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May 7, 2021 Celebrating 10 Years! Support us at highlandscurrent.org/join Renters’ Aid on the Way Census data suggests a of a bailout. On Tuesday (May 4), Gov. Andrew Cuomo third of New Yorkers at risk signed another extension of the state’s By Leonard Sparks months-long moratorium on residential and commercial evictions, which had expired on or the last year, many tenants and May 1. But a big motivation for the extension, landlords have bailed to keep the boat to Aug. 31, is to give local municipalities and Fthey share from sinking. New York State more time to distribute $1.2 Their hardships are not necessarily billion in federal funding that could erase a reflected in local and state data, whose year’s worth of unpaid rent. tallies of eviction filings has been depressed State Sen. Sue Serino, a Republican who by court system shutdowns and a series of represents the Highlands, voted against moratoriums imposed by the state and the extension, which was also opposed by Sundown at federal governments. But Justin Haines, the groups such as the Hudson Gateway Asso- attorney in charge of Legal Services of the ciation of Realtors, whose territory includes Hudson Valley’s Poughkeepsie office, said the Highlands. requests for help have come from renters Assembly Member Sandy Galef, a Demo- Indian Point with arrears as high as $18,000. crat whose district includes Philipstown, Now, beleaguered tenants and their land- and Assembly Member Jonathan Jacob- Second of a series lords may be able to stop bailing because (Continued on Page 9) By Brian PJ Cronin

t was supposed to usher in a golden in 1973 and cost $65 million. Instead age for nuclear power in New York, it was completed in 1985 and cost $6 I and initially had little opposition. billion. The overruns would be comi- But eventually a network of environ- cal if not for the fact that the people mental groups as well as everyday citi- of Long Island were charged an extra zens who were wary of nuclear power 3 percent on their power bills for the in the wake of Three Mile Island, and next 30 years to help pay for a plant then Chernobyl, turned against it. The that never supplied them with a public questioned the wisdom of build- single watt of power. It was the last ing a nuclear power plant so close to nuclear plant built in New York while New York City. Activists led protests, simultaneously being the first nuclear serenaded by folk singer Pete Seeger, plant decommissioned in the U.S. a resident of Beacon. The evacuation In 2004, the Long Island Power plan the plant created was deemed Authority built two 100-foot-tall wind to be unrealistic, and state officials turbines at the site of Shoreham. At The Star of Bethlehem Baptist Church has occupied a former bank building on Main refused to certify it. Finally, after a public ceremony, LIPA Chair Rich- Street in Beacon for six decades. Photo by L. Sparks many tumultuous years, Gov. Cuomo ard Kessel declared: “We stand in the announced the decommissioning of shadow of a modern-day Stonehenge, Historic Church May Leave Beacon the plant. a multibillion-dollar monument to The year was 1988. a failed energy policy, to formally of Beacon, some as far away as Sullivan Developer to buy former The facility was the Shoreham commission the operation of a renew- County. On Sundays they must compete Nuclear Power Plant on the north able energy technology that will bank building for parking spaces with day-trippers, espe- shore of Long Island, which was origi- harness the power of the wind for the cially during the summer, said Blackburn. By Leonard Sparks nally planned to be the first of many benefit of Long Island’s environment.” “Everybody up from the city is coming, nuclear plants on Long Island. But And with that, the turbines whirred he Star of Bethlehem Baptist Church, and with the restaurants having spots when Gov. Mario Cuomo — father of to life, generating 200,000 kilowatt- a historic Black congregation in blocked, it’s just worse and worse for park- New York’s current governor, Andrew hours of power a year — or 1/35,000th Beacon born in 1900 when its found- ing,” he said. “Come June and July, it’s T Cuomo — announced its closure, it of the power that Shoreham would ers began worshipping in a private home on really tough.” had never been in operation. The have created. North Avenue, is selling the former bank The building, located at 139 Main St., plant had conducted low-power tests building on Main Street that has been its is being purchased by Hudson Todd LLC, after its reactors had come online a The next generation home for six decades. one of two firms run by Joe Donovan and few years earlier but the approval to In the wake of another nuclear plant The big problem? Parking. his wife, who own a dozen other commer- go to full power never came. in New York closing — Indian Point, The Rev. Daniel Blackburn, who was cial properties along Beacon’s west end. It Shoreham was supposed to open (Continued on Page 20) hired as pastor in 2019, estimates that was built in 1929 for Mechanics Savings half of the church’s members live outside (Continued on Page 7) 2 May 7, 2021 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.org

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By Jeff Simms on making everything from scratch in small batches and keeping the ingredients By Michael Turton win sisters Brittany and Justine Soto to a minimum. We also try to keep things recently opened a vegan doughnut fun with flavor combinations, colors and How do you get rid T shop, Peaceful Provisions, at 383 textures. We have both over-the-top and Main St. in Beacon. classic and simple. of an “ear worm,” a song that’s stuck What brought you to Beacon? How have they been received? Brittany: We had a good friend who was a Justine: It’s been overwhelming. They’re in your head? manager at Homespun Foods and Ella’s Bellas, flying off the shelves. so we visited frequently. Plus we appreciated Brittany: We’re in the back pumping out the small business focus of the community and doughnuts, so we don’t see the interac- how vegan-friendly it is here. We looked at a tions. But I manage the Instagram page I keep singing it until couple of spots around 2015 but nothing met and Justine does Facebook, and some of it goes way; I had one our needs. Eventually, this space popped up the responses I’ve seen are: “I can’t believe a couple days ago. and we were like, “Oh, wow, this might be it.” it’s vegan” or “This is the best maple iced of people, especially at the farmers’ markets. doughnut I’ve ever had.” What kind of market research But then we started calling our products did you do? “plant-based” or “dairy-free” to help custom- Why is veganism important to you? Brittany: We sampled our doughnuts at ers move beyond the preconceived notion Justine: I was on a family trip about seven that vegan products aren’t good. farmers’ markets and pop-up events in New years ago in the Finger Lakes, and we stayed York City, Westchester and the Hudson near a rescue shelter called the Farm Sanctu- What’s the difference between a Valley for about six years. We were doing ary. I convinced my family to go, and during vegan and a regular doughnut? brownies and other baked goods, and it the tour something clicked. I had to hold wasn’t until we started doing early-morn- Brittany: We stick to a traditional baking myself accountable for the choices that I’m ing markets that we thought, “What goes process to make it taste just like a regular making. I’m also a dietitian, so the transition well with coffee?” doughnut, but without any animal prod- was easy. I went to visit Brittany, who was ucts, so no butter, milk or eggs. Justine: There weren’t a lot of vegan sweets living in San Diego. She was a vegetarian but or baked goods around. In the beginning, it Justine: We don’t use any pre-made mixes, I exposed her to veganism, and on her days ~ Katie Parent, Beacon was figuring out how to advertise our prod- preservatives, stabilizers or artificial off, we were veganizing our favorite recipes. It ucts. “Vegan baked goods” turned off a lot flavors in our icings. We’re hyper-focused was like, “Why aren’t we doing this together?”

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a sex offense, drug sales, domestic violence — will prohibit you.” Other crimes that disqualify New Beacon defendants are arson, crimes against children, violent felonies and criminal contempt. What members are saying Court Hopes Upon completion of the program, defen- dants can request that their cases be to Prevent dismissed and sealed, he said. Those who fail to complete the program have their cases prosecuted as usual. Overdoses The Beacon Recovery Court is part of an attempt by the state court system to divert Recovery Court prioritizes defendants who suffer from substance treatment over conviction abuse, and especially opioid addiction. By Arvind Dilawar While the court can currently only handle defendants from Beacon, Pagones explained efendants in Beacon who are that it will become a “hub” that can hear charged with certain nonviolent cases from throughout Dutchess County. D crimes and also struggle with Including Beacon, there are now 25 recov- addiction can now opt in to a diversion ery courts in New York, said Susan Sturges, program designed to prevent overdoses. who coordinates them statewide, with more The Beacon Recovery Court, which planned. (The first opened in Buffalo in launched in April, connects defendants 2017; the Newburgh City Court also has one.) with addiction counselors at Sun River Although they are open to anyone with a life- ‘‘ We joined as soon as we moved to Cold Spring, and we both love Health. It differs from the Beacon Drug threatening substance-abuse disorder, the getting The Current in the mail weekly. Thank you for all you do!‘‘ Treatment Court, in session since 2002, courts focus on opioid addiction — so much so Julie Pearson and Jamie Robins, Cold Spring which provides treatment for up to 18 that the model is known as an “opioid court.” months following a guilty plea. The Recov- The courts hope to “intercept defendants ery Court program, which lasts two to three who are at high risk of overdose at their months, does not require a plea. earliest entry” in the legal system, Sturges Defendants may said. While the defendant is in the recovery choose to enter the court, the county district attorney suspends Beacon Recovery prosecution of the case. Support The Current Court following a The launch of recovery courts in Beacon screening for their and elsewhere not only reflects a general by becoming a member overdose risk and a reorientation away from punitive sentenc- review of any crim- ing but also concern that the pandemic inal history. Timo- has led to rising overdose deaths. (The For just $2 a month, you will get: thy Pagones, the city Judge Timothy data collected by New York State lags by judge who presides Pagones about a year: Dutchess had 43 opioid over- „ The digital version of the paper delivered "hot over the program, as well as the Beacon dose deaths in the first six months of 2020, off the press" on Friday morning into your inbox. Drug Treatment Court, notes that a person compared to 64 in 2019 and 83 in 2018.) „ The CurrentPLUS members-only newsletter. doesn’t have to be charged with drug The Beacon Recovery Court is hearing possession to be eligible. cases in person, although remote hearings „ A digital directory of important places and “You could have a grand larceny, a petit are available. Sun River Health also offers services in Philipstown and Beacon. larceny,” he said, although “certain things — counseling by videoconference.

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EDITOR Chip Rowe LETTERS AND COMMENTS [email protected] The workhorse at Indian Point, which seniors going through hard times (“Cold SENIOR EDITOR Indian Point Leonard Sparks I write with sadness over the closing could have run for several more decades, Spring Poised to Regulate Airbnbs,” April of the Indian Point nuclear power facil- was killed by political expediency and exag- 23)? Will the proposed laws extend to all BEACON EDITOR ity (“Sundown at Indian Point,” April 30). gerated fears about accidents and radiation. rentals, not just short-term? If not, why not? Jeff Simms Regardless of the merits of this action, Welcomed into the world just 10 months We are headed down the road to a lawsuit after the Arab oil embargo of 1973, Reactor for discrimination against rental owners of ARTS EDITOR which are complicated and difficult to Alison Rooney untangle, the headline will likely mislead 2 was an industry giant, churning out huge both types. Also, why can’t we wait a little [email protected] the public in suggesting we can do without amounts of reliable, carbon-free electricity longer until we can have a better public nuclear in our fight against climate change. from a tiny footprint. venue for discussion, rather than an online REPORTERS This is not the case, not by a long shot, Don Torelli, via Facebook public hearing? Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong as many scientists have argued. Unlike any I applaud the efforts of the board to Brian PJ Cronin • Joe Dizney As a lowly structural engineer and a address this issue but feel we are rush- Pamela Doan • Deb Lucke other major energy source, nuclear gener- Skip Pearlman • Michael Turton ates baseload electricity with no output of programmer for a pipe-stress analysis soft- ing into making rules without listening to carbon. It releases less radiation into the ware, I saw just about every power plant in the all those concerned, not just a few jealous STUDENT CORRESPONDENTS environment than any other major energy world, from Cairo to San Clemente to Peek- complainers and assorted squeaky wheels. Ezra Beato (Philipstown) source (coal being the worst). skill. That’s how I ended up living here so long Short-term rentals enhance the village and, Rachel Thorne (Beacon) Studies of the three large-scale accidents ago. I used to take the elevator down 80 feet when enhanced, everyone prospers. underground to give tech support. I’d never Tony Bardes, Philipstown LAYOUT DESIGNER involving reactors indicate that even the Pierce Strudler worst possible accident at a nuclear site is work there full-time. It’s time to move on. less destructive than other major industrial Moody Bodaghi, via Facebook The Cold Spring Chamber of Commerce ADVERTISING DIRECTOR accidents. And as for the question of waste supports short-term rentals if they are Michele Gedney disposal, while it remains a political prob- My uncle, John Perrault, was one of the defined, regulated and fairly taxed. However, For information on advertising: engineers who built Indian Point. Just we feel that the village’s proposed policy has 845-809-5584 lem (not in my backyard), it is no longer a wait until you see how expensive rates will provisions that are unnecessarily compli- [email protected] technological one. highlandscurrent.org/ads When Lincoln was asked if God sided become. cated, restrictive and hard to comply with. with the North, he replied, “I hope so, but Joseph Whiting, via Facebook For instance, most communities limit MEMBERSHIP we must have Kentucky.” In saving the short-term rentals to 90 to 180 days a year, Emily Hare planet, again it would be nice to have God’s rather than 60. Limiting the number of [email protected] Short-term rentals help, but we must have nuclear energy. How do these proposed regulations annual permits to 34 households would reduce the availability of accommodations by COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Bevis Longstreth, Garrison on short-term rentals help residents and Teresa Lagerman two-thirds. (There are currently at least 100 [email protected] hosts in the village.) This shift would reduce the incomes of many residents, as well as of the Main Street merchants who serve visitors. It would also complicate the lives of residents who need local accommodations for visitors. THE HIGHLANDS CURRENT (USPS #22270) / ISSN 2475-3785 A cumbersome application and an annual May 7, 2021 permit lottery may make sense for the Volume 10, Issue 20 frequent host who intends the maximum is published weekly by Highlands Current number of rentals, but they are inappropri- Inc., 142 Main St., Cold Spring, NY 10516-2819. ate for the host who rents once or twice a Periodicals Postage Paid at Cold Spring, NY, and at additional offices. POSTMASTER: Send year, perhaps during trips away from home. address changes to The Highlands Current, If the lottery goes to more frequent hosts, 142 Main St., Cold Spring, NY 10516-2819. accommodations increase. If it goes to more Mail delivery $30 per year. highlandscurrent.org/delivery occasional hosts, they decrease. Public policy [email protected] should not produce such random outcomes. Distribution audited by the Circulation We recommend that the trustees increase Verification Council the rental limit to 80 days a year, increase © Highlands Current Inc. 2021 the number of one-year permits to 50 and All rights reserved. No part of this allow residents to apply for them at any time publication may be reproduced in any form, mechanical or electronic, without written throughout the year. In addition, we recom- permission of the publisher. mend offering a second type of minimal-use permit, for occasional hosts (say, up three * rentals a year), a limit on how long a period Winner: 76 Better each permit is good for (say, renting up to 30 Newspaper Contest Awards days total per year) and a higher fee (say, $150). * New York Press Association, 2013 -20 We suggest starting with a more lenient NNA* Winner: 55 Better policy and then increasing the restrictions Newspaper Contest Awards later if problems arise. * National Newspaper Association, 2016-19 Eliza Starbuck, Cold Spring Starbuck is president of the Cold Spring NYNPA* Winner: 11 Awards Chamber of Commerce. For a longer version for Excellence of this letter, see highlandscurrent.org. * New York News Publishers Association, 2017- 19 (Continued on Page 5) highlandscurrent.org The Highlands Current May 7, 2021 5

