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January 10, 2020 Support us at highlandscurrent.org/join Cell Tower Settlement Draws Crowds Some Nelsonville residents urge board to fight on By Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong

elsonville residents packed Village Hall twice this week to express N their dismay, frustration and, in some cases, support for a proposed settle- ment to lawsuits filed by telecommunica- tions firms after the village rejected plans for a cell tower on a ridge above the Cold Spring Cemetery. Lawyers for Nelsonville and the tele- com companies negotiated the settle- ment, which would allow a 95-foot tower disguised as a fir tree. The debate spread across Monday and CALL TO ARMS — Mame Diba led the Haldane boys' varsity basketball team with 19 points in a victory over league rival North Salem Wednesday nights (Jan. 6 and 8) as the on Jan. 4. The Blue Devils (6-2) will play Beacon on Jan. 17 in the first Battle of the Tunnel. For more, see Page 20. Photo by Amy Kubik mayor and four trustees heard feedback on an agreement that would end federal lawsuits filed by Homeland Towers and its partner, Verizon Wireless, and AT&T Beacon to Hold Forums on Development Mobility, which intends to use the Home- ning Board and Zoning Board of Appeals. City Administrator Anthony Ruggiero land-Verizon tower. Proposed by new mayor at The City Council, which also has two said he would come to the council’s next The companies sued in June 2018 after his first meeting new members — Air Rhodes and Dan workshop on Jan. 13 with dates and draft the Zoning Board of Appeals denied a Aymar-Blair, representing Wards 2 and 4, agendas for the council to review. permit for a 110-foot tower on a parcel on By Jeff Simms respectively — agreed on Monday (Jan. 6) Each of the forums will include two Rockledge Road. A dead end, Rockledge fter winning an election dominated to hold two forums before Beacon’s mora- segments — one on procedure, to give resi- connects to Moffatt Road, which twists by talk of development, new Beacon torium on new development expires on dents a better understanding of the nuts uphill from Route 9D past rural and Mayor Lee Kyriacou wasted little March 3. The dates and locations are to be and bolts of planning and development, suburban properties at the southern end A time addressing the issue this week, setting determined, but the council agreed to hold followed by a question-and-answer/public of Nelsonville and Cold Spring. the stage for a pair of community forums one forum on a weeknight and the other comment session. (Continued on Page 8) and refreshing the rosters of the city’s Plan- during a weekend. (Continued on Page 6) Putnam Sheriff Releases Three Defendants Under Bail Law One charged in fatal old Philipstown resident on Route 9 near Horton Road and fled the scene. Philipstown hit-and-run The defendant, Javier Lorenzano-Fercano, 40, was taken into custody by agents from By Chip Rowe the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce- he Putnam County sheriff released ment upon his release from the jail, accord- three defendants awaiting trial in ing to the Sheriff’s Department. After being T the county jail under the provisions arrested in Dutchess County the day after of a new state bail law that went into effect the October crash and charged with leaving on Jan. 1. the scene of a fatal accident, a felony, he was Sheriff Robert Langley Jr. said in a being held in Carmel on $25,000 cash bail Sue Serino on Nov. 7 announced the introduction of two bills that would revise the statement that the three men included an or $50,000 bond. bail-reform law. At left are Deputies Carmine Romeo and Gene Aiken of the Dutchess undocumented immigrant who in Octo- Lorenzano-Fercano appeared in Philip- County Sheriff's Office. NY Senate photo ber allegedly struck and killed a 38-year- (Continued on Page 8) 2 January 10, 2020 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.org

FIVE QUESTIONS: DAVID HAVILAND

By Chip Rowe tising copy chief at Toys R Us — I was the voice this country. One of my daughters said to me, of Geoffrey the giraffe. Two years later I took “It seems like everyone wants to punch every- avid Haviland is a psychotherapist a huge pay cut to join the psych unit at Saint one else in the face.” Our leaders have given By Michael Turton in Cold Spring and the author of Francis Hospital in Poughkeepsie. us permission to express the worst side of D Angry Like Me. ourselves. Put that swastika up! Let ’em know What winter sport Are people predisposed to be angry? how we feel! Some people are broken. They Have you struggled with anger? There’s probably some of that, but to me it’s will victimize others and unleash their anger have you not tried, Yes. Hence the title of my book. I grew up as about shining a light on childhood trauma. on them and insist, “I have a right to do that.” one of 11 children in an Irish-Catholic family I had one patient who was mandated by the but want to? in lower Westchester. I remember watching court to see me. Somebody had bumped into Someone cuts you off in traffic. What’s the meatloaf platter being passed around him on the road and he got out of his car and the response? and wondering if I would get any, and also smashed their windows with a garbage can. I tell patients, you have to turn the kaleido- never being able to use our one bathroom. I asked him, “Where do you think that comes scope. People take getting cut off as a personal From that I think I developed a level of impa- from?” He grew up with an abusive father but affront. When we believe that, we tailgate, Curling. Yes, tience that fuels my anger. My trigger might always stifled his anger. I said that our blood pressure rises, we scream, we get indeed — curling. be standing in line at ShopRite in Fishkill every time he exploded, some of out of the car. There are consequences for with one item behind someone digging for a that anger was bubbling out those responses. The person who cut coupon while I’m late for an appointment in like lava. He was expressing you off may have been careless, but it Cold Spring. That’s where I am vulnerable. it in bits and pieces. It’s like also might have been something else. a reflex. I’ve seen the anger Maybe they are upset about a phone You spent 25 years as an advertising of mental illness, but when a call. Maybe they are trying to get to the creative director. Why the switch? person gets medication they When I was in college studying communi- hospital. Before you get behind the are sorry. Anger is more cations, I wanted to make a lot of money doing wheel, understand that getting of a developmental famous ads. I was at CBS for many years, and cut off may trigger you, and problem. Viacom. I enjoyed it, but there was so much give other drivers the bene- [office] politics. I wanted to do something fit of the doubt. Be willing Is there more to turn the kaleidoscope meaningful. In 2003, I finally said to my wife, anger now to see the other possibil- “It’s going to be hard for us, but I’m going back than in the ~ Greg Humphreys, to school.” I went from being a creative direc- past? ities. You weren’t hurt, Poughkeepsie (visiting Beacon) tor at Viacom to working in a group home. I think so. the car is OK; under- After I graduated, I opened a private practice Look at all stand it happens and in Cold Spring but also took a job as the adver- the anger in let it go. Cross-country skiing. HIGHLAND STUDIO I’m too accident- prone for downhill.

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nearly all of the park. Electric Cars in Cold Spring Could Get a Jolt ¢ Trustees approved Cold Spring Police Department Officer-in-Charge Larry Climate Fair also in the works Burke’s request to hire Robert Detlefs as an officer. Detlefs, who lives in Clinton Corners, will soon retire as a deputy with By Michael Turton the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office. old Spring could have its first charg- ¢ Brewster lawyer Andres Gil will serve ing stations for electric vehicles by as Cold Spring’s prosecuting attorney C the fall. beginning Feb. 1. The village is required At its Jan. 7 meeting, the Village Board to have a prosecutor for minor traf- voted to support a grant application by fic offenses because the service will Climate Smart Philipstown to fund the no longer be provided by the Putnam $10,000 project. Roberto Muller, the CSP County district attorney under the coordinator, said, if the grant is approved, the state’s newly enacted bail reform laws. state Department of Environmental Conser- Gil will work one day a month at a rate vation will pay $8,000 while Cold Spring and of $150 per hour. Burke said some of Philipstown would each contribute $1,000. Architect James Hartford (right) presented the board with three requests for purchase that cost may be recouped through fines Muller said the charging station would be of village-owned property. Photo by M. Turton levied by the court. located on lower Main Street, utilizing two parking spaces north of the pedestrian tunnel ¢ The board turned down one request and that passes under the Metro-North tracks. complete the installation. $62,970 for services provided by the postponed two others for the purchase He said the station would accommodate The board also gave preliminary approval Cold Spring Fire Co. during 2020. of small pieces of village-owned prop- for Climate Smart Philipstown to hold a erty; each was presented by architect two vehicles, with a full charge taking from ¢ John Sherer’s request to hold another James Hartford. Trustees opted not to three to four hours. Drivers would be able to Climate Fair near the riverfront bandstand Hops on the Hudson beer festival at sell part of the sidewalk at 114 Main St., monitor and pay for the recharge via their on Saturday, May 2. Muller said the event Dockside Park on May 30 and 31 received where, Hartford said, the owner wants to smartphones, and the Cold Spring police will emphasize strategies for reducing no support from the board. Sherer, who establish a cafe. Tightrope Interactive has would monitor usage and, after a short grace greenhouse gas emissions in Philipstown was not in attendance, earlier received offices there but will relocate to Beacon period, issue tickets if a vehicle remains at based on data collected for a CSP Task Force approval for two festivals to be held at in May. Merandy said the village has sold the station after a charge is complete. inventory. Environmental groups interested Mayor’s Park this summer. Merandy a number of stoops, but does not want to Stations capable of charging a vehicle in 30 in taking part can email Muller at csphilip- expressed concern over the lack of park- sell portions of sidewalks. Decisions on to 60 minutes cost from $45,000 to $60,000. [email protected]. ing at Dockside and Trustee Fran Murphy sales of property at 29 Rock St. and 207 For the time being, Muller said, those stations pointed out that the village’s agreement Main St. were tabled pending site visits. are limited to highway rest stops. In other business… with the state, which owns the park, stip- The grant application deadline is the ¢ Mayor Dave Merandy will sign a new ulates that a portion must always remain ¢ Village resident Tweeps Phillips Woods end of May. If the grant is approved, a local fire protection services agreement with open to the public. Sherer’s proposal was appointed to the Recreation Commis- electrical contractor would be selected to Philipstown in which the town will pay calls for a ticketed event that would close sion.

