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July 21, 2017 161 Main St., Cold Spring, N.Y. | highlandscurrent.com Man Dies in Fall at Breakneck Hiker found at bottom of thick brush and trees. The Putnam County medical exam- cliff near tunnel iner’s office took custody of the body and Brooklyn man died last week in will determine the cause of death. An in- a fall while hiking on Breakneck vestigation into what happened was still A Ridge. underway as of July 20. According to the state parks office, the Posts by family friends on Facebook body of Jason M. Kindopp, 48, was recov- said that Kindopp, a member of the Class ered from difficult terrain near the Route of 1987 at Parkview Adventist Academy 9D tunnel on Monday, July 17. After state in Lacombe, Alberta, had gone hiking park police, forest rangers and emergency last week but never returned. His body response teams developed a plan, officers was spotted several days later by another rappelled about 30 feet down a cliff to hiker. The family was notified of his death reach the body, which was entangled in on July 18.

Sister Loretta Guevarra Photo by M. Turton A Habit of Goodness Graymoor’s Sister Loretta reside at the St. Francis Convent, where Michael Turton met with her on July 18. celebrates 75 years of service What did your parents do for a n June 17 Sister Loretta Guevarra, living? 92, celebrated her 75th year as a My parents were Mexican. My father OFranciscan Sister of the Atone- owned a hacienda in California. He gave ment. Born in Los Angeles in 1924 as Le- young Mexican workers a patch of land onor Guevarra, she joined the Graymoor and housing and in return they worked on community in Garrison in 1942 and took the farm. her final vows as a nun in 1949. Did you give a lot of thought to As an Atonement missionary, the sister becoming a nun or was it a spur of served for 31 years in Brazil, as well as in the moment decision? California, Oregon, Utah and New York I wanted to enter the convent when I City. She returned to Garrison last year to was 12 years old, (Continued on Page 11)

How the Wind Turns The view from Craig House in April Photo by Kathy Steinberg Tornadoes rare in Highlands but Craig House Sale Pending Historic Beacon estate could of investors “who already own a consider- thunderstorms increase risk able amount of property in Beacon.” They change hands are paying cash, he said. By Anita Peltonen Aubry described the investment group By Jeff Simms as “very experienced people” who have aylor Timke was driving from her worked in Brooklyn in the past. The par- job as a pharmacy technician at he sale of the 64-acre Tioronda Es- cel was never placed in listing databases, Drug World of Cold Spring to her T tate, the historic property on the he said, but instead advertised by word of sister’s home in Poughkeepsie on May 31 outskirts of Beacon that includes T mouth. when she experienced her first tornado. the former Craig House psychiatric center, The Dutchess County Real Property Tax She’s hoping it will be her last. could happen within the next month. Service Agency says the site has an as- “It was eerie,” she recalled. “The clouds An offer has been accepted on the prop- sessed value of $2.55 million for the land were so low, and the wind kept getting erty, said Beacon-based broker Daniel Au- and $550,000 for the structures. The es- bigger, and then the thunder and light- bry. He declined to provide the sale price, tate of the late hedge fund manager and ning began. Once the downpour began, I although a six-page brochure prepared for philanthropist Robert Wilson, which saw a tree go down near a fire station just potential buyers gave an asking price of off Route 52 [in Wappingers Falls], and the owns the property, pays about $122,000 A photo taken at about 7:30 p.m. on $8 million. thunder became incredibly loud.” in taxes each year — $11,000 to Dutchess May 31 from Hillside Lake Road in Aubry also would not identify who made County, $42,000 to the city, $67,000 to the (Continued on Page 15) Wappingers Falls Photo by Breanna Winter the bid, other than to say it was a group school district (Continued on Page 6) 2 July 21, 2017 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.com

Five Questions: Joe Brennan By Michael Turton

5n 2015, Joe Brennan embarked on a beach, I go to the beach. There’s no dis- cross-county odyssey in a one-man cussion. caravan — a bicycle mounted on the I How long do you stay in one place? back of an SUV towed by a 35-foot RV. I move about 60 times a year, including He has traveled 25,000 miles so far, re- one-night stays in Walmart parking lots. turning to Philipstown for occasional pit Usually I stay for a week at a campsite. stops with one of his brothers,Tim in Cold Any more than that I start thinking I have Spring or Jay at Manitou Station. to buy a lawn mower! What led to this epic road trip? Have you made many friends along I thought I had to either buy a house or the way? start traveling. I wanted to see the beauty Travis is a good friend. He’s 74 or 75 and of this country — the monuments, state has been RVing fulltime for 23 years. He and national parks, the coasts. taught me how to play pickleball. What are the worst and best aspects What’s the best meal you’ve had on of traveling alone? the road? Navigation can be difficult and a little It was a Mexican restaurant, but I can’t risky at times. The GPS can never be to- for the life of me remember where. It was tally trusted and it put me on some for- either Texas or Louisiana and had crayfish est roads I never should have been on. enchiladas that were just unbelievable. An- But decision-making is easy. If I want to other was a heavenly 22-ounce prime rib turn left, I turn left. If I want to go to the somewhere in Virginia. I couldn’t finish it.

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February 17, 2017 Mail Delivery Available 161 M Snow Day Photos ain St ., Cold Spring See Page 13 , n .y. | Rev. Geerhighlandscurrent.com to Retire from $20 per year St. Philip’s Will step down in 2018 after 30 years highlandscurrent.com/delivery By Alison Rooney DOG'S BEST FRIEND — Two loyal masters brave the elements on Feb. 9 on North Street in Cold Spring for a daily constitutional. For more snowy shots, see Page 13. Haldane Academy Told to Vacate St. Basil State says program cannot operate at private school Photo by Anita Peltonen

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tate education officials have told the Haldane Central School District it Scannot continue to operate its Hal The Rev. Frank Geer dane Academy at St. Basil Academy in Or send check to Garrison after the current school year be cause the latter is a private school in an Photo by Steve Basch other district. - n the first Sunday in August 1987, the Rev. Frank Geer gave his debut Haldane Academy, an alternative voca Osermon at St. Philip’s-in-the-High tional high school, opened in September - Alison Anthoine lands, an Episcopal church in Garrison on the campus of St. Basil, which is oper - that was founded in the 1770s. Geer had ated by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese just moved with his wife Sarah and their of America and located in the Garrison - Cold Spring Will Have Contested Election two children into its stone rectory. - Union Free School District. Nine Hal Village residents go to polls Dave Merandy Geer, taking note of that day 30 years dane High School students attend morn - ago, and noting he will turn 70 this year,