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(Continued from Page 4) meadow north of the library. Who is going to maintain the ribbon of panels? There are Library solar Corrections many practical as well as aesthetic reasons One aspect being proposed for the why Christo’s public art is temporary — Listen In “The Week Ahead” (April 30), we Desmond-Fish Public Library master plan well-photographed, but always temporary. reported that ArtQUAKE, a show at is the erection of more than 100 solar panels Jamie Copeland, Garrison the Garrison Art Center, opens today. to Your cutting across the meadow north of the In fact, it opens on Saturday (May 8). Garrison library (Letters and Comments, Garrison residents have much for which April 23). The designer has referred to this In our 5 Questions with Hoodie to be grateful. The character and beauty Mother installation as a “ribbon” and compared it Crescent (April 30), we reported that of our community is the most important In anticipation of Mother’s to the temporary artwork of Christo. I have she had become a U.S. citizen in 1996. asset we have. I agree that solar energy is a seen Christo’s work. It is delightful. But there In fact, she became a citizen in 2016. critical part of our national, state and local Day, which is Sunday (May 9), is a reason why the rendering of the proposed energy plan. However, I am not in favor of In a story in the April 30 issue, we we asked readers online solar ribbon only shows the perspective from reflective metal columns elevated 8 feet reported that a series of lawsuits to share advice they had the library and at a distance. out of the ground extending over 416 feet filed by Republicans sought to In reality, solar panels are rigid and recti- in the meadow and partial wetland. Have gotten from their moms. disqualify the nominating petitions linear and do not look anything like a ribbon. all green energy options been considered? of Democratic candidates hoping In addition, these panels will face south, I ask the library and our Planning Board to “This too shall pass.” to appear on the Working Families exposing their gantry wiring, extruded reconsider this proposal. Let’s work together ~Carolyn O’Daly Party line on the November ballot metal framing and structural posts to all to find an eco-responsible, as well as histor- because voters’ signatures were southbound travelers on the Route 9D scenic ically sensitive, solution that will work for “‘Always do your best,’ which is submitted digitally. In fact, the byway. The backside of a solar panel is a both the library and the community. probably why I got the jobs of signatures in question were of party crude industrial look and does not belong in Barbara Scuccimarra, Garrison dishwashing and bathroom cleaning officials and notaries. See Page 12. a Scenic Overlay District or on a scenic byway. while my three sisters dusted.” The Philipstown Town Board first recog- Church sold ~Kathleen Kourie nized in 2006 the importance of preserving We must follow ever so closely the pend- “Never marry an engineer.” the bucolic nature of the Garrison mead- The public needs to understand what is ing sale of the Reformed Church of Beacon ~Robert Balogh-Robinson ows and other vistas along Route 9D. This being considered and the threat it poses to (“Church to be Sold for Bar, Hotel,” April 23). concern led to the creation of the Scenic our primary scenic byway. For instance, there has been talk of moving “You never have to justify spending Byway Corridor Management Plan to main- Also of concern, the method of install- its pipe organ; I believe the developers must money on books or music.” tain “the scenic, residential, and historic ing the solar panels calls for the use of protect it under our city’s own preserva- ~Sarah Feyl nature of the road,” which these industrial ground screw anchors, which are notori- tion guidelines. With most of these historic utility components clearly violate. Fortu- ous for tilting out of alignment, especially cultural resource properties, the inside is just “Don’t whiz on the electric fence.” nately, the Planning Board has held open in single-point, asymmetrical, wind-load- as important and irreplaceable as the exte- ~Josh Stark its public hearing on the placement of solar ing configurations in soft soils, such as are rior. Its architect, Frederick Clarke Withers, panels in the meadow north of the library. adjacent to the wetlands and in most of the helped put Beacon on the map as a culturally “Live your values.” rich area. The least we can do is protect it. ~Larissa Miller During discussions of code updates, coun- cil members have said that perhaps only “‘You’ll be better before you’re buildings such as the Howland Cultural married’ – an Irish saying that Center need protecting on the interior. But the means basically ‘This too shall pass,’ interiors of the Reformed Church, the Craig Travel with or don’t sweat the small stuff.” House property and many other buildings ~Patricia Cronin in Beacon are just as historically important, Confidence and this municipality needs to protect them. “You should study abroad.” It’s cringe-worthy to follow real estate agents ~Bryan Conway with our and house flippers on social media boasting how they’re doing total gut renovations and “If you’re bored, Out of Area turning charming historic homes into rebuilt you’re boring.” cookie-cutter farmhouses. Beacon is starting ~Michael Hardman Protection Plan to look like HGTV on steroids. That brings up another hot topic: Park- ing. The venue at the Reformed Church If the unexpected building could bring in 500 attendees plus (Continued on Page 6) occurs and you’re 75+ miles from home, our plan will cover it.

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(Continued from Page 5) and other trusted leaders. This requires more Mark Twain famously opined on the great personality with tons of integrity. time, respect and understanding of those who matter in 1909, but knew to avoid getting But even if she were a creep, Dick Murphy a build-out of a small hotel. As the parcel have chosen not to be vaccinated. between these aged rivals: “Golf is a good should have to face charges if that doll left sits now, there’s parking for 20 to 30 cars. At a policy level, more creative think- walk spoiled,” he penned, as a clear nod staked in her yard was because of him. I’m I believe smart growth and historic pres- ing is needed. For example, West Virginia to the Shakespeare team; but then, not to sorry for the City of Beacon. ervation go hand in hand. I hope Beacon and has launched a plan to offer a $100 savings hold a bias, he wrote this in Is Shakespeare Sally Eckhoff, Stuyvesant Falls its boards do not rush just to fill another void. bonds to 16- to 35-year-olds with federal Dead?: “From away back toward the begin- Theresa Kraft, Beacon funds from the CARES Act. New York ning of the Shakespeare-Bacon controversy I am saddened that Ms. Minkowitz has been State should consider a similar approach, I have been on the Bacon side and wanted to targeted in this way; I’m not sure why her Herd immunity perhaps with a demonstration project in see our majestic Shakespeare unhorsed.” He sexuality threatens Mr. Murphy. I was taught The reluctance of one in four adults Putnam and/or Dutchess counties. was speaking about attorney, philosopher to love my neighbors. I am quite sure there are nationwide to be inoculated is a matter for Alan Brownstein, Cold Spring and noted golfer Sir Francis Bacon, and he no exceptions about whom my neighbor is. serious concern after so much progress has was making a clear nod to the golf team. Mary Collyer, Beacon been made in the last few months in getting Looks like we will be wearing masks for I wish this all could be solved civilly vaccines produced, delivered and injected a long, long time. through a mutual agreement that bene- Unsolicited letters that target a person’s (“Vaccination Demand Falls,” April 30). Robert McCarroll, via Facebook fits everyone, but we’re far past that point, lifestyle are harassment. Those not being vaccinated in the High- centuries past. There is only one way I know Natalie Arneson, via Facebook lands may not be a direct threat to those Shakespeare plans of to resolve this fight. A duel? That would of us who are vaccinated. But indirectly, I cannot count the number of times I give an advantage to the Shakespeare crowd. It’s 2021, and this crap is going on? Can’t we’re all in trouble if more than about 15 have seen this same argument unfold. It’s A chip off? That would give an advantage to Murphy find something better to do with percent to 20 percent of Americans are not older than Putnam County, St. Andrews the golfing crowd. A dance-off? Advantage his time? immunized through vaccination or natural and the Montagues. If we don’t solve this Shakespeare again. How then, you ask? Yvonne Mee, via Facebook infection because herd immunity will not argument rightly now, this quarrel will tear An arm-wrestling contest, street rules, be achieved. Without that, viruses prolifer- the county apart. Golf versus Shakespeare, last person standing. The same way they Equating cancer to sexuality is ridicu- ate and mutate, producing variants that are Shakespeare versus golf. pick the pope. This summer, winners take lous. You might as well say 16 percent of not only more infectious but could become I watched this same feud plague all, at the Desmond-Fish library. It’s gonna straight white men will get prostate cancer, resistant to vaccines and/or more lethal. If Herkimer County in 2007 and Calaveras be a melee where the books lay. therefore straight white men should not this occurs, the potential of a dismal winter County in 1998. Each party, the Shake- John O’Rourke, Garrison engage in heterosexual activity. of 2021-22 pandemic is very real. speare group and the golf group, is judicious Stephanie Hepburn, via Facebook As Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney and Dutchess at first but eventually the disagreement will Beacon letters County Executive Marc Molinaro stated, become obstreperous and finally malicious. It’s harassment (“What He Calls Beyond the retrograde opinions, this this is a life-and-death, bipartisan issue that The tectonic rift will polarize and parti- ‘Dialogue,’ They Call ‘Harassment,’ ” April individual’s actions are very odd. It’s like requires neighborhood-based strategies to tion this town worse than a vote to build 30). Like Donna Minkowitz, I, too, am a he doesn’t understand how interacting with reach our friends who are vaccine-hesitant a new high school gymnasium. The stakes former Village Voice writer and will assert, people works. through doctors, nurses, dentists, religious are too high! not that I should have to, that Donna is a Deirdre Mullane, via Facebook

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The developer says he plans to remove a drop ceiling that was added to the bank's lobby to create a sanctuary. Photo by L. Sparks

Church Sold (from Page 1) Bank, which merged six years later with Matteawan Savings Bank to become Beacon Savings Bank. In 1956, Beacon Savings moved to 364 Main St. (now Citizens Bank). Two years later, Star of Bethlehem, then at 22 N. Cedar St., bought the building. Since its founding, Star of Bethlehem’s members have included administrators, teach- ers, nurses and federal and state employees. The church’s next move is uncertain. It was outbid for the Reformed Church of Beacon building on Wolcott Avenue, which is in contract for about $1.25 million to become a bar, hotel and entertainment venue, and it also may fall short on a prop- erty it covets in Wappinger, Blackburn said. Although the church is planning to increase its bid, it has started looking at commercial spaces in Beacon. “There are some alternatives that could keep us in Beacon,” he said. Donovan said Hudson Todd LLC will buy the Star of Bethlehem building for “at or close to the asking price” of $1.25 million. He said plans for the building are incom- The Rev. Daniel Blackburn inside the plete, although there will be immediate sanctuary at Star of Bethlehem renovations such as replacing windows File photo by Meredith Heuer and removing a drop ceiling to uncover the building’s vaulted ceiling and skylight. The sale will add to the Donovans’ owner- “We’ll try to restore it to its original volume ship of nearly every building on the first and condition,” he said. two blocks of the west end of Main Street, which, according to tax records, include, on There the north side, 134 Main (Beacon Cream- ery), 142 (Tito Santana), 144-146 (Mountain are some Tops Outfitters and Colorant), 150 (Banner- man Island Gallery), 152 and 160 (empty alternatives that could lots next to Hudson Beach Glass) and 172 (RonzWorld Guitars). keep us in Beacon. On the south side of the street, they own ~The Rev. Daniel Blackburn 129-137 Main (Bank Square Coffeehouse to Afton Road); 145 (Beacon Healing Massage) Beyond the renovations, Hudson Todd and 149 (Beacon Tintype), as well as 201-211 is having preliminary conversations with Main (Main Street Beauty Salon to Zora a few potential occupants. A bar or restau- Dora’s) and 1154 North Ave. (Mother Gallery rant open to the public “would be fine” but and Parts & Labor Beacon). the company is open to other uses, Donovan The west end is “still reasonably proxi- said. The building has a large cellar that mate to the waterfront and will be increas- could be appropriate for a use like creative ingly connected to the waterfront,” said “maker spaces,” he said. Donovan. “We think that’s great.” 8 May 7, 2021 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.org No Tax Rate Increase in Cold Spring Board approves budget; campaign will have a negative impact on quality of life in that part of the village. plans for Community Day The campaign, initiated by the Chamber By Michael Turton of Commerce and supported by the Village Board, uses posters, in part to encourage he Cold Spring Village Board at its visitors to picnic in village parks as a way April 27 meeting adopted the 2021- of reducing Main Street congestion. T 22 budget. Young Lee, one of the residents, wrote: The general fund, which supports most “I’m resigned to the noisy crowds, but I major village services including the police, cannot imagine the area being able to trash and recycling pickup, and road and absorb any more visitors and their detritus.” sidewalk maintenance, will total $2,619,872, “I don’t think [the campaign] was an of which $1,745,300 will be raised through intentional push to get people to the river, [but rather] there are other areas to spread property taxes, a 2.3 percent increase over last Cold Spring is encouraging visitors to picnic in parks rather than on Main Street. year. The board voted not to increase taxes by out in the village,” Trustee Kathleen Foley Photo by M. Turton the maximum allowable 3.85 percent. said. The poster lists a number of other The printed budget summary from Mayor parks in addition to those at the riverfront. pedestrian tunnel on Saturdays. Staff from to a survey regarding the Cold Spring Police Dave Merandy, who also serves as budget offi- Eliza Starbuck, the president of the Cold the Highway Department maintain them on Department being conducted as part of a cer, states: “Although the total levy is increas- Spring Chamber of Commerce and co-owner other days. The restrooms are open Thurs- state order requiring municipalities to review ing, due to changes in property assessed of Flowercup Wines, said she encourages day through Monday but will be available their law-enforcement operations. Trustee values, last year’s tax rate of $11.3922 per people who visit her shop to eat in village seven days a week after Memorial Day. Fran Murphy said she had distributed links $1,000 of assessed value is not expected parks. “We’re in a pandemic,” she said. “Having to 640 people and so far received 295 surveys to increase.” Putnam County will provide people picnicking in the middle of Main Street ¢ Merandy reported on plans for Commu- plus 11 hard copies, a nearly 50 percent return updated assessed property values by June 1. is not optimal for health and safety concerns.” nity Day, which is tentatively scheduled for rate she described as “phenomenal.” The board also approved 2021-22 budgets The board discussed the possibility of Labor Day weekend. Fireworks have been for the water and sewer funds at $674,374 adding portable bathrooms and additional booked (sponsored by Nick Groombridge ¢ Trustees on Tuesday (May 4) approved and $556,101, respectively. Neither will affect trash bins as a way of coping with the large and Kim Connor), and donations secured Officer-in-Charge Larry Burke’s request to the tax rate as they are funded by user fees. riverfront crowds. from Magazzino and M&T Bank to fund hire Nicholas Cosentino to fill a vacancy. live music. A volunteer planning commit- Cosentino has worked for the New Castle Keep Cold Spring Beautiful In other business … tee will be recruited. Police Department in Westchester County In correspondence, three residents living ¢ The Cold Spring Chamber of Commerce since 2005. “I was very impressed with near the riverfront expressed concern that has agreed to assume responsibility for ¢ Village residents and business owners Officer Cosentino in his interview and his the ongoing “Keep Cold Spring Beautiful” cleaning the public restrooms near the have until midnight on May 15 to respond approach to community policing,” said Foley.