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* Winner: 45 Better Newspaper Contest Awards * New York Press Association, 2013 -18 Tell us what you think NNA* Winner: he Current welcomes letters to the editor on its coverage and local issues. Submissions 31 Better T are selected by the editor to provide a variety of opinions and voices, and all are subject Newspaper to editing for accuracy, clarity and length. We ask that writers remain civil and avoid personal Contest Awards attacks. Letters may be emailed to [email protected] or mailed to Editor, The Highlands * National Newspaper Association, 2016-18 Current, 142 Main St., Cold Spring, NY 10516. The writer’s full name, village or city, and email or NYNPA* Winner: phone number must be included, but only the name and village or city will be published. 8 Awards for Excellence * New York News Publishers Association, 2017- 18 LETTERS AND COMMENTS Water for state park outside visitors who may bring new vigor nearly unlimited resources of these compa- I was startled by the equation made by and an economic boost to our beloved town. nies ensured their success despite the best Cold Spring’s mayor between the water Fran Hodes, Cold Spring efforts of our current village leadership and needs of the proposed Little Stony Point citizens to save the cemetery. PUBLISHER water hookup and those of the Butterfield Clearly, Little Stony Point needs compost- The telecom industry is used to getting its Highlands Current Inc. development as a drain on the Village of ing toilets, like the Clivus Multrum units way, and the forced reversal of our village 142 Main St. Cold Spring (“State Park Wants Cold Spring’s in use in many similarly remote situations. board’s decision is just another example of Cold Spring, NY 10516-2819 Water,” Dec. 27). One is a year-round, 24/7 Better yet, the park’s stewards could install its power. 291 Main St., Beacon NY 12508 cluster of residences with showers, washing a harvest toilet, such as the Phoenix, made Although, with 5G, the tower technology is machines and dishwashers. The other is a by Advanced Composting Systems in White- becoming obsolete, we see these Frankenpine FOUNDER pass-through site used by hikers from dawn fish, Montana, which allows users to turn towers poke jarringly out of the countryside. Gordon Stewart (1939 - 2014) to dusk and for occasional one-day events poop and pee into fertilizer. Come on, fellow But this one is different, not just because it is such as Maple Syrup Day. beings — think outside the flush toilet! in our village and will hover over our 157-year- MANAGING EDITOR The difference is between filling a teacup Helen Zuman, Beacon old cemetery, which is on the National Regis- Chip Rowe ter of Historic Places, but because this will be [email protected] and a reservoir. The facility at Little Stony Point receives minimal use during the Nelsonville tower the first tower built in a Scenic Area of State- ARTS/FEATURES EDITOR winter months. In the high season, even It is with both sadness and anger that I wide Significance (SASS). There are six areas Alison Rooney with more than 1,000 visitors a day, each read the proposed settlement for a 95-foot of the Hudson River Valley that are consid- [email protected] would be unlikely to use the sanitary facili- “monopine” cell tower (“Nelsonville Has ered important scenic resources and have ties more than twice a day. They might refill Draft Cell Tower Settlement,” Jan. 3). been previously protected from this kind of SENIOR CORRESPONDENT a water flask. Probably they’d buy bottled Our community worked hard trying to ugly intrusion. When this tower is built, a Michael Turton water instead. prevent this insulting eyesore from tower- new precedent will be set, and the areas that Would it be preferable to find unwanted ing over our historic cemetery. The settle- have been designated as SASS will no longer REPORTERS have protection. Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong “deposits” along the trails? Little Stony Point ment comes after months of Homeland is a part of life in Philipstown. Common Towers, AT&T and Verizon pouring money As a part of the Philipstown Cell Solutions Brian PJ Cronin • Joe Dizney group, I have been shocked and horrified by Pamela Doan • Deb Lucke sense calls for it to be made more usable for into a court battle to defeat the decision of our local citizens as well as for the young our Zoning Board not to issue a permit. The what Homeland Towers, AT&T and Verizon Skip Pearlman • Jeff Simms were willing to unleash upon this village in LAYOUT DESIGNER order to make their money. From recommend- Pierce Strudler ing the village hire an “independent” engi- neer (which it did) who turned out to own ADVERTISING DIRECTOR his own tower, to misrepresenting facts and Michele Gedney using manipulated computer programs, and For information on advertising: even supplying bogus real estate “research” 845-809-5584 (paid for by the telecom industry) to prove [email protected] surrounding property values would actually highlandscurrent.org/ads increase (ha!). Finally, Homeland exaggerated its needs so that we could “settle” on what it wanted. Homeland played dirty to overturn the democratic process of our village. THE HIGHLANDS CURRENT Tragically, it will not just be Nelson- (USPS #22270) / ISSN 2475-3785 ville’s sovereignty that will suffer, not just January 10, 2020 our beautiful cemetery marred by 95 feet of Volume 9, Issue 2 (2475-3785) metal, not just the children who will stare at is published weekly by Highlands this monstrosity every day from Manitou’s Current Inc., 142 Main St., Cold Spring, windows, and not just our failure to protect NY 10516-2819. Periodicals Postage Paid our neighbors, whose property values will at Cold Spring, NY, and at additional offices. POSTMASTER: Send address plummet. We also will have failed to protect changes to The Highlands Current, what we have been entrusted with: our piece of 142 Main St., Cold Spring, NY 10516-2819. the Hudson Valley, land saturated with history Mail delivery $30 per year. highlandscurrent.org/delivery and unique beauty. It is so fragile in the hands [email protected] of the corrupt power of the telecom industry. © Highlands Current Inc. 2020 Eliza Nagel, Nelsonville All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any Hustis arrest form, mechanical or electronic, without written permission of the publisher. Because of Chuck Hustis’ high visibility in both his former position at Foodtown and his civic activity in the Village of Cold Spring, this was a newsworthy article, fairly and dispassionately reported, despite protests (Continued on Page 5) highlandscurrent.org The Highlands Current January 10, 2020 5 LETTERS AND COMMENTS

