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Ulster County begins phasing in business reopenings

by Erin Quinn

lster County is more than a week into New York State’s Phase One reopening plan and get- ting close to Phase Two. Phase One businesses Uinclude construction, agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, man- ufacturing, wholesale trade and re- tail businesses – the latter limited to curbside or in-store pickup and drop- off. Last week, Ulster County executive Pat Ryan visited Hamilton & Adams in Uptown Kingston and utilized in- store pickup. “I am excited that the mid-Hudson region has met the New York State threshold to start reopen- ing. We have been preparing for this moment, for a phased safe reopen- ing, for several weeks now, and I am confident that if we all work together, we can and will reopen safely,” Ryan said. “As a former business-owner, I understand the challenges our lo- cal businesses face under regular circumstances, and now more than ever, we must help our business- owners by providing them the tools needed to open their doors in a safe and responsible way. My office and the Office of Economic Develop- ment are committed to working with our business community to ensure a smooth and safe reopening.” “We are excited to start reopening safely. We have missed our community and are looking forward to connecting again soon,” said Andrew Addotta, co-own- er of Hamilton & Adams. “I feel very confident that we’re on track for Phase Two on June 9, unless we get something out of left field,” the PHOTOS BY DION OGUST county executive said this past Friday, Clockwise from top: safety measures when the guidelines for Phase Two are in place at the Commissary in New reopenings had just been released by Paltz; Amber at Shaved Ice Cart in the state. “We’re still digesting those, Woodstock; Bread Alone in Kingston; but we have our economic develop- Ulster County Executive Pat Ryan and ment team on this 24/7, and they’re Andrew Addotta at Hamilton & Adams speaking with our business-owners in Kingston. every day.” One of the most common ques- reopening, in alignment with Gover- tions Ryan receives about business nor Cuomo’s NY Forward Plan. Ac- reopenings is “When can I get my cording to guidance released by the hair cut?” With the exception of ho- Ulster County Office of Economic Development, the 56 industry cat- egory sectors included in the Phase Solveig Normann One reopening should begin prepar- In light of the circumstances ing now so they may safely and legally surrounding the COVID reopen once the Pause is lifted in the mid-Hudson region. 19 pandemic, the family While plans do not have to be of Solveig Normann has submitted to New York State for ap- decided to cancel her tels, restaurants, arts and entertain- forward.ny.gov/phase-two-indus- proval, they must be retained on the ment, most businesses fall into Phase tries), while hairstylists and barbers premises of the business and be made memorial service formerly Two, including car sales, rentals, real can cut, color and style hair, they are available to the State Department of planned for June 14, 2020. estate, offices, barbershops and hair prohibited from doing nails, waxing, Health or local health or safety au- As much as we were looking salons. “There are a lot of guidelines makeovers, threading, tweezing, fa- thorities in the event of an inspection. forward to celebrating for barbershops, though,” he cau- cials, nosehair- and beard-trimming. Safety plan templates are available by tioned. “Barbers and hairstylists must Ulster County is designated part visiting https://forward.ny.gov/in- Solveig’s life, we know her be tested [for COVID-19] every two of the Hudson Valley Region for the dustries-reopening-phase, and guid- wish would be to keep weeks, and capacity will be limited, reopening plan. All businesses in ance and resources specific to Ulster everyone safe and healthy. as well as services.” According to the New York State will be required to County can be found at https://co- New York State guidelines (https:// develop their own safety plans before vid19.ulstercountyny.gov/businesses. June 3, 2020 Ulster Publishing Hudson Valley One | 5

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Part one: An dreds of people. I worry about people not having jobs or huge wage cuts interview with Gowri across the country. Big institutions Parameswaran, might survive but smaller ones may be closed. chair, Department of Just like during other disasters, there may be creeping privatization Educational Studies of services in the educational sec- tor at all levels. Naomi Klein calls and Leadership, this ‘disaster capitalism.’ It refers to SUNY New Paltz a process where any kind of calam- ity is used to privatize and to bring about profits for the investor class be- by John Burdick cause people unconditionally accept that somehow the private sector does hile every in- the job better than the government. dustry, every I work for a state institution so that economy and is really at the top of many workers’ every sphere of minds. So now is the time I think to community has really put up a united front to oppose been challenged those kinds of trends. Wand transformed by the Covid 19 shutdown, it’s hard to imagine that Generally speaking, how have your any profession was thrown a more DION OGUST students handle this complete life dis- complicated curveball than educa- Gowri Parameswaran. ruption and all of the change and un- tion, which has had had to respond certainty is has introduced? more decisively and with more lives It has been hard for the students. affected as the true shape of the cri- Quarantine we speak with Gowri not to teach in the fall because of the Many of them come here at the age sis and the state-mandated response Parameswaran, professor and chair uncertainty around the teaching plat- of 18 or 19, and they don’t have the became clear. of the Department of Educational forms. skills to keep on top of their tasks and Mass decentralization happened Studies and Leadership at SUNY As I speak to the people in my de- to keep with the deadlines. Regularly swiftly. In mid-March, most schools New Paltz. partment there’s a sense of panic both being in class with their teacher helps at all levels added a week to their for their own teaching, but also even them be on task and submit their as- spring breaks and used that inter- Take me through this transition-by- greater concern for the students who signments on time. During the crisis, val somehow to conceive and imple- fire to online teaching. When and how did not quite sign up for online teach- they have had to move back home ment a plan for moving the whole did you find out? ing. There is a huge divide in both the where they’ve had other responsibili- enterprise from its ivory towers, art Since New York is at the center of technical savvy that students have ties, maybe looking for other jobs or rooms, playgrounds, and science labs the pandemic we found out almost as well as the digital tools they have taking over family responsibilities. to online delivery via Google class- immediately. As soon as the social- available to them. Their parents have lost jobs so college room, Zoom, and other overtaxed distancing mandate was imposed, we does not seem important and then platforms. knew that something earth-shatter- Do you have concerns about what this there are the smaller disruptions of In many industries, remote col- ing was happening. I kept coming to development means for the long-term the class itself. laboration was already the norm, school and doing all of the things that future of academics? The digital divide around the whole and business proceeded more or less I normally do until things became At a larger level, there’s been discus- thing is another common issue. Stu- seamlessly. In others — music clubs, very clear and everything started sion about how Google and Micro- dents feel frustration and panic at not for example — there were clearly no shutting down one by one. soft (and other tech companies) are being able to get clarifications and satisfactory alternatives to the old It seems a blur now because there already planning a more dominant confirmation from their instructors. model. Education sits right in the were just so many simultaneous role within educational spaces by us- Some of them are choosing not to middle. Of all the professions bound wheels turning that we were not quite ing this pandemic to propagate or to come back in the fall. For a few, learn- to brick and mortar, schools were sure what was going to happen. popularize the tools that they have. ing completely online may be too big fairly well positioned to make the I remember the morning I said Admittedly, there are now great of a responsibility at this phase in leap. But it was hardly a simple mat- goodbye to my secretary as she was tools to use online. I cannot deny it. their lives and especially with the ter. being asked to work from home for They are easy to use. However, people uncertainty around jobs and the pay- At the college level, for instance, the next few weeks. We have worked are worried that this might become back a college degree would get them. distance learning and low-residency together for a couple of decades, and the new normal. I have mixed feel- The teachers’ job during the pan- programs have been a booming busi- even though we’ve gone weeks with- ings because I don’t mind teaching demic has involved being friend and ness for years, and are a component out seeing each other it felt a little online. guide for their students, especially of virtually every institution. An in- different this time, as though the Many of our graduate students those that they’ve developed relation- frastructure, a methodology, and a butterfly had flapped its wings when can avoid long commutes, and on- ships with over the year. generally savvy teaching force were we weren’t looking and our lives had line classes offer them a great way to As I mentioned before, online already in place. Of course, teach- changed in ways we are yet to fath- enhance their careers. However, at teaching works well for the more ma- ing writing online is a natural and om. “I love you, Gowri,” she said, and the larger level I feel we really have ture and non-traditional students. may even offer some advantages over I had to choke back tears as I whis- to watch out for where we are going They often have full-time jobs and classroom instruction. A pottery or pered back “Love you, too. Big social- with this and to not lose that per- families, and this allows them to con- theater program, on the other hand, distance hugs to you.” sonal element of teaching. I think it tinue to be in college while working. had some problem-solving to do in is possible to do good online teaching In fact, our online sections at the order to keep the class of 2020 on How have you and your colleagues with some work, and if students are graduate level always fill up before pace. transitioned to online delivery? What self-motivated and prepared, but it’s the face-to-face section, even at the The further down the educational are some of the challenges you have a slippery slope when this is used to undergraduate level. ladder you go toward pre-school, faced? justify public universities going to- I think the best option would re- the messier the transition, and the I’ve taught online and hybrid classes tally online. ally have a mix of face-to-face and more complex the student and fam- for many years, so it wasn’t a big tran- online classes. Being on campus is so ily situations that the system had to sition for me personally, but I’m also What’s a crisis for you seems like an important. Students have an enor- accommodate. Finally, everyone is the chair of the department and there opportunity to other interests mous opportunity to connect, net- dealing not merely with the delivery were many people who were not fa- As you know, many of our educa- work and work with other people. of curricula and the march toward miliar with online teaching tools. To tional institutions are under assault The future for many of these young exit exams, graduations, and other their credit, the college administra- because of lack of money, lack of sup- people is very uncertain and college educational turnstiles but also with tion started offering tutorials and port, and a lack of perceived value for provides an opportunity for them to the complex psychological reality of workshops for getting faculty pre- education. Across the country colleg- ask those big questions. At the same these times and its impact on young pared almost as soon as the distanc- es are laying off workers. In Missouri, time, online classes provide a level of people. To a degree, everyone is the ing rules were imposed. It seems ages one institution laid off more than a anonymity that allows students to be school social worker now. ago now, but even last week one of the quarter of its workers. The University honest, and online classes give every- In part one of Teaching from adjuncts told me that she is choosing of California system is laying off hun- one opportunities to participate. June 3, 2020 6 | Hudson Valley One Ulster Publishing

Protests Continued from page 1 waved placards. They then walked their message in a loop uptown be- fore eventually dispersing. A smaller group of marchers also took to the streets in Kingston on Saturday afternoon. Well over 100 demonstrators walked from Acade- my Green down Broadway to the city hall, where they listened to speeches of support. The spark for the current wave of demonstrations and riots in the Unit- ed States was the death of George Floyd while in custody of Minne- apolis police officers, one of whom put a knee to Floyd’s neck for several minutes and allegedly choking him to death. The events were caught on video. Other people of color, includ- ing Breonna Taylor, who was killed when Kentucky police executed no- knock warrant against someone al- ready in custody at her home, and Ahmaud Arbery, victim of an extraju- dicial killing in Georgia while he was DAN TORRES jogging, have fallen victim in recent weeks. “I’ve been following Black Lives Matter since I was in middle school,” said Poughkeepsie resident Eevee at the New Paltz demonstration. She declined to provide a second name. “I’m 21 now, and I did a report on Eric Garner when I was 14. Nothing has changed.” Garner, suspected of sell- ing cigarettes illegally, died while in a chokehold administered by a New York City police officer in 2014. That officer was not indicted, spurring a similar round of protests and unrest. A sympathetic environment Crawford resident Nate Bodon pro- vided a more extensive perspective after the New Paltz event. “I think it’s important for people to come out and TERENCE P WARD support and say enough is enough,” “We’re protesting here because The Law Offices of protesting needs to be heard all Robert F. Rich, Jr. PLLC across the world, because injustice 1-845-255-RICH (7424) anywhere is injustice everywhere,” replied Parker. And “a people unit- ed can’t be divided.” While he did • Car and Motorcycle Accidents not condone the looting and vio- • Medical Malpractice lence elsewhere, he said he under- • Nursing Home Negligence stood the frustration from which it • Personal Injury • Real Estate emerges. We’re here to help. Speakers at the Kingston event, organized by three local high school- ers, praised the non-violent conduct of the participants, emphasizing that persistent participation in govern- ment at the local level was necessary to accomplish institutional change. County human rights commissioner Tyrone Wilson said it was important to keep that energy going. TERENCE P WARD Another Kingston protest rally was Protesters demand justice and racial equity at a rally in New Paltz on May 30. scheduled for Wednesday afternoon at Academy Green.

he said. “We’re fortunate in the Hud- Bodon’s assessment of New Paltz Stand up for minorities son Valley that police brutality is not police concurs with the experience Bodon hopes for more open com- as prevalent … as it is other places. reported by event organizers Kevin munication on issues of race. People Although we may not experience po- Halcott and Emily Cooke. Officers of color were “tired of explaining the lice brutality here in the same way we came out to direct vehicular traffic issue to white people” when to them do elsewhere, we still experience rac- and temporarily closed some roads to the problem was obvious. ism and bigotry in levels that make cars during the march. The New Paltz event was a posi- us feel unsafe in our own homes and Royal Parker, who spent much of tive step. “Today’s march included communities, and every community the afternoon leading chants with a a majority of white people, and I in this country needs to understand megaphone, told Anton Stewart of think that’s important because it that …. We are tired of being scared. New Paltz’s public access television shows that people on both sides of We are tired of being held back be- committee, “I want justice for every- the line have had enough,” Bodon Martindale-Hubbell cause of the color of our skin. That’s one like myself who has experienced said. “I would ask white people and AV Preeminent Rating why people are angry, and why we are police brutality with no prosecution white-presenting people everywhere 175 Main St., Suite 2, protesting.” behind it.” to use their privilege to stand up for New Paltz, NY 12561 Bodon said that the marchers were Stewart asked about the choice of minorities in any situation they can, very fortunate “that today’s protest location. “You’re standing in probably whether it’s intervening in a situa- Website: www.bobrichlaw.com Facebook: took place in a liberal town with a po- one of the most inclusive communi- tion that is unsafe for people of col- lice force that is friendly to the cause.” ties in all of America. What are you or, or standing up to their own racist www.facebook.com/bobrichlaw That wasn’t the case in a lot of places hoping to achieve here?” he asked. friends and family.” Twitter: @BobRichLaw where rioting took place, he noted. “Why are you protesting here?” During the protest, volunteers in June 3, 2020 Ulster Publishing Hudson Valley One | 7

PHOTOS BY MARCH GALLAGHER Left, Rita Worthington with one of the organizers at the Kingston rally on Saturday; right, Michelle Hinchey and Mary Hill at the Kingston rally on Saturday.

to recoup the price of additional po- he personally did not agree. lice protection. The organizers of By many measures, this event was demonstrations that are intended an unambiguous success. There has to remain on sidewalks but do not been no rioting or looting in New -- including this one and the flag Paltz, no reports of altercations with appreciation walk in 2018 – cause police. It may be a couple of weeks additional problems. Elected offi- before it’s known whether anyone cials cannot regulate based on the caught a coronavirus, and perhaps content of the event message. A civil longer to assess the financial hit to libertarian, Bettez was concerned taxpayers. In a time of pandemic, about having to give similar defer- free speech carries new costs and new ence to groups with whose message consequences.

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DION OGUST Foreclosures • Elder Law • Business Law Chris Byrne on the green in Woodstock. orange vests worked to maintain the The costs of free speech rules of engagement for this pan- New Paltz town supervisor Neil demic. They handed out masks, en- Bettez, who only rode past on a bi- couraged people to spread out far- cycle to reduce the risk to himself and ther along Main and side streets and his young son further, was concerned. implored people to disperse after the “We all support the cause, but this is march rather than to congregate in more than ten people, and I do not front of the library. The crowd was so see social distance,” he said. Watching spread out that it was difficult to esti- the protestors march up one side of mate the number of people involved. Plattekill Avenue and down the other, Despite those efforts, which included he wasn’t seeing six feet between any ground rules calling for ten feet of so- two people, he said. cial distance rather than six, the pan- There was even more congestion demic norms were not maintained along Main Street, where car traf- consistently. fic kept the protestors largely on the “It’s hard to shout while wearing a sidewalk. mask,” New Paltz village deputy may- “I would not call this a success” Partners or KT Tobin said as she and other vol- from a public-health standpoint de- Daniel M. Martuscello | John G. Rusk | Daniel J. Rusk unteers strategized how to get people spite the willingness of organizers to stand farther apart. Wearing masks to work with officials, Bettez said. Pamela D. Rusk | Jason J. Kovacs was the norm, but as the temperature “It’s hard to control a crowd,” he Of Counsel rose it became more common for par- noted. “We’re endangering people’s John J. Wadlin | E. Michael Kavanagh | Daniel G. Heppner ticipants to leave noses uncovered, or lives.” even hang the face covering under Bettez is charged with overseeing Associates the chin. Covering nose and mouth the town’s budget in a time of unprec- Christine H. Guido | Melissa Manna-Williams can reduce the spread of this corona- edented fiscal uncertainty. He said virus when maintaining a social dis- the police officers who would be paid David Goodge | Nikolas S. Tamburello tance of at least six feet is impossible, overtime at this event for closing off but shouting, chanting and singing the street and directing traffic. www.rwhm.com increase the spread of the respiratory “This is a parade without a per- (845) 331-4100 (845) 236-4411 droplets that in an infected person mit,” he said. Town parade permits 255 Fair Street, Kingston, NY 1390 Route 9W, Marlboro, NY carry the virus. are costly because they are intended June 3, 2020 8 | Hudson Valley One Ulster Publishing

LAUREN THOMAS Flying Rainbow fl ags at the 2017 Pride Parade in New Paltz .

Region | community Rainbows go viral

LGBTQ Center’s will, high spirits, gritty determina- open mic or have your say at the town flair at safe intervals beginning at 9 tion, public art, consciousness-rais- hall. But we’re all polishing our Zoom a.m. on Saturday, June 6. The cross- Virtual Pride Month ing, community-building and imagi- meeting skills these days, aren’t we? walk painting will be livestreamed on native fun. Virtual Pride kicks off this Wednes- the Center’s Facebook page. off ers entertainment, Having to opt for less visibility this day, June 3 with an event requiring That same evening, from 5 to 6 p.m., year on account of the danger of the preregistration. Beginning at 6 p.m. Pride 2020 will telecast its virtual education and heightened transmission of COV- and presented in partnership with opening reception and volunteer ap- community online ID-19 in crowds must really stick in Legal Services of the Hudson Valley, preciation event, where you can learn the organizers’ craw. But LGBTQ+ the “Know Your Rights Digital Train- more about the virtual events in June folks who have been around since the ing: Covid 19 Edition” will address and celebrate the volunteers. Anyone by Frances Marion Platt Eighties know a thing or two about the legal challenges that the LG- can join the Zoom meeting by visiting how to take epidemics seriously, and BTQ+ community faces in navigating https://zoom.us/j/98202317164 and f you’ve ever been to one, could probably give a useful lesson to the pandemic. There will be discus- using the Meeting ID 982 0231 7164. you’ll know that the people at the rest of us. sions of how changes in local, state Music is always integral to Pride cel- the Hudson Valley LGBTQ Com- Nonetheless, June is still Pride and federal laws impact the LGBTQ+ ebrations in the Hudson Valley. This munity Center in Kingston really Month; this year it’s simply going community. Whether you’re navigat- year there will be two tuneful events mean it when they say, “We hated virtual. Instead of just strolling into ing applying for unemployment for for your from-a-distance enjoyment: to have to cancel our in-person a venue, you’ll have to tune in, and the first time, afraid to return to work On Sunday, June 6 from 4 to 6 p.m., IPride March and Festival.” The an- sometimes sign up online – say, if you due to safety conditions, trying to Facebook Live will host a music festi- nual event is an extravaganza of good want to perform (from home) at the navigate changing your name during val, featuring local performers Denise court closures, or are worried about Parent, Nia & Ness, Ryan Cassata and being evicted, help is available.. Salem Corwin. It will be streamed at Sadly, the refreshing of the rain- www.facebook.com/hvlgbtqcenter. bow crosswalks in front of the Center The following Saturday, June 13 at 7 at the intersection of Wall and John p.m., the annual Pride open mic will streets in Kingston’s Stockade will not be viewable at the same virtual venue. be open to volunteers this year. LG- While viewable for free, this one is a BTQ Center, Radio Kingston and O+ sort of telethon: Pay-what-you-can Festival staff members will be dem- optional donations during the event onstrating their paintbrush-wielding will go to support LGBTQ Commu-

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Our SILVER Anniversary!!!

We’ve been producing The Woodstock Shakespeare Festival for 25 years!! Through sun, rain, wind and other elements of nature…. We still prevail! And look forward to doing it again and again!

For this year’s Silver Anniversary season, we are aiming to open August 7th and run through Labor Day Weekend – closing Sunday, September 6th. Our plan is to produce a play written by Reed Martin and Austin Tichenor (the team that brought us “The Complete Works of Wm Shakespeare/abridged)”. This new work is entitled ”William Shakespeare’s Long Lost First Play (abridged)”.