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The (Incomplete) Numbers Don’t Lie Renters’ Aid (from Page 1) son, a Democrat whose district includes How Many Evictions? A vacancy rate “closer to 5 percent Beacon, each voted for it. Dutchess rental survey The scale of possible evictions is hard is a sign of a healthier rental market,” “I know landlords are frustrated, but to pin down because of the pandemic- reveals high prices in Beacon they said. “It is low enough not to nega- that’s why we still need more time” to tively affect landlords, but high enough related halts to court proceedings and By Jeff Simms allow renters to apply and to distribute previous moratoriums. New York’s Unified to permit tenant mobility. This extremely the funding, said Haines. rental housing survey released last low rate illustrates a worsening crisis in Court System provided data showing Under the federal Emergency Rental fewer than 104,000 eviction filings week by Dutchess County found the ability of our neighbors to secure and Assistance Program, overseen by the U.S. an expensive and highly compet- retain housing in Dutchess County, espe- statewide for 2020, less than half the A Treasury Department, eligible house- 249,000 filed in 2019. Filings for Beacon itive market in Beacon, although that cially given that vacancy rates have been holds can receive up to a year of rental last year totaled 49, compared to 79 for conclusion came with a large caveat: the consistently below the 5 percent bench- and utility assistance, plus an additional 2019. (The court system does not compile managers of six of the city’s higher-density mark for over 20 years.” three months of assistance if needed to eviction data from town and village courts. developments did not respond. While Beacon’s 246 affordable apart- stabilize their housing. Payments are Putnam County does not have any cities.) The management of only two such devel- ments make up nearly 15 percent of the made directly to landlords and utility opments, accounting for 108 market-rate county’s tax-credit housing stock, Coun- companies. An application system has Nationally, the Census Bureau polls apartments (the Lofts at Beacon and the cil Member Dan Aymar-Blair said bluntly not yet been established. adults about their housing status for West End Lofts), responded to the survey, that Beacon “does not have an affordable The program was created with $25 its Household Pulse Survey, which is which has been compiled annually for the housing plan.” billion in funding from the federal stim- updated every two weeks. About 34 past 40 years by the Dutchess planning ulus bill passed in December and given an percent of New York adults surveyed department. The six that did not respond A vacancy rate additional $21.6 billion from the COVID- from April 14 to April 26 said they lived include 344 Main St., 7 Creek Drive and 19 relief legislation passed in March. New in households “not current on rent or Beacon Falls at Leonard Street. closer to 5 York State will receive $800 million in mortgage where eviction or foreclosure in the next two months is either very The non-responders represent 274 units, funding from the first $25 billion. likely or somewhat likely.” both those rented at market rates and percent is a sign of a Municipalities and counties in New York “affordable” apartments that provide the healthier rental market. with populations that exceed 200,000 Dutchess’ Department of Planning and owners with tax credits. The survey also did people will also receive an additional $480 Development distributed an informal not include developments approved and/ ~Dutchess Rental Housing Survey million from the $25 billion. Dutchess survey to property owners in early March or under construction in the city, such as County’s allocation will be $8.7 million; to gauge the level of arrears locally, Edgewater, 248 Tioronda and 226 Main St. The city requires that 10 percent of new Putnam County, with a population of said Anne Saylor, the county’s deputy Given those limitations, apartments in developments be set aside for the work- about 100,000 people, does not qualify. commissioner for housing. The survey Beacon were by far the most expensive force affordable program, which gives Under the federal program, eligible drew responses from 48 landlords with a in all categories — from studios to three- rental priority to volunteer emergency households must have at least one person combined 5,640 of the county’s roughly bedrooms — among 10 municipalities. responders and municipal and school who qualifies for unemployment or has lost 36,000 total apartment units, she said. The survey found that the rent on a district employees. Beacon also has, income or faced significant costs or financial Those owners reported 893 units in market-rate studio apartment in Beacon according to the Dutchess survey, more hardship due to the pandemic shutdown; last year averaged $2,163 per month — than 500 apartments that are subsidized arrears, with the average renter behind can prove they are at risk of homelessness 2.4 months and owing about $4,300. almost $1,000 more than the second most- through federal programs (commonly or “housing instability”; and has household expensive, in the Town of Wappinger. called Section 8), but those units have wait- More than three-fourths of those income at or below 80 percent of the area renters, 681, fell behind during the According to the planners, a person would ing lists of a year or more, or, in the case median, which ranges from $57,360 for a pandemic, said Saylor. need to earn $51,160 annually to afford of the Davies South Terrace development, single person up to $108,080 for an eight- the county average for a studio ($1,244) four to five years. person household in Dutchess County. The average number of months and stay within a federal guideline of not Aymar-Blair, who, along with Nelson, Dutchess County announced last that renters were behind during the spending more than 30 percent of gross has been one of the City Council’s most month the availability of $930,000 in 13-month-old pandemic may reflect the income on housing, including utilities. persistent voices on affordability, said that rental assistance funding that could cover effectiveness of federal benefits, said In Beacon, that may be impossible. “I don’t Beacon does not have sufficient plans to up to six consecutive months of unpaid Saylor. Renters who lost jobs during the know if there are any jobs in Beacon that pay expand the number of below-market-rate rent. That money is from the federal pandemic have been able to receive well enough to afford that kind of housing,” rentals or the range of offerings. CARES Act approved in March 2020. supplemental unemployment payments said City Council Member Terry Nelson. A vibrant affordable housing program The federal government did not desig- approved by the federal government, A two-bedroom unit in Beacon costs an means asking: “How much housing stock nate that it be used for rental assistance, first an extra $600 a month and then an average of $2,398, while the county aver- do we have that accommodates people at but the county had flexibility in how it extra $300 on top of what unemployed age is $1,702. A renter or family would need different income levels?” he said. “We need could be spent. people received from their states. to take the first step. These are major qual- to make $70,400 to afford the Dutchess “The government gave people money ity-of-life issues.” average and stay within the 30 percent so they could pay their bills, and I think Visit highlandscurrent.org for news threshold. most people did that,” she said. Dutchess planners also looked at vacancy updates and latest information. rates as a measure of each municipality’s rental economy. Countywide vacancy for market-rate apartments was 0.9 percent, NOTICE the lowest since Dutchess began conduct- ing the survey. Vacancy for tax-credit devel- opments, which are generally lower due to The Philipstown Planning Board subsidized rents, was 0.5 percent. will hold their regular monthly meeting on May 20th, 2021 7:30 p.m. virtually via Zoom. In Beacon, the incomplete numbers If you would like to attend, please visit the following link: Register in advance for this webinar: showed a zero vacancy rate for market- https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_HmZZqZ9YQWi8EmcIhX81zA rate apartments, which means that none Webinar ID: 890 3816 1010 Passcode: PLAN were available in the developments that One tap mobile: 1-646-558-8656 Webinar ID: 890 3816 1010 participated in the survey. 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Mortgage Tax Revenue Jumps Mortgage Tax Income Soars for Philipstown 2019-20 2020-21 Putnam legislators OK arts The legislators also voted 8 to 0 (one given credit for,” Montgomery said. “It’s a PUTNAM COUNTY $1,594,336 $3,231,824 lawmaker was absent) to approve $13,000 huge industry in our region, some would PHILIPSTOWN $200,843 $391,527 grants, equipment bonds, in grants for 12 arts/cultural organizations, say the only industry we have in Putnam COLD SPRING security cameras including three in Philipstown. County, certainly in my district.” $16,422 $32,474 Recommended by the Putnam Arts Coun- The legislators also unanimously NELSONVILLE $4,685 $9,198 By Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong cil, the recipients included the Butterfield approved the Sheriff’s Department plans to Source: Putnam County. For taxes collected from Oct. Library in Cold Spring, which received spend $43,010 to replace patrol car cameras 1 to March 31 s COVID-19 surged in Putnam $800 for a yearlong series of events such and to use income from the inmates’ County, so did municipal income as Writers Reading at the Library; $1,500 commissary to buy oxygen tanks ($885) A from the mortgage tax on home sales, to the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival and upgraded trauma-first aid kits ($2,712) equipment is part of a program to upgrade according to data reviewed by the Putnam for its community playwriting program; for the jail and vehicles; computer accesso- such county roads as Snake Hill and the County Legislature on Tuesday (May 4). and $1,200 to Manitoga in Garrison for an ries ($784) for the inmates’ law library; and short stretch of Cold Spring’s Fair Street Convening by audio connection, the legis- installation and acoustic performances. 15 televisions ($485 each) for inmate view- that extends beyond the village border. lators unanimously approved disburse- In addition, the Doansburg Chamber ing (the sheriff had wanted 30). “I’m really in support of infrastructure ment, countywide, of the $3.2 million in Ensemble of Mahopac, which performs at They similarly concurred on a Health projects and improvement,” Montgom- revenue generated between Oct. 1 and St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Cold Spring, Department reshuffling that will enhance ery said. Yet, “I don’t know why we have March 31. Philipstown, Cold Spring and was awarded $1,300; the Tompkins Corners environmental health efforts while saving to bond for them. If we were better fiscal Nelsonville will receive nearly double what Cultural Center in Putnam Valley received $16,000 yearly. Montgomery observed that it managers, we wouldn’t have to bond,” or they got for the same period in 2019-20. $1,000 for a theater production; and Collab- is the third recent Health Department reor- borrow the money. In Putnam County, the county and state orative Concepts, which held its outdoor ganization. Nonetheless, she added, “we’re “It’s going to be a savings in the long tax on mortgages totals $1.05 per $100 of sculpture exhibition in Garrison before beginning to give the Health Department the run,” Castellano replied. debt secured; the revenue reflects a growing moving it to the county’s Tilly Foster Farm resources they need.” She said the depart- Montgomery also objected to allocat- number of homes and commercial buildings near Brewster last fall, will get $1,000. ment’s push to vaccinate residents against ing $35,000 for security cameras in county changing hands and/or larger mortgages. “It’s nice to see the investment in the COVID-19 demonstrated “when they’re given office buildings. Legislators in 2017 approved The county total “is a significant amount arts, even if it’s a small” amount per group, the resources how successful they can be.” $82,537 for the system and appropriated of money for a six-month period,” noted said Legislator Nancy Montgomery, who Montgomery and her colleagues parted $75,000 more in 2020. Their latest resolu- Legislator Joseph Castellano of Brewster, represents Philipstown and part of Putnam ways when it came to issuing $500,000 in tion limits the maximum outlay to $192,537. who chairs the Audit and Administration Valley. “In Putnam County alone, arts bonds to cover most of a $668,500 price tag “It seems a little excessive,” Montgom- Committee. “It shows we’re doing the right and cultural organizations inject over $6 for a Highway Department brine tank and ery said, before casting the lone “no” vote. thing in Putnam. People are trying to move million into the economy annually.” In fact, vehicles. Putnam expects New York State “That money could well be put to use else- up to this county.” the arts account for “way more than they’re to contribute the remaining $168,500. The where.”