(Continued from Page 4) that the stations were placed in areas that items owned by the Desmond-Fish Public and this imposes a significant burden on had been handicapped spots, which were Library (“Book Benefits,” Dec. 27). It is part some families. otherwise (“Former Cold Spring Trustee moved farther away. of a national trend, in keeping with the core The income earned by the library from Arrested by FBI,” Dec. 20). To think there Tony Bardes, Cold Spring mission of libraries to ensure equitable late fees is negligible. Eliminating fines might be sexual predators living and work- access to resources for everyone. Studies have brings families back to libraries, espe- ing alongside us is disconcerting. For those The editor responds: The stations will shown that fines disproportionately impact cially families who can benefit from such a readers who expressed dismay after click- only charge Tesla vehicles. David Livshin low-income households, which are often the valuable resource. It frees up staff time to ing the link at highlandscurrent.org to read of the Dagar Group, which manages the patrons that depend on libraries the most. focus on other programs and engaging with the complaint despite the warning that it Hudson Valley Towne Center, said the Doing away with late fees is a simple way patrons. It eliminates a punitive system contained graphic language, their response stations will be located far from any build- to break down barriers and bring patrons that punishes people who are seeking to perhaps reflects a naivete about how sexual ings or stores and will not displace any who need our services back to the library. engage with learning. predators go about their business. handicapped spaces. We will still have due dates, and we encour- Thank you, Desmond-Fish, for making As reported in the FBI agent’s affidavit, the age patrons to return their items on time. changes that will have a real impact in the alleged Facebook exchange between Hustis Mayor Casale Lost-item fees may be applied to a patron’s lives of families and other patrons. Garri- and the 16-year-old boy reads like a textbook Randy Casale and I were classmates account if items aren’t returned in a timely son has a huge range of incomes, from the case of how a youngster can be groomed beginning in kindergarten at South Avenue manner but those fees will be waived once uber-wealthy to many middle- and low- through flattery, job offers and “titillating” School (“Beacon’s Mayor Reflects,” Dec. 27). the items have been returned. income families, and Putnam County is language. As a community, we should be We were the two Randys in our high school As libraries adopt fine-free models across among the top three counties in the state collectively grateful to the victim, who had class of 1969. the nation, return rates have been shown for income inequality. the courage to bring this conversation to Like him, I remember Beacon during the to remain the same and many libraries are Tracy Prout Bunye, via Facebook the attention of law enforcement and give late 1950s and early 1960s. There were actu- seeing increases in circulation, card hold- permission for the investigation to continue. ally banks on Bank Square where my parents ers and the return of materials. So, no accountability for poor people? That’s a weighty responsibility at 16. got a mortgage for their home at 80 North Jen McCreery, Garrison Patricia Burruano, via Facebook Hustis will have his entitled day in court Ave. Then things started to go downhill, even McCreery is director of the Desmond-Fish and, if found guilty, will hopefully get the before the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge was library. Libraries have found that fines do little help he needs. But let’s not live in the dark built. There was a lot of talk about “urban if anything to encourage responsible use and turn a blind eye because these things renewal.” What urban renewal? The only Not only is it offensive to presume of library materials — rather, people who are distasteful. “urban” was Main and the only “renewal” poor people lack the responsibility to can afford the fines don’t care if they accrue Rian Keating, Cold Spring amounted to a few flowers, bushes and trees return books in a timely manner, but this them, and people who can’t afford the fines being planted along the street. misguided compassion will now make it avoid borrowing from the library. It’s impor- Tesla stations I’m exaggerating, but it was depressing harder to get items for everyone as there tant that everyone feel empowered to take As difficult as charging stations may be to enough that many Beaconites, including will be no incentive to return on time. advantage of their right to use their library. implement, the installation in the spring of myself, left. I recently heard Beacon referred A consequence to returning an item late is Ryan Biracree, via Facebook 12 Tesla charging stations on Route 9 in Fish- to as Yonkers North — is that good, or bad? a good thing. This ridiculous rule will only Biracree is the digital services coordina- kill is a promising start for a relatively small I know people are complaining about the encourage everyone, despite their ability to tor at the Desmond-Fish library. community (“Electric Fill-up,” Dec. 27). If we changes but from all I’ve heard and from what pay, to take advantage. Let’s see how long it are to leave a livable planet for our children Randy describes, the changes will be for the will take to get popular items after this. Next Common-sense approaches like this are and grands and greats, etc., electric vehicles best. At least Beacon has been able to attract they will get rid of library cards — how about welcomed and applauded in this generous will have to be a major part of that future. people and businesses. I was in Wappingers, just leaving the library doors open? community. I hope the policy will encour- I hope we are smart enough to figure it out Poughkeepsie and Newburgh a few years ago Judy Mclaughlin, via Facebook age other libraries to follow. economically and politically, care enough to and I can’t say the same about those places. Alex Clifton, via Facebook raise a resounding collective voice and open- I hope to visit Beacon this spring and get a I work as a counselor with many working- minded enough to select policy-makers who fresh look at the changes and talk to people class families who are completely unaware Libraries are the heart and souls of our will get it done. face-to-face to hear their honest assessments. of the many services the Desmond-Fish communities. I use their services many Carinda Swann, Beacon Randy Sandford, Orlando, Florida offers. Adolescents tell me their parents times a week. There have been times I stopped taking them because they were so couldn’t pay a late fee and I see a lot of Will the stations charge all brands of Library fines worried about incurring fines. When you patrons in the same boat. Don’t assume cars, or only Tesla? I noticed in a few shop- I want to add some details about our are working two jobs and raising children, responsibility comes only with a deterrent. ping centers in Connecticut and New Jersey new policy that eliminates fines on overdue it is easy to forget to return items on time Deb Lucke, via Facebook NOTICE The Garrison School: Superintendent Search The Trustees of the Garrison Union Free School District Board of Education would like to invite residents of the Garrison School District to attend a Community Forum led by our search consultants, District Wise Search Consultants. Your input will be valuable to us while we create a profile for our next Superintendent. The Community Forum will be held on Thursday, January 16th at 7:00 p.m. in the Garrison School Library. Our community members’ participation is very important during this process. All information gathered by District Wise will be included anonymously in a report that will be prepared for the Board. We hope you can make it on January 16th. For those unable to attend the meeting, or who prefer to provide their suggestions and opinions privately, a confidential email address has been established by the consultants: [email protected]

This address will accept emails until February 16th for inclusion in the report. Any emails received after this date will be forwarded anonymously to the Board of Education.

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two years left in his term. David Jensen, (from Page 1) Beacon Council One of the goals [of the comprehensive plan] a lawyer and current ZBA member, was “If we understand the process as a is to get sufficient density to support a Main named as its new chair, replacing Robert community and we understand what’s in Lanier, who will remain as a board member. our comprehensive plan, it’s reasonably Street in the long run. ~ Beacon Mayor Lee Kyriacou Along with a slew of other organizational sound,” Kyriacou said. “One of the goals agenda items, the council named Amber [of the comprehensive plan] is to get suffi- said he would also update the council on remaining on his term. Warner will serve the Grant, an at-large member beginning her cient density to support a Main Street in Jan. 13 on the repairs. last year of the term of David Burke, who also second term, to step in as acting mayor if the long run. I don’t think that’s going to In addition to announcing the forums, resigned. Byrne will serve a standard three- Kyriacou is absent from a meeting. change, but the ways that we accomplish Kyriacou proposed, with the council year term and replaces Patrick Lambert, Finally, the City Council agreed to hold that are going to change. Bringing that to approving, four new members for the Plan- whose term ended. one meeting each quarter on a Saturday, to the table and allowing an open discussion, ning Board and Zoning Board of Appeals, The council also reappointed John Gunn allow commuters and other residents who I think we’ll all be better off.” the two volunteer agencies charged with and Richard Muscat to the board, with don’t normally come to meetings to attend. The forums will be moderated by a facili- reviewing development plans. Gunn tapped to again serve as chair. Its scheduled meetings occur at 7 p.m. on tator, he added. Kevin Byrne and Karen Quiana, both The council appointed Elaine Ciaccio to the first and third Monday, with workshops The council still must decide whether to architects, and Leonard Warner, an environ- the ZBA, which decides whether to allow on the second and fourth Monday, except extend its moratorium, which was enacted mental engineer, were added to the Planning use and area variances requested for devel- when a holiday pushes the meeting to Tues- in September because of problems with one Board. Quiana replaces Gary Barrack, who opment projects. She succeeds Garrett day or a month includes five Mondays, in of the city’s drinking-water wells. Ruggiero resigned recently, and will serve the two years Duquesne, who resigned, and will serve the which case the fourth Monday is skipped.