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This is a difficult time for all of us and small businesses are struggling to keep afloat. We would be so grateful for any generosity that you, our loyal supporters can show. Please send your tax deductable donations to: Byrdcliffe Theatre Co. PO Box 649 We will be Woodstock, NY 12498 And please come see “Shakespeare’s Long Lost First Play” opening August opening 7th with performances Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays at 5:30 PM. June 6th We will be there for you - Please be there for us! Happy to Sincerely, see you all (with masks on) Elli Michaels David Aston-Reese Co Artistic Director Co Artistic Director 5 Rock City Rd. 12-6 daily Woodstock 679-8288 June 3, 2020 10 | Hudson Valley One Ulster Publishing

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WDST-FM celebrates anniversary by Paul Smart pril 29, a Wednes- day, came and went. Sun, wind. Lockdown. For those listening to 100.1 on their FM dials, everyone was treatedA to a time machine of sorts, back 40 years to the seasons of 1980 and a flurry of voices from the past four decades. “We were blessed not knowing what we didn’t know,” recalled Sasha Gillman, now in her ninth decade. The local radio station’s beginnings began with a whim on her husband Jerry’s part. The couple moved north from New York City in the 1970s. “A, he was crazy, and B, he was very smart,” said Sasha Gillman. “We got a house, and Jerry was trying to put an entertainment center together for our living room when he realized he couldn’t get a radio station on the dial. So he decided to make one.” Both Gillmans came out of media, he as a PR man with a specialty in politics and she in advertising. They bought the land for their home in Circa 1980 WDST — League of Woman Voters sponsored debate for NYS assembly, with a young Maurice Hinchey. Ron 1970 and then began building, going Van Warmer was the moderator. back and forth to New York City with their young kids while working to move an existing station’s signal from Delhi to the Hudson Valley. In the day, radio was considered a big business. The process of estab- lishing the license for what would be- come WDST seemed endless. “We bought a house on Tinker Street to fit the station into, and had friends start getting it ready while we went back and forth to Washing- ton to straighten things out with the FCC,” Gillman continued. Straightening things out with the Federal Communications Commis- sion took time. “We were new to ra- dio but very bright in matters of the world, and hired a consultant to do a business plan so we could get inves- tors, but then discovered that as soon as you file with the FCC you get com- petition and others come in and try to file on top of your application. The process took well over five years, and it all swallowed our lives completely.” Word of what the Gillmans were up COURTESY OF SASHA GILMAN DION OGUST to moved quick through the commu- Jerry Gillman and the bulldog. WDST creator Sasha Gillman. nity. The idea of a station also started drawing people north from New York City, just as the music industry was “Later I got a call from Jerry Gillman, selves, and we all learned as we went daily talk show where he’d interview also being attracted. around 1977 or so, and we stayed in along,” Sasha remembered. “There Woodstockers and others who passed touch until he got the license all clear were lots of musicians around town, through town, from film critic Judith The search for staff by the end of 1979,” he said. “I start- people with passions. Jerry’s idea was Crist to comedians Anne Meara and “I had come to Woodstock to open ed working for WDST in January of to use real musicians talking about Jerry Stiller. He’d come in as an in- the Joyous Lake, and then the store 1980.” the music they loved, and he’d con- vestor, and also had a music show. Sunfrost with my cousin Barry,” add- Before going on the air that winter, centrate on the news, which he loved.” “I was living in Manhattan working ed Richard Fusco, on-and-off WDST Fusco hit up everyone he’d gotten to Named music director, Fusco was as a tennis instructor in New Jersey station manager over the years. “One know in the record business for LPs. given a time slot to spin records. Les- and wanted to get into radio when evening I was watching Woodstock’s He had built a library of music others lie Gerber, who wrote liner notes for my piano teacher mentioned that he public-access radio station and fool- could only envy. classic recordings, did a classics show. knew this couple who were starting ing around on the radio dial. I heard Sasha Gillman talked local busi- Eric Andersen and Jan Whitmore did a station in Woodstock,” Grunther the station at the low end of the FM nesses into advertising, and then a folk show, as did John Herald and recalled. “I went over to their apart- dial.” reached further afield into Kingston Cindy Cashdollar. Betty MacDonald ment and an hour later gave them a Fusco asked the town to give him and surrounding towns for support. spun jazz. check and they said, ‘You’re part of four hours each afternoon to create Jerry Gillman started reaching out Jerry Gillman would read classic the team.’ They gave me the keys to an audio channel, and the result was around town for staff. literature for an hour each morn- their house in Woodstock. I was their an early version of Woodstock radio. “Mostly it was amateurs like our- ing. Doug Grunther was given a first program director.” June 3, 2020 Ulster Publishing Hudson Valley One | 11

Grunther still does his talk show a series of projects, including Radio once a week. “I started off doing an Woodstock’s later move into produc- oldies show, but after eight weeks got ing concerts and festivals, including tired of it and asked if I could do a the Mountain Jam franchise, which talk show five days a week.” began as a WDST anniversary event in 2005. Piles and piles of records Ron Van Warmer had just moved A sense of community to Woodstock when the Gillmans Jimmy Buff, now executive director were getting their station under way. of the noncommercial Radio Kings- His brother Randy had a recording ton, came up from New York and contract with Bearsville Records. WNEW in 1993, serving as produc- “I heard there was going to be a tion director until he became pro- radio station and started going to gram director the following spring. where the studios were being built He got spooked on Upstate living, every day, helping out wherever I returned to the City, but kept coming could,” Van Warmer said. Like Fusco, back several times. he started bringing in piles of records “We had real characters there; for the station library. “When they Dave Dowd, Big Joe Fitz, Mark Zipp, started doing some test broadcasting Ellen Z. It was always fun, with amaz- they had a news broadcaster who had ing musicians coming in all the time, a sudden breakdown and ran out of great events, and a great sense of the building. Jerry was freaking out community,” Buff said. “I have great so I just said, ‘I’ll do it,’ and he asked affection for Radio Woodstock and DION OGUST who I was, but then he pulled a bunch Jimmy Buff . hope they ride this current storm out of news out of the AP ticket-tape ma- so they can continue what they’ve chine and had me read it. They of- been doing so well for 40 years now.” fered me $90 a week to do the news. a two-hour country-music slot, after Changes in ownership Van Warmer also moved on more I asked if I could do a music show as which he also took on the 5:30 to 10 It was all nicknamed The Bull- than once. He went with the Gill- well, but they wouldn’t pay for that.” a.m. morning slot that nobody want- dog, named for the Gillman’s pooch mans as they started a second station News, at that point, ran on the hour ed, and then an evening jazz show to by Fusco. Highlights came quickly: in Wurtsboro (WZAD, The Wizard) every hour from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., plus give MacDonald some time off for her a state senatorial debate in the stu- and then came back in the 1990s as a half-hour news documentary every performing. dio, visits by governor Mario Cuomo the overnight man before settling in, week. “I lived right across the street from and, on Grunther’s show, yuppie Ab- most recently, first as station man- Brian Hollander, editor of Wood- the studio,” said Hollander. “It was a bie Hoffman when he was still un- ager and then doing a weekly show. stock Times until the recent coro- ton of fun.” He could play anything, derground. The station won state “It’s always been my fun job,” he navirus crisis, talked about how talk about anything, and occasionally broadcast awards three years in a row said. He remembered the old house’s he’s worked a number of radio jobs end up with a guest like Sonny Rol- before Sasha got tired of the endless kitchen meetings, the bulldog’s around the area before WDST, in- lins sitting across from him. work and stress. snores on air, the sense of everybody cluding stints at WKNY. He’d gotten “I’d put a long track on and run “Someone made us an offer we working at their most passionate. a license, which was necessary at the over to the deli for breakfast. Out couldn’t refuse, that gave us a chance Fusco spoke about those early years time, and spoken with Gillman about of my deejay experience, some local to return investors’ money threefold,” of chaos and community, and also his plans a couple of years before Democrats asked me to run for state she recalled. the more recent years, with not only his station hit the air. Finally, when senate, after which I came back and That buyer was Richard Landy, a a greater sense of Woodstock as a things were going on the air, Betty started doing the news, then got a job “businessman firstly, secondly and brand but also a continuing sense of MacDonald suggested Hollander for in Albany.” thirdly” as Grunther put it, who want- community driven by WDST’s inde- ed to augment the stations he owned pendence. in Vermont and Pennsylvania. Three The station continues use of live Covid 19 memorial with God there is peace and hope; years later, the station sold again to deejays in a time of increasing auto- that life is stronger than death,” said its owner ever since, Gary Chetkof. mation. “Radio needs that other di- Christ’s Lutheran Church in the pastor. “WDST came onto my radar in mension, that sense of providing and Woodstock, will host an online me- Parishioner and artist Julia Santos- 1992 when I was working as a law- being part of a community, to really morial service for those who have Solomon, who lost four members of yer for Metropolitan Broadcasting, work,” Fusco said. “That’s something died since the Covid 19 precautions her family to the virus, sees the com- which owned WNEW, and the pro- WDST has always had.” have been put in place on June 30 at bination of a prayer service with a gram director, told me this cool sta- Gillman and Hollander both keep 7 p.m. The service is part of a larger public art installation are particularly tion that operated out of a house was the station ready to play at all times project titled “In Memoriam,” which meaningful. “Art plays a huge part in up for sale,” Chetkof said. “I thought, on their radio dials. Everyone we will include the installation of hand- our healing process,” says Santos-Sol- ‘What a cool name, Woodstock,’ and spoke with was full of enough great made crosses on the church lawn to omon, who also created a mural on the figured there’d be a time when satel- anecdotes to fill several books. remember and honor the deceased. church’s parish hall titled Woodstock lite and Internet radio came to be and The goal of the project is to provide a Visual Peace. “In Memoriam explores that name could draw. “I’d been up to Waiting for normal space for grief as well as hope in life an alternative way to honor the dead. the town for a tourist day, and found Chetkof admitted, at the end, that and love which the Christian tradi- This project’s intention is to humanize it beautiful and quaint, but also close the current crisis has been difficult tion believes are eternal. and honor the loss of our loved ones.” to Manhattan. And there were hic- in terms of advertising income. It’s “This is an incredibly difficult time Community members are invit- cups getting the sale lined up, but even put a crimp in the listener sup- to lose someone, whether to the virus ed to submit names to be remem- then I had it and my big thought was, port the station inaugurated in recent or to other causes,” said pastor Sonja bered in the online worship service ‘Holy cow, here I am trained as a law- years, which would normally involve Maclary. “Social-distancing precau- by emailing the church at beacon@ yer and leaving New York and my le- an outreach drive around now. tions necessary for the preservation christwoodstock.org. (Please include gal career to run a small business in As for the anniversary, plans for of life and health make grieving more In Memoriam in the subject line.) the country.’” a big concert in Poughkeepsie with difficult. Many parts of grieving are Crosses with names of the deceased Just as Landy started to rein in Death Cab for Cutie have had to be communal: gathering by the bed- will be added to the church lawn as some of the more eclectic elements scrapped, just as Mountain Jam has. side, attending wakes and funerals, they are received. The project is sup- of The Bulldog, Chetkof felt changes “It was fun having all our old dee- etc., but these have all either been ported by an action grant from Thri- were necessary to build listenership jays send in sets on the anniversary limited or prohibited in the past sev- vent Financial. For information, con- and income. A loyal audience for itself,” Chetkof said. “We’re also look- eral months. In Memoriam seeks to tact the church at 679-2336. quirky is one thing, he said, but not ing into planning things next year bridge these gaps caused by social sustainable, and often programmed when everything returns to normal.” distancing and provide a sense of Onteora budget vote for not many people. Many Hudson Valley and Wood- community, support and meaning.” “We did a lot of juggling of pro- stock commemorations, from Byrd- Christ’s Lutheran Church has Onteora will vote on a $58-mil- gramming,” Chetkof said. Grunther cliffe to Robert Fulton and Hendrick been practicing building bridges to lion budget for the school district was shifted to once a week. Nic Har- Hudson’s journeys, ended up differ- maintain social connection through next Tuesday, June 9. There are three court, who would later move to larg- ently from what had been planned. LiveStreamed worship services on candidates for three seats, Laurie er markets in Los Angeles, took the There’s precedent in the current post- the church’s Facebook page as well Osmond, Bennet Ratcliff and Em- morning show. ponement of Radio Woodstock’s an- as prayer groups and coffee hours on ily Sherry. Local school districts are News was consolidated, at the time, niversary. the video conferencing site Zoom. sending paper ballots through the with WKNY, which Chetkof had also Did Chetkof, who’s moving the sta- However, the church has also sought mail, with any vote returned by Tues- bought from Landy. And very shortly, tion from its longstanding digs in Todd to keep a lively visual presence in the day, June 9 at 5 p.m. counting. all got wrapped up in the leadup to Rundgren’s Utopia Studios in Bears- community. This began on Palm Sun- The 2020-21 $57,938,542 budget the massive Woodstock ‘94 festival, ville to an old church along Route 28 day with a banner on the church door proposal represent an increase of which WDST was able to stream as in Hurley, have any regrets he’d ever and has extended to art displays on $535,044, or 0.93 percent. The lo- one of the first radio stations in that left lawyering in New York City? the church lawn. cal tax-levy increase in the budget pioneering field at the time. He laughed. “You know how much “We recognize that even though proposal is $1,117,748. The budget Fusco, who’d moved on from the of our staff’s been here 20 years people are not gathering, they are proposal includes a $20,000 line for station during the Landy years to now?” he said. “You hear how many still here. They are still passing by the library support. work for a new media company, came came back to celebrate our fortieth? church. These are opportunities to Ballots cannot be opened until af- back once Chetkof was rebranding Whatever happens, this has been remind people, especially now, that ter the June 9 deadline. everything and started working on nothing but fun.” June 3, 2020 12 | Hudson Valley One Ulster Publishing

Woodstock | library Arguments both ways

Woodstock Library the bonding until the economy becomes more clear,” she said. trustees engage in a The trustees presented a variety of spirited discussion arguments both in favor of proceed- ing this year and of delaying a vote on about bonding for bonding for the project. Trustee Jeff Collins said he’s in a new building favor of bonding this year because interest rates will be low due to the by Nick Henderson slow economy. “It’s clear we need to do something with the build- ing,” Collins said, noting thst either oodstock Li- renovation or new construction will brary trustees cost millions.“Economically the best have held off a de- way to reinvigorate the economy is cision on whether through public works.” to place bonding Trustee Selma Kaplan said the li- for a new build- brary must prepare for s “new nor- Wing on the November ballot. Mean- mal,” and that the current building while, they will carry forward with is completely unsuited for social dis- planning and fundraising. tancing. “There is so little we can do Trustees recently engaged in a in that space right now, and I don’t see spirited discussion via videoconfer- things getting better any time soon.” ence about the pros and cons of ask- Kaplan pointed out that the majority ing Woodstock voters to borrow the of the burden will be taken on by sec- difference between what is raised ond homeowners, who make up the from donors and the remainder of a majority of the town tax base. $4.4-million construction bill for a Trustee and building committee proposed 13,000-square-foot build- chair Howard Kagan said he appreci- ing. ated the economics of bonding when

Though a decision on bonding DION OGUST the interest rates were low. But the likely won’t come until at least June, Taking time to enjoy a good book on the streets in Woodstock. uncertainty bothers him. “My only trustees approved a motion declar- fear is if the bond is defeated, what ing the library district as lead agency will happen with our project?” he under the State Environmental Qual- lead agency, though the town must urged delay amid the pandemic asked. ity Review Act (SEQRA). Neither the sign off on any bonding. and shutdown, noting people have Trustee Liz Rosen agreed there town government nor its planning Gay Leonhardt, a longtime op- asked for extensions on their wa- were advantages to borrowing this board expressed interest in acting as ponent of the new building plans, ter and sewer bills. “Postpone year, but noted that the second 25 %

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Kingston | community Pike pique

down. They claim it diminishes the Deteriorating 1970s visibility of their businesses, discour- plan poses problems ages shoppers, and is a continuing maintenance nightmare. for Kingston “Businesses either love it or hate it,” said Douglas Koop, alderman for Ward 2, which includes North Front by Lynn Woods and Wall streets. Maria Philippis, owner of the brick or over a month, a building at 43-45 North Front Street, chain-link fence, scaffold- one of whose three storefronts is oc- ing, dumpster and port- cupied by her restaurant, Boitson’s, able toilet have formed has been lobbying the city to tear the a barricade in front of colonnade down for several years. 43-45 North Front Street The section in front of her building Fin Kingston. Workers have been re- was badly deteriorated. “Literally building a section of the wooden col- chunks of wood were falling,” she re- onnade in Uptown Kingston known called. “It was an eyesore and danger- as the Pike Plan. ous. I wrote letters to and called the Despite a $1.8-million reconstruc- mayor and alderman, but nothing tion less than a decade ago, the can- was done.” opied structure, which covers two After Kingston received a $10 blocks of sidewalk on North Front million Downtown Revitalization and Wall streets, has deteriorated, Initiative grant from the state, she posing a difficult dilemma for city of- hung a barrier over her portion of ficials. Should the Pike Plan, which canopy that read “Hey Kingston, was constructed in the mid-1970s as Congrats on the $10,000,000 grant; a way to revitalize Kingston’s mori- Now Can You Fix This Thing or Tear bund shopping district, be preserved, It down.” necessitating more repairs and on- The costs of choices DION OGUST going maintenance, or should it be Pike Plan renovation in Kingston. taken down? Both options carry sig- After a car hit one of the columns nificant costs. in front of her building, the city took The latest figures — still being action. “Sufficient deficiencies such voted in favor of continuing the work. clude a request for funding at some firmed up by the city engineer — say as deficient timber member sizing, Schultheis wrote in an email that level to deal with the Pike Plan, in- that keeping the Pike Plan would en- uplift connectors and lack of proper the city had also determined that not cluding fixing certain portions of it tail approximately $500,000 in de- footings,” city engineer John Schul- replacing the canopy section in front and annual maintenance and repair,” ferred maintenance and an estimated theis described the damage in an of 43-45 North Front would require Koop said. “Then we [the Finance $105,000 a year for maintenance. email. the demolition of 140 feet of canopy and Audit Committee] can discuss it Demolishing the Pike Plan and doing The city government decided to re- on North Front, from numbers 31 to and possibly approve.” repairs to the building facades to en- move and replace the section rather 41 “to avoid creating an unsightly gap The alderman added that his per- sure they are structurally sound and than make repairs. The Common in the canopy.” The cost of not build- sonal opinion was to deal with the is- watertight would cost $1 million. In Council, which ultimately approves ing the replacement colonnade was sues of the Pike Plan that have imme- the latter scenario, Don Tallerman, the money spent on the Pike Plan, $345,000, which seems like a very diate problems, such as over Market alderman of Ward 5, who provided authorized $165,000 for the replace- high number for demolition; asked Basket, and come up with a budget the figures, said that building owners ment, and the city signed a contract about this, Schultheis responded, “It for repair and maintenance. “It’s an would be responsible for any further with Friedlander Construction for a is possible that this figure was an esti- ongoing cost,” said Koop, “and my work to make the façades aestheti- bid of $148,000, according to Schul- mate [for] the cost of re-building that committee and the Common Council cally appealing. theis. 140-ft section following complete de- and our successors have to deal with Before the Common Council makes The money was paid out of the molition if the Council had opted for it.” a decision on either option, Taller- $315,000 settlement the city re- that direction and then later decided Tallerman favors new surveys be- man suggested two surveys. One ceived from the engineering firm that to re-build the canopy from 41-31 in- fore the Common Council decides would ask the general public whether worked on the 2011-13 reconstruc- stead of leaving it unreconstructed.” which course to take. “I’m for no they would support keeping the Pike tion, after the city sued that firm in Philippis, who claims the con- more kicking the can down the road,” Plan and pay more in taxes to fund 2015, due to many problems with the tractor has hardly showed up in the said Tallerman. If the city decides to the annual maintenance. The other new colonnade. (Although the design past couple of weeks -- the contract “suck it up and say ‘yes, we’ll main- would query the building owners and was also blamed for the leaking sky- requires the job to be completed by tain it’,” the city should also make it their retail tenants whose daily lives lights and rotted soffits and fascias, July 3, according to Schultheis -- is beautiful: “Let’s go to a higher level and livelihoods are most affected by the city’s suit against the architectur- anxious to have the work done so she by cleaning it up, repainting it in in- the structure. al firm on the project was thrown out can open up a grocery store in the teresting colors, and improving the because the statue of limitations had storefront. lighting and adding more trash cans.” Love it or hate it expired. Its suit against the construc- “I want people to be able to access How would the city fund either the Last year, the city conducted a tion firm was also dismissed.) it,” she said, adding that she feels like $500,000 in deferred maintenance survey that indicated many Kingsto- After the entire section of dam- she’s “being held hostage” as long or $1 million tearing the Pike Plan nians like the Pike Plan: 77 percent aged canopy was removed, Philippis as the windows are boarded up and down? Tallerman’s not sure, but he of the 628 respondents wanted to admired the exposed façade of her the scaffolding and chain link fence said sources of state and federal mon- keep it. However, they weren’t asked building so much she asked the city if covering the entrance. Despite the ey would certainly be explored (the whether they were willing to pay for it could halt the construction and not pandemic and the construction, both $1.8-million reconstruction, com- the annual maintenance, Tallerman build the replacement colonnade. Al- Boitson’s and her tenant Kingston pleted in 2013, was mostly funded said. Of the 44 business and building derman Koop met with mayor Steve Bread & Bar have been open, doing with state and federal money). owners who received the survey, 14 Noble and Schultheis to discuss that curbside pick-up. If the city does decide to remove of the 19 who replied wanted it torn option. The Common Council’s Fi- the Pike Plan, building owners could down. nance and Audit Committee, which Making it beautiful tap into $190,000 of Downtown Re- Among the benefits cited by sup- Koop chairs, on May 12 voted in favor Walking down North Front and vitalization Initiative grant money porters are shelter from the rain and of suspending the planned construc- Wall, one notices many areas of de- the city has obtained to beautify the snow, precluding the need for build- tion of the replacement section. terioration in the Pike Plan. The twin facades. It could also apply for a low- ing owners to shovel the sidewalk, However, after learning from the arched decorative panels bordering interest loan from the Kingston Local and what supporters claim is the city engineer that the cost of suspend- the roof over Market Basket on Wall Development Corp. (“They could do unique charm of the Victorian-style ing the work could be $50,000 for a Street look like they’ve been nibbled [the work] by obtaining $5000 from colonnade, which hosts whimsical two-week suspension to $90,000 for by rats, and problems with drainage each, paying only two percent inter- decorative details and columns of a ten-week suspension, in addition to have rotted out sections of the canopy est on the loan,” he said.) varying styles. the $148,000 the city was obligated ceiling, soffits and columns. Either way, “we want our down- Many of the building owners and to pay Friedlander Construction, ac- Everyone agrees action is needed. town areas to thrive, post-Covid ,” retailers want the Pike Plan torn cording to Schultheis, the committee “I would hope the mayor would in- Tallerman said. June 3, 2020 Ulster Publishing Hudson Valley One | 15