ing classes at an administrative building on Mar. 21 File photos by Michael Turton on Feb. 5 announced his retirement. He 161 Main St. on the Cold Spring plans to leave in the spring of 2018, after lison Anthoine, a lawyer and im - Mar. 21, and three candidates will pursue Easter. In the meantime he will assist in mediate past president of the Cold Thank you to our advertisers (Continued on Page 6) - two open village board seats. finding his successor and help plan the fu ASpring Area Chamber of Com ture of the church, which has about 350 merce, will challenge first-term Cold Each candidate submitted nominating Spring Mayor Dave Merandy on Tuesday, - petitions to the Putnam County Board of congregants. Elections by the Feb. 14 deadline. The method of matching rector to con gregation is much like matching employees - - Marie Early and Frances Murphy, elected to the board in 2014, are seeking to companies, Geer explains. “I made an re-election against challenger Margaret appointment to see the Bishop of New York, and I told him I felt I was ready to be rec - We are grateful for your support and tor of my own church. He had known me Cold Spring, NY 10516 (Continued on Page 7) for some time — he had given the permis sion for me to enter the priesthood — and agreed with - me.” encourage our readers to shop local. (Continued on Page 8) - Contact us: [email protected] highlandscurrent.com The Highlands Current July 21, 2017 3 Impasse Over Fire Protection Cold Spring, Nelsonville Merandy countered in a July 14 letter to O’Neill that the amount of workers’ comp continue to clash over and LOSAP “does not have to be approved payments by Nelsonville since the matters concern a Cold Spring village department.” Cold Spring billed Nelsonville $21,679 By Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong in October, in a semi-annual installment, he dispute over Cold Spring’s provi- for charges that included an increase in sion of fire protection to Nelsonville workers’ comp and LOSAP. In January Ttook new turns this month, threat- Nelsonville paid $20,675 of the invoice, ening to impair funding for the Cold withholding $1,004 that represented the Spring Fire Company (CSFC) and change increased LOSAP/workers’ comp. the way Nelsonville pays for firefighting, When LOSAP and workers’ compensa- tion costs again went up early this year, although both villages insist they're act The three-person Nelsonville Village Board (from left): Trustee Alan Potts, Mayor BIll ing in good faith. Cold Spring, in April, sent a contract O'Neill and Trustee Thomas Robertson Photo by L.S. Armstrong Since late 2016, the neighboring villages whose terms require Nelsonville to pay about $44,824 a year for fire protection, have clashed over what Nelsonville should reach agreement but said he and the Cold from Nelsonville but “the cost of respond- or $22,412 every six months.. pay Cold Spring for coverage by the fire Spring Village Board “object to Nelson- ing to these calls will be billed” to Nelson- Nelsonville protested, drafting its own company, which under state law functions ville’s attempt to unilaterally force Cold ville’s village government separately in contract and arguing that it had paid as a Cold Spring municipal agency, such Spring to agree to Nelsonville’s terms. An each incident. $20,675 semi-annually for eight years, as the highway department. agreement must be on terms mutually At Nelsonville’s July 17 Village Board even after the previous contract expired Cold Spring wants Nelsonville to con- agreeable to both parties,” he emphasized. meeting, O’Neill said he would not sign in 2013. On July 1, O’Neill sent Cold tribute to escalating costs of workers’ Merandy then asked O’Neill to sign an the acknowledgement. “I can’t simply say Spring another check for $20,675, accom- compensation and the Length of Service acknowledgement that Nelsonville’s lat- ‘Yes, this is a partial payment,’ ” he said. panied by his June 30 letter, in which he Award Program (LOSAP, a pension plan) est check “represents only a partial pay- “I don’t have any idea what that means.” complained that Merandy “consistently for the volunteer firefighters. ment.” Signing it “will allow Cold Spring Trustee Thomas Robertson said that refused to negotiate in good faith.” Nelsonville has balked. Mayor Bill to cash the first payment and direct funds Nelsonville had sent the $20,675 payment In his July 14 reply, Merandy agreed to a O’Neill informed his Cold Spring coun- to the CSFC while the villages work to- “in good faith until we reach an agreement. few changes to the proposed contract that terpart, Dave Merandy, in a June 30 letter ward finalizing an agreement,” he stated. It’s getting difficult and very bizarre.” Nelsonville had requested, such as having that “Nelsonville intends to hold a refer- If O’Neill does not sign the acknowledge- “It’s been a strange situation,” O’Neill it last one year, instead of five. He termed endum in 2018 to gain approval” of voters ment, Merandy added, Cold Spring “will concurred, calling on Cold Spring to negoti- the concessions “a good-faith effort” to for contributing to LOSAP/workers’ comp. continue to honor calls for assistance” ate. “We have no desire to have a conflict.” Ticketed and Towed at Little Stony Point Police say parked cars In fact, the car had been ticketed by a “I can see that it’s not the safest place to Antenucci’s account, writing in an email Putnam County sheriff’s deputy and towed park, but if parking is not allowed there that, according to the ticket, “one side of created hazard on 9D by Tow Time to its lot on Route 9 near Cold should be signs,” said Sarah Coffey. “A the vehicle [was] about 2 to 3 feet over the Spring. John Coffey took a taxi to the lot ticket for a violation would be fair, but not white fog line, thus partially blocking the By Michael Turton and paid $380 for the return of his Ford the towing.” driving portion of the highway.” Edge, but only after Tow Time owner Bob Coffey also complained that numerous McNamara confirmed that a second ve- Yonkers family had a costly lesson Antenucci drove him to an ATM to get cash. other cars were parked in the same area hicle was ticketed and towed around the on July 15 in the lack of parking Antenucci said the policy is cash-only that afternoon but not ticketed or towed. same time. Aalong the corridor between Little for reclaiming impounded vehicles be- The issue was not a lack of signage, ac- “I really don’t feel this is a fair way to Stony Point and Breakneck Ridge. cause owners are usually upset and often cording to Antenucci, who said that when treat people who come and spend money John and Sarah Coffey and their two stop payment as soon as they leave the he arrived, the Coffey car was parked over at local businesses,” Sarah Coffey said. daughters went for a two-hour after- lot if they've used a check or credit card. the white line that marks the edge of the “We have come here the last three week- noon hike after parking on the shoulder Antenucci also gave Coffey a copy of the lane. He also said at least one other ve- ends and we usually spend $150 on lunch of Route 9D just north of the Little Stony parking ticket. hicle parked in the area was ticketed and plus shopping.” Point Park. When they returned, their car Residents have long complained about towed that afternoon by another towing Asked if they will fight the ticket, Coffey was gone. unsafe conditions, inadequate parking service. said, “I’d like to but my husband doesn’t “At first we wondered if it had been sto- and a lack of enforcement along Route 9D Capt. William McNamara of the Putnam want to,” adding that they will not likely len,” Sarah Coffey said. between Cold Spring and Beacon. County Sheriff’s Department confirmed visit again.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Development blues anyone? Creating problems for our fine Main Street rents * You reported on July 14 that the city of volunteer fire department! This is an open letter to the Main Street Winner: 20 Beacon is considering a moratorium on Where do you put the cars that come landlords in Beacon. Better Newspaper residential development that would last with 2,360 people, especially on snow Please take a moment to reflect on how six months (“Beacon Mulls Development days? Parking on Main Street has been a your decisions affect this community. Dur- Contest Awards Ban”). How about 10 years? problem since I came up to work at WBNR ing the past few years, Beacon has seen a *New York Press Association, 2013 - 2016 James Larkin Sr., Beacon in 1966. There’s even been talk of having tremendous resurgence and growth in the parking on only one side of Main Street, real estate market. The housing market is NNA* Winner: Things of concern to people of Beacon: and more recently of installing meters. at an all-time high, and many of the busi- 9 Better Water supply: Anyone factor in drought Who’ll be left holding the bag when con- nesses in the city seem to be thriving. Newspaper conditions; e.g., what California, Texas, dos burn, water supply dries up, we’re in- Unfortunately, I have noticed a number Florida and other states have experi- undated with garbage, sewage and odors of business owners pulling up stakes and Contest Awards enced? Broken water mains? Then we’ll at the foot of beautiful Mount Beacon? moving to nearby communities. All too *National Newspaper Association, 2016 get our water from the Hudson River like Not the developers, who leave these issues often the reason they are leaving is the Poughkeepsie. to government, once built! They just col- Publisher same: as rents continue to increase, some Highlands Current Inc. “Where will all the garbage and sewage lect the rent. entrepreneurs find it exceedingly difficult 161 Main St. go?” as Pete Seeger might have sung. Now Slam the door on the lobbyists! They to succeed. Cold Spring NY 10516-2818 that we’ll have an additional 2,360 people made Washington and Albany what it is My main concern is that the almighty 291 Main St., Beacon NY 12508 or more, do treatment plants need to grow today. Leaders beware, for as the sign on dollar has gotten in the way of what Bea- for the additional flow? President Truman’s desk said, “The buck con is — a small river city proud of its Founder Fire walls? Seems some developers stops here.” heritage. It is not Manhattan or Brooklyn Gordon Stewart (1939 - 2014) failed to implement building codes in con- Nicholas Conti, Beacon or Westchester and never will be. Those Managing Editor dos in Jersey and London. Ladder trucks, who decide to establish a business here do Chip Rowe so for various reasons, but obviously one [email protected] important reason is location. To be a part Arts/Feature Editor of a growing economy in this flourishing Alison Rooney community must be exhilarating. But then [email protected] to have one’s dreams dashed because of out-of-control rents must be devastating. Senior Correspondent Landlords, please don’t be the cause Michael Turton of this economic bubble bursting in Bea- Reporters con. Yes, you own rental property to make Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong money. That is well understood. But don’t Brian PJ Cronin allow the ability to make a financial kill- Joe Dizney ing get in the way of what is right and fair. Pamela Doan A business leaving the city is not good for Mary Ann Ebner the city. And an empty storefront is not Anita Peltonen Jeff Simms good for you. Charles Dunn, Beacon Layout Editor Kate Vikstrom Chickpea memories You can easily adapt the recipe for Advertising Director Michele Gedney chickpea salad shared by Mary Ann Ebner For information on advertising: in the July (Continued on next page) 845-809-5584 [email protected] highlandscurrent.com/ads Taking it to the Street By Anita Peltonen What would you do if you won the lottery? The Highlands Current is a 501c3 nonprofit funded by grants, advertising and the generous support of our readers. Thank you. THE HIGHLANDS CURRENT, Vol. 6, Issue 30 (ISSN 2475-3785) is published weekly by Highlands Current Inc., 161 Main St., Cold Spring, NY 10516- 2818. Nonprofit postage paid at Newburgh, NY. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Highlands Current, 161 Main St., Cold Spring, NY 10516- 2818. Mail delivery $20 per year. highlandscurrent.com/delivery [email protected] © Highlands Current Inc. 2017 All rights reserved. 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7 issue to make hummus (“Cook On: Eat my grandmother cringe. Your Chickpeas”). Teri Waivada, Garrison In an Italian family, roasted chickpeas were served like nuts: ground up with A change of direction sugar, bits of chocolate, citrus placed in I loved your candid and encouraging half-moon dough and fried for St. Joseph’s interview with Dorothy Carlton, who day; with pasta, and in minestrone soup. went from salon owner to nurse at age 53 Much of the immigrant family cuisine fea- (“From Hair to Health Care,” June 30). I’m turing vegetables (out of necessity) is now excited about my options! “in,” recognized as healthy and featured Sheri Butler, Sparrowbush in restaurants at prices that would make

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Groombridge, Irvine Flinn, Ralph Arditi, Sticking to the Plan Stacey Farley, Mel Laytner, Bevis Long- Beacon Mulls Development Ban streth, Frederick Osborn III and Rudolph Online Guide S. Rauch. Beacon Police Blotter Reporter Contacts Open Space Buys highlandscurrent.com/contact Get Mail Delivery of Easement on Back Issues Garrison Park highlandscurrent.com/archives The Current Business Directory highlandscurrent.com/business- highlandscurrent.com/md directory Mail Delivery highlandscurrent.com/delivery Praise or Protest The Mt. Beacon Eight Village of Cold Spring Lecture with David Rocco Mayor Dave Merandy [email protected] Saturday, July 29 at 5pm Village of Nelsonville Mayor Bill O’Neill [email protected] Join PHM for a presentation on The Mt. Beacon Eight by David Rocco on Town of Philipstown Supervisor Richard Shea Saturday, July 29 at 5pm! David will discuss [email protected] how eight Navy Servicemen lost their City of Beacon lives in two separate plane crashes on Mayor Randy Casale the northern fl ank of Mt. Beacon in 1935 [email protected] and 1945, including Navy legend Dixie Putnam County Kiefer. David is the co-author of the new Legislator Barbara Scuccimarra book, The Indestructible Man: the True Story [email protected] of World War II Hero Captain Dixie, and Dutchess County project manager of the Mt. Beacon Fire • Legislator John Forman [email protected] Tower Restoration project. • Legislator Jerry Landisi Join us after the lecture for some light [email protected] refreshments! You will also get a chance New York Assembly to explore PHM’s new exhibit, Treason! Benedict Arnold in the Hudson • Sandy Galef (D) (Philipstown) Highlands. The exhibition will tell the story of Benedict Arnold, his nyassembly.gov/mem/Sandy-Galef • Frank Skartados (D) (Beacon) command of West Point, and his acts of treason. nyassembly.gov/mem/Frank-Skartados Admission is $5 for the general public and is free for members. New York Senate RSVP at 845-265-4010 or www.putnamhistorymuseum.org. Sue Serino (R) nysenate.gov/senators/sue-serino The Putnam History Museum is located at U.S. Congress 63 Chestnut Street in Cold Spring. Sean Patrick Maloney (D) www.putnamhistorymuseum.org seanmaloney.house.gov 6 July 21, 2017 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.com Craig House Sale Good for What Ails You Pending (from Page 1) n 1935, the editors of Fortune and $1,750 to the Howland Library. Iselected Craig House as one of the The 14,000-square-foot, neo-gothic five best sanitariums in the country for nervous disorders. It was run by mansion on the property was built in 1859 Clarence Jonathan Slocum, who had for Gen. Joseph Howland and his wife, purchased it two decades earlier with Eliza. A 38-room extension was built in a partner. They named it after Craig 1979. A gatekeeper’s home and a building Hospital in Scotland, which allowed its that served as a church and school still patients to walk its grounds freely. stand, although a carriage house and a At Craig House, Fortune reported, “there craft shop were torn down in 2011. are no locked doors, no barred windows The parcel, which is located on Route in individual cottages scattered over the 9D across from the University Settlement estate. There are several employees to Camp, is roughly divided into upper and each patient — almost 100 nurses, a lower portions, Aubry said. Regarding the score of men working on the grounds, upper portion, where the mansion sits, six doctors, dozens of cooks, waitresses, “the thinking is that would be wonderful chauffeurs, etc.” The estate had a golf for a destination spa or high-end resort.” course with a pro who gave lessons, The mansion will not be demolished, along with swimming pools, six riding horses, tennis courts, a baseball field regardess of future development plans, and a gym. Aubry added. Craig House Photo by Kathy Steinberg The lower portion of the property, which The article continued: “You get the borders Fishkill Creek, will likely be de- The mansion will not be of the mentally ill. Part of the estate was atmosphere of an upper-class home, purchased about 30 years later by two with Dr. Slocum and his wife in roles of demolished, regardess of future doctors who opened a psychiatric hospital host and hostess.” The doctor “detests development plans. specializing in addiction treatment, call- psychoanalysis and will have none of it. ing it Craig House. His ‘practical psychotherapy’ consists simply in getting on friendly terms with veloped into residential housing, he said. Luminaries such as Zelda Fitzgerald the patient, visiting him daily to talk over Beacon zoning regulations would allow and, later, comedian Jackie Gleason spent about 22 single-family homes on the entire his problems and giving him advice and time at Craig House. Frances Seymour, encouragement.” property, Aubry said, but he speculated the wife of Henry Fonda and mother of that a new owner might ask for a variance. Peter and Jane Fonda, committed suicide “I don’t think 22 housing lots is a viable there in 1942. Rosemary Kennedy, the el- The hospital closed in 1999. In 2003, economic option,” he said. “They might der sister of President John F. Kennedy, Wilson purchased the property but never A sign found in the basement of Craig want to get some more density in there.” spent years there after she was given a developed it. After suffering two strokes, House Photo by Kathy Steinberg After Howland’s death in 1885, his lobotomy in 1941. Marilyn Monroe was he committed suicide in 2013 at age 87 widow donated the property for the care rumored to have stayed, as well. and his estate has owned it since.