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work samples, videos and analysis of a The grants include $100,000 to the Boys to Hudson River Housing for financial Haldane Teacher Receives candidate’s teaching and student learn- & Girls Club for afterschool programs; workshops, housing services, youth train- Certification ing. The process typically takes 200 to 400 $35,000 to Catholic Charities Community ing and updates to its homeless shelters; hours. Services of Dutchess County for eviction $53,000 to Literacy Connections for adult One of 97 honored statewide prevention; $15,450 to the Child Abuse and family literary education; $106,000 to early 100 teachers in New York earned Dutchess Awards $1.3 Prevention Center; $226,000 to Cornell the Mediation Center of Dutchess County Ncertification from the National Board Cooperative Extension Dutchess County for a Restorative Justice Initiative; and for Professional Teaching Standards, Million to Nonprofits to support 4-H, Green Teen and Parent- $60,000 to Taconic Resources for Indepen- including Michelle Cordaro of Haldane Agency Partner Grants designed for ing and Support Education; and $20,000 dence for special education advocacy and High School, who teaches social studies community work to Dutchess Outreach for its fresh market. to upgrade its computers. and history. The grants also included $40,000 to In addition, NAMI Mid-Hudson received To achieve certification, teachers must utchess County on Dec. 26 announced the Exodus Transitional Community for $59,000 to promote mental health liter- complete a performance-based, peer- Dmore than $1.3 million in funding to re-entry work readiness for ex-inmates; acy and the Grace Smith House was given reviewed assessment process that includes 21 non-profits through its Agency Partner $31,000 to Friends of Seniors of Dutchess $18,000 to update its domestic violence a review of teaching portfolios, student Grant program. County for its transport service; $244,000 hotline technology.

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 DUTCHESS COUNTY — Twenty-four of the 25 Dutchess County legislators, representing Beacon, Poughkeepsie, eight villages and 20 towns, were present on Jan. 7 to be sworn in for new two-year terms. Gregg Pulver was also re-elected as chair. Photo provided Solemnly SWORN t COLD SPRING — Trustee Fran Murphy, Mayor Dave Merandy and Trustee Marie Early were sworn in for new terms on Dec. 10 by Cold Spring Justice Thomas Costello. Photo by Michael Turton

u BEACON — Newly elected Mayor Lee Kyriacou took the oath of office on Jan. 1 with New York Assembly Member Jonathan Jacobson officiating. Kyriacou’s wife, Elizabeth Barrett, is with him. Photo by Jeff Simms

 PHILIPSTOWN — Putnam County Legislator Nancy Montgomery, whose district includes Philipstown, administered the oath of office on Jan. 1 to Highway Superintendent Carl Frisenda, whose wife Denise, right, held the Bible. Montgomery also administered the oath to Judy Farrell, elected in November as a Town Board member, as Judy’s daughter Megan, right, assisted. Photos by Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong

Philipstown Supervisor Richard Shea and returning Town Board Member Robert Flaherty were sworn in by Philipstown Justice Camille Linson on Jan. 3. Photos by Kathleen Foley 8 January 10, 2020 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.org

To not give judges the ability to consider Cell Tower (from Page 1) If the parties can’t agree on a settlement the dangerousness of a defendant before by Jan. 31, the telecom companies can ask a judge to issue a summary judgment, or releasing them directly into a community defies a ruling that would end the case in their logic and puts public safety in jeopardy. ~Sue Serino favor. Nelsonville could contest that request and the litigation could continue. However, Adam Rodriguez, a lawyer appointed by the than Jacobson, whose district includes (from Page 1) village’s insurance firm, advised on Monday Bail Reform Beacon, both voted for the budget bill that that because of the companies’ willingness stown Town Court on Wednesday (Jan. 8). included the law. State Sen. Sue Serino, to settle, the village will never have more His attorney, Joseph Tock of Mahopac, did whose district includes the Highlands, has leverage than now. not return a phone message. been outspoken in her opposition. Village Board members could vote to The victim, Heriberto Mercado, who left A few states, including New York, do not adopt the proposed settlement on Tuesday, behind a wife and two children, was found allow judges to take “public safety” into Jan. 21, at their formal monthly meeting. in the road after a witness heard a loud account when deciding on bail. (A judge can “We had our shot in federal court,” noise at about 11 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 25. consider flight risk.) In November, Serino Mayor Michael Bowman said on Monday. The Sheriff’s Department said Mercado introduced a bill that would allow judges to “This is going to be our settlement. We are was walking home from the gas station consider public safety — or what Serino called not going to waste people’s money on a at the intersection of Route 9 and Fishkill a suspect’s “dangerousness” — when deter- fight we’ve been told we cannot win. None These photos, provided by a cell tower Road when he was struck. mining whether he or she should be detained. of us is happy about this.” consultant, show a view of the skyline Langley also said the jail released James She also introduced a bill that would Nonetheless, “we have a responsibility to taken near the cemetery's gatehouse McInerney, 50, a Long Island man charged allow judges to set bail for “aggravated the full village,” he said. “It’s not an easy (top) and the same view with a 95-foot with felony grand larceny, and Dusean Davis, family offenses” such as assault, menacing, decision.” Further, he said, it’s “basically monopine. 28, a Brooklyn resident charged with felony stalking, manslaughter, coercion, burglary out of our hands,” because of federal laws criminal possession of a forged instrument, and harassment where the defendant and that treat cell towers as public utilities and pending their court appearances. Defense the alleged victim are members of the restrict local municipalities’ control over attorneys requested their clients be released. same family or household. where they are built. (At the Dutchess County Jail, officials “To not give judges the ability to consider Trustee Dove Pedlosky said legal repre- released at least 10 defendants following the dangerousness of a defendant before sentation costs the village about $5,000 a implementation of the bail-reform law.) releasing them directly into a community month and that insurance is not covering The bail-reform law, enacted as part of defies logic and puts public safety in jeop- all the fees. the 2019-20 state budget, eliminates cash ardy,” Serino said in a statement. “Making Peggy Clements, who voted against the bail for defendants charged with most this important change is not about parti- cell-tower application when she served misdemeanors and non-violent felonies, san politics, it’s about public safety.” on the Nelsonville ZBA in 2018, said she a step seen by its supporters as keeping She added: “Proponents of the new bail backed the settlement. “I have every faith low-income defendants from being jailed law have argued that New Jersey recently that this board has done everything to get for long periods before trial. (A non-violent passed ‘essentially’ the same changes and the best solution to a situation none of us felony can include stalking, assaults that has seen a reduction in crime as a result. wanted,” she said. don’t cause serious injuries, drug offenses However, New Jersey ultimately did include But Maria Stein-Marrison, the director and burglary.) By one estimate, as of Dec. measures to allow judges to conduct risk and managing partner of the private Mani- 30, about 65 percent of the state’s jail popu- assessments before release based on the tou School, on Moffatt Road, objected. lation were defendants awaiting trial. defendants’ criminal history and the sever- “What can we do to continue to fight The law also requires police officers to ity of the charges — a measure that is miss- A photo of a 114-foot monopine in against this?” she asked. “I started this issue court appearance tickets rather than ing from New York’s new bail laws.” Adirondack State Park taken from a school and I’m now facing the prospect of arrest most people charged with misde- The Putnam County Legislature on Dec. 18 village report losing it. If parents pull [students] out of meanors or the lowest class of felony. unanimously approved a resolution calling school because of this tower, I’m going to “it’s not just a question of having run out The exceptions are sex-related misdemean- on the state Legislature to repeal or amend have to close it down. I urge you to please of money” but that “we don’t see a legal ors and violations of orders of protection in the measure. “Bail reform will make it impos- not accept this settlement.” path forward.” domestic violence cases. For non-violent felo- sible for a judge to set bail on a whole host of David Eisenbach, a Nelsonville resi- Audience members offered to fund nies, a judge can set bail for sex offenses, cases since cash bail will be eliminated for dent, recalled neighborhood preservation continued legal action. conspiracy to commit murder, witness Class E felonies that include assault, aggra- disputes in New York City and remarked “We’re listening,” Bowman promised. intimidation or tampering, terrorism-related vated harassment or theft, in addition to that “there are no unwinnable fights until Acknowledging on Monday that consider- offenses or violating an order of protection. most misdemeanors,” it read. Before voting, you stop fighting.” With concerns about the ing a settlement “is very upsetting,” Trustee Sandy Galef, whose state Assembly legislators amended the resolution to refer- tower’s effect on history, the environment Lisa Mechaley termed it “a soul-sucking district includes Philipstown, and Jona- ence Lorenzano-Fercano’s case. and public health, opponents have three experience for all of us.” However, she said, powerful issues, he said. “You can win.” “it’s important that we all still remember Former Mayor Bill O’Neill, who lives that we’re a community trying to address near the proposed tower site, contended what we can with the resources we have.” that “this community ought to continue Frank Caccetta, a Nelsonville resident, the fight as long and as hard as we can saluted the board for having “fought a against this abomination. A settlement at good fight. You gave it your all.” He added this point is premature and unwise.” that residents were “getting all upset and Two days later, O’Neill made similar excited over nothing, really.” points, urging the Village Board to “have Kenneth Levine proposed that before some courage to continue the fight. We can adopting a settlement the board “extin- prevail.” O’Neill led the village during the guish all avenues” and hold an emer- review of the cell-tower application and in gency referendum so residents can vote the first months of the lawsuit. on continued litigation. That way, he said, Pedlosky cautioned on Wednesday that “you’re throwing it back on the people.”