School budget On May 30 at 5:30 p.m., deputies vote June 9 from the Ulster County Sheriff’s Of- fice Navigation Unit responded to a Kingston | community 911 call for an unconscious man in Local school districts are send- the Hudson River off East Kingston Socially distanced weddings ing paper ballots through the mail, in the Town of Ulster. James Lam- with any vote returned by Tuesday, born, 70, of Arkville was found in June 9 at 5 p.m. counting. Kings- the water, near his vessel by passing ton school officials are touting a kayakers. Preliminary investigation $187.4-million budget that maintains suggests Mr. Lamborn accidentally programs and extracurricular activi- drowned, however the investigation ties and doesn’t include reductions is ongoing. in staff. The spending plan is an in- The Ulster County Sheriff’s Office crease of 3.65 percent over the 2019- was assisted at the scene by the Ulster 20 budget, and includes a tax-levy Hose Fire Department, Ulster Police increase of 1.73 percent. State aid is Department and the New York State projected at $64.92 million, an in- Department of Environmental Con- crease of 2.3 percent over the current servation Police. school year’s aid total. Local residents will also vote for Free farmstand open seats on their school boards. at market There are three candidates for three seats: Priscilla Lowe, Nora Scherer A weekly free farmstand at Peo- and Cathy Collins. ple’s Place in Kingston began on June Coronavirus guidelines have altered and cancelled Ballots cannot be opened until af- 2 in the 17 St. James Street parking lot. many wedding plans, but some folks still want to make a com- ter the June 9 deadline. The farm stand distributes fresh pro- mitment to each other. Mayor Steve Noble is able to offer so- duce, much of which is donated by local cially-distanced marriage ceremonies outside the city hall on Trailways resumes Hudson Valley farms. Ulster County res- the lawn under a trellis. To schedule a socially-distanced mar- bus service idents with financial challenges can uti- riage ceremony, contact the mayor’s office at 334-3902. lize this seasonal program, which runs Trailways of New York has re- every Tuesday from 9 to 11 a.m. through sumed bus service on a limited basis October. Participants must wear a face between Kingston and New York City. mask, and social distancing circles are Buses leave the Kingston station at to be respected. No ID is required for Washington Avenue and North Front this program, and produce will be pre- state to officially be listed as Silver- illness or physical disability” as the Street, at 4:10 a.m., 6 a.m., 7:30 a.m. packed. Certified, and the only city to reach reason for requesting the absentee and 12:30 p.m. Buses from New York This program is in partnership with this designation. ballot. City to Kingston will depart from the the Food Bank of the Hudson Valley Climate Smart Communities is a Completed absentee ballot applica- city at 10:30 a.m., 3 p.m., 4:30 p.m. and made possible by the Commu- state program that helps local gov- tions must be received by the county and 6 p.m. nity Foundation of the Hudson Valley ernments take action to reduce board of elections postmarked no Because of Covid 19, Trailways dis- through a grant from the Novo Foun- greenhouse gas emissions and adapt later than June 16 if the voter wants continued all its service in New York dation. For more info about this or to a changing climate. Certified com- to receive their ballot by mail. For the State on March 30. Passengers are any of the 21 other programs offered munities have completed actions that elections on June 23, voters may also now required to wear face masks and at People’s Place, visit www.peoples- mitigate and adapt to climate change email, fax or call the board of elections maintain social distancing. For infor- placeuc.org or www.facebook.com/ at the local level. to request an absentee ballot without mation, call 800-858-8555 or visit PeoplesPlaceKingston. “By taking proactive steps to miti- the use of the application They need www.trailways.com. gate and adapt to climate change lo- to provide their name and address. Kingston wins cally, we have been recognized by the The last day to return a ballot by Man drowns in the silver status DEC as a leader in the state,” said mail is postmarked June 22 and re- Hudson River Julie Noble, environmental educator ceived by June 30. If returned per- The City of Kingston has re- and sustainability coordinator. “This sonally, it must be received by the Members of the Ulster County ceived the Climate Smart Communi- is urgent and essential work, and we board of elections before 9 p.m. on Sheriff’s Office are investigating the ties’ Silver Certification from the New are honored to accept this certifica- June 23. Poll sites will be open in Ul- death of an Arkville man, located un- York State Department of Environ- tion. We will continue to take every ster County from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. on conscious and unresponsive in the mental Conservation.Kingston was necessary action to move Kingston June 23. Hudson River in the Town of Ulster. one of only four communities in the forward, and preserve our city for Finally, there are nine days of early generations to come.” voting from June 13 to 21. Early-vot- ing sites in Ulster County are located Roadwork update at the Saugerties Senior Center, New Kingston | people in Kingston Paltz High School and the Edson School in Kingston. All eligible vot- From the ground up State roadwork in Kingston over ers may vote early at any of the three the next two weeks will be limited to early-voting centers. The Wiltwyck Rural work at various intersections. Traffic Cemetery board of trust- delays should be minimal. YMCA’s Lend-A-Wheel ees announced last week Sewer installation will continue on The YMCA of Kingston and Ul- the appointment of Mat- Broadway and will start on East St. thew Sirni has been ap- James next week. Drainage work will ster County is offering a bicycle pro- pointed the new cem- continue on Route 578 and continue gram for essentials workers. If you etery superintendent for next few weeks. Traffic delays need a bike to get to work, shop or for of the Wiltwyck Rural should be expected. appointments, request one by con- Cemetery on Pine Grove Grading of the sidewalk areas on tacting Tom Polk. Avenue in Kingston. Broadway between Henry Street and The YMCA Lend-a-Wheel pro- Sirni brings to the job the YMCA, including the areas near gram also says it needs adult moun- 25 years of experience in the UPAC, will be ongoing. Curbing tain bikes or hybrid bikes to keep the project, operations, cem- and bioswales will be installed. New program going. etery and business man- pole bases will be installed. agement. Central Hudson provides weekly “When we had to se- updates of its Kingston gas-line re- cure new leadership, we placement work. Cake Box looked for a candidate CARL COX with a cemetery manage- Matthew Sirni. Getting an ment background. Mr. absentee ballot Bakery/Cafe Sirni has an extensive Due to the coronavirus pandem- We are Open services background and will be an excellent superintendent,” and Ready to said cemetery board of trustees secretary David Rylance. ic, the Ulster County elections board Serve You! “Wiltwyck Cemetery is a place of quiet reflection and re- in Kingston encourages voters to vote Take out only! membrance,” Sirni said. “It’s an honor to care for these grounds by absentee ballot for all elections Same amazing food and serve the families. My family has been in Kingston for 100 taking place on June 23. All voters and treats! years, and I have a deep appreciation of our local history and eligible to participate in the June 23 8 Fair Street, elections have been mailed an ab- these grounds.” Kingston, N.Y. 12401 For information, call 331-0199 or visit https://wiltwyck-ru- sentee ballot application with return ral-cemetery.hub.biz/ postage paid. 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How to pick the right town and get the house you want in the Hudson Valley by Susan Barnett

ou know every house listed on Zillow. You know what the values are, or at least what Zil- low says they are. You’ve driven around, you’ve Ytalked to your friends. There is noth- ing you don’t know about picking a town and buying an upstate house. Maybe. Or maybe there are a few tips that might be new to you. Even more likely, there may be some really good advice that you’ve heard, but didn’t believe. I won’t pretend to be an infallible expert. But I know some things. I grew up in the Hudson Valley. I’ve been a broker there as the market heated up and then went ballistic. Now the market is changing so quick- ly, and different areas have become so individual, that I’m calling in other folks who know, too. The hive mind is a powerful thing. We all like lists. They’re easy to read and easy to remember. So, in hopes of helping you be the very best equipped home shopper you can be, I’m offer- ing you some expert tips for choosing different taxes. Even homes within the NYC or train service to NYC? with the most beautiful, majestic wa- a community and getting the house same town can vary greatly if there is 3. Do you want a town that is al- terfall, which can even be viewed from you really want. more than one school district in that ready popular with people relocat- the floor-to-ceiling windows of the town. Find an agent who will let you ing from NYC? For example, we call property’s house. Our first expert is Sara Nelson. know what the taxes will be for a cer- Kingston “Brooklyn North” because Next up, Anne Rajs has some She’s a saleperson with Win Morrison tain home and how that compares to so many Brooklynites are relocating thoughts on the subject of commu- Real Estate in Saugerties. And her homes in neighboring towns. here from the city. Or do you want a nities. She’s a salesperson with Law- advice is very practical. 2. Amenities. Do you want a town town which is not as well known and rence O’Toole Realty. She’s not into 1. Taxes! Taxes can vary greatly that has a community swimming more off the beaten path?. There are lists, but she’s got some good infor- from one Hudson Valley town to an- pool? Do you want to have an ice amazing hidden treasures ready to mation to share. other. Towns that border each other skating rink in your town? Do you be found all over the Hudson Valley. “I have specialized in selling second in the Hudson Valley can have vastly want a town that has bus service to I recently saw a home in Olivebridge homes in the Hudson Valley for the past 20 years. My buyer clients were generally all looking for the same Conventional shingles perform well against wind, thing. A less than two-hour commute rain and average tempertures. But, if you live from Manhattan and Brooklyn to get where conditions such as extreme cold, hail, high away from it all. 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See where and enough space to entertain family ‘Hey, don’t I know you from the old Here are my tips for picking the right you’d be buying your groceries. Meet and friends. neighborhood?’ It’s life on a smaller, town. some folks. And resist the wonderful “In the last few years trends have simpler scale, with the same vibe.” 1. Pick the area first. I’ve seen peo- house in the wrong location. It will changed. Where most buyers at one ple fall madly in love with a house break your heart. time wanted complete seclusion, they If you will, let me add my two online. They come to see it, and then 2. Keep an open mind. You think are now asking for a home in town cents. I’m an associate broker with try to talk themselves into a town that you want total privacy. You may dis- within walking distance to the bus Keller Williams Upstate New York they simply do not like. That’s not to cover that true seclusion creeps you station, local bars and restaurants Properties in Oneonta. That’s out say that a cool house might not lead out. You think you need ten acres. and coffee shops. past Delhi. It’s rural. Really rural. I you to a remarkable town. But for One acre is a lot, if it’s surrounded by “With renters in the suburbs be- used to be with Gary DiMauro Real heaven’s sake, visit! When you come undeveloped land. And you won’t pay ing priced out of affordable hous- Estate in Catskill. I’ve helped a lot to look at the house, stay overnight, taxes on all that neighboring land. ing, Kingston has become attractive. of downstate folks find their upstate don’t just zip in and zip out. Airbnb You want to be near water? First, I It has the urban feel of Brooklyn, a charming center of town with old NEED GUTTERS? brick buildings which are now artist lofts, music studios and bakeries. An GOT LEAFGUARDS? artsy vibe. A reminder of home. “The Brooklyn expats run into WANT THE BEST? 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You set up an email alert to be notified best offer isn’t good enough, walk state in some areas. Second, the wa- want to enjoy your upstate time. as soon as something matching those away. There will be other houses. You ter you end up wanting may surprise criteria comes onto the market. will love the house best that doesn’t you. A babbling brook can soothe the Okay, you know what area you’re 3. Get pre-approved. You can make keep you up at night worrying about soul just as well as a sweeping reser- going to focus on. Good for you! Now the offer fast, when you do find what how to pay for it. voir view, and for far less money. And on to the next step, and it’s trickier you are looking for, if you’ve done this 3. Be willing to do some work. Sure, if you’re coming from the city, wan- than you’d think. first. In this market, you don’t want we’d all love to bring our bags, un- dering a smaller city and feeling at Sara Nelson is up first. to delay. It’s not uncommon to have pack, and relax. But this isn’t an Airb- home may actually be what you want. How to get the house you want offers on a home just a day or two af- nb. It’s a house that someone lived 3. Figure out what matters most. (particularly important in Kingston ter the house is listed. Sometimes you in. And chances are, there are things If you don’t drive, or don’t want to, these days) even have offers that same day! about it that you are really not going there are entire areas of upstate that 1. Choose a very experienced agent. I have a few thoughts on the topic, to like. If you like the house’s bones are a long haul by bus or far from the I’ve seen countless bidding wars in too. and you like where it is, don’t turn up train. A simple rule that some visitors Kingston in these last couple of years. 1. Don’t put a million contingencies your nose at some work. There are still don’t know – the east side of the An experienced agent will know tech- on your offer. Of course you want an good electricians and plumbers and Hudson has the train. The west side, niques of how to bid so that you can inspection. And a clear title. But the contractors in the Hudson Valley. after Orange County, is about the bus. be the highest bidder, but without less you demand, the cleaner the of- Your realtor will hook you up. And If you want quiet, or dark skies, lots overpaying for the house. I’m always fer, the more attractive it looks to a maybe you’ll learn to do some proj- of trees, open meadows, the arts, or happy to share my strategies with my seller. Particularly with a house that’s ects yourself. There is nothing that outdoor activities, we’ve got all of clients. getting a lot of attention, the way to will make a house a home faster than that. But not every one of them in ev- 2. Don’t wait! Go see the house as win the day is to make your offer sim- doing work on it. That’s what makes ery location. Figure out what calls to soon as it comes onto the market. ple and easy. And if you can pay cash it yours. you. Find a house near that activity. When I have a client who is looking in a competitive situation, do it. Cash Do you need to hear from someone You don’t want to spend all your time for a particular type of home, I can always looks good. who’s been there? You’re in luck. The 2. Everybody loves a bargain. I get last tips come from Jeffrey Ventura- it. But don’t cheap out if this is the Morell, who bought a house upstate house you really want. Listen to your with his spouse, Lyndel Urbano, and local broker and make an offer that is then dove into local politics. He’s in competitive. At the same time, don’t his second term as an alderman in overbid, either. Offer a reasonable the City of Kingston. The house they price that you can afford. And if your bought was a project. And it’s now a

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The homes of endurance athletes refl ect their passion for pain

by Erin Quinn ome may be where the heart is, but for

more and more home- PHOTOS BY ERIN QUINN owners in the Hudson Reator Lindsay Stevens, an endurance athlete herself, shared this photo from a recent sale. The owner converted the Valley, it’s also where basement into a dedicated training area, complete with an endless pool. their heart rates are Hmeasured. The region’s natural fea- tures make it the perfect stomping ground for endurance athletes — that is, those who participate in marathon or half-marathon competitions that involve running, swimming, biking or some combination of all three. But what happens when adverse weather or another less predictable event (like a global pandemic and resulting stay- at-home order) limits training op- portunities? For some local athletes, the answer is to convert part of their home into a suitable (and inspiring) place to train. Carving out a space to train Local resident Tom Eickelberg is the winner of last year’s Survival of the Shawangunk’s triathlon, which includes three swims in three dif- ferent lakes, a 30-mile bike ride and four runs that add up to over 19 miles ending at Mohonk’s Skytop Tower. He works at Bicycle Depot in down- town New Paltz. He recently pur- chased a home due to its “proximity to the mountains and its basement. I needed a place to train if I couldn’t get outside.” He and his wife, both former col- lege swimmers, made sure that they had a level surface in their basement for their treadmill and bike trainers. “I found a treadmill on Craig’s List Left, Tom Eickleberg switching out bikes for his indoor trainers. He was the winner of the infamous local triathlon the because honestly, who has money for S.O.S. in 2019; right, Mel and Glenn in their Pain Cave. Both teachers, triathletes. a brand-new treadmill and if you did, why would you buy one when you can the time I just crank up the music and the Midwest and a local challenge Group in New Paltz recently sold the get a good used one?” asked Eickel- stare a little piece of tape on my bike,” in which serious mountain bikers Taj Mahal of sporty homes. “It had an berg. he said. Eickelberg said the training ascend and descend a hill at Min- endless pool, an entire wall covered Trainers let athletes pedal in place makes him realize “how lucky we are newaska State Park until they’ve to- with race-bibs as wallpaper, his and on a road bike with variable levels to live where we do. I mean it’s outra- taled 28,000 feet of elevation, the her trainers set up and a half-mile of resistance. “We sell basic ones for geous. I train as hard as I do indoors equivalent to ascending Mount Ever- running path around the outside of $250 if you’re on a budget but sure, so that I can be fit enough to do the est. “These are four-hour adventures the house. It was like the mecca for you can spend up to $2000 on one.” adventures I have planned as soon as or longer and you have to train all triathletes and it’s right up against The triathlete said that the level floor I can do them.” year to be able to do them.” the s.” is key “because if you’re going to be Some of these adventures include Stevens explained that she sold the doing a lot of repetitive movements trying to repeat his victory at the Going large home to “two longtime friends who you want to be on a level surface or S.O.S. “I have my alarm set to the While Eickelberg has a more mod- are both serious triathletes. They’re else you’re going to get injured.” exact time I have to beat to get the est athletic space in his home, some planning on having nine of their Like most modern gyms, the base- record,” he said. Other plans call for local athletes take things a bit further. friends come, who are all part of a tri- ment has a television, but “most of a 100-mile mountain bike race in Lindsay Stevens of Stevens Realty athlon training group, to compete in

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New Paltz | community Against the current