They have no interest in governing,” only in “attacking the other side” and in exerting State Legislator Will Challenge Maloney authority, he said. “It’s going to be a while Opponent for Serino also the Democratic Congressional Campaign Schmitt promised, if elected, to “lead the before they come back to reality and start Committee. fight against the radical socialist ideology acting responsibly again. Until then, they announces campaign Colin Schmitt, 30, that is driving [House speaker] Nancy Pelo- should not be trusted with power.” By Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong resides in New Wind- si’s agenda and the liberal policies being sor. He was elected to advanced by Congressional Democrats.” State Senate he next election for Congress doesn’t the state Assembly in Schmitt faced criticism from Democrats On Monday (May 3), occur for 18 months. But a state 2018 and represents in January when he spoke to two busloads of Jamie Cheney, a Rhine- legislator from Orange County has parts of Orange and participants before they left for Washington, beck farmer who owns T a business that assists already announced his intention to chal- Rockland counties. A D.C., to participate in the “Stop the Steal” lenge Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, a Demo- sergeant in the Army Schmitt rally that preceded the riot at the Capitol. working parents, crat in his fifth, 2-year term representing National Guard, Schmitt works at his fami- The Orange County Democratic Committee kicked off a campaign the district that includes the Highlands ly’s real estate firm. tweeted the image of Schmitt aboard the bus for the state Senate He launched his campaign last month, with a message accusing him of “support- seat held by Sue Serino, Maloney, 54, lives in Philipstown. He Cheney serves on the Transportation and Infra- declaring that “Hudson Valley families ing a busload of right-wing extremists” and a Republican who is structure Committee, the Agriculture need a strong voice in Washington who will “undermining our democracy.” also from Dutchess County and serving Committee and the Intelligence Commit- protect taxpayers, create new jobs and stand The Times Herald-Record in Albany her third term. Serino defeated challenger tee and in December was elected chair of up for our veterans and first responders.” reported on Jan. 7 that Schmitt declined to Karen Smythe by a narrow margin in 2018 say if he supported the president’s claims and by a more comfortable one in 2020. of a stolen election. Cheney, a Democrat, said that she When interviewed last month by Fox chose to run because “as we’ve watched News, Schmitt claimed that Maloney “has our community struggle throughout the voted 100 percent of the time with Nancy COVID-19 pandemic, it is clear that upstate Pelosi” and “sold us out to get a partisan needs leadership and investment to recover appointment” as chair of the DCCC “for his and continue building our economy. blind loyalty.” “As a small-business owner, farmer and After President Joe Biden’s April 28 mother to young children, I understand address to Congress, Schmitt criticized a firsthand the hurdles so many families Democratic agenda that, he argued, “will in our community faced this past year as expand the federal government’s reach into they navigated the uncertainties of the virtually every aspect of American life and pandemic and dealt with simultaneously Find the Perfect finance it through massive tax increases working remotely and learning from home.” and mountains of new debt that will impact Cheney operates Falcon’s Fields, a Gift for Mom generations of Hudson Valley residents.” 60-head beef farm, with her husband. Shop in store or online at www.gifthut.com Questioned the next day on MSNBC about 86 Main St. Cold Spring, NY 10516 the president’s speech, Maloney described Visit for news Unique Gifts, Toys, Puzzles highlandscurrent.org for the Whole Family Instagram the_gift_hut | Facebook @thegifthutny Republicans as having “run out of ideas. updates and latest information. highlandscurrent.org The Highlands Current May 7, 2021 11

COVID-19 by OPENING the Numbers DAYS PUTNAM COUNTY Number of confirmed cases: Mark your calendar as 10,471 (+67) New York slowly reopens Active Cases in Philipstown: 2 Tests administered: MONDAY, MAY 10 The outdoor social gathering limit will 218,001 (+4,114) increase to 500 from 200 people. Percent positive: SATURDAY, MAY 15 Offices can expand to 75 percent 4.8 (-0.1) capacity, from 50 percent. Percent vaccinated: THANKS TO NURSES — Wednesday (May 12) is International Nurses Day, celebrated MONDAY, MAY 17 on the birthday of Florence Nightingale. Putnam County Executive MaryEllen Odell this week praised the work of nurses from the county’s Medical Reserve Corps for their The midnight curfew for bars and 52.0 work in vaccinating residents against COVID-19, including Jill Sussman and Felicia restaurants will end for outdoor areas. Number of deaths: Saunders (left) and Vickie Maxino (right), shown inoculating Emily Shortell, a first-grade The New York City subway will resume teacher at the Garrison School, on Jan. 28. The county’s nursing staff has clocked 24-hour service. (0) more than 35,000 hours since the pandemic began, Odell said. Photos provided WEDNESDAY, MAY 19 91 Most business capacities — which and 15 years old. Snyder, who already gives are currently based on percentage of Coronavirus shots of the two-dose Moderna and single- maximum occupancy — will be removed DUTCHESS COUNTY dose Johnson & Johnson vaccines, said on and businesses will only be limited Number of confirmed cases: Tuesday (May 4) that she has ordered 1,095 by the space required for customers Update or parties of customers to maintain a doses of Pfizer, which requires two shots. (+305) distance of 6 feet. The guidance applies 28,892 ¢ State health officials said that, as of The company’s drug is already approved for to retail, food services, gyms and Active Cases in Beacon: 17 Wednesday (May 5), 10,471 people had people as young as 16, and approval for chil- fitness centers, amusement and family tested positive for COVID-19 in Putnam dren as young as 12 is expected soon. “If the entertainment, hair salons, barber Tests administered: County; 28,892 in Dutchess; 128,236 in kids can get their second vaccine two weeks shops and other personal care services, Westchester; 46,483 in Rockland; 13,620 before prom, they’re going to have a great as well as houses of worship. 711,348 (+16,008) in Ulster; and 47,491 in Orange. Statewide, prom,” said Snyder. The limit for indoor gatherings will Percent positive: there have been 2,048,489 positives, includ- increase to 250 people, from 100. The ing 920,091 in New York City. Statewide, The Putnam County Department of outdoor limit will increase to 500 from ¢ (0) 42,185 people had died. Health will hold a clinic to administer the 25 with social distancing, and to 50 4.1 Pfizer vaccine on Tuesday (May 11) from from 10 indoors. Gatherings can exceed Percent vaccinated: ¢ The number of people with COVID-19 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the Philipstown Recre- the limits if all attendees have evidence who are hospitalized in New York state as of ation Center in Garrison for anyone age 16 of full vaccination or a recent negative COVID-19 test. 48.8 May 5 stood at 2,335; the number in inten- or older. Walk-ins are welcome, or make Large indoor venues can operate at 30 sive care was 605; and the number of intu- an appointment at putnamcountyny.com/ Number of deaths: percent capacity, up from 10 percent, bations was 371. In the Mid-Hudson Valley, covid-19-vaccine-information. and outdoor venues can operate at 33 442 (+1) 46 percent of hospital beds were available percent. Attendees must have evidence and 40 percent of ICU beds. ¢ People who are fully vaccinated (two of full vaccination or a recent negative weeks have passed since their final shot) COVID-19 test result. Source: State and county health departments, ¢ The governor extended his state of do not have to wear masks outdoors, as of May 5, with weekly change in parentheses. MONDAY, MAY 31 Active cases in Philipstown as of April 29. Percent emergency order through May 27, allow- except when in crowds, and do not need to vaccinated reflects at least one dose. ing public meetings to continue to be held be restricted from work if asymptomatic The midnight curfew for bars and restaurants will end for indoor areas. remotely. after being exposed to someone positive for COVID-19, the Centers for Disease Control TUESDAY, SEPT. 14 ¢ The Small Business Administration is and Prevention said on April 27. Broadway shows will be allowed to reopen. now accepting applications for its Restau- rant Revitalization Fund, which provides ¢ State prisons resumed inmate visits at up to $10 million per business, and no more maximum security facilities on April 28 than $5 million per physical location, for and its remaining prisons on May 1. HELP WANTED COVID-19-related losses. The funds do not Long Term Care Community Coalition (LTCCC) is seeking an individual to have to be repaid as long as they are used ¢ As of May 5, according to the State develop and implement an outreach, marketing and recruitment plan for two for eligible expenses by March 11, 2023. To COVID Report Card, Haldane had reported Long Term Care Ombudsman programs within the Hudson Valley. This is a apply, see restaurants.sba.gov. 39 students and 15 teachers/staff who short term assignment until September 30th. had tested positive; Garrison reported ¢ Dutchess and Putnam counties resumed 13 students and seven teachers/staff; and We are looking for someone who is a self-starter, with experience, who can establish a working use of the single-shot Johnson & Johnson Beacon reported 108 students and 45 teach- marketing and recruitment strategy to encompass 9 counties, Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Putnam, vaccine after the federal government lifted ers/staff. Orange, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster and Westchester. a “pause” put in place over concerns about The right candidate will work closely with the two Regional Coordinators within the counties to rare clotting in some recipients. ¢ The Putnam County Department of establish the best method for recruitment and marketing the program to potential volunteers and Health is asking people who have not the general public. Skills needed for this assignment include organization, creativity, familiarity ¢ Heidi Snyder, the owner of Drug World been vaccinated to share their reasons in with non-profits, ability to recruit, digital literacy and regional knowledge/advertising awareness in Cold Spring, said she is, for the first time, an anonymous survey. See bit.ly/putnam- for each county. ordering Pfizer vaccines in anticipation that survey. Please send resume with cover letter to the federal government will approve the drug Ombudsman Program-Temp Assignment, [email protected] or fax 845-625-1587 for administration to adolescents between 12 For more updates, see highlandscurrent.org. 12 May 7, 2021 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.org

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The Open Space Institute bought a 32-acre property on Canopus Hollow Road in Putnam Valley. OSI photo More than 740 feet of a perennial stream Open Space Institute Buys and a 5-acre wetland also inhabit the prop- Putnam Valley Land erty, as well as migratory birds, the Indiana bat and rare plants, said OSI, which plans Property seen as entry to Appalachian to transfer the property to the state as an HVSF & PHILIPSTOWN Trail, Fahnestock addition to Fahnestock. he Open Space Institute has purchased John Lafata, whose family owned the T a 32-acre property on Canopus Hollow 32 acres for more than 25 years, said that Road in Putnam Valley that will provide “now, the peacefulness I experienced there access to the adjacent Appalachian Trail on the land will be shared with others.” and Fahnestock State Park, which sits a Moving forward half-mile north. Working Families The property, which cost $382,500, shares a 2,120-foot boundary to the east Lawsuits Dismissed with the Appalachian Trail, which connects Nominating petitions were Hudson Highlands State Park with Fahne- submitted legally, judge rules together. stock, and has a farm road that is a poten- tial trailhead and parking area, said OSI in state Supreme Court judge on April 30 Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival’s permanent home announcing the purchase on April 19. A rejected lawsuits filed by Republican voters and candidates around New York at The Garrison will unite the home-grown theater who sought to get Democratic candidates this community has loved for years with responsible thrown off the Working Families Party HOWLAND ballot line in the November election. planning for a sustainable local future. The 12 principles CULTURAL The lawsuits, which were bundled into one of Philipstown’s updated Comprehensive Plan have been case, attempted to disqualify the Working CENTER Families nominating petitions filed by Demo- at the heart of our site planning since the very beginning: cratic candidates, including in Dutchess and Sat. + Sun. – May 8 + 9 CONTEMPO EAST to PERFORM Putnam counties, because party officials’ and - Sustaining local character? Art show with 18 Asian-American artists Weekends 1-5 pm thru May 30 notaries’ signatures were not “wet,” or origi- We’ve been in this community for 34 years. nals, but submitted digitally. Judge Scott DelConte ruled that the filings - A sustainable economic development strategy? are legal, citing an executive order by Gov. Our impact will double. Andrew Cuomo last year that allowed elec- - “Smart Growth” principles? tronic notarization and witnessing of nomi- Sat. May 8 – 8 pm nating petitions because of the pandemic. LIVESTREAM: THE ARTICHOKE We’re repurposing existing infrastructure. Our storytelling hour is back! Online tix: Artichokeshow.com “There is simply no support” for the peti- - Protecting our natural resources? tioners’ arguments, based on the “plain and unambiguous” language of Cuomo’s order, Absolutely! Conversion from a grass monoculture DelConte wrote in his decision. is a huge environmental win. Land Trust Seeks Input on Help move our community forward by keeping ‘Green Corridors’ HVSF local. Learn more: Plan calls for connecting Sat. May 15 – 8 pm LIVESTREAM: WILLIAM PARKER conservation areas Elysium Furnace Works presents the famed bassist, with Joe McPhee, sax Livestream + OnDemand tix: howlandculturalcentertix.com he Hudson Highlands Land Trust is Tsurveying Philipstown residents about the natural resources they consider priori- ties for protecting, including open space, forests, streams and wildlife. AND MORE: Responses will aid the development of May 23 – 8 pm: Streaming: ALIVEmusica Cassatt String Quartet with Ursula Oppens, piano the town’s East Highlands Green Corridors May 29 – 11 am to noon: Classics for Kids Music in the Park, a walking concert. Details to come. Plan, which calls for using protected prop- There are no walk-up tickets at the door. In-house seating is limited erties to link conservation areas. and may be available online, if you’re early to book. 477 Main Street, Beacon, NY 12508 The survey can be found at surveymon- Ad paid for by members of HVSF’s Board of Directors www.howlandculturalcenter.org (845) 831-4988 key.com/r/Philipstown, and information on facebook.com/howlandcenterbeacon howlandculturalcentertix.com the Green Corridors Plan at hhlt.org. highlandscurrent.org The Highlands Current May 7, 2021 13 The Calendar Sculpting with