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Nancy LeVine’s photo of dancer Melissa Toogood was part of a project called “Art – The Moving Thread.”

Deeper Don Alter in 2007 with one of his paintings, “Apple Orchard” Photo by Harald Plochberger Vision A Lifetime of Art Seattle transplant opens Friends mount memorial prolific record of his visual storytelling.” Beacon gallery Goldberg recalls “the privilege of By Alison Rooney show for Don Alter wandering through his archived works and studio storage while pulling work for By Alison Rooney hree months after moving to a show last year in Berlin. Getting that Beacon from Seattle, Nancy LeVine or years, Don Alter’s studio was a close to his process and the meaning T has opened a photography gallery. jam-packed, single-car garage in behind each work as he explained them is “For me, the ideas come up and then I Nancy LeVine Photos provided FNewburgh. After his death in Febru- something I will always treasure. just follow them,” she says. ary at age 88, two friends, Tony Moore and “The subjects he tackled are the history Brown Eyes Gallery is located in a second- of how to say what they want to say and Harald Plochberger, decided to mount a of the 20th century: war, home, love, reli- floor space on South Street, just off Main. create a cohesive body of photographs. It’ll memorial show. gion, the everyday and aging. The artists LeVine says she will use it to display her work, be a good, interesting discourse. At the It will open on Beacon’s Second Saturday, (Continued on Page 12) teach and carve out some space for local last class, they’ll present their work.” Jan. 11, at Hudson Beach Glass, with about photographers to socialize and talk shop. LeVine will also host workshops at her 50 paintings, drawings and prints that LeVine is no stranger to New York. She gallery beginning Tuesday, Jan. 14, “work- Alter created later in his life. A reception moved to the city to become a fashion ing with people to deepen their vision of is scheduled for 5 to 8 p.m., and on Sunday, photographer, then relocated to the West whatever subject matter they want to Jan. 19, at 3 p.m., Moore and Plochberger Coast about 20 years ago. explore,” she says. will speak about their colleague and his “I had been in Seattle for quite a while During her time in Seattle, LeVine taught work. (The snow date is Jan. 26.) The show and wanted to move back east to be near at the Photographic Center Northwest and continues through Feb. 2. friends and family,” she explains. “What other institutions, enlivened annual reports Alter experimented throughout his life, I like about Beacon is that it’s a warm, for Starbucks and brochures for Microsoft whether with painting, drawing or digital. engaging town with people-to-people visi- with her “visual voice,” and worked on proj- In an interview with The Current in 2014, bility. I’ve already met and photographed ects such as photographing the Seattle Chil- when he opened a show at the now-closed so many just by ambling down the street dren’s Hospital, where she freelanced for 17 Gallery 66 NY in Cold Spring, Alter said he walking my dog. It’s a cliché, but a world years, learning to tell stories. still asked himself, What is a painting? “I spent looking at machines gets old.” “It was not just a sick child or a doctor,” try to push at that all the time,” he said of After quickly acquainting herself with she recalls. “I photographed every corner the format. “What that embodies is always the arts community, LeVine will be lead- of the hospital — surgeries, research scien- being investigated.” ing a six-session weekly workshop called tists, children and parents.” Alter was “important to the Hudson Storytelling with Photographs at the Garri- Whatever the subject, whether it’s a fash- Valley and the greater art world partly son Art Center beginning Sunday, Jan. 12. ion line or a series on “senior dogs across because he was one of the last of his “We’ll meet as a small class group for the America,” which led to a book of the same generation,” says artist Carla Goldberg, first and last classes, and in between it’ll name, LeVine says what’s critical is what who lives in Beacon. “The things he be one-on-one, all levels,” she says. Partici- she calls her “recognition of the other,” or lived through are fading in our collec- “Woman and Child Outdoors,” a digital pants “will pick a subject and we’ll work “a deeper sense of whatever or whoever you tive memory as his generation passes drawing by Donald Alter together to deepen their understanding (Continued on Page 12) on. Thankfully Don left us an incredibly 10 January 10, 2020 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.org THE WEEK AHEAD Edited by Pamela Doan ([email protected]) For a complete listing of events, see highlandscurrent.org/calendar.

COMMUNITY VISUAL ART

SUN 12 SUN 12 Putnam Service Dogs The Shape-Shifters Info Session PEEKSKILL COLD SPRING 3 p.m. Hudson Valley MOCA Noon. Hudson Hill’s | 129-131 Main St. 1701 Main St. | 914-788-0100 917-449-5359 | putnamservicedogs.org hudsonvalleymoca.org During this free informational Artist and art historian Marcy B. lunch, learn about raising a puppy that Freedman will begin a three-part will become a service dog for someone series, Art History with a Twist, to with physical or hearing disabilities. explore how art confronts human behavior. Cost: $20 ($10 members) WED 15 Chamber Breakfast SAT 18 COLD SPRING Winter Weekend 9 a.m. Hudson Hill’s | 129-131 Main St. NEW WINDSOR coldspringnychamber.com 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. Storm King Meet and greet local elected 1 Museum Road | 845-534-3115 officials and get answers about stormking.org operating a business in Philipstown Enjoy the art center’s outdoor and Cold Spring. Cost: $15 ($20 sculptures during limited door; $10/$15 members) weekend openings. Cost: $18 ($15 seniors, $8 children and teens, KIDS & FAMILY free under age 4 and members)