New Paltz pushes to open Moriello Pool by Erin Quinn ith both tem- peratures and tensions rising as we enter into the third month of a public-health Wcrisis, residents are looking toward summer relief. Local municipal pools have been a safe, healthy outlet to beat the heat, and a source of fresh air and exercise. Many families have also depended on their town’s summer camp programs and pools as places that their children can utilize to stay active and engaged in a supervised manner. On May 20, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) released guidelines for how pools could reopen (www.cdc. gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/commu- nity/parks-rec/aquatic-venues.html). These are not dissimilar to most CDC outdoor recreational guidelines, cau- tioning visitors to observe social-dis- tancing protocols, practice good hy- giene, and stay home if they feel sick. Water-specific recommendations in- clude reminding people not to wear LAUREN THOMAS masks in the pool, share goggles, Bill Russell and Tom Plitsch overseeing operations at Moriello Pool last summer. water bottles or other equipment. Lifeguards should be focused on the pool and not be asked to enforce so- need to do,” said Bettez. “This [health lifeguard and CPR certification and New Paltz police chief Rob Luc- cial distancing when they’re guarding crisis] is going to be with us for a water safety training courses. chesi is an advocate of opening the patrons in the water. while, so we need to find creative, pool up. “I’m concerned about what New Paltz appears to be swimming healthy ways to try and give people Hygiene is a priority this is going to look like when we’re in upstream when it comes to trying safe outlets. Right now, the numbers Bettez and Russell have been work- July, and it’s 100 degrees and people to allow for safe pool usage. County are down; the outdoors have not been ing closely and brainstorming on have nowhere to go,” he said. “What executive Pat Ryan is very cautious. a place of contagion; water actually ways that they could adjust to social- is that going to be like for families “We [county officials] talk every day dilutes the virus; and we have chlo- distancing restrictions and how that who rely on the pools and camps for with town supervisors and municipal rine. Yes, we’ll have to follow social- might look. “We may have to open their children to be supervised and leaders, and these issues have come distancing protocols, and it might not earlier, so that we can spread people safe when they go to work? This is a up,” he said. “Our youth bureau does look the same as it did last year, but out throughout the day,” said Bettez. real concern for me. Kids are going help support local camps financially we have to do what we can. Kids need “We may stay open past Labor Day if to go somewhere, and I’d rather they to some degree. Our health depart- a place to cool off, adults need to lap kids aren’t going back to school. If the be somewhere that is safe and super- ment is coordinating with local mu- swim, parents need a place their kids county pool does not open, that will vised and outdoors. People are under nicipalities about their pools. But can go safely.” place a real burden on us, and we may a lot of stress right now, and we’ve got right now, we’ve been told by New Bettez felt that same way about have to limit the pool to residents to provide them with outlets.” York State that we can’t have more keeping River-2-Ridge and other lo- only. We may have to reconfigure the Ryan said that he was hopeful that than ten people at a pool.” cal trails open for the public, despite entrance/exit.” those numbers would “loosen” as it The coronavirus is not spread pushback. “I’ve had so many people Do we need to have someone wipe gets closer to summer. The county through water. Despite this, several tell me that the River-2-Ridge has lit- down railings throughout the day? made the decision two months ago area pools have already put a “closed” erally kept them sane and saved them Do we need to limit the number of to keep the Ulster County Pool closed sign on their doors, including the during this time,” he said. “We want people who utilize the bathroom? for the summer, he said. “It was a Rosendale Pool and the Ulster Coun- to try and give them a little bit of These are questions the staff is work- hard decision to make then, it’s even ty Pool. summer. And if they’re not comfort- ing on and are trying to anticipate, harder right now,” he said. “We con- able coming to the pool, they do not said Russell. Pool hygiene is always a sulted with the legislature and made Locals want pool open have to.” priority for him, with guards scrub- the decision based on public health.” “It’s my goal to open the Moriello Bill Russell concurs. “I’ve read the bing down toilets and garbage cans The county looks to the state health Pool,” said New Paltz town supervi- CDC guidelines and the Red Cross and pool decks when they’re not ac- department for advice, Ryan said. sor Neil Bettez, who has long been an guidelines, and we can do this. We tively watching the pool. “We take our guidance from them.” advocate of outdoor recreation, open are doing all of the maintenance we space, land conservation and the need to do, and took the cover off a municipal pool. “Ultimately, it’s the few days ago so that we’re ready if we Sewer rehabilitation begun county who gets to decide whether or get to Phase Four” – scheduled for not we open. We have to get permits July 7, if all keeps moving on track The latest round of sewer main fixes in the Village of New Paltz was from them to open the pool, and the – “and are allowed to open. There is started on May 27, according to a notice posted to the village’s site. Work this same for our summer camps.” maintenance that needs to happen, season will be to rehabilitate older lines underneath South Chestnut, North While he continues to raise the is- whether or not we open.” Chestnut, Mulberry, Prospect and Grove streets, as well as North Oakwood Ter- sue with Ulster County officials, Bet- According to Russell, the longtime race and North Manheim Boulevard. In most cases, this will entail inserting a tez has been working closely with vet- director, each year the pool sees ap- plastic liner into a leaking older main, with the bulk of the activity happening at eran pool director Bill Russell, town proximately 30,000 visitors and last the ends. Some of the work will require digging a trench. recreation director Chuck Bordino, year had 300 family memberships The village’s sewer system has been subject a consent order since 2003, under and the other members of the town and more than 150 individual mem- which continual improvements must be made to resolve issues that included board. “People love the Moriello Pool. berships. It’s also home to the sum- instances of untreated sewage running on local streets during periods of rain. It’s been an integral part of people’s mer recreation swim team, the New That consent order has helped several mayors secure state funding for projects lives for a long time, and if we can Paltz Sea Hawks, a masters’ swim ses- to replace or rehabilitate leaking old mains. open it safely, then that’s what we sion in the morning, aqua aerobics, — Terence P Ward June 3, 2020 Ulster Publishing Hudson Valley One | 23

New Paltz | environment Sky lakes recover

greater range of aquatic life. “I heard Life returns to that Minnewaska used to be so clear, the Shawangunk with no vegetation, that you could see 30 feet to the bottom,” Richardson waters with easing said. “As the vegetation came back, so did the salamanders and other or- of acidifi cation ganisms. But it took a while for fish to show up. While the conditions by Erin Quinn can support fish, they have to actu- ally get to the lakes. Minnewaska and Awosting are high up on the ridge, any of the ponds and there are streams and waterfalls and lakes in the Sha- and cliffs for fish to find their way to wangunks, Catskills them.” and Adirondacks Somewhere around 2008 or 2009 were what was known people started to see small minnows, as “dead lakes” in the about four inches long, known as Mdecades prior to the 1990 amend- golden shiners, in Lake Minnewaska. ments to the Clean Air Act of 1970 “We don’t know how they got there, which regulated sulfur emissions but they’re commonly used for bait, from coal-fired power plants. Accord- and maybe someone dumped a buck- ing to SUNY New Paltz biology pro- et of them into the lake …. We don’t fessor David Richardson, a research know.” associate at the Mohonk Preserve, The shiners had no predators in “The pH levels of the water, which the lake, and they began to feast off were around 4.5, were too acidic for the existing zooplankton. The plank-

most organisms to survive or repro- ton are what ate the algae. With the KAT CAPPILLINO duce. Fish eggs cannot survive in a loss of the plankton, the algae went David Richardson. pH of less than five.” Only microor- haywire. “The lake turned so green ganisms not visible to the naked eye at one point that the lifeguards had could survive in that climate. to shut down the beach because they Lake Mohonk, on the grounds of the increasing at an alarming rate.” Two of the local lakes consid- couldn’t see the swimmers.” This was Mohonk Mountain House Resort and With the steady increase of tem- ered “dead” were Awosting and somewhere around 2009 or 2010. Spa. This lake did not suffer severe perature and the loss of ice coverage Minnewaska, both now part of the But then came the largemouth effects from acid rain, despite being (measured daily at Lake Mohonk), 26,000-acre Minnewaska State Park bass. “What do largemouth bass like? only a few miles from its aquatic Sha- the entire lake ecosystem is changing Preserve. While bathers and hikers Golden shiners,” said Richardson. wangunk sisters. drastically. The recreational activi- and outdoor enthusiasts still visited The bass fed off the golden shin- “Lake Mohonk is at a lower eleva- ties have changed, too. “Historically, and enjoyed the “sky lakes” of the ers, and the zooplankton population tion than the other lakes, and also the lake was used to ski and skate Shawangunk Ridge, there were no came back, which helped to keep the has a shale base, which helps keep the and ice-fish, and that’s being lost,” fish to catch or salamanders to spot. algae at bay. water neutral,” Richardson explained. Richardson said. Warmer tempera- ‘Twas not always so. “Before the The shiners also attracted North- “The pH, which has been dutifully re- ture also changes the entire physical Clean Air Act went through, the ern water snakes, which live in and corded by members of the Smiley fam- and chemical makeup of the lake, de- last recorded time there were fish in outside of lakes in the Northeast and ily and the Daniel Smiley Research creasing the water’s oxygen level, and Lake Minnewaska was back in 1922,” like to eat minnows. There was a time Center, has shown a similar pH mea- is beginning to impact on the goods Richardson said. “There’s a picture of period when those who love to swim surement for the past 40 years.” and services it has delivered for cen- hundreds of yellow perch that were at Lake Minnewaska were seeing Thus the Smileys, who own the ho- turies to the flora, fauna, fish and blown out of the lake [presumably] more snakes in and around the water. tel, have been able to stock the lake wildlife that rely on these lakes. by dynamite because someone had Not coincidentally, this was around with fish for its guests to enjoy for the It will take a coalition of research, been believed to have drowned. Kind the same time that the golden shiner past 125 years. The lake ecology is vi- science, environmental advocacy of like one of the tales from Huckle- population had taken off. brant and plentiful. and policy to slow down the warm- berry Finn.” “This is only an anecdotal story, but While these three lakes are en- ing of our planet. Richardson feels An attempt in the 1970s to stock I remember being at the lake at night, shrouded by forests and natural buf- that he’s fortunate to be able to study Lake Minnewaska with hundreds of when we were doing some observa- fers of preserved land, they cannot these issues and limnology with trout went belly-up, as none of the tion and sampling of minnows. We escape climate change. “We’re so for- “such great partners like the Min- fish survived. had a big cage of them by the swim- tunate to have these lakes and natural newaska State Park management The sulfur levels blowing in from ming beach.” As Richardson remem- resources that are so well-protected team and the Mohonk Preserve. Not coal-burning power plants and fac- bers it, the naturalists went to empty and managed and loved,” Richard- only do they welcome the research tories in the Midwest were so high out their cage full of minnows and son said, “but that will not stop them and science, but they are also en- that they resulted in what was known saw “30 or 40 snakes descending on from being impacted by global cli- gaged in collecting that data to help as acid rain. This phenomenon be- us. It was wild.” mate change. And we have to address inform their management and stew- came so toxic to water systems, soils The researcher hasn’t heard nor that, because the temperatures are ardship of the land.” and forests that science-based ad- seen a sizable population of the vocacy groups fought for and finally Northern water snake since the shin- New Paltz | public hearing achieved pollution limits that have ers declined. The only known am- helped cut sulfur dioxide emissions phibian left at Lake Minnewaska is by almost 88 percent between 1990 the Eastern red-spotted newt. “There New Paltz tower hearing and 2017 (www.nationalgeographic. used to be several species, but the big- com/environment/global-warming/ mouth bass like salamander eggs,” he The New Paltz town zoning board (ZBA) acid-rain/#close). “Although the reg- said. The reason they do not go for the has scheduled a June 10 public hearing regard- ulations were enacted in 1990, they spotted newt once hatched is thought ing a use variance for a proposed cellular tower weren’t put into place right away,” to be because of “their orange dots, at 60 Jansen Road. The applicant is Homeland explained the limnologist. “It wasn’t which indicate that they are poison- Towers, LLC, along with Verizon Wireless. Ac- until about 1994 to 1995 that we ous. So they’ve been left alone.” cording to the paperwork available online, the started to see the impacts of those relief requested is to site a tower outside the regulations. Over the past ten to15 Climate change’s a threat town’s existing wireless overlay district, which years we’ve seen the pH in lakes move To Richardson’s knowledge, there is largely along Route 299. The applicants have stated at planning up to five, five and a half, six -- what has been no establishment of a fish LAUREN THOMAS we would expect normal rainwater to population in Lake Awosting. “It’s board meetings that they are pursuing a A cell tower is proposed for be measured at. It was a huge win for slightly more acidic, even harder to use variance to build a tower on Jansen Jansen Road in New Paltz. science, advocacy and policy.” reach than Lake Minnewaska, and Road because they can’t achieve the cover- less likely that someone would hike age they desire from anywhere within the wireless overlay district. Attorney Rick Golden shiners show up in three miles to dump some fish in,” Golden said at the February 24 planning-board meeting that use variances are Lakes Awosting and Minnewaska he said. “almost impossible to get,” because the burden of proof is high. now have a pH that can support a Then there is the third “sky lake,” — Terence P Ward June 3, 2020 24 | Hudson Valley One Ulster Publishing

filming I wasn’t involved in because finished in the top three in best use of I couldn’t be.” line dialogue, and best use of props. Saugerties | schools She and Morgan “are both pretty Feeney began studying in the CVP- powerful personalities,” conceded I program as a sophomore, earning Feeney. “We both like to be leaders, the MVP award for her class. “It’s and we figured why don’t we just do for the person who puts in the most it together? And Matt did a phenom- work, and a lot of projects couldn’t be enal job. He photographed the whole done without this person who goes thing, and he’s amazing at working a above and beyond the requirements Film challenge camera.” of their class,” said Feeney. As a junior, Feeney moved on to “I’m watching you” CVP-II, creating a short film with fel- Gaslight is a thriller which opens low student John Smith which won in a high-school cafeteria; Parker best advanced project of the year and Malone, the female lead played by was submitted to a few film festivals. Feeney, opens a fortune cookie with a Now a senior in the CVP program’s chilling message: “I’m watching you.” broadcast journalism class, Feeney A friend, played by Bravo, down- said it was gratifying to earn acco- plays the incident, advising Parker to lades for Gaslight in a worldwide buy another fortune cookie, saying, contest. “What’s the worst that could happen?” The message in the second cookie A place to express creativity ramps up the tension: “Don’t ignore “It was a really, really great feel- me. This isn’t a joke.” ing if I’m being completely honest,” Morgan plays a central role in Gas- she said. “There were probably ten light. Computer video production or twelve submissions in our class teachers Scott Wickham and Jackie alone, and we were the only ones in Hayes have speaking parts, and sev- our school that made it. The results eral students are also seen in the film. came out, and it was great to see, to Feeney said that the 10-Day Film be able to show people that think you Challenge’s rules were difficult to can’t do it that you’re able to and that manage. Having seen the film nu- it was so successful.” merous times, she said she sees flaws Feeney is a big fan of the CVP pro- not apparent to anyone else. But she’s gram at Saugerties High. She’s loved still proud of the work everyone did being involved in filmmaking. on Gaslight. “CVP has always been seen as kind “You can make a great film that’s five of like a fun class to take because you minutes long, whereas the require- can be super creative and you can ments are that you’re only allowed to express your creativity however you have 4 minutes and 20 seconds with want, and that really appealed to me,” credits,” Feeney said. “That makes it a she said. “I kind of have this natural little bit difficult. You can definitely tell leader Instinct, and for me to be able some points that are filmed got a little to put that into a class was really great bit choppy, but I think it’s because we for me. I was able to direct people, watched it so many times where we was able to write things and make can see where the mistakes were. But projects how I wanted without com- overall, given the time frame that we ing off as bossy. And I feel like in the had, I think our product turned out film industry you have to be assertive really really well. And the ending is and know what you want in order for honestly my favorite part. I get chills your projects to come out as a quality every time I watch it.” thing. I feel like this program was re- ally great for me and, Ms. Hayes and Very tough competition Mr. Wickham have been really great The 10-Day Film Challenge started with providing us with opportunities. in 2011 with three New Jersey high My favorite part of CVP is probably schools, and by 2019 it had grown been not being judged for being your- to include 130 high schools, involv- self and being allowed to be fully cre- ing around 3800 student filmmakers ative at all times. The more creative from 17 states and nine countries. In you are, the more encouraged it is.” 2018-19, the state-level contest was Feeney will major in biology with a eliminated in favor of a single multi- pre-med track at Russell Sage College Saugerties High School fi lm students state challenge, with films submitted in Troy this fall, and will also compete receive awards from as far away as Japan. Feeney on the school’s NCAA Division III and Morgan were involved last year cross-country and indoor and out- with the production of Past is Present door track and field teams. She’s not by Crispin Kott With some aspects of the already (A Film Within a Film), a submission sure whether she’ll study filmmaking abbreviated production schedule from Saugerties High which placed again. But she’s not ready to leave it halved, co-directors Feeney and Mor- in the top 30 overall. They worked on behind either. hree Saugerties High gan found a way to strike a balance that film with David Henkel, Giona “I feel like I’ll always be involved School computer-vid- in order to complete the film. “It was Kleinberg, Jaea Kleinberg and Dylan in editing things as some of my side eo production students difficult, because we couldn’t start Smith, all members of the SHS Class projects, Feeney said. “My boyfriend were recognized this filming until five days in,” Feeney of 2019. is heavily involved in film, and he’s month for their short said. “I had nothing to do with the In addition to being the tenth best actually very good at it. So I feel like film, Gaslight, which fin- poster, and I had nothing to do with film in this year’s 10-Day Film Chal- I’ll always have a foot in the door Tished tenth in the annual worldwide final script changes, and basically lenge, Gaslight took first place in the with film, even if it’s not my primary 10-Day Film Challenge, in which all the stuff after writing but before category of best opening titles, and source of work.” high-school film students bring a movie from an idea to the screen in about a week and a half. All work Saugerties | community on the film has to be done on school grounds, with no one permitted to Food pantry open The candidates are Susan Gage, Kris- George Floyd protest work on the project over weekends or Tuesdays ta J Barringer and Timothy Wells. in Saugerties after school. Local school districts are sending Gaslight was completed earlier in The Saugerties Food Pantry is open paper ballots through the mail, with Demonstrations over the past the school year before the pandemic on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Social distanc- any vote returned by Tuesday, June 9 several days have drawn thousands of closed schools. As the credits indi- ing is practiced. The pantry is at 44 at 5 p.m. counting. people protesting the death of George cate, the film was the work of Three Livingston Street in Saugerties. For The school board adopted a Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis po- Sick People and Five Days to Film information, visit www.saugerties- $66.5-million proposed budget for lice officers. In Saugerties, about 30 Productions. foodpantry.com. the 2020-21 school year, an increase residents gathered in front of the Reis “I got the flu. I was out for three of of $1.17-million, or 1.8 percent, over parking lot on Main and Market streets the ten days, and somebody else was School board and the 2019-20 spending plan. The bud- carrying signs that read: “Justice Now sick, too” said SHS senior Mackenzie budget vote get proposal includes a local tax-levy for George Floyd,” “ # Love Thy Neigh- Feeney, who co-directed with Matt increase of 2.18 percent, or $867,742, bor … No Exceptions” and “Again Yet Morgan, and co-wrote the screenplay Saugerties voters on June 9 will be bringing the tax total to $40.6 mil- Again.” A rotating group stood along based on a story by Abigail Bravo. asked to approve three candidates on lion. Main Street for about three hours on Bravo and Morgan also received a co- the ballot running to fill three open The ballots cannot be opened until Monday afternoon, June 1. writing credit. seats on the Saugerties school board. after the June 9 deadline. — David Gordon June 3, 2020 Ulster Publishing Hudson Valley One | 25

Saugerties | community Sprucing up

Struzzieri promises The most recent press release from than canceling completely, the firm remain closed to spruce up the facil- HITS lays out a program of shows decided to work with HITS to salvage ity and increase its attractiveness to dramatic facility that include some events from the at least a part of the season. patrons who will be participating in improvements at Vermont Summer Festival [VSF]. There’s an Internet rumor that and attending events. The first two shows on the HITS HITS might be taking over VSF with- In addition to the HITS show site, Saugerties HITS site schedule are the VSF Summer Spe- in the next year or two. Vale-Mosack Struzzieri owns the Diamond Mills cial, from July 1 to July 5, followed by would neither confirm nor deny it. “I Hotel, conference center and res- the Manchester Classic, July 8 to 12. can’t comment on this,” she said. taurant complex in Saugerties, and by David Gordon These are followed by three HITS-on- HITS started with a single horse the Saugerties Steamboat Co. on the Hudson events running from July 15 show in Florida in 1982. As well as its shore of the Esopus Creek. While the ITS [Horse Shows In through August 2, with a VSF finale, operations in Saugerties, the compa- restaurant in the Diamond Mills com- The Sun] will be start- August 5 to August 9. HITS spokes- ny has venues in Florida, California, plex is closed because of regulations ing its season late in woman Kristen Vale-Mosack said all Arizona and Virginia, as well as its related to the coronavirus, Struzzieri Saugerties because of the events would be held at the HITS most recent acquisition, the Lamp- has been donating gourmet meals to the coronavirus pan- facility in Saugerties. light Equestrian Center near Chicago, people in need at the Saugerties unit demic. The season was VSF had decided it could not hold where HITS began its season in June. of the Boys and Girls Clubs. Horiginally scheduled to begin May any part of its season in Vermont this Struzzieri said he intended to use Attempts to reach Struzzieri direct- 20, but shows scheduled for May and summer because of the virus. Rather the period the Saugerties venue must ly were unsuccessful. June were canceled because of New York State’s prohibitions on public gatherings. Other parts of the country

have been less strict. HITS now plans P to open its season in Chicago early in June after planned May events had to be canceled. In a video update, HITS president and CEO Tom Struzzieri, wearing a cloth mask over his nose and mouth, says his plans to begin the Saugerties summer season in June had to be scrapped “with regard to the rigorous standards established by New York State.” State health regulations cur- rently puts limits on the types of busi- nesses allowed and the number of peo- ple who could congregate at events. Saugerties “Although I consider this a huge disappointment, and a step back- street art ward, it gives me great incentive to push -- and I mean push -- the rest of the Saugerties season,” Struzzieri states in the video. “Our plan now is PHOTOS BY DAVID GORDON to make the great American summer Threeof the 35 butterfl y sculptures that will grace the series in Saugerties the most fabu- Village of Saugerties streets through the summer and lous circuit in the world, with un- be auctioned off in the early fall. The basic undecorated paralleled prize money, and it gives butterfl ys were constructed by Saugerties artist and us extra time to make dramatic im- craftsman Gus Pedersen. Above, “Karner Blue Butterfl y” provements to the facility that will be by Barbara Bravo; above left, “Betsy Butterfl y” by Theresa unrivaled in quality.” Rowe Obert; below left, “Good Vibes by” Serena Wehr.