Magazzino to exhibit granular works By Alison Rooney

sculptor, designer and painter whose social and artistic circles A included Willem de Kooning and Jackson Pollack, Constantino Nivola was born in Sardinia in 1911, the son of a mason. The passing of those skills from father to son laid the foundation for Nivola’s large- scale reliefs, often used as building facades. An exhibition on Nivola’s work that opens at Magazzino Italian Art in Philipstown on Saturday (May 8) consists of about 50 objects, including sandstone reliefs, made first in plaster, then concrete; sculptures; and architectural maquettes, or models. The focus is Nivola’s trailblazing sandcast sculpting techniques. Nivola preparing the sand before casting Nivola in the garden at Springs, East Hampton, in the mid 1950s, with the model for After attending an institute for the in cement in East Hampton in the late William E. Grady Vocational High School Photo by Richard Stein industrial arts and apprenticing for an 1950s Photo by Dan Weiner artist, Nivola moved to Milan, where he began working as a graphic designer for materials on a monumental scale, involving Olivetti. With war approaching in 1939, he coordination, and transportation challenge and his wife, Ruth Guggenheim, who was in an ordinary to extraordinary transfor- Jewish, fled Italy for Manhattan. mation,” she notes. After trying to make ends meet for a few Nivola’s work began to gain attention in years, Nivola became the art director for a Italy. He also was a social “center of grav- number of journals, says Teresa Kittler, Maga- ity” for a large group of artists, says Kittler. zzino’s 2020/21 scholar-in-residence, who “In some ways he was quite shy, but also curated the show with Chiara Mannarino. charismatic, energetic and spontaneous, The couple bought a house on the beach on and he hosted lots of events at his house — the eastern end of Long Island, “where they big barbecues, with music.” and their children spent a lot of time playing Magazzino co-founder Giorgio Spanu, in the sand,” she says. “It’s interesting that a fellow Sardinian, has been interested in the sandcasting, which Nivola developed in Nivola’s work for years, says Kittler, who is a the late 1940s, came about through trying to lecturer in modern and contemporary art at do something through an everyday activity.” the University of York in the U.K. “This project The technique involved carving into wet has been in the pipeline for many years, and sand and filling the negative space with now felt like the right moment to be thinking the material which became the sculpture of an artist who was interested in the intersec- and, later, the piece of architecture. Under tion of art and architecture. It’s quite exciting to show works rarely exhibited and to bring the mentoring of architect and designer Le Nivola at work on reliefs for the facade of together the work from various institutions.” Corbusier, Nivola kept experimenting. In Wall with relief, from the Building Blocks Mutual of Hartford Insurance Company in 1953, he was commissioned by Olivetti to series, in the garden of Nivola's home in the summer of 1957. create a mural in its Fifth Avenue showroom. Springs, East Hampton, 1955 Images courtesy of Fondazione Nivola Magazzino Italian Art, located at 2700 “Not only was the scale vastly more ambi- Route 9 in Philipstown, is open 11 a.m. to 5 tious, but he had to think about the practicali- thin layer of plaster, reinforced with cement, something much richer.” p.m. from Thursday to Monday. For reser- ties of making and installing this large-scale built up with concrete later.” Nivola’s early experience in masonry vations, see magazzino.art/booking. The work,” Kittler says. “So he turned his studio Once they’re cast, a layer of sand is locked and construction became useful as he exhibit, organized in collaboration with outdoors, creating a garden studio. There are in, “giving an almost stone-like quality to calculated how to transport and install the Sardinian-based Nivola Foundation wonderful images of him turning portions the reliefs,” she says. “He’s taking this work- extremely heavy pieces with cranes, trucks and the Italian Embassy in Washington, of gardens into trenches, then casting with a ing material and giving it this quality of and trains. He was using “modern, cheap continues through Jan. 10. 14 May 7, 2021 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.org

installation will explore the hidden TALKS & TOURS world of nature, while John De Marco’s abstract landscapes will be SAT 8 on view in Gallery 2 and a group Vernal Pool Exploration THE WEEK AHEAD show will be in the Beacon Room. & Bird Walk Through June 6. Edited by Pamela Doan ([email protected]) WAPPINGERS FALLS 10 & 11:30 a.m. Stony Kill Farm For a complete listing of events, see SAT 8 79 Farmstead Lane | stonykill.org Klav 9’s Tank Club This program will look at the highlandscurrent.org/calendar. BEACON abundant nature on the trails and 6 – 9 p.m. Clutter Gallery landscape. Cost: $5 163 Main St. | 212-255-2505 shop.cluttermagazine.com/gallery MON 10 COMMUNITY The custom show celebrates Klav’s Jumpstarting Poems first sofubi figure, the TANK. The SAT 8 gallery will also present a solo show With Art Veterans’ Open House by Jared CircusBear. Through June 5. POUGHKEEPSIE 7 p.m. Arts Mid-Hudson | 845-454-3222 BEACON artsmidhudson.org/workshops Noon – 5 p.m. Memorial Hall TUES 11 413 Main St. Introduction to Raphael Kosek, an English professor and poet, will lead this The American Legion and Calligraphy workshop via Zoom on how to Veterans of Foreign Wars will hold POUGHKEEPSIE use works of fine art to help you an open house, offering water and 6:30 p.m. Arts Mid-Hudson describe and react to what you are remembrance poppies and selling 845-454-3222 | artsmidhudson.org seeing and feeling. Register online. lunches. A flag ceremony will be Cost: $45 ($30 members) held at 5 p.m. This will be the first of three weekly classes taught by Jim Bennett to explore the pens, inks WED 12 SAT 8 and traditional techniques of the Resmaa Menakem Bird-a-thon art. Cost: $82 ($67 members) BEACON HIGHLANDS 7 p.m. Howland Public Library 5 p.m. Various locations THURS 13 845-831-1134 | beaconlibrary.org putnamhighlandsaudubon.org Robert Irwin The therapist, founder of Justice The Putnam Highlands Audubon BEACON Leadership Solutions and author hosts this annual fundraiser in Car Cruise, May 8 Noon. Dia:Beacon of My Grandmother’s Hands: which four teams plus backyard 845-231-0811 | diaart.org Racialized Trauma and the Pathway birdwatchers, beginning FRI 7, this group for students ages 9 to 15 KIDS & FAMILY Watch online as Dia educators to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies, spend 24 hours scouring for bird will read and share poems. discuss the artist’s immersive, site- will discuss his work via Zoom. species at Constitution Marsh and SAT 8 specific installation works. other locations. Mother’s Day Story Walk VISUAL ARTS COLD SPRING SAT 15 SUN 9 SAT 8 Butterfield Library | 10 Morris Ave. Drawing Within and Mother’s Day Tea 845-265-3040 | butterfieldlibrary.org ArtQUAKE Without PHILIPSTOWN Stroll the library’s paths to enjoy GARRISON 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Stonecrop a themed story. 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Garrison Art Center GARRISON 81 Stonecrop Lane | 845-265-2000 23 Garrison’s Landing | 845-424-3960 10:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Garrison Art Center stonecrop.org SAT 8 garrisonartcenter.org Tea and cake will be available for Kids’ Program & Tour David Provan curated this exhibit 23 Garrison’s Landing | 845-424-3960 purchase in the garden. Register by 18 artists whose works are an garrisonartcenter.org GARRISON online. optical illusion or spin, whirl, walk Christina Di Marco’s workshop 10 a.m. Boscobel or move. Through May 16. will kick off a series of eight one- 845-265-3638 | boscobel.org WED 12 day classes covering painting, silk This virtual tour for families will screening, bookmaking, knitting SAT 8 Car Cruise focus each month on an object from and other crafts. Class will be BEACON Boscobel’s collection. The May item Sandscapes held outside, weather permitting. 5 – 9 p.m. Elks Lodge | 900 Wolcott Ave. is a teacup. Cost: $9 COLD SPRING Register online. Cost: $55 845-420-4606 | beaconelks.com 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. Magazzino The Elks relaunch their weekly THURS 13 2700 Route 9 | magazzino.art SAT 15 show of vintage sedans, convertibles, Superhero Storytime This exhibit will showcase Low Fidelity THURS 13 trucks and motorcycles. There is also the work of Costantino Nivola, GARRISON Tony Hiss food, music and raffles. Registration a Sardinian artist who creates BEACON 4 p.m. Desmond-Fish Library is $5; admission is free. sculptures through sandcasting. 6 – 9 p.m. The Lofts at Beacon GARRISON 845-424-3020 | desmondfishlibrary.org Register online to visit. See Page 13. 18 Front St. | 845-202-7211 2 p.m. Garrison Institute Princess Leia will read, sing and loftsatbeacon.com garrisoninstitute.org FRI 14 play games with children via Zoom. The exhibit will showcase As part of the Pathways to Manitoga Opens SAT 8 photographs by Bobby Grossman of Planetary Health series, the writer and GARRISON FRI 14 Sandbox | Schism the New York City downtown scene scholar will discuss setting aside half 11 a.m. Manitoga | 584 Route 9D Ramadan Through a BEACON from 1975 to 1983, with shots of of the planet to conserve biodiversity 845-424-3812 | visitmanitoga.org Child’s Eyes Noon – 6 p.m. BAU Gallery David Bowie, Jean-Michel Basquiat and regenerate lands and oceans. The former home, studio and 506 Main St. | 845-440-7584 and others. Through July 17. BEACON garden of industrial designer baugallery.org SAT 15 Russel Wright (1904-1976) opens 4 p.m. Howland Public Library Lukas Milanak’s interactive for the season with tours and an 845-831-1134 | beaconlibrary.org Life Among the Lenape installation by lighting designer In this interactive performance, FORT MONTGOMERY and artist Derek Porter. learn how an African American 10:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. 690 Route 9W Muslim family celebrates the 845-446-2134 | parks.ny.gov SAT 15 religion’s holy month from the Learn about what life was like Funminster Dog Show perspective of an 8-year-old girl. for local Native Americans and see Email [email protected] to demonstrations of skills they used. PATTERSON join the Zoom event. Noon – 3 p.m. Rec Center | 65 Front St. SUN 16 All friendly, leashed dogs are SAT 15 welcome to compete in any of eight The Inspired categories, including Wiggly Butt, Poetry Sculptors Garden Journal Largest Dog, Smallest Dog and Best Poetry Circle COLD SPRING Senior, during this third annual COLD SPRING 10 a.m. Supplies for Creative Living fundraiser for Putnam Service 2:15 p.m. Butterfield Library suppliesforcreativeliving.com Dogs. Register from noon to 1 p.m. 10 Morris Ave. | 845-265-3040 In the first of two sessions via for $20 per dog. Cost: $15 ($5 ages butterfieldlibrary.org ArtQUAKE, May 8 Zoom, participants will learn how 10 and younger) Led by eighth-grader Rain Lee, (Continued on Page 15) highlandscurrent.org The Highlands Current May 7, 2021 15

(Continued from Page 14) CIVIC to record and observe the natural MON 10 world and track their gardening project’s progress. Cost: $65 City Council BEACON 7 p.m. Via Zoom MUSIC 845-838-5011 | cityofbeacon.org SAT 8 Catherine Russell MON 10 KATONAH Budget Hearing 8 p.m. Caramoor BEACON 914-232-1252 | caramoor.org 7 p.m. Beacon High School The Grammy Award-winning jazz 845-838-6900 | beaconk12.org vocalist will perform familiar favorites and music from her latest album, The Freedom Project, May 13 TUES 11 Alone Together, in this livestreamed Meet the School Board concert. Cost: $15, $30, $45 Center returns to live performance Candidates SAT 15 with this fairy tale musical, which COLD SPRING William Parker will be performed outdoors. Also 7 p.m. Haldane SUN 9. Cost: $10 845-265-9254 | haldaneschool.org BEACON Sponsored by the Haldane PTA. 8 p.m. Howland Cultural Center Three Ages, May 14 477 Main St. | 845-831-4988 SAT 8 onthestage.com/howland-cultural-center The Artichoke TUES 11 THURS 13 FRI 14 The jazz musician will perform BEACON Board of Trustees and speak with Cisco Bradley, 8 p.m. Howland Cultural Center The Freedom Project Three Ages (1923) COLD SPRING author of Universal Tonality: The 477 Main St. | 845-831-4988 GARRISON COLD SPRING 7:30 p.m. Via Zoom Life and Music of William Parker. artichokeshow.com 6:30 p.m. Philipstown Depot Theatre 7 p.m. Butterfield Library 845-265-3611 | coldspringny.gov The 24 in-person seats are sold-out Gastor Almonte, Paula Croxson, 845-424-3900 | 845-265-3040 | butterfieldlibrary.org philipstowndepottheatre.org but the show will be available by Michaela Murphy, Jim O’Grady, Buster Keaton directed and WED 12 livestream. See Page 16. Cost: $20 Anoush Froundjian and Jeff This project, presented in three starred in this silent film, time- Budget Forum Simmermon will perform in the parts, will pair contemporary and traveling to the Stone Age, Roman COLD SPRING STAGE & SCREEN return of the popular storytelling vintage plays. For Part 1, The Secret Age and the Modern Age in three series to a live audience. Everyone Secrets of Wonderland County, by tales of love and romance. Register 9:30 a.m. Haldane SAT 8 attending in-person must provide John Pielmeier, can be viewed with to watch via Zoom with a live 845-265-9254 | haldaneschool.org Into the Woods Jr. proof of vaccination or a negative His Honor, The Mayor, by Orson musical score created by Cary COVID test after TUES 4. Tickets Welles. The performances will be Brown. BEACON WED 12 for virtual viewing are also available online until 8 p.m. on SUN 11 a.m., 1:30 & 4 p.m. Village Board available. Cost: $15 16. Cost: $15 ($10 students) University Settlement | 724 Wolcott Ave. NELSONVILLE beaconperformingartscenter.com 7 p.m. Via Zoom The Beacon Performing Arts 845-265-2500 | nelsonvilleny.gov