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Spencer/Atlas Obscura highlandscurrent.com The Highlands Current July 21, 2017 7 Beacon Residents Voice Opinions About Proposed Building Ban Council vote expected dential growth and concentrate on jobs. taking into account the history and the vi- “I get people in my shop every week brancy of what we do have.” in September looking for work, and that’s not just high Frank Fish, a principal at BFJ Planning, Nearby Moratoriums By Jeff Simms school kids,” she said in a later interview. which helped a committee of Beacon resi- • Monroe enacted a 90-day “If there were mid-sized companies in dents and officials revise the city’s com- moratorium on residential ublic comment dominated the July Beacon, those people would stay in Bea- prehensive plan earlier this year, said in construction in 2016 and 17 Beacon City Council meeting, the con and spend money here.” an interview that moratoriums are typi- extended it four times to give Pfirst since Mayor Randy Casale an- High-end apartments and condomini- cally utilized when a municipality identi- the town time to update its nounced that the city is considering a six- ums typically appeal to commuters and fies an issue — like water — that can be comprehensive plan. Home month moratorium on residential building. retirees, she said, not people who spend addressed and rectified within a given developers who had already cleared trees from two parcels The ban is being considered, Casale much money locally. time frame. Six months is considered a sued; one issue was whether said, because Beacon’s faster-than-pro- Others at the meeting, however, argued “very reasonable” stoppage, he said. they would be able to include jected growth could bring the city's popu- that a moratorium would stall an econom- He said BFJ just completed a project “accessory apartments.” lation uncomfortably close to the thresh- ic and cultural revival they see going on with Rockville Center, on Long Island, • Blooming Grove, South Blooming old its existing water supplies can sustain. in Beacon. which has a population of 24,500. Vil- Grove and Washingtonville each Beacon’s population is about 14,400, but “Beacon has the opportunity to lose the lage officials instituted a six-month build- adopted six-month residential with almost 1,000 housing units either un- market that has been driving revenue, ing moratorium because of concerns that moratoriums earlier this year to der construction or review, that number growth, better schools, a picturesque growth in one area of the village was out update their comprehensive plans. could jump to nearly 17,000 quickly. The downtown and tourism,” said Theresa of scale with the surrounding neighbor- Two homeowners who had been city’s water sources can accommodate Dryfoos. “We all know the market can hoods. BFJ helped the village create a new attempting since 2015 to install a 17,800, although its comprehensive plan cool on a dime, which would give us a zoning district to address the issue. $2 million solar array on their farm projected Beacon would not grow that whole new set of problems.” “There needs to be a cause for the mora- pleaded for an exemption. large until at least 2050. Jessica Jelliffe expressed concern that torium, and it has to be calculated to al- • Officials in Goshen in 2015 The City Council will likely vote in Sep- continued residential growth might cause leviate” whatever condition is identified, declared a six-month moratorium tember on the moratorium, which, if ad- Beacon to lose the small-town character Fish said. “I’ve seen them work very suc- on solar projects to allow village opted, will be backdated to July 3. that has brought many residents to the city. cessfully, but if you don’t get going on some staff to research the technology At the July 17 meeting, dozens of resi- “We love this city,” Jelliffe said. “We came remedial action during the moratorium, and how it might affect planning. dents offered their opinions. here because we felt something extremely you’ve negated the reason for doing it.” Mary Fris, a Main Street business own- strong and powerful, and we don’t want to The Beacon council is scheduled to review have to schedule a public hearing and solic- er, said that she’s heard from numerous lose that. Right now it feels like the develop- a second draft of the proposed moratorium it input from the city and county planning shop owners that the city should slow resi- ment is moving extremely quickly without at its July 31 workshop. The council would boards before a vote could take place. Putnam Prepares to Assemble Specialized Rescue Team County has money but “There’s a way to do extractions and bringing people up that takes knowing needs legislative approval how to use ropes and pulleys” while main- By Holly Crocco taining safety, explained Sutton. “When you meet someone who knows how to rig utnam County is close to having a ropes, it’s pretty impressive to see.” specialized rescue team that can He added that it’s dangerous for some- Pcome to the aid of people who need one to attempt such a rescue if they are to be extricated from an embankment, not trained to do so, because he or she rescued from a fall or find themselves in could become a victim, as well. an otherwise sticky situation. Sutton said the county can share the Anthony Sutton, the county’s emergen- cost of continued training with Westches- cy services commissioner, told legislators ter County, which has its own Technical at the July 18 Protective Services Com- Rescue Team, and Orange County, which mittee meeting that the federal Depart- has a Rope Rescue Team. In fact, he said, ment of Homeland Security two years ago the county’s willingness to share resourc- awarded the county a $150,000 grant to es helped secure the grant. create a Technical Rescue Team. So far “You never know what else is going to $80,000 has been spent on equipment and be going on in the world when you need training, he said. that asset, so it’s good to have the capabil- Now, the team needs to be formalized ity in-house and be able to work as part of under a mutual-aid agreement. Firefighters and instructors from West Point and Newburgh prepare to rappel off the a regional undertaking, which is what the “We have a growing need in some places Newburgh-Beacon Bridge in 2011 as part of training to create a Rope Rescue Division feds are looking for,” he said. “Regional- in the county, but even all over the county, within the Orange County Technical Rescue Team. West Point photo ization gives them the most bang for the for specialized rescue,” he said. dollar when they give you grant money.” ate some of the stress that this fire de- ization in a fire department, because the One such place is Breakneck Ridge in While Putnam has relied on Westches- partment is facing every week,” she said. calls are not that frequent,” he said. “But Philipstown. ter and Orange County’s support for many “There are 1,000 people a weekend who to have it across the county as a team that “There are people in distress on that rescues, Sutton said that waiting for a go up that mountain. And it’s not just the can respond, it’s beneficial.” mountain every week,” said Barbara Scuc- team from a neighboring county wastes weekends anymore.” Dini LoBue (R-Mahopac Falls) said she cimarra (R-Philipstown), who explained time. And even though Putnam’s Techni- A Technical Rescue Team is trained in is hesitant about the county starting an- that only select members of the fire de- cal Rescue Team may be called to other rope rescue, as well as rescues that include other emergency services team just to ad- partment can hike up the mountain to counties to assist with rescues, Sutton confined spaces, swift water, high angles, dress concerns at Breakneck Ridge. But rescue a wayward hiker. In addition, said he expects “the lion’s share of the wilderness and ice, Sutton explained. There Deputy EMS Commissioner Robert Lipton when firefighters are called to the moun- work” to be in Putnam. is already great interest from firefighters, explained that the squad will also be help- tain, the department has less manpower The committee unanimously approved emergency medical technicians and other ful when it comes to rescuing people from to fight a fire or respond to a car crash, the formalization of a Technical Rescue volunteers to join the team, he said. cars that go down an embankment on should a call come in. Team, and the matter will now go to the “I don’t know that there’s ever a need to Interstates 84 or 684, or if someone falls “This, in some ways, is going to allevi- full Legislature for a vote. have this degree of training and special- down an elevator shaft. 8 July 21, 2017 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.com Recent Philipstown Home Sales

$660,000 11 High St., Cold Spring 4 beds, 2 bath, 2,174 sq ft $736,000 Built 1920; 0.24 acres 85 Travis Corners Road, Garrison 3 beds, 4.5 bath, 3,567 sq ft $575,000 Built 1984; 1.14 acres $775,000 287 Main St., Nelsonville 21 Hudson Ridge, Garrison 3 beds, 1.5 bath, 1,792 sq ft 3 beds, 2.5 bath, 2,888 sq ft Built 1875; 0.33 acres Built 1984; 3.4 acres

$947,000 18 Fair St., Cold Spring 5 beds, 3.5 bath, 3,333 sq ft Built 1855; 0.15 acres $980,000 75 Oak Hollow, Garrison $780,000 4 beds, 4.5 bath, 4,884 sq ft 14 Chestnut St., Cold Spring Built 1987; 7.15 acres $1,050,000 3 beds, 2.5 bath, 2,424 sq ft 88 Snake Hill Road, Garrison Built 1877; 0.23 acres 4 beds, 3.5 bath, 3,638 sq ft Built 2000; 4.31 acres

$1,635,000 322 Route 403, Garrison 3 beds, 2.5 bath, 2,244 sq ft Built 1964; 5.65 acres Source: Realtor.com