Saugerties | schools and how to create the most success- Reid will succeed current principal ful outcomes for students. “I’m not a Tom Averill, who is retiring effective New Saugerties one-size-fits-all kind of guy,” he ex- June 30. Vail will begin under her principals plained. “A high-school path is differ- new title on July 1. ent for everyone, and I want to help District officials said opportunities Saugerties will have students make the best decisions they will be made for members of the pub- two new principals can for themselves.” lic to meet Reid as soon as conditions when the 2020-2021 No stranger to Saugerties, Vail allow. school year begins in has served as the assistant principal September. On May 12, of the junior high school for the last Burglary arrest the school board ap- four years. “Vail is also student cen- in Saugerties pointed Tim Reid as the tered and has a great ability to con- principal of Saugerties nect with her student population,” Saugerties police detectives High School and Gin- Tim Reid, principal of Ginger Vail, principal of Reinhardt said. culminated a burglary investiga- ger Vail as the princi- Saugerties High School. Saugerties Junior High Vail has 24 years of experience in tion on May 29 that was initiated on pal of the junior high School. public education. Prior to being the January 1, 2020. Police detectives school. strong leader who is extremely stu- assistant principal in Saugerties, she arrested 35-year-old Jenna M. Litts Superintendent of schools Kirk Re- dent focused.” worked as a mathematics teacher and of 725 First Street City of Kingston, inhardt recommended Reid and Vail Reid, currently the vice principal of was the mathematics department charging her with a Class C-felony of -- who were two of twelve applicants Miller Middle School in the Kingston chairperson for the junior/senior burglary in the second degree. -- after a lengthy interview process school district, said he was humbled high school. “The Saugerties commu- On January 1, Saugerties police that included review by two separate and excited about coming to Sau- nity and its children matter greatly to received a complaint from a resi- panels. Reinhardt said Reid’s inter- gerties. “The high school has a great me and always will,” she said. “I call dent of the Wenton Motel, report- view is what assured him that the reputation, and I am honored to have them my own, and in these virtual ing that while he was hospitalized at experienced educator and adminis- been chosen as its principal,” he said. times I miss them very much.” the Kingston Hospital someone had trator was the right one for the 9-12 Reid has 27 years of public educa- Reinhardt said he couldn’t be hap- broken into his motel room and stole principal position. “He has a great tion experience as a teacher and an pier. “The qualities and experiences his personal belongings, medications, understanding of education, special administrator. He said his top prior- these two administrators possess jewelry, credit card and $300. education, student struggles and the ity come July 1 will be to start think- closely align with the leadership pro- Litts was released on an appear- importance of rigorous academics,” ing about how the district will begin files developed by their respective ance ticket to return to the Town of Reinhardt said of Reid. “He is also a to transition students back to school school communities,: he said. Saugerties justice court on August 12. June 3, 2020 26 | Hudson Valley One Ulster Publishing Feedback