SAT 11 SAT 18 Fei-Fei Art is Elementary BEACON BEACON Noon. Howland Cultural Center 2 – 4 p.m. Howland Public Library 477 Main St. | 845-763-3012 313 Main St. | 845-831-1134 howlandmusic.org beaconlibrary.org This Classics for Kids This fourth annual exhibit of concert will feature the New artwork by eight students from York City-based pianist in a each of the Beacon district’s family-friendly program. Cost: elementary schools — J.V. Forrestal, $10 adults (children free) Glenham, Sargent and South Avenue — was organized by SAT 11 teachers Sallie Farkas, Cathy Pezzo Art is Elementary, Jan. 18 Middle School Night and Susan Wurtz. Through Feb. 1. with Lazer Tag SUN 19 seasonal projects such as growing WED 15 have felt marginalized despite GARRISON microgreens and pollinator- the gains of recent decades,” said 7 – 10 p.m. Philipstown Recreation Curator Talk: Donald Alter Hudson Valley Cyber BEACON friendly plants from seeds, and Security Summit Florke, whose husband is Rep. Sean 107 Glenclyffe Drive | 845-424-4618 how to support wildlife in your Patrick Maloney. “This is the first 3 p.m. Hudson Beach Glass philipstownrecreation.com yard. Cost: $15 ($5 children) POUGHKEEPSIE time in a house of worship and it’s 162 Main St. | 845-440-0068 For Philipstown residents 9 a.m. Marist College particularly meaningful for it to be hudsonbeachglass.com 3399 North Road | 845-486-2450 in grades 6 to 8. Cost: $5 SAT 11 where Sean and I got married.” Free Harald Plochberger and Tony dutchessny.gov/cybersummit Moore, curators of an exhibit of Understanding TUES 14 In this three-hour workshop Alter’s paintings, will discuss his work and Responding to THURS 16 Family Science: Bubbles for community leaders, and life. The snow date is SUN 26. Antisemitism industry experts will explain Be an Empowered GARRISON PUTNAM VALLEY what to do before, during Health Care Consumer 6 p.m. Desmond-Fish Library TALKS & TOURS Noon. Reform Temple of Putnam Valley and after a cyberattack. GARRISON 472 Route 403 | 845-424-3020 362 Church Road | 845-528-4774 Registration required. Free 1:30 p.m. Desmond-Fish Library desmondfish.org/familyscience SAT 11 rtpv.org 472 Route 403 | 845-424-3020 In this family event, learn why Marketing Seminar Rabbi Steven Altarescu will lead WED 15 desmondfishlibrary.org bubbles behave the way they do, how for Artists a discussion for adults on how to Judy Farrell, a member of the to make the best bubbles, and how A Personal History of understand the current wave of Philipstown Town Board and the to manipulate them. Participants are BEACON the Gay Civil Rights 10 a.m. Catalyst Gallery | 137 Main St. antisemitism. Share your thoughts Community Service Society of New asked to dress for a mess. Registration Movement York, will talk about how to reduce 845-204-3844 | theresagooby.com and feelings in a supportive group. closes SUN 12 at 2 p.m. Free COLD SPRING medical debt and get the most In this two-hour presentation, 7 p.m. St. Mary’s Church of the healthcare system. Free Theresa Gooby, an artist and career SUN 12 THURS 16 1 Chestnut St. | 845-265-2539 consultant, will teach artists how to The LEGO Movie 2 Bird Identification stmaryscoldspring.org get exposure for their work. Cost: $125 Workshop THURS 16 GARRISON Gwen Walz, the First Lady Get Your Strength Back: 6 p.m. Desmond-Fish Library COLD SPRING of Minnesota, will interview SAT 11 1 p.m. Butterfield Library Philipstown resident Randy Florke Managing Pain 472 Route 403 | 845-424-3020 Winter Gardening BEACON desmondfishlibrary.org 10 Morris Ave. | 845-265-3040 about his life and experience as a gay civil rights activist. “Gwen 6 p.m. Howland Public Library This 2019 animated film has a GARRISON butterfieldlibrary.org and I have taken this presentation 313 Main St. | 845-831-1134 new adventure in space to protect 10:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Pete Salmansohn will to college campuses across the beaconlibrary.org Bricksburg from invaders who Desmond-Fish Library | 472 Route 403 explain how to recognize the nation where it has resonated Dr. John Uhorchak, who tear down things faster than they 845-278-6738 | desmondfishlibrary.org birds in your backyard. Best with students, many of whom specializes in orthopedic sports can be rebuilt. Rated PG. Free Master Gardeners will discuss for ages 7 and older. Free highlandscurrent.org The Highlands Current January 10, 2020 11 medicine, will lead a seminar Robert Ponto, will perform works (Stories from the Stage), Mike on preventing and treating by Bach, Brahms and Holst. Free Cho (Risk!) and Mike Burdge common injuries in older athletes of Story Screen Beacon will to the neck, shoulder, arm, SAT 18 perform. Cost: $17.50 ($20 door) forearm, wrist and hand. Free RJ Storm and Old School Bluegrass Band THURS 16 THURS 16 BEACON Disney’s Frozen (Kids) 50 Years Later: Building 8 p.m. Howland Cultural Center BEACON the Sloop Clearwater 477 Main St. | 845-831-4988 7 p.m. Beacon High School BEACON rjstorm.bpt.me 101 Matteawan Road | 845-350-2722 7 p.m. Scenic Hudson River Center The band is known for beaconperformingartscenter.com Long Dock Park | 845-463-4660 its energetic and engaging Three casts of young performers beaconsloopclub.org performances. Cost: $10 ($15 door) will present an abridged version Betsy Garthwaite, a former of the popular film about an ice princess. Also FRI 17, SAT 18, captain of the sloop, will SAT 18 SUN 19. Cost: $10 ($5 children) recount the story of how Pete Back to the Garden 1969 Seeger’s dream became an environmental flagship. Free BEACON SAT 18 8:30 p.m. Towne Crier Hudson Highlands 379 Main St. | 845-855-1300 SAT 18 Poetry Hauntings of the Hudson townecrier.com Music from the Woodstock GARRISON River Valley era. Cost: $30 ($35 door) 1:30 p.m. Desmond-Fish Library COLD SPRING 472 Route 403 | 845-424-3020 5 p.m. Putnam History Museum SUN 19 desmondfishlibrary.org 63 Chestnut St. | 845-265-4010 From Senegal to Seeger The latest installment of the putnamhistorymuseum.org series will feature Sean Singer BEACON Vincent Dacquino will discuss reading from his collection, Honey 7 p.m. Towne Crier his book on the legends of Sybil & Smoke and Iain Pollack from Ludington, Chief Daniel Nimham 379 Main St. | 845-855-1300 Ghost, like a Place. Free and George Denny and how they townecrier.com may have left behind spiritual Michael Miles will perform his CIVIC residue. Cost: $10 (free for members) one-man tribute to Pete Seeger with a narrative concert that includes MON 13 protest songs and banjo. Proceeds SUN 19 City Council will benefit the Hudson River Sloop Deciding Together Clearwater. Cost: $15 ($20 door) BEACON GARRISON 7 p.m. City Hall 1 Municipal Plaza | 845-838-5011 7 p.m. Desmond-Fish Library STAGE & SCREEN 472 Route 403 | 845-424-3020 cityofbeacon.org desmondfishlibrary.org SAT 11 As part of the library’s annual Met in HD: Wozzeck MON 13 Jennifer Dooley at Riverwinds, Jan.11 celebration to mark Martin Luther POUGHKEEPSIE School Board King Jr. Day, Mildred Solomon, 1 p.m. Bardavon BEACON president of the Garrison-based SAT 11 in the Main Gallery. Nash Hyon’s 35 Market St. | 845-473-2072 7 p.m. Beacon High School Hastings Center, will speak about paintings in the Beacon Room Donald Alter bardavon.org 101 Matteawan Road its work to counter the effects of express how elements exist in BEACON 845-838-6900 | beaconk12.org polarization in federal policies on relationship to each other, such as Watch the Metropolitan Opera 5 – 8 p.m. Hudson Beach Glass science, health and civil rights. the moon and tides. House’s live broadcast of Berg’s 162 Main St. | 845-440-0068 Bring a dish for a potluck that 20th-century opera with baritone THURS 16 begins at 6 p.m. Free hudsonbeachglass.com Peter Mattei in the title role. Cost: Superintendent Search Harald Plochberger and Tony MUSIC $28 (members $26, children $12) Moore curated this exhibit of the late Forums SECOND SATURDAY SUN 12 artist’s work in memoriam to him. SAT 11 GARRISON It includes more than 50 paintings, Fei-Fei 2 & 7 p.m. Garrison School SAT 11 The Artichoke drawings and prints created BEACON 1100 Route 9D | 845-424-3689 Whispers from the during his final years. See Page 9. 4 p.m. Howland Cultural Center BEACON gufs.org Castle Keep 477 Main St. | 845-831-4988 8 p.m. Howland Cultural Center Search consultants will lead 477 Main St. | 845-831-4988 BEACON SAT 11 howlandmusic.org a discussion of the qualities artichoke.brownpapertickets.com Noon – 4 p.m. Small Works Show The Howland Music Circle’s that are desirable in a district Beacon Historical Society annual piano festival will open with Storytellers Elna Baker (This leader as the school board BEACON 17 South Ave. | 845-831-0514 Fei-Fei performing Beethoven’s American Life), Micaela Blei (The searches for a successor to Laura 5 – 8 p.m. Catalyst Gallery beaconhistorical.org Sonata in E-Flat Major, Op. 31, Moth Radio Hour), Erin Barker Mitchell, who left Dec. 31. 137 Main St. | 845-204-3844 No. 3; Schumann’s Kinderszenen (The Story Collider), Sandi Marx The exhibit will include catalystgallery.com paintings, photos, catalogs Op. 15; Debussy’s Joyeuse Isle and This is the closing reception and artifacts provided by the Rachmaninoff’sMoments Musicaux, for the annual show. Bannerman Castle Trust that tell Op. 16. Cost: $30 ($10 students) the story of the arsenal and castle, including items from the Civil and SAT 11 WED 15 Spanish American wars. It will New Year/New Artists Tiokasin Ghosthorse be open Thursday from 10 a.m. to BEACON BEACON noon and Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m. 6 – 9 p.m. RiverWinds Gallery 8 p.m. Howland Cultural Center through Feb. 29. 172 Main St. | 845-838-2880 477 Main St. | 845-831-4988 riverwindsgallery.com tribalharmony.bpt.me Paintings by KP Devlin For the first concert in the center’s and photographs by Jennifer Tribal Harmony series to celebrate Dooley will be on display. indigenous cultures, Ghosthorse will perform music from the SAT 11 Lakota people on handmade flutes Camaraderie / Beyond accompanied by David Amram the Tide on piano. Cost: $10 ($15 door) BEACON 6 – 9 p.m. BAU Gallery | 506 Main St. SAT 18 845-440-7584 | baugallery.org Top Brass Jack Troy, a potter and teacher, WEST POINT gathers artists to create pieces 7 p.m. Cadet Chapel | 722 Derussy Road and fire them together, working in 845-938-2308 | westpoint.edu shifts with anagama kilns. Some The Concert Band Brass and Met in HD: Wozzeck, Jan. 11 of the results will be displayed Percussion, led by guest conductor 12 January 10, 2020 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.org