By appointment at Giovanni Anselmo Luciano Fabro Giuseppe Penone magazzino.art Marco Bagnoli Jannis KounellisMario Merz Michelangelo Pistoletto 2700 Route 9 Domenico Bianchi Marisa Merz Remo Salvadori Cold Spring, NY 10516 Alighiero Boetti Giulio Paolini Gilberto Zorio @magazzino Pier Paolo Calzolari Pino Pascali highlandscurrent.com The Highlands Current July 21, 2017 9 The Calendar Browsing, Without a Computer Used bookstore opens in his story should make bibliophiles sit up in their chairs: It’s about a used Nelsonville Tbookstore in Nelsonville with well- organized shelves of first editions, volumes By Alison Rooney with interesting dust jackets and books by authors the proprietor loves (and pos- sibly a few by those he doesn’t) hiding in plain sight and open for browsing only six hours each week. Rob Sternau, who has lived in Cold Spring for 30 years, recently opened Riverside Books in the complex of businesses and workspaces at the corner of Peekskill Road and Pine Street. Its hours are Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Riverside Books may sound like a misnomer, but Sternau named it not after the Hudson but in homage to Riverside A table top display of books with intriguing covers Press, which in the late 1890s and early 20th century, “raised the level of book around the corner from his home, he founder of Banyan Press, which special- design,” he explains. Although not near moved his 12,000 volumes to a room ized in hand set limited editions of works the river, "even over here, far from the leased from Jay Brennan Wordworking. by writers such as John Berryman and heart of it, we get a fair amount of foot As books tend to do, the inventory has Gertrude Stein. traffic, hikers mainly,” he says. expanded outward toward the entrance. Sternau also landed an apprenticeship Before going retail, Sternau stored his The space invites leisurely browsing. with Sidney Rappaport, a printer who inventory in Fishkill and sold titles Sternau’s long experience with limited specialized in photography books by the online through Abebooks and Amazon. edition, handset volumes dates to his likes of Ansel Adams, Irving Penn and But it was becoming a headache to days at Bennington College and later at Richard Avedon, the latter of whom commute to Fishkill to fill mail orders, Sarah Lawrence, where he earned a worked in the shop for about six months Rob Sternau of Nelsonville's Riverside especially when he needed to retrieve degree in writing. There, Sternau, a in the 1970s. “He saw commercial Books Photos by A. Rooney only one or two books. printer by profession, got to know poet printing as an extension of his art,” When space opened up practically and printer Claude Fredericks, the Sternau recalls. (Continued on Page 12) Square Deal Garrison business sells art tiles for charity

By Alison Rooney

hat parent hasn’t heard this plea? “I have an art project due Wtomorrow; you need to help me.” That aggravating request altered Garrison resident Diana Polack’s profes- sional life in the late 1980s. After her daughter made the last- minute demand, Polack remembered the photo-transfer equipment she had in the basement of their Montclair, New Jersey, home. It could be used to make T-shirts and mugs. She suggested her daughter and some of her classmates draw pictures of something personal to each of them, A Bat Mitzvah service project with Artware for Good tiles that benefited SCOPE USA, and she printed tees with the drawings an organization that sends inner-city children to sleepaway camp Photo provided with each girl’s name. Dubbed ArtTees, they were an grams. After adding tote bags and has been going strong now for 28 years. immediate hit. mousepads, ArtTees morphed into It’s today based out of her rented home Within 24 hours Polack began visiting ArtWare and Polack brought in a friend on Garrison’s Landing, where she and her schools in the area, suggesting to to do graphic design. husband, Peter Conway, moved after administrators that ArtTees would be a It all expanded quickly, from local decades in Montclair raising their fantastic fundraiser for their art pro- trade shows to a national business that children. (They (Continued on Page 13) Diana Polack Photo by A. Rooney 10 July 21, 2017 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.com Calendar Highlights FRIDAY, JULY 21 For upcoming events visit highlandscurrent.com. WEDNESDAY, JULY 26 Guys and Dolls (Youth Players) Send event listings to [email protected] Lighthouses of Cape Cod and Rhode Island 4 & 7 p.m. Philipstown Depot Theatre (Talk) 10 Garrison’s Landing, Garrison 2 p.m. Howland Library Dragonfly Story Hour Pride and Prejudice 845-424-3900 | philipstowndepottheatre.org HVSF: See details under Tuesday. 7 p.m. Beacon Sloop Club 7:30 p.m. Boscobel The Beauty of Imperfection (Panel) HVSF: Pride and Prejudice 2 Red Flynn Dr., Beacon See details under Friday. 6:30 p.m. Boscobel 7:30 p.m. Boscobel | See details under Friday. 845-831-1134 | beaconlibrary.org 1601 Route 9D, Garrison Beacon Film Society: Rainbow Time (2016) Kids’ Night: Road Trip Across America 845-265-3638 | boscobel.org MONDAY, JULY 24 8 p.m. Beahive 7 p.m. Trophy Point, West Point Get On Up, Get On Down Dance 291 Main St., Beacon | beaconfilmsociety.org 845-938-4159 | westpointband.com H.V. Renegades vs. Connecticut 7 p.m. Elks Lodge 11:05 a.m. Dutchess Stadium Summer Movie Series: Clue (1985) Doansburg Chamber Ensemble 900 Wolcott Ave., Beacon | 845-765-0667 See details under Sunday. 8 p.m. Beacon Visitors’ Center 7 p.m. St. Mary's Church HVSF: Twelfth Night South and Main, Beacon 1 Chestnut St., Cold Spring | 845-228-4167 Yoga with a View 7:30 p.m. Boscobel | 1601 Route 9D, Garrison 6 p.m. Boscobel | See details under Friday. beaconchamberofcommerce.com Constellation Sunset Cruise 845-265-9575 | hvshakespeare.org 7:30 p.m. Boat leaves Beacon Institute dock National Theatre Live: Obsession Tibetan Singing Bowls Sound Bath melissamcgillconstellation.com 7:15 p.m. Downing Film Center THURSDAY, JULY 27 7:30 p.m. SkyBaby Yoga | 75 Main St., Cold Spring See details under Saturday. HVSF: Book of Will with Talkback Traveling Lantern Theatre: The Ribbles Build a 845-265-4444 | skybabyyoga.com HVSF: Twelfth Night 7:30 p.m. Boscobel | See details under Friday. Residence (grades K-6) Ronnie Spector & the Ronettes 7:30 p.m. Boscobel | See details under Friday. CSFS: Rushmore (1998) 2 p.m. Howland Library 8 p.m. Bardavon | 35 Market St., Poughkeepsie 8 p.m. Dockside Park, Cold Spring See details under Tuesday. 845-473-2072 | bardavon.org coldspringfilm.org TUESDAY, JULY 25 Veterans’ Group of Putnam County Soul Asylum and Cracker Sylvie Courvoisier Trio 6 p.m. Cornerstone Building 8 p.m. Paramount Hudson Valley Craftworking (For Busy + Non-Crafty Women) 8 p.m. Howland Cultural Center Route 52 and Fair St., Carmel 1008 Brown St., Peekskill Noon. Beahive Beacon 477 Main St., Beacon 845-278-8387 | mhaputnam.org 914-739-0039 | paramounthudsonvalley.com 291 Main St., Beacon facebook.com/elysiumfurnaceworks beahivebzzz.com On the Town (Teen Players) 7 p.m. Philipstown Depot Theatre SATURDAY, JULY 22 Tech Tuesday Drop-In (grades K-5) SUNDAY, JULY 23 3:30 – 5 p.m. Howland Library See details under Friday. Newburgh Last Saturday 313 Main St., Beacon Community Congress Benedict Arnold Exhibit Opens facebook.com/NewburghLastSaturdays 834-831-1134 | beaconlibrary.org 7 p.m. St. Mary’s Church 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. Putnam History Museum Putnam Kennel Club Dog Show 1 Chestnut St., Cold Spring | ecologicalcitizens.org 63 Chestnut St., Cold Spring Dutchess Chamber Business After Hours 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. Memorial Park Principles and Pragmatism: Loyalist 845-265-4010 | putnamhistorymuseum.org 5 p.m. Dutchess Stadium 225 Gipsy Trail Road, Carmel 1500 Route 9D, Wappingers Falls Experiences (Talk) Dog Wash (Benefit) putnamkennelclub.com 845-454-1700 | dcroc.org 7 p.m. Fort Montgomery 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Putnam Humane Society Dragon Boat Race & Festival 690 Route 9W, Fort Montgomery 68 Old Route 6, Carmel Community Conversation with Beacon 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. HRRA Boathouse 845-446-2134 | nysparks.com 845-225-7777 | puthumane.org Superintendent Matt Landahl 270 N. Water St., Poughkeepsie 6 – 8 p.m. Glenham Fire House HVSF: Twelfth Night Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney Office Hours dutchessdragonboat.org 76 Old Glenham Road, Fishkill | 845-224-5146 7:30 p.m. Boscobel | See details under Friday. 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. Howland Cultural Center Brady Rymer and the Little Band That Could 2:30 – 3:30 p.m. Haldane Elementary Quilting Together (ages 9-99) 11 a.m. & 3 p.m. Paramount Hudson Valley seanmaloney.house.gov 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Desmond-Fish Library FRIDAY, JULY 28 See details under Friday. 472 Route 403, Garrison Guys and Dolls (Youth Players) 46th Annual Putnam County Fair Butterfly Festival 845-424-3020 | desmondfishlibrary.org 2 p.m. Philipstown Depot Theatre 10 a.m. – 7 p.m. Memorial Park 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Stony Kill Farm See details under Friday. H.V. Renegades vs. Connecticut 201 Gipsy Trail Road, Carmel 79 Farmstead Lane, Wappingers Falls 7:05 p.m. Dutchess Stadium H.V. Renegades vs. Connecticut 845-278-6738 | putnam.cce.cornell.edu 845-831-1617 | stonykill.org See details under Sunday. 7:05 p.m. Dutchess Stadium International Film Series: The House of Sand National Theatre Live: Obsession HVSF: Book of Will 1500 Route 9D, Wappingers Falls (Brazil) Noon. Downing Film Center | 19 Front St., Newburgh 7:30 p.m. Boscobel | See details under Friday. 845-838-0094 | hvrenegades.com 7 p.m. Howland Library 845-561-3686 | downingfilmcenter.com Breakneck Ridge Revue Showing Up for Racial Justice See details under Tuesday. Guys and Dolls (Youth Players) 7:30 p.m. Beacon Hebrew Alliance 7:30 p.m. Towne Crier | 379 Main St., Beacon On the Town (Teen Players) 4 & 7 p.m. Philipstown Depot Theatre 331 Verplanck Ave., Beacon 845-855-1300 | townecrier.com 7 p.m. Philipstown Depot Theatre See details under Friday. Email [email protected]. See details under July 21. Peekskill Film Festival 7 p.m. Paramount Hudson Valley 1008 Brown St., Peekskill peekskillfilmfestival.org Where to Invade Next (Documentary, 2015) 7 p.m. First Presbyterian Church 50 Liberty St., Beacon moviesthatmatterbeacon.org HVSF: Book of Will 7:30 p.m. Boscobel See details under July 21. Dweezil Zappa: 50 Years of Frank 8 p.m. Bardavon 35 Market St., Poughkeepsie 845-473-2072 | bardavon.org Joe Lovano’s Trio Fascination (Jazz) 8 p.m. Atlas Studios 11 Spring St., Newburgh 845-391-8855 | atlasnewburgh.com highlandscurrent.com The Highlands Current July 21, 2017 11