BOBBY GROSSMAN PHOTOGRAPHS: LOW FIDELITY MAY 15TH - JULY 17TH 2021

Photographer Bobby Grossman will be presenting a collection of photos from his Low Fidelity Series 1975-1983 at The Lofts at Beacon, May 15th through July 17th. These iconic images document the New York City Downtown Scene centered around the fabled nightspots CBGB and The Mudd Club as well as Andy Warhol’s Factory at Union Square. Grossman’s images include informal portraits and candid shots of David Bowie, Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Fab 5 Freddy, William S. Burroughs, Blondie, Ramones, Talking Heads and the infamous Late-night public access television show Glenn O’Brien’s TV Party. Mr. Grossman has also included images from his celebrated Doom & Destiny Collaboration with renowned visual artist Shepard Fairey. } The exhibition opens Saturday May 15th with a social distanced gathering from 6:00-9:00 pm. } Wine, soft drinks, and snacks will be served. } Music provided by Rachel Camp Teenage Kicks WXBC Bard

The Lofts at Beacon, 18 Front Street, Contact: Laureen Schmidt (845) 202-7211 Beacon, New York 12508 Email: [email protected] 16 May 7, 2021 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.org NOTICE A Giant in Experimental Jazz NOTICE OF ANNUAL PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET, ANNUAL, MEETING, ELECTION AND VOTE. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Education of the Beacon City School District, Dutchess County, New York, will hold a William Parker to perform public hearing on the budget at Beacon High School, 101 Matteawan Road, Beacon, New York, and via Zoom, on Monday, May 10, 2021 at 7:00 P.M, for the purpose of presenting the budget document for the 2021-2022 School Year. at Howland NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that a copy of the statement of the amount of money which will be required for School District By Alison Rooney purposes during the 2021-2022 school year (the Budget), as prepared by the Board of Education, may be obtained by any resident of the District during the fourteen (14) days immediately preceding the Annual Meeting, Election and Vote, commencing May 4, 2021, except Saturday, Sunday or holidays during regular school hours, 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M., at each of the District’s schoolhouses, illiam Parker, one of the New at the Administrative Offices, and on the District’s website. York City experimental jazz NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Annual Meeting, Election and Vote, will be held on Tuesday, May 18, 2021, between the hours scene’s most venerated musi- of 6:00 A.M. and 9:00 P.M., prevailing time, when the polls will be open for the purpose of voting by voting machine: W cians and mentors, will perform at the A. To elect four (4) members to the Board of Education as follows: two members for three year terms (commencing July 1, 2021 and expiring June 30, 2024), Howland Cultural Center in Beacon on one member for a three year and six week term commencing May 18, 2021 and expiring June 30, 2024, and one member for a one year and six week term commencing May 18, 2021 and expiring on June 30, 2022. Saturday (May 15) in a show that has B. To vote upon the appropriation of the necessary funds to meet the estimated expenditures for School District purposes for already sold out, although tickets are avail- the 2021-2022 School Year (the Budget). able for a livestream. C. To vote upon the following proposition: Shall the bond resolution adopted by the Board of Education of the City School The performance, presented District of the City of Beacon, Dutchess County, New York, dated March 22, 2021 authorizing the purchase of school buses at a maximum estimated cost of $395,000; authorizing the issuance of $395,000 bonds of said School District to pay the by Elysium Furnace costs thereof; and that such sum or so much as may be necessary shall be raised by the levy of a tax upon the taxable real property of said School District and collected in annual installments as provided in Section 416 of the Education Law; Works, will feature a and providing that, in anticipation of said tax, obligations of the School District shall be issued; determining the period of set with saxophonist Joe probable usefulness and maximum maturity thereof to be five years; pledging the faith and credit of said School District for the payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds; delegating powers to the chief fiscal officer with respect McPhee and an interview to the issuance and sale of bond anticipation notes and such bonds; containing an estoppel clause and providing for the with Cisco Bradley, author publication of an estoppel notice, be approved? William Parker of a new Parker biography, D. To vote upon the following proposition: Shall the Board of Education of the Beacon City School District be authorized to Photo by Peter Gannushkin sell a ±33 acre portion of a 64.75 acre parcel fronting on Route 9D (identified on the Dutchess County Tax Map as Section Universal Tonality. 6055, Block 1, Lot 182629), upon which the Dutchess Stadium, Intermodal Transportation Facility and associated parking facilities have been erected, to Dutchess County for the sum of $627,000, and such other terms and conditions as are set Parker’s predominant scores and soliloquies for solo forth in the Contract of Sale negotiated between the parties? instrument is the bass, but he instruments. E. To vote on any other proposition legally proposed. also performs on the shaku- His output as a musician, NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that for the purposes of voting, the School District has been divided into two (2) election districts and hachi, a Japanese and Chinese band leader and composer has that an accurate description of the boundaries of these school election districts is on file and may be inspected at the Office of the District Clerk on weekdays when school is in session, during regular work hours, 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M., at the Administrative flute; double reeds; tuba; donso been included on some 400 Offices, 10 Education Drive, Beacon, New York. ngoni, a traditional guitar albums; The Penguin Guide to Jazz NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the 2021 Annual Meeting, Election and Vote, will be held at the following polling places in the of Mali; and guembri, a sub- Saharan on CD called him “the most influential bass- School Election Districts hereinafter set forth; stringed instrument. Along with European ist/leader since Mingus.” He is known in SCHOOL ELECTION DISTRICT NO. 1 free-jazz, he has been influenced by music experimental jazz circles for his collabora- POLLING LOCATION: BEACON HIGH SCHOOL tion with pianist Cecil Taylor, which began in Description: First Ward, First and Second Districts | Second Ward, First, Second, and Third Districts | Third Ward, First, Second and of Africa and the Americas. Third Districts | Fourth Ward, First and Second Districts 1980. Influenced by Sun Ra and Butch Morris, Parker founded the ensembles In Order To SCHOOL ELECTION DISTRICT NO. 2 POLLING LOCATION: GLENHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL He has never Survive and The Little Huey Creative Music Description: Bounded on the north and east by Wappingers Central School District No. 1, Towns of Wappinger, Poughkeepsie, Fishkill, East Fishkill and LaGrange in Dutchess County and the towns of Kent and Philipstown in Putnam County; south by the stopped believing Orchestra. common town line of the Towns of Fishkill and Wappinger and west by the Hudson River. Parker teaches at universities, conducts Bounded on the north by the common town line of the of Fishkill and Wappinger, east by Wappinger Central School District No. 1 in the Towns of Wappinger, Poughkeepsie, Fishkill, East Fishkill and LaGrange in Dutchess County and the Towns of Kent in improvised music as music workshops and collaborates on proj- and Philipstown in Putnam County and Union Free School District No. 3, Town of Fishkill, south by Beacon City line and west by ects with his wife, Patricia Nicholson, a Hudson River. a revolutionary activity. dancer and choreographer. “He has never Bounded northerly by former Common School District No. 4 in the Town of Fishkill and Wappinger, easterly by Central School District No. 1 in the Towns of Wappinger, Poughkeepsie, Fishkill, East Fishkill and LaGrange in Dutchess County and the Towns stopped believing in improvised music as of Kent and Philipstown in Putnam County and Central School District No. 1 in the Towns of Philipstown and Putnam Valley in ~Cisco Bradley Dutchess County; southerly by Central School District No. 1 in the Town of Philipstown and Putnam Valley in Putnam County a revolutionary activity,” Bradley writes in and the Town of Fishkill in Dutchess County; westerly by the Hudson River and the City of Beacon being the former Union Free his book. School District No. 3 of the Town of Fishkill. Born in 1952, and largely self-taught, NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that petitions for nominating candidates for the office of member of the Board of Education must Parker started playing professionally when be filed with the District Clerk by no later than 5:00 P.M. on the 20th day preceding the Annual Meeting, Election and Vote he was about 20. He also began compos- Tickets for the livestream are $20 at Wednesday, April 28, 2021. Such petitions must be signed by at least fifty (50) qualified voters of the District (per S4430 for 2021 only), shall state the name and residence address of each signer and the name and residence address of the candidate. Petition ing everything from big-band music to solo howlandculturalcentertix.com. Universal forms may be obtained at the Office of the District Clerk on weekdays when school is in session, during regular business hours, Tonality is available at Binnacle Books in 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. or they can be downloaded from the district website. and chamber works. His compositions span the range of operas, oratorios, ballets, film Beacon. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Board of Education of the Beacon City School District, Dutchess County, New York, has fixed Tuesday, May 4, 2021, at the Administrative Offices, 10 Education Drive, Beacon, New York, as the date on which the Board of Registration of said School District will meet between the hours of 1:00 P.M. and 5:00 P.M., prevailing time, for the purpose of preparing the register of the School District for each election district for the Annual Meeting, Election and Vote, to be held on Tuesday, May 18, 2021, at which time any person shall be entitled to have his/her name placed upon such register if known or proven to the satisfaction of the registrars to be then or thereafter entitled to vote. Persons whose registration to vote with the County Board of Elections is current, pursuant to Article 5 of the Election Law, shall be qualified to vote without further registering with the School District’s Board of Registration, as well as all persons who shall have previously registered for any annual or special district meeting or election and who shall have voted at any annual or special district meeting or election held or Start Reading Now conducted at any time during the 2017, 2018, 2019 or 2020 calendar years.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the register of voters so prepared shall be filed in the Office of the District Clerk and shall be open for inspection by any qualified voter of the District between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M., prevailing time, beginning May book club selections fourteen (14) days prior to the Annual Meeting, Election and Vote. Said register will be open for inspection in each of the polling places during the Annual Meeting, Election and Vote. Helen Savoit Book Club Graphic Novel Book Club (for Adults) NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that applications for absentee ballots for the Annual Meeting, Election and Vote may be obtained at the Office of the District Clerk or downloaded from the school district website. The completed application must be received by TUES 11, 1:30 P.M. TUES 18, 7 P.M. the District Clerk no earlier than thirty (30) days prior to the election, and at least seven (7) days prior to the election if the ballot The Painted Veil, by W. Somerset Maugham Shortcomings, by Adrian Tomine is to be mailed or the day before the election, if the ballot will be picked up at the Office of the District Clerk. The completed application can be sent by email, or delivered by a designated agent. Absentee ballots must be received at the Office of the Howland Public Library, Beacon Split Rock Books, Cold Spring (via Zoom) District Clerk by no later than 5:00 P.M., prevailing time, on the day of the election. A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots Meeting outdoors (rain date WED 12) Register at splitrockbks.com. shall have been issued will be available in the said Office of the District Clerk during regular office hours until the day of the Annual Meeting, Election and Vote. Any qualified voter may file a written challenge of the qualifications of a voter whose name appears on such list, stating the reasons for the challenge. Reading with Writers History Book Club NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN that a qualified military voter who is not currently registered can obtain a military personal registration WED 12, 7 P.M. THURS 20, 7 P.M. form on the District’s website, or from the District Clerk between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M. A registered military voter The Path of Least Resistance, by Robert Fritz The Years of Lyndon Johnson: The Path to Power, by may apply for a military ballot by requesting an application from the District Clerk in the same manner. Additionally, qualified military voters can contact the District Clerk to indicate their preference to receive a military personal registration form, absentee Split Rock Books, Cold Spring (via Zoom) Robert Caro ballot application or absentee ballot via mail, facsimile or electronic mail. Ballots must be received by the District Clerk no later Register at splitrockbks.com. Split Rock Books, Cold Spring (via Zoom) than 5:00 P.M. on the date of the election and vote. Military voter registration and absentee ballots shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of Section 2018-d of the Education Law and Part 122 of the Commissioner’s Regulations. Register at splitrockbks.com. Butterfield Book Club MON 17, 7 P.M. Beacon Book Club Dated: March 24, 2021 By the Order of the Board of Education of the Beacon City School District American Dirt, by Jeanine Cummins THURS 27, 7:30 P.M. ______Butterfield Library, Cold Spring (Via Zoom) The Dutch House, by Ann Patchett Kelly Pologe, School District Clerk Email [email protected]. Online location visible to members Register at meetup.com/Beacon-BookClub. highlandscurrent.org The Highlands Current May 7, 2021 17