HOWLAND CULTURAL CENTER

Fri. Jan. 10 – 7 pm HUDSON VALLEY POETS Your chance to read, or just enjoy Sat. Jan. 11 – 12 noon CLASSICS FOR KIDS Fei-Fei, pianist, in a short program (tickets: www.howlandmusic.org) Sat. Jan. 11 – 8 pm * THE ARTICHOKE Our hit storytelling night! Sun. Jan. 12 – 4 pm FEI-FEI, PIANIST Howland Chamber Music Circle (tickets: sold out. www.howlandmusic.org) Tues. Jan. 14 – 7 pm OLD TIMEY SOUTHERN FIDDLE TUNES JAM SESSION String players, or just listeners, welcome Wed. Jan. 15 – 7 pm * Senior dogs in Denver, from left: Phyllis (12), Englebert (9), Loretta (12), Eeyore (14), TIOKASIN GHOSTHORSE Enoch (5) Photo by Nancy LeVine with DAVID AMRAM Tribal Harmony series opens at the Howland! photography. “My dad was a serious hobby- Sat. Jan. 18 – 8 pm * LeVine (from Page 9) ist,” she says. “I grew up with someone who R.J. STORM & OLD SCHOOL Smokin’ hot bluegrass band are photographing. When people look at always had a camera in his hand. I wound up doing it where I could — at camp, taking AND MORE my dog photos, they make a human connec- Fri. Jan. 17 - Thom Joyce’s Open Mic tion. All the work is about this recognition. yearbook photos. Fri. Jan. 24 - Blind Tiger Improv’s comedy night All of us want to be seen. It’s essential for “The fashion side I got from my mother,” Sat. Jan. 25 - Elysium Furnace Works - jazz with James Carney trio humans. It all comes down to a meaningful she says. “She ran a boutique on St. Thomas; Print Advertisement Graphic Design and Photography by Benjamin Fiering 914-772-6231 photograph; I aspire to that always.” later she worked at Bergdorf’s — all the 477 Main Street, Beacon, NY 12508 [email protected] “doctor structure” (845) 831-4988 is trademark protected. LeVine spent part of her childhood on women would come to Zelda because facebook.com/howlandcenterbeacon St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands, they trusted her taste. Life is funny; some *Brownpapertickets.com, search Beacon Howland where her family moved when she was in people know just what they’re going to do. third grade. “We lived in a house at one I was never that person.” end of the island where there was silence and beauty, with beaches and conch Brown Eyes Gallery is located on the Third Floor Corporation shells lying untouched, and the freedom second floor at 1 South St. in Beacon. See to meander around,” she recalls. browneyesgallery.com or call 206-250-1019. It was during college that she took up structural repairs ∙ design and build ∙ architectural projects historic preservation ∙ high-performance construction B Alter (from Page 9) U I who knew and loved him well enjoyed hear- L ing his opinions. He always ended with the D words, ‘I don’t know — maybe I’m wrong,’ D which was his invitation for your opinion.” E At age 18, Alter enrolled at Black Moun- S tain College, an experimental, influential I G liberal arts college and artistic commu- N nity near Asheville, North Carolina. For the next two years, he studied painting,

` “but I did everything that I could touch,” F he recalled in 2014. “Sculpture, weaving, I all kinds of crazy stuff.” X After Black Mountain, Alter said he D never felt the urge to return to school. E “Once you learn yellow and red make V E orange, you’re off and running,” he said. L Following a stint in the U.S. Army, Alter O began a career in the mid-1950s as a textile "In the Park," by Donald Alter P designer. In 1980, he returned to paint- ing. “That’s where my heart was,” he said. paint for each other and my world is being “During all the textile years I painted every surrounded by younger people all the time •spring is on the way• single day — never put a brush down all and I respect their contributions.” that time.” Visit: Doctorstructure.com By the time of his 2014 exhibit, Alter The Hudson Beach Glass gallery is located voice: 914-263-6148 had shifted to digital. “I came to use the at 162 Main St. in Beacon. It is open Monday email: doctorstructure computer because I was driven to it — I through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and @thirdfloorconstruction.com Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. See hudson- have to use it,” he said. “I’ve come to ques- tion whether paint is important. Painters beachglass.com.

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Out There Something’s got to give, and the thing that usually ends up giving is your reso- lution, since you haven’t been doing it long enough for it to become a habit. That Small Steps usually takes around a month — hence, waiting until you’ve hit your modest goal By Brian PJ Cronin of exercising once a week for four weeks in a row before you bump it up to twice. But if e’re you start slow, you’ll also slowly be making midway the changes you need to make in the rest through W of your life to free up more time, as well as January, which gaining confidence when you hit your goals means, accord- week after week. ing to studies, 95 And if you’re not hitting your goals? percent of you have broken your New Year’s Identify obstacles; remove them resolution and the other 5 percent are lying. I’m no life coach, but running increasingly We often blame ourselves when we can’t insane distances has taught me a thing or stick to our resolutions. We’re lazy, or we two about goals and perseverance, and the lack willpower. But we’re all lazy. (I’m writ- lessons are applicable even if you don’t plan ing this on my laptop while lying down in to cover 100 miles at a time this summer: bed, covered by several cats.) Often, there’s something else that’s working against you. Are you having trouble getting enough Don’t set abstract goals sleep because you lack the willpower to go to bed at a reasonable time? Or is it because Endurance athletes are taught to focus you drank two cups of coffee with dinner on “process” goals instead of “outcome” and spent an hour in bed aimlessly scroll- goals. A process goal is something you do ing through Twitter? (I’m talking to myself to help you succeed. An outcome goal is here.) If you’re trying to eat more fruits and what you hope to accomplish. vegetables, but don’t keep a supply of fruit If your outcome goal is to run a 50-mile for snacking, of course you’re going to reach race in under 12 hours, you don’t stand at for the Oreos instead of driving to the store the starting line and think, “OK, my goal for a banana. is to run this in under 12 hours.” Instead, Do you simply not have six hours a week identify three to five actions you can take to devote to the gym? The problem may during the race, such as: “I am going to take not be you; the problem may be that you’ve in at least 200 calories an hour, thank all It’s OK if you don’t make it to the top, as long as you’re getting closer. Photo by B. Cronin picked an exercise that takes too much of the volunteers, and not spend more than time. Drive five minutes to the park and two minutes at any of the aid stations.” Start from where you are times a week will take six hours. That’s six run for an hour. 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mid the youthful chatter and home- work-cramming at the Ballet Arts A Studio in Beacon, a group of deter- mined grown-ups are putting on their leotards and warming up their muscles in preparation for a weekly class. Each of the women in the “low-inter- Juliet Harvey, Patrice Shea and Zarine Schildhorn at Ballet Art Studio in Beacon mediate adult ballet” session taught by Photo by A. Rooney Deanna Ford on Tuesday evenings has a Back to Tap history with ballet. “It’s different from what most people grades. But after seeing a production of Adult tap classes are also popular at Juliet Harvey, 48, earned a bachelor of fine think,” she says. “Electrical engineering is A Chorus Line at age 13, she was hooked. Ballet Arts Studio. Two regulars are arts in dance, but took a long break until difficult, mental work. In ballet, a lot of She later won a scholarship to the Cleve- Mitch and Amy Dul of Nelsonville. after the birth of her second child in 2010. thought goes into it, because while you’re land Ballet, moved to New York City, and trying to be technically perfect, you’re also performed in musical theater, including the “Mitch has always wanted to “I thought maybe I’d want to take a class tap, so last year I bought him tap filled with the emotion of the music.” national tour of Cats, for 15 years. again,” she explains. “Your mind is work- shoes for his 60th birthday,” Amy ing as much, if not more, than your body. It Patrice Shea, 58, considers ballet class “the Today she is a physical therapist and Pilates explains. “Our daughter, Tess, was a reawakening, without the pressure only thing I do for myself all week; I make instructor. The Tuesday ballet class “helps taught him some fundamentals, I felt as a child. It’s my time, for myself, to every effort to get here. As an adult, I feel keep my sanity,” she says. “It’s extremely chal- and he watched YouTube tutorials move — a meditation. I’m definitely a much it’s important to feel strong, flexible and lenging, wonderful for physical expression, and practiced on a piece of better mom because of it.” balanced.” Shea said that, like Harvey, she balance, bone density. Deanna is an amaz- plywood in the basement. Then Zarine Schildhorn, 30, has been danc- stopped dancing when she had children but ing instructor.” we both signed up for Katie ing for 27 years. “I was very serious about found herself wanting to get back into shape. The dancers say ballet isn’t like riding Bissinger’s beginner tap class.” it,” she says. She was injured in high school “This class is a judgment-free zone,” she says. a bicycle — it doesn’t all come back right. Mitch says he was intrigued but danced through college while earning a Michele Humphrey-Nicol, 58, has the “Jumping is hard,” Harvey says. “The grav- because Amy and Tess “always degree in electrical engineering. She took a most professional experience of the group. ity is tough.” For Shea, it’s the turns, but she is look so joyful when they tap. break during grad school but “my old ballet While she was growing up in Ohio, her forgiving. “You have to accept the limitations There’s an unabashed happiness school reached out because they needed me mother took her “kicking and screaming” of your body as you age,” she says. “We’re not when they tap together and I like for The Nutcracker. Now I don’t want to stop. to class from the second through sixth going to beat ourselves up if we can’t do a triple percussion and I saw it as a form pirouette.” Dizziness is a factor for Humphrey- of music.” Nicol, as is flexibility. “It’s hard — ridiculously Amy Dul studied ballet as a child bad from when I was younger,” she says. and modern dance at college, • Best Brunch in Beacon • The women critique themselves, but the earning a master’s of fine arts class environment is the opposite. “My former in dance and dance education teacher was from the Royal Ballet, trained in from New York University while a strict syllabus, everyone focused on them- performing with two avant-garde 379 Main Street, Beacon selves — all of which are very good for a child modern dance companies.