A Habit of Goodness (from Page 1) but my parents wouldn’t let me join until I played baseball. I had five brothers Ávila [1515-1582, a Spanish saint] and St. I was 16. who were all good players. Sometimes I Thérèse, the Little Flower [1873-1897, a Were your friends and family pitched. French saint]. surprised? What do you think of Pope Francis? What’s your favorite pizza? No, they weren’t surprised. I just want- He’s been wonderful. He’s gung-ho on I love pizza! But I can no longer eat it. ed to be a sister. My whole family used to Christian unity. He makes us see a lot of What do you do for relaxation? listen to the Graymoor radio programs. things. I do whatever the community here The Ave Maria Hour [ , produced by the Do you think women should be plans for recreation. I love music and play Franciscan Friars of Atonement, debuted allowed to be priests? the keyboard. I can’t see well enough to in 1935 and was broadcast around the It should be allowed. In Brazil I would read music now so I make it up! I tickle world for more than three decades.] go to a school on Sunday. I’d give commu- the keys. How did you celebrate your nion and talk about the Gospel. I’d bring How do you like being “retired”? diamond jubilee? Christianity to a place. I don’t know what that is, really. I’m There was a Mass and a big dinner at What was the last book you read always doing something. I’m teaching a Graymoor. I had 20 guests, many of them Friars in the archives of The Ave Maria for fun? class in scripture now on Skype. Hour in an undated photo from California. I still go back and read about Teresa of What has your work been as a Franciscan sister? Graymoor Radio Hour I went to Fordham University to study liturgy and taught kindergarten at St. Ce- etween 1935 and 1969, the cilia’s Mission in Spanish Harlem in New BFranciscan Friars produced York City. I worked with the poorest of the more than 2,500 episodes of The Ave Maria Hour, the radio program poor in Brazil. that inspired Sister Loretta. They are What project are you most proud of? preserved on vinyl records in the I have worked a great deal on Grass- Archive Center at Graymoor, and in roots Ecumenism [which emphasizes 2008 the friars began converting collaboration between Roman Catholics, them to digital format. A new evangelicals and other denominations]. episode is posted each Friday at atonementfriars.org/avemaria. I’m very gung-ho on Christian unity. I have dedicated my life to that. How do you think of your fellow Franciscans? I think of them as my sisters. They are my family. We share what we have. But I’m sure at times they don’t want to hear any more about Christian unity. I talk 19 Front St., Newburgh, NY about that a lot! 845-561-3686 Why do you think there has been www.downingfilmcenter.com such a decline in the number of Now Showing women entering the convent? Maudie (PG13) It is the way children are brought up Based on the life of folk artist Maud Lewis, these days. Parents are not gung-ho on with Ethan Hawke and Sally Hawkins Christian unity. There is divorce. Children FRI 7:30, SAT 2:30 5:15 8:00 are set aside. This has all accumulated SUN 2:30 5:15, MON 2:00 over time. When I taught kindergarten I TUE & WED 7:30, THU 2:00 7:30 taught children to say their prayers so that NT Live: Obsession (NR) they would grow up with that in their life. With Jude Law Have there been moments when you MON 7:15 regretted entering the convent? MONROE CINEMA @ TMACC I have never regretted it. Sometimes I 34 Millpond Parkway see other sisters leave and I wonder why Monroe, NY 10950 • 845.395.9055 they came. "I tickle the keys," Sister Loretta says of her piano playing. Photo provided www.monroecinema.com What has been your biggest reward Spider-Man: as a Franciscan sister? Homecoming (PG13) I am pleased to be here; it is a gift. I’m FRI 2:15 5:30 8:45, SAT 1:15 4:30 not suffering. There is joy in this. I’m fol- 7:45, SUN 12:15 3:30 6:45 lowing what God wants. It’s like people MON 3:30, TUE–THU 3:30 6:45 who get married and are happy. I’m happy. Cathryn’s Dunkirk (PG13) Did you ever fall in love before FRI 2:45 6:00 9:15, SAT 1:45 entering the convent? 5:00 8:15, SUN 12:45 4:00 7:15 No, but there was a boy I liked. We’d MON 4:00, TUE–THU 4:00 7:15 talk or go to a movie. But it wasn’t serious. To be honest I can’t remember his name! War for the Planet of the Apes (PG13) Have you ever wondered what FRI 2:30 5:45 9:00, SAT 1:30 4:45 you would have done had you not 8:00, SUN 12:30 3:45 7:00 become a nun? MON 3:45, TUE–THU 3:45 7:00 I never thought about it. I didn’t want to be a cloistered nun, though; I wanted 1 King Street, Marlboro, NY to be a missionary. 845.236.3663 Support Groups Did you enjoy sports as a young perchmarlboro.com For a full list of area support groups, woman? Walking distance to The Falcon visit: highlandscurrent.com/sg 12 July 21, 2017 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.com

Browsing, Without a Computer (from Page 9) From there Sternau joined Toppan especially the first editions. Printing, a Tokyo-based firm that produc- Finding the market value of a book is es coffee-table books. He is now vice far easier now, he says, because of the president of business development for internet. “It allows you to compare, but Premier Printing. the thing is that it’s really about condi- Along the way, Sternau began collect- tion, condition, condition!” he says. “I ing books and, about a decade ago, he taught myself [to price books], but it is began selling them online. also a little subjective. Very obscure and “It was a hobby for years, and it rare things are now sold all over the helped me buy more books that I espe- world. I’ve sold to customers in England, cially enjoyed,” he says. He priced his Japan, China, Germany, Australia, and inventory initially using a standard last week to Chile. It’s wonderful when collectors’ reference and was surprised to the world becomes your customer.” see how much some of them were worth, A stroll around the store, guided by

Children's books with decorative covers are on display at Riverside Books. Photo by A. Rooney

More Offline Binnacle Books Sternau, revealed a beautifully bound Bookstores 321 Main St., Beacon 1858 Bible next to tables laden with Bruised Apple Books coffee-table art books, some of which he 923 Central Ave., Peekskill printed. There are books with ornamen- Antipodean Books tal bindings, children’s books from the and Maps Desmond-Fish Library late 1800s with ornate covers and other 29 Garrison’s Landing, Annual Sale Garrison 472 Route 403, Garrison antiquarian books, but also many with Opens Friday, Aug. 18 plain covers and bindings in sections Beacon Reads devoted to individual authors: Tolstoy, 209 Main St., Beacon Hemingway, Thoreau, Kipling, D.H. Lawrence, Dante, Thomas Mann, Anais Nin, Robert Graves. An 1858 Bible, part of Riverside Books' He points out, in the Shakespeare collection section, books from a series about the playwright published in 1948 by Laura hand-colored plates; an 1852 first edition Spencer Porter of Garrison, as well as, on of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, and a 1926 book by the local interest shelves, books by the Franklin Delano Roosevelt which he Warner sisters, Alice Curtis Desmond dedicated to his grandparents and and Mrs. J. Borden Harriman, a history signed. “It’s particularly special because of St. Mary’s Episcopal Church and the he was a man who didn’t express emo- Philipstown Depot eatre presents: 1938 Putnam County Directory. tion much, publicly, yet it’s signed ‘With Other genres include psychology, my love,’” Sternau says. Guys and Dolls, Jr. cookbooks, foreign language, military Sternau also purchases books, particu- Music and Lyrics by Frank Loesser history, art, photography, architecture, larly older editions in good condition. Book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows drama, poetry, travel, nature, science, Email [email protected]. Directed by Harper Levy, Jeremy Ro man, Allie Larocco, science fiction, chess, travel, spirituality Riverside Books is located at 11 Noga Cabo and Jocelyn Lane and history. Peekskill Road, with the entrance on Rare editions are also on hand, Starring 28 Philipstown 4th - 7th graders! Pine Street. See facebook.com/riverside- though not always on display. His books or call 914-552-4197. To browse July 21 - 23 inventory includes an early edition of Sternau’s online listings, which tend to Robinson Crusoe; a 1750 treatise on be for his pricier stock, search for Friday, July 21, 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. Mexican morals produced by the Jesuits; “Riverside Books” at abebooks.com/ Saturday, July 22, 4 p.m. and 7 p.m., Sunday, July 23, 2 p.m. a 1799 Italian book with beautiful books/Bookstores. All tickets $10 at philipstowndepottheatre.org

On e Town Music by Leonard Bernstein, Book by Betty Comden and Adolph Green Directed and choreographed by Katie Bissinger with Linda Speziale, vocal instructor, and Paul Heckert, pianist. Starring Philipstown Teens! July 27 - 30 Thursday, July 27, 7 p.m., Friday, July 28, 7p.m. Saturday, July 29, 3 p.m. and 7 p.m., Sunday, July 30, 2 p.m. All tickets $12 at philipstowndepottheatre.org

Look closely at the volumes on the "Local Interest" shelves and you'll see many Garrison Landing, Garrison, NY (Theatre is adjacent to train station.) familiar names and places. Here a novel by Alice Curtis Desmond shares a shelf with a philipstowndepottheatre.org history of St. Mary's Episcopal Church. Photo by A. Rooney highlandscurrent.com The Highlands Current July 21, 2017 13

Square Deal (from Page 9) were looking for peace and quiet and to Party Boxes that contain the supplies to live near the water.) Conway, an IT create art for tiles sent overseas. Donors specialist, built the company website. can also sponsor the artwork of a child to But as the business grew, Polack felt be included on a tile wall. Or they can something was missing. “In the course of host an art party with portions of the becoming a commodity, we lost focus on sales of tiles and kits directed to partici- doing good,” she says. “My mother and pating charities. grandmother were always helping others, The revamping of her business has and selling something that matters is provided a big boost, Polack says, which very important to me. she feels reflects the times. “With the “By 2012 the market was saturated; affluence and the state of the world, the online, mass-production, digitalized sites millennials are realizing they want their like Snapfish were killing us. We had to children to be givers and doers, not just do four times as many schools to get the consumers,” she says. same yield. The whole climate of fund- For more information, visit artware- raising had changed. At the same time, I forgood.com. had a desire to take my company global, to make a bigger impact.” She changed the company’s name to ArtWare for Good and began selling kits and activities to create art that is transferred to tiles for walls or tables or for keepsakes. A percentage of profits is donated to charities around the world, Diana Polack in Rwanda in 2016 after distributing some of the 1,000 copies of Under most of which focus on children in need. One Moon – ABC 123 to preschoolers Photo provided For example, an Eagle Scout did a project involving tiles with designs Nepal. Another effort, ABC 123, was a wall with 800 tiles was also sent to related to healthy eating that he and collaboration with Books and Beyond Rwanda. other Scouts installed to brighten a food USA to provide 1,000 English-language A third program supports Mission of pantry. A bridal shower party created learning books written and illustrated by Hope, which is building schools in Haiti. tiles to benefit a Ronald McDonald house. Newark high school students to rural The most recent facility is in Minoterie, Corporations have turned painting into communities in Rwanda. “Kids there where many Haitians moved after the team-building activities. Nonprofits have were so unfamiliar with books that many 2010 earthquake. Artwork created with A table created with tiles by employees at created cheerful donor walls. didn’t know how to open them and they the theme of hope was transferred to Celgene during a team-building exercise Overseas, ArtWare for Good helped crumpled the pages while trying to turn tiles to be installed at the school. was donated to Overlook Hospital for its create a Peace and Harmony Wall in them,” Polack says. “We need to use Artware for Good offers several tools pediatric play room. Photo provided thicker paper stock next time.” An art for people to participate, such as Art The Learning Center Preschool at Philipstown Recreation

There is still space available for the 2017-2018 school year!