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An unprecedented challenge I’m so tired of the word “unprecedent- ed” because it usually is code for unfor- tunate. The hardworking and committed American bald eagles members of the Saugerties Democratic Committee are facing an unprecedented I was informed of the challenge in the June 23 primary. How presence of an eagle by a unfortunate! During a most critical elec- friend. He said it was seen tion in our lifetime, an organized slate of just off the road in the Town opponents wants to undermine the ter- of Ulster on a tall pine tree. It rific work that our committee representa- is important that these pro- tives have done. tected raptors not be pres- During the elections of 2018 and 2019, sured, harassed or disturbed I participated in their canvassing and in any way. I was hesitant phoning for candidates. Initially being to visit the area. However, a novice to knocking on doors or plac- a day later, with my gear in ing a call for candidates, I was impressed the vehicle, we drove up 9W. how organized and welcoming they were. Suddenly, the sight of eagle Their expertise helped me get the knack bought our eye! of political advocacy for Democrats. And I veered off the road into having a campaign office in the village a parking area. Quietly and was brilliant, increasing visibility and en- feverishly. I set up my gear. I thusiasm among local voters. had done this dance before, If you are in an election district with only to have the subject fly off a Saugerties Democratic Committee pri- before I was ready. LAWRENCE FINE mary, please vote for the people with the The eagle held its stately An American bald Eagle photographed in the Town of Ulster. track record of working for Democrats. pose in the sweet afternoon light. A few minutes later, its mate flew in next to it. I They had suffered greatly from the use of long- was able to catch it as it took flight again. banned DDT. However, there is significant pres- Hudson Valley One The thrill of seeing this rare sight never gets old. sure from development, especially near bodies of NEWS OF WOODSTOCK, NEW PALTZ, Another car with children took shots with their water. KINGSTON & SAUGERTIES phones. I’m sure it was memorable for all. We can all contribute to their success by being Publisher: Geddy Sveikauskas However, we must respect the habitat. It is mindful of not harassing or pressuring them. theirs as well. You can better photograph from a distance as Executive editor, digital: Will Dendis The Adirondack Bald Eagle (“bald” meaning there is less of an angle than looking up at a high Editorial Content Director: white in Old English), is still on the endangered perch. Debbie Alexsa species list in New York. Federally protected, it is Learn more about our eagles through the NYS Contributors: Bob Berman, no longer on the federal endangered list. There Department of Environmental Conservation and John Burdick, Christina Coulter, are less than 200 breeding pairs in New York elsewhere. David Gordon, Nick Henderson, State. Most of these have been collected from Lawrence Fine Carol Johnson, Crispin Kott, Dion Ogust, Frances Marion Platt, Alaska and introduced here. Woodstock Erin Quinn, Paul Smart, Terence P Ward, Lynn Woods Advertising director: Genia Wickwire Display ad sales: Lynn Coraza, Elizabeth Jackson, The list of their candidates is on the Sau- see that as we diligently follow the ing to take the necessary steps. The Pam Courselle gerties Democratic Committee Facebook advice and safety directives from our process for citizens to file complaints Production & technology director: page and its website (saugertiesdemo- government, members of the police is riddled with problems, the process Joe Morgan crats.org). force are not doing the same. These for how the board operates and how Classifi eds/Subscriptions: Ruth Levine are paid city employees whose stated members are appointed is not clear at Tobi Watson Saugerties purpose is supposed to be to ‘protect all, and the recommendations from and serve’, and yet they are callously community members and groups To be included in Hudson Valley The cold facts disregarding guidance from public- have largely been ignored or lost in One, please e-mail story ideas, letters The best era for contemplation was health experts and even directives the legislative process. to the editor, news releases, school the Ice Age. from the governor. This behavior For these reasons, we have no faith news, social notes and other local edi- Sparrow would result in a fine for a member of the KPD will address these violations torial submissions to deb@hudson- Phoenicia the general public. and hold its officers accountable, and valleyone.com. There have been several videos cir- I call on our elected officials to take We can be found on the web at hud- Police accountability culating on social media depicting action to protect your citizens. sonvalleyone.com. I am a resident of Ulster County Kingston police (KPD) officers dis- Michael Erwin Ulster Publishing’s business office and a frequent visitor to the City of regarding the directive to wear face Rosendale is at 322 Wall Street in Kingston. The Kingston. It is the place I go when I masks while being in close proximity mailing address for subscriptions, busi- want to see friends, eat out, and, in to citizens. To add insult to injury, the Beware the New York king ness matters, classifieds and display ad- different times, to shop and experi- local barber, who tested positive for As we recently celebrated Memori- vertising is P.O. Box 3329, Kingston, NY ence the wonderful arts and culture Covid 19 and made national media al Day, we remembered the countless 12402. To inquire about display adver- the city has to offer. for disregarding the shutdown order, lives lost for those brave members tising or other matters, call 334-8200, However, with the restrictions re- has stated that many of his custom- of the armed forces who gave their e-mail [email protected] or quired to protect the safety of my ers have been either police officers lives so that our government was fax 334-8202. To place a classified ad, family, my community and myself in or first responders. In what possible preserved. Their ultimate sacrifice e-mail your copy to classifieds@ulster- the times of a global pandemic, I have way are these actions upholding the allowed us to sustain the benefits de- publishing.com or call 334-8201. had to make many changes to the way motto of KPD being ‘committed to tailed in the Declaration of Indepen- I live my life. I cannot go to Kings- excellence?’ To my knowledge, there dence and the U.S. Constitution. The ton to have a coffee or get a haircut have been no actions on behalf of benefits we received were the remov- like I might have before. If I need to the police administration or the city al of the king’s authority over us and go out for groceries, I always wear a government to hold these officers ac- a government so well-structured with mask and keep at least six feet away countable. checks and balances to the executive, from others as much as possible. I see I have witnessed over the past sev- legislative and judicial powers. the vast majority of my fellow citizens eral years that the process to address Months ago, as constitutionally taking the same precautions each and unlawful acts and/or abuses of power provided, our president took emer- hv1 every time I go out. This is not some- by police officers, the police commis- gency action to protect us due to the thing any of us wants to do, but we sion, is woefully inadequate in hold- onset of a pandemic virus. Shortly know we must do it for the safety of ing individual officers or the police thereafter, as constitutionally provid- our communities and ourselves. department accountable. This body, ed, our president moved to transfer As you could expect, many of us which includes the police chief, has the powers to each governor to han- have been horrified and enraged to shown it is either unable or unwill- dle the crisis with the executive and June 3, 2020 Ulster Publishing Hudson Valley One | 27 legislative bodies changed to support mary. In the most critical election in committee’s deep involvement in is- me that he had retired from the New the needs of the states. As the powers our lifetime, an organized slate of 14 sues of concern to everyone in the York State police as a trooper and in- transferred to the states, each gov- opponents may undermine the ter- community -- the Karolys dump, for vestigator and had spent the last years ernor needed to address the specific rific work that our present commit- example -- as well as its work for can- repairing his waterfront home that and distinct challenges of their state tee representatives have done. Al- didates, policies and campaigns. I was damaged by the tropical storms in accordance with the unique and most to a person, the opponents have canvassed, attended several of their that hit Saugerties. While “getting his varied issues. never engaged in the kind of political programs, helped staff the tempo- house in order” he continued to serve In New York State, we are over two campaign that the Saugerties Dem- rary 2019 campaign office and made the community as a fireman, head months into this pandemic, and it ocratic Committee waged to elect phone calls encouraging people to of the Waterfront Advisory Board, a appears as if our governor has been Fred Costello, Leeanne Thornton vote. It all reinforced my sense that supporter of the Shriners Children’s anointed a King. One man, our King, and John Schoonmaker to the town the committee is knowledgeable, ca- Hospitals, veteran’s organizations has issued a 51-page proclamation board, congressman Delgado, sher- pable, informative and effective, and and other community groups. that we must follow. We are still deal- iff Figueroa, district attorney Dave that it welcomes and includes anyone Stan told me that he wanted to ex- ing with a lot of unknown informa- Clegg, and comptroller March Gal- who wants to work to support Demo- pand his efforts to serve Saugerties by tion about the Covid 19 virus. How lagher. cratic candidates and values. using his extensive experience within can one man dictate to us and abro- This year, when we have an oppor- Louise Bloomfield the court system as our next town gate our civil rights? Why is the New tunity to re-elect Antonio Delgado, Saugerties justice. He added that he has no ex- York State Senate and the Assembly and to elect Michelle Hinchey and perience within the political world. I dormant and not considering and Betsy Kraat to give us a Democratic Disinformation is growing replied, “Great, that is just what we protecting our rights and our inter- representative in the State Senate The Saugerties Democratic Com- need in a town justice.” Politicalizing ests? and Assembly, why would we want to mittee invites the public to a disinfor- of the courts had always been a burn- Pursuant to the New York State disrupt our tried and true (and blue) mation primer: Differentiating Fact ing issue for me. Constitution, no law may be enacted Democratic organization? It is our from Fiction, an online forum with I could sense Stan’s empathy, com- in New York State unless it has been leadership and their inspiration that Kim Snyder of Indivisible New Ro- passion and ethical compass when he adopted by the legislature in bill we need to help contribute to the end chelle, on June 11 at 7 p.m. Registra- shared with me his years of experi- form. And to be adopted, it must first of the tyranny of Donald Trump. tion information can be found on the ence with the most horrific criminal be introduced. With a single excep- During the elections of 2018 and SDC Facebook page or by emailing us cases. I felt confident that his broad tion, bills can be introduced only by 2019, we established a campaign of- at saugertiesdemocraticcommittee@ range of experience would fairly legislators or by standing committees fice in the village on Main Street and gmail.com. serve all who entered the court, from of the Senate and Assembly. That ex- then Partition Street plastered with This interactive workshop will help frightened newcomers and youthful ception is the eecutive budget, which signs, and open to all volunteers. us become more mindful consumers offenders, to those facing criminal ar- is submitted directly by the hovernor. Rarely, if ever, did any of our oppo- on social media by identifying ways raignments. As of May 24, we have 3146 deaths nents show their faces while scores we can detect bots, spot false news, Over the months, Stan and I have due to the Covid 19 virus in nursing of other Saugerties residents helped check reliability and accuracy and developed a true friendship based on homes in New York State, with most us get out our message door-to-door counter misinformation and lies. We trust and respect. I have total confi- being caused by the governor’s deci- with great enthusiasm. learned in 2016 how Russia’s disin- dence that Stan will bring fairness sion to order nursing homes to accept If you are in an election district formation campaign successfully up- and dignity to the court as our next Covid 19 virus-infected patients. with a Saugerties Democratic Com- ended our elections. With COVID-19 town justice. I respectfully ask for Our New York State economy needs mittee primary, please vote for the and the 2020 election, disinforma- your vote in support of Stan O’Dell in immediate action, and there is no ur- people with the track record of work- tion is growing. Please join us to be the upcoming Democratic Primary. gency evident in New York State. ing mighty hard to elect candidates better prepared in this post-truth Mike Harkavy In the absence of more kingly dic- on the Democrat line. The list of the world. Saugerties tates, we need to allow common candidates for committee member- Christine Dinsmore sense to take control. Rules like al- ship in Election Districts 1, 2, 4, 6, Saugerties Protect our democracy lowing liquor stores to be allowed to 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14 and 16 is on the I’m surprised and disappointed remain open while houses of worship Saugerties Democratic Committee Support Stan O’Dell for that the New York Legislature isn’t in must remain closed make no sense. Facebook page and its website (sau- the offi ce of Saugerties session and working in the middle of In Westchester County, outdoor res- gertiesdemocrats.org). Town Justice a global pandemic. We have less than taurants must remain closed, but two Lanny Walter I’m writing to ask you to join me in a month left in the Legislative session minutes away in Fairfield County, Saugerties support of Stan O’Dell for the office and they haven’t passed any bills to Connecticut, outdoor dining is per- of Saugerties Town Justice. protect democracy and public health mitted. Staten Island has cleared all Support the Saugerties I received a call from Stan about during this crisis. I support passing the regulatory parameters to open Democratic Committee’s four months ago asking me to meet S8015A (Biaggi) and S8130 (Myrie), and get back to business as usual, but candidates over a cup coffee. He had come to me which would ensure people can ap- since it is part of New York City, it I write to support the Saugerties highly recommended by members of ply for an absentee ballot electroni- must wait for the city to clear its pa- Democratic Committee’s candidates the Ulster County Democratic Party cally and vote from the safety of their rameters. for committee membership in the leadership and high level officials homes so as not to risk spreading or President Thomas Jefferson, in his June 23 primary election. As its new- within Ulster County government. catching the coronavirus. Our elected first Inaugural address on March 3, est associate member (also a candi- During our conversation he told officials need to tell us when they will 1801, said this: “A wise and frugal date in Election District 7), I hope my government, which shall restrain experience will encourage others to men from injuring one another, support the committee and its work. Harold “Jake” W. Schoonmaker which shall leave them otherwise free Its complete candidate list is on its Harold “Jake” W. Schoonmaker, 88, of New to regulate their own pursuits of in- Facebook page and at http://ulster- Š•ĵǰȱŽ ȱ˜›”ǰȱ™ŠœœŽȱŠ Š¢ȱ˜—ȱŠž›Š¢ǰȱŠ¢ȱ dustry and improvement and shall countydemocrats.com/saugerties/. ŘřǰȱŘŖŘŖȱŠȱ‘’œȱ‘˜–Žǰȱœž››˜ž—Žȱ‹¢ȱ‘’œȱ•˜Ÿ’—ȱ not take from the mouth of labor the I’d never done campaign work be- Š–’•¢ǯ bread it has earned. This is the sum of fore mid-2018, when I was referred ˜›—ȱŠ¢ȱŘřǰȱŗşřŘȱ’—ȱ‘’˜Ÿ’••ŽǰȱŽ ȱ˜›”ǰȱ‘Žȱ good government ...” to the Saugerties committee by An- Šœȱ‘Žȱœ˜—ȱ˜ȱ‘Žȱ•ŠŽȱ’••’Š–ȱ ˜‘—ȱŠ—ȱŠ›¢ȱ Jefferson captures it all. We should tonio Delgado’s Kingston campaign ǻŽ ’œǼȱŒ‘˜˜—–Š”Ž›ǯȱ keep our guard up. office. I canvassed for all the Demo- —ȱŽŒŽ–‹Ž›ȱŘŜǰȱŗşśŚǰȱ’—ȱ˜—”Ž›œǰȱŽ ȱ˜›”ǰȱ Jim Dougherty cratic candidates that year, went to Š”Žȱ–Š››’Žȱ‘Žȱ•˜ŸŽȱ˜ȱ‘’œȱ•’ŽǰȱŸŽ•¢—ȱ Š—ŠŒǯȱ Shady a fundraiser and helped out where I ‘Ž¢ȱ‘Šȱ–˜›Žȱ‘Š—ȱŜśȱ¢ŽŠ›œȱ˜Ž‘Ž›ȱ‹Ž˜›Žȱ‘’œȱ could. I didn’t know anyone involved, ™Šœœ’—ǯȱȱ A good track record but found everyone I worked with Žȱ ™›˜ž•¢ȱ œŽ›ŸŽȱ ‘’œȱ Œ˜ž—›¢ȱ ’—ȱ ‘Žȱ Š›’—Žȱ I have been a member of the Sau- helpful, organized, flexible and wel- ˜›™œȱž›’—ȱ‘Žȱ ˜›ŽŠ—ȱŠ›ȱ›˜–ȱŗşśŗȱ˜ȱŗşśŚǯȱȱ Žȱ ŠœȱŠ Š›Žȱ–ŽŠ•œȱ gerties Democratic Committee since coming. ’—Œ•ž’—Dzȱ‘Žȱ ˜›ŽŠ—ȱŽ›Ÿ’ŒŽȱŽŠ•ǰȱ‘Žȱǯǯȱ ˜›ŽŠȱŽŠ•Dzȱ‘ŽȱŠ’˜—Š•ȱ 1990 and chair since December 2014. Committee meetings are open, so I ŽŽ—œŽȱ Ž›Ÿ’ŒŽȱ ŽŠ•ȱ Š—ȱ ‘Žȱ ˜˜ȱ ˜—žŒȱ ŽŠ•ǯȱ —ȱ™›’•ȱ ŘŖŗŞǰȱ ‘Žȱ The hardworking and committed attended the one right after the mid- ™Š›’Œ’™ŠŽȱ’—ȱŠ—ȱ ˜—˜›ȱ•’‘ȱŸ’œ’’—ȱŠœ‘’—˜—ȱǯǯȱŠ•˜—ȱ ’‘ȱ˜‘Ž›ȱ members of the Saugerties Demo- term election. Again, the atmosphere ŸŽŽ›Š—œǰȱŒ˜––Ž–˜›Š’—ȱ‘Ž’›ȱœŽ›Ÿ’ŒŽȱ˜ȱ‘’œȱŒ˜ž—›¢ǯȱ cratic Committee are facing a dis- was open and receptive. Ž›ȱ›Žž›—’—ȱ›˜–ȱ‘Žȱ–’•’Š›¢ȱ‘Žȱ ˜›”Žȱ˜›ȱ ȱŠœȱŠȱ˜˜›’—Š˜›ȱž—’•ȱ ruptive challenge in the June 23 pri- As time went on, I recognized the ‘’œȱ›Ž’›Ž–Ž—ȱ’—ȱŗşŞŝǯ Š”ŽȱŽ—“˜¢Žȱ–Š—¢ȱœž––Ž›œȱ’—ȱ‘Žȱ’›˜—ŠŒ”œDzȱŒŠ–™’—ǰȱœ”’’—ǰȱ˜•ę—ȱ Š—ȱ ˜›”’—ȱ ˜—ȱ ‘Žȱ Š–’•¢ȱ ŒŠ‹’—ǯȱ ’œȱ Ÿ˜•ž—ŽŽ›ȱ ˜›”ȱ Šȱ Ž—Ž’Œ’—Žȱ ˜œ™’Š•ȱ‹›˜ž‘ȱ‘’–ȱ›ŽŠȱ“˜¢ȱ˜›ȱ–Š—¢ȱ¢ŽŠ›œǯȱ ž›Ÿ’Ÿ˜›œȱ ’—Œ•žŽȱ ‘’œȱ ’Žǰȱ ŸŽ•¢—ȱ ǻ Š—ŠŒǼȱ Œ‘˜˜—–Š”Ž›Dzȱ ‘’œȱ ‘›ŽŽȱ Šž‘Ž›œǰȱŠ›’Œ’ŠȱŽŽ”ȱŠ—ȱ‘Ž›ȱ‘žœ‹Š—ǰȱŠž•ȱ˜ȱ ‘ŠŒŠǰȱǰȱ’Š—ŽȱŽ—Žȱ Š—ȱ‘Ž›ȱ‘žœ‹Š—ǰȱ žŽ›Ž—ȱ˜ȱ’••œ˜—ǰȱǰȱŠ—ȱ‘›’œ’—Žȱ Š••ȱ˜ȱŽ ȱŠ•ĵǰȱ Dzȱ‘’œȱ›Š—Œ‘’•›Ž—ǰȱ›¢Š—ȱŽŽ”ȱŠ—ȱ‘’œȱ ’ŽǰȱŽŒŒŠȱ˜ȱ Š››’œ‹ž›ǰȱŠ—ȱ ŽŠ‘Ž›ȱŽŽ”ȱ˜ȱŠœ‘Ÿ’••ŽDzȱ‘’œȱ‹›˜‘Ž›ǰȱ’••’Š–ȱŒ‘˜˜—–Š”Ž›ȱ˜ȱǯ —ȱ Š’’˜—ȱ ˜ȱ ‘’œȱ ™Š›Ž—œǰȱ ‘Žȱ Šœȱ ™›ŽŽŒŽŠœŽȱ ‹¢ȱ ‘’œȱ ‹›˜‘Ž›ǰȱ Š››Ž—ȱ Œ‘˜˜—–Š”Ž›ǰȱŠ—ȱ‘’œȱœ’œŽ›œǰȱŠ›’Žȱ˜œ‘’Ž›ȱŠ—ȱŽĴ¢ȱŠž—Ž›œǯ žŽȱ˜ȱ‘ŽȱŒ˜›˜—ŠȱŸ’›žœǰȱœŽ›Ÿ’ŒŽœȱ–žœȱ‹Žȱ™›’ŸŠŽȱŠȱ™›ŽœŽ—ǯ A family tradition... a century of service. —ȱ •’Žžȱ ˜ȱ ̘ Ž›œǰȱ ‘Žȱ Š–’•¢ȱ œžŽœœȱ ‘Šȱ ˜—Š’˜—œȱ ’—ȱ Š”ŽȂœȱ —Š–Žȱ ‹Žȱ –ŠŽȱ˜ȱ‘Žȱ•˜ŒŠ•ȱ˜˜ȱ™Š—›¢ȱ˜ȱ¢˜ž›ȱŒ‘˜’ŒŽǯ YOUR PRE-ARRANGEMENT & AT-NEED PROFESSIONALS ˜™•Ž•Š—Ȭ Š––Ž›•ȱž—Ž›Š•ȱ ˜–Žȱ’œȱ‘˜—˜›Žȱ˜ȱŠœœ’œȱ Š”ŽȂœȱŠ–’•¢ȱ ’‘ȱ JACK M. WILSEY, H. MARK WILSEY AND ERIC WILSEY, LICENSED FUNERAL DIRECTORS ‘ŽȱŠ››Š—Ž–Ž—œǯ 45 John St., Saugerties, NY • 246-5111 • www.seamonwilseyfuneralhome.com June 3, 2020 28 | Hudson Valley One Ulster Publishing get back to work by voting remotely. I write this letter of endorsement that Jen was clearly a person who was dead soldiers. There’s been no parade, November 3, 2020 is the biggest for Stan O’Dell. I have known Stan willing to put in the effort needed to no groups going to the graveyard to election of our lives, and our state for many years, having been intro- represent the people in this area. She place flags on their tombstones. legislators must be part of the solu- duced to him by then Ulster County is well educated and highly capable On this day, every year, I ask my- tion of protecting democracy and Treasurer Lew Kirschner. Stan has of meeting the needs of the 42nd self how am I doing. My first reply public health. I encourage readers always demonstrated his willingness District, but she is also, like many is always, “I’m okay, alive, married, and neighbors to email them, saying to answer the call when asked. I know of us, a devoted wife and mother to retired, I’m good.” Then sometime to do the right thing and get back to this because, as chief of staff, first for three sons who lives a modest life in later history crawls out of me, when working to protect our democracy. the Ulster County Executive and later Rosendale. a sound, smell, certain words, trigger Daniel O’Brien as acting County Executive myself, I support Jen because it is clear me to remember this is a day to re- Milton when Stan was called to duty he an- that she is a senator who works for member the dead. swered without hesitation. the common good. I am still alive for this Memorial Open Moriello Pool Professionally and personally Stan Linnea Masson Day, but I know others who never I am writing about what I feel is a is loyal, honest and sincere. A person New Paltz reached this point, whose souls rose very important issue for our commu- with great compassion, high intelli- from their bodies in Vietnam along nity this summer season, the open- gence and an unwavering dedication Vote for Stan O’Dell for with hundreds of thousands of Viet- ing of the Moriello Pool. As we are to justice. He is a man who willingly Town Justice on June 23 namese. Then there are those who all more than well aware, camps are and selflessly helps others in their Americans, New Yorkers and Sau- came home and the war followed closing, recreation closed, baseball, time of need. He is a man committed gertisians, these last few months have them so they decided to leave life on other sports, all closing, which means to fairness. A man who thinks deeply been a challenge to say the least. They their own. that there is very very little in the and acts wisely. have also served as a stark reminder When society makes decisions form of recreation open to the young Stan will serve the community and of what we take for granted and what about the lives of their young by de- people of our community, which is the individual with equality and hu- we need to prioritize. Hopefully, one ciding to send them to war like they never good. manity. I ask that you take the time of the lasting takeaways from this are sending athletes to a sports game I have been a member of the Mori- to get to know Stan. You will find that crisis is that even in 2020, in an in- to win, they never fully consider that ello Pool for 50 years this year, so I he is tireless, trustworthy, dedicated creasingly distant world, community wars are never won by those who are have a good sense for what could to public service, highly respected means more and matters more than sent. Politicians are the ones who work there. I honestly feel that many and quite simply outstanding. I am ever. decide who wins and it’s never their people will not be using the pool be- proud to recommend Stan O’Dell as As the court closest to the commu- soldiers. cause they are not really venturing the right choice for Town Justice of nity, the Saugerties Town Court in- As the numbers of dead from Covid out to anything anywhere. Saugerties. teracts with more of our friends and 19 reach beyond 100,000, it may be So the numbers would be down Adele B. Reiter neighbors than any other legal entity a chance to consider that millions of to begin with. I think what could be Saugerties in the State. As such, it should be our soldier ancestors were told that done is to limit the people coming in helmed by an individual who under- their lives would be given to keep to the pool, only for this 2020 sum- Andreassen for justice stands the needs, concerns and pri- us civilians alive. When I drive our mer season, to New Paltz residents I am writing this letter in support orities of our community. Stan O’Dell highways and see how few accidents only, just for this year, with proof of of the re-election of the honorable is such an individual. For 24 years, we occur, I realize that death has kept New Paltz residency. Claudia Andreassen for Saugerties watched and listened as our father, millions of cars in their lanes and We are not a county pool. We are town justice. I’ve known Claudia for the late Daniel Lamb Jr., served with stopping them at stop signs. a village and town pool. Many people 20 years. She is experienced, com- pride and distinction as Town Jus- No one wants to die, no ideal fully are single parents, working parents, passionate, fair and ethical. She has tice. He was dedicated, understand- allows one to offer their life. Soldiers and rely on the pool as a safe place served our town as justice for eight ing, fair minded and firm. These are are human beings who are loved and to take their children. For many New years and has been a registered, ac- all qualities that we have seen Stan who love, not drones with switches Paltz people, it is affordable and tive Democrat for decades (unlike display over the years and traits we that can be turned on and off. Wars serves as their summer vacation. her challenger). Claudia is also an are sure he will bring with him to the are as much of a killer as global I know, because we were one of advanced degree scholar and contin- bench. Stan’s record as a public ser- warming and pandemics. We have those families for years. The locals ues to increase her knowledge from vant, both during and after his retire- this moment now having been forced rely on this facility in more ways than original sources -- she is a voracious ment from the New York State Police, by death to reflect on the race to the one, as they use the park as well. The reader of books. Her background is in are exemplary and demonstrate his end and to reconsider our love of life bathroom situation could be easily helping people re-enter society with integrity and his commitment to this and for those who we love. thought out, as could the concession a path forward. Her motivations are town and his fellow citizens. How- Thank you to the person who stand (or don’t have one). They could clear -- to serve our town and its com- ever, Stan’s resume while impressive, played Taps when passing my house. shave the number of people admit- munity fairly. only scratches the surface of what Larry Winters ted. It could all be strategized just as On an even more personal note, makes him an ideal candidate for this New Paltz they have done in New Jersey with Claudia was the judge that married position. Without compassion, good boardwalks, bathhouses and beaches. us at the Saugerties Lighthouse. She judgment, common sense and an Small business costs I follow governor Cuomo’s update ev- marched out in her waders at high open mind, a judge is nothing more A 355% federal state fee increase ery day. Haven’t missed one yet. The tide to be there for us, and I’ll never than a book of laws in a black robe. on Internet and telephone. How in numbers are down to where we were forget it. She has my vote. As a town and a community, we this era of mandated social distancing when we first started, and there is Ken Kleinberg are fortunate to have the opportunity is this increase helping small busi- next to no risk of infection from sur- Saugerties to elect an individual who possesses nesses? The tax, fee and surcharge faces (New York Times, today). these important characteristics. This portion of our monthly Spectrum All this said, the local politicians Jen Metzger, the person is why we urge all Saugerties Demo- Internet and telephone bill for regu- are working out ways to cut and paste I am writing to express my continu- crats to vote for Stan O’Dell for Town latory cost recovery fee, state excise and figure out how to safely use al- ing support of Jen Metzger, who rep- Justice on June 23. tax and federal universal service fund ready existing resources like our resents the 42nd district in our New Alex and Max Lamb increased from $34.87 to $158.50 per pool. It just takes some thought and York State Senate. Saugerties month or $123.63 or 355% -- that is configuring and now that things are Jen is a champion of public educa- $1,483.56 more per year. No com- opening up, I feel that this is a real tion. She works to protect the envi- Selling out plaints per county executive office, consideration. ronment and meet the needs of local Should the threat of an Article no response from Delgado, Cahill, The director of the pool, Bill Rus- agriculture, as well as uphold govern- 78 procedure (a lawsuit) against Metzger, Schumer or Trump. sell, is the very best and runs a very, ment that represents the people and Woodstock be a sufficient reason for William F Berardi very tight ship and will do exactly not corporate donors. You could find McKenna and his minions to make Kingston what is asked of him. Anyone not out more about this at her website: a determination that would set a following guidelines can be asked to jenmetzger.com. But I would like to precedent that could have a negative Vote again for Edgar! leave. I trust Bill implicitly to make talk more about Jen Metzger, the per- impact on Woodstock and its zoning Dear New Paltz School District this a safe summer experience as he son. law? It appears that the town board Voters, has done every summer before this. When Jen started her campaign, I may decide to issue a Memorandum I am Edgar Rodriguez, once again Thank you. drove her around Middletown neigh- of Understanding allowing Selina asking for your vote to be a trustee of Anne Quinn borhoods as she went door to door to (formally The Lodge) to rent rooms the New Paltz Board of Education. New Paltz connect with people. It was a blister- without first going through normally I ask for your trust because of my ing 90-plus-degree day in July. As required protocols. knowledge, experience and perspec- Stan O’Dell is the right choice she ran door to door, I was feeling ex- Howard Harris tive. Once again this can serve the for Town Justice of Saugerties hausted watching the effort that went Woodstock district well in the board’s role as the in to that. primary fiduciary and policy-making That experience made me realize Taps body. Jessica Rice how hard it is to be a candidate and Memorial Day. I am working in In 1973, I moved to New Paltz to Beautiful Images Hair Salon the basement, carving. I am pound- teach at SUNY New Paltz and met 123 Boices Lane, Kingston, NY 12401 ing away with my chisel and mallet, and married Maggie Veve. Our three and through the open window I hear kids attended district schools. Born Taps playing. It must be a car or truck and raised in NYC, I have a BA from Makeup: 845-309-6860 going up the street with its windows NYU, and an M.S. in Linguistics in www.jessicamitzi.com open playing Taps. I run up the stairs, Education and a Doctorate in Edu- out the back door, down the driveway cational Administration from SUNY -- and it is gone. I think what a great Albany. At 72, I am now retired after Hair: 845-383-1852 www.beautifulimageshairsalon.com way for someone during this pan- decades of administrative experience demic to at least acknowledge our and teaching at the college level. No June 3, 2020 Ulster Publishing Hudson Valley One | 29 less important is my personal experi- adaptation and there’s looming un- sick. Their anxiety may show in unex- newer. Both books are by Adele Fa- ence as a father, a school volunteer, certainty for future funding. It is pected ways. For example, they may ber/Elaine Mazlish (www.faberma- family advocate, and a two-term evident that we must re-imagine and cling to you, have nightmares, throw zlish.com). Libraries may be closed, School Board member (2007 to transform public school funding. I tantrums, or wet the bed. If you’re but booksellers are open. 2013). Consequently, I have broad will work with our community, board unsure how best to help your child, 3) Contact Astor Services for Chil- knowledge of our district’s history and the Legislative Action Commit- you are not alone. dren and Families (www.astorser- and operations, gained from serving tee to eliminate school property tax Here are some possibilities. All are vices.org). Astor works with children on multiple New Paltz School Board as it exists. We can model the funding available without you or your child ages 2–21 years old and the children’s and district committees. Although system of other states like California, leaving the safety of your home. families. If you leave a message on one could say I am educationally pro- Florida, etc. We can pursue policies 1) Reach out to someone you know their 24-hour hotline (866-278- gressive, I’m am also fiscally conser- to assure fair-share taxing of state’s and trust. This could be a religious 6701), expect a call back within one vative, both complementary perspec- super-rich and question why we keep leader, a pediatrician, a teacher or business day. Once the pandemic tives necessary in this unprecedented corporate tax rates at the lowest level a psychotherapist. You may be sur- began, Astor quickly switched from moment. since 1968?! We can explore the 14 prised by their willingness to listen using their eight clinics to telehealth As a budget hawk and a hands-on existing proposals to make billion- and by how much they can offer re- services. educator, I support school budgets aires pay a fair share of taxes (i.e. a motely, either online or by phone. 4) Call the Mental Health Asso- but only after careful scrutiny. On just penny tax on every stock transaction 2) Buy How to Talk So Kids Will ciation of Ulster County (339-9090) one occasion, my leadership in the Fa- in NY State to fund public education). Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk, a and ask for a wellness resource co- cilities Committee saved the district We face one of the greatest educa- trusted guide to parenting for many ordinator. Expect a call back within about $550K, spending only about tional and funding crises in our his- years. How to Talk So Teens Will Lis- three business days. The wellness re- $250K on a simple repair instead of tory. With your vote, we can do this ten & Listen So Teens Will Talk is source coordinator will listen to your $800K “ripping out and replacing” a together with transparency and col- septic system at Duzine School. This laboration. To that end, I welcome Cynthia Johnson Schwarz experience sparked development of any communication with me directly a preventive maintenance-oriented at my home number (845) 255-9652 Cynthia Johnson Schwarz (1923 Los An- facilities plan that is still trimming or email at edgarrodriguez7@msn. geles, CA - 2020 Kingston, NY) died waste. In 2010 as the sole dissenting com. April 30th at the age of 96½. A painter board member, I led the district vot- Thank you. and writer who completed a Ph.D. in Art ers to turn down a $100 million pro- Edgar Rodriguez Education at New York University before jected cost for a “renovated” middle New Paltz the age of 60, Cynthia leaves 6 loving chil- school. I successfully argued because dren, 3 son-in-laws, and 4 grandchildren. it did not address the needs of all five Calming your kids buildings and most importantly be- Parenting always has its challenges. Cynthia moved to Kingston in the early cause the Wall Street meltdown had This is even more true in a time of 1990’s to the first house owned. It required predictable financial hardship for high anxiety. a great deal of renovation, mainly done by everyone. However because the time Children may miss predictable her sculptor son, Casey Schwarz, a resi- was appropriate and the project ad- routines, seeing friends and grand- dent artist. dressed all five buildings, I supported parents and other aspects of life be- Cynthia read The New York Timesdai- the subsequent renovation projects fore the current pandemic. They may ly, and when able, bought the Kingston currently being completed. worry about people they love getting Times to keep up with local news. She patronized the local shops and On the board and as a community restaurants, with and without visiting family members, especially eating member, I am known for advocating at Deisings, befriending the waitresses Isabelle and Joan from the very progressive educational policy and beginning. AskArt Gallery had several exhibits over the years and a one important equity concerns. Histori- man show of Casey’s sculptures which brought the whole family. Cynthia cally, I have pushed to fight for school Est. 1928 also frequented Broadway Lights, Catskill Art Supplies, the Kingston change that addresses the needs of Library, Neko’s Pharmacy where another “Cynthia” works, Hannaford’s, all children. I’ve volunteered as a Central Ulster location parent and educator in dozens of and Barnes & Noble Bookstore where she was known by sight. school groups, ranging from stan- • Ulster County’s regional funeral In her last 10 years, unable to get about on her own, Cynthia enjoyed the dard fundraisers, pushing transpar- home taxi rides en route to lunch, pointing out to the driver, “those houses are ent and shared-decision-making, op- • Serving Highland, New Paltz, made of bricks [under the paneling] by the Bricklayers.” She had once posing high stakes testing, working photographed the old factory of the bricklayers down by the river. Milton, Marlboro, Plattekill, as a classroom parent volunteer and When I rented a car, or a family member drove in, Cynthia saw more of PTA’s. I am now an official school Clintondale, Modena, Gardiner, the countryside, from the Hudson River, Rhinebeck, Annendale to Sau- parent representative for many Span- West Park, Esopus & Kingston gerties and Woodstock, where she lived for a period as a child. ish-speaking Salvadorian immigrant • Traditional and non-traditional The daughter of sculptor Burt W. Johnson (1890-1927), Cynthia was students. I pushed training for racial working on a memoir of her father until the end. equity, long before it was politically funeral, burial, cremation and in vogue. In 2018, I conceptualized, memorial services drafted and promoted the proposal • Pre-arrangement counseling for the district’s current Racial Equity Contact us about pre-need arrangements Initiative Advisory Committee (RE- made in the past which can easily be Arya (Charles) Maloney IAC), the first in any NY State dis- transferred to our Firm trict to address institutional racism. We are greatly saddened to announce the passing of Arya (Charles) Maloney who Through my leadership as a commu- • Complete services available for courageously struggled with the symptoms nity member, our community coali- former residents of a long term illness and passed on April tion offered my proposal to the board, who have relocated 17th, 2020 at the age of 80. Arya leaves be- and together convinced them to cre- • Vast off-street private parking hind many deep and loving relationships— ate this committee. For almost two heart and soul connections for which he years, this thoughtful, intentional ap- • Wheelchair accessible had enormous gratitude. Arya’s adventurous proach has worked to meet the needs spirit and compassionate nature formed the of our diverse community, exactly the bedrock of his life and work. proactive approach needed in today’s For over 40 years, Arya worked in the vari- polarized racial climate. One can al- ous fields of science, philosophy, psychology ready see the benefits of REIAC with and spirituality as a teacher and psycholo- the recent hiring of people of color in- VICE PRESIDENT gist. Through his work, many came to know cluding top district administrator po- Licensed Funeral PRESIDENT Licensed Funeral his clarity, stillness and support. He drew sitions and other staff members with Director Licensed Funeral Director inspiration from the Integral Yoga of Sri Au- Great Grandson of the Founder Director a new Superintendent of Schools. Granddaughter of the Founder robindo and the Mother and was eventually drawn to Auroville—a community With 47 years of training and expe- in South India dedicated to the Mother’s ideal of living consciously in a divided riences, I can continue to help create world. His book, Alchemy of the Soul— based on his life, work and spiritual a safe and appropriate school experi- exploration is his contribution to the field of transpersonal psychology. ence for our children and staff. Dur- He was born in Malone, NY and was greatly influenced and loved by his ma- ing this uncertain COVID-19 period ternal grandmother, Maggie Sullivan. Arya is survived by a loving and beloved that will continue to require policy family— his partner Mary Arasi Berke; his son and daughter-in-law, Sean and makers and educators to re-think Andrea Maloney; his daughter and son-in-law, Kathleen Maloney and Rob- schooling. Distance-learning is not ert Hooper; granddaughters, Caitlin and Ina Maloney. He will be remembered new to education. However, the mag- by Vesa and Tyler Byrnes; Kai Berke and Josie Berke-Santa Cruz and Arasi’s nitude of our immediate crisis will grandchildren, Amara and Dylan Byrnes. require a level of re-tooling and re- A former Elting Family Home He was a loving soul—one who will live on in the hearts of those who truly framing education for the foreseeable 38 Main Street knew him. future. When the children and teach- A memorial service for Arya will be scheduled in the Spring of 2021. ers return to the school buildings, Highland, Donations could be made to The McClure Miller Respite House in Colchester, there will be a need to re-consider New York Vermont or to Auroville project: Mohanam: School and Village Cultural Center. our educational model to meet these The electronic transfer info is www.mohanam.org. challenges. (845) 691-2281 There’s no scheduled end to this www.TorsoneMemorial.com June 3, 2020 30 | Hudson Valley One Ulster Publishing concerns and, if needed, connect you is creeping back to normal. Hurrah! knew site-plan approval was required The supervisor stated Selina could with other services. Andi Bartczak prior to issuance of permits and filed reopen several buildings without ask- 5) Call or text 679-2485 to reach Gardiner for an interpretation by the ZBA in ing permission. My opinion is two of Family of Woodstock’s 24-hour cri- June 2019, they rescinded the per- four buildings they’re “asking” to re- sis hotline. If you call, a well-trained Something stinks mits and construction ceased. With open can’t have building permits is- non-professional will answer the Who is protecting whom? over one year to fulfill proper site- sued to complete construction until phone. If you text, you’ll get a text In early 2018 James Cohen and I plan approval, Selina has not. after site-plan approval. Therefore a back. I was told that the hotline deals contacted Woodstock’s building de- The town-board meeting of May certificate of occupancy [CO] can’t with “every problem under the sun.” partment about The Lodge project 19, 2020 brought extensive discus- be issued. I hope that the foregoing informa- and were ignored. Following up with sion of health-related guidelines to Why is a high-caliber NYC attorney tion enables you to help your child a second contact to the supervisor, be included in a memorandum of asking small-town officials for per- during this difficult time. If you know [we were] again ignored, forced to understanding [MOU] for Selina mission they don’t need? Why is the someone else looking for answers, retain an attorney just to get a re- to reopen part of the site. When did town board conversing with rather please pass this information on. sponse. Finally a stop-work order was the town board become qualified for than directing Selina to fulfill site- Carol Steiner issued in summer 2018. such action? If someone becomes ill plan approval? Are we expected il- New Paltz In March 2019, Selina purchased with Covid 19 or other illness, will the legal permits or C.O.s will be issued? the site, and the town issued building town be liable? Aren’t health guide- Have I again eliminated plausible de- More normal permits under the guise Selina would lines handed down by Ulster County niability in this regard? As of today, the Plaza Diner in the fulfill the planning-board process Health Department and New York I’ve FOILed for the MOU, and was movie plaza in New Paltz is open! Life before the project was complete. We State? told no formal MOU exists. The town legal notices LEGAL NOTICE Notice of Formation of a Limited Liability Com- Limited Liability Company Law of the State of Notice of Formation of BIG APPLE 1 LLC pany (LLC): 2 Clermont Lane, LLC. Articles of Or- New York certifies that: LEGAL NOTICE Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY ganization were filed with the Secretary of State FIRST: The name of the limited liability com- L & L Earthworx, LLC. Filed with SSNY on (SSNY) on 02/18/20. Office location: Ulster of New York (SSNY) on 04/29/2020. Office loca- pany is: Ridgeview Home Consultants LLC 2/10/20. Office: Ulster County. SSNY desig- County. Princ. office of LLC: c/o Applestone tion: Ulster County. SSNY has been designated SECOND: To engage in any lawful act or nated as agent for process & shall mail copy Meat Co., 3605 Main St., Stone Ridge, NY as agent of the LLC upon whom process against activity within the purposes for which limited li- to: 536 Station Rd, Shandaken, NY 12480. Pur- 12484. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of pro- ability companies may be organized pursuant to pose: Any lawful. whom process against it may be served. SSNY cess to: c/o 2 Clermont Lane, LLC, 260 Kings Limited Liability Company Law provided that the LEGAL NOTICE shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its Mall Court, Suite 313, Kingston, NY 12401. Pur- limited liability company is not formed to engage Notice of formation of Limited Liability Com- princ. office. Purpose: Any lawful activity. pose: Any lawful act or activities. Latest date in any act or activity requiring the consent or ap- upon which LLC is to dissolve: No specific date. proval of any state official, department, board, pany (LLC): REDD SAID FRED LLC, Articles LEGAL NOTICE of Organization were filed with the Secretary of agency, or other body without such consent or TOMMY'S COUNTRY CABIN, LLC. Arts. LEGAL NOTICE approval first being obtained. State of New York (SSNY) on March 11, 2020. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 02/21/20. Of- Notice of Formation of a Limited Liability Com- Office location: Ulster County. SSNY has been THIRD: The county, within this state, in which fice: Ulster County. SSNY designated as agent pany (LLC): 9 Neher St, LLC Articles of Organiza- the office of the limited liability company is to be designated as agent of the LLC upon whom of the LLC upon whom process against it may tion were filed with the Secretary of State of New process against it may be served. SSNY shall located is ULSTER. be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to York (SSNY) on 04/29/2020. Office location: Ul- FOURTH: The Secretary of State is designat- mail a copy of process to: REDD SAID FRED the LLC, c/o William T. Rabbitt, 4 School House ster County. SSNY has been designated as agent LLC 68 Tinker Street, Stop E, Woodstock, ed as agent of the limited liability company upon Lane, Simsbury, CT 06070. Purpose: Any lawful of the LLC upon whom process against it may whom process against it may be served. The ad- NY 12498. Purpose: Any lawful acts or activi- purpose. be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: ties. Latest date upon which LLC is to dissolve: dress within or without this state to which the c/o 9 Neher St, LLC, 260 Kings Mall Court, Suite Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any pro- No specific date. LEGAL NOTICE 313, Kingston, NY 12401. Purpose: Any lawful Notice of Qualification of AC CATSKILLS LLC cess against the limited liability company served LEGAL NOTICE act or activities. Latest date upon which LLC is upon him or her is: Ridgeview Home Consultants Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of to dissolve: No specific date. Notice of Formation of METROCAPITAL NY (SSNY) on 02/24/20. Office location: Ul- LLC PO Box 1097 New Paltz, NY 12561 RENTAL PROPERTIES LLC Articles of Or- ster County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on LEGAL NOTICE FIFTH: The limited liability company is to be ganization were filed with the Secretary of 02/06/20. SSNY designated as agent of LLC Notice of Formation of Otter Hollow LLC. Arts. managed by: ONE OR MORE MEMBERS. State of New York (SSNY) on 4/15/2020. upon whom process against it may be served. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) SIXTH: The existence of the limited liability Office in Ulster County. SSNY has been des- SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Ser- on 5/7/20. Office location: Ulster County. SSNY company shall begin upon filing of these Articles ignated as agent of the LLC upon whom pro- vice Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207- designated as agent of LLC upon whom process of Organization with the Department of State. cess against it may be served. SSNY shall 2543. DE addr. of LLC: c/o CSC, 251 Little Falls against it may be served. SSNY shall mail pro- SEVENTH: The limited liability company shall mail a copy of process to METROCAPITAL Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed cess to: Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, have a perpetual existence. RENTAL PROPERTIES, LLC, c/o 479 Wash- with Jeffrey W. Bullock, Secy. of State - State of 1133 Avenue of the Americas, NY, NY 10036, EIGHTH: The limited liability company shall ington Avenue, Kingston, NY 12401. The DE, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Attn: Michael S. Arlein, Esq. Purpose: any pur- defend, indemnify and hold harmless all mem- purpose of the LLC is to engage in any law- Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: poses permitted by applicable law. bers, managers, and former members and ful act or activity. Any lawful activity. managers of the limited liability company against LEGAL NOTICE expenses (including attorney's fees, judgments, LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Com- fines, and amounts paid in settlement) incurred in Notice of Formation of BYRDCLIFFE PROP- Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Com- pany (LLC): Claudio D Marinesco Photography, connection with any claims, causes of action, de- ERTY MANAGEMENT LLC Articles of Organiza- pany (LLC): Farm Kitchen LLC Articles of Organi- LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with mands, damages, liabilities of the limited liability tion were filed with the Secretary of State of zation were filed with the Secretary of State of the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) company, and any pending or threatened action, New York (SSNY) on 2/20/2020. Office in Ulster New York SSNY on 5/1/2020. Office location: on 1/2/2020. Office location: Ulster County. suit, or proceeding. County. SSNY has been designated as agent of Ulster County. SSNY has been designated as SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC Such indemnification shall be made to the the LLC upon whom process against it may be agent of the LLC upon whom process against upon whom process against it may be served. fullest extent permitted by the laws of the State served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of pro- SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: Claudio of New York, provided that such acts or omis- SHARON C FLETCHER c/o BYRDCLIFFE PROP- cess to: Farm Kitchen LLC, 136 Hommelville Rd, Marinesco, 91 Palazzo Ln, Highland, NY 12528. sions which gives rise to the cause of action ERTY MANAGEMENT LLC, 479 Washington Av- Saugerties NY 12477. Purpose: Any lawful acts Purpose: Photography. or proceedings occurred while the Member or enue, Kingston, NY 12401. The purpose of the or activities. Latest date upon which LLC is to Manager was in performance of his or her duties LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. dissolve: No specific date. LEGAL NOTICE FA2071 LLC for the limited liability company and was not as LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE is given of the formation of FA2071 a result of his or her fraud, gross negligence, Notice of Formation of EIGHT TWENTY FIVE Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Com- LLC, a limited liability company, by the filing of willful misconduct or a wrongful taking. The in- LLC, a domestic limited liability company (LLC). pany (LLC): Millstream Tavern LLC Articles of Or- Articles of Organization with the Secretary of demnification provided herein shall inure to the Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary ganization were filed with the Secretary of State State of the State of New York on February 26, benefit of successors, assigns, heirs, executors, of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/15/2020. Office of New York SSNY on 5/1/2020. Office location: 2020. The office of the LLC is located in Ulster and the administrators of any such person. location: Ulster County. Principal business loca- Ulster County. SSNY has been designated as County, New York. The Secretary of State has LEGAL NOTICE tion: 9 Bluestone Road, Woodstock, NY 12498. agent of the LLC upon whom process against been designated as agent of the company upon Notice of Formation of 20/20 Design by De- SSNY is designed as agent upon whom process it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of pro- whom process may be served. The Secretary of abi, LLC. Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail cess to: Millstream Tavern LLC, 136 Hommelville State shall mail a copy of any process against 5/14/20. Office location: Ulster Co. SSNY des- a copy of any process served against the LLC to Rd, Saugerties NY 12477. Purpose: Any lawful the company served upon him to FA2071 LLC, ignated as agent of LLC upon whom process c/o the LLC, 9 Bluestone Road, Woodstock, NY acts or activities. Latest date upon which LLC is 137 Cooper Street, Accord, New York 12404. against it may be served. SSNY shall mail pro- 12498. Purpose: design-oriented home goods to dissolve: No specific date. The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful cess to: 29 Kleinkill Drive, New Paltz, NY 12561. retail, and any other purpose. act or activity. LEGAL NOTICE Purpose: any lawful activities. LEGAL NOTICE Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Com- LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE Notice of formation of MINDFUL BODY MEDI- pany (LLC): 262 Main Street Saugerties LLC Arti- Notice of formation of Limited Liability Com- NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION OF LIMITED CINE, PLLC. Art/Org. filed w/SSNY on 8/30/19. cles of Organization were filed with the Secretary pany (LLC): Align Rehabilitation Services, LIABILITY COMPANY Office loc: Ulster Cty. SSNY desig. for svc/proc of State of New York SSNY on 12/3/2019. Of- LLC, Articles of Organization were filed with the FIRST: The name of the Limited Liability at 90 State St #700-40, Albany, NY 12207. Pur- fice location: Ulster County. SSNY has been des- Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on May Company is George White, LLC (hereinafter pose: Any lawful activity. ignated as agent of the LLC upon whom process 6, 2020. Office location: 21 Highland Road, referred to as the “Company”) LEGAL NOTICE against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy Ulster Park, Ulster County. SSNY has been des- SECOND: The Articles of Organization of the Notice of Formation of ERS Real Estate Hold- of process to: 262 Main Street Saugerties LLC, ignated as agent of the LLC upon whom process Company were filed with the Secretary of State ing, LLC 136 Hommelville Rd, Saugerties NY 12477. Pur- against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy on March 16, 2020. The name of the limited liability company pose: Any lawful acts or activities. Latest date of process to: Align Rehabilitation Services, THIRD: The County within the State of New (“LLC”) is ERS Real Estate Holding, LLC. Articles upon which LLC is to dissolve: No specific date. LLC at 21 Highland Road, Ulster Park, New York in which the office of the Company is lo- York, 12487. Purpose: Any lawful acts or activi- of Organization were filed with NYS Dept. of LEGAL NOTICE cated is Greene. State on January 13th, 2020. The office of the ties. Latest date upon which LLC is to dissolve: FOURTH: The Secretary of State has been Notice of formation of Limited Liability No specific date. LLC is in Ulster County. The secretary of state Company (LLC): AB&F Glenerie, LLC, Articles designated as agent upon whom process against has been designated as agent of the LLC upon of Organization were filed with the Secretary of LEGAL NOTICE the Company may be served. The post office ad- whom process against it may be served. The ad- State of New York (SSNY) on 08/01/2016. Of- Notice of formation of a Limited Liabil- dress to which the Secretary of State shall mail dress to which the Secretary of State shall mail a fice location: Ulster County. SSNY has been des- ity Company (LLC). The name of the LLC process is 3111 Cobb Hill Road, Cazenovia, NY copy of any process against it is 20 Kent Street, ignated as agent of the LLC upon whom process is: Twelve Seven LLC. Articles of organiza- 13035. New City, New York, 10956. against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy tion were filed with the secretary of State of FIFTH: The Company is organized for all law- of process to: AB&F Glenerie LLC, 183 Wilson New York (SSNY) office on 4/30/2020. The ful purposes, and to do any and all things neces- LEGAL NOTICE sary, convenient, or incidental to that purpose. Notice of Formation of Maneul LLC Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211. Purpose: Any lawful county in which the office is to be located: acts or activities. Latest date upon which LLC is Ulster. The SSNY is designated as agent of Dated: March 17, 2020 The name of the limited liability company FREEMAN HOWARD, P.C. (“LLC”) is Maneul LLC. Articles of Organiza- to dissolve: No specific date. the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The address to which the SSNY 441 East Allen Street tion were filed with NYS Dept. of State on LEGAL NOTICE P.O. Box 1328 2/10/2020. The office of the LLC is in Ulster should mail a copy of any process against Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Com- the LLC is: Twelve Seven LLC PO Box 985 Hudson, New York 12534 County. The secretary of state has been desig- pany (LLC): Hudson Star Group, LLC Articles of nated as agent of the LLC upon whom process Newburgh, NY 12551. Purpose: Any lawful LEGAL NOTICE Organization were filed with the Secretary of activity against it may be served. The address to which State of New York (SSNY) on 4/27/2020. Office NOTICE OF APPROVAL OF APPLICATION BY the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any location: Ulster County. SSNY has been desig- LEGAL NOTICE FOREIGN LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC) process against it is 27 Overlook Street, Mount nated as agent of the LLC upon whom process Rack Express LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. FOR AUTHORITY TO TRANSACT BUSINESS IN Vernon, NY 10522. against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of State of NY (SSNY) 4/27/2020. Cty: Ulster. THE STATE OF NEW YORK. 1. The name of the LLC is EMPATHIC SOUL LEGAL NOTICE of process to: (First Capital Property Group LLC, SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process PO Box 201, Stone Ridge, NY 12484). Purpose: against may be served & shall mail process to HOLDINGS LLC. Notice of formation of Limited Liability Compa- 2. Articles of Organization were filed with the ny (LLC): ANULYFE ENTERPRISES, LLC Articles Any lawful acts or activities. Latest date upon PO Box 661, Lake Katrine, NY 12449. General which LLC is to dissolve: No specific date. Purpose Secretary of State of the State of Texas on Octo- of Organization were filed with the Secretary of ber 7, 2019. State of New York (SSNY) on MARCH 26TH, LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE 3. The application of the LLC to transact 2020. Office location: Ulster County. SSNY has Notice of formation of TERRA RIDGE LLC. Art. ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION OF business in the State of New York was approved been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom Of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) Ridgeview Home Consultants LLC by the Secretary of State of the State of New process against it may be served. SSNY shall on 11/25/19. Office in UlsterCounty. SSNY has Under Section 203 of the Limited Liability York on February 5, 2020. mail a copy of process to: ANULYFE ENTER- been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom Company Law 4. The county within New York State in which PRISES, LLC. 212 EAGLES NEST RD., HURLEY, process against it may be served. SSNY shall THE UNDERSIGNED, being a natural person of the LLC is to be located is Ulster County. NY 12443 Purpose: Any lawful acts or activities. mail process to the LLC, 45 Shivertown Rd New at least eighteen (18) years of age, and acting 5. The LLC has designated the Secretary Latest date upon which LLC is to dissolve: No Paltz, NY, 12561. Purpose: Any lawful Purpose. as the organizer of the limited liability company of State of the State of New York as agent of specific date. hereby being formed under Section 203 of the LEGAL NOTICE the LLC upon whom process against it may be June 3, 2020 Ulster Publishing Hudson Valley One | 31 board should explain to taxpayers the Pool in New Paltz. We are asking that risks. We will adhere to these guide- efits of swimming on top of all their complete details of the MOU prior to you open these pools for the summer. lines, which are very similar to our other losses. adopting it. I don’t know about you, Swimming is the only life-saving state parks guidelines. Our coaches Swimming is one of the few, life- but I think there’s a devil in the de- sport. We understand that there is are aware of these guidelines and will long sports that can be enjoyed by all tails, and something stinks. a serious public health threat due to ensure that proper protocols are in ages, all abilities and reduce so many Marcel Nagele Covid 19 which is why we adhered to place for as long as this virus poses of the underlying co-morbidities that Woodstock all of the state and CDC guidelines. a threat. We will work with you and this virus preys on. Municipal and But there are other health threats the professional pool administrators state pools are also one of the few op- Opening up our pools that are just as real. Drowning is the in designing a plan to help mitigate portunities for the middle and lower We are the Hawks Swimming As- second leading cause of death in chil- risks and we already have one based classes to access swimming. Please, sociation, a not-for-profit competi- dren from two to 18. It is the num- off of USA Swimming’s recommen- open our pools up. We need them tive swim team, with approximately ber-one cause of accidental death in dations to do so for organized swim- now more than ever. Kevin Saun- 80 swimmers, ages six to 18, based children five and younger. Ten chil- ming. ders, Jane Farrell, David Murphy, in New Paltz. We train indoors at dren die of drowning each day. Rates All our swimmers who had trained Paul Benkert, Brian Santos, Michele the SUNY New Paltz pool during the of drowning increase by five times for two hours a day for almost a year were Napoli, Nancy Lewis, Michael Otis, school year and outdoors at the Ul- children of color. not able to compete in their champi- Karen Psilopoulos, Nancy Lischinksy, ster County pool, a beautiful, 50-me- Opening up our pools is critical onships, as pools were closed days be- Allison Lucchesi ter pool set among the farmlands by for physical and mental health. The fore their competitions. They’ve lost Hawks Swimming Association the Wallkill River. Many of us are also CDC published its recommendations their ability to compete, their ability board of trustees members and swim at the Moriello on how to open pools and mitigate to train, the mental and physical ben- New Paltz served. The address to which a copy of any pro- they are: (a) a U.S. citizen; (b) at least 18 years old; Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. at the time and meeting aforesaid. cess against the LLC shall be mailed is 1611 (c) a resident of the district for at least thirty days NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to the Missouri Street, Houston, Texas 77006. prior to June 9th; and (d) not otherwise ineligible to LEGAL NOTICE requirements of the Open Meetings Law of the 6. The LLC may pursue any lawful activity. vote under Section 5-106 of the Election Law. Calling All Heating Contractors State of New York, that the Ulster County Legis- NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that petitions for The Ulster County Community Action, Inc., lature will convene in public meeting at the time LEGAL NOTICE nominating candidates for the office of member Weatherization Assistance Program, 70 Lindsley and meeting aforesaid for the purpose of con- THE WEST CAMPER LLC filed Art. Of Org of the Board of Education must be filed with the Ave. Kingston, NY 12401, funded by the USDOE ducting a public hearing on the proposed local with SSNY 12/16/2019. Office location: Ulster District Clerk, by 5:00 P.M no later than Monday, and NYSDHCR, is soliciting and accepting bids law described above and, as deemed advisable County, SSNY is designated LLC agent upon May 11, 2020 by mail or email. Such petitions from Heating Contractors for Clean & Tunes of by said Ulster County Legislature, taking action whom process against it may be served. SSNY must state the name and residence address of gas and oil-fired furnaces, and gas and oil-fired on the enactment of said local law. shall mail a copy of such process to P.O. Box 91, the candidate but need not contain signatures of water and steam boilers for contract year 2020- DATED: June 3, 2020 West Camp, New York 12490. Purpose: Any qualified voters. Petition forms may be obtained 2021. In addition to clean & tune rates, an hourly Ulster County Legislature lawful activity. on the District’s website or by emailing the Dis- rate for labor is requested. To request a bid Victoria A. Fabella, Clerk trict Clerk. package please call Lori Petramale-Ozores @ Kingston, New York LEGAL NOTICE (845)338-8750 ext. 112. Closing date for bids GALEANO ENTERPRISES LLC filed Art. Of NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that a copy of the statement of the amount of money which will be will be 3:00PM on Thursday, June 25, 2020. LEGAL NOTICE Org with SSNY 02/25/2020. Office location: Ul- Ulster County Community Action Committee, COUNTY OF ULSTER ster County, SSNY is designated LLC agent upon required for School District purposes during the 2020-21 school year (the Budget), as prepared Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON whom process against it may be served. SSNY PROPOSED LOCAL LAW NO. 5 of 2020, shall mail a copy of such process to 455 Old by the Board of Education, may be obtained on LEGAL NOTICE the district’s website, or via email to the District A Local Law Amending Chapter 37 Of The Route 32, Saugerties, NY 12477. Purpose: Any Notice is hereby given that the Village of Sau- Code Of The County Of Ulster Regarding lawful activity. Clerk beginning May 25, 2020. gerties Zoning Board will hold a public hearing NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN absentee ballots Automatic Re-Canvassing Procedure In And on June 24, 2020 at 7:30pm. The purpose of For The County Of Ulster, State Of New York LEGAL NOTICE for military voters shall be administered in ac- the public hearing is to receive comment on the Notice of formation of Limited Liability Compa- cordance with the provisions of Section 2018-d NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Zoning Variance application for Robin Goss, 146 Hearing will be held on Proposed Local Law No. ny (LLC): Dyneepro Entertainment LLC, Articles of the Education Law and Part 122 of the Com- Lighthouse Drive. of Organization were filed with the Secretary of missioner’s Regulations. A list of all persons to 5 of 2020, (A Local Law Amending Chapter 37 Copies of the application and plans are avail- Of The Code Of The County Of Ulster Regard- State of New York (SSNY) on 05/19/2020. Of- whom absentee ballots shall have been issued able for viewing at the Clerk’s office. All interest- fice location: Ulster County. SSNY has been des- will be in the Office of the Clerk. ing Automatic Re-Canvassing Procedure In And ed parties will be heard. For The County Of Ulster, State Of New York), on ignated as agent of the LLC upon whom process Due to the COVID19 pandemic and the against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy LEGAL NOTICE Tuesday, June 9, 2020 at 6:20 PM or as soon TOWN OF LLOYD TOWN BOARD Governor’s Executive Order 202 regarding thereafter as the public can be heard. Meeting of process to: Dyneepro Entertainment LLC, 319 open meetings, this Public Hearing will be Old Route 209 Rd, Hurley, NY 12443. Purpose: NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING details are as follows: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing held via Webex. Join Zoom Meeting Any lawful acts or activities. Latest date upon The connection information to participate which LLC is to dissolve: No specific date. will be held on the 17th day of June, 2020, at https://zoom.us/j/95087410113 7:00 o’clock in the p.m., to consider the adop- is https://villageofsaugerties.my.webex. Meeting ID: 950 8741 0113 LEGAL NOTICE tion of Local Law C – 2020, entitled “A local law com/join/bmurphy or call in 1-408-418- Attendance by Telephone: (646) 558-8656 Hudson Valley Nannies LLC. Arts. of Org. filed to amend Chapter 100, Zoning, Section 100-28 9388 Access Code: 797 457 420. The proposed local law is on file in the office with the SSNY on 4/13/2020. Office: Ulster of the Code of the Town of Lloyd”. Lisa Mayone of the Clerk of the Ulster County Legislature, County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon The purpose of the local law is to amend Village Clerk 244 Fair Street, 6th Floor, County Office Build- whom process against it may be served. SSNY Chapter 100, Section 100-28, entitled “Signs” LEGAL NOTICE ing, Kingston, New York, where the same is avail- shall mail copy of process to the LLC at: 217 subsection F(7) to revise the time for which non- HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION able for public inspection during regular office Downs St. Kingston, NY 12401. Purpose: Any conforming signs must be removed to ten (10) OF THE VILLAGE OF NEW PALTZ hours (must call ahead 845- 340-3900) and is lawful purpose. Latest date upon which LLC is to years from the date of adoption of said Local NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING available online at: https://ulstercountyny.gov/ dissolve: No specific date. Law. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hear- legislature/2020/resolution-no-169 LEGAL NOTICE Pursuant to Executive Order No. 202.1, is- ing will be held by the Historic Preservation PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that all NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LLC sued by Governor Cuomo on March 12, 2020, Commission of the Village of New Paltz, Ulster persons and citizens interested shall have an op- NOTICE OF FORMATION OF VETERANS IN- and advisories issued by Federal, State and Lo- County, State of New York, on the application of portunity to be heard on said proposed local law VESTING LLC. Articles of Organization filed with cal officials related to the COVID-19 virus, the Paul J. Smith for a certificate of appropriateness at the time and meeting aforesaid. the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on Town Board will convene remotely to open said to reconstruct a porch roof on the front façade NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to the 1/15/2020. Office Location: Ulster County. public hearing. of his property at 115 Huguenot Street. A digital requirements of the Open Meetings Law of the SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom The Town Board’s meeting will commence copy of the application is available for review by State of New York, that the Ulster County Legis- process against it may be served. The Post Of- at 7:00 p.m. and shall be conducted through a emailing the Commission secretary at hpc@vil- lature will convene in public meeting at the time fice address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy web-based video conferencing tool that will allow lageofnewpaltz.org. and meeting aforesaid for the purpose of con- of any process against the LLC served upon him the Town Board member, staff and the public to The public hearing will take place at the regular ducting a public hearing on the proposed local is 57 N. Chestnut Street, New Paltz, NY, 12561. participate electronically and remotely. monthly meeting of the Village Historic Preserva- law described above and, as deemed advisable Purpose of LLC: To engage in any and all busi- To participate in the Town Board’s June 17, tion Commission, to be held remotely via Zoom by said Ulster County Legislature, taking action ness activities permitted under the laws of the 2020 meeting please contact the Town by email on Monday, June 15, 2020 at 7:15 p.m. Owing on the enactment of said local law. State of New York. before the meeting at the following email ad- to the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, DATED: June 3, 2020 dress: [email protected]. and the federal, State, and County declarations Ulster County Legislature LEGAL NOTICE Upon receipt of an email request to join the of emergency, no public attendance is allowed at Victoria A. Fabella, Clerk Verdigreen Hotels, LLC, App of Auth. filed Town Board’s June 17, 2020, an invitation will be the public hearing. Interested parties may view Kingston, New York with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 9/18/2019. Cty: sent to your email with instructions for accessing the meeting live and make written comments in LEGAL NOTICE Ulster. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom pro- and participating in the Town Board meeting. real time by going to the following web address: cess against may be served & shall mail process Please note that this meeting will be conduct- COUNTY OF ULSTER https://youtu.be/MR3tHK90TVI NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON to 72 Forest Street, Montclair, NY 07042. ed remotely only and will not be held at the Town Public comments concerning this application Offices, access to which is presently restricted. PROPOSED LOCAL LAW NO. 6 of 2020, LEGAL NOTICE may also be submitted in writing to, and received A Local Law Amending Various Provisions Vrehi Twin Gables, LLC, App of Auth. filed An agenda for the full Town Board meeting will by, the Commission secretary at hpc@villageof- be posted to the Town of Lloyd website: www. Of Local Law No. 1 Of 2020, A Local Law with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 9/18/2019. Cty: newpaltz.org prior to the opening of the public Amending The Code Of The County Of Ul- Ulster. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom pro- townoflloyd.com. hearing. Pursuant to Executive Order No. 202.1, this ster To Include Mandatory Food Scraps cess against may be served & shall mail process The Village of New Paltz will make every effort Composting By Large Generators to 72 Forest Street, Montclair, NY 07042. meeting will be recorded. A transcription of the to ensure that the public hearing is accessible to meeting will be posted to the Town’s website. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public persons with disabilities. Anyone requiring spe- Hearing will be held on Proposed Local Law No. LEGAL NOTICE The Town Board’s meeting will commence cial assistance and/or reasonable accommoda- SAUGERTIES CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT at 7:00 p.m. and shall be conducted through a 6 of 2020, (A Local Law Amending Various Provi- tions should contact the Commission secretary sions Of Local Law No. 1 Of 2020, A Local Law P.O. Call Box A web-based video conferencing tool that will allow at least five days prior to the hearing date. June 9, 2020 the Town Board member, staff and the public to Amending The Code Of The County Of Ulster To LEGAL NOTICE OF participate electronically and remotely. A copy LEGAL NOTICE Include Mandatory Food Scraps Composting By ANNUAL PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUD- of the proposed local law is available on the Town COUNTY OF ULSTER Large Generators), on Tuesday, June 9, 2020 at GET, ANNUAL MEETING, SCHOOL DISTRICT website at www.townoflloyd.com. NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON 6:10 PM or as soon thereafter as the public can ELECTION AND VOTE Notice hereby given that said law is available PROPOSED LOCAL LAW NO. 2 of 2020, be heard. Meeting details are as follows: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Board for public review and written comment. Written A Local Law Establishing Construction Ap- Join Zoom Meeting of Education of the Saugerties Central School public comments are encouraged and will be prenticeship Training Requirements For https://zoom.us/j/95087410113 District, Ulster County, New York, will hold the made part of the official public record. Com- Certain Construction Contracts In Excess Of Meeting ID: 950 8741 0113 Annual Public Hearing on the Budget virtually on ments should be addressed to the Town Board $350,000, And Repealing Local Law Num- Attendance by Telephone: (646) 558-8656 Tuesday, May 26, 2020, at 6:30 P.M., for the and directed to the following email address: ber 2 Of 2015 The proposed local law is on file in the office NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public of the Clerk of the Ulster County Legislature, purpose of presenting the budget document for [email protected] or to the attention th the 2020-2021 School Year. of Town Clerk in the Town offices at 12 Church Hearing will be held on Proposed Local Law No. 244 Fair Street, 6 Floor, County Office Build- NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Annual Street, Highland, NY 12528. 2 of 2020, (A Local Law Establishing Construc- ing, Kingston, New York, where the same is avail- Meeting, School District Election and Vote of the Dated: June 17, 2020 tion Apprenticeship Training Requirements For able for public inspection during regular office Saugerties Central School District shall be held BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD Certain Construction Contracts In Excess Of hours (must call ahead 845- 340-3900) and is on Tuesday, June 9, 2020 by absentee ballot OF THE TOWN OF LLOYD $350,000, And Repealing Local Law Number 2 available online at: https://ulstercountyny.gov/ only with polls closing at 5:00 p.m. Wendy Rosinski, Town Clerk Of 2015), on Tuesday, June 9, 2020 at 6:05 PM legislature/2020/resolution-no-192 A. To elect three (3) members to the Board or as soon thereafter as the public can be heard. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that all of Education, For full three (3) year terms LEGAL NOTICE Meeting details are as follows: persons and citizens interested shall have an op- commencing July 1, 2020 and ending June Calling All Insulation Contractors Join Zoom Meeting portunity to be heard on said proposed local law 30, 2023. The Ulster County Community Action Commit- https://zoom.us/j/95087410113 at the time and meeting aforesaid. B. To vote upon the appropriation of the nec- tee, Inc., Weatherization Assistance Program, Meeting ID: 950 8741 0113 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to the essary funds to meet the estimated expenditures 70 Lindsley Ave, Kingston, NY 12401 funded by Attendance by Telephone: (646) 558-8656 requirements of the Open Meetings Law of the for School District purposes for the 2020-2021 the USDOE and NYSDHCR, is seeking insulation The proposed local law is on file in the office State of New York, that the Ulster County Legis- school year (the Budget). subcontractors to bid on the installation of High- of the Clerk of the Ulster County Legislature, lature will convene in public meeting at the time C. To vote on any other proposition legally Density Blown Cellulose in residential sidewalls, 244 Fair Street, 6th Floor, County Office Build- and meeting aforesaid for the purpose of con- proposed. crawlspaces, and attics. Contractors wishing ing, Kingston, New York, where the same is avail- ducting a public hearing on the proposed local NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the following to bid must have proof of Pollution Occurrence able for public inspection during regular office law described above and, as deemed advisable classes of persons shall be entitled to vote by Insurance. Bid packages will be mailed to you hours (must call ahead 845- 340-3900) and is by said Ulster County Legislature, taking action absentee ballot only at the Annual School District upon request. To receive a bid package, call Lori available online at: https://ulstercountyny.gov/ on the enactment of said local law. Election and Vote, to be held on Tuesday, June 9, Petramale-Ozores @ (845) 338-8750 ext. 112. legislature/2020/resolution-no-1002 DATED: June 3, 2020 2020, without further registration: Closing date for bids will be 3:00 PM June 26, PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that all Ulster County Legislature 1. Any qualified voter. Voters are qualified if 2020. persons and citizens interested shall have an op- Victoria A. Fabella, Clerk Ulster County Community Action Committee, portunity to be heard on said proposed local law Kingston, New York June 3, 2020 32 Hudson Valley One | CLASSIFIEDSCLASSIFIEDSCLASSIFIEDS Ulster Publishing

