison Commission asked Rosslyn Cox. 75 Years Ago (November 1945) missions in Italy with the 15th Air Corps. Putnam and other counties to force Fish’s brother, Stuyvesant, the former Joseph Lahey defeated Gilbert Forman Adolf Peters of Lake Valhalla took deliv- convicts sentenced to less than a year in president of the Illinois Central Railroad, by 70 votes of 1,920 cast to become the ery of the first 1946 model Ford registered jail to work on fixing the roads. bought 350 acres of land in Canopus Hollow Philipstown supervisor. Forman had held in Putnam County, which he purchased John Woolcock and Edward Burbe visited — including the Croft, Odell and Scofield the position for 16 years. Marion Jenkins from Cold Spring Motors. a cave near the top of Crow’s Nest oppo- farms and two houses — to add to his Phil- defeated the incumbent superintendent of James Bailey of Cold Spring, a former site Cold Spring, which is located 800 feet ipstown estate. He also had homes in New highways, Richard Harmon, by 82 votes of (Continued on Page 18) 18 November 27, 2020 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.org

OBITUARIES Charles Galdabaugh, said that Ameri- Looking Back (from Page 17) cans “don’t need the burden of trying to Steve Gregorio (1978-2020) Parrott St., in Cold Spring. A Mass of Chris- Putnam County district attorney, became see things clearly through the confusion tian Burial will be celebrated on Satur- Steve Anthony Grego- the first Putnam County judge elected to created by bombings, dope, flag desecra- day (Nov. 28) at 9:30 a.m. at Our Lady of rio, 42, a lifelong resi- the state Supreme Court. tions, wars and other forms of turmoil.” Loretto, with interment to follow at St. dent of Cold Spring, died The Haldane Central School Blue Devils Joe Giordenello of Avery Road defeated Augustine Cemetery in Ossining. unexpectedly on Nov. 22. (5-0-1) won the Putnam County football Richie “The Ogg” Monroe of Old West A campaign has been created at He was born June 15, championship by defeating Carmel, 26-6. Point Road for the Garrison 8 Ball Pocket gofundme.com/support-for-tara-gregorio 1978, in Tarrytown, the More than 1,000 parents and relatives Billiard Championship at Duffy’s Tavern to benefit the family. son of Mario and Maria filled Haldane for Open House Night. in Cold Spring. Giordenello was the former (Conte) Gregorio. On The program began with a pageant, “Sing Nassau County Cue Ball champ and had Recent Deaths Nov. 15, 2009, he married Tara Chauvin at Out, Sweet Land of Liberty,” written by appeared on television playing billiards. Our Lady of Loretto in Cold Spring. Philipstown the principal. Steve attended Haldane and earned a Maureen Sheeran, 71 Arthur McKay of Garrison won a turkey 25 Years Ago (November 1995) degree in civil engineering from Manhat- Randy Will, 77 in a raffle held by the Philipstown post of Three Philipstown Pop Warner play- tan College. He was employed by Cataldo the Veterans of Foreign Wars at the Cold ers traveled to Poughkeepsie to compete Beacon Engineering on Long Island. Spring movie theater. in the NFL/Gatorade Punt, Pass & Kick. James Coogan, 55 Vinny Millspaugh, 9, placed second in his He enjoyed football on Sundays and Maryann Gardner, 72 skiing with his family. Anyone who ever 50 Years Ago (November 1970) age group; Chris Pilner was third among 12- June Henry met Steve knew he was a “hug-and-a-hand- Dick Howser, the third-base coach for and 13 year-olds; and Ryan McConville, 10, John Lent, 62 shake” guy, his family said. the New York Yankees, spoke at the Phil- advanced to the state competition, to be held Sister Ellen Looby, 79 Along with his wife and parents, he is ipstown Little League’s annual banquet. during halftime of a Giants-Redskins game. Pauline Mendoza, 91 survived by his twins, Mario and Eva, and Harry Palmer, 63 The Nelsonville Village Board hired a Stephen Tomann was the only Republi- a brother, Chris Gregorio. Thomas Scianna, 25 firm to put its tax rolls on a computer. can to win a seat in Philipstown when he Friends may call today (Nov. 27) from Kay Scofield, 86 Charley Ireland of Haldane High School was reelected as town justice. Ed Engel- 5 to 8 p.m. at Clinton Funeral Home, 21 won the Dutchess County Scholastic bride, who lost his seat on the council, For obituaries, see highlandscurrent.org/obits. League cross-country title by running the blamed a poison-pen letter circulated 2.5-mile course in 14:01. before the election in the North Highlands. Charlotte Post, a third-grade teacher at Others blamed the local Conservative Haldane, asked her students to respond Party, which had endorsed the Democrats. Current to the question, “How can I help make my Route 301 in Nelsonville was closed Classifieds between Fishkill and Peekskill roads for town a better place in which to live?” Most guidance to students from middle school five hours after a van took out a utility pole, FREE STUFF students mentioned picking up trash, while through graduate school. NYU MA, editor, two suggested using lead-free gas and one causing power lines to fall on the road. writer, educator, experienced with kids OAK CHAIRS — Used for pews at the St. wanted people to stop burning leaves. About 35 Garrison school district and adult learners. Remote for now. Email Andrew-St. Luke Episcopal Church, 15 John Burns, executive assistant to U.S. parents and community members attended [email protected]. South Ave., sanctuary in Beacon. Free for Attorney Whitney North Seymour Jr., a forum titled, “Is There an Alternative to the taking. Small donations welcomed. 