3 - 5 years old

9:00-11:45am or 9:00-2:00pm Director: Sally Brady Children can attend: 2 days (T & Th), 3 days (M, W, F) or 5 days (M-F)

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rying to put together your family’s story with only the most cryptic Tclues reminds me of a logic puzzle called Who Owns the Zebra? Clues are given about a fictitious neigh- borhood, such as the color of a house paired with the name of the owner, or a pet paired with the position of the house on the street. It’s difficult, but not impossi- ble, to sort each house from the clues. The puzzle resembles our task as genealogists. Often, you have only basic facts, such as an approximate year of birth and/or that a person was born in this or that county. If the person was born before 1850, when the first detailed census was done in the U.S., you can’t rely on birth records, as many locations didn’t have them. Even if you find a baptism or town birth record, you can’t rest, because there may have been more than one person by that name. So you will need to learn as much One genealogist asked for help online after finding four men with the same name born about the same time in the same place with as you can about all the families of that different parents. name in the area. household was named; everyone else was would be going if they are your ancestors? be widely kept. Let’s say you are looking for a female identified by gender and an age range.) To keep track of the “marks” without Those who have ancestors living in New ancestor born about 1806. The initial step You then need to track the family for- names in the early censuses and other re- York in 1855 or 1865 will find extra clues would be to look at all heads of household ward. Is there a matching family in the cords, it is helpful to use a spreadsheet to because census-takers asked for the coun- in the 1810 census in that county that con- same location during the 1820 census? If sort the references to the people under in- ty of birth. The 1855 census also includes tain a mark for a girl under 10 years old. not, is there a family in another logical lo- vestigation, and to assign a birth range to how long a person had been at his or her (In censuses before 1850, only the head of cation, such as on the way to where they each fact. This usually involves educated present address. guesses, of course. This sounds wonky, but always keep a Say you know a person witnessed a will calculator and spreadsheet handy when in 1762. It’s a logical guess that the person you research. Every fact you encounter DON’T SACRIFICE SERVICE JUST was between 21 (the minimum legal age may provide a clue about a person’s birth FOR THE LOWEST PRICE, WE to witness a will at the time) and 72 (ar- year. Once you have assembled a timeline, OFFER BOTH QUALITY SERVICE bitrary, but you have to start somewhere). consider if it makes sense. If it does, make AND COMPETITIVE PRICING So you would plug in a birth range of 1690- a list of research steps. Based on what that 1741. By putting the references together reveals you may refine or even discard with location and related names you can the entire line of inquiry. But at least you usually develop a hypothesis about wheth- won’t spend any more time than you have er you are looking at one person or two or to chasing the wrong John Smith. more people with similar names. LaRobardier is a professional genealo- As you continue to work through your gist and president of the Dutchess County family, you will discover more events and Genealogical Society. Every other month, people who may be part of your story. she will discuss strategy and resources for The goal is to bring the family forward to research in Dutchess and Putnam coun- • Automatic Oil and Propane Deliveries that magical period after 1850 when ev- • Budget Plans – Service Contracts ties and answer queries from readers. She eryone was given a name and age by the can be reached at genealogy@highland- • Furnace / Boiler Installations census-takers, and vital records began to • 24 hour Emergency Service scurrent.com. • BBQ tanks filled at our site • Licensed Technicians

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How the Wind Turns (from Page 1) The Wappinger tornado, which touched down at 7:14 p.m., had winds that reached Tornado Numbers 100 mph, leaving at least 2,500 Central Average number in U.S. each year: 1,250 Hudson customers without power. Intense thunderstorms have one feature In New York state: 10 that makes them more dangerous than Average number of F3-F5 tornadoes in milder storms: Their upwardly rotating U.S. per year: 38 whirlwinds can easily turn into tornado forges. Average time in New York state between There was hail the size of golf balls re- F3-F5 tornado: 5 years ported in Poughkeepsie from the same Source: National Climatic Data Center storm, but in Wappinger, according to the (1991-2010 data) National Weather Service, conditions pro- duced a brief tornado that rated a “1” on does — have been reported in northern the 0 to 5 Enhanced Fujita Scale, which locales such as central Minnesota and up- indicates it had estimated wind speeds of state New York. 86 to 110 mph. When the air inside a thunderstorm is Tornadoes of this force cause “moder- shoved from a sideways to a vertical tilt, ate” damage, which means roofs severely it forms the funnel associated with tor- stripped but intact, mobile homes over- nadoes. It can happen quickly, and torna- turned or badly damaged and exterior does are hard to predict because they tend doors and windows broken. Before the to exist for only a few miles, if that. The A photo of the storm taken by Dutchess County first responder Ryan Michaels in Wappinger storm hit, the last tornado to Wappinger tornado, which was estimated Wappinger at 8:23 p.m. on May 31 Photo provided touch down in Dutchess County, in June to be a quarter-mile wide with a path of 2006, was also an F1. (The most recent about 1.25 miles, was not confirmed by the level winds [from the southwest] some- tornado in Putnam County was an F0 in National Weather Service until two days "With the north-south orientation of times get ‘funneled’ up the Hudson Val- 1990, but in 1989 an F2 caused five inju- after it touched down. the Hudson Valley, low-level winds ley from due south. This localized added ries.) Although tornados can strike anywhere [from the southwest] sometimes get southerly component, as opposed to the This year has seen record-breaking (the only place one has never been record- ‘funneled’ up the Hudson Valley from more regional southwesterly wind, some- numbers of northerly tornadoes in the ed is Antarctica), most form in open spac- times provides the necessary directional U.S. A sluggish jet stream causes it to es. The Highlands is protected somewhat due south." by its forests. But the increasing number shear to allow a storm to rotate, possibly plunge in the West, rather than the East, producing tornadoes,” he says. “Appropri- of severe electrical storms increase the enough to produce a tornado.” which meteorologists say allows warm, ate wind shear is a necessary variable for odds. New York state has already had 310 somewhat humid air to race from the storms to rotate. With the north-south Visit highlandscurrent.com for news severe storms this year, with thunder- South to the Midwest and up the Eastern orientation of the Hudson Valley, low- updates and latest information. Seaboard. As a result, unusually severe storms forecast for the weekend and early thunderstorms — which presage torna- next week. Paul Caiano, a forecaster in Albany for the The Deadliest Wind Was Not a Tornado National Public Radio affiliate WAMC, notes Recorded Tornadoes that the risk of a tornado increases with the n Nov. 16, 1989, nine students at East Coldenham Elementary School in frequency of thunderstorms and their mois- ONewburgh were killed by falling concrete when a 25-foot-high cafeteria wall (F1+) ture levels; higher moisture levels more eas- was destroyed by 90 mph to 100 mph winds. Scientists initially thought it was ily transform them into funnels. an F1 tornado, but then concluded it was instead a thunderstorm “microburst,” Putnam County or downdraft. The wall was built in 1959, a year before the state began requiring “The topography of the Catskill, Hud- public school walls to be able to withstand 120 mph winds. Aug. 9, 1968, 6:30 p.m., F1, east of son Valley and Taconic regions could con- Brewster tribute to the likelihood of some storms July 29, 1971, 4:30 p.m. F2, Mahopac Falls C.&E. 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COMMUNITY BRIEFS Cold Spring Couple Huber and Lidija Slokenbergs. This Week's Hot Act The musical was directed and choreo- to be Honored graphed by Katie Bissinger with vocal in- structor Linda Speziale and pianist Paul Recognized for volunteer work Heckert. The sets are by Tania Dirks and he Community Foundations of the Hud- lighting by Hudson Heckert. Tickets are Tson Valley will honor a Cold Spring $12 at philipstowndepottheatre.org. couple, Seamus Carroll and Marie Wieck, at its 23rd annual garden party to be held at Community Congress Obercreek in Wappingers Falls on Sept. 24. Wieck, who has worked at IBM for 30 Philipstown residents organize event years, volunteers in mentorship programs Community Congress to promote A participatory democracy at the local level will have its first forum at 7 p.m. on Thursday, July 27, at St. Mary’s Episcopal Jugglers from A Night on Fire prepare the audience for their daring feats during a Church in Cold Spring. The purpose is to performance on July 2 at Philipsburg Manor in Sleepy Hollow. Photos by Ross Corsair identify important issues and create plans of action to present to elected officials. Anyone who wishes to speak will have that promote diversity in technology lead- Ulster counties. Tickets can be purchased three minutes to present an issue. After ership. She is also a member of the boards at communityfoundationshv.org or by the forums are concluded, organizers will of Charity Navigator and the Anita Borg calling 845-452-3077. compile the ideas and survey participants Institute and is co-chair of the National As- to determine priorities. sociation of Female Executives Roundtable. If you wish to speak, email philipstown- Carroll has spent his career designing Drug World Partners [email protected] with a and manufacturing electronic imaging with Haldane PTA two- to three-sentence summary. If you systems and co-founded Visiplex Instru- can’t attend the meeting, ideas may also ments, a manufacturer of medical im- Will donate supplies with student kits be submitted to that email. aging devices. He serves as a volunteer rug World in Cold Spring has part- The organizers are Philipstown resi- board member for Guiding Eyes for the dents Jason Angell, Jocelyn Apicello, Pris- Marie Wieck and Seamus Carroll of Cold nered with the Haldane PTA to do- Blind, the Hudson Highlands Land Trust D cilla Goldfarb, Jane Marcy and Thomas Spring will be honored by the Community nate school supplies to Haldane Elemen- and Hudson Valley Seed. Steenburg, and the event is sponsored Foundations of the Hudson Valley on tary teachers with every purchase of a The proceeds from the event fund the by the nonpartisan Ecological Citizens Sept. 24 at its annual garden party at student kit. The store will package the organization’s Community Grants pro- supplies for pick-up or delivery. See drug- Project. See ecologicalcitizens.org/philip- Obercreek. Photo provided gram for causes in Dutchess, Putnam and world.com/haldane or call 845-265-6352. stowncommunitycongress. On the Town at Depot Call for Artists Teen players to present musical Garrison center to host photo show he teen players at the Philipstown De- he Garrison Art Center has put out a Tpot Theatre will present the musical Tcall for submissions for its biennial On the Town starting Thursday, July 27, PHOTOcentric Annual International Jur- and running through the weekend. The ied Photography Exhibition. theater is located on Garrison’s Landing. Photographers may submit work in The performers are William Speziale, three categories: people, nature and open. Evan Tighe, Jeremy Roffman, Gabriel Berg- Awards are given in each category as well er, Suzy Wright, Sasha Levy, Michael Perri- as for best in show. The deadline is Sept. cone, Corinna Parrish, Alessandro “Zeph” 5, and the show will open on Dec. 9. It will Barrios, Helen Chiera, Harper Levy, Curtis be juried by Francis Naumann, a scholar (Continued on next page)