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Answers will be published next week. See highlandscurrent.org/puzzle for interactive versions. 20 January 10, 2020 For mail delivery, see highlandscurrent.org/delivery SPORTS Follow us at twitter.com/hcurrentsports Haldane Boys Earn First League Win Defeat North Salem, prepare Senior Mame Diba led the Blue Devils with 19 points, and seniors Matt Cham- for Pawling plin and Dan Santos and freshman Matteo By Skip Pearlman Cervone each added seven. “Diba has been our most consistent he Haldane High School boys’ player,” Virgadamo said. “He plays hard basketball team opened league play every game, scores, rebounds, and makes T on Saturday (Jan. 4) at the Putnam his teammates better. And he is coach- Challenge hosted by Carmel High by pick- able. Without him, we may not have come ing up a 48-39 victory over North Salem. up with a win in that [North Salem] game. The Blue Devils also rolled to an easy “Dan Santos has also been good for 98-31 victory Monday (Jan. 6) at Biondi to us, and a huge part of our success,” he improve to 6-2. added. “Champlin has been showing it Despite the final score, Coach Joe Virg- in spurts. He’s trying to find his poten- adamo said he didn’t like the way his team tial. Alex [Kubik] gives us great energy came out against North Salem. and intensity. [Sophomore] Soren Holmbo “We didn’t bring the energy and inten- and Matteo Cervone have gotten better sity we usually have,” Virgadamo said. and better. Both of them can take over “We did have a nice run in the second, and a game. And [senior] Darrin Santos has led 27-14 at halftime. But in the second played great defense.” half we played lackadaisical, turned the In the Blue Devils’ win over Biondi, Cham- ball over, opened the door for them. We plin lead the way with 23 points and Diba were lucky to pull out that win. added 20. Kubik had 15 points and nine “The message we take from that is — the assists, and Christian Pezzullo scored nine. clock is ticking, and we need to improve. Haldane is scheduled to travel to Pawl- Haldane's Matt Champlin takes the ball If we play like that in March [during the ing on Tuesday, Jan. 14, for its second to the hoop against North Salem at the state tournament], we have no shot.” league game. Putnam Challenge. Photo by S. Pearlman

TOURNAMENT WIN — Chris Crawford, a freshman at Beacon High School, went 7-0 on Dec. 27 and 28 to win the 106-pound championship The Haldane boys’ basketball “We’re hoping it’s the first and I agreed that we should at the Mid-Hudson Wrestling Battle team will host Beacon of many,” Haldane Coach play every year. There are Tournament hosted by Arlington on Friday, Jan. 17, in the Joe Virgadamo said. “It’s a lot of Beacon-Cold Spring High School. Crawford defeated of the inaugural Battle of the been over 50 years since connections. And we will have Newburgh’s Jackson Meril in a 12-4 Tunnel. Game time is 6:15 we played the Beacon boys, a nice trophy cup that the major decision in the title match, Tunnel p.m. and Coach [Scott] Timpano winning team will hold on to.” improving his season mark to 16-1. Photo by Skip Pearlman

GIRLS’ BASKETBALL Haldane on Jan. 17 (see above). Haldane (6-3) came up strong on Wednesday (Jan. 8) at Rye Neck, build- VARSITY ROUND-UP BOYS’ SWIMMING ing a 31-13 lead by the half en route to Beacon picked up a win against Wood- a 58-30 victory. Maddie Chiera had 17 lands, 64-27, on Monday (Jan. 6) and Pough- points; Bela Monteleone recorded 15 10) and Walter Panas on Monday, Jan. 13, points, 12 rebounds and five steals, and keepsie, 92-61, on Wednesday to improve to points, five rebounds, five steals and five before playing in the Peekskill Tourna- Tristen Reid added 15 points. Beacon 7-1. The Bulldogs host Nyack today (Jan. 10) assists; Liv Monteleone had 10 points and ment next Friday. fell to Poughkeepsie, 73-60, on Tuesday and Pelham on Tuesday, Jan. 14. eight rebounds; and Shianne Twoguns Beacon defeated Peekskill, 44-21, on (Jan. 7), with Hayes scoring 14 and Shane added four steals, three assists and three Monday (Jan. 6) before falling to Pough- Green adding 12. BOWLING rebounds to go with five points. keepsie on Tuesday, 54-51. The Bulldogs “That was a good bounce-back win for The Beacon boys’ team defeated Haldane also won at Valhalla, 41-37, (6-6) travel to Hendrick Hudson next us to start the year,” Coach Scott Timpano Mahopac, 5-2, on Dec. 19, while the girls on Jan. 4. In that game, Bela Monteleone Friday. said of the Roosevelt game. “Quazir had fell to Mahopac, 7-0, despite a 665 series had 14 points; Liv Monteleone recorded one of his better games of the season, from Selena Virtuoso. Against Ketchum eight points and 12 rebounds; Molly Seigel BOYS’ BASKETBALL and Tre Smith [with six points and eight on Wednesday (Jan. 8) the girls won 7-0 had eight rebounds and four points; Beacon (3-9) picked up a win last week, rebounds] had a nice game.” (Virtuoso bowled a 602) but the boys fell and Twoguns had eight points and four defeating Roosevelt, 78-58, on the road. Beacon is set to visit Hendrick Hudson despite a 624 series from Dan Gilleo. assists. Haldane visits Ardsley today (Jan. Quazir Hayes led the Bulldogs with 21 on Monday, Jan. 13, before its trip to