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“Wild Honey and Wide John Burdick’s Roads,” Connor Kennedy roundup of new There was a time when this tal- ented guy was represented locally as releases from Hudson a “blues prodigy,” an unfortunate des- ignation and certainly one that was Valley artists thrust upon him by well-meaning el- ders and not elected by Kennedy him- he get-to-the-point- self. Anyway, Connor sloughed that or get-out 45 rpm single off long ago and has proved himself gave way the 40-minute, a voracious musical traveler who has two-act structure of the done a lot of things, including several LP, and that gave way to tours as a guitarist in the post-Becker the CD’s 74 minutes of Steely Dan live lineup. “Wild Honey Tblank canvass, and that dinosaured and Wide Roads” finds Kennedy out to pave the way for the virtually dropping his first new original in a unlimited creative space of the MP3 while, and it is a peach that gets right and the streaming platform, in which at the critical balance of timely and time is theoretical “just there” exactly timeless in his music. Produced by when you need it. Each of these me- Woodstock’s Pete Hanlon, the track dia transitions exaggerated a certain is a dense and high-impact specimen artistic risk: conceptual overreach, of bright jangle rock, roots ambience, your ambition writing checks that and a winding, patient, and sophis- your skill can’t cash. ticated vocal melody that honors the In recent years we have seen a likes of Nilsson and the high seven- return to the single as maybe the ties. Thematically, it speaks richly preferred format for new music, a and with a stroke of surrealism to the change inspired no doubt by DJ and writer’s incessant travel and the sub- playlist culture, but also embraced to sequent wreckage of relationships. If a certain extent by the album crowd. Kennedy is heir to any of the giants The expansion of bandwidth is great, Mimi Goese and Ben Neill. of the Catskills, I’d say it’s The Band, but it also devalues individual songs in the way that his music, at his best, and puts a premium upon quick act- makes sense in the barn and in the ing hooks. There’s a feeling of clear- chamber. ing the decks here, making your case effect is synesthetic, registering visu- https://connorkennedy. without asking anyone to listen to ally as much as aurally. Trancey, yes, bandcamp.com/releases your 27 Cantos. but It is — in all its mixes -- a pure Hell, I wake up and put on Brahms and beautiful art-pop song from two “Kindness of most days, so this isn’t my world recognized masters of the form. Find Strangers,” we’re talking about it. Send me your it on Spotify. Ambrosia Parsley 27 Cantos. But the single is re-estab- http://www.mimigoeseandben- On her exceptional solo lishing dominance at a time where neill.com/ records and with her for- album filler tracks simply will not be mer band Shivaree, Parsley tolerated, and everything you put out “Spun Too Heavy,” has proven herself to be a really has to be your best. If you are Expert and Milk songwriter capable of gen- an album person, fear not. That will As the main guy in the super-imag- uinely sui generis, sophis- cycle back soon enough. inative and dramatic Orange County ticated chamber pop, equal For part two of this roundup of pro- band Park Ranger and as a player parts modernist poetry; liferative singles by Hudson Valley in Lives of the Obscure and in the cheeky retro arrangement; musicians, we limit the pool to five genuinely influential if ill-fated in- and warped, contemporary so that we, meaning me, can say slow die band Joshua, Sean Hansen has sound design. And always the pace of culture by a few milisec- long been at or around the center of at the center of it is her onds and say a little more about each. some visionary modern rock music. deceptively agile, pixie-ish It’s always about extreme dynamics, voice. “Kindness of Strang- “Endure,” Mimi Goese slanted grooves that make you want ers” is a simple and clas- and Ben Neill to dance to but don’t tell you how, sicist tune by comparison, Mime Goese and Ben Neill wrote an ambivalence of angularity and impeccably crafted and the song “Endure” several years ago sweetness, sonics lush and abrasive, without a single awkward Connor Kennedy. as part of a larger multimedia piece the uncharted wilderness of post- phrase, aiming at a popu- called Fathom. The shifting contexts rock wrestled down until it agrees list target nearly as broad of history and culture can change the to say pop. Regarding Hansen’s new as “I’d Like to Teach the resonant nodes of any work of art, solo project Expert and Milk, I hate juxtapositions suggesting that Had- World to Sing.” For a persona, she and in this spring of our discontent to say “more of the same” but: “Spun dard was hearing something else in takes on the big “we,” us all, human- Goese and Neil discovered the song Too Heavy” is more of the refreshing, that noggin and might not be con- ity, needing each other, especially had sprouted entirely new dimen- visceral, smart, arty and deliriously tent just being the burnt toast of the now. Big theme in broad but — as I sions of meaning and relevance. In musical same. old Catskills. Flash forward a few mentioned before — flawless strokes. late March, they released “Endure,” https://expertandmilk.bandcamp. years and the now Brooklyn-based In arrangement and production, and on June 5 they follow up with com/track/spun-too-heavy Haddard has released “Thin Line,” a however, this thing is wicked arty and a pair of vibrant remixes: The Clap bracing, minimalist groove tune that multi-leveled, a wall-of-sound con- Hands for Essential Workers Trip “Thin Line,” Aubrey Haddard might suggest, to the unobservant, struct that evinces all 37 sonic forms Hop Remix and the Head in Hands When New Paltz native Aubrey that Aubrey’s Brooklynation is com- of “glistening.” Quarantine Dub. Haddard fronted the local band plete. Not quite though. She’s just Parsley knew, of course, she was “Endure” is a languid dance of two Breakfast for the Boys, she won reversed the balance, the yin and the dropping this message into the mess voices in a vivid electronic space, Go- universal regional acclaim for her yang. “Thin Line” will play fine in the of Covid. With what has happened ese’s singing and Neill’s chameleonic ripped-speaker vocal passion and world of Lucius and Solange, but its since to Ahmaud Arbery and George mutantrumpet. A stunning legato vo- the sophisticated, bluesy grit of her little secret weapon is a kernel of or- Floyd (and, and, and…) this, pajama- cal melody arcs above a bed of morph- songs, always a winning combo in ganic groove rock from some pretty footed, light-touch message song ing ambient counterpoint. Seriously, these parts. The observant, however, slick players. You won’t even know it’s about togetherness and inclusion the sound design on “Endure” puts could hear something else taking there until the guitar solo hits. Great only gains in gravity and urgency. to the lie to any notion that ambient shape in BftB’s recordings, an ob- stuff from a blazing talent. Check out the neato animated video pads are one-button easy — there is jet d’art attention to contemporary https://www.youtube.com/ by Nancy Howell and Mark Lerner. a world going on down there. Like so sonics and arrangements, a taste watch?v=N84an-0B_U4 https://www.youtube.com/ much of Goese and Neill’s work, the for clashing stylistic and referential watch?v=AasSdugM4Wg June 3, 2020 Ulster Publishing Hudson Valley One | 35 No Ulster County Fair year from issue date. To manage tickets online, visit The Ulster County Fair won’t be https://tickets.fishercenter.bard. Kaaterskill happening this year, according to its edu/account/login. If you have ques- fair-board organizers. 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