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COMMUNITY BRIEFS Dance and Music Two performances at Atlas axophonist Joe Lovano will perform at SAtlas Studios in Newburgh at 8 p.m. on Friday, July 28, with Marilyn Crispell on piano and Carmen Castaldi on drums and Vex Pentaptych, by Peter Janecke, which won best in show at the most recent percussion. Tickets are $20 at the door. On Saturday, July 29, at 7:30 p.m., At- PHOTOcentric exhibit at the Garrison Art Center, in 2015 Image provided las will host two dances by a+s works, (from previous page) and gallery owner 7 to 9 p.m. on Monday, July 31, at the Bea- Me and the Ghost Upstairs and Body of who specializes in the art of the Dada and con Recreation Center. Words, with the music of Julia Hudak. Surrealist periods. See garrisonartcenter. Tickets are $15. Atlas Studios is located org. Elks Events at 11 Spring St. 55 Films in 3 Days Party and performance will benefit charity Peekskill to hold annual festival he Beacon Elks Lodge is planning two he three-day Peekskill Film Festival Tevents to benefit its charitable work. Twill open Friday, July 28, at the Para- On Saturday, July 29, at 7 p.m., it will mount Hudson Valley Theater. It will in- host a Midsummer Masquerade with food, clude 55 feature and short films. music and drinks. Everyone is encouraged On July 30, Leslie Fields-Cruz, execu- to dress festively and wear a mask. Tick- Monique Fisher will share insights into tive director of the National Black Pro- ets are $20 for members and $25 for non- the African-American tradition of head- gramming Consortium, will lead a panel members. wrapping on July 29 at Arts Mid-Hudson. discussion about funding sources for doc- On Friday, Aug. 4, at 7 p.m., country-pop Photo by Josephine Green umentary filmmakers. singer Alison Peratikos, a Beacon native See peekskillfilmfestival.org for a sched- who in 2015 appeared on American Idol, ized everything from wealth and status, to ule and to purchase tickets. will perform. Tickets are $5. For details, enslavement to the latest style. Call 845- The dance troupe a+s works will perform email [email protected]. 454-3222 or email elevy@artsmidhudson. Me and the Ghost Upstairs in Newburgh on Out to Lunch Returns org for information. Arts Mid-Hudson July 29. Photo provided is located at 696 Dutchess Turnpike in to Putnam Valley Poughkeepsie. Will again play Tompkins Corners he Out to Lunch band will return to Tthe Tompkins Corners Cultural Cen- ter in Putnam Valley for a performance at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 29. The five-piece ensemble, which has been to- gether for three decades, plays everything from bluegrass to classical to jazz and Celtic music with two mandolins, a gui- tar, a fiddle and a bass. Tickets are $20 at tompkinscorners.org. Former American Idol contestant Alison Beacon Peratikos will perform at the Elks Lodge Storytelling Roadshow in Beacon on Aug. 4. Photo provided Dragonfly to play Beacon Sloop Tasty Benefit he Dragonfly Story Hour, a regular Firefly Feast set for July 29 Tevent at the Butterfield Library in Cold Spring, will travel on Saturday, July ommon Ground Farm will hold its 22, to the Beacon Sloop Club for a 7 p.m. Cfourth annual Firefly Feast from 4 to performance. The story slam for adults 9 p.m. on Saturday, July 29, at Memorial is themed “on the water.” Email jblhap- Park in Beacon to raise money for its pro- [email protected] to attend or tell a grams. Tickets are $35 in advance and story. Each story must be true, from per- $45 at the event. Children ages 10 and sonal experience and last no more than younger are admitted free. four minutes. The event includes food, beer and live music. See commongroundfarm.org. Superintendent Chat Head-Wrapping Workshop New Beacon chief to meet public Varied history behind coverings he new superintendent of the Beacon TCity School District, Matt Landahl, he Folk Arts Program at Arts Mid- will hold the latest in a series of commu- THudson will present a workshop on nity meetings to share his vision for the African-American head-wrapping led by district and to hear ideas and suggestions Poughkeepsie resident Monique Fisher at from 6 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, July 25, at the 3 p.m. on Saturday, July 29. Glenham Firehouse in Fishkill, and from Over time, head coverings have symbol- 18 July 21, 2017 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.com Bits of Beacon History By Robert Murphy Angry homeowners, arguing that a fire- Eighteen years later, at Groveville Park daredevil act of climbing buildings using works company should not have been on the outer boundary of Beacon (then only his fingertips and toes. The explosion that rocked Beacon allowed, sued the city for damages. The known as Matteawan), another aeronaut Dubbed the (Continued on next page) he blast knocked children readying City Council quickly passed an ordinance performed on Independence Day when for school off their feet. Windows forbidding firework manufacturing. Chi- Miss Louisa Bates promised to ascend Twere blown out. Chimneys toppled arella, undaunted, moved his factory to 3,000 feet in her 40-foot balloon and para- from roofs. Dishes shattered on kitchen Chelsea, where it continued to operate chute to earth. The spectacle cost only a floors. Peaches dropped from their trees in until 1970, when at age 75, he was killed nickel and included fireworks afterward. one fell swoop ... and that morning it sound- in an explosion. In July 1917, Jack Williams came to ed like the world had exploded like a bomb. Daring aeronauts town. It was said he had such strong fin- The date was Sept. 17, 1924, and the On June 23, 1877, the Fishkill Standard gers he could “squeeze a raw potato into Joseph Chiarella Fireworks Co., at 305 E. reported that a man drew a crowd of more pulp” with one hand. The former trapeze Main St., at the foot of Mount Beacon, had than 1,000 people after he stretched a rope artist turned this prowess into a one-man suddenly and accidentally blown up. across Main Street from two rooftops. He That morning, a worker named Louis had tied loops at 18-inch intervals. “After Fabiano was filling shells with gunpow- taking up a collection on the street,” the der, when, it's believed, his metal scooping paper reported, “the performer appeared spoon created a spark that ignited 1,000 on top of the building in tights and with- pounds of gunpowder. Fabiano was found out a balancing pole or other device, went about 100 feet away. He was badly burned out on the rope and let himself down un- and full of wood splinters and died later der it. With his body swinging in the air that day at Highland Hospital. Joseph and his head down, he walked across the The Melzingah Hotel as it looked when Chiarella escaped with minor burns. street by placing his feet, one after the Jack Williams, the "Human Fly" BHS the Human Fly climbed it in 1922. Hundreds of homes were damaged. other, in the small loops.”

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Philipstown, Cold Springthat at times Mergeincluded the Village of Nel sonville. It dovetails with a push by Gov. - Building DepartmentsAndrew Cuomo for local jurisdictions and counties to streamline. - The Cold Spring Building Department - 2, 2017 Deal finalized after years highlandscurrent.com/delivery June continues to exist, if only on paper, be of discussion; Nelsonville cause the village will outsource its work uncertain to the town. Philipstown Supervisor Rich - ard Shea said that provides some flexibil come join us By Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong ity as the village does not have to dissolve - old Spring and Philipstown agreed its department, which would involve a in votes on May 23 and 24 to con- lengthy legal process, and move every solidate their building departments, - thing to Town Hall. C An inter-municipal agreement also “al at least for a year, with the town’s full- lows us to sort of wade into it,” Shea said. time building department taking over the - The village and town tested the waters in - functions of the village’s part-time de September 2015 when Philipstown began - partment. The village will pay the town handling inspections for the Butterfield $20,000 annually to cover costs. - redevelopment in Cold Spring. The Village Board and Town Board ap Under the agreement, Cold Spring resi proved the merger by 5-0 votes. The contract - dents will file building applications at Vil provides that the town and village equally lage Hall, where officials will review them divide any fees collected above $20,000 an before sending them to Philipstown. Cold nually for Cold Spring properties. - Spring will retain its records. Building departments are typically re - - The Village Board approved the merger Photo by Ross Corsair sponsible for reviewing plans, approving with little comment. and monitoring construction projects for However, at the Town(Continued Board meeting, on Page 5) violations, issuing certificates of occupan Cold Spring resident Lillian Moser object OUT AT HOME — Despite a plea from a Pawling runner, the umpire calls her out after cy for new structures and enforcing zon ed. “I’m going to Or send check to the tag by Haldane pitcher Shianne Twoguns (right) late in the Blue Devils' 3-2 victory ing laws. that made them Section 1, Class C softball champs. The run would have tied the game. The merger, which began at the start of For more photos, see page 19. The Blue Devils played Section 9 champion Pine Plains , the village’s fiscal year on June 1, evolved on June 1 in the Class C sub-regional. and the Hudson Highlands State Park from several years of sporadic discussions Preserve. Dennings Point Four and a half miles away, on the other Read This Story. Thenside ofGo the city, Outside rests home of a 1.2-mile loop that closes each out Loads of Beacon routes to winter to become a bald eagle sanctuary. doors From the trail, hikers and runners can explore for National Trails - Day, and more afoot visit abandoned brick factories along the river as well as nearby, which Dia:Beacon leads to, Sce or, in 161 Main St. before connecting to the mile-long By Jeff Simms Klara Sauer TrailLong DockMadam Park Brett ince being created by the American nic Hudson’s Hiking Society in 1993, National the other direction, to - , another Scenic Hudson park. Trails Day, on the first Saturday Park Hudson Highlands at BOSCOBEL Advertise your business here S The most high profile of the trails in in June, has encouraged hiking, biking, the works is the that will connect Cold walking and every other muscle-powered, trail-based activity that gets people out Fjord Trail Spring to Beacon — another endeavor doors. - There is no shortage of places to spearheaded by Scenic Hudson, this time with more than a dozen partners. stretch your legs in and around Beacon, The master plan was completed two Cold Spring, NY 10516 and a number of interconnected and far- years ago and Scenic Hudson is con reaching routes are in progress. Here is a ducting environmental reviews of the roundup: - , the region’s preliminary route for a public meeting The most notable of Beacon’s already Photo provided this fall. sizeable network of walking and hiking Mount Beacon The plan is for the trail to have about paths is seven sections: 1) the Cold Spring Met highest peak and one-time Revolutionary Every Saturday - ro-North station to Little Stony Point; 8:30am-1:30pm starting at $18. War lookout post, with a mile-long trail to The Megalithic Trail Crew, which welcomes volunteers five days a week from June to - 2) Little Stony Point to Breakneck its summit. - October on the Appalachian Trail in Bear Mountain State Park, this year will continue Ridge, possibly between the tracks Located just outside city limits, Mount work on a 5-foot-wide stairway to the top of the mountain. Over the past decade, more and the river; 3) a half-mile connector Beacon Park is maintained by Scenic Hud than 1,000 stone steps have been built. - from the Route 9D Breakneck tunnel son and the Mount Beacon Incline Rail at the Dutchess County line to the pe way Restoration Society. Its trail is rocky destrian bridge at the Breakneck train and steep, with a number of switchbacks, (Continued on Page 6) - stop; 4) from the bridge, running along but the challenge is worth it for the in Route 9D credible Highlands views. From the peak, you can explore the ruins of the Beacon BOSCOBEL | 1601 Route 9D | Garrison, NY Incline Railway’s powerhouse or, for sea Contact [email protected]. soned hikers, continue to Fishkill Ridge highlandscurrent.com The Highlands Current July 21, 2017 19