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Girls fall to Arlington But five minutes later, the Bulldogs After outlasting Ketcham in a marathon Second Dutchess County champs were awarded their own penalty kick and match that included four overtimes and a By Skip Pearlman Tommy Franks blasted a shot into the penalty-kick shootout, the Beacon girls’ By Skip Pearlman lower corner of the net. soccer team ended its season Nov. 21 in he Haldane boys’ and girls’ cross- he Beacon High School boys’ soccer “In the first half they had a lot of chances, the sectional semifinals with a lopsided country teams each placed second team, seeded No. 2 in the Section 1 but we survived the scoring melee and 9-0 loss to AA power Arlington. last weekend at the Putnam- T Dutchess County playoffs, pulled kept battling,” said Dillon Kelly, another “Our strategy was to hold them down T off one of the biggest wins in program Northern Westchester small-schools title of the team’s captains. “In the second half in seven-minute intervals and get a lot of meet at Milton. history on Saturday (Nov. 21), upsetting we knew it was a new game. It was such a girls experience,” said Coach Hugo Alzate. Briarcliff won the six-team boys’ divi- top-seeded John Jay, 2-1. crazy year, and to come together and win, “Arlington has a senior-heavy lineup, and sion and Hendrick Hudson was the three- John Jay, which had defeated Beacon, it’s insane how we had this sense of togeth- we start five freshmen and an eighth grader. team girls’ champ. 1-0, during the regular season, dominated erness — something normal.” It was good for the girls to see how Arling- “The boys’ team out-performed any the first half of the championship game. “We are thrilled to come out of 2020 with ton plays. We strung some passes together, boys’ team I’ve had so far,” said Coach The Bulldogs, who are in Class A based a championship and to beat an exceptional gained some confidence. I’m proud of all of Tom Locascio. “They outdid themselves.” on student-body size, would not usually team like John Jay,” said Coach Craig Seaman. them and the effort they gave.” Everett Campanile placed fourth in face John Jay, which is in Class AA, in the “Jay came out with three center midfielders, Beacon, which finished 7-6, will lose six 17:21, followed by Luke Parella at seventh annual tournament. But because of the and their pace was outstanding. Honestly, I seniors to graduation: Ashley Casserly, Gabby (17:39) and Walter Hoess at 11th (18:06). pandemic, the regional and state playoffs was just hoping to survive the first half.” Del Castillo, Brielle Travis, Jessica Spadafino, John Kisslinger finished 16th (18:41, a will not be held and state athletic officials Beacon made adjustments, moving the Sam DeLuise and Elizabeth Reynolds. personal best), Rowen Kuzminski was realigned teams geographically for the alignment of its four defensive Alzate said his team also did well deal- 17th (18:48), Julian Ambrose was 19th sectionals to minimize travel. backs and, more importantly, ing with the complications of COVID. “We (18:54) and Ben Strol was 31st (20:38). In the Saturday contest, Beacon broke switching to a 4-3-3 alignment got 12 games in,” he said. “Consider- The girls’ team “had underachieved a through just over a minute into the fourth to better match up with the ing it could have been zero — all of bit because of a series of injuries,” Locas- quarter when senior captain Warren Banks Patriots. “After that, we played the athletes in Section 1 showed cio said. “But as the season went on, they found space in front of the net for a 1-0 lead. much better,” Seaman said. “We great resilience.” built confidence.” After Beacon was called for a handball had bodies in the right part of Shannon Ferri led the Blue Devils, finish- in the box, Zach Rabadi of John Jay deliv- the field.” ing eighth in 20:23. Caroline Cates was ered a penalty kick with 15:18 11th (22:49, a personal best), Celia Drury was 15th (23:55), Helen Nicholls was 18th (25:45), Allison Nichols was 20th (26:37) and Elizabeth Nelson was 22nd (27:43). The teams will lose five seniors to graduation, including its best runners, Campanile, Hoess and Ferri. “They’ll be tough to replace,” Locascio said. Locascio, who retired last year as a Haldane teacher and commuted from Albany to coach the team, said this may be his last season after 14 years — although he said that last year, as well, and was convinced by the runners to stay. “When I started as coach, there was talk of the team folding,” he recalled. “Early on, I discovered some runners were going for pizza or doing other things when they were supposed to be training. So from the second season on, I ran with them, and now I’m a marathoner and a 5K runner. I’m happier and healthier. I’ve benefited as much as the kids.” The Beacon boys' soccer team with its Section 1 plaque last week Photo by S. Pearlman Section 1 Delays More Sports Tighe Is Off to Mountain Bike School fficials representing Section 1 of Beacon and Haldane. van Tighe, the Haldane High School cycling, skiing and snowboarding. Tighe the New York State Public High Athletic officials said on Nov. 17 they were junior and mountain-bike racer who has started virtual classes and will transfer O School Athletic Association on delaying contact sports such as basketball E was profiled in our Nov. 6 issue, has to in-person courses in Vermont on Nov. 30. Nov. 20 announced they would delay all and wrestling until Jan. 4. But three days later been accepted by the Killington Mountain Tighe will also compete as a member winter sports until at least Jan. 4 because they added other sports such as bowling, boys’ School in Killington, Vermont. of the school’s downhill mountain biking of pandemic restrictions. swimming and indoor track and field. Modi- The school offers college-prepara- team during the Eastern States Cup 2021 Section 1 has 82 schools, including fied sports are scheduled to begin Jan. 19. tory academics as well as instruction in season.