Kid Friendly thing is is hard. That moment your child Reason 1: “Teacher should because some- talked back (or spoke up) may have been times us kids are hungry even after lunch your success, where it feels like a talking- and we can’t eat!” Do As I Say back-to but was a truthful statement. Evidence Sentence: “We have big metabo- My daughter is a responder. She responds lisms and are growing so we need food.” By Katie Hellmuth Martin and lets her thoughts out. Even if the conver- Reason 2: “We would be quiet and of sation has gone pretty far and she’s sad course we would not eat loud things that hat happens and getting defeated, she doesn’t give up. caused distraction.” when the I fear sometimes that in our hard discus- Evidence Sentence: “We would be quiet W little people sions, when I am pounding my point, will- because we are chewing and not talking.” we raise do exactly as ing her into submission to see things my way Reason 3: “Food energizes people when we taught them to do? (usually in a behavioral brother/sister fight they don’t have any energy.” And what if that discussion), that I am breaking her. Evidence Sentence: “My class is always action item was not done When she doesn’t give up, as sad and tired and it is hard to focus when you don’t when or how we imagined, and at an incon- mad as she can be, I am so grateful that her have any energy.” venient time for our own life? spirit is so strong. I am also a responder. A Concluding Sentence: Now you know why Do we know we are looking at success? delayed responder usually, but I talk back. I think you should… “Let us eat in class.” Or are we shaken because our little person While she may not be doing what I say, she challenged us, using the authority and may be doing what I do. Parenting myself Well, then. I can’t wait to see what happens! confidence we are trying to instill? Will we in that way is obviously… challenging. I am But I wonder if the teachers were expect- recognize it? Or will we gaslight the child dealing with a mini-me, as I know how I ing this lesson to cross over into a real-life into silence and subservience? feel and I don’t want to be crushed. push for change. Or, if the discussion stays I’ll provide a real-life situation many In school, my daughter is learning to with reasons of why eating in class can’t parents have experienced, and then persuade in her writing class. Her teacher Making her argument Photo by K. Martin happen. I have also learned that she signed I’ll share what my daughter is growing is teaching her the paragraph structure of up for student council and goes to meetings. through now. a compelling argument to get something friend said she is going to make a sign.” Perhaps she will bring this up and push on You are picking up your child from a play- done. Out of the blue one morning, after my I was a little perplexed. Essay? that student council teacher to let her make date. You are talking to the parent, who daughter and I finished our terse argument That’s when I went to her folder and saw a slide show, even if it wasn’t part of the plan? has grown into a friend, and this is one of about why she didn’t complete a particu- that, indeed, she is learning the art of struc- This is kind of like the Beacon bathrooms the only times you get to see each other. larly long fraction homework problem, she turing a compelling argument. But did her issue, in which the public bathrooms were You have stepped into their house to pick shared a new development with me. teacher realize that she took this assign- mostly closed for decades, with various up your child, whom you have called for, She shared: “I’m having a hunger protest.” ment seriously? explanations, until Beaconites protested and your child is gathering shoes. With “A hunger protest?” I said. 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Small, Good Things could live without beef, as long as I still have ethically and sustainably sourced pork, poultry, eggs and lamb. But please! Pressing Don’t take away my butter. I am ready to capitulate and do my part for our beleaguered planet, prompted by Engagement these arguments and the encouragement of our community eco-warriors, the Ecolog- By Joe Dizney ical Citizen’s Project and its Philipstown he always Fights Dirty campaign. entertaining Back to Lebovitz for a moment: In the T and usually same May (formerly April) newsletter, he en pointe Paris- uses a word to describe people interested based chef and food in sustainable and responsible agricul- writer David Lebo- ture: engagés. Loosely translated as “the vitz sent out his May engaged” or “the committed,” it is a lovely newsletter last week. poetic and noble description for anyone The first couple of paragraphs self-depre- who cares about the future of life on earth catingly apologized for almost sending one and gives me something to aspire to. dated 2020, as he admitted to not quite What does this have to do with ramp pesto? being up to cognitive speed yet accepting Not much, outside the fact that here I’ve that it is 2021, what with the Great Pause. avoided using the usual parmesan, substi- Ramp Pesto That said, it took him a corrective email tuting white miso paste for a similar umami. to say that he realized after sending the May Makes about 1½ cups; use within three days or freeze 2021 newsletter that he had dated it April. I must admit to identifying with such Ramps are truly uncharacteristic confusion. ½ pound ramps (trim lower tough ½ cup flat leaf parsley In addition to expounding on his usual wild things and stems from the broad leaves, chop Juice of one lemon infatuations and curiosities, Lebovitz abso- we are getting to the roughly and reserve separately) 2 tablespoons sweet white miso lutely had to report on the most recent 1 to 2 cloves garlic Olive oil melodrama in the culinary blogosphere: end of their season. ½ cup toasted walnuts Salt and fresh ground pepper Last week, the news site Eater broke the 2 tablespoons tarragon leaves to taste news that Epicurious, Condé Nast’s culi- Ramps (allium tricoccum) are truly wild nary online channel, would no longer things and we are getting to the end of their 1. In a small skillet, heat and sauté the chopped ramp stems and garlic publish recipes containing beef. season, so this is somewhat of a pressing over medium-low heat for about five minutes. Don’t allow them to color. Epicurious was publicly acknowledg- engagement. They are also slow-growing, Reserve. Fill a pot (large enough to hold the ramp leaves) with water. Bring ing an effort, begun in 2019, to align itself and over- or incorrectly harvesting wild it to a medium boil and salt it. Blanch the ramp leaves for no more than a with the growing awareness that beef ramps is another environmental issue. minute, drain and rinse under cold water. Squeeze out excess water. (and bovine dairy) farming is one of the Never dig up the roots and bulbs — cut the 2. Process all ingredients in the bowl of a food processor or high-speed most egregious environmental producers broad leaves and tough stalks at least an blender adding just enough olive oil for a slightly loose consistence. Taste of greenhouse gases (here, methane) and inch above ground and never take all the and adjust seasoning. that our demand for and consumption of leaves from one bulb clump. Leaving the beef is one of the leading culprits in our bulbs intact with some foliage (for photo- Serving: Ramp pesto is shown here tossed with spelt fettuccine and atmospheric environmental emergency — synthesis) encourages the plant to continue quickly sautéed asparagus and locally foraged morels (should you be so and also one of the most easily corrected. flowering, flourishing and reproducing, lucky). Toss it with any pasta and vegetable combo or use it as a dressing As radical a prospect as that seems, I ensuring future responsible harvests. for new potatoes or in a bean salad.

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Indian Point (from Page 1) which shut down on April 30 — the state is again turning to wind power on Long Island. But a lot has changed in 17 years. The era of symbolic renewable energy, of inef- fectual wind turbines at shuttered nuclear plants and solar panels erected on the roof of Jimmy Carter’s White House that barely generated enough electricity to heat water for the laundry room, is over. By the end of 2022, more than 30 miles off the coast of Montauk, 130 megawatts of offshore wind energy will be in opera- tion, 1,300 times more power than the energy created by the original Shoreham turbines. That 130-megawatt output gets less impressive when one compares it to the 2,000 megawatts that Indian Point gener- ated when Reactor 2 (which shut down last year,) and Reactor 3 (which shut down last week) were operational. There’s more on the way, including about 4,170 megawatts of offshore wind that the state has in development off the south coast of Long Island. By 2035, the total amount of The Shoreham nuclear plant on Long Island was decommissioned in 1994. Photo by Paul Searing offshore wind coming from Long Island is targeted at 9,000 megawatts, 4.5 times the the state has put out more than 80 contracts nearly impossible to say what kind of proposed expansion of the Danskammer amount of energy Indian Point was gener- for large-scale solar and wind projects. energy is powering the lights in any partic- plant on the Hudson River near Beacon. ating at its peak. Some of the changes that will allow the ular house at this moment. “There’s no 1-to- Before the two gas plants opened, Dans- The state will need every last one of state to hit its targets are not about generat- 1” where the power generated by Reactor 3 kammer was in operation only on high- those watts if it wants to hit its target of ing more power, but using less of it. The state at Indian Point will now come from another demand days. New owners hope to turn it 70 percent renewable energy by 2030 and passed a law in 2017 requiring suppliers to single source, explained Hayley Carlock, into a year-round natural gas plant. a zero-emission grid by 2040. increase efficiency by at least 3 percent annu- the director of environmental advocacy and Danskammer’s owners say they could According to a report issued this week by ally through 2025. “Energy efficiency alone legal affairs at Scenic Hudson. “That’s not convert the plant to a hydrogen plant in the New York Independent System Operator is going to replace Indian Point,” Gallay said. the way that the grid works.” the near future to contribute to the state’s (NYISO), the agency that manages the power “It’s kind of the unsung hero of this story.” It can be said that Indian Point did not renewable energy goals, but Carlock sees grid, the state is already getting more than While the state waits for the next wave of provide power to the Highlands; its mega- that as farfetched because there are no half of its power from renewable sources. But renewables and efficiency upgrades, other watts went to Westchester and New York hydrogen power plants operating in the 25 percent of its total power comes from three sources of power will have to pick up the City. But what the shutdown may mean is U.S. outside of pilot projects “to see whether remaining nuclear plants located upstate. slack downstate. When the Indian Point that Cricket Valley and CPV Valley will have this may be a viable technology.” The remaining renewables consist of hydro- closure was announced, NYISO conducted to provide more power over the next few electric (24 percent) and wind (4 percent). a study and concluded it would have no years until renewable projects hit the grid, We’re agnostic Solar is lumped in the “other” category that negative effect on the grid, primarily which could mean, in a worst-case scenario, makes up the remaining 2 percent. because of two new natural-gas plants in slightly more local air pollution and carbon about what Paul Gallay, the executive director of the Hudson Valley: Cricket Valley Energy emissions, Carlock said. Riverkeeper, the environmental advocacy Center in Dover and the CPV Valley Energy Neither Cricket Valley nor the CPV Valley the fuel is or what organization that in 2017 helped negotiate Plant in Middletown. plants is outputting at full capacity. Tom the shutdown of Indian Point between its So did renewables and efficiency upgrades Rumsey, a CPV representative, said the those resources are. owner, Entergy, and New York State, expects replace Indian Point? Or natural gas? It plant did not have to increase its produc- ~Rich Dewey, the percentages from wind and solar to be depends on what you mean by replace. tion in the wake of the shutdown last year the chief executive officer of NYISO rising soon. “We’ve had a huge head start of Indian Point’s Reactor 2 and doesn’t fore- with the four years since the [Indian Point] The 10 percent problem see an increase without Reactor 3. If Danskammer is developed as a hydro- agreement was struck,” he said, noting that The grid is constantly in flux, so it’s In Rumsey’s view, Cricket Valley and CPV gen plant, it could play a vital role on the didn’t “replace” Indian Point, they replaced grid. NYISO’s breakdown of what a zero- older fossil fuel sources, to the benefit of emission grid would look like in 2040 the region. “We are displacing much older contains 10 percent “dispatchable emis- generation due to better economics, less fuel sions-free resources,” or DEFRs. These are and lower emissions,” he said. “This advan- renewable sources of energy that are not tage was realized with or without Indian reliant on weather conditions but could be Point. By displacing older generation, CPV applied during high-demand periods. Even Valley has reduced regional CO2 emissions with expected improvements in battery by nearly half a million tons per year.” technology that will allow wind and solar Improvements to the grid will also play a to store more power, the grid will need a role. Officials at NYISO often refer to “the source of dependable renewable energy that tale of two grids”: The upstate grid has a can be deployed at a moment’s notice the surplus of renewable energy and the down- way natural gas can. state grid has a deficit. Improvements to The only problem with DEFRs is that the section where the two grids connect, they don’t exist. Researchers refer to this as expected to be completed within 18 months, “the 10 percent problem.” We only currently will allow more upstate energy to reach the have the technology to meet 90 percent of Hudson Valley and points south. the nation’s energy needs with renewables. Scenic Hudson and other environmen- “We’re agnostic about what the fuel is or tal groups argue that, with grid improve- what those resources are,” said Rich Dewey, ments, more renewables and CPV Valley the chief executive officer of NYISO, at a and Cricket Valley, there’s no need for a (Continued on Page 21) The Indian Point nuclear plant was shut down on April 30. File photo by B. Cronin highlandscurrent.org The Highlands Current May 7, 2021 21