Bits of Beacon History (from previous page) “Human Fly,” he proceeded to climb the ed to speak out on women’s rights issues. Fishkill National Bank in Bank Square. In an 1896 interview, Anthony recalled He returned in May 1922 to face a bigger that she had been challenged at the con- challenge: the Melzingah Hotel (now the vention by Charles Davies, who was a Beacon Hotel). With his wife holding their mathematics professor at West Point. baby, Williams scaled the four-story build- Davies lived on his estate, Cerro Gordo, ing, then climbed the hotel’s flagpole. As in Fishkill Landing (now Beacon), where was the Fly’s custom, he passed the hat he entertained notables such as Charles and then donated part of his proceeds to Dickens and Gen. Winfield Scott, head of charity, in this case the American Legion. the army in 1861. The 12-pound cannonball in the lower left Straw-hat season was fired at what is now Beacon by the "Do you not see that so long as During the 1920s there were strict rules British. Courtesy BHS about when a man could wear a straw society says a woman hasn’t brains “Panama” hat. Should he break them, he near the river and may have been part of a enough to be a lawyer, doctor or might find it stomped into the street. By volley shot by British ships on or about Oct. minister, but has ample brains to custom, May 15 was the opening date of 13, 1777, as the fleet sailed north to Kings- be a teacher, that every man who straw-hat season, and it extended through ton, where they would burn much of the Sept. 15. city to the ground. becomes a teacher tacitly admits The Beacon Journal reported in early Why did the British fire? Thomas Farn- before Israel and the sun that he has May 1926 that some straw hats “were Harry Talbot's saloon on Main Street ham, commander of the brig Diligent, conspicuous on the streets,” but most sunk to a woman’s level?" hung a banner in 1913 encouraging the wrote in his journal that at 8 a.m. it had were worn by drivers, because pedestri- union of Matteawan and Fishkill Landing shot several three-pound balls at “armed ans feared having theirs smashed. Ac- At the convention, Anthony recalled, into Beacon. BHS rebels” on the shore. According to local cording Hatless Jack, in New York City in “one man rose and said that men teachers lore recounted in the Fishkill Standard in were not respected as men in other pro- 1922 thousands of straw hats worn before the back bar. The bar was complete with 1878, tavern owner Shibboleth Bogardus the opening date were knocked off and fessions were. I rose to my feet and said: a jar of hard-boiled eggs and other things, had fired his Queen Anne musket in deri- ‘Mr. President!’ No woman’s voice had ever stomped on by roving gangs. floating in a kind of liquid. All was free, sion at the fleet as it passed. Although he The wearing of straw hats, and the been heard in the hall before, and every- naturally, to induce more buying. was too far away to do any damage, the body sat dumb with amazement.” manufacturing of same, was a most im- “Alcohol came from Canada, by way of warships returned fire, with some of the portant topic come spring in Beacon. In The president of the convention was Da- a guy named Eddie Lemke. Father would balls hitting trees and glancing along the vies. “He had on what was called a Websteri- the 1920s, straw hat-making was the city’s color the alcohol with something to make it railing of the tavern. leading industry, with six firms producing an blue coat, with brass buttons. A very fine look like real liquor. We would all pitch-in The cannonballs found in 1875, which affair it was. He caught his thumbs under his them. In May 1926, Beacon’s newest hat bottling it in quarts, pints, etc.; wrap it with weighed 12 and 18 pounds, were donated to manufacturer, the Genuine Panama Hat arms and, coming to the side of the platform, newspaper to protect it from breakage, then Washington’s Headquarters in Newburgh, said: ‘What will the lady have?’ … I Works, opened on Jones Street, now Ver- store it under the tread of the third step and the 12-pounder is currently on planck Avenue. said I wanted the privilege of leading downstairs to the bar. loan to Fort Montgomery. saying a few words. “Harry had a friend, the chief of police, Speaking out “Professor Davies Jesse Dingee, who, on occasions when This year marks the said that must be at pressure mounted for action, would call 100th anniversary of the pleasure of the Harry up and quietly ask him to close up women’s suffrage in convention. There for a while. The chief would test the locked New York. One of were about 1,000 back and front doors and go on his way.” the movement’s ear- women present Beacon’s cannonballs ly leaders was Susan and about 200 Among the Revolutionary War artifacts B. Anthony. A fateful men, but it was displayed in the visitor’s center at the Fort confrontation with left to the men to Montgomery State Historic Site just over one of Beacon’s most decide. After about the Bear Mountain Bridge is a cannonball famous residents dur- a half-hour’s discus- that was once shot at Beacon. ing a teachers’ convention sion on the question it It is one of two found in 1875 by workers in 1853 was the catalyst that was decided in my favor, digging the foundation for the Dutchess gave Anthony the boost but you can imagine that Hat Works factory on lower Main Street, in confidence she need- Susan B. Anthony around 1855 then my heart was up in my throat. I rose to my feet and this is what I said. I remember it word for word: “ ‘Do you not see that so long as society Actor Douglas Fairbanks holds his straw hat says a woman hasn’t brains enough to be a while on his honeymoon with Mary Pickford lawyer, doctor or minister, but has ample in the early 1920s. Library of Congress brains to be a teacher, that every man who becomes a teacher tacitly admits before The plumber’s bar Israel and the sun that he has sunk to a Longtime Beacon Historical Society woman’s level?’ member Fred Talbot, who lived in Syra- “Three men came down from the cuse, died recently at age 97. He wrote a platform to shake hands with me and memoir once of his father, Harry Talbot, thanked me for what I had done, but out who was born in 1884 and for years owned of the 1,000 women there was not 20 who and operated a saloon/plumbing estab- were not shocked. I heard them whisper lishment at 123 Main St. He lived to 106. all around me, ‘Who was that creature?’ When Prohibition arrived in 1919 and ‘Where does she come from?’ ‘I was so the sale of alcohol was banned, Fred Tal- ashamed,’ said one woman, ‘that I wished bot recalled, his father split the saloon the floor would open and swallow me.’ ” into two parts. The bar went to the rear and the plumbing store was in the front. Robert Murphy has been president of “The bar was a sight to see,” Fred re- GOOD-LOOKING GROUP — In 1906 the Beacon Engine Co. No. 1 was named the the Beacon Historical Society since 1998. called. “Done in the way things were then, "finest-appearing company" at a state convention held at Jamestown. These items were excerpted from his blog it sported a stuffed two-headed calf over at beaconhistorical.org. 20 July 21, 2017 For mail delivery, see highlandscurrent.com/delivery Sports Fitzgerald on Beacon Player Named Best in Region Teammate competes for national Brazil Tour team spot Former Blue Devil playing lex Callaway, who hit .413 with four homers, 24 with D3 team RBIs and 17 runs, and also had a 1.14 ERA with 40 strikeouts in 30 2/3 innings as a pitcher for dmund Fitzgerald, a Haldane grad- A Beacon High School, has been named regional Player uate who is about to enter his ju- of the Year by the Poughkeepsie Journal. Enior year at Castleton University in Callaway, who will play next year for SUNY Cort- Vermont, is one of 10 Division III basket- land, was also named to the All-Section 1 team and ball players making a week-long tour of selected by the Dutchess County Coaches Association Brazil sponsored by USA Sports Tours & as Large Schools Player of the Year. Lenny Torres is interviewed by Events. His teammate, Lenny Torres, a rising senior who has the MLB Network after striking The squad began its trip on July 18 with committed to St. John’s University, also was named to out four batters in two innings practice and a youth clinic in Jundiai, fol- the Journal team and earned All-Section 1 honors. The at the Tournament of Stars in lowed by a game in Araraquara on July righthander, who has thrown a 96 mph fastball, went North Carolina on July 2. MLB 19. It plays in Rio de Janeiro on July 22 5-2 with a 1.22 ERA and 70 strikeouts in 34 1/3 innings. against Mesquita, on July 23 versus Quei- In addition, on July 10, after participating in the mados and on July 24 against Fluminese Tournament of Stars in North Carolina, Torres was named to the 40-man roster of the before returning to the U.S. on July 26. USA Baseball Under-18 national team. (He was invited to the tournament after striking Fitzgerald played in all 25 games last out five of six batters at a showcase in Florida on June 17.) The next set of try-outs begins season for Castleton, which finished 16-9. Aug. 19 in Minneapolis, with the roster cut to 20 players on Aug. 24. He finished second in the league in field- Justin Conklin, Jalen Echandy and Frankie Fusco also received honorable mentions goal percentage and ninth in rebounds. on the Journal All-Star team, as did Brian Haines, Kyle Kisslinger and Daniel Santos Edmund Fitzgerald Castleton University Athletics of Haldane.