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Merry Christmas! | See Calendar on pages 9 & 10 for listings of services FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2013 69 MAIN ST., COLD SPRING, N.Y. | www.philipstown.info State Awards Betty Budney $100,000 Grant Honored for Town to Philipstown Board Tenure for Fjord Trail County refusal to share sales tax discussed Options include Little By Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong Stony Point car lot, s the highlight of an otherwise Breakneck station mostly perfunctory meeting, By Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong Acounty and state representatives Thursday (Dec. 12) joined Philipstown’s ew York State last week award- Town Board in warm praise for retiring ed the Town of Philipstown a Councilwoman Betty Budney, the board’s N$100,000 grant for the Hudson first female member. River Fjord Trail — a welcome sum, Budney, who decided not to seek an- though considerably less than the nearly other four-year term, leaves the Town $1 million sought for the hiking-bicy- Board at the end of the month. In the cling path, intended to link Cold Spring November election, voters chose Michael Cold Spring Gazebo at Christmastime Photo by Maggie Benmour to Beacon and parallel the river, train Leonard, a member of three town gov- tracks, and Route 9D. ernment sub-boards, as the new face on According to trail organizers, the mon- Christmas Traditions: A Sampler the Town Board, which consists of the ey will probably go toward upgrading town supervisor and four councilmen/ Turkey or lasagna, fresh or volved. Watch a movie or take a hike – the Little Stony Point parking lot, along Christmas Day activities are just as var- women or councilors. the intended trail route just beyond faux tree, traditions center on ied. The Paper spoke to a small sampling At Thursday’s session, Assemblywom- Cold Spring, or improving the site of the an Sandy Galef, a Democrat like Budney, family togetherness of local residents to see how their Christ- Breakneck Ridge Metro-North train sta- mas traditions compare. and Putnam County Legislator Barbara tion a bit further north. The coalition By Michael Turton Scuccimarra, a Republican, lauded Bud- consists of volunteers from the commu- A treasured ornament that ney and gave her official declarations of nity, environmental organizations, and alk to 10 Philipstown families and survived World War I gratitude. government entities from village to state you’ll probably discover that no two Veterinarian Dr. Peter Bach and his The Town Board presented Budney level, stretching across two counties. T are alike when it comes to Christ- wife, Andrea, enjoy Christmas with a with a map of the town, mounted to a mas traditions. Dinner distinct international flavor. “We include plaque with the text of a resolution salut- menus vary widely – lots of German traditions,” Peter Bach ing her. She also received a bouquet of from traditional turkey to explained, and with good reason. His flowers and wall triptych of historic post- ham to seafood to no big great-grandfather came to America from cards from members of the public who meal at all. Gifts may be Germany in the late 1800s and Andrea had teamed up with her in Lions Club exchanged on Christmas Bach was born in Frankfurt. Bach’s most and other volunteer projects. morning, afternoon or prized Christmas ornament belonged “Words fall short when trying to de- the night before. Whether to his grandfather who carried it with scribe a person like Betty,” Supervisor real, artificial or some- him from Germany to Russia and back Richard Shea said. “When you look at the thing more avant-garde, during World War I. Andrea Bach takes (Continued on page 4) there is likely a tree in- great pride (Continued on page 3) The Santas of Cold Spring Breakneck Ridge Photo by L.S. Armstrong By Chip Rowe her full name is Santa Maria, that she was named after her Italian-American anta has heard it all. mother (although her mother had no mid- On Dec. 11, New York State Sen. Terry S “Were you born on Christmas?” dle name), and that she was born on the Gipson announced the grant, as well “Is your last name Claus?” relatively uneventful date of January 29. as $75,000 for Cold Spring for updat- “Is that really your name?” “My mother was 5 feet tall, and I am ing its zoning code. Both grants came A lifelong Cold Spring resident, Santa 5’3”, but she was always Big Santa and I through New York State’s 2013 Regional Warren usually smiles and explains that was Little Santa,” says Warren, who is fa- Economic Development Council Awards miliar to many residents of Philipstown program. Philipstown’s application had because of her volunteer work for requested $861,000 this funding round. local youth soccer, the Haldane PTA Philipstown Supervisor Richard Shea