(Continued from Page 20) emissions grid by 2040 may be convinc- news conference this week, “But it’s going ing people to embrace the infrastructure to be extremely challenging, if not impos- required over the next 20 years. Nuclear sible, to hit the 2040 goal without the devel- and natural-gas aren’t the only plants that opment of newer technologies.” people don’t want in their backyards. Hydrogen, should it work, could answer that question. Another unproven technol- Sunrise ogy that would capture carbon dioxide emit- Coxsackie, a bucolic river town in Greene ted by natural gas plants, and either reuse County, is home to acres of sunny fields, or store it, is another theoretical solution. as well as two major transmission lines. But there’s another renewable that could be It appears to be the perfect place for solar adapted for the 10 percent, and it’s been in panels. operation in New York state for decades. Unless you live in Coxsackie. “How much solar is Coxsackie expected Bright future to take for the team?” said Kim Rose, a Like most climate activists, Eric Meyer is representative of Saving Greene: Citizens worried about global warming and believes for Sensible Solar. The group formed after the U.S. needs to transition to 100 percent locals learned that more than 3,000 acres renewable power as soon as possible. But he secured by developers would be used for also calls the closing of Indian Point “the solar farms that would produce 180 mega- greatest environmental tragedy of the last watts — more energy than every planned few years.” The “tale of two grids” illustrates the differences in upstate and downstate power solar project in the rest of the Hudson “We were losing clean energy by closing generation. The yellow represents the bottleneck that prevents excess renewable Valley combined. down nuclear plants as fast as we’re adding energy from coming south. NYISO The group’s concerns include a decrease it to the grid with wind and solar, and we in home values, the destruction of the town’s thought there needs to be a grassroots, pro- any improper way. construction was 13 times lower than indus- character, a decrease in tourism, the degra- nuclear movement,” said Meyer, who is exec- New York’s three remaining nuclear plants try projections. dation of potential farmland and ecological utive director of Generation Atomic, which are receiving $7.6 billion in subsidies over 12 The most recent nuclear plant built in the damage. Its logo is the short-eared owl, an was founded in 2016. The group organizes years to ensure they don’t meet the same fate U.S. is Watts Bar in Tennessee. Construc- endangered species whose winter habitat demonstrations, posts pro-nuclear memes as Indian Point, which Entergy says couldn’t tion began in 1973 but the first reactor didn’t could be destroyed by the solar farms. and pro-nuclear swag on Instagram, and compete with the flood of cheap fracked come online until 1996 and the second in These concerns are familiar to the envi- has even made a “peer-reviewed” rap video: natural gas from Pennsylvania. 2016. The plant was projected to cost $2.5 ronmental groups who have cited similar “So here we go, yo / What’s the, what’s the, The state considers the plants a neces- billion; it ended up costing $12 billion. concerns in the Hudson Valley for the past what’s the scenario? / The carbon footprint sary component of its clean energy goals, Watts Bar, however, is producing power. 60 years when trying to stop the construc- is low in France and Ontario. / The way they but Clearwater, which was founded by That hasn’t been the case in South Caro- tion of nuclear and fossil-fuel plants. But chose to carry the load is scary to folks. / But Seeger and is based in Beacon, was among lina, where the construction of two reactors some groups now find themselves on the the result in quality of life there is very dope.” the environmental groups that sued to stop announced in 2008 was eventually aban- other side of the table when advocating Considering the Indian Point shutdown, the subsidies. doned after an investment of $9 billion. renewable infrastructure against residents Meyer said, “if you put it in the context “We felt that those funds would be much Much like at Shoreham, taxpayers got stuck who want no part of it. of losing over 80 percent of downstate’s better invested in a rapid transition to renew- with the bill. “The pace of renewable deployment that carbon-free electricity, that’s not a good able energy with storage and efficiency,” said There is also the unresolved issue of what the state has hoped to see isn’t happening,” thing. When you dig a little bit deeper, and Manna Jo Greene, its environmental director. to do with the ever-increasing amount said Carlock at Scenic Hudson. “And it’s not you see that Cuomo’s campaign aides were “Nuclear is not a climate solution.” of nuclear waste from plants, including because the developers aren’t proposing proj- connected to the natural-gas deal to replace Despite the competition from cheaper Indian Point, where it is stored in dry casks ects, or for economic reasons. It’s because the plant, then it starts to check out why all fracked gas and renewable sources, the waiting for transport to a federal depos- projects are being strongly opposed.” of this went down.” nuclear industry’s economic woes may largely itory that doesn’t exist. The most recent Carlock said that Scenic Hudson has In 2018 Joe Percoco, a former longtime be its own doing. A study published last year attempt to build one inside Yucca Moun- created online tools to help communities Cuomo aide, was sentenced to six years by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute tain, in Nevada, has been stopped and figure out where the best spots for solar in prison for, among other things, solicit- of Technology found that construction of new restarted several times since 1987, at a cost and other renewable projects could be. But ing $287,000 in bribes from CPV while the nuclear plants in the U.S. since 1970 has cost, so far of $7.5 billion. an early lesson has been that it may take plant’s permits were awaiting approval. on average, more than three and a half times Meyer believes these challenges are all decades to convince some communities. CPV denies that it obtained its permits in the estimates, and that productivity in the solvable for nuclear. A permanent waste site “It’s an unfortunate truism that in a lot of — Meyer said the current amount of spent ways it’s much easier to site a dirty, pollut- fuel would fit inside a Walmart — could be ing gas plant that produces 300 megawatts found if the government would put the time of electricity than it is to site a clean solar and effort into finding it. New plants could farm that produces the same amount, be built more efficiently by mass produc- simply because of the physical footprint,” ing the parts rather than building them she said. “You can stick a gas plant in the on-site. Existing technologies that can back corner of a heavily industrialized create cheaper, smaller, meltdown-proof area and it’s out of sight, out-of-mind, even plants could be utilized. though their air is being polluted and it’s “The industry has to do better at articu- contributing to climate change and nega- lating their value and delivering projects tive health outcomes.” on time and on budget,” he said. “There’s By contrast, “the land requirements for plenty of viable solutions. It’s the political solar and wind mean that it’s going to be solutions that have been elusive.” a little bit more visible, and it’s going to Dewey, at NYISO, said that when it comes necessarily be outside of highly developed to the technology required to achieve a industrial areas,” she said. “They don’t want zero-emissions grid, everything is on the to have to see it.” table, including smaller, modular nuclear Yet without large solar, wind and other units “that are achieving some success in renewable-energy facilities in the Hudson other countries. That could fill this need if Valley, Carlock said, a zero-emission future it could be sited and developed in a way that will be impossible. If Coxsackie is any indi- people could be comfortable with.” cation, the fight to close Indian Point may Far more than technological challenges, pale in comparison to the fight for what “How much solar is Coxsackie expected to take for the team?” said Kim the greatest barrier to creating a zero- comes after it. Rose of Saving Greene, which envisions its sunny fields covered by panels. 22 May 7, 2021 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.org SPORTS OBITUARIES Dustin Folkes (1969-2021) ated with Hudson Valley Hospital and a part- ter-in-law Mirka Seippel and their daugh- Round-up (from Page 24) ner at Mid-Hudson Gastroenterology. ters Alzbeta and Imogen also pulled Susan Dustin John Folkes, 51, son had an RBI, a triple and scored a run. In 2013, Dr. Genn became disabled and Leigh into extended residences in of Wappingers Falls and and was unable to practice medicine. London and on the French Riviera. “We played pretty well, coming off formerly of Beacon, died a tough loss to Hen Hud,” said Coach However, he remained hopeful that one Susan was a protocol coordinator for JP April 9 at Vassar Brothers day he would again be able to serve others Morgan Bank and a development officer of Michael Carofano. “We got good team Medical Center in Pough- defense, and our bats were more alive. via his profession. His life was hallmarked Harvard University, the New York Public keepsie. by his honesty, humility, humbleness and, Library and the Institute of International We need to shore up more defensively and He was born in Cortlandt Manor on Nov. finish plays, but the girls are extremely above all else, his tremendous kindness Education. She was a board director of the 17, 1969, and raised in Beacon, where he and generosity, his family said. Harvard Club of New York, of a branch of positive, and that’s good to see.” graduated from Beacon High School. On Carofano said his pitching staff is show- Dave was the household’s unofficial the Audubon Society and of the historic Sept. 24, 2005, he married Heather Spear. nightly Jeopardy! champion, as he often house conservancy Boscobel Restoration, ing progress. “Olivia settled in nicely and In 1998, he formed Folkes Home Services had good command. Haleigh had a good answered the clues before they were read. which bordered her Cold Spring home. with one truck. He had learned his trade as a Dave loved art, traveling and reading. offensive game and Richardson hit well teenager while being mentored by his grand- and ran the bases well, and just missed Along with his mother and wife, Coleen father, and then became a mentor for his chil- Moore Genn, he is survived by a stepson, Other Recent Deaths a home run.” dren. Dustin developed the business into a Brenden Moore of Chicago; and a sister, Philipstown In the loss at Hendrick Hudson, Leanna firm that employed more than 30 people. Shari Shapiro (David). Carol Frisenda, 79 Mary Merando, 90 Rinaldi took the loss on the mound. He enjoyed golfing, fishing and playing Second baseman Hope Cleveringa and A funeral service took place on April Joel Goss, 65 Eileen Roberto, 88 cornhole. He loved to travel and go on vaca- 26 at McHoul Funeral Home in Fishkill, Loretta Lane, 87 JoAnn Sgorbissa, 67 leftfielder Jaden Taylor each doubled. tion, especially to the beach. He enjoyed The 25-0 drubbing “was certainly not followed by burial at St. Joachim Ceme- Ronald McCarroll, 68 Jay Varricchio, 73 music, especially 1980s rock. tery in Beacon. Memorial donations may the way we wanted to open the season,” Along with his wife, Dustin is survived Carofano said. “It’s been 708 days since be made to the Heather Abbott Foundation Beacon by his children: Dustin Folkes Jr., Tyler Gerry Arquilla, 93 Robert MacAvery, 85 our team took the field [because of the (heatherabbottfoundation.org). Folkes and Nora Folkes; a sibling, Jamie Connie Belekis, 90 Roselea Megna, 79 pandemic shutdown], and we’re relatively Rosado; and an aunt, Helen Degli-Angeli. Sister Margaret Raymond Morris, 90 young and trying to find our identity. Susan Patterson (1933-2021) A memorial service was held April 15 at Berarducci, 93 Dr. Milton That will revolve around timely hitting McHoul Funeral Home in Fishkill, followed Susan Patterson, 87, of Cold Spring, died Bill Bloom, 71 Newman, 90 and seven-plus inning defense.” by interment at Fishkill Rural Cemetery. April 28 at her home. David Coffey, 74 Madeline Nonnon, 61 Beacon returns only one starter, senior She was born on June 30, 1933, in Cold Jane Cunningham Shirley O’Dell, 86 Kelly Murphy, and two other players — Spring, the daughter of Robert and Marga- Dr. David Genn (1964-2021) Bill Farley Jr., 80 Rose Phillips, 97 Ciancanelli and Zukowski — from the ret (Winchester) Patterson. Her father was Elaine Fox, 74 Constance Ramsey, 51 2019 team that lost to Pearl River in the Dr. David A. Genn, 56, undersecretary of war under President Pattty Guarneri, 67 Jose Rivera, 73 first round of the playoffs. of Beacon, died April 21 Franklin D. Roosevelt from 1940 to 1945 Nancy Hernandez, 55 Maurice Rogers, 68 Joining the team this spring are Berna- at New York-Presbyterian and the secretary of war under President Doris Hogan, 90 Barbara Schettino, 84 dette Kish, Jade Matias, Spiak, Makkaila Hudson Valley Hospital Harry S. Truman from 1945 to 1947. Barbara Hopper, 93 Ralph Sheehan, 85 Caputo, Brianna Jones, Christina Merola, in Cortlandt Manor. After graduating from the Chapin School Joseph Killimayer, 73 Norma Rinaldi, Tess Wills, Taylor and Richardson. Born Sept. 9, 1964, he and Harvard University, Susan lived in Jean LaTour, 96 Sommerville, 87 Beacon will face Arlington, John Jay, was the son of Cole and Brenda (Slepp) Genn. Washington, D.C., New York City, Brussels Ted Lee, 80 Jean Vitanza, 88 Ketcham and Lourdes twice each during Dave graduated in 1988 from the Boston and Paris before returning to Cold Spring. Cindy Libby, 84 Frank Voght, 88 the regular season before the Section 1 University College of Medicine. He completed With her husband of 40 years, Leigh Seip- Olga Lucas, 96 Ada Walz, 85 tournament. The Bulldogs were sched- his internship and residency at Montefiore pel, she visited more than 40 countries, uled to visit Brewster on Thursday (May Medical Center and his gastroenterology often skiing, horseriding and fishing 6), followed by a home game against York- fellowship at New York Medical College at between capital city visits. For more obituaries, town on Monday (May 10). Westchester Medical Center. He was affili- Her stepson, Alexander Seippel, daugh- see highlandscurrent.org/obits.

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HALDANE LACROSSE The Haldane High School boys’ lacrosse team took Horace Greeley into overtime Wednesday (May 5) but the Quakers broke the visiting Blue Devils’ hearts with a game-winning goal with 1:02 remaining for a 9-8 win. Haldane scored twice at the end of the third quarter on goals from Frankie DiGi- glio, who tied it at 7-7 with 4:37 remaining before giving his team an 8-7 lead with 15 seconds remaining in the period. But the Quakers tied the game midway through the fourth, sending it into over- time. “We played it [defensively] as well as we should have,” Coach Ed Crowe said of the Quakers’ winning goal. “The kid rolled, and was able to finish.” Crowe said he was impressed by how his young team played. Senior captain Darrin Santos — the lone starter who returns from Freshman Frankie DiGiglio heads toward the net to tie the game at 7-7 Wednesday (May 5) at Greeley. Photos by S. Pearlman the 2019 team that finished 15-3 and lost to Briarcliff in the sectional semifinals — led man Vincenzo Scanga and catcher John the Blue Devils with five goals and an assist Bradley, and seven other players — Alex and Evan Giachinta had a goal. Freshman Ferdico, Alex Carone, John Dwyer, Nick Jordan Henkel made 20 saves at goal. Marino, Ryan Merritt, Blake Bolte and Matt On Saturday (May 1), Haldane fell to Junjulus — from the 2019 team that went Pleasantville, 16-2, at home. PJ Ruggiero 4-14 and lost in the sectional semifinals. and Giachinta each had a goal. “We had two The team did not play in 2020 because of kids with their first varsity goal, and I liked the pandemic shutdown. our grit and determination,” Crowe said. Besides Jordan and Ambrose, Will Brad- Joining the team this spring are seniors ley, Ryan Eng-Wong, Scott Bailey and Doug Donaghy, Josh Reyes and Andrew Jeremy Hall joined the team this year. Aiston, who will serve as captains, along “We have a lot of inexperience,” Dudar with Santos. Newcomers include senior said. “But we have a lot of talent, and that Dan Santos, freshmen Giachinta, Ruggiero, needs room to grow. It will be the same for DiGiglio, Henkel, Liam Gaugler and eighth- a lot of other teams” because of the shut- grader Nate Stickle. down. “We have good character on and off the The Blue Devils are scheduled to play field,” Crowe said. “Our older guys and today (May 7) at Pleasantville, host West- younger guys have done a great job of lake at 3 p.m. on Saturday and travel to mixing together.” North Salem on Tuesday. The Blue Devils are scheduled to host Evan Giachinta (18) scored a goal against Greeley. Lourdes on Saturday (May 8) at 10 a.m. and BEACON SOFTBALL visit Bronxville on Monday. Ambrose drove in one run, Jordan went 1), Ambrose took the loss on the mound, The Beacon High School softball team 2-for-3, Vin Scanga doubled and Trajan with relief from McCarthy. Jordan doubled opened its season last week with a 25-0 loss HALDANE BASEBALL McCarthy and John Kisslinger each had and scored on a passed ball. at Hendrick Hudson, followed by a 12-4 loss The Haldane baseball team played its his first varsity hit. “That was a tough loss, but there were at Arlington on Tuesday (May 4). first two games on the road last week “We have a lot of freshmen and sopho- some positives,” Dudar said. “Our pitching At Arlington, Olivia Ciancanelli went against tough opponents, losing 10-1 at Rye more starters, and there’s a lot of rust to looks strong, and our freshmen started to the distance on the mound, striking out Neck and 11-1 at Valhalla. shake off,” said Coach Simon Dudar. “But settle in as the game went on. There may two and walking three. Catcher Haleigh Against Valhalla, senior pitcher Jack we didn’t make a lot of mistakes. We had a have been a few jitters, and we made a Zukowski drove in a run, doubled and went Jordan made his varsity debut and took the tough first inning and gave up four runs, few errors. But Ambrose only allowed one 2-for-4 for the Bulldogs, while shortstop loss for the Blue Devils, with senior John but after that our pitching did well; they earned run, and Trajan, a freshman, did a Olivia Spiak drove in a run, tripled and Dwyer pitching in relief. were throwing strikes.” great job.” went 2-for-4. Centerfielder Kyla Richard- Sophomore second baseman Julian In the loss at Rye Neck on Saturday (May Dudar returns two starters, first base- (Continued on Page 22)