and Our Lady of Loretto. discussed the trail grant at the Philip- Warren, 43, who doesn’t have sib- stown Town Board’s formal monthly lings, says it was tough having the meeting Dec. 12 and provided additional name as a child because of the teasing details to Philipstown.info/The Paper from classmates — she didn’t name this week. either of her daughters Santa (Sarah, Supervisor Richard Shea presents a “We had applied for an amount sig- 17, Sydney, 10, and Seth, 14, all attend plaque of gratitude to Betty Budney, nificantly more than that” provided, Haldane). But as an adult she loves be- who retires from the Town Board this Shea told the Town Board Dec. 12. “But ing called Santa, even with its unique month; fellow board member John Van $100,000 is a generous grant award. It’s burden — everybody remembers her Santa Warren with her mother, Santa Huston Tassel pictured in background. big news because we have matching name even when she can’t remember Photos courtesy of Santa Warren Photo by L.S. Armstrong (Continued on page 5) theirs. (Continued on page 3) Thank you to our advertisers We are grateful for your support and encourage our readers to shop local. Contact us: [email protected] 2 December 20, 2013 The Paper www.philipstown.info | Philipstown.info Small, Good Things Before colonization and for and useful apple character. producer of note is Allens Hill Farm (al- some time after, there were no And boiled cider (can we agree to call lenshillfarm.com/), which offers “apple honeybees in North America, it apple syrup?) can be used much like syrup” and apple molasses (a thicker Uncommonly Sweet therefore no honey. The Native maple syrup: in baking, poured on pan- version). Vermont’s Wood’s Cider Mill Americans of the northeast cakes or waffles or drizzled on things — woodscidermill.com/ — offers boiled By Joe Dizney had relied on maple syrup and like ice cream or yogurt. But it has a culi- cider and a boiled cider/maple syrup sugar as a primary sweetener. Alterna- nary distinctiveness that deserves a wid- blend. Otherwise, it’s simple enough for oiled cider: not very glamorous- tively, sweetness came chiefly from the er use, a fact recognized by the American the home cook to boil a gallon of fresh, sounding, is it? More a process flesh of fruit. In colonial America, that Slow Foods movement, which has placed unprocessed sweet cider (I like Soon’s, Bdescription than some clever, Food increasingly meant the apple, lov- available at Philipstown Market, TV-friendly marketing term, boiled cider ingly transported from the old aka Vera’s) down to its pure apple is simply a culinary reduction of pure, world and naturalized in the new. sweetness. sweet apple cider. No frills, no additions. (One of the first, if not THE first Then what? Marinate or glaze My fellow food scribe, Celia Barbour, American hybrid — the Newtown pork tenderloin of ham with it or skirted around the issue in her recent Pippin, still grown locally — was add a bit to a compound sauce recipe for Apple Cider Caramels (Mouths discovered and hybridized in the for either; glaze squash, pump- to Feed: Sugar Mommy, philipstown. late 17th century in Flushing, N.Y. kin or purée sweet potatoes. The info/2013/11/13/mouths-feed-sugar-mom- Pollan’s other point as regards addition of any-or-all traditional my/) but I thought it deserved a closer look the apple is that it provided anoth- apple spices — cinnamon, nut- especially around this holiday season. er possibly MORE coveted “need”: meg, cloves, allspice, star an- Backstory: apples have inspired scien- alcohol, by way of the fermenta- ise — gives new meaning to the tists (Isaac Newton), storytellers (Johnny tion of apple juice and its alchemi- idea of “holiday season-ing.” (I Appleseed) and more since the beginning cal transformation into hard cider, recently made a drink syrup of of time (Garden of Eden, anyone?). Henry applejack or apple brandy. Locally, spiced boiled cider, maple syr- David Thoreau wrote that “it is remark- Glynwood Farm’s continuing Ap- up and unsweetened cranberry able how closely the history of the apple ple Project and its most recent juice which virtually “screamed” tree is connected with that of man,” and and highly successful celebration Christmas when mixed with nowhere is that more true than here in of Cider Week have done much to plain soda water. The addition New York and the Hudson Valley where encourage the preservation and of rum or hard cider would be a Basic boiled cider or apple syrup Photo by J. Dizney apples are a fact of life and icon of our economics of Hudson Valley or- logical spirited version. true-to-life creation myth. chards through the craft produc- In keeping with the holiday The botanical facts of apple propaga- tion of hard cider and apple spirits.

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